40th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130258364 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes a first reader member that receives light from a medium to read an image recorded on a surface thereof; a second reader member that separates the light from the medium and reads a color of the recorded image based on the separated light; a deriving unit that derives associating information that associates a first read result with a second read result based on the first read result and the second read result, the first read result being obtained by the first reader member, the second read result being obtained by the second reader member; and a measuring unit that measures the color of the image on the medium for performing color calibration by reading the medium by using the first reader member so as to determine a color corresponding to the second read result based on the first read result and the associating information. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258365 | PRINTING CONDITION SETTING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONDITION SETTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - Details of medium condition items, which are condition items concerning a medium for transferring the color materials, are grouped according to predetermined collection rules, and group attributes are allocated to printing conditions. Color conversion condition items, which are condition items concerning color conversion conditions for the printing process, are set or canceled altogether with respect to a plurality of printing conditions having allocated group attributes. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258366 | COLORIMETRIC APPARATUS AND COLORIMETRIC METHOD - In an apparatus including an irradiation unit capable of irradiating a sheet selectively with visible light and ultraviolet light, and a measurement unit which measures a spectral reflectance based on light reflected by the sheet, whether to cause the irradiation unit to emit the ultraviolet light when measuring the spectral reflectance of a patch image printed on the sheet is determined based on the spectral reflectance of a reference image of the color of the sheet that has been measured by the measurement unit which measures a spectral reflectance while the ultraviolet light is emitted. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258367 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a storage unit, an image processing unit and a control unit. The image processing unit (i) calculates a summed height of a color toner image formed on a sheet by summing up a height of the color toner image on the basis of input image data, (ii) calculates, on the basis of a target value for glossiness stored in the storage unit, a target total height of the color toner image and a clear toner image to realize the target value for glossiness, and (iii) calculates a height of the clear toner image by subtracting the summed height from the target total height. On the basis of the calculated height of the clear toner image, the control unit adjusts the height of the clear toner image formed on the sheet. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258368 | COLOR MEASURING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COLORIMETRIC SYSTEM AND COLOR MEASURING METHOD - A color measuring device includes a housing; a sensor unit configured to capture an image of a region, the sensor unit being held to the housing; an illumination light source configured to illuminate the region, the illumination light source being held to the housing; a detecting unit configured to detect a distance between predetermined two points from image data of the region obtained by the sensor unit; a correcting unit configured to correct the image data including a subject whose color is to be measured according to a ratio of the detected distance to a reference distance; and a calculating unit configured to calculate a colorimetric value of the subject based on the corrected image data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258369 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, COLOR MEASURING DEVICE, COLOR MEASURING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit, a moving unit, a detector, and a determiner. The image capturing unit includes an optical transmission member; and a sensor capturing an image of the subject via the optical transmission member. The moving unit moves the image capturing unit in an optical axis direction of the sensor. The detector detects a contamination from first and second images. The first and second images are captured by the sensor when the image capturing unit is located at first and second positions in the optical axis direction, respectively. The second position is spaced away from the subject than the first position in the optical axis direction. The determiner determines that a contamination is deposited on the optical transmission member when a difference in the number of pixels in which a contamination is detected between the first and second images is less than a threshold. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258370 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS - Correction processing on image data is performed in a short time. An image processing apparatus supplies image data to a recording apparatus configured to convey a recording medium in a direction intersecting a direction in which recording elements are arranged. The image processing apparatus includes: tables containing correction information for each group into which the recording elements are divided, the correction information being used to correct values of multi-valued data; a horizontal/vertical conversion unit configured to convert multi-valued data in raster format into column format; a correction unit configured to correct multi-valued data belonging to a group by using correction information stored in a table corresponding to that group; a vertical/horizontal conversion unit configured to convert the multi-valued data in column form into raster format; and an output unit configured to output the data in raster format converted by the vertical/horizontal conversion unit to the recording apparatus. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258371 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND UPDATE METHOD - An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes a non-voltage storage unit which stores data, an interface unit which receives data, and a control unit. If a value of a head of first data received by the interface unit is a first value that is defined in advance, the control unit handles the first data as a HEX code and rewrites the data stored in the storage unit with the first data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258372 | POWER FOR WIRELESS PRINTER DURING SLEEP MODE - A printing system includes a printing device for printing onto a recording medium; a media advance system for moving the recording medium into position to be printed on by the printing device when the printing system is in an operating mode; a connector for receiving AC line voltage; a power supply for converting the AC line voltage into a plurality of DC voltages; a wireless communication device for receiving image data; a controller for controlling printer operation when the printing system is in the operating mode, and for turning off at least one of the plurality of DC voltages when the printing system is in a low power mode; and an energy storage device for powering the wireless communication device when the printing system is in the low power mode. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258373 | DETERMINING IF A RECEIVED FAX IS AN AUTO-REPLY FOR A TRANSMITTED FAX - A method implemented in a fax machine for analyzing a received fax to determine whether it is an auto-reply fax. Auto-reply faxes are handled differently from other faxes to avoid unnecessary printing. The analysis method includes: determining whether the sender of the received fax is the same as the receiver of a fax sent by the fax machine within a predefined time period in the past; determining whether the received fax contains only one or two pages; extracting text from the image of the received fax using OCR; and detecting the presents of certain keywords in the extracted text which indicate an auto-reply or received status. These determination and detection results are combined to determine whether the received fax is an auto-reply. Auto-reply faxes may be saved but not automatically printed, or forwarded to an email box of the sender of the original fax, etc. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258374 | PARALLEL PRINTING SYSTEM - A parallel Raster Image Processor system that includes a plurality of Raster Image Processors (RIPs) for parallel processing of a print job into a printer-ready format for the printing of the print job and a splitter for splitting the print job into a plurality of chunks and sending the chunks of the job to the plurality of the RIPs for processing. The print job includes objects described in a page description language. The splitter is configured to: interpret the job to determine the objects required by each of the plurality of the RIPs to process corresponding received chunks; store the determined objects to maintain knowledge of the determined objects; and send the determined objects along with the corresponding chunks to the designated RIPs to process the corresponding chunks, if the same determined objects are not already with the designated RIPs. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258375 | PARALLEL PRINTING SYSTEM - A parallel Raster Image Processor system that includes a plurality of Raster Image Processors (RIPs) for parallel processing of a plurality of document jobs into a printer-ready format for the printing of the document jobs and a splitter. The splitter configured to combine the plurality of document jobs to form a plurality of chunks, each chunk is sent to a respective designated RIP for processing. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258376 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND NON-TRANSITORY, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PERFORMING IMAGE PROCESSING USING CONTROLLERS THAT PERFORM DISTINCT FUNCTIONS - An image recording apparatus includes a first controller, a second controller, and a recording device. The first controller receives image data. The first controller transmits the image data to the second controller in response to receiving the image data. The second controller generates driving data based on the image data in response to receiving the image data. The recording device transmits a driving data transmission request to the first controller. The first controller transmits a driving data transmission instruction to the second controller in response to receiving the driving data transmission request from the recording device. The second controller transmits the driving data to the recording device in response to receiving the driving data transmission instruction from the first controller. The recording device records the image on the recording medium based on the driving data in response to receiving the driving data from the second controller. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258377 | PRINTER CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling a printer comprises, spooling a file including a hierarchy of print ticket attached with remaining fixed document and fixed pages, in response to a print job, creating print data from a spooled file, detecting a printing error at a printer, modifying the spooled file by including printing type information and page information where printing error occurred, and redirecting the spooled file modified by the modifying step to another printer driver. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258378 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A first RIP processing unit reads cache data from a first cache unit. The first RIP processing unit transmits first RIP-processed variable part data to a printer. Since an identifier read by the first RIP processing unit is not a transmitted identifier, the first RIP processing unit transmits RIP-processed reuse part data to the printer. A second RIP processing unit reads cache data from a second cache unit. The second RIP processing unit transmits second RIP-processed variable part data to the printer. Since an identifier read by the second RIP processing unit is a transmitted identifier, the second RIP processing unit does not transmit the RIP-processed reuse part data to the printer. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258379 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - There is provided an image forming apparatus including: an image data acquiring unit that acquires image data of an image formed on a sheet; an identification information image reading unit that reads an identification information image formed on the sheet, the identification information image corresponding to identification information that identifies the sheet on which the image is formed; an image forming unit that forms a first image based on the image data acquired by the image data acquiring unit on the sheet with a decolorable colorant which becomes colorless by a predetermined chemical reaction; and a storage control unit that stores the identification information and the image data of the image to be formed on the sheet, on which the identification information image corresponding to the identification information is formed, in a predetermined storage region in a correlated manner. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258380 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS ALLOWING REMOTE START, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus that is capable of reducing power consumption when a main power is OFF and of performing remote start without using an exclusive circuit. A power control unit supplies power to a main control unit and a communication module that communicates with an external apparatus. A first-communication-module-control unit controls the communication module to operate in a first operational mode in which the main control unit does not operate in a normal mode. A supply instruction unit instructs the power control unit to supply power for operating the main control unit in the normal mode, when the external apparatus instructs to start the image forming apparatus and the communication module operates in the first operational mode. A second-communication-module-control unit controls the communication module to operate in a second operational mode in which the main control unit operates in the normal mode. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258381 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a controller configured to control a communication device to transmit, to an information processing terminal device, image processing information indicating a specific one of image processing operations that has been selected at a time when the controller starts establishment of communication with the information processing terminal device, control the communication device to receive execution instructing information from the information processing terminal device, and control a specific one of image processing executing devices that corresponds to the received execution instructing information to execute the specific image processing operation in accordance with the received execution instructing information. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258382 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THE SAME - An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a first communication device, a second communication device, an informing device, and a controller configured to control the first communication device to establish first communication with an information processing terminal device that is within a predetermined communicable distance from the first communication device, and to control the second communication device to transmit, to the information processing terminal device, target data that has been informed of by the informing device at a time when the first communication is established between the first communication device and the information processing terminal device. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258383 | Image Processing Apparatus And Image Forming Apparatus - An linage processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: one or more image processing modules; a first work memory disposed in a previous position to the one or more image processing modules; a second work memory disposed in a next position to the one or more image processing modules; a decompression-rotation processing module configured to (a) read out and decompress plural pieces of compressed sub-band data of plural sub-bands which locate in plural bands at an identical position in a primary scanning direction, (b) rotate respective pieces of decompressed sub-band data, and store the pieces of rotated sub-band data in the first work memory; and a rotation-compression processing module configured to (c) read out the plural pieces of image-processed sub-band data stored in the second work memory and rotate the respective pieces of sub-band data, and (d) compress the respective pieces of rotated sub-band data. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258384 | SERVER SYSTEM, PRINT SYSTEM, AND PRINTER - A communication control unit transmits a request for shortening a polling time interval to a printer after a web UI unit has accepted a print instruction about a data file and before generation of a print file by a print file acquiring unit is completed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258385 | EASY MODIFICATION TO METHOD OF CONTROLLING APPLICATIONS IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus configured to run a plurality of applications having different activation conditions includes an item acquiring unit configured to acquire from an item storage an item to be displayed on a setting screen for making a setting to an application, and a screen providing unit configured to generate and display the setting screen in response to the item acquired by the item acquiring unit, wherein the screen providing unit generates the setting screen in response to an item acquired from a file that contains one or more items that are unique for each application activation condition. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258386 | Bitmap Compare Mechanism - A computer generated method disclosed. The method includes performing an exact comparison between a first bitmap and a second bitmap, calculating a number of miscompared pixels that occurred during the comparison and calculating a quantity value representing a characteristic of the miscompared pixels. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258387 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including: a receiving unit configured to receive a job from an external apparatus; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the basis of the job received by the receiving unit; and a control device. The control device configured to perform: an establishing process of establishing an allowance status in which the image processing apparatus is allowed to be designated as a job input destination from a user, with respect to the external apparatus; and a restricting process of restricting the image processing apparatus from being in the allowance status in a case where the image processing apparatus is in a restriction status in which the image processing is restricted. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258388 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus (printing server) of one aspect of the present invention generates print data from a print target file attached to the electronic mail received from a mobile terminal via a network, and causes a printer designated in the electronic mail to execute printing based on the print data. In a case where a printer notifies a printing server of the occurrence of an error during the execution of printing based on print data, the printing server instructs the printer to automatically skip an error which has occurred, if it is designated in received electronic mail that the error should be automatically skipped. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258389 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an information processing device that processes data including a rendering resource, a first page rendering command including a link to the rendering resource, and a second page rendering command including a link to the rendering resource. The information processing device includes a first transmitting unit configured to transmit the rendering resource and the first page rendering command to an image forming device; a registering unit configured to register a copy of the rendering resource in a storage area other than the image forming device when the first transmitting unit transmits the rendering resource and the first page rendering command to the image forming device; and a second transmitting unit configured to transmit the second page rendering command to the image forming device by setting a link to the copy of the registered rendering resource to the second page rendering command. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258390 | Function Executing Device - In a case where a first information including an execution request of a specific function via a first type of interface is received, a function executing device may execute a change process for changing an interface for communicating with a terminal device from the first type of interface to a second type of interface in a case where a state of the function executing device is determined as a non-error state. The function executing device may not execute the change process in a case where the state of the function executing device is determined as an error state. The specific function may include a communication process for communicating object data with the terminal device. The function executing device may execute the specific function including the communication process via the second type of interface in a case where the change process is being executed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258391 | PRINT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINT SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print system is provided which can execute, in a case that a jam occurs in a sheet processing apparatus, recovery processing of a job in which the jam occurred without wasting a sheet that has been already used in a subsequent job. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258392 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an image processing apparatus, a usage state of a setting item that is set to execute a job is stored for each user. Another setting item corresponding to a setting item having a high usage frequency by the authenticated user is notified to the user. Further, a determination is made regarding whether to notify the user of a new function added to the image processing apparatus based on the usage state of the user. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258393 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND SECURITY LEVEL MANAGEMENT METHOD - An electronic apparatus includes a security storage unit, a security information acquisition unit, a calculation unit, a determination unit, a notification unit, and an operation control unit. The security storage unit is configured to store a plurality of securities together with respective security levels associated with the securities. The security information acquisition unit is configured to acquire security information concerning the apparatus. The calculation unit is configured to calculate a total of the security level or levels of the security or securities applied to the apparatus, using the security levels of the securities stored in the security storage unit. The determination unit is configured to determine whether or not the calculated total has reached a predetermined threshold. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258394 | PRINTING APPARATUS - When a power switch key is operated to turn off a printing apparatus currently set in power-on state and voltage value of a battery in this situation lowers 6.9 V, a display of LCD is turned out and operation keys except for the power switch key are locked so that the printing apparatus is placed in seeming power-off state. If the operation key is thereafter operated under seeming power-off state and voltage value of the battery in this situation lowers 6.9 V, the display of LCD is turned on and the operation keys are unlocked so that the printing apparatus is placed in power-on state from seeming power-off state. Accordingly, even if the printing apparatus is set in seeming power-off state due to significant drop in voltage of the battery, the printing apparatus can be placed in power-on state immediately upon operation of the power switch key. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258395 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus receives from a client apparatus a print request including authentication information of a user, and a judging part judges whether a printing related to the print request is enabled using the authentication information, and a sending part sends to the client apparatus information indicating that printing is prohibited when the judging part judges that the printing is not enabled. A recording part records print data and print attribute information received from the client apparatus in a related manner with respect to the print request if the judging part judges that the printing is enabled, and a sending part sends the print data to an image forming apparatus in response to a request therefrom. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258396 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus included an accepting unit, a generating unit, a transmission unit, a display, a determination unit, and a display controller. The accepting unit accepts a print request. The generating unit generates, on the basis of the print request, print data for outputting an image onto printing paper. The transmission unit transmits the print data to a printing apparatus. The display displays a list of print requests accepted by the accepting unit, together with process states of the print requests. The determination unit determines whether a progress speed with which processes based on the print requests are to be completed is not lower than a value. In a case where an operation instruction unit is displayed on the display, when it is determined that the progress speed is not lower than the value, the display controller performs control of disabling the operation instruction unit. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258397 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus includes an accepting unit, a generating unit, a transmission unit, a display, a determination unit, and a display controller. The accepting unit accepts a print request. The generating unit generates, on the basis of the print request, print data for outputting an image onto printing paper. The transmission unit transmits the print data to a printing apparatus. The display displays a display screen of a list of print requests accepted by the accepting unit, together with process states of the print requests. The determination unit determines whether a progress speed with which processes based on the print requests are to be completed is not lower than a value. When the progress speed is lower than the set value, the display controller updates the display screen at first time intervals, and, otherwise, updates the display screen at second time intervals longer than the first time intervals. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258398 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A preflight check unit in a printing control apparatus includes a sub-preflight check unit, an object page determination unit, a main preflight check unit, and a preflight result output unit. The sub-preflight check unit obtains resource use information and part use information. The object page determination unit determines object pages to be subjected to the preflight check, based on the resource use information and the part use information, and writes object page information indicating the object pages in a storage unit. The main preflight check unit reads the object page information from the storage unit to perform preflight check on the object pages indicated by the object page information. The preflight result output unit outputs a preflight result. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258399 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A mobile terminal is connected to a server and an image forming device that store image forming device information in such a manner that the mobile terminal can communicate with the server and the image forming device. The mobile terminal acquires image forming device information from the selected server and/or image forming device. When the acquired image forming device information includes duplication of an image forming device, an image forming device list is generated by removing the duplication. Information of an image forming device to be used is displayed on a user interface of the mobile terminal. A usable image forming device is selected and presented to a user. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258400 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, EXTERNAL TERMINAL, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming system comprises an image forming apparatus and an external terminal. The image forming apparatus has a receiving part for receiving operation input information on an operation input into an operation screen from the external terminal, a specifying part for specifying a first program to which an execution instruction is given through the operation screen on the basis of the operation input information, a determination part for determining a second program having the same function as that of the first program as an execution object program on the condition that the second program is installed in the external terminal, and a notification part for notifying the external terminal that the second program is determined as the execution object program. The external terminal executes a processing in accordance with the second program and displays a result of the processing executed in accordance with the second program. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258401 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a wireless communication interface, an exploration unit, a communication establishment unit and a communication processing unit. The wireless communication interface carries out wireless communication. The exploration unit explores an image forming apparatus that is the state that can be connected by wireless communication based on a wireless access point function. The communication establishment unit establishes the wireless communication connection with the image forming apparatus that is the state that can be connected by wireless communication based on a wireless access point function. The communication processing unit supplies an on signal turning on the wireless access point function to the image forming apparatus whose wireless access point function is off when the exploration unit determines that the image forming apparatus that is the state that can be connected by wireless communication based on, a wireless access point function does not exist. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258402 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND MANAGEMENT DEVICE - An image data processing device may be configured to be used in a system. The system may comprise the image data processing device, a management device and a plurality of electronic devices. The image data processing device may comprise a communication unit configured to communicate with the electronic device by using the first communication scheme. The image data processing device may cause, in a case where the communication unit receives the judgment information from the electronic device, a storing unit to store the received judgment information. The image data processing device may execute the image data processing in a case where it is determined that the processor is able to execute the image data processing based on the judgment information stored by the storing unit. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258403 | TEMPLATE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND TEMPLATE PROCESSING METHOD - The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, storing the template processing program for executing steps on a control device of an operation terminal. The terminal is connected with a print label producing apparatus using a template t, and with a server configured to store a plurality of language versions of mutually different language types for the template. The terminal comprises a display device, the control device, and a memory. The steps comprises a language selection receiving step for receiving a selection of at least one language type, a downloading step for downloading from the server at least one template that contains the language version of the language type, a combined file generating step for generating a combined file that combines a plurality of language versions using mutually different language types into a single file, and a storing step for storing the combined file in the memory. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258404 | DATA PRINTING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The present invention allows desired printing to be easily achieved not with complex operation but with intuitive operation. In the present invention, short-range communications can be made between a portable terminal device and a copy machine. When the portable terminal device is placed on a placement table of the copy machine, the copy machine detects the placement state of the portable terminal device (for example, landscape orientation or portrait orientation), determines a print format (for example, printing in a vertical direction or a horizontal direction as a printing direction) according to this placement state, and performs printing of print data received from the portable terminal device according to the print format. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258405 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR READING AN IMAGE - An image reading apparatus connected with an information processing apparatus is provided. The image reading apparatus includes a specific parameter setting unit to set a parameter to be used in an image reading operation; an instruction receiving unit to receive input of an instruction to start reading of an image; a notification transmitting unit to transmit a read-start notification to the information processing apparatus; a parameter receiving unit to receive a parameter transmitted from the information processing apparatus in response to receipt of the read-start notification; and an image reading unit to read the image base on, at least with regard to the parameter set in the image reading apparatus, the parameter set by the specific parameter setting unit in place of the parameter transmitted from the information processing apparatus when the parameter transmitted from the information processing apparatus is received by the parameter receiving unit. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258406 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A user terminal apparatus, a method of controlling a user terminal apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a method of controlling an image forming apparatus are provided. The method of controlling the user terminal apparatus includes selecting an application positioned in an application server, displaying an interface for receiving a parameter related to an image forming job provided from the selected application, and generating job metadata about the image forming job. The job metadata includes information about the parameter received by the interface and the selected application, and transmitting the generated job metadata to the image forming apparatus. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258407 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHODS USED IN THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus in which applications can be installed is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes an application information obtaining part for obtaining application information that is used for determining whether an application is installable in the image forming apparatus. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258408 | PRINTER - A printer includes: a generation unit sequentially converting each of partial original data of a plurality of pages included in original data designated as a print target by a specific user into each of partial print data in a memory; a supply unit sequentially supplying each of the partial print data to a print execution unit; and a confirmation unit, whenever the partial print data of one page is generated, confirming whether the specific user is present around the printer. When it is not confirmed that the specific user is present around the printer when first partial print data of one page is generated, the supply unit does not supply the first partial print data to the print execution unit, and the generation unit starts to generate second partial print data of another page in the memory. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258409 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of improving convenience for a user is provided. This image forming apparatus includes: a non-volatile storage portion that stores beforehand each snapshot picked out from a plurality of snapshots which are obtained by dividing an image when firmware for executing a plurality of kinds of jobs is deployed; a priority storage portion that stores priorities when putting the plurality of kinds of jobs into an executable state; an operation portion that accepts a setting change of the priority to be stored into the priority storage portion; and a volatile storage portion that at a power input time, based on the priorities stored in the priority storage portion, acquires and deploys a snapshot necessary for execution of each job in an order of a highest-priority job to a lowest-priority job, thereby putting first the job having the highest priority into the executable state. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258410 | PRINT APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - To provide a display technique for presenting to a user a visual effect of an image obtained when printed onto a lenticular sheet in a state that more closely conforms to the actual circumstances, a print apparatus is provided with: an image creating means for creating a multi-viewpoint image formed by arranging side by side in sequential order image strips each created from a plurality of mutually different original images; a printing means for printing the multi-viewpoint image by forming side by side print dots made of a recording material on a lenticular sheet having a lenticular lens; and an image displaying means for displaying a simulation image simulating the multi-viewpoint image seen via the lenticular lens; the image displaying means displaying a simulation image visually reflective of cross-talk arising due to overlapping of the print dots at a boundary between the mutually adjacent image strips. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258411 | PRINT INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The present invention allows various printing related settings with an intuitive operation. In the present invention, a print information output apparatus includes a display control section which controls arbitrary content to be displayed on a display section, a touch gesture determining section which determines the type of a touch gesture performed on a touch panel provided on the display section, an operation execution section which performs an operation based on the type of the touch gesture for the content being displayed on the display section, and an output section which outputs the content being displayed on the display section as print information. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258412 | IMAGE FORMATION METHOD AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus includes a memory to store image data including objects each having information on a type and densities of colors of the object, a developer-remaining-amount sensor to sense and output remaining-amount information indicating a color of a developer having a small remaining amount among colors of respective developers for image formation, a controller to transform first pixel values of the densities of the colors of each object included in the image data stored in the memory into second pixel values indicating use amounts of the colors of the developers, for each object based on the type of the object and the remaining-amount information, an image formation unit to form images on a recording medium for the objects included in the image data by using the developers in accordance with the use amounts of the developers corresponding to the second pixel values transformed by the controller. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258413 | PRINT QUALITY CONTROL METHOD - A print quality control method, including the steps of: providing a visual referring target on the printing substrate, setting a specific halftone of black “K”; creating a neutral grey tone i.e. NGT; placing tightly both MGT and NGT next to each other across the printing surface; and comparing both printed tones result. By adopting the grey balance theory and visual matching technique, the resultant can provide accurate ink balance information for the production personnel to immediate execute the correction on the imbalance inking condition during production. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258414 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus for generating a dot pattern by halftone processing using a plurality of threshold matrices, the apparatus comprising a first tone group including at least a pair of discontinuous tone levels, and a second tone group including tone levels different from the tone levels included in the first tone group, wherein, in each of the first tone group and the second tone group, a dot pattern representing each tone level includes all the dots representing brighter tone level. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258415 | IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS, IMAGE EDITING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image editing apparatus configured to perform ganging of a plurality of content images on a printing plate capable of transferring ink onto an output medium, includes: a region dividing unit that two-dimensionally divides a predetermined region on the printing plate into a plurality of sub regions; a priority order giving unit that gives an order of priority of disposition to each of the sub regions in a descending order of relative transfer amounts of the ink onto the output medium; a usage amount estimating unit that estimates respective usage amounts of the ink according to two or more content images out of the plurality of content images; and a disposition determining unit that determines respective disposing positions of the content images according to a disposition rule for sequentially disposing the content images of which the usage amount is estimated to be large in the sub regions having high priorities. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258416 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording unit that performs a recording operation on a medium, a discharge unit that discharges the medium that has undergone the recording operation by the recording unit, a medium receiving tray that receives the medium discharged from the discharge unit, the medium receiving tray being shiftable between a first state in which the medium receiving tray is drawn out in a medium discharge direction and a second state in which the medium receiving tray is retracted in a direction opposite to the medium discharge direction, and a blocking mechanism configured to be engaged with the trailing edge of the medium while the medium receiving tray is shifted from the first state to the second state, and to restrict the medium from being drawn inside. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258417 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND FACSIMILE SYSTEM - A communication device includes an input unit specifying a transmission destination telephone number, a communication unit transmitting an e-mail to a specified server connected to a network, a mail generating unit generating a facsimile server addressed e-mail, and a control unit. Wherein, the control unit controls the mail generating unit and the communication unit in such a manner that, when a plurality of transmission destination telephone numbers are specified as the one or more numbers of the transmission destination telephone numbers by the input unit, the mail generating unit generates a facsimile server addressed e-mail to which a facsimile server addressed mail address, and the communication unit transmits the facsimile server addressed e-mail to a facsimile server as a destination fewer times than the number of the plurality of the transmission destination telephone numbers. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258418 | COMPENSATING FOR IMAGE SENSOR PROFILE VARIATIONS - Disclosed is a method of scanning a physical medium by an image scanner comprising a first image sensor having a plurality of image sensor elements that provide an image, and a first light source associated with the first image sensor, the method comprising: guiding light from the first light source towards a first group of image sensor element(s); recording a first light calibration value using the first group of image sensor element(s). The method further comprises repeating the above step by using a second group of image sensor element(s) thus resulting in a second light calibration value; generating a first compensation signal for image sensor elements positioned between the first and the second group of image sensor element(s) by processing the first and the second light calibration value together; compensating said image signals provided by the first image sensor using the first compensation signal. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258419 | DIGITIZING APPARATUS - A page numbering unit assigns an electronic document page number to each of image data of a plurality of pages stored in a storage unit. An image analysis unit extracts a page number described in each of the image data of the plurality of pages stored in the storage unit. The image analysis unit identifies image data that describes page numbers for searching for other pages, from among the image data of the plurality of pages stored in the storage unit. A page number comparator compares the assigned electronic document page number with the extracted page number, for each of the image data of the plurality of pages. A page number conversion unit converts the page numbers for searching into the corresponding electronic document page numbers, based on a result of comparison by the page number comparator. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258420 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes a light source member having a substrate extending in a predetermined main scanning direction, and light source portions releasing light and supported by the substrate in the main scanning direction; a light guide member that has an input section disposed facing the light source portions and receiving the light, and an output section outputting the light, and that guides the light toward a predetermined radiation position; a support member supporting the light source member and the light guide member and having higher rigidity than the light guide member and the substrate; a first positioning section positioning the light guide member in the main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction; a second positioning section positioning the light guide member in the sub scanning direction; and a reader member receiving the light from the radiation position so as to read an image thereof. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258421 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes a light source member having light source portions that release light; a light guide member that has an input section facing the light source portions and to which the released light is input, and an output section outputting the input light, and that guides the light toward a predetermined radiation position; a support member supporting the light source member and the light guide member and having higher rigidity than them; a retaining member retaining the light guide member in a supported state by the support member by pressing the light guide member toward the support member; a contact section that is provided in the light guide member, comes into contact with the retaining member, and protrudes from the light guide member toward the retaining member; and a reader member receiving the light from the radiation position so as to read an image thereof. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258422 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS FOR READING IMAGE OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENT - The sizes of a sealing member in the X-direction and of a white shading plate in the X-direction are designed so that a peripheral end of the white shading plate faces an adhesive material layer of the sealing member. No gap is generated between the sealing member and the white shading plate. Further, the sealing member includes a white base material layer, so that the sealing member itself, as with the white shading plate, easily reflects light, resulting in a reduction in loss in the amount of light in this area. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258423 | READING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A reading apparatus reads an object placed faceup on a reading plate by using an imaging unit attached above the reading plate, and determines whether a user has reversed the read object by using information about the read object. If the read object is determined to have been reversed, the reading apparatus reads the reversed object by using the imaging unit and associates respective pieces of data of the two read objects with each other. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258424 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM - A power supply control device includes a user interface unit including a touch panel unit that has a display function and an input function and a backlight unit, a control unit that controls the process of a processing apparatus body, at least two types of moving body detecting units that are capable of detecting a moving body and have at least relatively short and long detectable distances, a stepwise power supply unit that supplies power to the control unit when one moving body detecting unit with a short detection distance starts detection at the time when the other movement detecting unit with a long detection distance detects the moving body and detects the moving body, and an adjustment unit that, when the one moving body detecting unit does not detect the moving body, first adjusts the brightness of the backlight unit to predetermined brightness less than normal brightness. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258425 | IMAGE READING DEVICE STABILIZING QUALITIES OF READ IMAGES - An image reading device includes a conveying unit, reading unit, and a control unit. The conveying unit conveys successive two sheets along a conveying path such that a gap is formed between the successive two sheets. The reading unit reads a sheet conveyed at a reading position in the conveying path. The reading unit has a light source and light-receiving unit. The control unit controls the light source to emit light at a first light intensity for a sheet that has reached the reading position. The light-receiving unit receives light reflected by the sheet present at the reading position. The control unit further controls the light source to emit a light at a second light intensity lower than the first light intensity during a period of time from when the reading unit has been read the preceding sheet to when the reading unit begins reading the subsequent sheet. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258426 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSOR UNIT, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided are: a light source that emits light; a light guide including: a curved portion including a light incident surface from which the light from the light source enters; and a linear portion including a light emission surface from which the light is emitted to an original, the linear portion coupled to the curved portion and extended in a main-scan direction, the curved portion reflecting the light entered from the light incident surface to the linear portion; and a frame that houses the light source, and the light guide, wherein the light guide includes an inclined portion inclined in a direction that increases an incident angle β of the light, the inclined portion formed in a range of the linear portion where the light reflected by the curved portion enters. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258427 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes a first reader member, an optical system, and a second reader member. The first reader member reads an image recorded on a surface of a medium traveling through a predetermined read area by receiving light from the medium. The read area is set on a transport path along which the medium is transported. The optical system guides the light from the medium to the first reader member. The second reader member has a color measurement unit disposed on an optical path of the light guided by the optical system and performing color measurement on the light. The second reader member reads a color of the image recorded on the surface of the medium on the basis of the light. The second reader member reads a color of an image in a predetermined second area included in the read area read by the first reader member. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258428 | IMAGE CORRECTION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image correction device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes: correcting an image of a read object based on images stored in a storage section of a self-illuminated reference chart image of a reference chart of size corresponding to a mounting region where the read object is mounted that has been read in advance in a state illuminated by only a self-illumination light, a uniform light standard color chart image of a standard color chart that has been read in advance in a state illuminated by only uniform light from a predetermined uniform light source, and a uniform light reference chart image of the reference chart that has been read in advance in a state illuminated by only the uniform light, and based on the image of the read object and a peripheral light standard color chart image read by a reading section. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258429 | CONFOCAL RAINBOW VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM - A confocal rainbow holographic imaging system and hologram fabrication method. The system employs a multi-spectral light source, a multiple grating volume hologram and a dual pass illumination and imaging pathway which provide for depth sectioning of an object, coverage of the full FOV of the system, and high lateral and depth resolution. Dual matched holograms are used to provide a high image contrast ratio. A method for fabricating the holograms employ a novel combination of design tools is also provided. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258430 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING FRESNEL HOLOGRAMS - An apparatus for producing a hologram of an object includes a light source that emits an incoherent electromagnetic wave toward the object, and a masking device configured to display a mask, receive the incoherent electromagnetic wave emitted toward the object, mask the received incoherent electromagnetic wave according to the displayed mask, and produce a masked electromagnetic wave. The apparatus also includes an image recording device configured to capture an image of the masked electromagnetic wave, and a processing device configured to convert the image of the masked electromagnetic wave into the hologram of the object. A method for producing a hologram of an object is also described. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258431 | INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An instrument cluster, in particular for a motor vehicle comprises a display screen to display information to the driver of the vehicle, a holographic memory containing the information stored in the form of holograms, and a light source to generate one or more reading light beams to extract the information to be displayed from the holographic memory and display the information extracted from the holographic memory on the display screen. A head-up display device is integrated in the instrument cluster and comprises a combiner that projects information extracted from the holographic memory into the head-up field of view of the driver. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258432 | OPTICAL DEFLECTOR - An optical deflector is provided which can effectively suppress occurrence of a ringing phenomenon when a piezoelectric actuator is driven with a voltage signal of a sawtooth waveform. An optical deflector A | 2013-10-03 |
