39th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110234977 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AN EYE - The present invention is a slit lamp mounted eye imaging, a slit lamp integrated, a handheld, OCT integrated, or attached to a separate chinrest-joystick assembly apparatus and method for producing a wide field and/or magnified views of the posterior or the anterior segments of an eye through an undilated or dilated pupil. The apparatus images sections and focal planes and utilizes an illumination system that uses one or more LEDs, shifting optical elements, flipping masks, and/or aperture stops where the light can be delivered into the optical system on optical axis or off axis from center of optical system and return imaging path from the eye, creating artifacts in different locations on the eye image. Image processing is employed to detect and eliminate artifacts and masks from images. The apparatus can be used in combination with an OCT, microscope and can be disposed in a hand-held housing for hand-held use. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234978 | Multi-functional Adaptive Optics Retinal Imaging - An optical apparatus includes a system of optical components capable of operating in a scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) mode and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) mode. The system of optical components includes a first optical module for the SLO mode, a second optical module for the OCT mode, and a first scanning device. The first optical module for the SLO mode includes a first source adapted to provide a first imaging beam for the SLO mode and a first detection device configured to receive a first signal associated with a first image of a retina of an eye. The second optical module for the OCT mode includes a second source adapted to provide a second imaging beam for the OCT mode and a second detection device configured to receive a second signal associated with a second image of the retina. The first scanning device is configured to move the first imaging beam along the retina in the slow axis of the SLO mode to acquire the first image and (ii) to move the second imaging beam along the retina in the fast axis of the OCT mode to acquire the second image. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234979 | PERIMETER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PERIMETER - A perimeter according to the invention has fixation state detecting means for detecting a fixation state of an examinee in association with each portion where a stimulus should be presented, and necessity of retest is judged for each stimulus. Even if no good fixation state is detected for some stimulus, it is sufficient to retest the portion where the stimulus was presented. Then, burdens on the examinee or an examiner are lighter and the test time is shorter, and test efficiency is increased thereby. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234980 | PERIMETER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PERIMETER - In a perimeter, luminance judging means measures a sensitivity of an examinee, sensitivity deviation computing means obtains a sensitivity deviation, means for computing ratio to p value obtains a ratio to p value, and means for adding ratios to p value adds ratios to p value of respective measurement positions. The sensitivity deviation at the position where sensitivity dispersion is large is low evaluated and the sensitivity deviation at the position where the sensitivity dispersion is small is highly evaluated. Then, an element of the position where the sensitivity was changed can be also considered in a graph showing test results of perimetry periodically conducted with time. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234981 | LARGE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - A large three-dimensional 3D image formation device includes four projectors, four optical reflecting lenses, four transparent reflecting lenses, mounting box and four image source reflecting lenses. The projectors project images onto the optical reflecting lenses, and the images are reflected to the image source optical reflecting lenses, such that the image source optical reflecting lenses have image source patterns, and the four image source patterns are projected to the four transparent reflecting lenses combined into an inverted pyramid shape, such that the four image source patterns can be combined at the center of the four transparent reflecting lenses, and viewers can see a 3D image floating in the air from any angle. The large three-dimensional 3D image formation device provides a lively 3D perception to enhance the value of the product. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234982 | PROJECTION DISPLAY - A projection type image display apparatus is provided which includes a housing to hold an optical system including multi-lenses, a polarized-light conversion element and a color separation portion. The housing operates to provide an optical path between a light source, located outside the housing, and penetration-type image display elements and an optical synthesizing portion also located outside of the housing. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234983 | SUBSTRATE CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND PROJECTOR - A substrate connection structure between a plurality of light modulating devices each having a flexible substrate extending in a predetermined direction and a circuit substrate connected with the light modulating devices, wherein the light modulating devices are arranged so that the direction of one flexible substrate extending from at least one of the light modulating devices is different from the directions of the other flexible substrates extending from the other light modulating devices, the substrate connection structure includes: a relay substrate which is connected with the one flexible substrate; and an extension flexible substrate which is connected with the relay substrate. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234984 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a plurality of light modulation devices and a cooling device. The cooling device includes a cooling fan configured to introduce and discharge air, and a duct configured to guide air received from the cooling fan toward the plural light modulation devices. The duct includes a first duct portion configured to allow the air to flow through the light modulation devices from sides of the light modulation devices, and a second duct portion which communicates with the first duct portion and guides a part of the air flowing through the first duct portion toward devices other than the light modulation devices. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234985 | DESPECKLING LASER-IMAGE-PROJECTION SYSTEM - An optical device for projecting an image is disclosed. In one embodiment, the optical device includes a configurable optical diffuser adapted to produce a diffuse optical beam having a temporally varying pattern of angular divergence. The optical device further includes a plurality of lenslet pairs to shape the diffuse optical beam and a spatial light modulator to spatially modulate the shaped optical beam to project an image. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234986 | MINIATURIZED PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection image display apparatus includes: a first casing which includes an image projection unit provided therein and a projection window provided at one end side thereof; and a second casing which has one end side coupled with the other end side of the first casing pivotably around a pivot axis. The first casing and the second casing are switchable between a first condition in which one side surface of the first casing and one side surface of the second casing are aligned opposite to each other and a second condition in which the first casing is pivoted from the first condition around the pivot axis within a plane orthogonal to the pivot axis and thus erected relative to the second casing. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234987 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A light source device includes: an arc tube having a light emission portion containing a pair of electrodes and configured to emit light by discharges induced between the pair of the electrodes; and a container body that accommodates the arc tube, the container body has a space in which the arc tube is accommodated, and a plurality of openings through that cooling fluids introduced from the outside of the container body are supplied into the space, the plural openings are formed at positions that allow the cooling fluids passing through the openings to collide with each other at a collision position above the light emission portion. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234988 | LIGHT SOURCE AND PROJECTOR - A light source including an arc tube having a light-emitting portion and first and second sealing portions provided on both sides of the light-emitting portion along the optical axis; a reflector configured to reflect a luminous flux emitted from the light-emitting portion; and a sub-mirror arranged so as to oppose the reflector, including a main body portion provided with a reflecting surface configured to reflect part of a luminous flux emitted from the arc tube, a mounting portion configured to be fixed to the second sealing portion, and a cooling air ventilating portion penetrating through the mounting portion in the direction of the optical axis at least on the opposite side from the direction of gravitational force. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234989 | PROJECTOR - A projector which includes a projection optical device which projects an image includes: a heating unit which heats the projection optical device; and a control unit which controls the heating unit, wherein the control unit controls the heating unit so that the temperature of the projection optical device is equal to or higher than the temperature in which a focal position of the projection optical device is stabilized. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234990 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: an illumination system which has a light source, and a light control unit opened and closed to shield a part of light emitted from the light source; a light modulation device illuminated by illumination light received from the illumination system; an air supply device which supplies air to the light control unit and the light modulation device; and an air supply control unit which decreases an air supply amount to the light modulation device when increasing an air supply amount to the light control unit in accordance with a relatively closed condition of the light control unit. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234991 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: an external housing; and an exhaust fan configured to suck an air within the external housing and discharges the sucked air to the outside, the external housing has a top and bottom surface crossing a vertical axis, an air discharge port through that the air discharged from the exhaust fan is discharged to the outside, and a side surface that connects the top surface and the bottom surface, the exhaust fan constituted by a turbo fan that has an impeller rotatable around a predetermined rotation axis, and the rotation axis extends along the vertical axis. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234992 | Projector - A projector includes: an optical modulation device configured to modulate an incident luminous flux; a projection optical device configured to project the luminous flux modulated by the optical modulation device; and a cooling device configured to cool the optical modulation device, wherein the cooling device includes a cooling fan, and a duct having a discharge portion that causes the air discharged from the cooling fan to circulate in a direction approximately parallel to the optical axis, and discharges it to a lateral side of the optical modulation device, and the duct is disposed in a state that, when the projection optical device and discharge portion are cut by a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, the height position of a first center between the upper end and lower end of the cross-section of the discharge portion and that of the optical axis differ from one another. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234993 | LIGHT SOURCE AND PROJECTOR - A light source includes: light-emitting portion having a discharge space in the interior thereof; an arc tube having first and second sealing portions provided on both sides of the light-emitting portion along an optical axis; a reflector arranged so that a center where the optical axis passes is located on the side of the first sealing portion with respect to the light-emitting portion and configured to reflect a luminous flux emitted from the light-emitting portion; and an air flow control unit arranged on the side of the reflector in the direction of the optical axis with respect to inflection points at a connecting portion between the light-emitting portion and the first sealing portion, extending respectively along a plane including the optical axis, and including at least two panel-shaped members extending not in parallel to each other and forming a predetermined angle. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234994 | PROJECTOR DEVICE AND PROJECTION METHOD THEREOF - A projector device includes: a light modulating element which modulates light from a light source section according to an image signal; a projecting section which projects a modulation light modulated by a displayable region in a surface of an effective region of the light modulating element onto a projection surface; a trapezoidal distortion correcting section which corrects trapezoidal distortion of a projection image projected onto the projection surface by projecting a light modulation image by means of the displayable region by an after-correction image region which is a part of the effective region of the light modulating element; and a position adjusting section which adjusts the position of the projection image projected onto the projection surface by moving the after-correction image region in the surface of the effective region while maintaining the size and shape of the after-correction image region. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234995 | PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection type image display apparatus in one aspect of the present invention includes an optical engine that projects an image; an image display screen that displays an image of projection light projected from the optical engine; a folding mirror that reflects the projection light projected from the optical engine toward the image display screen; and an optical system support member that holds the optical engine, a rear side part of the folding mirror and the image display screen. The image display screen holds a front side part of the folding mirror by an upper side part of the image display screen. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234996 | DISCHARGE LAMP UNIT AND PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided is a discharge lamp unit operable to detect a precursor of breakage of a lamp before the lamp is broken and to prevent breakage of the lamp. The discharge lamp unit includes: a discharge lamp; a lighting device for supplying a current to the discharge lamp; and a detection circuit for controlling, by controlling the lighting device, supply of current to the discharge lamp when the detection circuit detects expansion of the discharge lamp. The detection circuit detects a precursor of breakage before expansion of the discharge lamp causes breakage and terminates supply of current to the discharge lamp. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234997 | LIGHTING DEVICE, LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - A lighting device which lights the discharge lamp, includes: a converting circuit which converts the direct current into an alternating current; a pulse generating circuit which generates a high voltage pulse; and a trigger circuit which causes the pulse generating circuit to generate the high voltage pulse, wherein the pulse generating circuit includes a primary winding and a secondary winding and generates the high voltage pulse by increasing a current input to the secondary winding based on a current input to the primary winding, and the trigger circuit includes a high pass filter; a first capacitor which stores and discharges charges input via the high pass filter; and a third switching element which outputs an output current from a second capacitor connected in parallel to the converting circuit to the primary winding if an output voltage from the first capacitor exceeds a threshold. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234998 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND PROJECTOR - To provide a projector which enables a stable projection for a long period of time, there is provided a projector comprising a light source unit, a display device, a projection-side optical system, a light guiding optical system and a projector control unit, wherein the light source unit comprises an excitation light source unit comprising an excitation light source and a microlens array and a rectangular green luminescent plate which receives light emitted from the excitation light source to emit light in a green wavelength band, and the microlens array is disposed between the excitation light source and the luminescent plate and has a plurality of micro convex lenses which each have a similar shape to the shape of the luminescent material layer are arranged into a matrix, so as to convert light from excitation light source into a plurality of pencils of light to shine them onto the luminescent plate. | 2011-09-29 |
20110234999 | PROJECTOR INCLUDING LIGHT SOURCE CONTROLLING SECTION FOR TURNING LIGHT SOURCE ON AND OFF, CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A control unit of a projector includes a startup information receiving section configured to receive startup information about startup of the projector. A medium judging section of the control unit is configured to judge types of information available on a recording medium. A light source controlling section of the control unit is configured to execute light turn-on control of a light source to emit light after the startup information receiving section receives the startup information, and execute light turn-off control to turn off the light source after execution of the light turn-on control when the type of the information on the recording medium is determined to be exclusively non-visual by the medium judging unit. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235000 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes: an illuminator that emits illumination light; a light modulator that modulates the illumination light emitted from the illuminator; and a projection system that includes a plurality of lenses and a diaphragm and projects the light modulated by the light modulator, wherein the projection system includes a support that supports at least one of the following lenses: a lens located on the object side of the diaphragm in the nearest position therefrom and a lens located on the image side of the diaphragm in the nearest position therefrom, and the support partially supports the outer circumference of the lens. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235001 | LENS BARREL ASSEMBLY HAVING IRIS DIAPHRAGM DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - A lens barrel assembly has a first groove formed in a stationary barrel. A second groove is formed in a rotatable barrel. A diaphragm control plate portion is disposed between an inner surface of the rotatable barrel and an iris diaphragm device in a rotatable manner in a circumferential direction, has an end portion connected to a driving ring. An engaging groove is formed in the diaphragm control plate portion to extend along the optical axis. An operable aperture ring is disposed outside the stationary barrel. A pin device has first and second end portions, the first end portion being secured fixedly to the aperture ring, the second end portion being inserted through the first and second grooves and the engaging groove, for operating upon rotation of the aperture ring to cause the engaging groove to rotate the diaphragm control plate portion to actuate the driving ring. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235002 | PROJECTOR - A projector includes a housing, a lens module pivotally connected to the housing, a first adjustment mechanism adjusting a pitch of the housing, and a second adjustment mechanism adjusting a pitch of the lens module. The first adjustment mechanism includes a threaded base fixed to the housing, and a support leg extending out of the housing and comprising a threaded portion. The second adjustment mechanism includes a first gear driven by the support leg, a second gear engaging the first gear, a first threaded member fixed to the second gear, a first connecting member pivotally connected to the lens module, a second connecting member slidably connected to the first connecting member, and a second threaded member. The second threaded member is fixed to the second connecting member, and threaded on and slidable relative to the first threaded member. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235003 | LASER PROJECTOR AND IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD - A laser projector comprises an oscillation device for displacing at least one of a plurality of optical elements, which constitute the projection optical system of the laser projector, periodically along the direction of the optical axis of laser light. The laser projector reduces the speckle of a projection image on an arbitrary screen to such an extent as it cannot be recognized with human eyes, without having a significant effect on the image resolution, by periodically displacing the position of the smallest spot of laser light projected from the projection optical system. An image projection method is also provided | 2011-09-29 |
20110235004 | Projector - A projector includes: an external housing which forms an external case, wherein a bottom surface of the external housing as a surface opposed to an installation surface on which the projector is installed has feet contacting the installation surface, the feet has a first foot freely projected toward the installation surface and withdrawn from the installation surface, and a second foot disposed away from the first foot and projected toward the installation surface, and the second foot is inclined in a direction away from the first foot in such a manner that the inclination of the second foot increases in the direction toward the installation surface. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235005 | POSITIONING METHOD FOR AN OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT OF A PROJECTION ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a method for the production and/or adjustment of an optical arrangement of a projection illumination system, in which at least one actuator is used to set the position of at least one optical element to be manipulated by moving the optical element incrementally with a specific increment size. The increment size of the movement increments is set as a function of the distance of the optical element from the desired position, with the distance being represented by a distance value. If the distance value is above a first threshold value, a substantially constant increment size is set, while the specific increment size decreases as the distance from the desired position decreases if the distance value is below the first threshold value. Alternatively or additionally, a pre-specified deviation from the specific increment size and/or from a pre-specified increment size change rate results in a warning signal and/or ceasing of the movement. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235006 | Exposure apparatus, exposure method, method for manufacturing device - An exposure method and apparatus exposes a substrate via a projection optical system and a liquid. The liquid is circulated in a circulation path. At least a part of the liquid in the circulation path is supplied through a discharge path to a space below the projection optical system, the discharge path being connected to the circulation path. The substrate is exposed via the projection optical system and the liquid. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235007 | Environmental system including a transport region for an immersion lithography apparatus - A lithographic projection apparatus that is arranged to project a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate using a projection system has a liquid supply system arranged to supply a liquid to a space between the projection system and the substrate. The apparatus also includes a liquid collecting system that includes a liquid collection member having a permeable member through which a liquid is collected from a surface of an object opposite to the liquid collection member, wherein the permeable member has a plurality of passages that generate a capillary force. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235008 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed in which a gas knife is shaped and a liquid removal device is positioned to improve removal of liquid from the surface of the substrate. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235009 | SUB-RESOLUTION ASSIST DEVICES AND METHODS - Photolithographic apparatus, systems, and methods that make use of sub-resolution assist devices are disclosed. In the various embodiments, an imaging mask includes an optically transmissive substrate having a sub-resolution assist device that further includes a first optical attenuation region and a spaced-apart second optical attenuation region, and an optically transmissive phase adjustment region interposed between the first optical attenuation region and the second optical attenuation region, the phase adjustment region being configured to change a phase of incident illumination radiation by altering an optical property of the substrate. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235010 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exposure apparatus includes: a scanning optical system; a light concentrating section that concentrates lights by the scanning optical system on the photosensitive surface and adjusts a light concentrating position to a light traveling direction; a light receiving device to which lights having different light sources are guided and emitted from a part of a light movement range with scanning to receive separately the lights, including light receiving parts to detect a received light quantity, where an optical path length to the light receiving part is greater than that to the photosensitive surface for a part of the lights passing through on the light receiving parts and is smaller for another part of the lights; and a light concentrating position adjusting section that uses the function of the light concentrating section to adjust the light concentrating position by the light concentrating section based on the received light quantity. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235011 | EXPOSURE DEVICE, SIGNAL TRANSMISSION MECHANISM FOR THE EXPOSURE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exposure device includes a substrate, an optical component, and a receiving section. The substrate has exposure light-emitting elements disposed thereon in a row. The optical component is formed integrally with the substrate, is provided with graded index lenses, and causes exposure light emitted from the exposure light-emitting elements to be focused on an exposure member to be exposed. The receiving section is provided at the substrate, receives an optical signal through the graded index lenses and, converts the received optical signal into an electrical signal. The optical signal is emitted from a light-emitting section provided at a side of the exposure member to be exposed. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235012 | PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS - A projection exposure apparatus for microlithography for the production of semiconductor components includes at least one optical assembly with at least one optical element which can be actuated in a mechanically controlled manner is mounted in a structure. For carrying out the mechanical actuation, a control signal transmission device and/or an energy transmission device are/is provided, which introduce(s) no parasitic mechanical effects into the optical assembly at least during specific operating states of the projection exposure apparatus. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235013 | PROJECTION OBJECTIVE OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - A projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus has a high index refractive optical element with an index of refraction greater than 1.6. This element has a volume and a material related optical property which varies over the volume. Variations of this optical property cause an aberration of the objective. In one embodiment at least 4 optical surfaces are provided that are arranged in at least one volume which is optically conjugate with the volume of the refractive optical element. Each optical surface comprises at least one correction means, for example a surface deformation or a birefringent layer with locally varying properties, which at least partially corrects the aberration caused by the variation of the optical property. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235014 | OPTICAL ELEMENT HOLDING APPARATUS, BARREL, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR DEVICE - An optical element holding apparatus includes an annular vibration attenuation plate, which covers a peripheral portion of a lens, and a connection member, which is formed of a damping alloy and which fixes the vibration attenuation plate to a frame body in a state of non-contact with the surface of the lens. The vibration attenuation plate and nitrogen gas in a clearance between the vibration attenuation plate and the surface of the lens form a squeeze film damper. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235015 | ILLUMINATION OPTICS FOR EUV MICROLITHOGRAPHY - An illumination optics for EUV microlithography illuminates an object field with the aid of an EUV used radiation beam. Preset devices preset illumination parameters. An illumination correction device corrects the intensity distribution and/or the angular distribution of the object field illumination. The latter has an optical component to which the used radiation beam is at least partially applied upstream of the object field and which can be driven in a controlled manner. A detector acquires one of the illumination parameters. An evaluation device evaluates the detector data and converts the latter into control signals. At least one actuator displaces the optical component. During exposures, the actuators are controlled with the aid of the detector signals during the period of a projection exposure. A maximum displacement of below 8 μm is ensured for edges of the object field towards an object to be exposed. The result is an illumination optics that is used to ensure conformance with preset illumination parameters even given the most stringent demands upon precision. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235016 | PELLICLE, MOUNTING METHOD THEREFOR, PELLICLE-EQUIPPED MASK, AND MASK - A pellicle is provided that includes a pellicle film, a pellicle frame having the pellicle film stretched over one end face thereof and having the other end face open, and a pressure-sensitive adhesion layer for adhering the pellicle frame to a mask, the pressure-sensitive adhesion layer being provided on an inner peripheral face of the pellicle frame, and the pressure-sensitive adhesion layer being capable of adhering to a side face of a mask having a mask image on a front face. There are also provided a method of mounting a pellicle that includes fixing to a side face of a mask an inner peripheral face of a pellicle frame of a pellicle that includes a pellicle film and a pellicle frame having the pellicle film stretched over one end face thereof and having the other end face open, a method of mounting a pellicle that includes adhering the pellicle to a side face of the mask that is inclined in going from the reverse face of the mask toward the front face where the mask image is provided, thus adhering the side face of the mask to the pellicle frame inner peripheral face, a pellicle-equipped mask that includes the pellicle adhered to a mask, and a mask that includes a side face that is inclined in going toward the front face where a mask image is provided. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235017 | PHYSICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND PHYSICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD - Disclosed herein is a physical information acquisition device including an electromagnetic wave output section, a first detection section, and a signal processing section. The electromagnetic wave output section is adapted to generate electromagnetic wave at a wavelength equivalent to a specific wavelength when, for a first wavelength range of electromagnetic wave, a wavelength where electromagnetic wave energy is lower than at other wavelengths is determined to be the specific wavelength. The first detection section is adapted to detect electromagnetic wave at the specific wavelength. The signal processing section is adapted to perform signal processing based on detection information acquired from the first detection section. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235018 | SCANNING-TYPE DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS - A scanning-type distance measuring apparatus includes: an optical system | 2011-09-29 |
20110235019 | LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS AND SEPARATION DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A light scanning apparatus including a light source for emitting light in a direction different from a direction orthogonal to the reference direction, and a rotating reflection body that rotates about an axis inclined at an inclination angle φ to the reference direction and includes at least one reflecting surface that is disposed in a direction intersecting obliquely with the axis and reflects light incident on the reflecting surface at an incident angle θ. A specific scanning direction is a direction intersecting at an angle to the reference direction and the rotation axis inclination angle φ≠0°. The inclination angle φ is predetermined according to the incident angle θ such that deviation of the scanning beam reflected by the reflecting surface is smaller than the deviation of the scanning beam that would be obtained with the inclination angle φ of the rotation axis 0°. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235020 | Range Finder - A range finder includes a device for transmitting a laser beam and a device for receiving the laser echoes backscattered by a target, comprising a frontal optical system focusing the echoes on a detection zone which comprises at least one elementary detection zone associated with an individual detector with a large bandwidth, referred to as a temporal detector, and means for transporting the detection zone to the individual detector. An elementary zone is furthermore associated with a low-noise individual detector, referred to as a spatial detector, and the receive device furthermore comprises, connected to the transporting means, a switch suitable for associating said elementary detection zone with the temporal detector and with the spatial detector, alternately or in a static manner. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235021 | METHOD OF DETECTING AN EMULSION IN BRINE - The instant disclosure is directed to a method of detecting an emulsion in a turbid brine, the method comprising the steps of disposing an aliquot of the turbid brine into a sample container to produce a test sample; adding one or more drops of a dye solution comprising an oil-soluble dye dissolved in a nonaqueous base fluid to said test sample; and determining the configuration of the dye solution after a period of time on a surface of the test sample, wherein a configuration of the dye solution forming a ring around the perimeter of the sample container at the interface of a wall of the sample container and the turbid brine indicates an emulsion is present in the turbid brine, and wherein a configuration of the dye solution forming a single dot or a plurality of dots on the surface of the turbid brine indicates an emulsion is not present in the turbid brine. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235022 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING THE RING-DOWN TIME IN A SPECTROMETER SYSTEM - A system is provided that includes a cavity ring-down spectrometer and a processor. The spectrometer is configured to pass, through a cavity resonator, a modulated, continuous-wave electromagnetic signal at each of one or more selectable, transmission frequencies in the Terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The spectrometer includes a transmitter that, with the cavity resonator, is configured so as to excite a single resonant mode of the cavity resonator. The processor is configured to receive a measurement of the passed portion of the modulated electromagnetic signal, and determine a phase shift of the modulated electromagnetic signal based upon the measurement. The processor is then configured to calculate a ring-down time of the cavity resonator as a function of the phase shift. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235023 | RETURN LOSS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A method may include injecting a test signal having a first optical launch power into a device under test via an optical splitter. The optical splitter includes at least two upstream ports and a downstream port and the test signal is injected in a first upstream port of the optical splitter. The device under test is coupled to the downstream port. Return loss associated with the device under test is measured at a second upstream input of the optical splitter. The RL measurement in stored a database. The injecting, measuring, and storing are repeated for a number of different optical launch powers. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235024 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MINIMALLY INTRUSIVE FIBER IDENTIFICATION - A method, apparatus and system for minimally intrusive fiber identification includes imparting a time-varying modulation onto an optical signal propagating in an optical fiber and subsequently detecting the presence of the time-varying modulation in the optical signal transmitting through the fiber to identify the fiber. In a specific embodiment of the invention, a time-varying curvature is imposed on the fiber to be identified and the presence of the resultant time variation in the transmitted power of a propagating optical signal is subsequently detected for identification of the manipulated fiber. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235025 | SOLAR CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS - A solar concentrating system including a concentrator operative to track the Sun so as to concentrate incident sunlight on to a focal location, the concentrator including a support structure, and an array of concentrating reflectors mounted on the support structure, wherein at least one of the reflectors is formed with a reflective surface facing the Sun and configured as a concave surface such that the incident sunlight impinging on the reflective surface is reflected on to the focal location, the array of concentrating reflectors being mounted on the support structure in a Fresnel-like reflector arrangement thus defining the concentrator as a Fresnel reflector. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235026 | TILT SENSOR WITH POWER SAVING MECHANISM - A tilt sensor with power-saving mechanism is provided. The tilt sensor includes a light-emitting element, a blocking object displaceable in an accommodating space on a baseboard, at least two first light sensors, a second light sensor and a control module. The first and the second light sensors respectively sense a light amount and a light amount variation according to the relative position of the light-emitting element and the blocking object. During a power-saving mode, when the light amount variation is larger than a specific value, the control module makes the light-emitting element work in a working mode to emit light according to a first current. During the work mode, when the light amount does not change or the light amount variation is smaller than a threshold value, the control module makes the light-emitting element work in the power-saving mode to emit light according to a second current. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235027 | OPERATION METHOD TO OPERATE TILT SENSOR - An operation method to operate a tilt sensor with power-saving mechanism is provided. The operation method comprises the steps as follows. An accommodating space is provided such that a blocking object is displaceable in the accommodating space according to the gravity. A working mode is performed such that a light-emitting element emits light according to a first current and at least two first light sensors sense a light amount to determine a tilt angle of the tilt sensor. When the light amount doesn't change or when a light amount variation sensed by a second light sensor is smaller than the threshold value within a predetermined time period, a power-saving mode is performed such that the light-emitting element emits light according to a second current smaller than the first current. When the light amount variation is larger than the specific value during the power-saving mode, the working mode is performed. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235028 | PASSIVE TRANSLATIONAL VELOCITY MEASUREMENT FROM OPTICAL INFORMATION - The invention is a passive method to measure the translational speed of a visual scene using the distribution of light intensities. Measuring the speed of translation is useful for control, safety, management of resources, fuel efficiency, and many more application fields. It is however technically challenging because a wide-field translating scene projects on an image plane as a heterogeneous field of apparent speeds. The invention solves this problem by combining two principles: perspective distortion matching over a broad field of view, and temporal filtering variation. In conventional systems, an acquired image is calibrated to obtain linear coordinates. Instead, the invention uses the perspective distortion of the image to sample the visual scene at different linear wavelengths over the visual field. The result is a spatial sensitivity map of the visual scene. The obtained signal is then temporally filtered with cutoff frequencies proportional to the spatial sensitivity. The final result is the wide-spectrum computation of the ratio between temporal and linear spatial frequencies, in other words linear speed. The technique is passive because it does not require the emission of a reference signal. This is an advantage over active speed sensors mainly because of reduced power consumption, but it is an enabling factor for other applications. Where it is difficult or impossible using standard device-centered techniques, like on aircrafts or in fluids, the invention enables measuring absolute linear speed. The advantage over non-device-centered techniques like—GPS—is the independence from external infrastructures. The small computational overhead makes it ideal for mobile applications. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235029 | PATTERN MEASURING METHOD AND PATTERN MEASURING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a pattern measuring method includes: irradiating, from a plurality of different incident directions, electromagnetic waves on a periodical structure pattern in which a plurality of patterns are periodically arrayed and partially overlap one another; detecting the electromagnetic waves scattered by the periodical structure pattern and detecting scattering profiles of the electromagnetic waves; and measuring, based on the detected scattering profiles, a pattern shape of the periodical structure pattern. Each of the different incident directions is an incident direction in which the patterns included in the periodical structure pattern do not partially overlap each other. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235030 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FLOW CYTOMETRY WITHOUT SHEATH FLUID - A method and a device employing the method of flow cytometry, preferably applicable but not limited to the counting and differentiation of leukocytes. It relates more particularly to the field of simplified haematology instruments with moderate operating costs. The method is characterized in that a technique of impedance measurement is used for identifying the particles whose trajectory did not pass through a predetermined optical measurement zone in order to process them selectively, thus avoiding the use of sheath fluids for guiding the particles towards the measurement zone. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235031 | SUBSTRATE FOR SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING STUDIES - The invention relates to a substrate for surface enhanced Raman scattering studies comprising a semiconductor surface with whiskers, coated with metal selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum, copper and/or alloys thereof, where the semiconductor mentioned is a gallium-containing nitride and essentially each whisker contains a linear defect inside. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235032 | Chiral Plasmonic Structures For Mediating Chemical Transformation And Detection Of Molecules With Spatial Chirality - Three-dimensional metal dielectric structures are disclosed with chiral symmetry that elicit surface plasmons. The plasmons may have propagational circular polarization wherein the frequency of such propagating plasmons may be tuned by design to couple with the electronic transitions or fundamental vibrations, including phonons, of a molecular species. The plasmon-molecule coupling, combined with the propagational polarization afforded by the chiral structure may be further exploited to mediate the chemical transformations involving molecules with spatial chirality and/or to detect molecules with spatial chirality. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235033 | EMISSION SPECTROPHOTOMETER - An emission spectrophotometer capable of inhibiting non-uniformity of spectral intensities of component elements is provided. The emission spectrophotometer generates pulse light emission by supplying an energy accumulated in an electricity accumulating and discharging unit to a gap between an electrode and a test material, and the emission spectrophotometer includes a detection unit, for detecting an energy charged to the electricity accumulating and discharging unit before the pulse light emission; and a detection unit, for detecting an energy remaining in the electricity accumulating and discharging unit after the pulse light emission. It is determined whether the detected light is emitted by fully using the energy accumulated in the electricity accumulating and discharging unit. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235034 | Spectrophotometer - When a system is powered on and becomes ready for a measurement, it automatically begins to acquire an interferogram (IFG). When a new IFG is acquired, if a background (BKG) IFG is present in a memory but there is no sample IFG (S | 2011-09-29 |
20110235035 | SPECTROMETER - A spectrometer is provided with an integrating sphere | 2011-09-29 |
20110235036 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND FIBER COUPLER - An optical measurement apparatus includes a spectroscopic measurement device, a first optical fiber for propagating light to be measured, a hemispherical portion having a light diffuse reflection layer on an inner wall of the hemispherical portion, and a plane portion disposed to close an opening of the hemispherical portion and having a mirror reflection layer located to face the inner wall of the hemispherical portion. The plane portion includes a first window for directing the light emitted thorough the first optical fiber into an integrating space. The integrating space is formed by the hemispherical portion and the plane portion. The optical measurement apparatus further includes a second optical fiber for propagating the light in the integrating space to the spectroscopic measurement device through a second window of the plane portion. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235037 | SENSOR DEVICE FOR DETECTING TARGET PARTICLES BY FRUSTRATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION - The invention relates to an optical sensor device ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110235038 | Evaluation device and evaluation method - In an evaluation device ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110235039 | MINIATURIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS - A miniaturized spectrometer/spectrophotometer system and methods are disclosed. A probe tip including one or more light sources and a plurality of light receivers is provided. A first spectrometer system receives light from a first set of the plurality of light receivers. A second spectrometer system receives light from a second set of the plurality of light receivers. A processor, wherein the processor receives data generated by the first spectrometer system and the second spectrometer system, wherein an optical measurement of a sample under test is produced based on the data generated by the first and second spectrometer systems. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235040 | Outboard Optical Cable Sensor System and Method - A plurality of optical sensors are mounted to a housing made of optically conductive material. The housing seals the optical sensors from a water-filled tube which extends through said housing. The optically conductive material provides optical coupling with the water-filled cable tube whereby a plurality of light beams are directed through the housing and the water-filled tube in a predetermined pattern, which provides certainty of the absence or presence of a cable within the water-filled cable tube for a minimum cable diameter regardless of the orientation of the cable within the water-filled tube. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235041 | WIRELESS SENSOR SYSTEM FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING - A wireless sensor system is provided that utilizes reliable, small, inexpensive and low power-consuming sensor nodes for monitoring environmental parameters that can communicate through wireless transmitters to a base station. The sensor nodes preferably incorporate anti-biofouling protection, so as to withstand continuous field deployment in streams and/or riparian areas. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235042 | ARRANGEMENT ADAPTED FOR SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF GAS - This invention comprises an arrangement adapted for spectral analysis having a transmitting means adapted for electromagnetic radiation, a delimited space, in the form of a cavity, serving as a measuring cell and intended to be capable of defining an optical measuring distance, a sensing means of said electromagnetic radiation passing said optical measuring distance from said transmitting means, and a unit at any rate connected to said sensing means performing the spectral analysis. Said sensing means for the electromagnetic radiation is opto-electrically adapted sensitive to the electromagnetic radiation, which is intended to fall within the spectral range whose chosen wavelength components or spectral elements are to become objects of an analysis in the unit performing the spectral analysis for determining in this unit, over calculations, the relative intensity of radiation of the spectral element. Said electromagnetic radiation is adapted to pass the space in which a sample of gas exists. Said optical measuring distance within the space is chosen to be very short, at any rate shorter than 15 millimeters, and therefore the sample of gas must exhibit a high concentration with regard to the portion of gas, which is being evaluated. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235043 | SENSOR AND METHOD OF DETECTING THE CONDITION OF A TURF GRASS - A method of detecting the condition of a turf grass is described. According to one aspect of the invention, the method comprises steps of attaching an active sensor to a mower; traversing a section of turf grass; and processing the output of the sensor. A device for detecting the condition of turf grass is also disclosed. The device comprises an array of illuminating devices generating a pattern of illuminating light; a detecting device receiving a pattern of reflected light which is coincident with the pattern of illuminating light; a detecting device adapted to detect stray light from the array of illuminating devices; and a feedback loop controlling the array of illuminating devices. A system employing the device is also disclosed. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235044 | Welch certainty principle continued - It is proposed that the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is a system-specific concept, and that using a reference Interference Pattern, or applying chaos concepts to the situation at the slits of a double slit system leads to the proposal that a photon or particle that contributes to a positive slope region in an interference pattern formed by a double slit system is more likely to have passed through the left slit of the double slit system, (as viewed from the source), and a particle or photon which contributes to a negative slope region of the interference pattern is more likely to have passed through the right slit thereof (again as viewed from the source). Further, an experiment comprising use of a laterally, (and/or perpendicular thereto), movable screen upon which particles impinge is proposed that, in the context of a double slit system, would allow verification of the proposal, and which would also, allow near-simultaneous measurement of particle position and momentum. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235045 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFEROMETRY - A method and an arrangement are provided for scalable confocal interferometry for distance measurement, for 3-D detection of an object, for OC tomography with an object imaging interferometer and at least one light source. The interferometer has an optical path difference not equal to zero at each optically detected object element. Thus, the maxima of a sinusoidal frequency wavelet, associated with each detected object element, each have a frequency difference Δf_Objekt. At least one spectrally integrally detecting, rastered detector is arranged to record the object. The light source preferably has a frequency comb, and the frequency comb differences Δf_Quelle are changed in a predefined manner over time in a scan during measuring. In the process, the frequency differences Δf_Quelle are made equal to the frequency difference Δf_Objekt or equal to an integer multiple of the frequency differences Δf_Objekt at least once for each object element. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235046 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an optical source configured to emit an electromagnetic wave, a wave dividing unit configured to divide the wave from the optical source into a first and a second wave beam, a probe optical source configured to emit a probe beam, a probe-beam dividing unit configured to divide the probe beam into a first and a second probe beam, a first crystal on which the first crystal is irradiated through an object and the first probe beam is incident, a second crystal on which the second crystal is irradiated through an object and the second probe beam is incident, an interference unit configured to allow the first probe beam from the first crystal to interfere with the second probe beam from the second crystal, and an image pickup device configured to capture an interference figure between the first and the second probe beam. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235047 | Laser Gyro Having a Solid-State Amplifying Medium and an Optical Ring Cavity - A laser gyro having a solid-state amplifying medium and an optical ring cavity includes an assembly encompassing the optical cavity and able to experience an oscillating rotational motion, as well as at least one external optical device for longitudinal injection of energy into the solid-state amplifying medium. The laser gyro also includes a fixing assembly adapted for translationally and rotationally binding said assembly encompassing the optical cavity and said external optical device for longitudinal injection of energy. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235048 | APPARATUS FOR LOW COHERENCE OPTICAL IMAGING - The present invention relates to an apparatus for low coherence optical imaging, and more particularly to an apparatus for low coherence optical imaging which can obtain the information of the different depths of a sample simultaneously. The apparatus comprises a phase transformation unit or a beam shift unit. The phase transformation unit or beam shift unit transforms and reflects the reference light, such that the reflected reference light comprises different phases at the different positions of a cross-section. When the reference light and a information light from the sample are superimposed on a photo detector, the information of the different depths of the sample is obtained. By using the apparatus of the present invention, the elements, the volume, and the cost of the apparatus are reduced. Because of only two-dimensional scanning is required, the scanning rate is improved. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235049 | Wavefront Sensing Method and Apparatus - Wavefront sensing apparatus comprises a beam splitter ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110235050 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EYE MOVEMENT TRACKING IN SPECTRAL OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (SD-OCT) - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for collecting structural data with spectral optical coherence tomography from samples having a point of maximum reflectance. This point of maximum reflectance is used for adjusting the scanned path pattern. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235051 | Device for interferential distance measurement - A device for interferential distance measurement that includes a light source that emits a light beam along a propagation direction and a scanning plate including a splitter that splits the light beam into a measurement beam and a reference beam. The device further including a reflector disposed spaced-apart in a direction of the propagation direction and a detector element. The measurement beam and the reference beam are propagated from the splitter along different optical paths toward the reflector, where a back reflection of the measurement beam and the reference beam occurs at the reflector toward the scanning plate. In addition, at a combining location the measurement beam and the reference beam attain interfering superposition, and wherein the measurement beam and the reference beam interfering at the combining location are detected by the detector element so that the detector element generates a distance signal regarding a distance between the scanning plate and the reflector. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235052 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE INNER SPACE OF A CONTAINER AND METHOD OF PERFORMING THE SAME - A system and method for measuring the inner space of a container provides for the measurement of the wear of the lining of a container such as a torpedo ladle optionally while the ladle is still hot. The interior lining of the container is scanned by a scanner head from a first position in the container which is at an angle relative to the vertical axis of the container. The scanner head is placed in a second position in the container at an angle relative to the vertical axis of the container and from the second position the scanner head scans the portions of the interior lining of the container which were not scanned during the first position scan. By comparing the scanning measurements of the lining from the first position scan and the second position scan after the container has been loaded and unloaded with an initial reference measurement of the lining the wear of the lining can be measured. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235053 | LASER RECEIVER FOR DETECTING A RELATIVE POSITION - The invention relates to a laser receiver for detecting a relative position of a defined zero point of said laser receiver with respect to a reference laser beam. Therefore, the laser receiver comprises a laser light photo sensor having a plurality of photo sensitive elements providing an electrical output when illuminated by said reference laser beam, a circuitry connected to said photo sensor for determination of said relative position and a visible readout for indication of said relative position, in particular for indicating if said zero point is on-grade with respect to said reference laser beam. According to the invention, at least a first laser fan emitter, with a laser light source and at least one fan-generating optical element, is provided for projecting a visible laser line onto a target surface, particularly in order to re-project a sharp marking-line through the vertical center of the reference laser beam. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235054 | ARTICLE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND ARTICLE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An article recognition apparatus includes a marker having four or more unit pattern marks which are provided at a predetermined positional relationship on an article to be recognized and which are formed in such a way that a density pattern sequentially changes from a center position to a periphery of the pattern marker. The article recognition apparatus also includes an imaging tool that is disposed opposite the article to be recognized and that captures an image of the marker; a supporting mechanism that supports the imaging tool so as to enable setting of the imaging tool at least at a non-face-up measurement position; and a layout information recognition block that recognizes layout information about a position and an attitude of the article to be recognized. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235055 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE THICKNESS - A system for determining a thickness of a photovoltaic module may include a first displacement sensor and a second displacement sensor along a shared axis. The system may also include a support structure that supports the first and second displacement sensors and locates the sensors on either side of the photovoltaic module. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235056 | METHOD FOR MEASURING WEAR RATE - A wear rate measurement method includes thermally coupling a focus ring having a top surface and a bottom surface with a reference piece having a bottom surface facing a susceptor and a top surface facing the focus ring; measuring a first optical path length of a low-coherence light beam that travels forward and backward within the focus ring by irradiating the low-coherence light beam to the focus ring orthogonally to the top surface and the bottom surface thereof; measuring a second optical path length of a low-coherence light beam that travels forward and backward within the reference piece by irradiating the low-coherence light beam to the reference piece orthogonally to the top surface and the bottom surface thereof; and calculating a wear rate of the focus ring based on a ratio between the first optical path length and the second optical path length. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235057 | METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF THE THICKNESS OF ANY DEPOSIT OF MATERIAL ON INNER WALL OF A PIPELINE - A method is provided for measurement of the thickness of any deposit of material on the inner wall of a pipeline at least partly filled with a medium including hydrocarbons, the medium being for instance oil or natural gas, wherein the method includes: projecting infrared light onto the inner wall of the pipeline along a line corresponding to the intersection between the inner wall of the pipeline and a cross-sectional plane of the pipeline; registering an image of the infrared light projected on the inner wall of the pipeline; and determining the thickness of any deposit of material on the inner wall of the pipeline based on the registered image. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235058 | Mobile Apparatus Capable of Surface Measurements - The present invention relates to a mobile apparatus and/or system that measures the thickness at one or more locations of a surface on at least a part of a substrate and methods of using the apparatus and/or system. The mobile apparatus and/or system in one embodiment includes an apparatus and/or system having a coating thickness monitor and, optionally, an apparatus and/or system for simultaneously regulating the coating thickness applied on a substrate. Under certain conditions, the apparatus and system has the ability to measure coating thickness subsequent to the coating's formation. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235059 | SCREENED HARDCOPY REPRODUCTION APPARATUS WITH COMPENSATION - Screened hardcopy reproduction apparatus for applying toner to a receiver using a print engine that may not apply toner uniformly, so the toner applied to the receiver has a non-uniformity. A controller receives an input pixel level and a corresponding input pixel location; a tone-reproduction unit calculates an output pixel level from the input pixel level and a corresponding output pixel location from the input pixel location; a compensator calculates a compensated pixel level from the output pixel level and the output pixel location; and a screening unit calculates a screened pixel level and a screened pixel location from the compensated pixel level, the output pixel location, and a selected screening pattern. The print engine applies an amount of the toner corresponding to the screened pixel level and the non-uniformity to the receiver at a toner location corresponding to the screened pixel location to compensate for the non-uniformity. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235060 | SCREENED HARDCOPY REPRODUCTION APPARATUS COMPENSATION DATA CALCULATION - A method of calculating compensation data for compensating for spatial print engine non-uniformity of an image applied by a print engine to a receiver. A test target has two test areas of different output densities, each with a single output pixel level. A relationship between output density and output pixel level for the print engine is determined, and is used to calculate the output pixel level for each test area from the respective output density. The test target is printed, and the reproduced densities of the test areas are measured at a plurality of different locations in each area. A processor is used to calculate the compensation data using the measured densities. The compensation data defines a relationship between an output pixel location on the receiver, an output pixel level, and a compensated pixel level. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235061 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A MAIL ITEM INCLUDING AN ENVELOPE - A method for preparing a mail item including an envelope from two rectangular sheets ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110235062 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus is provided. A density conversion component converts a density of a transparent color material so that a total amount of a plurality of color materials is smaller than a predetermined first amount when it is determined that the total amount of the plurality of color materials is larger than the predetermined first amount and when the transparent color material is included in the plurality of color materials. A density ratio calculation component calculates a ratio between a density before converting the density of the transparent color material and a density after converting the density of the transparent material. A reporting component reports that the ratio of the density is smaller than a predetermined second amount when determining that the ratio of the density is smaller than the predetermined second amount. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235063 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus causes a printing executing section to perform a printing process using color-materials, the image processing apparatus includes: a first processing unit that performs a first image-processing by processing original image data in order to generate first processed image data; and a supplying unit, wherein the first processing unit includes: a calculating unit that calculates an index value relating an edge-intensity about a target pixel in object image data; and a correcting unit that corrects a value of the target pixel based on the index value of the edge-intensity, wherein the correcting unit corrects the value of the target pixel such that print-density of the target pixel increase if the target pixel is a first pixel, and wherein the correcting unit corrects the value of the target pixel such that print-density of the target pixel decrease if the target pixel is a second pixel. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235064 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing control apparatus determines a size of a recording medium based on an instruction to print an image of a predetermined size in the recording medium. A control unit causes application software to generate data to be printed having a size corresponding to the number of pages and the size of one page according to the instruction, causes a printer driver to generate print data based on the generated data to be printed corresponding to the size of the recording medium and the number of pages by registering the determined size of the recording medium in the printer driver and by designating processing for generating the print data of a size corresponding the size of the recording medium according to the instruction, and causes the printer driver to execute processing for printing the image of the number of pages on the recording medium of the size. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235065 | Apparatus and Method for Printing Within a Print Zone on the Surface of a Skewed Object Moving in a Given Direction of Travel - A printing apparatus for printing within a predefined print zone on a selected surface of a skewed object moving in a given direction of travel includes a bracket, at least two sensors at known positions adjacent to the passing object detecting the leading edge of a given surface, a positioning mechanism mounted on the bracket, a printhead mounted on the positioning mechanism and operable to print on the moving object selected surface, the positioning mechanism operable to position the printhead into a known correct printing position relative to the selected surface, and a controller communicating with the sensors, positioning mechanism, and printhead, and operable to calculate object skew in response to the sensor signals and to operate the positioning mechanism to position the printhead into the known correct printing position and to operate the printhead to print within the predefined print zone on the skewed moving object. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235066 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING IMAGE BASED ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL IMAGE, AND A COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH IS RECORDED A PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A stereoscopic viewing image generation unit generates, using a three-dimensional medical image representing a subject as input, a stereoscopic viewing image for stereoscopic output of the subject based on a given image generation condition, and a non-stereoscopic viewing image generation unit generates a non-stereoscopic viewing image for non-stereoscopic output equivalent to the stereoscopic output based on the three-dimensional medical image and the image generation condition of the stereoscopic viewing image. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235067 | Method and system for generating nametags - A method for generating a nametag is provided. A database having stored therein data associated with a wearer of the nametag and a computer connected to the database is provided. Further, data indicative of a predetermined nametag template are provided. Using a processor of the computer the data indicative of the predetermined nametag template are received. Using the processor of the computer data indicative of the wearer of the nametag are received. The processor of the computer then retrieves the data associated with the wearer of the nametag from the database in dependence upon the data indicative of the wearer of the nametag and inserts the same into the predetermined nametag template. The processor of the computer then generates nametag printing data in dependence upon the predetermined nametag template and the inserted data. Using a printer connected to the computer the nametag printing data are printed. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235068 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING PRINTING QUALITY AND RELATED PRINTING SYSTEM - A method for improving printing quality is disclosed. The method includes an application device transmitting an original image including a plurality of printing pixels to a driving device, the driving device setting the plurality of printing pixels as a plurality of first printing dots, the driving device detecting an edge of the original image, the driving device setting a plurality of second printing dots according to a plurality of neighboring pixels corresponding to the edge, and the driving device generating an image to be printed according to the plurality of first printing dots and the plurality of second printing dots. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235069 | INKJET PRINTER - An object is to shorten the printing time of an inkjet printer capable of forming a plurality of ink layers on a medium. An inkjet printer ( | 2011-09-29 |
20110235070 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The data processing apparatus according to the present invention has the image data preparation unit that prepares various kinds of image data deriving from document data depending on various purposes of the document data; and the image synthesis instructing unit that instructs images to be synthesized based on the image data comprising a plurality of page portions on one sheet of paper for at least one kind of image data prepared by the image data preparation unit from various kinds of document data. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235071 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided which, when forming an image using a plurality of different sizes of dots, can produce a satisfactory image free from problematical levels of density unevenness, graininess and insufficient density with any of these dot sizes. To this end, when printing on pixel areas of a print medium by a plurality of relative movements between the printing unit and the print medium, the dot overlap rate of a dot size that tends to show density unevenness is set higher than that of a dot size that tends to show other image impairments more conspicuously than the density unevenness. This results in a satisfactory image that eliminates such image impairments as density unevenness, graininess and density insufficiency in the entire grayscale range. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235072 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing device includes print processors for different colors, plural first conversion sections provided for each of the print processors, a second conversion section, and a controller. Each of the print processors performs printing of a corresponding color onto a recording medium. Each of the first conversion sections converts print data described in page description language into raster image data, and outputs the converted raster image data to the corresponding print processor. The second conversion section converts the print data into raster image data and outputs the converted raster image data to any of the print processors. The controller selectively performs a first control that causes the first conversion sections to convert the print data that has been input to the device in parallel, or a second control that causes the first conversion sections and the second conversion section to convert the input print data in parallel. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235073 | METHOD FOR GRAY BALANCE CORRECTION OF A PRINTING PROCESS - In printing processes, even when a process calibration under predefined printing conditions is used, it is possible for deviations in the gray balance to occur. Attempts have been made to correct the deviations, for example by changing the layer thickness of the printing inks in the printing process, but that can lead to color deviations in other regions. A gray balance correction method with which wastage that regularly occurs can be reduced and an occurrence of undesired color fluctuations can be avoided, is achieved by using differences between black and chromatic gray areas in gray balance areas to replace the measured values from a first process calibration with corrected measured values and carrying out a new process calibration. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235074 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING SPEED CONTROL FUNCTION) - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus including an image visualizing section configured to visualize image data with a visualizing agent to obtain a visible image, an image moving section configured to move the visible image obtained by the image visualizing section to a sheet medium, a productivity setting section configured to set a number of times the image moving section moves the visible image to the sheet medium per unit time, and a sheet medium supplying section configured to supply the sheet medium from a sheet medium storing section to the image moving section at predetermined timing conforming to the number of times of the movement of the visible image set by the productivity setting section. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235075 | DECOLORING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an decoloring apparatus includes: an decoloring processing unit configured to apply decoloring processing decoloring a color of an decolorable colorant; a sheet conveying unit configured to convey a sheet and cause the sheet to pass through the decoloring processing unit; an image reading unit arranged further on an upstream side than the decoloring processing unit in a sheet conveying direction by the sheet conveying unit and configured to read an image formed on the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit; a thickness sensor arranged further on the upstream side than the decoloring processing unit in the sheet conveying direction by the sheet conveying unit and configured to detect thickness of the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit; an decolorability determining unit configured to determine, on the basis of a detection result in at least one of the image reading unit and the thickness sensor, executability of the decoloring processing in the decoloring processing unit of the sheet set as a detection target; a storing unit configured to store information indicating a number of sheets determined as decoloring processing unexecutable by the decolorability determining unit; and a display control unit configured to cause a display to screen-display the information stored in the storing unit indicating the number of sheets determined as decoloring processing unexecutable by the decolorability determining unit. | 2011-09-29 |
20110235076 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A processing apparatus includes a processing unit and a first registration unit. The processing unit executes a requested process. The first registration unit registers therein first identification information which identifies another device, in advance. If a request for the process is received from said another device, the processing unit complies with the request without authenticating a user who makes the request on condition that the first identification information of said another device which makes the request is registered in the first registration unit. | 2011-09-29 |