37th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120229752 | DISPLAY SCREEN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A display screen includes a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a beam-splitting polarizer formed on a first surface of the substrate; and a non-conductive metal layer formed on a second surface of the substrate. The beam-splitting polarizer is a cholesterol liquid crystalline polarization layer. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229753 | EYEGLASS DEVICE - An eyeglass device includes a lens unit and a pair of temple pieces connected to the lens unit. Each temple piece includes a rigid upper portion and a soft lower portion. The rigid upper portion has a rigid front end connected to the lens unit, and a rigid rear end. The soft lower portion has a front soft section disposed below and connected to the rigid front end, a rear soft section connected to the rigid rear end, and an intermediate soft section disposed between the front and rear soft sections and below the rigid upper portion. The intermediate soft section and the rigid upper portion cooperatively define an elongate gap therebetween. The soft lower portion has a bottom abutment face extending from the front soft section to the rear soft section for contacting a user's ear. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229754 | Electronic Lens Comprised of Hybrid Matertials - Embodiments described herein may provide an electro-active lens. The electro-active lens may comprise a first substrate, a second substrate, and an electro-active element disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The electro-active element may be configured to alter the optical power of at least a portion of the electro-active lens. The first substrate may comprise a different material than the second substrate. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229755 | Progressive-Power Lens - A progressive-power lens has one surface which satisfies the following expressions | 2012-09-13 |
20120229756 | Progressive-Power Lens - A progressive-power lens has one surface which satisifies the following expressions | 2012-09-13 |
20120229757 | Progressive-Power Lens and Progressive-Power Lens Design Method - A progressive-power lens having an eyeball-side surface including a distance portion and a near portion having different values of dioptric power and an intermediate portion that connects the distance portion and the near portion to each other, and an object-side surface including a spherical first region having a first curvature and extending along a principal meridian, a spherical second region having a second curvature equal to the first curvature and facing the distance portion, and a third region located outside the first region and below the second region and having a third curvature smaller than the first curvature. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229758 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SPECTACLE OPHTHALMIC LENS BY CALCULATING OR SELECTING A DESIGN - A method for providing a spectacle ophthalmic lens to a wearer, the method comprising the following consecutive steps: measuring the visual acuity value(s), VA, of the eye(s) of the wearer or the binocular visual acuity value, VA | 2012-09-13 |
20120229759 | INFRARED ABSORBING EYEGLASS LENS SUBSTRATE - An infrared absorbing polarized eyeglass lens substrate includes a polarizing element including a polarizing film and a polyurethane resin material containing an infrared absorbing agent and covering both surfaces of the polarizing film, and an eyeglass lens substrate made of a polyurethane resin not containing an infrared absorbing agent and configured to be ground for adjusting lens power. The polarizing element is superposed on one side of the eyeglass lens substrate and integrated therewith by insert molding which accompanies polymerization reaction of the polyurethane resin material. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229760 | Vision Testing And/Or Training Using Adaptable Visual Indicia - The present invention tests and/or trains the visual sensitivity of a subject using adaptable visual indicia. One or more visual indicia possessing a visual trait are displayed to the subject. The displayed visual indicia possessing a visual trait may be adjusted to determine when a subject can and cannot be perceived by the subject. A displayed visual indicia may be adjusted in its size, rate of movement, direction of movement, location of display, duration of display, or other characteristic. To determine whether a subject correctly perceived the visual trait possessed by a displayed visual indicia, an input may be received from the subject. If an input received corresponds to the visual trait possessed by the displayed visual indicia, the subject may be determined to have correctly perceived the displayed visual indicia and the visual trait. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229761 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - The present invention provides an ophthalmological apparatus capable of displaying a plurality of fundus tomographic images. A photographing apparatus includes a fundus imaging unit adapted to capture a fundus image of a subject's eye, a scanning unit adapted to scan a desired position of the fundus of the subject's eye to capture tomographic images of the subject's eye, a measuring unit adapted to measure movement amounts of the fundus of the subject's eye by performing pattern matching between a plurality of feature points in the acquired fundus image and feature points in another fundus image newly acquired at a different time, and a control unit adapted to control the scanning unit based on the measured movement amounts. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229762 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - To provide appropriate position information to a tomographic image of fundus in an ophthalmology apparatus for acquiring fundus tomographic images and fundus images. A calculation unit that calculates movement information of an eyeball from fundus images and a matching unit that matches the calculated movement information with fundus tomographic images are provided to the ophthalmology apparatus including a fundus image pickup apparatus to acquire an amount of movement of an eye to be inspected, wherein the calculation unit calculates movement information for the fundus tomographic image having no movement information to be further matched from the movement information of tomographic images before and after the fundus tomographic image so that movement information to be matched with the fundus tomographic image originally having no movement information is calculated from the movement information of tomographic images before and after the fundus tomographic image. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229763 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An optical tomographic image photographing apparatus having a tracking function, capable of appropriately controlling a scan in acquiring a tomographic image. The optical tomographic image photographing apparatus according to the invention includes a fundus image photographing section which photographs fundus images of an eye to be inspected and a tomographic image photographing section which photographs tomographic images of the eye to be inspected. A control method of the optical tomographic image photographing apparatus includes the steps of: calculating coordinate values matching a plurality of previously-acquired characteristic areas in the fundus image; calculating a spatial variation between the plurality of coordinate values; and controlling the scan of a measuring light by the tomographic image photographing section for acquiring the tomographic images on the basis of a result of the calculation. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229764 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - There is provided an ophthalmologic apparatus having a tracking function that can select a fundus image that is less affected by eye motion to reduce burdens on an operator/a patient in fundus imaging, wherein the ophthalmologic apparatus picks up a first fundus image ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229765 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - An image photographing apparatus includes; an acquiring unit configured to acquire an image of an eye to be inspected, a measuring unit configured to measure movement of the eye to be inspected based on the image, a predicting unit configured to predict the movement of the eye to be inspected based on a cycle of the movement of the eye to be inspected which has been measured by the measuring unit, and a control unit configured to control an acquisition position where the acquiring unit acquires the image based on the movement of the eye to be inspected which has been predicted by the predicting unit. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229766 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING DEPOSITS IN THE EYE - A method and devices for detecting deposits, in particular amyloid plaques, in the eye, in particular in the human eye. The subject is an optical method for detecting deposits, in particular β-amyloid, in the retina, which is locally resolved and wherein the local resolution is better than the layer thickness of individual layers of the retina. The invention includes a device for optically detecting β-amyloid in the retina, which generates a locally resolved image of the retina and wherein the local resolution is better than the layer thickness of individual layers of the retina. