49th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100309399 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An LCD apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The LCD apparatus includes a reference voltage line and a display area including scan lines, data lines and pixel structures. Each pixel structure is electrically connected to the corresponding scan/data line, and has a first pixel area and a second pixel area. The first pixel area includes a first liquid crystal capacitor with one end electrically connected to a common voltage. The second pixel area includes a second liquid crystal capacitor and a first compensation capacitor. One end of the second liquid crystal capacitor is electrically connected to the common voltage, one end of the first compensation capacitor is electrically connected to the second liquid crystal capacitor and another end is electrically connected to a reference voltage source through the reference voltage line. The reference voltage source provides a reference voltage having a continuous periodic signal or a time-varying signal. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309400 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a picture element electrode in a first substrate on the liquid crystal layer side in each picture element region, and a counter electrode in a second substrate opposing the picture element electrode via the liquid crystal layer. In each picture element region, the picture element electrode includes a solid portion including multiple unit solid portions; and the liquid crystal layer is in a vertical orientation state with no voltage, and upon voltage application, forms a liquid crystal domain taking a radially-inclined orientation in positional correspondence with each unit solid portion by an oblique electric field produced near the unit solid portion. The liquid crystal display device further includes a storage capacitor connected electrically in parallel to a liquid crystal capacitor, and the storage capacitor is at least partially located in an area with no solid portion of the first substrate. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309401 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged near intersections between signal lines and scan lines in a matrix to form a display area. The scan lines and signal lines extend in a row and a column directions of the pixels in the display area. A first conductive layer is arranged on an insulating substrate. A second conductive layer is arranged on the first conductive layer through an insulating layer. The second conductive layer is electrically connected to the signal line. The first conductive layer includes an opposite region opposite to the second conductive layer and is arranged to surround the display area. The opposite region includes a cut out portion in which a disconnected scan line is repaired by irradiating the cut out portion with laser. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309402 | FOUR- OR FIVE-RING LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND HAVING LATERAL FLUORINE, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention provides a liquid crystal compound having stability to heat, light and so forth, a wide temperature range of a nematic phase, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy, and a suitable elastic constant K | 2010-12-09 |
20100309403 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH A HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE BASE FOR THE PANEL THEREOF - A liquid crystal display with a height adjustable base assembly includes a base, a main arm, which is provided with a pivotal connection with the base and has slide rails, a panel fixing frame, which is capable of ascending and descending along the slide rails of the main arm and has a lock rod. A plumbing stop block is pivotally connected to the main arm to correspond to the lock rod. When the main arm rotates a preset inclining angular position with respect to the base, the plumbing stop block is urged to rotate by the gravity thereof for the lock rod being pushed to engage with the locating groove of the plumbing stop groove such that the operation of lifting the panel fixing frame with respect to the main arm is locked. Hence, the liquid crystal panel bouncing outward suddenly during unpacked is avoided to secure the safety with convenient operations. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309404 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE FOR PORTABLE TERMINAL - A Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) module for a portable terminal having a display unit is provided. The LCD module includes a reinforcement plate having a bottom surface and a side surface bent to extend from the bottom surface, a backlight unit coupled to an upper part of the reinforcement plate, a frame insert molded to the reinforcement plate and coupled to an edge of the backlight unit, and an LCD panel coupled to an upper part of the backlight unit, wherein the side surface of the reinforcement plate extends from the bottom surface to have a height greater than the combined height of the coupled LCD panel and the backlight unit, and further wherein the frame is formed to have a height not extending up to the LCD panel. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309405 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE - A liquid crystal module is provided. A rear frame is provided with a pair of side plates which are formed along a pair of long opposite sides of the rear frame. A light diffuser plate is comprised of synthetic resin and provided with a pair of frame portions which are formed integrally with the light diffuser plate, disposed along a pair of long opposite sides of the light diffuser plate and respectively attached to the side plates of the rear frame. A pair of cushion members are disposed along and inside the frame portions of the light diffuser plate. A liquid crystal panel has an upper edge portion and lower edge portion which are supported by the cushion members. The light diffuser plate is provided with a pair of slope portions which are formed integrally with the light diffuser plate and disposed along and inside the cushion members. The height of each slope portion increases toward an adjacent cushion member for concealing the cushion members. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309406 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit adapted to implement enhanced light efficiency and uniform brightness is disclosed. The backlight unit includes a plurality of light sources arranged at fixed intervals, a diffusion plate disposed on the plurality of light sources, prism patterns formed on one surface of the diffusion plate, and micro-lens patterns formed on the other surface of the diffusion plate. The vertex angle of each prism pattern is in a range of about 64°˜76°. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309407 | PLANAR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A planar light-emitting device having a plurality of light units each including a light source and a lightguide member that guides light received from the light source through an end surface serving as a light-entrance surface disposed to face the light source and that emits the light from an upper surface and two mutually opposing side surfaces after changing the optical path of the light, and further has a reflecting member having a light-reflecting surface on which the light units are disposed. The lightguide member has an elongated shape. The light units are disposed in linear arrays each in which the light units are linearly disposed in series in the elongated direction of the lightguide member. The linear arrays extend in the elongated direction of the respective lightguide members. The linear arrays extend in parallel with each other and are spaced from each other in a width direction perpendicularly intersecting the elongated direction of the lightguide members. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309408 | LIQUID CRYSTAL MODULE - A liquid crystal module is provided. A light reflective sheet is provided on a bottom plate of a rear frame. A cold cathode tube is provided on the light reflective sheet in the rear frame. A pair of left and right covers which are made of the light reflective sheet are disposed inside left and right side plates of the rear frame to cover over both end portions of the cold cathode tube. Each of the covers includes an inclined sheet portion inclined downwardly toward the inside of the rear frame; an upper edge portion bent outwardly from an upper end of the inclined sheet portion; and a insertion piece protruded inwardly from a lower end of the inclined sheet portion. The upper edge portion is mounted on a support plate portion provided in an upper end of each of the left and right side plates of the rear frame and fixed to the support plate portion with a fixture. The insertion piece is inserted and fixed between the bottom plate of the rear frame and the light reflective sheet through a cut portion formed at each of left and right end portions of the light reflective sheet. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309409 | LIGHT EMITTING ASSEMBLIES HAVING DEFINED REGIONS OF DIFFERENT BRIGHTNESS - A light emitting assembly has a LED light source illuminated optical conductor having a pattern of well defined light extracting optical elements configured to redirect light from an LED light source out from the optical conductor. The optical elements are additionally configured to define elongate higher brightness regions on the major surface of the optical conductor, and a lower brightness region outside of the higher brightness regions. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309410 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A backlight unit adapted to enhance brightness and reduce manufacturing time and costs is disclosed. The backlight unit includes a bottom cover with an opened upper surface, a plurality of light emission diodes arranged on an inner edge of the bottom cover, a light guide plate disposed parallel to the plurality of light emission diodes, and a diffusion sheet disposed on the light guide plate. The diffusion sheet is provided to have an overlapped area with a support main which is combined with the bottom cover. Also, a reflection material layer is formed on an upper surface of the diffusion sheet corresponding to the overlapped area. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309411 | DIFFUSION SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, BACKLIGHT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A diffusion sheet includes: a substrate having a first principal surface and a second principal surface; and structures each in a convex shape formed randomly on the first principal surface or the second principal surface of the substrate. The structures have an identical or almost identical height. The structures have an aspect ratio h/r, where r denotes an average radius of the structures and h denotes an average height of the structures, of more than 0.85 and not more than 1.50. The structures have a filling factor of not less than 60% and not more than 80%. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309412 | AMBIENT LIGHT BACKLIGHT FOR TRANSMISSIVE DISPLAYS - Devices are provided for using ambient light to illuminate transmissive displays. One such backlight includes a light source configured to provide artificial light to the transmissive display when the backlight is closed and a surface configured to reflect ambient light to the transmissive display when the backlight is open. Another backlight includes a surface configured to provide ambient light to the transmissive display even when the backlight is closed. In some implementations, power to the light source may be reduced or shut off when the backlight is open and/or when sufficient ambient light is being provided to the transmissive display. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309413 | Reflective-type color display devices using polymer dispersed liquid crystals and dyes - Reflective-type color display devices using polymer dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) and dyes are provided, the display devices including a pixel unit having PDLC layers that are disposed between first electrodes and second electrodes. The PDLC layers have different color dyes. The first electrodes are disposed on a first substrate and the second electrodes are disposed on a second substrate, wherein the first and second substrates are apart from each other. The pixel unit includes different color sub pixels. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309414 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The invention provides a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display device, which has suppressed light leakage at an angle of 45 degrees to an absorption axis of a polarizing plate, a low black-state brightness in an oblique direction and an improved contrast. The liquid crystal panel comprises a liquid crystal cell including a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules that is oriented in homogeneous alignment when no electric field is applied thereto, a first polarizer placed on one side of the liquid crystal cell, a second polarizer placed on another side of the liquid crystal cell, a first anisotropic optical element placed between the liquid crystal cell and the first polarizer and satisfying nx | 2010-12-09 |
20100309415 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING POLARIZING LAYER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - The present invention relates to a polarization layer for an LCD and a manufacturing method thereof that improve light transmittance and polarization performance of a polarization layer by controlling a pre-tilt angle of an alignment layer. The manufacturing method of the present invention includes forming an alignment layer treated by inorganic alignment, forming a liquid crystal mixture including a dichroic dye, a liquid crystal monomer, a photo-initiator, and a gelator on the alignment layer, irradiating light to the liquid crystal mixture for photo-polymerizing it, and forming a color filter (CF) or a thin film transistor (TFT) on the polymerized and solidified liquid crystal mixture. Accordingly, the polarization layer manufactured by the present invention has the high light transmittance thereby increasing the polarization efficiency and realizing the liquid crystal display of high quality compared with the conventional polarization layer by the rubbing alignment. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309416 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a liquid crystal display device having color filters on a side of a TFT substrate, in which an orientation film is formed by inkjet printing. The formation of an orientation film by inkjet printing is more advantageous than the conventional flexographic printing in terms of the production cost. It is necessary, however, to reduce the viscosity of the orientation film to be applied by inkjet printing. For this reason, first and second orientation film stoppers are formed between a display area and a sealing portion in a TFT substrate, to prevent the orientation film from flowing to an end of the TFT substrate. The orientation film stoppers are formed by the overlapping of color filters. A profile of the orientation film is defined by the first orientation film stopper. The second orientation film stopper is formed to ensure that the orientation film does not flow to the outside. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309417 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - First and second sub-picture element electrodes, a buffer capacitance, and a first to third TFTs are formed in each picture element; the first and second TFTs are driven by a signal supplied to an nth gate bus line; the third TFT is driven by a signal supplied to an (n+1)th gate bus line; the first sub-picture element electrode is connected to the first and third TFTs; the second sub-picture element electrode is connected to the second TFT; a drain electrode of the third TFT is connected to an upper electrode of the buffer capacitance; and a lower electrode of this buffer capacitance is connected to the (n+1)th gate bus line. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309418 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate; a gate line and a data line on the first substrate that cross each other to define a pixel region; a pixel electrode in the pixel region; a thin film transistor at the crossing of the gate and data lines, and connected to the pixel electrode; at least one first electric field distortion unit in the pixel electrode to control a liquid crystal director by electric field distortion; a second electric field distortion unit between the pixel electrode and the first substrate; and a layer of liquid crystal molecules between the first and second substrates | 2010-12-09 |
20100309419 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and the second substrates; a first polarization plate placed on a side of the first substrate; a second polarization plate placed on a side of the second substrate; and a pixel electrode and a common electrode which are provided on the side of the second substrate on which the liquid crystal layer is placed, in which: at least one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode is interdigital; and the liquid crystal layer has flexoelectric coefficients e | 2010-12-09 |
20100309420 | LOW-COST LARGE-SCREEN WIDE-ANGLE FAST-RESPONSE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - An active matrix vertical alignment liquid crystal display apparatus comprises a transparent pixel electrode formed on a transparent substrate of TFT, and another transparent pixel electrode is connected to a drain electrode of the transparent substrate of TFT. A transparent insulating film is provided on the transparent pixel electrodes; and a plurality of slender slits are provided and have liquid crystal alignment power in the transparent pixel electrode, wherein the liquid crystal alignment control electrodes which are slender formed on the transparent insulating layer, and the liquid crystal alignment control electrode are connected to the transparent pixel electrode, and a transparent common electrode is located on an opposite transparent substrate, which is positioned opposite to the transparent TFT substrate, and the transparent TFT substrate is connected to common electrodes formed on the transparent TFT substrate. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309421 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device it is desirable to test in the state of TFT substrates, without reducing the number of TFT substrates to be obtained from one mother TFT substrate, and without increasing the overall size of the TFT substrates. Test terminals are formed on the outside of terminals for driving the liquid crystal display device. The test terminals of the specific TFT substrate are formed in another TFT substrate just below the specific TFT substrate. The area in which the test lines are formed is a space in which a sealing material is formed, between the display area and an end of the lower TFT substrate. Thus, the size of the TFT substrates is not actually increased. A test line area is not separately formed and not discarded, so that the number of TFT substrates to be obtained from one mother TFT substrate is not reduced. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309422 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a seal line and an outer spacer. The first substrate includes a display area on which a plurality of thin film transistors are formed, and a peripheral area surrounding the display area. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The seal line is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate in the peripheral area to confine the liquid crystal between the first and second substrates. The outer spacers are disposed in the peripheral area, and inwardly spaced apart from the seal line by a separation distance thereby preventing liquid crystal from being polluted by particles of an uncured seal line during manufacturing. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309423 | Liquid Crystal Display - The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal (LC) display of the PS (polymer stabilised) or PSA (polymer sustained alignment) type, and to polymerisable compounds and LC media for use in PS (polymer stabilised) and PSA displays. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309424 | ARM FOR SPECTACLES - A arm for spectacles ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100309425 | SCREWLESS MAGNETIC EYEWEAR - The invention provides a magnetic connector for use between members to magnetically connect members such as members between eyewear. Magnetic connector has first and second magnets positioned in or on first and second eyewear members, respectively. Magnets are positioned substantially parallel to each other in a plane and rotate about an axis. A magnetic field of attraction is created between magnets when magnets are in sufficient proximity to each other thereby substantially connecting members. When magnets disengage or fall out of alignment due to force or pressure against members, magnets disengage and allow members to break away without damage. In an embodiment, a magnetic nose pad assembly is disclosed that is used to magnetically attach a nose pad to a nose pad arm. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309426 | Eyewear with multi-part temple for supporting one or more electrical components - Techniques for providing eyewear with electrical components are disclosed. The electrical components can provide electrical technology to eyewear without having to substantially compromise aesthetic design principles of the eyewear. The electrical components can be partially or completely internal to eyewear. The electrical components can also be attached to the eyewear as an after-market enhancement. The electrical components can operate independently or together with other electrical components provided elsewhere. Apparatus for presenting after-market electrical components are also disclosed. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309427 | EYEGLASSES WITH ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A microphone, transmitter, speaker, receiver, and power source, all mounted to an eyeglasses frame, for sending and receiving signals wirelessly to and from a remote cell phone or other electronic device. The microphone and the transmitter can be mounted to extension arms that can be extended, pivoted, or otherwise moved to a position for use, and then moved to a stored position when not in use. Alternatively, the microphone, transmitter, speaker, receiver, and power source, can be mounted onto a clip-on or other attachment member that mounts onto a conventional eyeglasses frame, or to a hat or other article worn on the head. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309428 | Flexible Progressive Lens Optimizer - A method is provided for calculating an individual spectacle lens design for a progressive spectacle lens exhibiting an individual vertical position of the distance and/or the near reference points, which can be variably adjusted. A starting design exhibiting a predefined vertical position of the distance and/or the near reference points is determined; the individual spectacle lens design is calculated having the desired, individual vertical position of the distance and/or near reference points. The calculation of the individual spectacle lens design includes calculating the target value S | 2010-12-09 |
20100309429 | VISUAL DEVICE INCLUDING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS HAVING A PARTIALLY CROPPED INSERTION RIB, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SUCH LENS - Visual equipment includes an ophthalmic lens having an edge face provided with an engagement ridge. Also described is a method of preparing such equipment. The engagement ridge includes at least fifteen bearing sections alternating with as many free singular sections, the free singular sections being smaller in width and/or in height by at least 0.05 millimeters relative to the bearing sections (Sa). | 2010-12-09 |
