46th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130301003 | EYE EXAMINATION SYSTEM - An eye examination system including a patient display visible by the patient during examination and an image capturing device arranged to take an image of the patient's eye during examination, the patient display being arranged to receive and display in real time the image for the patient to view during examination. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301004 | RETINAL FUNDUS SURVEILLANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for quantitative imaging of the retinal fundus. The method for retinal health assessment comprises imaging the retinal fundus of a patient's eye at different wavelengths within a spectral range and determining spectral reflectivity of the retina for each pixel within a field of view (FOV). The retinal health is assessed based on the spectral reflectivity of the retina. The metabolic and anatomical activity of the eye is monitored to detect, at the earliest stage, activity that could lead to the onset of blinding eye diseases such as macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, cataracts, etc. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301005 | FUNDUS CAMERA AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE FUNDUS CAMERA - An apparatus including an illumination unit for illuminating an eye to be inspected with light from an observation light source or light from a photographing light source; an photographing unit for guiding reflected light from the eye to an photographing element, to record an image thereof; a calculation unit for calculating an appropriate observation or photographing light intensity based on an illumination light intensity of the illumination unit and an image signal of the photographing element; an automatic light intensity adjustment unit for causing one of the observation and photographing light sources to emit light at the calculated light intensity; and a control unit for controlling the adjustment unit according to a selected one of a mode of acquiring the fundus image and a mode of acquiring the anterior ocular image. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301006 | DUAL FOCUSING OPTICAL COHERENCE IMAGING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a dual focusing optical coherence imaging system. The dual focusing optical coherence imaging system includes: a light source unit for generating broadband light; a main optical distributor for distributing the light generated from the light source to allow the light to be propagated; an interference unit including first and second interference parts for forming interference signals with respect to different focused areas of an object to be detected using the light distributed from the optical distributor, and a common sample arm commonly connected to the first and second interference parts; an optical switch connected to the first and second interference parts to select at least one of the interference signals transmitted from the first and second interference parts; and a detection unit for converting the interference signal selected by the optical switch according to a preset mode into an electrical signal. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301007 | APPARATUS TO MEASURE ACCOMMODATION OF THE EYE - A device for measuring a user's range of clear focus (accommodation) comprising: a display for displaying a test image to the user at a first size; a sensor for determining the separation between the display and the user; and a processor for determining the angular subtence of the image to the user and to resize the test image in order to substantially maintain the angular subtence of the image when the separation between the display and the user is varied. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301008 | ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION OF OCT ANGIOGRAPHY DATA - Methods for analyzing and visualizing OCT angiography data are presented. In one embodiment, an automated method for identifying the foveal avascular zone in a two dimensional en face image generated from motion contrast data is presented. Several 3D visualization techniques are presented including one in which a particular vessel is selected in a motion contrast image and all connected vessels are highlighted. A further embodiment includes a stereoscopic visualization method. In addition, a variety of metrics for characterizing OCT angiography image data are described. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301009 | METHOD FOR THE MODEL-BASED DETERMINATION OF THE BIOMETRY OF EYES - For the model-based determination of the biometry of eyes, the eye is illuminated by a light source via a scanning unit, the focus of the measuring light beam in the eye is moved or shifted laterally and/or axially via an adjusting device and the light fractions back-scattered by the boundary surfaces and from the tissue of the eye via an interferometer are detected by a sensor and relayed to a control and evaluation unit by which a parametric eye model which describes at least two boundary surfaces present in the eye is adapted to the scan or scans. The invention relates to the field of ophthalmology and serves in particular for the optical determination of the biometry of eyes by application of two-dimensional optical coherence tomography images. However, the method is not limited to the use of coherence tomography nor to the utilisation of optical measurements. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301010 | PROJECTION APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE VIEWING ANGLE IMAGES - A projection apparatus is disclosed. The projection apparatus includes a light source module, a first light splitting element, a first light valve unit, a first light modulator, a second light modulator and a light consolidating element. A light beam is provided by the light source module, and is split into a first and a second polarized light beam by the first light splitting element. In different time sequences, the first and the second polarized light beams are formed into a first, a second, a third and a fourth image light by the first light valve unit. Then, these image lights are transformed into viewing angle images by the first and the second light modulators. Then, via the light consolidating element, the first, the second, the third and the fourth view angle images are projected to a viewer and a stereoscopic image is formed. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301011 | ADVANCED LIGHTPIPE HOMOGENIZER - A faceted lightpipe arrangement and method have been described for use with an imaging projector system. A plurality of facets can be arranged to receive beams of light and to converge the beams of light while traveling from an input end to an output end of the lightpipe. The faceted lightpipe provides for a high degree of color mixing and a high degree of intensity uniformity. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301012 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, SUPER-LUMINESCENT DIODE, AND PROJECTOR - A light emitting device includes a substrate, a laminated body formed by stacking a first cladding layer, a first active layer, a second cladding layer, a third cladding layer, a second active layer, and a fourth cladding layer on the substrate in this order, a first electrode connected to the first cladding layer, a second electrode connected to the second cladding layer and the third cladding layer, and a third electrode connected to the fourth cladding layer, the first active layer generates first light using the first electrode and the second electrode, the second active layer generates second light using the second electrode and the third electrode, and a side surface of the first active layer is provided with an emitting section for emitting the first light, and a side surface of the second active layer is provided with an emitting section for emitting the second light. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301013 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR - A light source apparatus comprises a beam flux conversion optical system for making all the light emitting areas conjugate to one geometrical-optical output image, all the solid light emitting elements being in series connected to each other and fixed to a heat sink to be insulated to one another, circuits on the input and output sides of an electric supply circuit being not insulated, the electric supply circuit including an interface circuit for receiving a modulation amount specifying signal from a host circuit, wherein a ratio of ON time to a switching cycle of the switch element is controlled in a feedback manner so that a difference between current values indicated by the output current signal and a target current signal may become small, and the interface circuit generating analog quantity correlated to the amount of modulation specified by a modulation amount specifying signal through a data insulation transmission unit. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301014 | Wide Field of View Substrate Guided Relay - A substrate guided relay includes multiple output couplers and multiple light valves positioned between the substrate and the output couplers. The number of light valves may be equal to the number of output couplers, or may be more or less than the number of output couplers. The light valves may be enabled sequentially, or may be enabled based on the position of a user's eye. The light valves may include liquid crystal material. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301015 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FLUID FOR IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY - A liquid immersion lithography apparatus includes a projection system having a final optical element via which a substrate is exposed to an exposure beam through an immersion liquid located between the final optical element and the substrate, and a nozzle member. The nozzle member has a first opening on one side of the final optical element and from which the immersion liquid is supplied, a second opening on a second side of the final optical element and from which the immersion liquid is collected, and a liquid recovery portion that surrounds a path of the exposure beam and from which the immersion liquid is collected. During exposure, an upper surface of the substrate faces the liquid recovery portion, and the immersion liquid is supplied from the first opening while the immersion liquid supplied from the first opening is recovered from the second opening and the liquid recovery portion. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301016 | WAFER TABLE HAVING SENSOR FOR IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY - A liquid immersion lithography apparatus and method exposes a substrate with light via a projection system and a liquid. A table assembly has a top surface and is movable relative to the projection system while supporting the substrate. The table assembly top surface has a first opening portion, and a top surface of a sensor is arranged inside of the first opening portion. The sensor top surface is positionable opposite the projection system by the table assembly such that a gap, in which the liquid can be maintained, is formed between the projection system and the sensor top surface. The table assembly and sensor top surfaces are apposed on a substantially same plane, or are substantially co-planar. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301017 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a lithographic projection apparatus, a structure surrounds a space between the projection system and a substrate table of the lithographic projection apparatus. A gas seal is formed between said structure and the surface of said substrate to contain liquid in the space. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301018 | WAFER TABLE HAVING SENSOR FOR IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY - A liquid immersion lithography apparatus and method exposes a substrate with light via a projection system and liquid. A table assembly has a top surface and is movable relative to the projection system while supporting the substrate. The top surface and the substrate are positionable opposite to the projection system such that the liquid is maintained between the projection system and a portion of one or both of the top surface and a surface of the substrate. A sensor has a top surface arranged at the top surface of the table assembly and is positionable opposite to the projection system such that a gap, in which the liquid can be maintained, is formed between the projection system and the top surface of the sensor. The top surfaces of the table assembly and of the sensor are apposed on a substantially same plane, or are substantially co-planar. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301019 | EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, MAINTENANCE METHOD AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate with an exposure light via a projection optical system and a liquid, and includes a flow channel forming member and a substrate stage. The flow channel forming member forms an immersion area of the liquid at an image surface side of the projection optical system. The substrate stage has a wall portion provided so as to surround a support portion which supports the substrate, and a recovery port capable of recovering the liquid in a recess formed at an outside of the wall portion with respect to an optical axis of the projection optical system. When a cleaning is performed, a cleaning liquid is recovered via the recovery port. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301020 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING IMMERSION FLUID IN THE GAP UNDER THE PROJECTION LENS DURING WAFER EXCHANGE IN AN IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY MACHINE - An immersion exposure apparatus and method exposes a substrate with an exposure beam via an optical element and immersion liquid. A table mounts the substrate. A member is positionable under the optical element. A holding member is arranged to hold the member such that the member is located opposed to the optical element. Each of the table and the member are configured to maintain the immersion liquid below the optical element when located opposed to the optical element. The member is positionable to be away from a position below the optical element when the substrate, mounted on the table, is located opposed to the optical element. The table is movable to be away from below the optical element while the member is held opposed to the optical element. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301021 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING IMMERSION FLUID IN THE GAP UNDER THE PROJECTION LENS DURING WAFER EXCHANGE IN AN IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY MACHINE - An immersion exposure apparatus and method exposes a substrate with an exposure beam via an optical element and immersion liquid. The apparatus includes a substrate stage having a table and a member. The table mounts the substrate and is configured to maintain the immersion liquid below the optical element when located opposed to the optical element. The member is configured to maintain the immersion liquid below the optical element when, located opposed to the optical element. The substrate stage is configured such that, when the table is located opposed to the optical element, the table and the member are movable relative to the optical element in a state in which a surface of the table and a surface of the member are arranged adjacent to each other so that the immersion liquid below the optical element is thereby transferred from the table to the member. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301022 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING IMMERSION FLUID IN THE GAP UNDER THE PROJECTION LENS DURING WAFER EXCHANGE IN AN IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY MACHINE - An immersion exposure apparatus and method expose a substrate with an exposure beam via an optical assembly and via immersion liquid. A first stage on which a substrate is mounted is positioned below the optical assembly so that the immersion liquid is maintained in a space between the optical assembly and the substrate. The first stage is replaced below the optical assembly with a second stage while maintaining the immersion liquid below the optical assembly. The replacing includes arranging a movable member, which is independently movable relative to the first and second stages and away from below the optical assembly, to face the optical assembly so as to substantially maintain the immersion liquid below the optical assembly while the first and second substrate stages are away from below the optical assembly. A control system controls a drive system to move the first and second stages. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301023 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND EUV LITHOGRAPHY APPLIANCE - A reflective optical element and an EUV lithography appliance containing one such element are provided, the appliance displaying a low propensity to contamination. The reflective optical element has a protective layer system includes at least two layers. The optical characteristics of the protective layer system are between those of a spacer and an absorber, or correspond to those of a spacer. The selection of a material with the smallest possible imaginary part and a real part which is as close to 1 as possible in terms of the refractive index leads to a plateau-type reflectivity course according to the thickness of the protective layer system between two thicknesses d | 2013-11-14 |
20130301024 | METHOD OF OPERATING A PROJECTION EXPOSURE TOOL FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY - A method of operating a projection exposure tool for microlithography is provided. The projection exposure tool has a projection objective for imaging object structures on a mask into an image plane using electromagnetic radiation, during which imaging the electromagnetic radiation causes a change in optical properties of the projection objective. The method comprises the steps of: providing the layout of the object structures on the mask to be imaged and classifying the object structures according to their type of structure, calculating the change in the optical properties of the projection objective effected during the imaging process on the basis of the classification of the object structures, and using the projection exposure tool for imaging the object structures into the image plane, wherein the imaging behavior of the projection exposure tool is adjusted on the basis of the calculated change of the optical properties in order to at least partly compensate for the change of the optical properties of the projection objective caused by the electromagnetic radiation during the imaging process. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301025 | Lithographic Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method Utilizing Data Filtering - An apparatus and method are used to form patterns on a substrate. The apparatus comprises a projection system, a patterning device, a low-pass filter, and a data manipulation device. The projection system projects a beam of radiation onto the substrate as an array of sub-beams. The patterning device modulates the sub-beams to substantially produce a requested dose pattern on the substrate. The low-pass filter operates on pattern data derived from the requested dose pattern in order to form a frequency-clipped target dose pattern that comprises only spatial frequency components below a selected threshold frequency. The data manipulation device produces a control signal comprising spot exposure intensities to be produced by the patterning device, based on a direct algebraic least-squares fit of the spot exposure intensities to the frequency-clipped target dose pattern. In various examples, filters can also be used. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301026 | MASK AND OPTICAL FILTER MANUFACTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A mask and an optical filter manufacturing apparatus including the same are provided. A mask used for a roll-to-roll process of forming patterns in a base film configured to move along a curved surface includes a mask body having a curved surface disposed opposite a roll around which the base film is wound and a plane surface corresponding to the reverse side of the curved surface. The curved surface of the mask body is disposed a predetermined distance apart from a curved surface of the roll. The mask and optical filter manufacturing apparatus enable formation of uniform patterns on the base film to enhance the quality of products and precisely attain the properties of the base film. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301027 | EXPOSURE METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - Within area where of four heads installed on a wafer stage, heads included in the first head group and the second head group to which three heads each belong that include one head different from each other face the corresponding areas on a scale plate, the wafer stage is driven based on positional information which is obtained using the first head group, as well as obtain the displacement (displacement of position, rotation, and scaling) between the first and second reference coordinate systems corresponding to the first and second head groups using the positional information obtained using the first and second head groups. By using the results and correcting measurement results obtained using the second head group, the displacement between the first and second reference coordinate systems is calibrated, which allows the measurement errors that come with the displacement between areas on scale plates where each of the four heads face. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301028 | Substrate Table, Lithographic Apparatus and Device Manufacturing Method - A substrate table comprising a base and a plurality of burls that project from the base, wherein an upper surface of the burls is provided with a multilayer coating. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301029 | DISTANCE-MEASURING SYSTEM - A distance-measuring system includes a light source, a light detector, and measuring optics for projecting light emitted by the light source to a target and for guiding light reflected from said target towards the light detector. The distance-measuring system also includes reference optics for guiding light emitted by the light source within the system towards the light detector as internal reference light and a variable attenuator for adjusting intensity of light incident on the light detector. The variable attenuator includes an attenuating filter arranged in a beam path between the measuring optics and the light detector and an actuator coupled to the attenuating filter for moving the attenuating filter. The distance-measuring system further includes an optical selector coupled to at least one of the actuator or the attenuating filter and moved by the actuator together with the attenuating filter. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301030 | OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR AND METHOD FOR THE DETECTION AND DETERMINATION OF DISTANCES OF OBJECTS - A laser scanner ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130301031 | TEMPLATES FOR OPTICAL SHAPE SENSING CALIBRATION DURING CLINICAL USE - A medical device calibration apparatus, system and method include a calibration template ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130301032 | Method and System to Detect Improvised Explosive Devices - A method and system to detect an improvised explosive device is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes dispersing a mixture containing a fluorescent material uniformly over a ground cover, illuminating the ground cover with wavelengths of visible light or ultraviolet (UV) light causing the fluorescent material to fluoresce in a visible light spectrum, and detecting where the mixture has been disturbed on the ground cover by visually observing inconsistencies in the fluorescent material on the ground cover that is fluorescing to indicate a location of the improvised explosive device. The method also includes that the mixture is adapted to cling to a person, clothes, or any combination thereof, upon contact. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301033 | Submicron Resolution Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography - Apparatuses and systems for submicron resolution spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) are disclosed. The system may use white light sources having wavelengths within 400-1000 nanometers, and achieve resolution below 1 μm. The apparatus is aggregated into a unitary piece, and a user can connect the apparatus to a user provided controller and/or light source. The light source may be a supercontinuum source. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301034 | Light Therapy Monitoring - A light-monitoring apparatus includes a power source, a light detector, a computer processor coupled with the power source and in communication with the light detector and configured to receive and record light exposure detected by the light detector, an output device coupled with the computer processor, and a computer-readable medium coupled with the computer processor and storing instruction code for summing the recorded light exposure from the computer processor over time and communicating a signal to the output device to generate and communicate a signal indicating that a cumulative threshold light exposure for achieving a health benefit has been reached. The apparatus can accordingly be used by an individual to monitor cumulative light exposure from both natural and artificial sources, e.g., in the treatment of seasonal or non-seasonal depression. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301035 | Authenticity Verification Methods, Products, and Apparatuses - A method and apparatus for determining a digital signature from an article. A coherent light source directs a beam to illuminate the article and a detector arrangement collects data points from light scattered from many different parts of the article to collect a large number of independent data points, typically 500 or more. By collecting a large number of independent signal contributions specific to many different parts of the article, a digital signature can be computed that is unique to the area of the article that has been scanned. This measurement can be repeated whenever required to test authenticity of the article. Using this method, it has been discovered that it is essentially pointless to go to the effort and expense of making specially prepared tokens, since unique characteristics are measurable a in a straightforward manner from a wide variety of every day articles. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301036 | ARRAY CONNECTOR TEST HARNESS FOR SINGLE-ENDED OPTICAL TEST INSTRUMENTS - A system, apparatus and method for testing optical fiber systems by providing a near-end and far-end harness that loops the set of fibers in the fiber system together. The near-end harness has an interface to connect to the tester. The tester then effects testing on the entire set of fibers, which are looped together by the configuration of the two harnesses creating a single optical path that traverses the entire set or subset of fibers in the network, so a launched test signal propagates through the entire set of looped fibers, providing measurement results for the fibers. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301037 | Distributed Optical Fibre Sensing - There is disclosed a distributed optical fibre sensing system in which the sensor fibre comprises at least first and second waveguides used for separate sensing operations. The sensor fibre may be, for example, a double clad fibre having a monomade core and a multimode inner cladding. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301038 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE MEASURING REFRACTIVE INDEX AND THICKNESS OF LENS - The present invention discloses a system and method for nondestructively measuring the refractive index and the central thickness of a lens. The system comprises a radius measurement module arranged for measuring the curvature radius of the first surface of the lens; a focus measurement module arranged for measuring the best focus distance of the first surface of the lens; and a calculation module arranged for performing the first or the second calculation process according to the lensmaker's formula. Wherein, when the central thickness is given, the calculation module performs the first calculation process according to the curvature radius, the best focus distance and the central thickness to calculate the refractive index. On the contrary, when the refractive index is given, the calculation module performs the second calculation process according to the curvature radius, the best focus distance and the refractive index to calculate the central thickness. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301039 | LUMINOUS INTENSITY TEST DEVICE - A luminous intensity test device includes an optical frequency converter, a display, and a processor. The optical frequency converter selectively converts at least a portion of light emitted by a light source into a digital signal. The display displays a color selection interface. The processor processes the digital signal and obtains the luminous intensity. When a tester inputs a color parameter into the color selection interface via an input device, the optical frequency converter converts a kind of light to the digital signal and then the processor processes the digital signal to obtain a luminous intensity and display the luminous intensity on the display. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301040 | SURFACE FEATURES MAPPING - Provided herein is an apparatus, including a photon emitting means for emitting photons onto a surface of an article, a photon detecting means for detecting photons scattered from features in the surface of the article; and a mapping means for mapping the features in the surface of the article, wherein the apparatus is configured to process more than one article every | 2013-11-14 |
