33rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110199531 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an optical apparatus including a filter ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199532 | Auto focus system and auto focus method - An auto focus system comprises an image capturing optical unit, an image capturing camera, an image acquisition and processing engine, an acutance index calculation engine, a motion control engine, a motion controller and a lens driving unit. An auto focus method measures image's acutance index rather than image's contrast value. An auto focus system employing the auto focus method of the present invention can accurately and reliably detect the best focus point and thus preventing auto focus malfunction even under the condition that illumination uniformity changes dramatically. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199533 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING CONTINUOUS AUTOFOCUS POWER CONSUMPTION - A method and apparatus providing an autofocus routine in a camera apparatus having a processor is disclosed. The camera apparatus is adapted to detect a number of images and communicate image signals representative thereof to the processor. The method includes determining that a degree of change between a first image signal and a second image signal is below a predetermined threshold and responsive thereto, performing the autofocus routine. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199534 | IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE - An image-capturing device includes: an input unit that inputs a subject image formed by an optical system manifesting axial chromatic aberration as an input image; an edge detection unit that detects edges in the input image, each in correspondence to one of color components; a focus adjustment unit that executes focus adjustment for the optical system by detecting contrast differences of the edges corresponding to individual color components having been detected and then moving a focus adjustment lens included in the optical system; and a lens moving direction determining unit that determines a moving direction along which the focus adjustment lens is to move for purposes of focus adjustment based upon the edges corresponding to the individual color components having been detected and the axial chromatic aberration. The focus adjustment unit causes the focus adjustment lens to move along the moving direction determined by the lens moving direction determining unit. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199535 | MOVING IMAGE DISPLAY - A moving image display includes a data forming unit | 2011-08-18 |
20110199536 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND A COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING AN OUTPUT IMAGE - A method for providing an output image, the method includes: determining an importance value for each input pixels out of multiple input pixels of an input image; applying on each of the multiple input pixels a conversion process that is responsive to the importance value of the input pixel to provide multiple output pixels that form the output image; wherein the input image differs from the output image. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199537 | METHOD AND/OR APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A COLOR MANAGEMENT MODULE - An apparatus comprising a first circuit, a processing circuit and a conversion circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a first intermediate signal in a second format in response to an input signal in a first format. The processing circuit may be configured to generate a second intermediate signal and a third intermediate signal in response to the first intermediate signal. The conversion circuit may be configured to generate an output signal in the first format in response to the second intermediate signal and the third intermediate signal. The processing circuit may be configured to implement color blending on the second intermediate signal in the second format prior to conversion to the first format and pass the third intermediate signal without color blending. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199538 | DIGITAL PHOTO-FRAME ANYWHERE - A system for displaying digital photographs and video on the screen of a TV receiver using a digital photo-frame device connected to the TV receiver. The digital photo-frame device has a slot for receiving AC power, a USB slot for receiving digital pictures, and a slot for receiving at least one storage medium having digital photographs or videos thereon. A processor which communicates with a TV remote control thru the TV receiver executes logic based on signals from the remote control to designate one or more digital photographs or videos on the at least one storage medium for viewing on the screen of the TV receiver, and designate one or more digital photographs or video received at the USB slot for viewing on the screen of the TV receiver. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199539 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED INFORMATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION - A method for providing information in a content providing system is provided, which includes generating public information and personalized information regarding content, identifying a first display apparatus corresponding to the public information, identifying a second display apparatus corresponding to the personalized information, transmitting the public information the first display apparatus, and transmitting the personalized information to the second display apparatus. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199540 | Computer Readable Medium and Computerized Method of Determining Whether Portions of a Video Are Part of a Continuous Video Segment - A computerized method is used to determine whether portions of a video are part of a continuous video segment. The method includes identifying a time code break in a plurality of time codes of a video by having a computing device examine the plurality of time codes of the video. The method also includes determining whether a first portion of the video located before the time code break and a second portion of the video located after the time code break are part of a continuous video segment by having a computing device examine the expected time code of the first frame of the second portion of the video and a location of the second portion of the video with respect to a location of the first portion of the video. A computer readable medium stores a set of computer executable instructions for performing the method. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199541 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - When conducting video display with a wide color gamut display based on a video signal conforming to a standard (sRGB standard and the like) having a color reproduction range narrower than that of the wide color gamut display, the video processing circuit | 2011-08-18 |
20110199542 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A band processing circuit which generates image signals corresponding to different frequency bands from an image signal in which signals corresponding to different colors are arranged and which suppresses noise by synthesizing the image signals of the different frequency bands, a sampling circuit which generates image signal corresponding to the colors by sampling the image signal input from the band processing circuit in accordance with a predetermined arrangement, and a luminance/color generation circuit which generates a luminance signal in which aliasing is suppressed using an image signal output from the sampling circuit. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199543 | Electronic Apparatus, Image Display System and Image Display Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a display configured to display an image; a display magnification changing module configured to change display magnification of the image; a cursor display module configured to display a cursor; a receiver configured to receive a signal indicating a movement direction; and a cursor movement control module configured to move the cursor a first distance in the movement direction when the display is displaying the image with a first display magnification, and move the cursor a second distance that is longer than the first distance in the movement direction when the display is displaying the image with a display magnification that is larger than the first display magnification. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199544 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A lighting device | 2011-08-18 |
20110199545 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TELEVISION RECEIVER - A backlight unit | 2011-08-18 |