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229767 | ASSESSMENT OF TOPOGRAPHIC SEMI-MERIDIAN PARAMETERS FOR CORNEAL ASTIGMATISM ANALYSIS AND VECTOR PLANNING TREATMENT - Techniques are disclosed in which a topographic parameter is determined in each hemidivision of the eye by considering the topography of reflected images from a multiplicity of illuminated concentric rings of the cornea. A simulated spherocylinder is produced to fit into each ring and conform to the topography thereof from which a topographic parameter for each ring can be obtained. All of the topographic parameters of each ring are combined and a mean summated value is obtained representing magnitude and meridian of each hemidivision. From these parameters, a single topographic value for the entire eye (CorT) can be found as well as a value representing topographic disparity (TD) between the two hemidivisions. The topography values for the hemidivisions are used in a vector planning system to obtain treatment parameters in a single step operation. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229768 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING FIXATION OF AT LEAST ONE EYE OF A SUBJECT ON A TARGET - An apparatus for detecting fixation of at least one eye of a subject on a target includes an optical illumination system, an optical detection system, and a signal processing system adapted to communicate with the optical detection system. The signal processing system is configured to calculate at least one of a time-frequency distribution or an Auto-Regressive spectral estimation of the detection signal to provide a frequency distribution of the detection signal at a plurality of times for use in determining periods in which the subject's eye is fixed on the target based on the first and second frequency signatures. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229769 | FUNDUS IMAGING APPARATUS AND FUNDUS IMAGING METHOD - Provided is a fundus imaging apparatus including a wavefront adjuster and a detector. The wavefront adjuster is configured to adjust a wavefront of a femtosecond pulsed laser beam incident on an ocular fundus to be examined. The detector is configured to detect fluorescence generated in a multi-photon excitation process by the femtosecond pulsed laser beam incident on the ocular fundus to be examined. The wavefront adjuster is further configured to adjust the wavefront so that an intensity of the fluorescence to be detected by the detector becomes a maximum value. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229770 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING RETINOPATHY - There is provided a method of monitoring retinopathy in a subject. The method involves measuring autofluorescence of a retina of the subject in response to high intensity blue light over a total time period to obtain an autofluorescence intensity profile. The autofluorescence intensity profile is processed to assess the retinopathy status of the retina. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229771 | PROJECTOR AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A projector modulates a light beam emitted from a light source in accordance with image information, and then projects a right-eye image and a left-eye image on a screen in a time-sharing manner. The projector includes a projection lens adapted to project the light modulated, a lens shift mechanism adapted to move the projection lens in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, a transmitting device adapted to output an optical signal synchronous with switching between the right-eye image and the left-eye image toward the screen, and an interlocking mechanism adapted to move the transmitting device in conjunction with the lens shift mechanism. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229772 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus includes multiple liquid crystal panels, a polarization-state adjusting element, and a cross dichroic prism. A green component light includes a central-wavelength component light, a short-wavelength component light, and a long-wavelength component light. The polarization-state adjusting element separately adjusts a polarization state of the central-wavelength component light and each of polarization states of the long-wavelength component light and the short-wavelength component light. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229773 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light emitting device includes a first layer that generates light by injection of a current and forms a waveguide of the light, and an electrode that injects the current into the first layer, wherein the waveguide of the light has a belt-like first region and a belt-like second region, the first region has a first part with curvature, the second region has a second part with curvature, the first region and the second region are connected in a reflection part provided on a side surface of the first layer, and a first light output from the first region on a side surface of the first layer as an output surface opposed to the side surface on which the reflection part is provided and a second light output from the second region on the output surface are output in the same direction. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229774 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light emitting device includes a first layer that generates light by injection current and forms a waveguide for the light, and an electrode that injects the current into the first layer, wherein the waveguide has a first region, a second region, and a third region, the first region and the second region connect at a first reflection part, the first region and the third region connect at a second reflection part, the second region and the third region extend to an output surface, a longitudinal direction of the first region is parallel to the output surface, and a first light output from the second region at the output surface and a second light output from the third region at the output surface are output in parallel to one another. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229775 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - An illumination device includes a light source including plural light emitting devices arranged in a pattern and that generate and guide light, the light emitting devices having tilted gain regions wherein guiding directions of the light are tilted with respect to a perpendicular of output surfaces of the light source, an optical axis conversion device that bends optical axes of the light output from the light source, and a light distribution control device that controls a light distribution angle of the light output from the optical axis conversion device, wherein the light emitting devices are super luminescent diodes, and the light output from the light distribution control device diverge. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229776 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A SCREEN WITH A FLUORESCENT REGION - An image display device having a screen having a fluorescent region including a fluorescent material; a light irradiation system, including a first light source outputting excitation light exciting the fluorescent material; a second light source outputting visible light; a scanning unit scanning with a light beam output from each of the first light source and the second light source on the screen; and an excitation light wavelength band reflector reflecting light in a wavelength band of the excitation light toward the screen, and formed on an output side of a light beam from the light irradiation system with respect to the screen. The visible light output from the second light source is diffused by the screen, while the excitation light output from the first light source develops a color different from that of the visible light by being projected in the fluorescent region. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229777 | Projection Type Image Display Apparatus - A projection type image display apparatus includes a first lens group including a plural number of lenses being disposed in a direction of propagation light with respect to an image display element, a second lens group including a plural number of lenses being disposed in a direction of propagation light with respect to said first lens group and a reflection mirror, which is configured to reflect light emitted from at least one of said first and second lens groups, so as to project the light obliquely upon a screen. A ratio (Lo/Lp) of a diagonal size (Lo) of said screen and a distance (Lp) from a center of said reflection mirror to said screen is at least 2, and the second lens group includes a refractive lens having a negative power and a rotationally symmetric surface configuration. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229778 | LED PROJECTOR WITH ADJUSTABLE PROJECTING EFFECTS - The present invention relates to a projecting effect adjusting device containing at least a optical module that can change the LED projecting effects. The projecting effect adjusting device has the function of two-dimensional displacement and fixed-point locating using a displacing control module and a locating module. The said two-dimensional displacement allows at least the linear displacement of the projecting effect adjusting device between the first position and the second position. The fixed-point locating allows at least the projecting effect adjusting device to be located on the first position and the second position. The first position is set to keep a distance between the optical module and the LED matrix light source and the second position is set between the optical module and the light-emitting plane of the LED matrix light source. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229779 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND PORTABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An image display apparatus improves usability for a user in the case where a screen image is projected on a ceiling as a screen. The image display apparatus includes: a projection unit capable of vertically changing a projection angle; a projection angle detector detecting the projection angle of the projection unit; and a screen image corrector reversing a projected screen image. The screen image corrector switches the projected screen image from a reversed display to a standard display when the projection angle detected by the projection angle detector is less than or equal to a predetermined value. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229780 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR - A light source apparatus is provided comprising:
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20120229781 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MOBILE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - An image display apparatus includes an optical engine unit and a control unit, the optical engine unit being provided with a projection window guiding laser light to the exterior and the control unit rotatably supporting the optical engine unit. The optical engine unit is rotatable between a first position and a second position, the projection window being shielded within the casing of the mobile information processing apparatus in the first position and the projection window being exposed outside the casing of the mobile information processing apparatus in the second position. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229782 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate, a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam through an opening and onto a target portion of the substrate, and a conduit having an outlet in the opening. The conduit is configured to deliver gas to the opening. The lithographic apparatus further includes a cooling apparatus controlled by a control system. The cooling apparatus is configured to cool the gas such that gas which travels from the opening to the substrate has a predetermined temperature when the gas is incident upon the substrate. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229783 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus includes a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate, a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam through an opening and onto a target portion of the substrate, and a conduit having an outlet in the opening. The conduit is configured to deliver gas to the opening. The lithographic apparatus further includes a cooling apparatus controlled by a control system. The cooling apparatus is configured to cool the gas such that gas which travels from the opening to the substrate has a predetermined temperature when the gas is incident upon the substrate. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229784 | MIRROR FOR USE IN A MICROLITHOGRAPHY PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A mirror including a substrate and a reflective coating that includes a first group of layers and a second group of layers arranged between the substrate and the first group of layers. Both the first and second groups of layers include a plurality of alternating first material layers and second material layers, arranged one above another. The refractive index of the first material for radiation in the range of 5-30 nm is greater than the refractive index of the second material in that wavelength range. The first group of layers is configured to have a number of layers that is greater than 20, such that, upon irradiation with radiation having a wavelength in the range of 5-30 nm, less than 20% of the radiation reaches the second group of layers, which has a layer thickness variation for correcting the surface form of the mirror. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229785 | MULTILAYER MIRROR, LITHOGRAPIC APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A MULTILAYER MIRROR AND A PRODUCT - A multilayer mirror is configured to reflect extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation while absorbing a second radiation having a wavelength substantially-longer than that of the EUV radiation. The mirror includes a plurality of layer pairs stacked on a substrate. Each layer pair comprises a first layer that includes a first material, and a second layer that includes a second material. The first layer is modified to reduce its contribution to reflection of the second radiation, compared with a simple layer of the same metal having the same thickness. Modifications can include doping with a third material in or around the metal layer to reduce its electric conductivity by chemical bonding or electron trapping, and/or splitting the metal layer into sub-layers with insulating layers. The number of layers in the stack is larger than known multilayer mirrors and may be tuned to achieve a minimum in IR reflection. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229786 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND METHOD OF IMPROVING A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF A LITHOGRAPHIC PROCESS - A method of controlling a lithographic apparatus, the method including setting an illumination system of the lithographic apparatus to effect a selected illumination mode, measuring a value of a first parameter of the lithographic apparatus, calculating a value of a second parameter of a projected image of a feature of a test pattern having a plurality of features using a model of the lithographic apparatus and the measured value of the first parameter, and controlling the lithographic apparatus with reference to the calculated value of the second parameter. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229787 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a lithographic apparatus, an illumination mode is set using a field mirror comprising a plurality of movable facets to direct radiation to selectable positions on a pupil facet mirror. In the event that a field facet mirror is defective and cannot be set to a desired position, another of the movable facet mirrors is set to a corrective position, different than its desired position, to at least partially ameliorate a deleterious effect of the defective facet mirror. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229788 | DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY SCANNING AND MEASURING AN ENVIRONMENT - In a device for optically scanning and measuring an environment, which device is designed as a laser scanner, with a light emitter, which, by means of a rotary mirror, emits an emission light beam, with a light receiver which receives a reception light beam which is reflected from an object in the environment of the laser scanner, and with a control and evaluation unit which, for a multitude of measuring points, determines at least the distance to the object, the rotary mirror is part of a rotor, which is configured as a hybrid structure. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229789 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND SENSING METHOD USING THE SAME - The optical sensor according to an embodiment disclosed herein includes: a lighting unit; a color photographing element for obtaining a color image in the sensing region; a photographing control unit for controlling a light irradiating time; a memory unit for storing a color image and a resultant image; a measurement light image extracting unit for processing the color image or the resultant image; a distance calculating unit for calculating distance or location information of the object; and a color correcting unit for calculating corrected distance or location information of the object. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229790 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO REDUCE STRAY LIGHT REFLECTION ERROR IN TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR ARRAYS - Haze-type phase shift error due to stray light reflections in a phase-type TOF system is reduced by providing a windowed opaque coating on the sensor array surface, the windows permitting optical energy to reach light sensitive regions of the pixels, and by reducing optical path stray reflection. Further haze-type error reduction is obtained by acquiring values for a plurality (but not necessarily all) of pixel sensors in the TOF system pixel sensor array. Next, a correction term for the value (differential or other) acquired for each pixel in the plurality of pixel sensors is computed and stored. Modeling response may be made dependent upon pixel (row,column) location within the sensor array. During actual TOF system runtime operation, detection data for each pixel, or pixel groups (super pixels) is corrected using the stored data. Good optical system design accounts for correction, enabling a simple correction model. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229791 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope including an illumination device providing a light sheet illuminating a sample region, said sheet having a planar extension along an illumination axis of an illumination beam path and a transverse axis lying normal to the illumination axis. A detection device detects light emitted from the sample region on a detection axis the illumination axis and detection axis as well as the transverse axis and the detection axis being oriented relative each other at an angle unequal zero. The detection device has a detection lens system arranged in the detection beam path and splitting means for splitting the detection beam path into two beam sub-paths. A dichroic beam splitter in the infinity region of the surface detectors is about 3 mm thick. Wobble plate(s) disposed orthogonal to each other relative to the detection axis arranged in one of the two beam sub-paths so measured values can be automatically superimposed. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229792 | WIND TURBINE BLADE PROVIDED WITH OPTICAL WIND VELOCITY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A wind turbine includes a number of blades and an optical measurement system comprising a light source, such as a laser, an optical transmitter part, an optical receiver part, and a signal processor. The light source is optically coupled to the optical transmitter part, which includes an emission point for emitting light in a probing direction. The optical receiver part comprises a receiving point and a detector. The optical receiver part is adapted for receiving a reflected part of light from a probing region along the probing direction and directing the reflected part of light to the detector to generate a signal used to determine a first velocity component of the inflow. The emission point is located in a first blade at a first radial distance from a center axis, and the receiving point is located in the first blade at a second radial distance from the center axis. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229793 | OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS HAVING LONG ACTIVE LENGTHS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Optical fiber sensors adapted to measure strain or pressure are disclosed. The optical fiber sensor has a lead-in optical fiber having an end surface at a forward end, and a first optical element having a body with an outer dimension, Do, a front end surface coupled to the lead-in optical fiber, a pedestal including a retracted surface that is spaced from the front end surface, the retracted surface at least partially defining an optical cavity, a gutter surrounding the pedestal, the gutter having a gutter depth defining an active region of length, L, the first optical element further exhibiting L/Do≧0.5. Also provided are systems including the optical fiber sensor, and methods for manufacturing and using the optical fiber sensor. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229794 | Thin Film Stress Measurement 3D Anisotropic Volume - A system for measuring thin film stress (anisotropic or isotropic), such as from thin film deposition onto semiconductor substrates found in semiconductor manufacturing. The system uses resettled volume difference (V | 2012-09-13 |
20120229795 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING PARTICLES IN AEROSOL GAS STREAMS - Turbulent mixing condensation devices, methods, and systems adapted to condense a working fluid on particles from a sample gas to enlarge the particles for subsequent detection are provided. The device includes a vapor generator adapted to produce a working-fluid saturated carrier gas and a condensation chamber. The working-fluid saturated carrier gas is mixed with a sample gas containing particles to be detected and is then introduced to the condensation chamber. The operating conditions are controlled to enhance the condensation of the working fluid on the particles. The particles are typically forwarded to a particle detection device to detect at least one characteristic, for example, the size, of the particles. The flow of carrier gas to the vapor generator may be regulated to vary the degree of saturation of the carrier gas with working fluid. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229796 | System and method for detecting contaminants in a sample using near-infrared spectroscopy - A system and method for detecting a contaminant in a sample. The contaminant may comprise melamine or a derivative thereof and the sample may comprise a feed material. The method may comprise illuminating a sample to thereby generate a first plurality of interacted photons, collecting the interacted photons, passing the interacted photons through a tunable filter, and detecting the interacted photons to generate a near infrared data set representative of the sample. This near infrared sample may comprise a hyperspectral near infrared image. The method may further comprise fusing said near infrared data set with a Raman data set representative of sample. A system may comprise an illumination source, one or more collection optics, a tunable filter, and a detector configured to generate a near infrared data set. The system may further comprise a second detector configured for generating a Raman data set representative of a sample. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229797 | DISTANCE DETECTING INDUCTION DEVICE - A distance detection induction device | 2012-09-13 |
20120229798 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PERFORMANCE DIAGNOSIS AND CALIBRATION OF A PHOTOMETRIC PARTICLE ANALYZER - A method is provided for diagnosing the operation of a photometric particle analyzer. The method may determine when the operation is degraded from normal operating conditions, automatically, and the result displayed locally as well as being transmitted to a remote observer. The present invention may be used by optical photometric particle analyzers, or by analyzers that measure other properties of particles collected on filters. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229799 | STRUCTURAL UNIT OF A ROTARY ENCODER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THIS STRUCTURAL UNIT - A structural unit for a rotary encoder. The structural unit including a graduation carrier fastened to a mount that includes a recess and a positioning element fastened to the graduation carrier by a first material connection. The positioning element is disposed in the recess, and the recess is dimensioned such that the recess positions the positioning element in a radial direction without play. The structural unit further including a second material connection is provided between the graduation carrier and the mount. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229800 | PULSE OXIMETER TEST INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS - Generally described, one or more embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to pulse oximeter test instruments and methods for testing pulse oximeters. The pulse oximeter test instruments may be configured to sense light at different wavelengths simultaneously. In some embodiments, light pulses having a wavelength above a particular threshold may be detected and used to test measurements made by a pulse oximeter. In that regard, the pulse oximeter test instruments disclosed herein are able to provide improved accuracy and more reliable test results over prior art pulse oximeter test instruments. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229801 | INTEGRATING SPHERE PHOTOMETER AND MEASURING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided are an integrating sphere photometer and a measuring method of the same. The integrating sphere photometer includes an integrating sphere including a left hemisphere and a right hemisphere, a photometer disposed on the center surface of the right hemisphere, a photometer baffle disposed in front of the photometer to be spaced apart therefrom, a light source to be tested disposed at the center region of the integrating sphere to illuminate light to at least an illumination region of the left hemisphere, an auxiliary lamp part disposed in the vicinity of a contact region between the left hemisphere and the right hemisphere to illuminate light to the illumination region, and an auxiliary lamp baffle disposed around the auxiliary lamp part to prevent the light emitted from the light source to be tested from being directly illuminated to the auxiliary lamp part and also to prevent the light emitted from the auxiliary lamp part from being directly illuminated to the light source to be tested. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229802 | Surface Scanning Inspection System With Adjustable Scan Pitch - A surface scanning wafer inspection system with independently adjustable scan pitch and associated methods of operation are presented. The scan pitch may be adjusted independently from an illumination area on the surface of a wafer. In some embodiments, scan pitch is adjusted while the illumination area remains constant. For example, defect sensitivity is adjusted by adjusting the rate of translation of a wafer relative to the rate of rotation of the wafer without additional optical adjustments. In some examples, the scan pitch is adjusted to achieve a desired defect sensitivity over an entire wafer. In other examples, the scan pitch is adjusted during wafer inspection to optimize defect sensitivity and throughput. In other examples, the scan pitch is adjusted to maximize defect sensitivity within the damage limit of a wafer under inspection. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229803 | SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENT METHOD AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A spectral characteristic measurement method for measuring spectral characteristics of measured light with higher accuracy is provided. The spectral characteristic measurement method includes causing an optical measurement instrument having detection sensitivity in a first wavelength range to receive light in a second wavelength range which is a part of the first wavelength range, obtaining characteristic information indicating a stray light component from a portion of a first spectrum detected by the optical measurement instrument, that corresponds to a range other than the second wavelength range, and obtaining a pattern indicating a stray light component generated in the optical measurement instrument by subjecting the characteristic information to extrapolation processing as far as the second wavelength range in the first wavelength range. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229804 | BOROSILICATE GLASSWARE AND SILICA BASED QMA'S IN 18F NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION: INFLUENCE OF ALUMINUM, BORON AND SILICON ON THE REACTIVITY OF THE 18F- ION - Aluminum, boron and silicon were identified as potential leachables from borosilicate glassware and a silica based QMA during handling of aqueous | 2012-09-13 |
20120229805 | DEFECT EVALUATION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR - Even in the case of a sample exhibiting low photoresponse, such as a wide bandgap semiconductor, a measurement method which enables highly accurate CPM measurement is provided. When CPM measurement is performed, photoexcited carriers which are generated by light irradiation of a sample exhibiting low photoresponse such as a wide bandgap semiconductor are instantly removed by application of positive bias voltage to a third electrode which is provided in the sample in addition to two electrodes used for measurement. When the photoexcited carriers are removed, even in the case of the sample exhibiting low photoresponse, the controllability of a photocurrent value is improved and CPM measurement can be performed accurately. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229806 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING LIGHT SCATTERING - The invention relates to a method for estimating the quantity of light scattered by a heterogeneous participating media. In order to optimise the display while minimising the required calculation time, the method comprises steps for selecting at least one level of spatial subdivision of said media from among a plurality of hierarchic levels of spatial subdivision according to at least one item of error information representative of an attenuation difference in said media according to at least one direction between two consecutive hierarchic levels, and estimating the quantity of light scattered by sampling of said media along at least one scattering direction, the sampling being a function of at least one selected spatial subdivision level. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229807 | MARK STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ALIGNMENT ACCURACY BETWEEN FORMER LAYER AND LATTER LAYER - A mark structure for measuring the alignment accuracy between a former layer and a latter layer with electron beam inspection (EBI) is described. The mark structure includes multiple divisions, each of which includes at least one region that includes multiple parts each disposed with a pair of a pattern of the former layer and a pattern of the latter layer. In each region, all of the parts have the same distance in a direction between the pattern of the former layer and the pattern of the latter layer. The distance in the direction is varied over the regions of the divisions of the mark structure. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229808 | BIOCHIP IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS, BIOCHIP AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING BIOCHIP USING THE SAME - A biochip identification apparatus is provided. The biochip identification apparatus may include a light emitting part irradiating a light to a light transfer channel having at least one hole penetrating a body of biochip, a light receiving part receiving a light pattern formed after the light passed through the light transfer channel and converting it into an electrical signal, and a loading part into which the biochip is inserted. The biochip is identified by a shape of the light pattern. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229809 | SELF-CONTAINED AND PORTABLE OPTICAL SPECTROMETER - The invention relates to a portable and self-contained optical spectrometer for analyzing a light spectrum backscattered by an illuminated sample, in order to deduce the content of at least one compound constituting the sample, said spectrometer being arranged about an optical axis and including: a target area centered on said optical axis; a plurality of optical sensors trained on the target area; an opaque measurement chamber including: an opening centered on said optical axis; at least one diffusing filter blocking said opening; and an inner bottom capable of housing the plurality of optical sensors and a main illumination device capable of illuminating the sample. The invention further relates to a method for using such a spectrometer. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229810 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PHOTOMETRIC MEASURING UNIT OF A MEASURING DEVICE FOR OBTAINING AND EXAMINING A BODILY FLUID SAMPLE AND MEASURING SYSTEM - There is disclosed a method for controlling a photometric measuring unit of a measuring device for a bodily fluid sample, wherein a test field partially wetted by a bodily fluid sample is illuminated and light from a measuring area that covers a portion of the test field of the measuring unit is fed to a detector of the measuring unit, and the measuring area is displaced relative to the test field toward a partial surface wetted by the fluid sample and past the partial surface. The intensity of a detector signal is detected during the displacement, an extreme value in the course of the detector signal is determined, the measuring area is brought back to the position in which an extreme detector signal was previously measured, and the position of the measuring area in which the detector signal is extreme is used for a photometric determination of concentration. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229811 | HIGH-LINEARITY SIGNAL-PROCESSING AMPLIFIER - A clamp-point active circuit is provided. The clamp-point active circuit includes a rate amplifier configured to receive an output from a device transitioning between at least two levels. The clamp-point active circuit has at least one switching device configured to receive an output from the rate amplifier. The at least one switching device is in at least one respective feedback loop of the rate amplifier. A switching of the at least one switching device causes the rate amplifier to amplify with high linearity in a desired operating range and to clamp outputs received from the transitioning device that are outside the desired operating range to a fixed level. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229812 | LOW COST HIGH EFFICIENCY SIGNAL INTERROGATION FOR MULTI-CHANNEL OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - A signal interrogation system comprises an optical coupler to split input laser beam into a first laser beam as a power reference and a second laser beam, the optical coupler being coupled to a first path for the first laser beam and a second path for the second laser beam; an optical circulator disposed in the second path; a bi-directional optical switch disposed in the second path and having on one side a single channel end oriented toward the optical circulator and on another side multiple channel ends with multiple switchable channels; a plurality of optical fibers coupled to the multiple channel ends of the bi-directional optical switch; an interference optical signals path coupled to the optical circulator to receive the interference optical signals from the bi-directional switch; and a balanced photo detector to measure a power difference between the interference optical signals and the power reference. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229813 | WAVELENGTH DETECTOR AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY HAVING THE SAME - In a wavelength detector and an OCT including the same, the wavelength detector includes a wavelength filter by which at least one of the diffraction beams of a coherent input light is selected as a selection beam having a desired frequency by using a flat plate and at least a slit penetrating through the flat plate. The pixel having image data of an OCT image is mapped to the frequency of the selection beam by one to one, thereby improving uniformity of the resolution of the OCT image along a depth of the inspection object. The frequency of the selection beam is determined by an optical spectrum analyzer before initiating the OCT inspection to the object. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229814 | METHOD OF MEASURING A SHAPE OF AN OPTICAL SURFACE AND INTERFEROMETRIC MEASURING DEVICE - Measuring a shape of an optical surface ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229815 | LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR OPERATION THEREOF - Laser scanning microscope and method for the operation thereof having at least two detection channels which has at least one beamsplitter with a splitting of the sample light deviating from the 50:50 split and/or, with 50:50 split in the detection channels, has detectors with differently adjusted gain, or in at least one detection channel with equal light splitting has an additional light attenuator. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229816 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT SURFACE DATA - The concept includes projecting at the object surface, along a first optical axis, two or more two-dimensional (2D) images containing together one or more distinct wavelength bands. The wavelength bands vary in intensity along a first image axis, forming a pattern, within at least one of the projected images. Each projected image generates a reflected image along a second optical axis. The 3D surface data is obtained by comparing the object data with calibration data, which calibration data was obtained by projecting the same images at a calibration reference surface, for instance a planar surface, for a plurality of known positions along the z-axis. Provided that the z-axis is not orthogonal to the second optical axis, the z-axis coordinate at each location on the object surface can be found if the light intensity combinations of all predefined light intensity patterns are linearly independent along the corresponding z-axis. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229817 | LIGHT SOURCE ASSEMBLY THAT GENERATES HETERODYNE OUTPUT BEAMS - A beam adjuster assembly ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229818 | HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL POSITION SENSING WITH SPARSE, LOW-RESOLUTION DETECTORS - High-resolution optical position sensing is disclosed using sparse, low-resolution detectors. Precise location of two-dimensional position or angular orientation of an optical beam at the focal plane of a sensor system is made possible using sparse low-resolution detectors. The beam may be emitted directly from a source, or scattered from a remote target. The high precision in determining the beam or focal spot location is the result of a novel data processing and analysis method for the signals from the low-resolution detectors. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229819 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit and a correcting unit. The setting unit sets a gloss level of an image to be formed by forming plural toner images using a transparent toner and plural color toners having different colors and by fixing the plural toner images onto a recording medium in such a manner that the plural toner images are placed on top of one another on the recording medium. The correcting unit corrects image data defining density values per pixel of the toner images formed using the plural color toners of the respective colors so that a total density value that is a sum of a density value per pixel of the toner image formed using the transparent toner and density values per pixel of the toner images formed using the plural color toners of the respective colors may not exceed a predetermined threshold. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229820 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit, a generating unit, and a converting unit. The setting unit sets a gloss level of each of plural areas into which an image is divided. The image is formed by forming plural toner images having different colors using plural first toners and at least one second toner having at least one same color as the first toners and by fixing the plural toner images onto a recording medium so as to be superimposed on one another. The generating unit generates multi-level image data for each of the first toners and the at least one second toner in accordance with the gloss levels set by the setting unit. The converting unit converts multi-level image data of toners having the same color into binary image data. The converting unit also converts multi-level image data of toners having different colors into binary image data. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229821 | INTEGRATED CONTACT IMAGE SENSOR MODULE AND IMAGE SCANNING SYSTEM - An integrated contact image sensor module (CISM) is provided. A light switch circuit turns on a light source according to a light control signal. A contact image sensor captures an image when the light source is turned on and generates an analog signal corresponding to the image. An analog to digital converter coupled to the contact image sensor converts the analog signal into scan data. A controller coupled to the light switch circuit provides the light control signal to the light switch circuit according to a motion signal and provides a clock signal to the analog to digital converter, so as to convert the analog signal into the scan data. The controller further provides an interface signal corresponding to the scan data, to an interface module according to the motion signal, and the interface signal conforms to a specific transmission protocol. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229822 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming machine includes an image data memory, an image data mapper, and a printer. For an envelope, the image data memory stores image data to be printed on a back of the body and a face of the flap, as backside image data. Based on this data, the image data mapper generates print data including a first print data to be printed on the body back and a second print data to be printed on the flap face. The printer prints a part of the backside image data on the body back in accordance with the first print data, and a remaining part of the backside image data on the flap face in accordance with the second print data. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229823 | OUTPUT APPARATUS, SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - An output apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate a two-dimensional code by encoding information indicative of the output apparatus, information indicative of an output time of an image output by the output apparatus, and information indicative of a page number and a print copy number when the image is output, a combining unit configured to combine the generated two-dimensional code with the image, and an output unit configured to output the image including the two-dimensional code. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229824 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - Based on an input profile which regulates a corresponding relationship between an input gradation value of a device-dependent color space depending on a first printing apparatus and a gradation value of a device-independent color space, and an output profile which regulates a corresponding relationship between a gradation value of a device-independent color space and an input gradation value of a device-independent color space depending on a second printing apparatus, the colors of each pixel of a case, where the gradation values of each pixel shown by reference image data are input gradation values of the device-dependent color space depending on the first printing apparatus, are specified by the input gradation value of the device-dependent color space depending on the second printing apparatus, and the output gradation value is specified by converting the specified input gradation value based on the color conversion table of the second printing apparatus. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229825 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY EDITING DOCUMENT DATA, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus configured to store document data therein and to perform network communication is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a detection portion configured to detect, from a document to be saved, an unfinished part where a detection index and attribute data are described, the attribute data indicating an attribute of yet-to-be-written information to be written into the unfinished part; an obtaining portion configured to obtain information to be written into the unfinished part from a server connected to the image forming apparatus via a network based on the attribute data and information described in a vicinity of the unfinished part; and an editing portion configured to perform automatic editing by which the information obtained from the server is written into the unfinished part. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229826 | METHOD FOR DIGITAL IMAGE ADAPTION FOR PRINTING AN IMAGE ON A PRINTING APPARATUS - A method for mapping source colors of an image to destination colors reproducible by an printing apparatus, the source colors and destination colors having a lightness component, wherein the transformation includes a translation and a rotation, the combination of which maps the source black point onto the destination black point and source white point onto a point on the destination lightness line, a compression which maps the rotated and translated source white point onto the destination white point and in which the destination black point is a fixed point, and a gamut mapping, which leaves the lightness component of each color unchanged and maps each compressed color onto a destination color. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229827 | METHOD FOR DIGITAL IMAGE ADAPTATION FOR PRINTING AN IMAGE ON A PRINTING APPARATUS - An image dependent gamut mapping method for mapping source colors of an image to destination colors reproducible by a printing apparatus, each source color having a lightness component within a range between a source white point and a source black point, and each destination color having a lightness component within a range between a destination white point and a destination black point. A composed transfer function maps the source white point onto the destination white point and the source black point onto the destination black point, applying the composed transfer function on each lightness component of source colors of at least a part of the image. The transfer function is composed of linear mappings. The steepness of each linear mapping is determined by a mathematical optimization problem intended to preserve lightness and contrast in the image produced by the printing apparatus under the conditions of at least one constraint. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229828 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLOURING A COSMETIC COVERING - The invention provides a method and apparatus for colouring a cosmetic covering. The apparatus includes image acquisition apparatus ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229829 | IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is an image information processing apparatus that determines, based on image information, a region suitable for inspecting image forming performance of an image forming apparatus in an entire region of an image represented by the image information. The image information processing apparatus includes a segment region extraction unit that extracts a segment region having a predetermined size from the entire region of the image; a color reproducibility prediction unit that predicts a result of color reproducibility of the entire image by using an algorithm in a case where the image forming performance is adjusted based on a color measurement result of the extracted segment region; and an object region determination unit that determines, as an object region, the segment region showing a best one of the plural results obtained by repeatedly performing extraction processing by the segment region extraction unit and prediction processing by the color reproducibility prediction unit. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229830 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - There are included a converting unit configured to convert print data to a print data image for one side of the sheet; a converting unit configured to convert obtained code information to a code image; a generating unit configured to generate a code-embedded image obtained by synthesizing the code image with the print data image; a determining unit configured to determine whether or not to print the code-embedded image only on one side of the sheet: and a printing unit configured to print the code-embedded image on one side and to print the code image on the other side if the determining unit determines to print only on one side. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229831 | POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, POWER-SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A power-supply control device includes a power-supply-state transition control section, body-capable-of-movement detection sections, a time measuring section, a transition-instruction section, and an instruction-provision-time postponement section. The power-supply-state transition control section shifts a state of an operation target section from one state to another state among power-supply states and a non-power-supply state. The body-capable-of-movement detection sections detect a body capable of movement in a region. The time measuring section measures a time over which the operation target section in one of the power-supply states is not used. The transition-instruction section provides, for the power-supply-state transition control section, an instruction for shifting to the non-power-supply state. The instruction-provision-time postponement section postpones an instruction-provision time at which the instruction is provided by the transition-instruction section. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229832 | MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL, MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL CONTROL SYSTEM, AND MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL CONTROL METHOD - A multifunction peripheral of the present invention includes: a display section that displays an information display screen; a storage section that stores information display screen setting data including default conditions for preparing the information display screen; and an information display screen preparation section that prepares the information display screen on the basis of the information display screen setting data, the information display screen preparation section (i) changing, in accordance with an instruction received from the server, at least one of the default conditions included in the information display screen setting data, and (ii) causing the display section to display the information display screen prepared on the basis of the information display screen setting data including the change. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229833 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus which includes a printer driver for generating a print job of an intermediate data format independent of a printing apparatus of a specific model, comprises: a unit configured to register sheet information set in advance by a user as a user registration sheet; a unit configured to acquire sheet information from setting information of the print job; a unit configured, when the user registration sheet is designated in the acquired sheet information, to acquire information of the registered, user registration sheet, and to set the information of the user registration sheet in the setting information of the print job; and a unit configured to transmit, to a print server, the print job including the setting information in which the setting unit sets the information of the user registration sheet. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229834 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for image processing executed by an image processing apparatus includes sequentially receiving PDL data and transferring a figure included in the PDL data to processing in a subsequent stage, assigning edge extraction processing as a unit of processing for extracting edge information for each transferred figure, merging the edge information extracted from each figure, spooling the merged data in a tile format as intermediate data, and reading out the intermediate data in the tile format from spooling process and performing processing on each tile to generate a pixel from the intermediate data. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229835 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes: an input unit that inputs image data; a setting unit that sets, on the input image data, a sub process to be executed simultaneously with or subsequent to a main process; a determining unit that determines whether user specifying information or data type specifying information specifying the input image data inhibits setting or execution of a prescribed sub process on the input image data; and a limiting unit that inhibits setting or execution inhibited for the prescribed sub process, if the user specifying information or data type specifying information inhibits either setting or execution of the prescribed sub process. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229836 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH AN IMAGE MEMORY USED BY A PLURALITY OF BOARDS PERFORMING EXPANDED DATA PROCESSINGS, BACKUP PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM READABLE BY COMPUTER - An image processing apparatus for eliminating the necessity of providing a first control board with a power supply unit beforehand for backing up data stored in an image memory, and reducing the cost of the apparatus as a whole. To accomplish this, in an image processing apparatus including a system control board configured to perform image processing, a memory backup function is enabled for an image memory storing data to be processed by the system control board, when a facsimile communication board is connected. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229837 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of preventing heat in an in-body copy receiving portion from reaching a bottom face of a scanner portion disposed above the in-body copy receiving portion. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229838 | PRINT SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print server comprises: unit configured to acquire an owner name of a user for specifying the user in an output apparatus, the owner name being set in advance in correspondence with user information of the user who issues the print instruction in the print server and being to be set in a print job to be processed by the output apparatus; and unit configured to, when the acquisition unit has acquired the owner name, generate a print job in which the acquired owner name is set as an owner name of the print job, and when the owner name has been neither set nor acquired, generate a print job in which a user name designated in the user information of the user in the print server is set as the owner name of the print job. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229839 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus capable of controlling an image forming unit and operating in any one of a plurality of power modes including a first power mode and a second power mode which consumes less power than the first power mode. The image forming apparatus includes an activation unit configured to activate the image forming apparatus, an adjustment unit configured to adjust the image forming unit when the activation unit activates the image forming apparatus, a shift unit configured to shift the image forming apparatus to the first power mode or the second power mode after the activation unit completes the activation of the image forming apparatus, and a control unit configured to control the adjustment unit not to adjust the image forming unit when the shift unit shifts the image forming apparatus to the second power mode. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229840 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus, which is capable of preventing increase in power consumption and operating normally in a first electric power mode even when returning to the first electric power mode from a second electric power mode by an unknown return factor. A storage unit stores a destination setting of the image processing apparatus. A shift unit shifts the apparatus from the second electric power mode to the first electric power mode, when a shift factor is detected in the second electric power mode. A set unit sets a re-shift time for re-shifting the apparatus from the first electric power mode to the second electric power mode, according to the destination setting. A re-shift unit re-shifts the apparatus from the first electric power mode to the second electric power mode, when a predetermined event does not occur in the re-shift time in the first electric power mode. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229841 | DIRECT INTERFACE BETWEEN PRINTING DEVICE AND PERIPHERAL DEVICE - A method and device connect a peripheral interface of a printing machine to an external peripheral device. The external peripheral device is a separate device from the printing machine. At least one external peripheral device menu is provided through a user interface of the printing machine and inputs are received to the external peripheral device menu. A processor of the printing machine controls operations of the external peripheral device based on the inputs to the external peripheral device menu. The processor executes instructions when providing the external peripheral device menu and when controlling operations of the external peripheral device. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229842 | MACHINE SCREEN IMAGE CAPTURE - Methods and systems are disclosed that generate a screen capture image together with processing selectable options for a user. The screen capture image is saved to a memory of the system and the selectable options are chosen to communicate with an external device and/or helpdesk where information related to the screen can be analyzed or diagnosed for technical issues. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229843 | METHOD FOR DIRECT TRANSFER FROM A PORTABLE DEVICE TO A SCANNING DEVICE USING OPTICAL CODES - One embodiment provides a system for transferring a file from a portable device to a scanning device. During operation, the system displays an optical code associated with the file on the portable device. Next, the system detects successful scanning of the current optical code by the scanning device. Subsequently, the system displays a next optical code associated with the file on the portable device, thereby allowing the scanning device to decode the file after a sequence of optical codes are scanned. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229844 | PRINTER - A printer may judge whether a first type of communication with the print mediation server. The printer may execute the first type of communication and receive a predetermined notification in a case where it is judged that the first type of communication is executable. The printer may, (A) execute, when the predetermined notification is received a second type of communication so as to acquire specific address information, in the case where being judged that the first type of communication is executable and (B) execute, even if the predetermined notification is not received, the second type of communication at a predetermined timing so as to acquire the specific address information in a case where it is judged that the first type of communication is not executable. The printer may acquire the specific print data and print an image represented by the specific print data. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229845 | PRINTER - A printer may receive a predetermined notification from a print mediation server. The predetermined notification may be a notification to be sent to the printer by the print mediation server when the print mediation server has stored specific print data and specific condition data indicating a specific print condition to a storage unit according to an instruction from a terminal device. The printer may acquire the specific print data and the specific condition data from the storage unit in a case where the predetermined notification is received. The printer may cause a print executing unit to execute printing of an image represented by the specific data according to the specific print condition indicated by the specific condition data. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229846 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that is connectable via a network to a print server and a printer having at least one print function of local printing and printing mediated by the print server, comprises: a search unit configured to search for a printer connected to the network; a determination unit configured to determine whether a printer detected by the search unit has both the print functions of local printing and print server-mediated printing; and a display unit configured to display, for each print function, a printer determined by the determination unit to have both the print functions. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229847 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a generation unit and a preview control unit. The generation unit acquires print information from an input print job and generates a preview image for displaying, on a display unit, a print image of a page to be printed whose print processing by a printing unit is still stoppable. The preview control unit displays the preview image generated by the generation unit on the display unit. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229848 | DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A distribution apparatus includes a determining part configured to determine whether a specified format in correspondence information matches the format of an input original material, the specified format being correlated with a corresponding distribution destination apparatus in the correspondence information; and a distributing part configured to distribute the input original material to the distribution destination apparatus correlated with the specified format in response to the determining part determining that the specified format in the correspondence information matches the format of the input original material. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229849 | CLIENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A client apparatus analyzes document data to be printed by an image output apparatus. In accordance with the analysis result, the client apparatus transmits a print start message to instruct the image output apparatus to start print processing and then transmits the document data to a print service server apparatus to cause the print service server apparatus to generate print data, or transmits the document data to the print service server apparatus and then transmits the print start message to the image output apparatus. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229850 | PRINTING APPARATUS - This invention is directed to a printing apparatus, in which an extension board for PDL processing is added, capable of reducing a waiting time when returning from the power-saving mode upon reception of PDL data. To realize this, upon receiving PDL data before the extension board is ready for use, the apparatus processes the data by using the PDL processing module on the main board. After initializing the extension board, the apparatus uses the added PDL processing module together with that on the main board. Processing the data in this manner makes it possible to start printing the PDL data without consuming a long wait time. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229851 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is connected to a plurality of job servers storing a plurality of jobs and a plurality of image forming apparatuses executing the jobs through a communication network. The information processing apparatus includes a communication interface that receives a request for a job list of a user from an image forming apparatus and a controller unit that controls a request for acquiring the jobs and a response to the request executed between the image forming apparatuses and the job servers. | 2012-09-13 |