20130301041 | Inspection Apparatus - In semiconductor surface inspection apparatus, foreign matter that sticks to the wafer can reduce the quality of the wafer. The present invention is directed to improving the internal cleanliness of the apparatus. Specifically, during rotation of a semiconductor wafer, foreign matter suspended in an atmosphere surrounding the wafer is attracted to a central section of the wafer, and that while heading from the central section of the wafer, towards an outer edge thereof, the foreign matter is most likely to stick to the wafer. In conventional techniques, sufficient consideration is not given to such likelihood of foreign matter sticking This invention supplies a medium from two directions to an inner circumferential section of a substrate. In accordance with the invention, foreign matter that sticks to a wafer can be reduced more significantly than in the conventional techniques. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301042 | DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS - A defect inspection method includes: illuminating an area on surface of a specimen as a test object under a specified illumination condition; scanning a specimen to translate and rotate the specimen; detecting scattering lights to separate each of scattering lights scattered in different directions from the illuminated area on the specimen into pixels to be detected according to a scan direction at the scanning a specimen and a direction approximately orthogonal to the scan direction; and processing to perform an addition process on each of scattering lights that are detected at the step and scatter approximately in the same direction from approximately the same area of the specimen, determine presence or absence of a defect based on scattering light treated by the addition process, and compute a size of the determined defect using at least one of the scattering lights corresponding to the determined defect. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301043 | ILLUMINATION CHAMBER FOR RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY - The invention relates to a chamber for analyzing a sample by means of Raman spectroscopy, characterized in that the chamber is provided in the form of an opaque parallelepiped having: (a) on one of the vertical walls thereof, a hatch for introducing a sample; (b) on the bottom wall thereof, a first opening, and means ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130301044 | DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING BIOTIC PARTICLES - The invention relates to a device ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130301045 | ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER - An atomic absorption spectrometer, including: a light source combination; a detection device; a flame atomization device; a hydride generation device; a graphite furnace atomization device; and an adjustment mechanism. The flame atomization device includes a flame atomizer. The hydride generation device includes a hydride atomizer. The graphite furnace atomization device includes a graphite furnace atomizer. An axis of the flame atomizer, an axis of the hydride atomizer, and an axis of the graphite furnace atomizer are adjusted by the adjustment mechanism to coincide with an optical axis of the light source combination. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301046 | SYSTEMS HAVING A REFLECTED LIGHT SENSOR AND METHODS OF USE - Various systems and methods of monitoring laser safety by sensing contact of the system with a sample are provided. The system includes a focusing element for focusing an incident light from a laser light source onto a sample, an optical element having a collection zone for collecting a signal from the sample, a reflected light sensor for sensing a reflected light from the sample, wherein the reflected light sensor is located outside the collection zone of the optical element and on an inner surface of a housing of the system, an electrical circuit operably connected to the reflected light sensor and the laser light source and configured to control power to the laser light source in accordance with the reflected light sensed by the reflected light sensor and a spectral analyzer for processing the signal. Methods and other systems are also described and illustrated. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301047 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES - A measurement device and method for the detection of airborne particles. The device includes a nozzle designed to produce a laminar flow of air with a flow path beyond the nozzle, a first laser and a second laser being positioned for emitting time-amplitude modulated laser light with intersecting laser beams with a laser beam intersection region in a region of the air flow path, and two photodetectors positioned for the detection of laser light scattered in the laser beam intersection region by airborne particles contained in the laminar air flow. The lasers are designed for emission of time-amplitude modulated laser light of identical laser emission wavelength, and the photodetectors are positioned and designed each for the detection of scattered laser light from both lasers. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301048 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - The scattered light from the measurement target substance passes through a light receiving window, and is received by a detector for +θ scattered light and a detector for −θ scattered light which are arranged symmetrically to each other across an optical axis at an equal angle or an equal interval in a vertical direction. A light source is fixed by a light-source holder (that is a base member on which the light source is arranged), and the detectors are arranged on and fixed to a detector holder (that is a base member on which the detectors are arranged). In this manner, drift of the light quantity data caused by the thermal deformation of the optical system can be corrected by comparing values of the light quantity data of the detectors. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301049 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MISALIGNMENT OF AN AERO SURFACE - A system for detecting misalignment of an aero surface relative to other aero surfaces during simultaneous deployment of said aero surfaces is disclosed. It comprises a generator configured to shine a laser through aligned apertures in a series of aero surfaces towards a reflector during deployment of said aero surfaces, a receptor to detect reflection of said laser from said reflector back through said apertures to the generator and, a controller operable to terminate further deployment of said aero surfaces in the event that no reflection is detected by said receptor, or if an actual time taken for the reflected beam of light to be detected by the receptor differs from a predetermined time. In a preferred embodiment the aero sufaces are slats extending from the leading edge of an aircraft wing. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301050 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DIE - A method for testing an LED die includes the following steps: setting control parameters; driving the LED die to emit light by applying an electric current to the LED die under the control parameters; detecting the wavelength of the light emitted by the LED die; and determining whether the LED die meets the predetermined electro-optical properties, based upon the relationship between the control parameters and the wavelength. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301051 | SCATTERING LIGHT SOURCE MULTI-WAVELENGTH PHOTOMETER - The present invention relates to a scattering light source photometer. In particular, the present invention relates to a portable, low cost, multi-wavelength photometer and methods for its use. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301052 | TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL ABSORPTION GAS SENSORS, AND OPTICAL ABSORPTION GAS SENSORS THEREBY CALIBRATED - An optical absorption gas sensor has an LED light source and a photodiode light detector, a temperature measuring device for measuring the LED temperature and a temperature measuring device for measuring the photodiode temperature. The sensor is calibrated by measuring the response of photodiode current at zero analyte gas concentration and at a reference analyte gas concentration. From these measurement, calibration data taking into account the effect of photodiode temperature on the sensitivity of the photodiode and, independently, the effect of changes in the spectrum of light output by the LED on the light detected by the photodiode with LED temperature can be obtained. Calibration data is written to memory in the gas sensor and in operation of the gas sensor, the output is compensated for both LED and photodiode temperature. The LED and photodiode can therefore be relatively far apart and operate at significantly different temperatures allowing greater freedom of optical pathway design. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301053 | EXTRACTIVE CONTINUOUS AMMONIA MONITORING SYSTEM - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for treating and analyzing a gas stream to determine the ammonia concentration. A gas stream is continuously monitored to determine the ammonia concentration by extracting gas samples from one or more locations and sending it to a tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy instrument for analysis. By proper placement of sampling probes within a duct, depending on the particular flow patterns that have been determined by suitable modeling, e.g., computational fluid dynamics or cold flow modeling, the valves can be operated manually or by a controller to take samples at predetermined locations within the duct. This will enable taking samples from particular locations, samples representative of the entire cross section, or samples that are an average of a particular cross section. It will be possible by judicious placement of the probes and operation of the valves to map the concentrations of ammonia at a plurality of load settings and will permit continuous control. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301054 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL TOUCH CONTROL MODULE AND AUTOMATIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD THEREOF - A diagnostic system for an optical touch control module and an automatic diagnostic method thereof are disclosed. The diagnostic system is used for testing an optical capturing module of the optical touch control module. The diagnostic system includes a controlling module, a first test element, a second test element, and a rotary fixture. The first and the second test element are disposed on a touch surface for allowing the optical capturing module to capture a first and a second test signal. The rotary fixture is used for contacting to the optical capturing module, wherein the controlling module determines whether an image signal captured by the optical capturing module has the first and the second test signal. If not, the controlling module controls the rotary fixture to rotate the optical capturing module to adjust a capturing direction. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301055 | BACKSCATTERING INTERFEROMETRIC METHODS - Disclosed are improved optical detection methods comprising multiplexed interferometric detection systems and methods for determining a characteristic property of a sample, together with various applications of the disclosed techniques. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301056 | NONCONTACT INTERFEROMETRIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF USE - An interferometric sensor having an interference objective, an illumination system, and a detection system configured to simultaneous non-contact determination of profile and roughness of a tested surface. The illumination system comprises a radiation source configured to emit three wavelengths of quasi-monochromatic light. The sensor further includes a detection system having a color array detector in optical communication with the interference objective and configured to detect the light reflected by the measurand. The sensitivity of measurement can be adjusted by re-orienting of a portion of the sensor with respect to the measurand. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301057 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMITTING WAVELENGTH-SWEPT LIGHT - A method of emitting wavelength-swept light includes controlling either one or both of magnitudes and on/off timings of currents to be applied to a first gain medium of a first optical generator and a second gain medium of a second optical generator to control an intensity and a wavelength region of each of first wavelength-swept light and second wavelength-swept light; generating the first wavelength-swept light having a first center wavelength based on the current applied to the first gain medium of the first optical generator; generating the second wavelength-swept light having a second center wavelength based on the current applied to the second gain medium of the second optical generator; and emitting output wavelength-swept light by coupling the first wavelength-swept light and the second wavelength-swept light. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301058 | LASER PROFILING ATTACHMENT FOR A VISION SYSTEM CAMERA - This invention provides a system and method for laser profiling that simplifies the task of setting up and using laser profiling systems and associated applications by providing a profiler assembly that includes a predetermined arrangement of lens and spaced-apart laser in which the geometry and calibration parameters are predetermined. The profiler assembly is adapted to mount directly into the camera mount (typically threaded) of a conventional vision system camera. All components needed to perform the profiling task can be integrated into the profiler assembly. The integration of components in a single interchangeable/exchangeable assembly makes it straightforward to optimize/adapt the assembly for a particular profiling application. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301059 | Position-Measuring Device and Method for Operating the Position-Measuring Device - A position-measuring device includes a measuring standard, a scanning unit, and a rotary bearing by which the measuring standard or the scanning unit is rotationally mounted. The measuring standard and the scanning unit are rotatable in relation to each other. The scanning unit generates output signals, on the basis of which a rotary angle associated with the relative motion of the measuring standard and the scanning unit is able to be determined. A monitoring device monitors the rotary bearing for the occurrence of bearing faults and is adapted to detect and analyze at least one measured variable for a plurality of different relative positions of the measuring standard in relation to the scanning unit, in order to determine deviations from a setpoint behavior of the measured variables on the basis of the measured variable detected for a plurality of relative positions. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301060 | TRUNK AREA DIMENSION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND BODY FAT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - The trunk area dimension measurement device includes a light reflection portion to be placed at a position of a navel of the measurement subject, a contact portion to be placed on a side surface of the measurement subject's trunk area, a support column having a contact detection unit that detects the contact with the contact portion and that extends in the vertical direction, a measurement bar that is supported pivotably about a first support point vertically with respect to the support column and that extends above the measurement subject's trunk area, an optical sensor that is held by the measurement bar positioned above the measurement subject's trunk area and that is held pivotably about a second support point so as to hang down in a gravity direction, and an angle sensor that is provided at either one of the first support point and the second support point. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301061 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING DYNAMIC USER INTENT-BASED IMAGING OPTIONS IN IMAGE FORMING AND DOCUMENT HANDLING SYSTEMS - A system and method are provided to implement dynamic user intent-based imaging operations in image forming and document handling systems. A common framework is provided to implement the user-intent based imaging operations by which all of the individual component devices are able to be mapped to a particular user's desires such that an output from any particular image forming device in the complex image forming system meets the user's requirements/intent. Operations of component devices of a particular complex image forming system are defined logically. Mappings to the individual devices according to a common reference framework are then overlaid and manipulated according to the common framework. In this manner, a user directs imaging operations, including image shifts, for individual pages, subsets of pages or an entire document in the manner the user intends rather than according to a default understanding of the device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301062 | PRINTER CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING PROXY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A printer control device for performing control such that a second printer serves as a proxy to execute a print job to be executed by a first printer is provided. The printer control device includes a speed determination portion configured to determine whether or not a second speed is higher than a first speed, the second speed being a print speed set in the second printer, the first speed being a print speed set in the first printer; and a control unit configured to control, when the speed determination portion determines that the second speed is higher than the first speed, the second printer to execute the print job at a third speed lower than the second speed. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301063 | PRINT LABEL PRODUCING APPARATUS, CONTENTS PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND CONTENTS PROCESSING METHOD - The disclosure discloses a print label producing apparatus. The apparatus includes a producing apparatus side attaching/detaching portion to and from which a nonvolatile storage device can be attached and detached, an attachment determining portion configured to determine whether or not the storage device is attached to the producing apparatus side attaching/detaching portion, a selection information write portion configured to write unique selection material information to the storage device in an attached state, and a contents acquisition portion configured to acquire contents stored in the storage device and corresponding to the selection material information when the attachment determining portion determines that the storage device is attached to the producing apparatus side attaching/detaching portion. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301064 | SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING AND CONTROLLING COLOR REPRODUCTION AT MULTIPLE SITES - The system provides for controlling color reproduction of input color image data in a network having nodes (or sites). The system distributes the input color image data from one of the nodes to other nodes, and provides data structures in the network. The system has means for providing color calibration data at each node characterizing output colors (colorants) of the rendering device of the node, and means for producing at each node, responsive to the color calibration data of the rendering device of the node, information for transforming the input color image data into output color image data at the rendering device of the node. The rendering device of each node renders a color reproduction responsive to the output color image data, wherein colors displayed in the reproduction at the rendering device of each node appear substantially the same within the output colors attainable by the rendering devices. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301065 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Differences in color change due to bronze colors and the optical interference state related to bronzing are suppressed among multiple print modes. The blue primary color “Blue” in the standard RGB gamut is mapped to a point (color) that has moved in the clockwise direction, and that color is taken to be the primary color “Blue-s” in the Standard mode gamut. As a result, when an observer observes this color, the color shifted in the counter-clockwise direction is perceived as a color of the same hue as the primary color “Blue-f” in the Fine mode gamut, suppressing the difference in perceived color between the Fine mode and the Standard mode. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301066 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an ink jet printing apparatus that, without causing an increase in apparatus size, can print an image having high evenness in both of image clarity and glossiness regardless a gradation or gamut of the image. For this purpose, on the basis of input image data, pieces of multivalued color data respectively corresponding to colored inks, and first multivalued data and second multivalued data that correspond to image enhancing liquid are generated. On a print medium, the colored inks and the image enhancing liquid according to the first multivalued data are printed at nearly the same timing, and after the printing of them has been completed, the image enhancing liquid according to the second multivalued data is printed. In doing so, gloss properties appearing on the print medium can be made to fall within certain ranges, respectively, independently of input image data. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301067 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD - An inspection apparatus includes: a reading unit configured to read a first side of a printed material having first image data printed on the first side and second image data printed on a second side; a density determination unit configured to determine whether a density of the second image data exceeds a predetermined density; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the printed material is NG by, if the density of the second image data exceeds the predetermined density, comparing a density difference between image data obtained by the reading unit and the first image data with a threshold determined based on the density of the first image data and the density of the second image data, and elsewise comparing a density difference between the image data obtained by the reading unit and the first image data with a predetermined threshold. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301068 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to control a Reprint function/Resend function so as not to confuse a user of an image processing device in a case where a job complete delete function is enabled. An image processing device having a reperform function to reperform an already-performed job and a delete function to delete data used in an already-performed job by overwriting the data used in the already-performed job by real data, the image processing device including a job security setting unit configured to set whether to enable the delete function, and in the case where the delete function is set to be enabled by the job security setting unit, the already-performed job is not reperformed by the reperform function. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301069 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To update a printer driver installed in an information processing device, the information processing device deletes a model dependent file of a model that is not present in a system environment of a user and that has been supported by the printer driver before being updated but is to be unsupported by the printer driver after being updated. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301070 | CHECKING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - There is provided a checking apparatus being capable of readily performing re-printing while reducing an amount of storage for storing print image data to be used for checking processing. A control method for controlling the checking apparatus includes reading an image printed on a sheet by a printing apparatus, storing image data to be compared with the image read by the reading unit in a storage unit, determining whether the image printed on the sheet by the printing apparatus is correct based on the image data obtained by reading the image and the image data stored by the storage unit, judging whether the sheet has been discharged, and controlling deletion of the image data stored in the storage unit based on a determining result and a judging result. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301071 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to add a first live tile content including printer information about a first print queue and a second live tile content including printer information about a second print queue different from the first print queue to a tile list that is gathering for specifying a live tile content displayed by an operating system, wherein the first print queue and the second print queue are each associated with a same application. The operating system is configured to display the first live tile content in a tile display region according to the tile list and to display the second live tile content in the tile display region in place of the first live tile content after the first live tile content is displayed, and the application is launched when a user specifies the tile display region. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301072 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus that enables a client to identify services which can be provided under a current status of the data processing apparatus by reflecting dynamically changing status information, such as equipment information, in a WSDL file. An equipment information acquisition device | 2013-11-14 |
20130301073 | MANAGING ACCESS TO DATA BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION - Techniques are provided for determining whether to allow certain operations to be performed with respect to a device based on a location of another device. One technique involves receiving a request from a first device over a network; in response to receiving the request: determining a location of the first device; based on the location of the first device relative to a second device that is different than the first device, determining whether to allow one or more operations to be performed on particular data with respect to the second device; in response to determining, based on the location of the first device relative to the second device, to allow the one or more operations to be performed on the particular data, allowing the one or more operations to be performed on the particular data. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301074 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image processing section, a power source section, a power source operation section, and a controller. The controller may be configured to perform determining whether or not a state of the image processing apparatus is a special state when a power control operation is started, determining whether or not the power control operation is the special power control operation, and controlling the power source section to carry out an operation according to the power control operation when the state is not the special state, or when the state is the special state and when the power control operation is the special power control operation, but controlling the power source section not to carry out the operation when the state is the special state and when the power control operation is not the special power control operation. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301075 | DELIVERY EXPERT SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An automated rule-based system for facilitating delivery of a fax document from a source to a destination over a network where an initial delivery attempt has been unsuccessful. Rules may be stored in a database. The database may include rules based on past delivery information or new delivery instructions. When an input condition is determined, the database may be traversed to determine an action based on the set of rules. The actions may include one or more of resubmitting the fax document to the network for a next delivery attempt, cancelling the document, and identifying the destination as a technical problem. The input conditions may include an identification of non-business days and non-business hours. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301076 | DYNAMIC PRINT MEDIA AVAILABILITY SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR PRINT JOB - Methods and systems maintain print media stocking information. The print media stocking information comprises types and amounts of print media stored at a plurality of different physical locations. The different physical locations have printing devices and external storage locations. The print media is maintained within internal storage locations of the printing devices and within the external storage locations at the different physical locations. The external storage locations are outside the printing devices and positioned relative to the printing devices a distance to allow an operator to load the print media into the printing devices when instructed to do so. The methods and systems receive a print job from a user. In response to receiving the print job, the methods and systems output to the user the types and amounts of media available at the different physical locations that correspond to print job media required for the print job. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301077 | USING VIRTUAL PRINTERS TO SELECT PRINTING MENU CHOICES FROM LIMITED RESOURCE DEVICES - A method and system include at least one printer, and a computerized print server operatively connected to the printer. The printer is capable of performing a plurality of different operations, and the different operations are enabled and disabled by selection of different menu choices. Further, the computerized print server stores a plurality of virtual printers, and each of the virtual printers comprises a print queue identifying one printer and storing a pattern of the menu choices. Each of the pattern of the menu choices is different in each of the virtual printers. The process of choosing a selected virtual printer from the virtual printers for a print job automatically chooses a selected printer and a selected pattern of menu choices. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301078 | CERTIFIED PRINT ARCHIVING - A method for archiving is disclosed. The method comprises generating a first image file corresponding to an original print using a first printer placed at a first location. Further, the first image file is transmitted from the first location to a second printer placed at a second location. The method further includes generating a duplicate print corresponding to the first image file at the second location. Further, a quality of the first image file is compared with a quality of the duplicate print, and the duplicate print is archived based on the comparison. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301079 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a first control unit configured to display a shortcut corresponding to a program of an application and associate both of a first print queue corresponding to a first peripheral apparatus and a second print queue corresponding to a second peripheral apparatus with the application, and a second control unit configured to, if no print queue associated with the application is determined to exist after the shortcut is displayed, hide the shortcut corresponding to the program of the application, with different addresses assigned to the first peripheral apparatus and the second peripheral apparatus. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301080 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY SERVER, AND CLIENT DEVICE - A print relay server receives print data based on content, identification information of a service printer selected via a selection screen for selecting a service printer, and print setting designated via a print setting screen for designating print setting from a print service, and transfers the print data to an image formation apparatus designated as an output destination in the print setting when the received identification information of the service printer indicates a general-purpose service printer. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301081 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SETTING COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS OF THE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A device capability attribute regarding a setting on communication parameters, and provision attribute information indicative of whether or not a communication terminal is in a state that it can provide communication parameters to another communication terminal are stored in advance. The communication terminal, where the device capability attribute has at least a provision capability of the communication parameters, is selected as a provision device. In a case where there are plural communication terminals where the device capability attribute has a communication parameter provision capability, a communication terminal where the device capability attribute has the communication parameter provision capability only is preferentially selected. In a case where the device capability attributes of respective communication terminals are equal, a communication terminal storing the provision attribute information indicative of the state that it can provide the communication parameters is selected as a provision device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301082 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PRINTING THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - Systems and methods for printing a 3D object on a three-dimensional (3D) printer are described. The methods semi-automatically or automatically delineate an item in an image, receive a 3D model of the item, matches said item to said 3D model, and send the matched 3D model to a 3D printer. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301083 | IMAGE INSPECTION DEVICE, IMAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A device comprises: a scanning unit configured to scan a printed material obtained by printing image data; a setting unit configured to set reference data based on the image data; and a determining unit configured to determine whether a printed material is proper by comparing the image data obtained by the scan with the reference data, wherein the setting unit sets again the reference data based on the image data obtained by the scan for a subsequent printed material in a case where the determining unit determines a printed material to be proper. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301084 | FACSIMILE TO E-MAIL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH LOCAL INTERFACE - A fax to E-mail system and related method are shown, whereby a hardcopy document is sent via a fax device to its recipient via electronic mail through a data network, and is delivered in such a manner that it can be retrieved by the recipient at an E-mail device and displayed on the screen of the E-mail device. The document begins as a hardcopy, as an electronic file retrieved through E-mail recipient's terminal and displayed on the computer screen of the E-mail recipient's terminal. The system and method also provides for an interface device which connects to a conventional fax device for communicating E-mail addresses and routing hardcopy documents to the E-mail network, and provides a means for embedding the functions of the interface device into conventional fax devices. The system can also be used in cooperation with Internet Web service for reporting, accounting, information services, and user interaction. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301085 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK - A system and method for distributed processing in an Internet Protocol network is provided. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an application server can have a controller element to receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message from a communication device, establish a Real Time Protocol (RTP) channel between the communication device and the application server responsive to the SIP INVITE message, and submit a SIP SUBSCRIBE message to an intermediate communication node (ICN) directing the ICN to engage one or more Digital Signal Processing (DSP) resources for processing signals in the RTP channel. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301086 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A DIGITAL IMAGE OF AT LEAST ONE SECTION OF A VALUE DOCUMENT - A method for generating a digital image of at least a portion of a value document, comprises transporting the portion of the value document in a specified transport direction at a specified speed, capturing pixel regions, and generating capture pixel data allocated to integration intervals. The capture pixel data of at least one of the sequences of capture pixel data are corrected. This reduces the influences of the movement of the value document in the transport direction during the capture of capture pixel data. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301087 | Method of Determining Coordinate on Micro Dotmap according to Moving Vector - When a user holds an optical scanning device to scan a micro dotmap on a displaying medium, a coordinate of a frame center of a retrieved frame on the displaying medium is calculated according to a decoding method for the micro dotmap in advance. A moving vector corresponding to a difference between difference frames scanned by the optical scanning device at different moments is calculated so that an instant location of the frame center on the displaying medium can be calculated anytime. Therefore, a large number of calculations brought by frequent decoding may be saved since merely a few calculations are required in calculating the moving vector. By further decoding the coordinate of the frame center at moments spaced with constant or variable intervals, errors brought by vibrations of the displaying medium are instantly fixed. Accumulated errors are avoided in the calculated instant locations of the frame center anytime. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301088 | IMAGING SCANNER WITH MULTIPLE IMAGE FIELDS - Disclosed are embodiments of methods, systems, and apparatus for providing multiple image fields or regions on an imaging array. In certain preferred embodiments, a high density imaging array may be partitioned into two or more regions, each of which may be used to render a separate view of the scan volume. This arrangement may provide an increase in the effective scan volume beyond the volume available with a single imager having a single point of view and may allow for reading of encoded symbols at a variety of orientations that would otherwise preclude accurate imaging with a single imager. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301089 | SHEET TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet transport device includes a shaft member that extends in an axial direction orthogonal to a sheet transport direction, and a roller that includes plural components which are assembled together so as to surround the shaft member. The components have a shape such that a joint between the components is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the roller which is formed by assembling the components together. The joint extends from one end to another end of the outer peripheral surface in the axial direction while bending or curving at least at a portion in the middle thereof. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301090 | SECURITY HOLOGRAMS - We describe methods of mass-producing full colour, 3D holograms, potentially incorporating a personalised image, which are particularly suitable for security purposes. Broadly speaking in embodiments a method generates, electronically, an interlaced image comprising a set of different views of a 3D object from different angles. This is projected onto a diffusing screen using coherent light and mapped from the screen into an angularly encoded object beam using a lenticular array. The different views in the angularly encoded object beam are then recorded simultaneously into holographic film using a reference beam. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301091 | Encrypted synthetic hologram and method for reading such a hologram - The invention relates to an encrypted synthetic hologram formed from the Fourier transformation of an image ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130301092 | Hybrid Reflection Hologram - Hybrid white-light viewable holograms and methods for making them. The holograms are hybrid reflection holograms made using the diffractive structures or gratings of a holographic object such as a transmission hologram or holographic optical element (HOE). The wavefronts of the diffractive structures are converted into a reflection hologram by scanning them with a coherent light source having a profiled narrow beam. The hybrid reflection hologram can exhibit display parameters including the multiple colors, solidity, and color stability of white light reflection holograms, the diffractive color shifting of a white light transmission hologram, three dimensional imaging and a wide variety of dynamic changes. Different areas or images with each of these effects can be combined in a single hologram. These hybrid reflection holograms are ideal for security and forgery prevention applications. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301093 | DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY DEVICE AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD USING DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY - A digital holography device ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130301094 | Method and Apparatus for Quantum Mechanical Entanglement Protection - Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods to robustly inter-convert between polarization-entangled photon pairs and time-entangled photon pairs, such that produced polarization-entangled photons pairs can be converted into time-entangled photon pairs, stored as time-entangled photon pairs to preserve the entanglement for longer periods of time, and then converted back to polarization-entangled photon pairs when ready for manipulation, processing, and measurement by a quantum application. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301095 | FREQUENCY TUNABLE MICROMIRROR - An optical imaging system having two micromirrors is disclosed. Each of the two micromirrors can be rotated by a first set of combdrive actuators along a first axis and a second set of combdrive actuators along a second axis. Each of the first and second set of combdrive actuators includes multiple stator comb fingers and multiple rotor comb fingers capable of rotating about a torsion bar. One of the micromirrors can be tuned by applying a current to the torsion bar to change the Young's modulus of the torsion bar via thermoelectrical heating of the torsion bar. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301096 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND SCANNING INSPECTION APPARATUS - A scanning rate is increased without causing the light utilization efficiency to decrease. An optical scanning device includes a polarization switching unit that switches the polarization direction of a beam at a predetermined switching timing; at least one polarization beam splitter that splits the beam into two optical paths in accordance with the polarization direction switched by the polarization switching unit; a reflecting optical system that causes the beams split by the polarization beam splitter to have relative angles in the same plane so as to make the beams meet at the same location; and a scanner that scans the beams made to meet at the same location by means of the reflecting optical system in a direction parallel to the plane in synchronization with the switching timing of the polarization switching unit. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301097 | Scanned Image Projection System Employing Intermediate Image Plane - In imaging system ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130301098 | Mechanically Balanced Optical Membrane Device for Orientation Insensitivity - An optical membrane device comprises a substrate, at least one support block on a surface of the substrate, and at least one plate. A torsion beam supports the plate above the substrate on the support block. The optical membrane device also includes an optical membrane structure supported by the plate above the substrate and at least one electrode on the substrate underneath the plate. In one implementation, the optical membrane device further comprises a tether for coupling the optical membrane structure to the plate. The tether extends between the optical membrane structure and the plate. In another implementation, the substrate of the optical membrane device has an optical port through the substrate directly below the optical membrane structure. The plate is substantially balanced around the torsion beam to minimize a sensitivity to orientation in a gravitational field. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301099 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNER, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical scanner is an optical device including a base portion that is rotatable about the Y-axis, a frame portion that is rotatable about the X-axis intersecting the Y-axis, and a shaft portion that supports the base portion so as to be rotatable about the Y-axis with respect to the frame portion. The optical scanner includes a light reflecting plate that is fixed to the base portion and includes a light reflecting portion with a light reflecting property. The frame portion is provided so as to surround the base portion. The shaft portion includes one end connected to the base portion and the other end connected to the frame portion. The light reflecting plate is separated from the shaft portion in the thickness direction of the light reflecting plate and overlaps the shaft portion, as viewed from the thickness direction. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301100 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNER, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical scanner includes: a movable portion that includes a base portion and a light reflecting plate which is fixed to the base portion and includes a light reflecting portion with a light reflecting property and is rotatable about the Y-axis; a frame portion that is provided so as to surround the base portion and is rotatable about the X-axis perpendicular to the Y-axis; a shaft portion that supports the movable portion so as to be rotatable about the Y-axis with respect to the frame portion; and a permanent magnet that is provided in the frame portion. The light reflecting plate is provided such that it is separated from the shaft portion in a thickness direction and overlaps the shaft portion, as viewed from the thickness direction. The permanent magnet is fixed to a surface of the frame portion close to the light reflecting plate. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301101 | MICROMECHANICAL DEVICE - The force on the electrodes of an electrostatic field is used so that lateral tensile or compressive forces result which can deform a deformable element or can strongly deflect a deflectable structure. For this, a micromechanical device includes, apart from an electrode and a deformable element, an insulating spacer layer via which the electrode is fixed to the deformable element, wherein the insulating spacer layer is structured into several spaced-apart segments along a lateral direction, so that by applying an electric voltage between the electrode and the deformable element lateral tensile or compressive forces bending the deformable element along the lateral direction result. Thereby, the problem that normally accompanies electrostatic drives, namely the problem of the pull-in effect, is overcome. The deflection of the deformable element can be much larger than the gaps of the two electrodes, i.e. the above-mentioned electrode and the deformable element. A usage as a sensor is also possible. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301102 | LIGHT DEFLECTOR - An optical deflector includes a movable portion having a mirror plane, a fixed portion, a pair of combined torsion bars connecting the movable portion and the fixed portion to each other so that the movable portion can be rotationally displaced about a rotation axis with respect to the fixed portion, and a driver to drive the movable portion. Each combined torsion bar includes a plurality of torsion bars extending to be parallel to the rotation axis and a plurality of connecting bars, each of the connecting bars connecting one ends of each adjacent two of the torsion bars to each other. A torsion bar farther from the rotation axis has higher torsional rigidity than a torsion bar closer to the rotation axis. | 2013-11-14 |