20110199546 | PROJECTOR, MULTI-SCREEN SYSTEM, PROJECTOR CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A image pickup unit picks up an image of a video projected by a projection unit and outputs the picked-up image. A control unit determines whether the picked-up image includes a projection video other than the video projected by the projection unit or not. If the control unit determines that the picked-up image includes a projection video other than the video projected by the projection unit, the control unit instructs a keystone correction unit to carry out keystone correction of the video signal in accordance with the picked-up image. The keystone correction unit carries out keystone correction of the input video signal or the output video signal so that an edge of the video projected by the projection unit contacts an edge of the projection video other than the video projected by the projection unit. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199547 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic image display apparatus of this invention includes a half mirror having a ½ wavelength plate and a half mirror layer. Therefore, a direction of polarization of light incident on a surface of a transmission side of the half mirror can be rotated and emitted. This can be manufactured at lower manufacturing cost than a construction having the ½ wavelength plate on the front display plane of one of the two image display devices with linear polarization plates having the same polarizing direction, or preparing two image display devices with linear polarization plates having different polarizing directions. A high-quality stereoscopic image can be observed by adjusting the orders and positions of sub-pixel colors of the two image display devices at the time of composition and display through the half mirror. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199548 | LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal lens is provided and includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode, and a liquid crystal layer, including liquid crystal molecules having refractive anisotropy, disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the liquid crystal molecules being changed in alignment depending on voltage applied by the first electrode and the second electrode, thereby to form such a phase difference distribution that phase difference with respect to an incident beam of a fundamental wavelength varies from 0 to 2πβ along the predetermined direction, β being an integer of 2 or more, and to yield such a lens effect that focal lengths for a plurality of incident beams of different wavelengths including the fundamental wavelength are equal to one another. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199549 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: an element substrate having a transistor element formed on a surface thereof; an opposing substrate which is disposed to face the element substrate; and a parallax barrier pattern which is directly formed on the surface of either substrate of the element substrate or the opposing substrate at the side opposite to the transistor element side. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199550 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A new type of liquid crystal display (LCD) device with improved high transmittance and wide-view-angle characteristics while without gray-level inversion at an inclined viewing angle is provided. The LCD device includes a first substrate with common electrodes, a second substrate with at least one pixel unit, a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first polarizer, and a second polarizer. The pixel unit has a pixel electrode, which is formed by at least one dense electrode area and at least one sparse electrode area. The LC molecules of the LC layer form a continuous-domain alignment after being driven by a voltage. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199551 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A contact resistance in a through-hole with a source or a drain electrode connected to a TFT is decreased, thereby improving the operation efficiency of a display device. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199552 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display includes a pair of transparent substrates opposed to each other with liquid crystal therebetween, and one of the substrates has a plurality of drain signal lines, gate signal lines, and pixel regions defined by the drain signal lines and the gate signal lines. The pixel regions include a TFT element, a first electrode formed of a transparent electrode, a second electrode formed of a transparent electrode. The second electrode is disposed between the first electrode and the one of the substrates, the second electrode is overlapped with the first electrode in the pixel region, is overlapped with the gate signal line, and is connected with the second electrode of an adjacent pixel region. A metal line is arranged for a plurality of the pixel regions, is overlapped with the second electrode, and is connected to the second electrode electrically. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199553 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display includes a pair of transparent substrates opposed to each other with liquid crystal therebetween, and one of the substrates has a plurality of drain signal lines, gate signal lines, and pixel regions defined by the drain signal lines and the gate signal lines. The pixel regions include a semiconductor region which constitutes a channel of a TFT element, a first electrode formed of a transparent electrode, and a second electrode formed of a transparent electrode. The second electrode is disposed between the first electrode and the one of the substrates, the second electrode is overlapped with the first electrode in the pixel region, the second electrode is overlapped with the gate signal line, and the second electrode is connected with the second electrode of an adjacent pixel region. The second electrode is not formed at a position on the TFT element. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199554 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - This invention provides a liquid crystal display device that makes it possible to ground the conductive film provided on the display side of the liquid crystal display panel without fail while making the frame narrower. The device has a liquid crystal display panel where a liquid crystal layer is provided between two facing substrates; a mold frame for holding the liquid crystal display panel in a predetermined position; a lower frame made of a metal for containing the mold frame; and first and second conductive members, and characterized in that a conductive film is formed on the display side of the liquid crystal display panel, the first conductive member is provided so as to make contact with the conductive film and an upper surface of the mold frame, and the second conductive member is provided so as to make contact with the first conductive member and the lower frame. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199555 | LIGHTING SYSTEMS & DEVICES INCLUDING SAME - A lighting system is disclosed. The lighting system comprises at least one light source comprising a light emitting diode (LED) and one or more phosphors optically coupled to the LED to convert at least a portion of original light emitted by the LED to provide a modified LED light having a first predetermined spectral output, and an optical material that is optically coupled to at least a portion of a surface of a light guide plate and optically coupled to receive at least a portion of the modified LED light and to convert at least a portion of the modified LED light to at least one predetermined wavelength to provide modified light having a second predetermined spectral output, wherein the optical material comprises one or more types of quantum confined semiconductor nanoparticle. A device including a lighting system is also disclosed. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199556 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The liquid crystal display device includes: a substantially rectangular optical switching member in which a first polarizer, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a second polarizer are sequentially provided from a front surface side; a frame which surrounds the optical switching member; a planar light source which is disposed at the rear surface of the optical switching member; at least one optical sheet group which is disposed at the front surface of the planar light source; and an adhesive layer which fixes the optical switching member, the frame, and the optical sheet group to each other, and has a substantially rectangular opening, wherein at least one side of an optical sheet included in the optical sheet group and located at the frontmost surface is adhered to the adhesive layer, and the other sides are located inside the opening of the adhesive layer. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199557 | LIGHT DIRECTING FILM - A light directing film and an optical system incorporating same are disclosed. The light directing film includes a first major surface and a microstructured second major surface. The microstructured second major surface has at least two periodic microstructured patterns. The first periodic pattern is arranged along a first direction. The second periodic pattern is arranged along a second direction different from the first direction. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199558 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight unit ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199559 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention employs a configuration described as follows, so as to realize a surface light source apparatus which attain a thinness and a further improved luminance uniformity without suffering a deterioration in luminance. Specifically, space maintaining sections ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199560 | RETARDATION FILM, POLARIZING FILM, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND METHOD OF DESIGNING RETARDATION FILM - To provide a retardation film in which the retardation condition is adjusted to achieve a liquid crystal display without coloration over a wide viewing angle range and having a high contrast ratio, and a method of designing the same, as well as a polarizing film and a liquid crystal display using the same. A liquid crystal display comprising a liquid crystal cell and polarizing films in a Cross-Nicol relationship with each other on both sides of the liquid crystal cell; wherein at least one polarizing film includes a retardation film having reverse wavelength dispersion property; and the liquid crystal display further includes a retardation film having a wavelength dispersion property substantially the same as a liquid crystal layer configuring the liquid crystal cell. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199561 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can ensure visibility and decrease coloring regardless of the direction of the screen, even if the screen is viewed through an optical member having a polarization function, such as polarized sunglasses. In at least one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal cell; and a first polarizing element disposed at an observation surface side of the liquid crystal cell, and the liquid crystal display device further includes a second polarizing element disposed at the observation surface side of the first polarizing element. It is preferable that the liquid crystal display device further includes a protective plate disposed between the first polarizing element and the second polarizing element. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199562 | TRANSFLECTIVE PIXEL STRUCTURE - A transflective pixel structure including a reflective region and a transmittance region is provided. The pixel structure includes an active device, a covering layer, a reflective electrode layer, a reflective electrode pattern and a transparent electrode layer. The covering layer is disposed in the reflective region and the transmittance region and covers the active device, where the covering layer has a contact opening at least disposed in the transmittance region. The reflective electrode layer is disposed in the reflective region. The reflective electrode pattern is disposed within the contact opening and extends onto a top surface of the covering layer surrounding the contact opening. The transparent electrode layer is disposed on a surface of the covering layer in the transmittance region. The transparent electrode layer is electrically connected to the reflective electrode layer and the transparent electrode layer is electrically connected to the active device through the contact opening. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199563 | Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Photovoltaic Device and Method for Making - A novel photovoltaic device including a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) material that is capable of converting solar energy to electrical energy and method for making. The device may optionally include a conductive container for holding the PDLC material. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention is directed to a self assembled PDLC material, a holographically synthesized PDLC material or a block co-polymer dispersed liquid crystal material. It is envisioned that the invention may be used a power source for any device, system or application. In particular, the invention may be used for any application involving the conversion of solar energy to electrical energy. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199564 | DISPLAY DEVICE SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device substrate, a display device substrate manufacturing method, a display device, a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display device manufacturing method and an organic electroluminescent display device that allow suppressing faults derived from occurrence of gas and/or bubbles in a pixel region. The present invention is a display device substrate that comprises: a photosensitive resin film; and a pixel electrode, in this order, from a side of an insulating substrate. The display device substrate has a gas-barrier insulating film, at a layer higher than the photosensitive resin film, for preventing advance of a gas generated from the photosensitive resin film, or has a gas-barrier insulating film, between the photosensitive resin film and the pixel electrode, for preventing advance of gas generated from the photosensitive resin film. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199565 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - This invention enables forming a photo-alignment film having a large LC anchoring strength in an IPS type liquid crystal display device. An alignment film is adapted to have a two-layer structure including a photo-alignment film and an alignment film with enhanced film strength. The photo-alignment film is formed of a precursor of polyamide acid ester, 80 percent or more of which is polyamide acid ester including cyclobutane. The alignment film with enhanced film strength is formed of a precursor of polyamide acid. After irradiating the substrate with ultraviolet light for photo-alignment, the substrate is heated. Thus, it is possible to achieve a high LC anchoring strength of the alignment film as the whole for photo-alignment, without degrading the mechanical strength of the alignment film with enhanced film strength. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199566 | ORIENTATION FILM, ORIENTATION FILM MATERIAL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING ORIENTATION FILM, AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - An alignment film material according to the present invention includes: a precursor of a first polyimide (p | 2011-08-18 |
20110199567 | VERTICALLY ALIGNED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A vertically aligned type liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal layer disposed between pixel electrodes and a common electrode and containing vertically aligned liquid crystal molecules, the orientation of the liquid crystal molecules being controlled by an electric field. An orientation controller is formed on the common electrode at a position opposing the pixel electrode and an aspect ratio, i.e., a vertical to horizontal length ratio of the pixel electrode is set to at least 2. Alternatively, the pixel electrode is partitioned into at least two electrode regions so that each region represents a divided pixel electrode. An orientation controller is formed on the common electrode so as to correspond to each divided pixel electrode, an aspect ratio of each divided pixel electrode is set to at least 2. As such, the influence at the edge sections of the pixel electrode is reduced, viewing angle characteristic and transmittance are improved, and average response time is shortened. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199568 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can suppress generation of an afterimage. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device, includes:
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20110199569 | WIRING BOARD AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A wiring board of the present invention ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199570 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal panel ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199571 | SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes: disposing a transparent substrate on a stage of a laser apparatus; irradiating a laser beam having a predetermined power onto the transparent substrate to form a light shielding region in the transparent substrate surrounding first to third light transmitting regions; and forming a color filter layer including red, green and blue sub-color filters respectively in the first to third light transmitting regions, wherein boundaries of the red, green and blue sub-color filters correspond to the light shielding region. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199572 | METHODS AND LENSES FOR CORRECTION OF CHROMATIC ABERRATION - The subject invention provides lenses, and methods for designing and manufacturing these lenses, with reduced chromatic aberration. Advantageously, these lenses are specifically designed to correct chromatic aberration that results as multichromatic light passes through the lenses. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199573 | PROGRESSIVE-ADDITION LENS, METHOD FOR PREPARING SHAPE DATA THEREOF, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE LENS, AND APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PREPARING SUCH SHAPE DATA - In a progressive-addition lens having a progressive surface on one side and an aspherical or atoroidal surface on the other side, the lens shape is designed so that a high degree of aberration correction can be carried out on the periphery of the lens and the distance power and addition power of the lens acting on the eye of a wearer substantially correspond to the distance power and addition power measured by a lens meter. A progressive-addition lens includes a progressive surface and an aspherically designed surface formed of an aspherical or atoroidal surface, and the reference point of the aspherically designed surface is located in the vertical direction of the lens below a prism reference point of the progressive surface and above a near design reference point. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199574 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Ocular Motor Function - A method and an apparatus are presented for determining ocular motor function in a patient. The patient is instructed to wear a pair of test glasses comprising a first lens having a first color and a second lens having a second color, where the first color and the second color differ. A light comprising a first color is projected onto a vertical surface, where the location of the light can be moved on the vertical surface. For each value of (i), an (i)th fixation point is then projected on the vertical surface, where the (i)th fixation point is one of (N) total fixation points and comprises the second color. For each value of (i), a perceived location is recorded upon receiving a signal that the (i)th fixation point is illuminated by the light. Finally, the (N) perceived locations are transformed into an ocular motor function map. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199575 | NON-REFLECTIVE IMAGING OPTICS FOR OPTICAL DEVICES, PARTICULARLY IN OPHTHALMOLOGY - Imaging optics for optical devices, with which reflections of the illumination light, which is guided through the same optical elements as the observation light, are kept from reaching the observation pupil of the imaging beam path. The non-reflective imaging optics include at least two refractive optical elements, which are utilized for illumination as well as observation. The at least two refractive optical elements are designed approximately wedge-shaped and are tilted at a random azimuth angle of at least 5° and/or are positioned off-center in the beam path to block out the single reflections of the illumination, occurring at the optical system surfaces, for the observation. The imaging optics are for optical devices, particularly in ophthalmology thought the invention is applicable to other ophthalmological devices as well as to optical devices outside of this field. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199576 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MEASURING TEAR FILM AND DIAGNOSING TEAR DISORDERS - Methods and devices measure eye blinks and tear film lipid and aqueous layer thickness before and following ophthalmic formula application onto the ocular surface, especially wherein the ophthalmic formula is an artificial tear. The methods and devices are suitable for dry eye diagnosis. The methods and devices are suitable for use to evaluate ophthalmic formula effects on the tear film and to use such information to diagnose ophthalmic formula treatment of ocular disease conditions such as dry eye in the absence of contact lens wear or post-surgical eye drop treatment and diagnosis. The methods and devices are also suitable for use in the optimization of ophthalmic drug dosage forms and sustained drug release. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199577 | ARTICLE FOR USE IN AN OCT-METHOD AND INTRAOCULAR LENS - An article for use in an OCT method, the article comprising a solid substrate and nanoparticles dispersed in or on the substrate in at least one light transmissive portion of the article such that the nanoparticles result in an increased extinction of the light transmissive portion along a transmission direction of the light transmissive portion compared to the substrate being free of nanoparticles. The extinction of the light transmissive portion along the transmission direction is less than 6, wherein the extinction is defined as a negative decadic logarithm of a ratio of an intensity of light which is transmitted through the light transmissive portion to an intensity of light which is incident on the light transmissive portion, wherein the light is in at least one of a visible and a near infrared wavelength range. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199578 | Imaging System - According to certain embodiments, foveal array elements of a foveal region of a focal plane array are sampled at a faster sampling rate to yield foveal array data. Peripheral array elements of a peripheral region of the focal plane array are sampled at a slower sampling rate or sparser sampling density to yield peripheral array data. The foveal array data is processed to yield foveal image data for a foveal region of a display. The peripheral array data is processed to yield peripheral image data for a peripheral region of the display. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199579 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD - It has been very cumbersome to determine whether or not alignment is required before the fundus image is acquired after the tomographic image is acquired, causing the reduction in diagnostic efficiency. An ophthalmic apparatus is provided to solve this problem, which comprises an irradiation unit that irradiates an eye to be inspected with a first beam for acquiring a tomographic image of the eye and a second beam for acquiring a fundus image of the eye, the second beam having a beam diameter larger than the beam diameter of the first beam; and a determination unit that, based on information indicating a shift amount between an irradiation position of the first beam in the eye and an ocular axis of the eye, determines whether or not the irradiation position of the second beam falls within a range in which the fundus image can be acquired. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199580 | SOLID-STATE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A solid-state light source device, enabling to build up with using solid-state elements, and having the structure suitable to be applied as a light source for a projection-type display apparatus, comprises a solid-state light source unit | 2011-08-18 |
20110199581 | OPTICAL PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING UNESSENTIAL BEAMS FORMED THEREIN - An optical projection system includes a light source module, a field lens, a fly-eye lens, a light valve and a projection lens. The field lens is disposed on a propagation path of a light beam, where the light beam emitted from the light source module comprises a transmission light beam passing through the field lens and a reflection light beam reflected by the field lens. The fly-eye lens is disposed on the propagation path of the light beam and between the light source module and the field lens to homogenize the light beam, where the fly-eye lens includes a plurality of lens elements arranged in an array, the reflection light beam passes through the lens element via a transmissive region of the lens element, and at least one of an opaque structure, a light-diffusing structure and a light-deflecting structure is formed on the transmissive region. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199582 | Light Source Unit, Optical Scanning Display, and Retinal Scanning Display - A light source unit includes an optical coupler, light sources, a light output portion, a light sensor, and a controller. The optical coupler is formed by joining intermediate portions of plural optical fibers together and multiplexes lights, which have entered respective one ends of the optical fibers, in a coupling region where the intermediate portions of the optical fibers are joined together. The light sources emit light of different wavelengths that enter the respective one ends of the plural optical fibers. The light output portion is formed by the other end of one of the plural optical fibers and outputs the multiplexed lights. The light sensor detects light emerging from the other end of at least another one of the plural optical fibers. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199583 | Projector apparatus - A projector apparatus includes: a light-emitting tube emitting illumination light; a reflector covering the periphery of the light-emitting tube and reflecting the illumination light emitted by the light-emitting tube in a forward direction; a cooling fan disposed beside the reflector and blowing cooling air on the light-emitting tube; and an apparatus housing containing the reflector and the cooling fan, wherein the reflector has an intake port facing an air discharging port of the cooling fan and two discharging ports opening in direction perpendicular to or substantially perpendicular to the intake port. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199584 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display window, an light emitting portion which is disposed away from the display window by a predetermined distance, and a light guiding portion which is disposed between the display window and the light emitting portion, and which guides light from the light emitting portion to the display window. In this arrangement, the light guiding portion includes a distal end surface located on the side of the display window, and a base end surface located on the side of the light emitting portion. The base end surface has an area larger than an area of the distal end surface. Further, at least a part of the light guiding portion is formed into a tapered portion whose cross sectional area is gradually reduced, as the light guiding portion extends from the base end surface toward the distal end surface. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199585 | DISPLAY SHELF WITH A PLURALITY OF PLACING TABLES - A display shelf system includes a display shelf, which includes a plurality of placing tables which are adapted to have an article placed thereon. A plurality of transmission-type screens are arranged with the placing tables, respectively. A projector projects a projector image, and a light guide of the display shelf leads the projector image onto the rear sides of the transmission-type screens. The transmission-type screens have curved surfaces which are inclined to face toward a lateral direction with respect to a front of the display shelf, so that the transmission-type screens are easily viewable by viewers who are in the lateral directions of the display shelf. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199586 | PROJECTOR AND ANAMORPHIC PRISM OPTICAL UNIT - A projector includes an anamorphic prism optical system for converting an aspect ratio of an irradiation region on which the video light is irradiated. The anamorphic prism optical system includes a first prism set and a second prism set. The first prism set is obtained by combining a first prism and a second prism, and the second prism set is obtained by combining a third prism and a fourth prism. The first prism, the second prism, the third prism, and the fourth prism are respectively rotatable around rotation axes thereof, and a space between the first and second prism sets is adjustable in association with the rotation of the first prism, the second prism, the third prism, and the fourth prism. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199587 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A safe, highly bright projector is to be implemented. A projector directs a light beam from a light source ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199588 | PROJECTOR, METHOD THAT ADJUSTS LUMINANCE OF PROJECTED IMAGE, AND PROGRAM - A projector that projects an image to a projection object using light emitted from a light source lamp, including a light adjustment sensor that measures the projection distance to the projection object and the intensity of reflected light from the projection object; a zoom position sensor that detects a zoom ratio; and a control section that adjusts the intensity of light emitted from the light source lamp based on the projection distance and the reflected light intensity measured by the adjustment sensor and the zoom ratio detected by the zoom position sensor so as to keep the luminance of a projection image displayed on the projection object constant. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199589 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device for connection to a calculation device, having a projection device for generating a virtual image. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199590 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE, TERMINAL COVER, AND COVER UNIT - A projection display device includes a terminal which is disposed on a surface of a main body cabinet, and a terminal cover which is attached to the surface of the main body cabinet to cover the terminal connected to a cable. In this arrangement, the terminal cover is formed with an opening portion on a surface thereof for passing the cable therethrough, the surface of the terminal cover facing upward when the projection display device is installed in a suspended state. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199591 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSING METHOD, MAINTENANCE METHOD AND DEVICE FABRICATING METHOD - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with exposure light, which transits a first liquid. The exposure apparatus comprises: an optical member, which has an emergent surface wherefrom the exposure light emerges; a liquid immersion member, which at least partly surrounds an optical path of the exposure light emerging from the emergent surface, has a lower surface that the substrate opposes during an exposure of the substrate, and holds the first liquid between the substrate and at least part of the lower surface; and a plate member, which has a first surface and a second surface that faces the opposite direction to the first surface and which is capable of moving to a position at which it opposes the lower surface; wherein, cleaning is performed in a state wherein the first surface opposes the lower surface. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199592 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, REMOVABLE MEMBER AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A sealing member is provided to prevent immersion liquid ingress to a gap between components. The sealing member has a plastic or polymer sealing portion that is adhered to the components forming the gap being sealed. The sealing member is constructed so as to reduce the force-coupling, in particular the time-related force-coupling, between the components being sealed. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199593 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND A DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A meniscus pinning device has a plurality of openings through which liquid and gas from the environment are extracted. The openings are of an intermediate size, having a maximum cross-sectional dimension (e.g., diameter) in the range of from about 75 μm to about 150 μm. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199594 | Exposure apparatus and method for producing device - An exposure apparatus includes an optical element via which a patterned beam is projected onto a substrate through exposure liquid filled in a space between the optical element and the substrate. The apparatus also includes a member having a flow passage in which exposure liquid flows, the flow passage being in fluidic communication with the space. The apparatus also includes a cleaning system which cleans the member. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199595 | PRINTING LINTICULAR IMAGES AND LENSES ON PRINTERS WITH UV-CURED GEL DEPOSITION CAPABILITY - Systems and methods of lenticular printing are disclosed. The systems and methods include an imaging device to process a lenticular image from two or more original images interlaced together. A printer of the imaging device prints the lenticular image on a substrate. A UV-cured gel deposition system of the imaging device is configured to deposit a UV-cured gel on the printed lenticular image to serve as a lenticular lens. The printing of the lenticular image and the depositing of the lenticular lens occurs concurrently to reduce the amount of manufacturing required to produce the lenticular device. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199596 | Method and Apparatus for Estimating Model Parameters of and Controlling a Lithographic Apparatus - System and methods estimate model parameters of a lithographic apparatus and control lithographic processing by a lithographic apparatus. An exposure is performed using a lithographic apparatus across a wafer. A set of predetermined wafer measurement locations is obtained. Discrete orthonormal polynomials are generated using the predetermined substrate measurement locations. The overlay errors arising from the exposure are measured at the predetermined locations to obtain overlay measurements. The estimated model parameters of the lithographic apparatus are calculated from the overlay measurements by using the discrete orthogonal polynomials as a basis function to model the overlay across the wafer. Finally, the estimated model parameters are used to control the lithographic apparatus in order to provide corrected overlay across the wafer. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199597 | IMAGING DEVICE IN A PROJECTION EXPOSURE FACILITY - An imaging device in a projection exposure machine for microlithography has at least one optical element and at least one manipulator, having a linear drive, for manipulating the position of the optical element. The linear drive has a driven subregion and a nondriven subregion, which are movable relative to one another in the direction of a movement axis. The subregions are interconnected at least temporarily via functional elements with an active axis and via functional elements with an active direction at least approximately parallel to the movement axis. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199598 | Lithographic fabrication of general periodic structures - A lithographic method related to Talbot imaging for printing a desired pattern of features that is periodic or quasi-periodic in at least one direction onto a substrate surface, which method includes providing a mask bearing a pattern of mask features, arranging the substrate parallel and in proximity to the mask, providing an illumination source having a central wavelength and a spectral bandwidth, forming from said source an illumination beam with an angular distribution of intensity, arranging the distance of the substrate from the mask and exposing the mask pattern to said beam so that each angular component of illumination exposes the substrate to substantially the entire range of lateral intensity distributions that occur between successive Talbot image planes for the illumination wavelengths, wherein the angular distribution of the beam is designed in conjunction with the pattern of features in the mask and the distance of the substrate from the mask. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199599 | SIX-MIRROR EUV PROJECTION SYSTEM WITH LOW INCIDENCE ANGLES - The invention relates to a projection system for guiding light with wavelengths ≦193 nm from an object plane to an image plane, comprising at least a first mirror, a second mirror, a third mirror, a fourth mirror, a fifth mirror and a sixth mirror centered around an optical axis and being arranged along the optical axis, with the light traveling from the object plane to the first mirror, then from the first mirror to the second mirror, then from the second mirror to the third mirror, then from the third mirror, the fourth mirror, then from the fourth mirror to the fifth mirror and then from the fifth mirror to the sixth mirror, The invention is characterized in that the first mirror is arranged along the optical axis geometrically between the fifth mirror and the sixth mirror, and the third mirror is a convex mirror. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199600 | COLLECTOR ASSEMBLY, RADIATION SOURCE, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A collector assembly includes a first collector mirror for reflecting radiation from a radiation emission point, such as an extreme ultraviolet radiation emission point, to an intermediate focus from where the radiation is used in the lithography apparatus for device manufacture. A second collector mirror, forward of the radiation emission point, collects additional radiation, reflecting it back to a third mirror and from there to the intermediate focus. The mirrors may allow radiation to be collected with high efficiency and without increase in the etendue. The collector assembly may reduce or remove non-uniformity in the collected radiation, for instance arising from obscuration of collected radiation by a laser beam stop used to prevent laser excitation radiation from entering the lithographic apparatus. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199601 | SUBSTRATE TABLE, A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DEVICE USING A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A table for a lithographic apparatus, the table having an encoder plate located on the table, a gap between the encoder plate and a top surface of the table, the gap located radially inward of the encoder plate relative to the periphery of the table, and a fluid extraction system with an opening in the surface of the gap to extract liquid from the gap. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199602 | SENSOR AND METHOD USING THE SAME - A sensor, including a plurality of photo gate pairs on a semiconductor substrate, each of the photo gate pairs including a first photo gate and a second photo gate, a first shared floating diffusion region in the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of first transmission transistors on the semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the plurality of first transmission transistors is adapted to transmit charges to the first shared floating diffusion region in response to a first transmission control signal, the charges being generated in the semiconductor substrate under the first photo gate of each of the plurality of photo gate pairs. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199603 | METHOD FOR OBSERVING FLUID AND FLUID FLOW OBSERVATION - A fluid observation apparatus | 2011-08-18 |
20110199604 | OPTICAL FIBER HYDROGEN DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A sensing system and method to detect or measure presence of hydrogen, including exposing a sensing fiber consisting essentially of an optical fiber to an environment; and detecting a characteristic of the sensing fiber at or in a structure and at one or more wavelengths where the characteristic changes with the presence of hydrogen. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199605 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHANGING SPECTRAL RANGE OF A CRYOGENICALLY COOLED DETECTOR - It is provided an optical system for changing a spectral range of a cryogenically cooled detector. The optical system allows selective spectral transfer of radiation, and provides a reflecting field of view at an undesired range directed towards cold surfaces. A removable spectral filter having a high transmittance at a first spectral range and a low transmittance at a second spectral range is disposed outside a cold shield. A reflective surface faces the detecting device and provides the detector a reflecting field of view at the second spectral range directed towards the cold shield, and a blackened cold skirt thereof. Alternatively, a dichroic mirror is disposed inside the cold shield and has a high reflectance at a first spectral range and a high transmittance at a second range. The detecting device includes a first arm and a second arm of the cold shield to accommodate respective optical channels. A removable selective mirror having a high reflectance at the first spectral range is disposed outside the cold shield. A reflecting field of view at the undesired spectral range directed towards a blackened surface of the cold shield or a thermo-electric cooler is provided. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199606 | Apparatus and method for measuring optical characteristics of an object - Optical characteristic measuring systems and methods such as for determining the color or other optical characteristics of teeth are disclosed. Perimeter receiver fiber optics preferably are spaced apart from a source fiber optic and receive light from the surface of the object/tooth being measured. Light from the perimeter fiber optics pass to a variety of filters. The system utilizes the perimeter receiver fiber optics to determine information regarding the height and angle of the probe with respect to the object/tooth being measured. Under processor control, the optical characteristics measurement may be made at a predetermined height and angle. Various color spectral photometer arrangements are disclosed. Translucency, fluorescence, gloss and/or surface texture data also may be obtained. Audio feedback may be provided to guide operator use of the system. The probe may have a removable or shielded tip for contamination prevention. A method of producing dental prostheses based on measured data also is disclosed. Measured data also may be stored and/or organized as part of a patient data base. Such methods and implements may be desirably utilized for purposes of detecting and preventing counterfeiting or the like. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199607 | DETECTING A DISTURBANCE IN THE PHASE OF LIGHT PROPAGATING IN AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - A partially coherent Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) apparatus has a light source comprising a directly modulated semiconductor Distributed FeedBack (DFB) laser diode for transmitting partially coherent light pulses along a monomode optical fibre. Light Rayleigh backscattered from the light pulses as they travel along the optical fibre is output from the end of the fibre into which the light pulses are transmitted to a Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) filter. The FBG filter reduces the supectral width of light received at a photodetector. In one embodiment, the supectral width of the FBG filter is around one fifth of the supectral width of the light pulse after it has travelled around 1 km along the optical fibre. As a consequence of reducing the supectral width of the light received at the photodetector, the FBG filter increases the temporal coherence of the light. So, the FBG filter can ensure that the detected light is sufficiently coherent that a temporal supeckle pattern can be detected at the photodetector. At the same time, the light traveling in the optical fibre can be relatively supectrally broad so that non-linear effects in the optical fibre, such as Brillouin scattering, can be reduced. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199608 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A DEVICE FOR OPTICAL CURVATURE MONITORING - A method for calibrating a device for monitoring the curvature of a stiffener ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199609 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHARACTERIZING MICROSCOPIC ELEMENTS - A method and device is provided for characterizing microscopic elements. A source signal may be chopped by means of microsystems of opto-electromechanical elements (MOEMS), which gives rise to temporal modulation of the excitation signals. The method of characterizing microscopic elements involves propagating a dispersed light source signal, spatially chopping the spectrum of the source signal into at least two excitation signals having predetermined wavelengths λ | 2011-08-18 |
20110199610 | THIN-LAYER POROUS OPTICAL SENSORS FOR GASES AND OTHER FLUIDS - A gas sensor uses optical interferents in a porous thin film cell to measure the refractive index of the pore medium. As the medium within the pores changes, spectral variations can be detected. For example, as the pores are filled with a solution, the characteristic peaks exhibit a spectral shift in one direction. Conversely, when tiny amounts of gas are produced, the peaks shift in the opposite direction. This can be used to measure gas evolution, humidity and for applications for other interferometric-based sensing devices. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199611 | Detector for cavity ring-down spectroscopy - A cavity ring-down spectroscope includes a ring-down cavity. A trigger detector is optically coupled within the ring-down cavity to generate a signal to indicate a desired radiation level in the ring-down cavity. A controller is coupled to the trigger detector to control light provided to the ring-down cavity. A ring-down time may then be measured. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199612 | METHOD FOR OPTICAL MEASUREMENT AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An optical measurement apparatus can be provided, in which the sample is optically measured without loss of the illuminating light with high sensitivity. A glass plate as the transparent member | 2011-08-18 |
20110199613 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DETECTOR - An optical device comprises a substrate having a first surface and a second surface being opposite the first surface; a light-emitting element having a first center, installed on the second surface; and a light-receiving element having a second center, installed on the first surface. At least a part of the light-emitting element is arranged at a position, overlapping the light-receiving element with respect to a plan view; the light-receiving element, installed after the light-emitting element, has a bonding pad, provided at a position displaced relative to the second center towards a first direction with respect to the plan view; and the first center is provided at a position displaced relative to the second center towards a second direction, being opposite the first direction DR | 2011-08-18 |
20110199614 | Interferometer step scanning systems and methods - In some embodiments, the pathlength difference (retardation) in a step scanning infrared (IR) spectrometer interferometer is maintained under AC servomechanism (servo) control for a first period following a step change, and under DC servo control for a second period following the first period. Data is acquired during and/or after the DC servo control period. Switching off the AC servo control prior to data acquisition allows limiting the dither-frequency noise that could otherwise affect signals of interest, particularly in fast-time-scale applications such as high-speed time-resolved spectroscopy (TSR). A mirror position control circuit controls a mirror position stepping as well as switching a mirror servo control from AC to DC. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199615 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An optical coherence tomographic imaging apparatus for splitting light emitted from a light source into reference light and signal light and creating an optical coherence tomographic image and tomographic spectral information in a predetermined spectral analyzing portion in the optical coherence tomographic image based on optical interference signal information of the reference light and the signal light which are incident on an inspection target and reflected on respective layers, the optical coherence tomographic imaging apparatus including a spectral information processing unit for performing a spectral information calculation using an optical interference signal of a deeper region and creating the tomographic spectral information of the spectral analyzing portion. With this arrangement, spectral information corresponding to the optical coherence tomographic image can be output with high wavelength accuracy. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199616 | PROCESS AND INSTRUMENT FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF AN IRREGULARLY SAMPLED NARROW-BAND SIGNAL - According to a first aspect the invention relates to a reconstruction process of a narrow-band signal acquired by an instrument producing irregular sampling, in which two series of samples are acquired at the same sampling period, the two series being offset relative to one another such that the sampling errors are identical or quasi identical over both series. According to a second aspect, the invention relates to an instrument configured to carry out the process according to the first aspect of the invention. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199617 | TUNABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER, LIGHT SENSOR AND ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT - In a tunable interference filter according to the invention, a second substrate includes a light transmission hole and alight transmissive member provided within the light transmission hole, and the light transmission hole is formed in a tapered shape having a diameter dimension of an inner circumferential surface increasing from the first surface toward the second surface, and the light transmissive member has a light incident surface in parallel to the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface, a light exiting surface in parallel to the first reflection surface and the second reflection surface, and a tapered side surface having a diameter dimension increasing from the first surface toward the second surface, and the tapered side surface is in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the light transmission hole. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199618 | Systems and Methods for Optically Generated Trigger Multiplication - Systems and methods for providing trigger signals in an optical interrogator, wherein multiple triggers are generated within each period of a varying reference signal, and wherein the triggers are evenly spaced according to the wavenumber of the reference signal. In one embodiment, an optical frequency domain reflectometry system provides a laser beam to a reference interferometer to produce a reference signal. This signal is passed through a 4×4 optical coupler which splits the signal into a first signal and a second signal that is 90 degrees out of phase with the first signal. These signals are converted to electrical signals, and a trigger unit generates triggers at points at which the two electrical signals have zero-crossings, and at which the magnitudes of the signals are equal. The resulting triggers remain evenly spaced within the period of the reference signals, even when the period is changed. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199619 | MEASURING STATION FOR HIGH-GLOSS SURFACES - The invention relates to a method of measuring a profile of a reflecting face of a work piece, in particular a reflecting face of an end ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199620 | METHOD OF DETERMINING AN OVERLAP DISTANCE OF AN OPTICAL HEAD AND DIGITAL EXPOSURE DEVICE USING THE METHOD - An apparatus and a method for determining an overlap distance of an optical head is disclosed. Positions and light amount distributions of each light spot can be measured, which may be provided from an optical head to a substrate. Gaussian distribution may be applied to the positions and the light amount distributions to calculate a compensation model of each of the light spots. A first accumulated light amount corresponding to each first area of the substrate may be calculated if the optical head is scanning along a first direction of the substrate using the compensation model. A second accumulated light amount corresponding to each second area overlapped with the each first area is calculated if the optical head is scanning along the first direction, which is moved in a second direction by a first distance using the compensation model. An overlap distance may be determined based on a uniformity of summations of the first and second accumulated light amount. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199621 | SINGLE-TRANSDUCER, THREE-DIMENSIONAL LASER IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are a system and method for three-dimensional imaging using a single transducer. A laser in a transmitter emits a sequence of short pulses, each of which is at a different center wavelength (frequency). A dispersive element in the transmitter spatially separates the pulses according to wavelength, with different pulses mapped to different spatial locations in a target volume via a lens. The pulses travel to the target, which scatters or back-reflects the pulses towards the dispersive element via the lens. The lens collects the returned pulses and transmits them to a single transducer via the dispersive element. The transducer measures the time of arrival for each returned pulse. Because the arrival time depends on the range to the object in the portion of the target illuminated by the corresponding emitted pulse, the measured arrival time can be used to reconstruct a 3D (angle-angle-range) image of the object. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199622 | PRINTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR PRINTING DEVICE - A printer device has a two-sided printing function and a circulatory transporting path for transporting a printing medium. The printer device is configured such that after creating a set of print data for a first recording surface to be printed with two-sided printing, the printer device adds a set of dummy print data for a second recording surface corresponding to a back side of the first recording surface to the set of print data for the first recording surface. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199623 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SETTING METHOD USED IN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus has a storage unit, a display unit, a display control unit, a setting log saving unit, a determination unit, and an updating unit. The storage unit stores default settings. The display unit displays setting contents reflecting the default settings. The display control unit causes the setting contents which are changed in response to an instruction from a user to be displayed on the display unit. The setting log saving unit saves the setting contents of the executed process as setting log information. The determination unit determines whether or not the default settings are to be changed using a plurality of the setting log information. The updating unit, if it is determined that the default settings are to be changed, updates the default settings to default settings determined from the plurality of the setting log information. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus including a preview image creating section configured to create a preview image corresponding to image data, a display section configured to display the preview image, an additional image input section configured to acquire and store image data to be added to the preview image displayed by the display section, and an image synthesizing section configured to superimpose the image data to be added to the preview image by the additional image input section on the image data used in forming the preview image. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199625 | PRINT DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A print data generation apparatus for generating a print data which causes an image indicated to be printed and a first mark, being printed by using a color erasable print material whose color is erasable by exposing to specific wavelength light, to be printed on a same recording sheet. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199626 | METHOD AND TEST ELEMENT FOR DETERMINING CHARACTERIZATION DATA OF A PRINTING PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method for calculating characterization data of a printing process, is more manageable and less complicated than previously-known methods, in which determining printing tables for CMYK printing systems with special colors or for multicolor systems easily becomes unwieldy and complicated because of necessary colored areas in test elements. A test element supplies actual spectral data. By using subsets of this actual data, tonal value curves or tonal value gain curves, parameters of a model of the printing process for determining spectra of overprinted printing inks and adapted input variables, are determined in a calculating device in accordance with the model, taking into account the tonal value gain, to determine corrected tonal values or their spectra. Then only a few colored areas are needed to calculate characterization data. A test element for determining characterization data of a printing process and an apparatus for carrying out the method are also provided. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199627 | FONT REPRODUCTION IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - A method, system, and computer program product for font reproduction in electronic documents are provided. The method includes: receiving an image of a printed document; extracting pairs of consecutive characters from the image of the printed document; storing the extracted pairs as images of the characters; and reproducing the printed document as an electronic document with text of overlapping extracted character pair images. Extracting pairs of consecutive characters includes extracting adjacent horizontal characters, extracting spaced horizontal characters, and extracting spaced vertical characters. Reproducing the printed document as an electronic document includes reproducing the spacing between words and between lines using the spaced horizontal characters and the spaced vertical characters as anchors in the reproduced document. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199628 | 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, pieces of information are displayed divided into five areas, that is, a system area , a function selecting area , a preview area , an action panel area and a task trigger area , of which arrangement is kept unchanged even when operational modes are switched. With such an arrangement, the same or similar pieces of information are displayed on an area arranged at the same position even in different operational modes. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199629 | 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. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199630 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD USING THE SAME - A printer includes a memory configured to store a message to be displayed in a help display mode to handle an error detected in an execution mode and to store a setting mode in which a setting program associated with the message is performed, a display configured to display the message, an operation unit configured to receive a user's operation, and a mode switching unit configured to switch an operation mode from the help display mode to the setting mode associated with the message if the operation unit receives a specified operation while the message is displayed in the help display mode. | 2011-08-18 |