36th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080212015 | Method for manufacturing liquid crystal display panel - An exemplary method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel ( | 2008-09-04 |
20080212016 | DURABLE EYEGLASSES FRAME ASSEMBLY - A novel eyeglasses frame allowing sizing, assembly and disassembly without the need for special training, screws, bolts, or pins, or special tools. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212017 | Pixellized Transparent Optical Component Comprising an Absorbing Coating, Production Method Thereof and Use Thereof in an Optical Element - A transparent optical component ( | 2008-09-04 |
20080212018 | Transparent Pixelized Optical Component with Absorbing Walls, its Method of Manufacture and its Use in the Manufacture of a Transparent Optical Element - A transparent optical component ( | 2008-09-04 |
20080212019 | OPTICALLY DECENTERED FACE SHIELD - A face protector includes a one piece shield in which an optical center is displaced away from the normal straight ahead line of sight toward an activity specific line of sight to minimize image shift that occurs when a direction of gaze passes across the edge of the shield. An apex of the shield is formed at a forwardmost point of the shield, or a virtual extension of the shield, when the shield is in an as worn position on a wearer. In particular examples, an optical axis extends through the optical center, at a non-zero angle to the normal straight ahead line of sight and substantially parallel to the activity specific line of sight, with the optical center being placed away from the apex. In particular examples, the optical axis is closer to (or coincident with) an activity specific line of sight of one of the right or left eye. The face protector is particularly useful in activities such as sports, for example hockey, football, or baseball which involve activity specific lines of sight. In one disclosed embodiment, the optical center is positioned at or below a bottom edge of the shield so that a hockey player can view an object on the ice below the lower edge of the shield with reduced image shift. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212020 | CONTACT LENS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND FITTING SUCH LENSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The invention is directed to a contact lens design and methods of manufacturing, fitting and using such lenses. The contact lens may be designed for use in a corneal refractive therapy (CRT) program. The lens provides a design which allows proper fitting of a patient, whether for corrective contact lenses or for a CRT program. Due to the rational design of the lenses according to the present invention, a minimal number of lens parameter increments can be identified to cover the range of common corneas. It is therefore possible to provide pre-formed lens buttons or blanks which are easily formed into a final design, thereby simplifying and speeding up the treatment process. Further, any adjustment of the lens design which may be required based upon trial fitting or the like, is easily envisioned and implemented by the fitter. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212021 | ORTHOKERATOLOGICAL CONTACT LENSES AND DESIGN METHODS THEREFOR - The present invention provides an orthokeratological contact lens to be worn on a patient's cornea and methods for prescribing the same. The contact lens comprises a parabolic lens having an inner surface configured to face an epithelium of the patient's cornea, wherein the parabolic lens is adapted to reshape the cornea by way of epithelium tissue growth. In a pre-treatment configuration, an outer surface of the epithelium does not conform to the contours of the inner surface of the parabolic lens such that there exits a gap comprising a hypertrophy volume that is disposed between the epithelium and the parabolic lens. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212022 | SERIES OF ASPHERICAL CONTACT LENSES - The present invention provides a series of aspherical contact lenses, each lens having a first central optical zone on its anterior surface and a second central optical zone on its posterior surface. Both central optical zones are aspherical surfaces. The first central optical zone is designed to have a surface which provides a target optical power and an optical power profile selected from the group consisting of (1) a substantially constant optical power profile, (2) a power profile mimicking the optical power profile of a spherical lens with an identical targeted optical power, and (3) a power profile in which lens spherical aberration at 6 mm diameter is from about 0.65 diopter to about 1.8 diopters more negative than spherical aberration at 4 mm diameter. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212023 | Pixellized Optical Component with Apodized Walls, Method for Making Same and Use thereof in Making a Transparent Optical Element - The invention concerns a transparent optical component ( | 2008-09-04 |
20080212024 | CUSTOMIZED CONTACT LENSES FOR REDUCING ABERRATIONS OF THE EYE - Higher order aberrations of an eye are reduced. Wavefront aberrations of the eye are measured, providing wavefront information and/or a wavefront map. A mask is derived from the wavefront information and/or wavefront map based on the measured wavefront aberrations. A customized contact lens is formed including the mask. The deriving of the mask includes optimizing a figure of merit using a PSF, a MTF, and/or another image quantifier. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212025 | OPTICAL OBSERVATION INSTRUMENT AND A METHOD OF CONTROLLABLY ADJUSTING A REFRACTIVE POWER IN SUCH INSTRUMENT - An optical observation instrument, in particular a spectacle, a reading aid or a telescope, comprises an optical element, in particular a spectacle lens, adapted to be controllably adjustable in its refractive power, a sensor, and a control unit for adjusting the refractive power as a function of signals from the sensor. The sensor is a brightness sensor. In a method of controllably adjusting a refractive power of an optical element in an optical observation instrument an optical parameter is captured by means of a sensor and the refractive power is adjusted as a function of a signal from the sensor. By means of the sensor the brightness of the light impinging on the optical instrument is captured. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212026 | Noninvasive ocular monitor and method for measuring and analyzing physiological data - A non-invasive device and methods for acquiring and analyzing ocular images from a subject is presented. Aspects of the method comprise of the acquisition of ocular image(s) and subsequent evaluation, classification and/or interpretation of these image(s). The ocular image(s) are acquired using ocular scanning instruments or suitable substitutes. Evaluation, classification, and/or interpretation are most easily accomplished automatically through the use of one or more algorithms. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212027 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - An ophthalmologic photographing apparatus includes a light source having two or more types of light-emitting-diode (LED) light emitting elements configured to emit light of different wavelengths, an illumination optical system configured to illuminate a fundus of a subject's eye with light emitted by the light source, an imaging optical system configured to form a fundus image from light reflected from the fundus of the subject's eye illuminated by the illumination optical system, and a control unit configured to control the light source to emit light of different wavelengths, with which the fundus of the subject's eye is illuminated, between when the formed fundus image is observed and when the formed fundus image is captured as a still image. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212028 | Fundus camera - A fundus camera of which the operability in alignment when photographing a fundus is enhanced includes a photographing optical system having a photographing optical axis which photographs the fundus, a fundus observation optical system picking up a fundus observation image, an anterior-segment observation optical system picking up an anterior-segment observation image, a photographing unit housing the optical systems, a moving mechanism moving the unit for alignment of the axis, a display unit, and a controller controlling the display unit and making display switching between the images on a screen of the display unit, wherein the controller includes a program for forming and displaying a reticle mark both in displaying the fundus observation image and in displaying the anterior-segment observation image while forming and displaying an alignment mark of which a relative distance from the reticle mark varies with an alignment deviation amount of the axis with respect to an eye. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212029 | Fundus camera - A fundus camera capable of preferably photographing the periphery of a fundus irrespective of the state of an eye includes a photographing optical system having a photographing optical axis for photographing the fundus, a fundus observation optical system for picking up a fundus observation image, an alignment target projection optical system for projecting an alignment target onto an anterior segment of the eye, an alignment target image detection optical system, a photographing unit housing the systems, a moving mechanism moving the unit for alignment of the axis, a fixation target presenting system for guiding a visual line direction, a target presenting position being selectable or changeable, a display unit, and a controller controlling the display unit to display the observation and target images, wherein the controller includes a program for forming and displaying a reticle mark in displaying the observation image varying the shape of the mark with the presenting position. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212030 | Corneal measurement apparatus and a method of using the same - An apparatus for measuring a subject's cornea, comprising (A.) a slit projection subsystem comprising a light source, (B.) a mask subsystem disposed in a path of light from the light source, comprising a first slit mask defining a plurality of apertures, (C.) a movement apparatus adapted to move at least a portion of the slit projection subsystem, the movement apparatus configured and arranged such that, by moving the portion of the slit projection subsystem, portions of the light can be selectively transmitted through an aperture of the plurality of apertures toward the cornea, (D.) an imaging element configured and arranged to image at least one of the plurality of apertures onto the cornea, and (E.) an image capture subsystem arranged to capture images of the portions of light after the light impinges on the cornea. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212031 | ITERATIVE FOURIER RECONSTRUCTION FOR LASER SURGERY AND OTHER OPTICAL APPLICATIONS - Methods, systems and software for determining an optical surface model for an optical tissue system using Fourier transformation algorithms. A method of reconstructing optical tissues of an eye comprises transmitting an image through the optical tissues of the eye. The surface gradients from the transmitted image are measured across the optical tissues of the eye. A Fourier transform algorithm is applied to the surface gradients to reconstruct an optical surface model that corresponds to the optical tissues of the eye. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212032 | VISUAL SKILL DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC SYSTEM AND PROCESS - A system and method for diagnosing a user's visual skills and for therapy is provided. The method disclosed determines the user's visual skill diagnostic score. The visual skill diagnostic score allows the user or the supervising professional to ascertain the user's visual ability. The method is designed to be executed on a computer having a display. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212033 | Project Equipped with Ultrasonic Speaker, and Method for Displaying Sound Reproduction Range in Projector - A projector includes an ultrasonic speaker, a visual information generation unit that generates visual information relating to a sound reproduction range of the ultrasonic speaker, and an image projection unit that displays the visual information generated by the visual information generation unit on a screen. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212034 | SPECKLE REDUCTION IN LASER-PROJECTOR IMAGES - A laser projector having a configurable spatial light modulator (SLM) adapted to display various spatial modulation patterns and redirect illumination from a laser to form an image on the viewing screen. The laser projector drives the SLM to change spatial modulation patterns at a rate that causes the corresponding sequence of projected images to fuse to mitigate appearance of speckle in the resulting fused image. The SLM can be designed to redirect the illumination using either diffraction or specular reflection of light from the displayed spatial modulation pattern. In one embodiment, the SLM is a MEMS device having an array of individually addressable mirrors supported over a substrate and adapted to move (e.g., translate and/or rotate) with respect to the substrate. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212035 | System and method for aligning RGB light in a single modulator projector - A projection system that includes a singe light modulation device and a plurality of light sources of different wavelengths. Each wavelength of light is incident on the light modulation device at a spatially distinct location and a temporally distinct time. The use of a scanning mirror allows the projection system to sequentially form, in full-color, each of the columns or rows of an image. The projection system is characterized by the reduction of color separation or the rainbow effect due to the rendering of each column or row in full color. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212036 | Projection Type Color Projector - A projection type color projector apparatus comprising: a laser light source configured to emit laser beams of three colors, red, green, and blue, in accordance with an image signal for projecting a color image on a screen; and a color image generating unit configured to generate the color image based on the laser beams, among spot diameters of the laser beams of three colors making up each pixel of the color image, a spot diameter of one laser beam being different from a spot diameter of another laser beam. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212037 | MINIATURE COLOR DISPLAY APPARATUS - A miniature color display apparatus are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the miniature color display apparatus can include N light sources, emitting each two-dimensional color beam of light, N is a natural number and is the same as or larger than 3; a path adjusting material, adjusting an emission path of each color beam of light to allow each color beam of light emitted from the N light sources to be emitted though the same path; an optical modulator, optically modulating each incident color beam of light according to light intensity information; and a beam converter, converting the two-dimensional color beam of light to a one-dimensional color beam of light to allow each color beam of light having the emission path adjusted by the path adjusting material to be one-dimensionally incident on the optical modulator. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212038 | PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM - A projection display system comprising a projection display unit including a light source, an image display element, a lighting optical system irradiating a beam of light on the image display element, and a projection optical system projecting an image light from the image display element toward a screen. The projection optical system including a lens group composed of a plurality of lens elements arranged in order toward the screen from the image display element and symmetrically with respect to an optical axis, and a reflecting mirror shaped to be axial-asymmetrical with respect to the optical axis. The projection display system further comprises a screen | 2008-09-04 |
20080212039 | Displaying and Navigating Digital Media - A device for navigating and displaying digital media, such as images, videos, audio files etc, is described. The device determines the distance between the device and a projection screen and selects media for display based on this distance. A user can, therefore, navigate through a media collection by moving the projection screen with respect to the device. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212040 | Holographic MEMS operated optical projectors - A method forms an image with a reconfigurable array of mirrors. The method includes configuring the array by translating some of the mirrors such that distances of the mirrors of the array from a reference plane have a non-uniform spatial distribution. The method includes illuminating the configured array with a coherent light beam such that part of the light beam is reflected off the array and is projected on a planar viewing screen. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212041 | Information processing device and projection program - An information processing device including a projection unit which, when a predetermined signal is received while an image displayed on a display is being viewed, projects the image displayed on the display onto, for example, a wall as a substitute for a screen, which is not provided in the information processing device. As the projection unit, for example, a small-sized projector provided in the information processing device may be used. In response to a conventional problem where, when an incoming call is received while a moving image is being displayed, the user cannot view the moving image since the user has to put the mobile phone to an ear for having a conversation, the information processing device causes the projector to project the moving image so that the user can continue to view the image. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212042 | Circuit Breaker Arrangement in an Indicating Arrangement in an Electrically Powered Stapler - A linear motor with high heat recovery efficiency that inhibits the rise in surface temperature is offered. The linear motor is disposed in a surrounding member ( | 2008-09-04 |