20130258433 | CUTOFF MECHANISM FOR AN OPTICAL MODULE AND AN OPTICAL MODULE COMPRISING SUCH A MECHANISM - The invention relates to a cutoff mechanism ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130258434 | LIGHT ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A light adjusting apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, rotating-shaft member, light adjusting unit, and a drive unit. By moving the light adjusting unit by rotating the rotating-shaft member by the drive unit, the light adjusting unit is pivoted alternately to an opened position at which, the light adjusting unit is corresponding to the optical aperture, and a retracted position at which, the light adjusting unit is retracted from the optical aperture, and incident light which passes through the optical aperture is adjusted in the light adjusting apparatus. The light adjusting unit includes an optical element, and has an isolating unit which isolates a surface opposite each other the first substrate and the second substrate of the optical element, and the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258435 | WIDE-BAND RF PHOTONIC RECEIVERS AND OTHER DEVICES USING TWO OPTICAL MODES OF DIFFERENT QUALITY FACTORS - This document provides techniques, apparatus and designs for using electro-optic WGM resonators that support two different families of optical WGM modes with different quality factors in various applications. A radio frequency (RF) resonator is formed on the optical resonator and structured to supply an RF field and spatially overlaps the RF field of the RF resonator with the first and second optical whispering gallery modes to cause RF energy in the RF field at a first RF carrier frequency to couple with the first optical whispering gallery mode and RF energy in the RF field at a second RF carrier frequency to couple with the second optical whispering gallery mode. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258436 | PATTERNED OBSCURATION LINES FOR ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES - An electrochromic device is provided. The device may be inserted within a frame. The device may include a substrate, an electrochromic coating, and a patterned layer. The electrochromic coating may overlie a portion of the substrate within a visible region of the substrate. The electrochromic coating may have an outer edge that is spaced from an outer boundary of the visible region of the substrate. The outer edge of the electrochromic coating and the outer boundary of the visible region may define a working region. The patterned layer may be deposited within the working region. The patterned layer may include a plurality of spaced apart shapes. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258437 | LAMINATION OF ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE TO GLASS SUBSTRATES - Electrochromic device laminates and their method of manufacture are disclosed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258438 | LAMINATION OF ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE TO GLASS SUBSTRATES - Electrochromic device laminates and their method of manufacture are disclosed. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258439 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND AN ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an electrochromic display device, including a step of applying and attaching a fine particle with a predetermined particle diameter to a display substrate, a step of film-forming a transparent electrically conductive film after the fine particle is applied thereto, a step of removing the fine particle to remove a transparent electrically conductive film attached to a surface of the fine particle and to form a display electrode having a fine through-hole at a position at which the fine particle has been attached thereto, and a step of forming an electrochromic layer on the display electrode. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258440 | CONTROLLER CONFIGURED FOR AN ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A controller system configured to control an electrochromic device and method thereof are provided, wherein the controller system includes an electrochromic device having a first substantially transparent substrate, a second substantially transparent substrate approximately parallel to the first substantially transparent substrate such that a chamber is defined by the first and second substantially transparent substrates, and an electrochromic medium between the first and second substantially transparent substrates, and a controller in communication with the electrochromic device, wherein the controller is configured to monitor electrical power supplied to the electrochromic device and adjust the electrical power supplied to the electrochromic device to maintain the electrochromic device in an approximately minimum transmission state. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258441 | TUNABLE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL COLOR FILTER AND COLOR IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A tunable photonic crystal color filter and a color image display apparatus including the same. A tunable photonic crystal color filter includes a first electrode, a second electrode on the first electrode, and a medium disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The medium includes charged nanoparticles having a lattice structure in the medium. The first electrode and the second electrode are formed of a material having a difference between an oxidative over-potential and a reductive over-potential. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258442 | REFLECTIVE DYNAMIC COLOR DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a display board comprised of a plurality of the display devices or tiles that comprises a casing and a plurality of light manipulating elements disposed within and along a side of the casing, such that the one or more of light manipulating elements are adapted to form at least one pixel characterized by a pixel. The display device or tile further includes at least one or more rods coupled to the plurality of one or more light manipulating elements, and a liquid disposed within the casing, wherein the liquid is adapted to flow within the casing for imparting motion onto the one or more rods for changing the pigment of the at least one pixel. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258443 | PIXEL STRUCTURE FOR ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electrowetting display device includes a first display substrate, a second display substrate and a plurality of pixels having a fluid layer disposed between the first and second display substrates. Each of the pixels has a pixel structure including at least one conductive layer having a star-shape or a fan-shape disposed at a center portion of the pixels insulated by an insulating material inside the first display substrate. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258444 | MEMS OPTICAL DEVICE - A micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) micromirror array has an array of micromirrors on a support structure. Each micromirror is pivotally attached to the support structure by a resilient structure. The resilient structure defines a pivot axis. There is an array of electrostatic actuators for pivotally driving the array of micromirrors about the pivot axis. Each electrostatic actuator comprises a first part carried by the support structure, and a second part carried by the corresponding micromirror. An electrostatic sink is mounted to the support structure that shields at least one micromirror from spurious electrostatic actuation. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258445 | Photonic Crystal Device with Offset Activation - A photonic crystal device including a photonic crystal material and an activation surface. The photonic crystal material exhibits a first reflectance spectrum in an unactivated state, and, in response to mechanical stimulation, exhibits a second reflectance spectrum in an activated state. Application of a force at an activation portion of the activation surface offset from a material-supporting portion of the activation surface causes a deformation of the photonic crystal material sufficient to bring the photonic crystal material to the activated state. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258446 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a light source, a modulation unit, a first array and a second array. The modulation unit modulates intensity and a color of the light to generate beams corresponding to each of modulated pixels included in a modulated pixel group. The first array is formed by juxtaposing a plurality of first deflection elements each having a generating line parallel to a vertical direction of the modulated pixels. The second array is formed by juxtaposing a plurality of second deflection elements each having a generating line tilted by an angle represented by tan | 2013-10-03 |
20130258447 | ELECTRONIC INK DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing an electronic ink display device is provided, which includes the steps of: forming an electronic ink layer on an driving substrate; forming a front protective layer and a back protective layer covering outside of the electronic ink layer and outside of the driving substrate separately, in which a dimension of the front protective layer is greater than that of the back protective layer; and filling an sealant covering and surrounding sidewall of the electronic ink layer and sidewall of the driving substrate. An electronic ink display device is also provided. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258448 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electrophoretic display apparatus has an electrophoretic layer interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode each provided on the inner surface side of each of a pair of substrates and a boundary layer interposed between the first electrode and the electrophoretic layer. When the boundary layer has a thickness of T | 2013-10-03 |