20080212043 | Exposure Apparatus, Exposure Method, And Method For Producing Device - An exposure apparatus fills an optical path space of an exposure light beam with a liquid, and exposes a substrate by irradiating the substrate with the exposure light beam via a projection optical system and the liquid. A first optical element of the projection optical system is provided with a removing device for removing foreign matters in a space inside of the concave surface portion. Immersion exposure is performed by permitting the exposure light beam to excellently reach an image plane via the projection optical system and the liquid. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212044 | Debris Mitigation System with Improved Gas Distribution - The present invention relates to a debris mitigation system, in particular for use in a radiation unit for EUV radiation and/or X-rays. The debris mitigation system comprises a foil trap ( | 2008-09-04 |
20080212045 | OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH AT LEAST A SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT SOURCE AND A METHOD FOR REMOVING CONTAMINATIONS AND/OR HEATING THE SYSTEMS - A method for removing contaminations from optical elements or parts thereof, especially from at least one surface of at least one optical element, with UV light. At least one semiconductor light source is used for removing the contaminations, wherein the semiconductor light source is arranged in and/or on a support of the optical element and/or close to the optical element such that a light of the semiconductor light source impinges onto the surface of the optical element. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212046 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - A liquid confinement system for use in immersion lithography is disclosed in which the meniscus of liquid between the liquid confinement system and the substrate is pinned substantially in place by a meniscus pinning feature. The meniscus pinning feature comprises a plurality of discrete outlets arranged in a polygonal shape. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212047 | Exposure apparatus, exposing method, and device fabricating method - An exposure apparatus comprises: a first optical member for acquiring positional information about the substrate through a first liquid that is for measurement; a second optical member that emits the exposure beam; a first movable member that holds the substrate and is capable of moving within a prescribed area that includes a first position, which opposes the first optical member, and a second position, which opposes the second optical member; and a first liquid holding member that can be positioned at the first position; wherein, by disposing at least one of the first movable member and the first liquid holding member at the first position, a first space, which is capable of holding the first liquid, continues to be formed between the first optical member and at least one of the first movable member, the substrate, which is held by the first movable member, and the first liquid holding member. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212048 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A substrate processing method and a substrate processing system exclude wafers W provided with a protective film having surface defects that will cause components of a resist to dissolve in an immersion liquid during an immersion exposure process, and rated abnormal from those to be processed by the immersion exposure process. The substrate processing system is provided with a protective film forming module for forming a protective film on a resist film formed on a surface of a wafer W, an exposure system | 2008-09-04 |
20080212049 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH HIGH THROUGHPUT DEVELOPMENT UNITS - A substrate processing apparatus is arranged adjacent to an exposure device and includes a processing section, a transfer section configured to carry the substrate into and out of the processing section, and an interface configured to receive and transfer the substrate between the processing section and the exposure device. The processing section includes a first processing unit having a photosensitive film formation region, a thermal processing region having a first thermal processing unit, and a first transport region having a first transport unit. The photosensitive film formation region is arranged opposite the thermal processing region with the first transport region interposed therebetween. The processing section also includes a second processing unit having a first development region, a second development region, and a second transport region having a second transport unit. The first development region is arranged opposite to the second development region with the second transport region interposed therebetween. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212050 | Apparatus and methods for removing immersion liquid from substrates using temperature gradient - Apparatus and methods assist in the removal of immersion liquid from a surface of a substrate. In particular, the apparatus/method removes immersion liquid from a surface of a substrate that has been subjected to immersion lithographic exposure. A temperature control unit controls a temperature of the substrate to create a temperature gradient across at least a portion of the surface of the substrate such that a first portion of the surface of the substrate has a first temperature that is higher than a second temperature of a second portion of the surface of the substrate. The temperature gradient induces the immersion liquid remaining on the substrate to move from the higher temperature portion(s) toward the lower temperature portion(s). | 2008-09-04 |
20080212051 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method - A liquid supply system for an immersion lithographic apparatus provides a laminar flow of immersion liquid between a final element of the projection system and a substrate. A control system minimizes the chances of overflowing and an extractor includes an array of outlets configured to minimize vibrations. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212052 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE SYSTEM FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY WITH PASSIVE THERMAL COMPENSATION - An optical arrangement with a light source includes an optical element that is fastened in a mount. The light source emits radiation and the optical element is acted on thereby such that the heat that results lacks symmetry corresponding to the shape of the optical element. A connecting structure is provided between the optical element and the mount and has a symmetry that does not correspond to the shape of the optical element and effects an at least partial homogenization of the temperature distribution in the optical element. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212053 | Device manufacturing method, lithographic apparatus and device manufactured thereby - A device manufacturing method is disclosed. The method includes patterning a beam of radiation, projecting the patterned beam of radiation onto a plurality of outer target portions of a substrate in a sequence in which each subsequent outer target portion is spaced-apart from a preceding outer target portion, and subsequent to projecting the patterned beam of radiation on the plurality of outer target portions, projecting the patterned beam of radiation onto an inner target portion of the substrate. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212054 | Stage system and lithographic apparatus comprising such stage system - A stage system for a lithographic apparatus includes a stage, an over-determined number of actuators to act on the stage, at least two sensors to measure a position dependent parameter of the stage and to provide a respective sensor signal. The at least two sensors are arranged to measure the respective position dependent parameters in a same degree of freedom. A controller is provided to provide a controller output signal to at least one of the actuators in response to a setpoint and the position dependent parameter as measured by at least one of the sensors. A further controller is provided with the position dependent parameters measured by the sensors. The further controller is configured to determine a difference between the position dependent parameters from the sensors and to provide a further controller output signal to at least one of the actuators in response to the determined difference. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212055 | Calibration method for a lithographic apparatus - Method to calibrate a substrate table position in a lithographic apparatus includes providing a substrate on the substrate table with a two dimensional arrangement of patterns; positioning the substrate table with a positioning system; measuring positions of the substrate table in at least two dimensions with a position measurement system; reading out the arrangement of patterns as a function of the measured positions of the substrate table with a pattern read out system to obtain pattern read out results; deriving position errors as a function of the measured positions of the substrate table compared with the pattern read out results; calibrating the positioning system using the position errors, the calibrating including determining drift influences of the positioning system, correcting the position errors as a function of the corresponding two dimensional position of the substrate table with the determined drift influences, and calibrating the positioning system with the corrected position errors. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212056 | Exposure Method, Exposure Apparatus, Method for Producing Device, and Method for Evaluating Exposure Apparatus - An exposure method includes a first step for measuring position information of a substrate while controlling a substrate stage to move the substrate stage in a state that an optical path space is filled with a liquid under a predetermined condition; a second step for obtaining a movement control accuracy of the substrate stage based on a result of the measurement; a third step for determining an exposure condition, for exposing the substrate, based on the obtained movement control accuracy; and a fourth step for exposing the substrate based on the determined exposure condition. This makes it possible to satisfactorily expose the substrate at the time of exposing the substrate based on the liquid immersion method. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212057 | Substrate comprising a mark - A substrate comprises a first mark and a second mark. The first mark comprises a first pattern with at least one mark feature formed by a first material and at least one region formed by a second material. The first and second materials have different material characteristics with respect to a substrate treatment process such that a step height in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the substrate may be created by applying the substrate treatment process. The second mark can be provided with a second step height by applying the substrate treatment process. The second step height is substantially different from the first step height. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212058 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides a projection optical system which projects an image on a first object plane onto a second object plane, comprising a plurality of optical members inserted in turn from a side of the second object plane, said plurality of optical members being made of an isotropic crystal and including a first optical member and second optical member in each of which <1 1 1> crystal axes are oriented in a direction of an optical axis and a third optical member in which <1 0 0> crystal axes are oriented in the direction of the optical axis, wherein maximum angles | 2008-09-04 |
20080212059 | MICROLITHOGRAPHY ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS AND METHODS - The disclosure relates to microlithography systems, such as EUV microlithography illumination systems, as well as related components, systems and methods. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212060 | Method for Determining Intensity Distribution in the Image Plane of a Projection Exposure Arrangement - A method for determining intensity distribution in the focal plane of a projection exposure arrangement, in which a large aperture imaging system is emulated and a light from a sample is represented on a local resolution detector by an emulation imaging system. A device for carrying out the method and emulated devices are also described. The invention makes it possible to improve a reproduction quality since the system apodisation is taken into consideration. The inventive method consists in includes determining the integrated amplitude distribution in an output pupil, combining the integrated amplitude distribution with a predetermined apodization correction and calculating a corrected apodization image according to the modified amplitude distribution. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212061 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An illumination optical system which illuminates a plane to be illuminated using light from a light source, includes a diaphragm having an aperture of constant area and disposed on a pupil plane of the illumination optical system and an irradiation range adjustment unit configured to adjust an irradiation range of the light from the light source on the pupil plane, the irradiation range includes the aperture, wherein the irradiation range adjustment unit changes the irradiation range to adjust a quantity of illumination light on the plane to be illuminated. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212062 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus which comprises a reticle stage configured to hold a reticle, and executes multiple exposure of a substrate in a lot to light using a plurality of reticles. The apparatus comprises a calculator configured to calculate a conveyance times taken to convey each of the plurality of reticles to the reticle stage, based on arrangements of the plurality of reticles before start of a process of the lot and a controller configured to determine a sequence in which the plurality of reticles are used, based on the conveyance times of the plurality of reticles calculated by the calculator. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212063 | Laser Beam Machining System - To provide a laser processing apparatus which can converge a laser beam for processing an object to be processed at a position as close as possible to a predetermined position. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212064 | Hand-Held Measuring Device With Measured Value Memory and Microphone For Entering Spoken Messages Related Art - The invention relates to a hand-held measuring device, in particular, a laser distance measuring device ( | 2008-09-04 |
20080212065 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE FLATNESS OF A FOUNDATION TO WHICH A BUILDING STRUCTURE, MACHINERY OR EQUIPMENT IS TO BE MOUNTED - A method for measuring flatness of a factory floor upon which machinery is to be mounted using a rotating laser beam that emits a rotating laser beam in an essentially horizontally plane. A photosensitive position sensor delivers an electrical pulse, which is identified by its timing and phase angle, during illumination by the laser beam. The phase angle and timing of these pulses constitute a measure of the position of the sensor in the coordinate system. Measurements are taken with the sensor positioned at each location at which the machinery is to be fixed to a factory floor. The method determines any differences in height between the measurement points and the amount, if any, that the floor needs to be adjusted at each mounting point to insure that a machine that is affixed to the floor these points will be level. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212066 | METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF AN OBJECT AND OPTOELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a method for the detection of an object by means of an optoelectronic apparatus, wherein light rays generated by a light source are incident onto an object as a light bead and the light rays scattered back and/or reflected from the object are detected by a receiver arrangement in accordance with the triangulation principle and an object detection signal including information on a scanning distance between the apparatus and the object is output, with the light rays acting via an imaging element on a pixel array consisting of photodetectors in the receiver arrangement. The method is characterized in that the imaging element is only an array of individual imaging elements positioned before the pixel array and generating a received signal pattern on the pixel array corresponding to a plurality of mutually spaced apart images of the light bead; and in that the information on the scanning distance is determined from the received signal pattern. The present invention furthermore relates to an optoelectronic apparatus for the carrying out of the method. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212067 | INSPECTION AND STRENGTH MEASUREMENT OF SOLDER AND STRUCTURAL JOINTS USING LASER GENERATED STRESS WAVES - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for direct measurement of the tensile strength of joints with use of laser spallation. A laser pulse is directed at a surface in communication with a solder joint, generating a stress wave to separate the solder ball from its underlying structure. The solder joint may be measured either prior to joining of a PCB board or CSP package, or after they have been joined. The joints for testing may be prepared by polishing either the PC board or the CSP package to expose the desired solder joint for testing. The tensile strength of the embedded joints may also be measured in-situ. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212068 | Porous Photonic Crystal with Light Scattering Domains and Methods of Synthesis and Use Thereof - The invention includes sensors and sensing methods for determining cell morphology and/or chemical composition of an analyte. A porous substrate exhibiting a first optical signal is exposed to a target analyte and subsequently monitored for changes in the optical signal. More specifically, a photonic or porous substrate having a well-defined and highly tunable reflectivity or transmission spectrum, such as porous silicon (Si), porous alumina, porous Ge, porous GaAs, porous SiO2 and porous polymer, is used for example. A porous or photonic substrate is exposed to an analyte, such as a cell or other macromolecule, and changes in the scattered light are observed over time to determine cell morphology and/or chemical composition of the analyte using the substrate. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212069 | Method, system, and compositions for cell counting and analysis - The present invention provides a low cost imaged-based system for detecting, measuring and/or counting labeled features of biological samples, particularly blood specimens. In one aspect, the invention includes a system for imaging multiple features of a specimen that includes one or more light sources capable of successively generating illumination beams each having a distinct wavelength band and a plurality of differentially excitable labels capable of labeling a specimen comprising multiple features, such that each different feature is labeled with a different differentially excitable label. System of the invention may further include a controller operationally associated with the one or more light sources for successively directing illumination beams onto the specimen so that each of the different differentially excitable labels is successively caused to emit an optical signal within the same wavelength band, an optical system capable of collecting such emitted optical signals and forming successive images corresponding to the labeled features of the specimen on a light-responsive surface to form successive sets of image data thereof, and a disposable cuvette for collection and optical analysis of non-red blood cells. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212070 | KIT AND METHOD FOR MULTI-ANALYTE DETERMINATION - The invention is related to different embodiments of a kit for the simultaneous qualitative and/or quantitative determination of a multitude of analytes comprising
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20080212071 | METHOD OF DETERMINING ANALYTE CONCENTRATION IN A SAMPLE USING INFRARED TRANSMISSION DATA - A method determines an analyte concentration in a sample. The sample includes the analyte and a substance. The method includes providing absorption data of the sample. The method further includes providing reference absorption data of the substance. The method further includes calculating a substance contribution of the absorption data. The method further includes subtracting the substance contribution from the absorption data, thereby providing corrected absorption data substantially free of a contribution from the substance. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212072 | Photothermal Test Camera Provided With An Optical Device For Extending A Laser Beam Section - The inventive photothermal test camera ( | 2008-09-04 |
20080212073 | POLYMERIC DEVICE SUITABLE FOR ULTRAVIOLET DETECTION - The present invention relates to a flow cell ( | 2008-09-04 |
20080212074 | Hand-Held, Self-Contained Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) Analyzer - A hand-held, self-contained, battery-powered test instrument for analyzing composition of a sample includes an exciter for exciting at least a portion of the sample, a compact cross-dispersed spectrometer for receiving an optical signal from the excited portion of the sample and a processor for processing spectral data about the optical signal from the spectrometer. The exciter may include a spark generator and a counter electrode, a laser or other device for generating the optical signal from the sample portion. The spectrometer has a wavelength range broad enough to enable the test instrument to detect and determine relative quantities of carbon, phosphorous, sulfur, manganese, silicon, iron and other elements necessary to identify common alloys. The spectrometer includes a structural member made of a light-weight material having a small coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). The spectrometer is dimensionally stable over a range of expected ambient temperatures, without controlling the temperature of the spectrometer. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212075 | SHORT-WAVELENGTH COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - The present relates generally to methods, systems and apparatuses for three dimensional and cross-sectional imaging of objects (e.g., silicon) and subjects at a nanometer-scale resolution using short wave-length (e.g., extreme ultra-violet) light. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212076 | Apparatus and method for testing infrared camera - An apparatus for testing infrared cameras includes: a cover plate which has a plurality of holes formed therethrough and arranged in line in a horizontal direction at a regular interval, the cover plate being adapted to emit an amount of infrared light; and an emission source which is disposed in parallel to and behind the cover plate as viewed from infrared cameras to be tested, the emission source being adapted to emit a different amount of infrared light when compared with the cover plate. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212077 | Spectroscopic Lance for Bulk Sampling - A lance assembly for spectroscopically sampling bulk product ( | 2008-09-04 |
20080212078 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR FOCUSING A MULTIPLANE IMAGE ACQUISITION ON A PROBER - The invention relates to a system and a method for capturing images in a prober. According to the invention, the surface of a test object is illuminated in succession with light of a first, second and third color; and an image capturing device records a gray scale image of the surface; and a composite image is produced from the three gray scale images by means of an image evaluating device. The object of the invention is to qualitatively improve the image capturing, in order to raise the positioning accuracy by means of an improved display, as a result of which, finely structured test objects can be used. This object of the invention is achieved in that the lighting device is designed as a unit, which can be controlled by the image evaluating unit and which produces at least three colors and which exhibits at least one light emitting diode (LED) as the lighting means. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212079 | SINGLE DETECTOR BASED DUAL EXCITATION WAVELENGTH SPECTRA DISPLAY - A single detector based spectroscopy system using FAST (fiber array spectral translator) fibers and two excitation sources in conjunction with a holographic spectrum analyzer (HSA) to obtain simultaneous and selective display of spectroscopic regions of interest. A sample can be illuminated with different laser excitation wavelengths and resulting multiple spectra can be comparatively observed on a single display screen for more fruitful analysis of sample spectral responses (and, hence, sample chemical or physical properties) under different excitations. The HSA may be configured to focus on user-selected spectral regions of interest from different such spectra and a single CCD detector may be configured to collect spectral data from all selected spectral regions of interest in corresponding portions of the CCD pixel array, thereby allowing subsequent simultaneous display of such selected spectral regions of interest. The HSA may also allow simultaneous collection and display of portions of a single spectrum from a single excitation wavelength. A user can perform better comparative analysis when spectral regions of interest are juxtaposed with each other on a single electronic display. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212080 | MEASURING A PROCESS PARAMETER OF A SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION PROCESS USING OPTICAL METROLOGY - To measure a process parameter of a semiconductor fabrication process, the fabrication process is performed on a first area using a first value of the process parameter. The fabrication process is performed on a second area using a second value of the process parameter. A first measurement of the first area is obtained using an optical metrology tool. A second measurement of the second area is obtained using the optical metrology tool. One or more optical properties of the first area are determined based on the first measurement. One or more optical properties of the second area are determined based on the second measurement. The fabrication process is performed on a third area. A third measurement of the third area is obtained using the optical metrology tool. A third value of the process parameter is determined based on the third measurement and a relationship between the determined optical properties of the first and second areas. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212081 | HIGH SPEED LASER SCANNING INSPECTION SYSTEM - An optical inspection system rapidly evaluates a substrate by illumination of an area of a substrate larger than a diffraction-limited spot using a coherent laser beam by breaking temporal or spatial coherence. Picosecond or femtosecond pulses from a modelocked laser source are split into a plurality of spatially separated beamlets that are temporally and/or frequency dispersed, and then focused onto a plurality of spots on the substrate. Adjacent spots, which can overlap by up to about 60-70 percent, are illuminated at different times, or at different frequencies, and do not produce mutually interfering coherence effects. Bright-field and dark-field detection schemes are used in various combinations in different embodiments of the system. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212082 | FIBER OPTIC POSITION AND/OR SHAPE SENSING BASED ON RAYLEIGH SCATTER - A fiber optic position and/or shape sensing device includes an optical fiber with either two or more single core optical fibers or a multi-core optical fiber having two or more fiber cores. In either case, the fiber cores are spaced apart so that mode coupling between the fiber cores is reduced, and preferably, minimized. The optical fiber is physically associated with an object. Strain on at least a portion of the optical fiber where it is associated with the object is determined by an OFDR using one or more Rayleigh scatter patterns for that portion of the optical fiber. The determined strain is used to determine a position and/or a shape of the object. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212083 | OPTICAL IMAGING ARRANGEMENT - There is provided an optical imaging arrangement comprising: a mask unit comprising a pattern, a substrate unit comprising a substrate, an optical projection unit comprising a group of optical element units, the optical projection unit being adapted to transfer an image of the pattern onto the substrate, a first imaging arrangement component, the first imaging arrangement component being a component of one of the optical element units, a second imaging arrangement component, the second imaging arrangement component being different from the first imaging arrangement component and being a component of one of the mask unit, the optical projection unit and the substrate unit, and a metrology arrangement. The metrology arrangement captures a spatial relationship between the first imaging arrangement component and the second imaging arrangement component. The metrology arrangement comprises a reference element, the reference element being mechanically connected directly to the first imaging arrangement component. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212084 | EDGE INSPECTION - A semiconductor inspection tool comprises an edge top camera for obtaining images of a top edge of a wafer, an edge normal camera for obtaining images of a normal edge of the wafer, and a controller for receiving the images of the top edge of the wafer and the images of the normal edge of the wafer and for analyzing the images of the top edge of the wafer and the images of the normal edge of the wafer for wafer edge defects. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212085 | METHOD OF EVALUATING NON-LINEAR OPTICAL CRYSTAL AND DEVICE THEREFOR, AND WAVELENGTH CONVERSION METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A method of evaluating a non-linear optical crystal used for non-linear wavelength conversion of laser beam which enables the non-linear optical crystal to be evaluated before the crystal is actually used as a wavelength conversion element in order for the crystal to be constantly used for an extended time with a high conversion efficiency retained and without lowering in output when non-linear optical crystals for various non-linear wavelength conversions such as a CLBO crystal are used to convert laser beams, wherein the non-linear optical crystal is moved to changed a laser beam incident position to detect the output of a laser beam emitted from the non-linear optical crystal for each changing position. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212086 | Packaging Material Inspection Machine - A machine for optically inspecting a transparent or semi-transparent workpiece composed of a material having a known, predetermined optical absorption property, that includes a light energy transmitting module having at least one light energy transmitting element disposed therein for transmitting light energy at a frequency tuned to the known, predetermined absorption property and along a predetermined axis, a support for securely engaging the workpiece and positioning it in the path of the predetermined axis, and a light energy collection module having a filter in tune with the known, predetermined absorption property and at least one light energy sensor contained therein, wherein the support is positioned between the light energy transmitting module and the light energy collection module. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212087 | Apparatus for the Electromagnetic Spectrum or Optical Analysis, in Particular Photometric, Spectrophotometric or Image Analysis - An apparatus for the electromagnetic spectrum or optical analysis of a material. The apparatus comprising a measuring probe having a housing with at least one radiation or light measuring element, a measuring window and with at least one detection element for the analysis. The measuring probe is formed and guided displaceably in the axial direction in such a way that at least part of the housing in which the measuring window is located enters through an opening in which the material to be analyzed is located for the analysis. The at least one measuring window is arranged in at least one subregion of the circumferential wall of the housing. A sealing cap is located between a front end face of the housing and the measuring window arranged in the circumferential wall and consequently covers the opening in a retracted position of the measuring probe. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212088 | Holographic Sensors and Their Uses - A method of analysing a holographic sensor ( | 2008-09-04 |
20080212089 | Multi-spectral techniques for defocus detection - A method and apparatus for improved defocus detection on wafers. The use of hyperspectral imaging provides increased sensitivity for local defocus defects, and the use of Fourier Space analysis provides increased sensitivity for extended defocus defects. A combination of the two provides improved overall sensitivity to local and extended defocus defects. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212090 | FLUOROMETER WITH LOW HEAT-GENERATING LIGHT SOURCE - This invention concerns a fluorometer preferably combined with a thermal cycler useful in biochemical protocols such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA melting curve analysis. The present fluorometer features a low heat-generating light source such as a light emitting diode (LED), having a one-to-one correspondence to each of a plurality of sample containers, such as capped PCR tubes in a standard titer tray. The fluorometer of the present invention further comprises an optical path between each LED and its correspondingly positioned container, and another optical path between each fluorescing sample within the positioned container and an optical signal sensing means. The instrument can be computer controlled. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212091 | Light source unit and spectrum analyzer - A light source unit and a spectrum analyzer are provided in which the influence of interference can be reduced under conditions where light is separated into spectral components. A spectrum analyzer | 2008-09-04 |
20080212092 | WAVELENGTH DISPLACEMENT CORRECTING SYSTEM - In a wavelength displacement correcting system and method of the invention, a monochromatic beam from a light emitting diode driven by a constant current is incident through an incident slit of a spectral device. The incident beam is diffracted on a diffraction grating to form a dispersed light image, and information relating to the dispersed light image of the incident slit is outputted from the spectral device. A wavelength displacement amount of the monochromatic beam is calculated, using a forward voltage value corresponding to the constant current, and a forward voltage initial value. Wavelength displacement amounts of at least two diffracted beams are calculated, using output values of the at least two diffracted beams, and diffracted beam output initial values with respect to the dispersed light image. A dispersion width displacement amount of the spectral device is calculated, using the calculated wavelength displacement amount of the monochromatic beam, and the calculated wavelength displacement amounts of at least two diffracted beams, whereby a wavelength displacement of the spectral device is corrected. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212093 | PARTICLE MONITOR SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A particle monitor system that can detect fine particles in a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing apparatus has a chamber in which a substrate is housed and subjected to processing, a dry pump that exhausts gas out of the chamber, and a bypass line that communicates the chamber and the dry pump together. The particle monitor system has a laser light oscillator that irradiates laser light toward a space in which the particles may be present, and a laser power measurement device that is disposed on an optical path of the laser light having passed through the space and measures the energy of the laser light. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212094 | DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AEROSOL DELIVERY - An apparatus comprises a detector, a pressure sensor and a processor. The detector is operable to detect light that is scattered by an aerosol that is associated with a pressure. The pressure sensor is operable to measure the pressure. The processor is coupled to the detector and to the pressure sensor, and is configured to receive at least a signal from the detector and the pressure sensor. The processor is further configured to use the received signals to calculate a volume of the first aerosol, and to output an output signal associated with the calculated volume. The various measurements can be repeated and compared, and the output signal can be a feedback signal for metering subsequent amounts of the aerosol, based on the comparison. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212095 | Optical Monitoring Apparatus and Method of Monitoring Optical Coatings - A beam is reflected and/or transmitted by a sample with a coating. The path of the beam has a unitary path part where the beam is affected by the coating but is split into parallel sub-paths in a fixed (sample independent) part of the apparatus, components of the beam with different directions of polarization being passed through the sub-paths. A spectrum is determined of ratio's between intensities of the components after they have been affected by the sample, and from the spectrum of the ratio's coating properties are determined. Typically a polarizing splitter is used to split the beam after it has been affected by the sample and the beam is chopped in the sub-paths. After chopping the beam may be recombined before being passed to a detector. The detector may be shared between different arrangements of splitters-choppers-combiners. The beam may be passed to and from the sample through the same splitter. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212096 | PROPERTY DETERMINATION WITH LIGHT IMPINGING AT CHARACTERISTIC ANGLE - A method for determining a property of a layered structure includes receiving information defining a characteristic angle for a structure. The characteristic angle is such that, after performance of a process that changes a thickness of a first layer adjacent a second layer of the structure, light reflected from a beam that impinges at the characteristic angle on an interface that will be formed adjacent the second layer has predominantly a first polarization. After receiving the information and during the process, a light beam is directed onto the structure at the characteristic angle. The light beam includes at least a first component having the first polarization and a second component having a second polarization. Light that the structure reflects from the light beam is detected. A signal is generated upon detecting that a proportion of the reflected light that has the first polarization undergoes a change meeting a predefined criterion. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212097 | Method of inspection, a method of manufacturing, an inspection apparatus, a substrate, a mask, a lithography apparatus and a lithographic cell - Each target used in a method of measuring overlay using a scatterometer includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion has features varying only in a first direction and the second portion has features only varying in a second direction. The first and second directions are orthogonal, thus eliminating cross talk between the directions, and improving the accuracy of overlay error calculations. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212098 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING FEATURE - A method includes detecting a feature of an input pattern using a plurality of feature detectors, selecting at least one of the feature detectors based on their output values, and calculating a feature quantity of the input pattern based on an output value from at least one selected feature detector. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212099 | Method for counting people passing through a gate - Based on area and color analyses, a cost-effective bi-directional people counter dedicated to the pedestrian flow passing through a gate or a door is proposed. Firstly, the passing people are roughly counted with the area of people projected on an image captured by a zenithal video camera. The moving direction of the pedestrian can be recognized by tracking each people-pattern with an analysis of its HSI histogram. To improve the accuracy of counting, the color vector extracted from the quantized histograms of intensity or hue is introduced to refine the early counting. Besides, the inherent problems of both people touching together and merge/split phenomenon can be overcome. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212100 | Sono-Photonic Gas Sensor - Sensing a gas includes introducing a gas into a chamber, forming a standing acoustic wave in the chamber, and irradiating the chamber with electromagnetic radiation. Some of the electromagnetic radiation passes into the chamber, through the standing acoustic wave in the chamber, and out of the chamber. An amount of electromagnetic radiation that passes out of the chamber, or is transmitted through the chamber, is detected. A concentration of the gas in the chamber can be assessed. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212101 | Optical Sensor for Detecting Moisture on a Windshield of a Motor Vehicle - In an optical sensor for detecting moisture on a windshield of a motor vehicle, in which the light radiation is deflectable to a detection area on the windshield situated in the light path between transmitter and receiver, the transmitter and/or the receiver have a transparent design and are integrated into the windshield. The transparent optical elements may thus be situated in the area of a wiped field of the windshield cleaned by the windshield wiper. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212102 | MULTISPECTRAL PLASMONIC CRYSTAL SENSORS - The present invention provides plasmonic crystals comprising three-dimensional and quasi comprising three-dimensional distributions of metallic or semiconducting films, including multi-layered crystal structures comprising nanostructured films and film arrays. Plasmonic crystals of the present invention include precisely registered and deterministically selected nonplanar crystal geometries and spatial distributions providing highly coupled, localized plasmonic responses in thin film elements and/or nanostructures of the crystal. Coupling of plasmonic responses provided by three-dimensional and quasi-three dimensional plasmonic crystal geometries and structures of the present invention generates enhanced local plasmonic field distributions useful for detecting small changes in the composition of an external dielectric environment proximate to a sensing surface of the plasmonic crystal. Plasmonic crystal structures of the present invention are also useful for providing highly localized excitation and/or imaging of fluorophores proximate to the crystal surface. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212103 | Ultra-Short Optical Pulse Measurement Using a Thick Nonlinear Crystal - The invention provides a pulse measurement apparatus and corresponding method. The apparatus comprises: a splitter for splitting a pulse to be measured into two sub-pulses propagating along different beam paths; a non-linear medium, capable of up-conversion of radiation propagating therethrough, arranged in said beam paths; at least one element for interfering the up-converted pulses resulting from propagation of the two sub-pulses in the non-linear medium; and detection apparatus for detecting the result of the interference to obtain at least one of spectral and temporal characteristics of the pulse to be measured. In the non-linear medium, each sub-pulse can be resolved into an o-wave component and an e-wave component propagating through the medium at a predetermined angle, and the phase-matching function for up-conversion by interaction of the o-wave component with the e-wave component in the non-linear medium is selected such that up-conversion is substantially independent of frequency for one of the o-wave or e-wave over a predetermined frequency range, and is frequency selective for the other of the o-wave and e-wave. This phase-matching function produces spectrally-sheared up-converted replicas of the pulse to be measured. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212104 | Apparatus and method for resonant chemical and biological sensing - Apparatus and method are provided for chemical and biological agent sensing. The sensing apparatus includes a resonator having a resonance frequency. The resonator includes a coil of a photonic crystal fiber. The photonic crystal fiber has a solid region configured to guide a substantially single optical mode of light having an evanescent tail, a first cladding surrounding an exterior of the solid region, and a polymer coating the first cladding. The polymer has an embedded indicator. The first cladding and polymer are together configured to extend a portion of the evanescent tail into the polymer. The resonator is configured to produce a resonance shape centered at the resonance frequency. A predetermined change in the resonance shape or the free spectral range indicates a reaction of the indicator to the agent. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212105 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS - A system for evaluation of optical quality of an optical device includes a light source configured to generate light, the generated light be received by an optical device. An interferometric lens apparatus is removably mounted to the optical device to generate interference fringes. A camera device is configured to receive and display the interference fringes, and a computer configured to analyze the interference fringes received from the camera device to determine aberrations of the optical device and generate a recommendation to correct the determined aberrations. Methods for evaluating the optical quality of an optical device are also described. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212106 | System and Method for Processing a Profile of a Solid, Which Profile is Captured, Preferably in a Dynamic Manner, to Determine Its Wear - A method for the processing of a profile of a solid which has been detected, dynamically, for the purpose of determining wear which has occurred. The data from the evaluated profile are used as a control variable for controlling at least one machine for surface machining on the solid. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212107 | Apparatus and method for measuring suspension and head assemblies in a stack - An optical measurement device for determining at least two parameters of a measurement location of a surface of at least one workpiece positioned in a known coordinate system is described. The device comprises a first light source providing a first measurement beam. The first measurement beam is directed at a first surface of a workpiece. The device also comprises a second light source providing a second measurement beam. The second measurement beam is directed at a second surface of a workpiece facing opposite the first surface. Further, the device comprises a first system of receiving optics. The first system of receiving optics detects the incoming position of the first measurement beam. The first system of receiving optics is positioned on an opposite side of a workpiece from the first light source. Further still, the device comprises a second imaging system. The second system of receiving optics detects the incoming position of the second measurement beam. The second system of receiving optics is positioned on an opposite side of a workpiece from the second light source. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212108 | Positioning device and positioning method - A positioning method for positioning a movable member so as to maximize a detection output of a position detecting means whose detection output varies corresponding to positions of the movable member, comprising: performing a wobbling control when the detection output is small, in which the movable member is moved forward and backward by a predetermined minute amount, and the movable member is moved in proportion to a difference between the detection output when the movable member is moved forward by the predetermined minute amount and the detection output when the movable member is moved backward; and performing a hill climbing control when the detection output is large, in which the movable member is moved in one direction by only a predetermined adjustment amount and when the detection output increases, the movable member is moved again in an identical direction by the adjustment amount. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212109 | Integrated data scanning, processing and printing system for pre-instructing a print job output - A data processing system includes a data processing machine having at least one processor and at least one printer command key. A printer includes at least one processor. A workstation has at least one processor. The processors communicate with one another. At least one processor has a set of programmable instructions configured for execution thereof for receiving pre-instructions via the at least one printer command key to request print results of a scan of input data to the data processing machine prior to scanning of the input data. The processors may request a print job output by the printer of the results from the data processing of the input data by the data processing machine and printing of the results by the printer. A corresponding method includes pre-instructing the machine to request the print results prior to scanning of the input data. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212110 | PDF DIRECT PRINTING METHOD UTILIZING PAGE PRINTING ORDER INFORMATION FOR EFFICIENT HANDLING OF DATA - In a PDF direct printing method, a client computer transfers PDF direct print data to a printer controller for direct printing. The client is provided with page printing order information which specifies which pages of the PDF file are to be printed, and preferably also the order in which the pages are to be printed. Based on this information, a PDF parser on the client parsers out the PDF data and transfers to the printer controller only the pages of data as specified by the page printing order. The page printing order information is either transmitted to the client from the printer controller, or supplied by a program on the client that initiated the PDF direct printing process. The printer controller stores the PDF direct print data transferred from the client, and maintains a memory allocation database to record the memory locations where pieces of the PDF data are stored. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212111 | DOCUMENT DISCARDING PROCESS SYSTEM, DISCARD DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE, DOCUMENT DISCARDING PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DOCUMENT DISCARDING PROCESSING PROGRAM - A document discarding process system, which includes a discard document management device that registers and manages a discard target document to be discarded; and at least one document processing device that is connected to the discard document management device through a communication section, the discard document management device, which includes an accepting section that accepts a registration of the discard target document; a registering section that registers the accepted discard target document; and a distributing section that distributes identification information for identifying the registered discard target document through the communication section to the at least one document processing device, and the at least one document processing device, which includes: a receiving section that receives the distributed identification information; a searching section that searches the discard target document based on the received identification information; and a discarding section that discards the searched discard target documents. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212112 | Print control device, computer readable medium, printing system, and recording medium - A print control device includes: a drawing control unit that allows a plurality of print elements arrayed in a print head to draw a test image used for checking operation statuses of the print elements on a recording medium, classifies at least a part of the plurality of print elements into a plurality of partial arrays in each of which a constant number of print elements are successively arrayed, classifies the plurality of partial arrays into a plurality of patterns so that the numbers of print elements belonging to the partial arrays are combinations of numbers not having a common divisor other than 1, and allows the print elements disposed at corresponding positions in each of the plurality of patterns of partial arrays to sequentially draw lines on the recording medium in a predetermined direction of the recording medium so as to draw the test image. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212113 | HOST DEVICE HAVING A PRINTER DRIVER AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE PRINTER DRIVER - A printer driver and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. If the printer driver ICC profile does not correspond to the printer ICC profile, the printer driver converts color information of an image into predetermined information using the printer ICC profile instead of the printer driver ICC profile, such that the image forming apparatus can reproduce an optimum color as close to the original color of the image. The control method for the printer driver contained in a computer connected to an image forming apparatus includes determining whether an ICC profile of the image forming apparatus corresponds to an ICC profile established in the printer driver, and if the ICC profile of the image forming apparatus does not correspond to the ICC profile established in the printer driver, converting color information of the image into predetermined information using the ICC profile of the image forming apparatus. | 2008-09-04 |
20080212114 | Image processing apparatus - An image processing apparatus for preventing unauthorized uses of image data by allowing the addition of a specific image in a black-and-white mode even when it is set that a specific image is added in a color mode. When a document is copied, a control section determines whether the apparatus is in a color mode or a black-and-white mode. When in a black-and-white mode, an adding condition determining section reads a set security level and a differential value and determines a security level lower than the one in a color mode. Based on the security level in a black-and-white mode, an adding condition of a specific image is determined. The specific image adding section adds a specific image different from the one in a color mode based on the adding condition. A black-and-white image added with the specific image is printed. | 2008-09-04 |