20130258449 | MULTI-COLOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS - A multi-color electrophoretic medium contains first, second and third species of particles, the particles having substantially non-overlapping electrophoretic mobilities and bring of three different colors. The particles are dispersed in a fluid having a fourth color. A method for driving such a display is also described. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258450 | ELECTROPHORETIC ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrophoretic element includes: an electrophoretic particle; a porous layer formed of a fibrous structure containing a non-migrating particle having optical reflective characteristics different from those of the electrophoretic particle and having a plurality of pores; and a partition that is partially adjacent to the porous layer and defines a space for accommodating the electrophoretic particle. An area rate of the pores per unit area of the porous layer is small in an adjacent region where the partition is adjacent to the porous layer compared with in a non-adjacent region where the partition is not adjacent to the porous layer. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258451 | Spatio-Temporal Directional Light Modulator - A spatio-temporal directional light modulator is introduced. This directional light modulator can be used to create 3D displays, ultra-high resolution 2D displays or 2D/3D switchable displays with extended viewing angle. The spatio-temporal aspects of this novel light modulator allow it to modulate the intensity, color and direction of the light it emits within an wide viewing angle. The inherently fast modulation and wide angular coverage capabilities of this directional light modulator increase the achievable viewing angle, and directional resolution making the 3D images created by the display be more realistic or alternatively the 2D images created by the display having ultra high resolution. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258452 | LIGHT DEFLECTING ELEMENT - According to an embodiment, a light deflecting element includes a dielectric body, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. Each of the second electrode and third electrode is configured to sandwich the dielectric body with the first electrode. The second electrode includes an electrode having a side that lies substantially orthogonal to an incident direction of a light beam, a side that is substantially parallel to the incident direction, and a side that intersects with the incident direction. The third electrode includes an electrode having a side that is aligned with the second electrode, a side that is substantially parallel to an incident direction of the light beam, and a side that intersects with the light beam, and that slopes in an opposite to that of the side of the second electrode that intersects with the light beam. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258453 | QUANTUM ENTANGLED PHOTON PAIR GENERATOR - In a quantum entangled photon pair generator selectively generating polarization entangled photon pairs and time-bin entangled photon pairs, an excitation optical pulse shaper receives a linearly polarized optical pulse, and selectively outputs either one of a polarization excitation optical pulse pair to be a seedlight pulse for a polarization entangled photon pair and a consecutive excitation optical pulse pair to be a seedlight pulse for a time-bin entangled photon pair. An optical interferometer receives the polarization excitation optical pulse pair or the consecutive excitation optical pulse pair, and outputs a correlated photon pair forming signal and idler photons through a parametric fluorescence process. A quantum entangled photon pair extractor spatially extracting wavelength components corresponding to photons of the quantum entangled photon pair to output the components as the polarization entangled photon pair or the time-bin entangled photon pair. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258454 | VERTICAL MICROCAVITY WITH CURVED SURFACE DEFECTS - A vertical microcavity having a layer structure perpendicular to a vertical axis z, includes a first reflector and a second reflector, each comprising one or more material layers; a confinement layer between the reflectors, wherein an electromagnetic wave can be substantially confined, the confinement layer having a body and a defect delimited by first and second surfaces, perpendicular to the vertical axis z; wherein one of the two surfaces is contiguous with the body, the other one contiguous with a layer of the first or second reflector, and wherein one of the two surfaces has a curved profile in at least a plane section perpendicular to the layer structure, the curved profile having a vertex, which defines a maximal thickness h | 2013-10-03 |
20130258455 | OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH INFRARED ABSORBING LAYER AND LENS MODULE INCLUDING SAME - An optical element includes a transparent substrate and an infrared absorbing layer on an object-side surface of the transparent substrate. The infrared absorbing layer is a thermo sensitive ink printed or deposited on the transparent substrate. The thermo sensitive ink is cured to blue color. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258456 | Energy-Efficient Transparent Solar Film - An energy-efficient transparent solar film is presented. The solar film has a first film layer with metal nanostructures. The metal nanostructures have plasmon resonances in wavelength bands greater than, or both less than and greater than visible wavelengths, depending on size and shape. The metal nanostructures have no plasmon resonance at visible wavelengths. In another aspect, metal oxide nanocrystals are formed with the first film layer. The metal oxide nanocrystals have absorption in a band of wavelengths less than visible wavelengths, and absorption in a band of wavelengths greater than visible wavelengths. Also provided is a solar film window and fabricating method. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258457 | INVERTED MICROSCOPE - An inverted microscope includes an imaging lens configured to form an image of light which passes through an objective lens from a specimen, and a microscope main body in which a plurality of optical devices are configured to be arranged between the objective lens and the imaging lens in a direction of an optical axis of the objective lens and which includes therein a plurality of installation units that allow the plurality of optical devices to be fixed independently of one another. Each of the plurality of installation units includes an abutting reference surface on which any one of the plurality of optical devices is configured to be abutted. A plurality of abutting reference surfaces of the plurality of the installation units are shifted from one another in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the objective lens. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258458 | VARIOSCOPE OPTICAL UNIT AND MICROSCOPE HAVING A VARIOSCOPE OPTICAL UNIT - A varioscope optical unit has a positive member ( | 2013-10-03 |
20130258459 | TECHNIQUE FOR TELESCOPE BALANCE - An improved technique balances a telescope from the viewpoint of the motors that drive the telescope's axes. A motor that controls movement along an axis of the telescope drives the telescope in one direction and then in the opposite direction. Motor current is measured while the motor is driving the telescope in each direction, and a difference in motor current is computed. The difference in motor current indicates the degree of imbalance of the telescope, which may be communicated to an operator to allow adjustments to the telescope to improve its balance. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258460 | 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY - A 3-dimensional image display includes a display panel and a light deflecting lens array. The display panel is to display a sequence of images with actively emitting an image light. The images are corresponding to a plurality of viewing zones and sequentially displayed by a time sequence. The light deflecting lens array is disposed over the display panel. The light deflecting lens array has a plurality of light deflecting units, and the light deflecting units sequentially deflect the image light to the corresponding viewing zones by the same time sequence. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258461 | 3D DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - A 3D display device that includes: a first optical section of focal distance f1 provided with a group of small lenses arrayed along a specific direction; and a second optical section of focal distance f2 that converges N beams of parallel light that are emitted from the first optical section and hit the individual small lenses by converging so as to offset the N beams from an optical axis. A distance d1 between the first optical section and the second optical section satisfies f2−f1≦d1≦f2 and a viewing distance d2 from the second optical section satisfies d2≈f2. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258462 | STEREOSCOPIC OPTICS - An adapter system for displaying and recording stereoscopic images from a single lens optic device and methods of producing stereoscopic images using such an adapter are provided herein. The adapter system utilizes an active stereoscopic shutter mounted along the optical path of the single lens optic device, such as, for example, a microscope or an endoscope, to provide a stereoscopic image to a video or still camera mounted along the same optical path. | 2013-10-03 |
20130258463 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - The ability of some people to perceive simulated stereoscopic images or even actual stereoscopic images can be enhanced by treating the two eyes differently. The disclosed system can enhance stereoscopic images by selectively modifying the incoming images using right/left differentiation filter. The system can also include the capability of filtering images using parameters that for which the right eye and left eye images are treated independently of each other. | 2013-10-03 |