20100309430 | METHOD OF PREPARING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS WITH SPECIAL MACHINING OF ITS ENGAGEMENT RIDGE - A method of preparing an ophthalmic lens for mounting in a surround of an eyeglass frame includes an acquisition step of acquiring a first longitudinal profile of the surround and an orientation parameter of the first longitudinal profile relative to a horizon line or a verticality line of the surround, and an edging step of edging the ophthalmic lens so as to form a generally profiled engagement ridge of desired section that extends along a second longitudinal profile ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100309431 | FUNDUS CAMERA - A fundus camera includes an optical path splitting unit arranged between a focusing unit and an imaging unit. The splitting unit has characteristics adapted to reflect light of a visible light region and to transmit near-infrared light. The splitting unit retreats from an optical path when a still fundus image is photographed. A quick-return mirror having such characteristics is used as the splitting unit. When near-infrared illumination light having a wavelength of about 850 nm is used, such light can be incident upon the imaging unit without loss of the amount of light. Visible light output from an internal fixation target is projected onto a subject's eye. A cornea diaphragm and a crystalline lens diaphragm are used for observing a fundus with invisible light. Each of the cornea diaphragm and crystalline lens diaphragm can be changed to another one having a different diameter. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309432 | EYEBALL MOTION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An eye movement measurement apparatus | 2010-12-09 |
20100309433 | Illumination device and observation device - An illumination device ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100309434 | FRAGRANCE DISPENSER - A device for delivering a scent to a user comprises a body component, a fluid reservoir, an output component arranged to connect the fluid reservoir to the exterior of the device, and a control component arranged to receive biofeedback data and user preference data on the user, and to control the output from the fluid reservoir accordingly. The device can further comprise a sensor arranged to monitor a physiological parameter of the user and to communicate the biofeedback data to the control component. The device may also include a wireless receiver arranged to receive the user preference data and/or the biofeedback data and to communicate the data to the control component. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309435 | HIGH-QUALITY, NON-FLICKERING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD AND ITS SYSTEM - The preferred embodiment the invention presents pertains to a type of high-quality, non-flickering three-dimensional image projection method and its system, which mainly entails integrating a digital micromirror device (DMD) capable of processing 120 frames per second (120 fps) and a 120 fps three-dimensional analogical or digital image content to form a single surface DMD digital image projector for achieving a realistic, high-quality, non-flickering three-dimensional image viewing. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309436 | AUTOMATED DYNAMIC REPRIORITIZATION OF PRESENTATION MATERIALS - Slides are selectively presented via a slide presentation system based upon a priority level assigned to a slide presentation. The assigned priority level indicates which of the slides to selectively present and includes a first priority level of at least two priority levels associated with the slide presentation. A request is received during the selective presentation of the slides, via an input device associated with the slide presentation system, to change the priority level assigned to the slide presentation to a second priority level of the at least two priority levels. The remaining slides of the slide presentation are selectively presented via the slide presentation system based upon the second priority level. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309437 | LED LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND PROJECTION DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - A LED light source module and a projection device comprising the same are provided. The LED light source module comprises an optical element assembly, a LED assembly and a compartment structure. The compartment structure extends from at least one side edge of the LED assembly to at least one side edge of the optical element assembly, so that the LED assembly, the optical element assembly and the compartment structure form an enclosed space corporately. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309438 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER - A wavelength conversion laser | 2010-12-09 |
20100309439 | LIGHT SOURCE FOR PROJECTION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a light source device for projection display, comprising a light source to be supplemented and a laser light source. The laser emitted from the laser light source and the light emitted from the light source to be supplemented are mixed and then output in a same direction. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309440 | MULTIPLE-LIGHTS-COMBINING ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A multiple-lights-combining illumination device includes multiple light sources, multiple sub-rod integrators that respectively guide light from the multiple light sources, and a main rod integrator that guides light from the multiple sub-rod integrators. Each of the sub-rod integrators has reflection surfaces that are parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction, and has an entrance surface and an exit surface that are parallel or perpendicular to each other at ends thereof, the main rod integrator has reflection surfaces that are parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction, and has an entrance surface and an exit surface that are perpendicular to the reflection surfaces at ends thereof, and each reference optical axis that passes through an optical centroid portion of a light-emitting part of the light sources along a light emission direction is arranged so as to pass through substantially a center of the entrance surface of the respective sub-rod integrator. It is possible to use efficiently light while obtaining high intensity by combining light from multiple light sources, and furthermore possible to obtain a small and inexpensive device. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309441 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND COOLING DEVICE THEREOF - A cooling device applied in a projection apparatus and the projection apparatus are provided. The projection apparatus comprises a first light source, a second light source, a third light source and the cooling device. The cooling device comprises an airflow guiding device and a fan. The airflow guiding device is adapted to define a first flow path and a second flow path. The first flow path has a first position, while the second flow path has a second position and a third position, correspondingly disposed with the first light source, the second light source and the third light source, respectively. The fan is adapted to generate airflow. The airflow is divided into a first airflow and a second airflow entering the first flow path and the second flow path, respectively. Thereby, the cooling device is capable of matching the heat dissipation requirements of the light sources and reducing the noise generated by the cooling device by using only one fan. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309442 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH BUILT-IN PROJECTING SCREEN - The invention relates to a mobile communication device comprising a casing, at least one image projecting device, and a projecting screen. The image projecting device in the mobile communication device is adapted to project an image on the projecting screen. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309443 | Projection apparatus and projection lens - A projection apparatus capable of projecting an image on a screen including a light valve and a projection lens is provided. The light valve is capable of generating an image beam. The projection lens is disposed in a transmission path of the image beam and disposed between the light valve and the screen to project the image beam to form the image on the screen. The projection lens has an optical axis. The light valve deviates an offset of X % from the optical axis in a first direction, and the image deviates an offset of Y % from the optical axis in a second direction. The first direction is opposite to the second direction. The projection lens includes a lens group and an anamorphic device. The anamorphic device is disposed in a transmission path of the image beam and disposed between the lens group and the screen to make X %2010-12-09 | |
20100309444 | Image displacement module - An image displacement module includes a base, a carrier, an optical element, a freely rotating shaft, a flexible shaft, and at least one actuator. The optical element is disposed on the carrier. The freely rotating shaft and the flexible shaft are in a same axis and located between the base and the carrier. The flexible shaft is capable of acting a force on the carrier along the axis, and the carrier is capable of moving along the freely rotating shaft relative to the base to release the force. The actuator is disposed between the base and the carrier. When the actuator drives the carrier to rotate in the axis relative to the base, the flexible shaft generates an elastic torsion. When the actuator does not drive the carrier to rotate in the axis relative to the base, the flexible shaft drives the carrier to reposition relative to the base. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309445 | Gas Gauge Compatible With Vacuum Environments - A gas gauge ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100309446 | LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS USING EXTREME UV RADIATION AND HAVING A VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS SORBING MEMBER COMPRISING A GETTER MATERIAL - A lithography apparatus ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100309447 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, A PROJECTION SYSTEM AND A DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate, a vacuum chamber through which the patterned beam of radiation is projected during use, and a purge system configured to provide a purge gas flow in the chamber. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309448 | WAVEFRONT ABERRATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - A measurement apparatus, which measures a wavefront aberration of an optical system to be measured, comprises: a calculation unit configured to calculate the wavefront aberration based on an interference fringe generated by light which passed through the optical system to be measured; and a determination unit configured to calculate an evaluation value indicating a wavefront state based on the wavefront aberration calculated by the calculation unit, and determine the calculated wavefront aberration as the wavefront aberration of the optical system if the evaluation value falls within an allowable range. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309449 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination system for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes a mirror arranged in a multi-mirror array and capable of being tilted via at least one actuator. The illumination system also includes drive electronics, which include a coarse digital-to-analogue converter with a first resolution, and a fine digital-to-analogue converter with a second resolution, and an adder. The second resolution is higher than the first resolution. The adder can add output quantities that are output by the two digital-to-analogue converters to yield an overall quantity that is capable of being applied at least indirectly to the at least one actuator of the mirror. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309450 | FILTER DEVICE FOR THE COMPENSATION OF AN ASYMMETRIC PUPIL ILLUMINATION - The invention relates to a filter device for an illumination system, especially for the correction of the illumination of the illuminating pupil, including a light source, with the illumination system being passed through by a bundle of illuminating rays from the light source to an object plane, with the bundle of illuminating rays impinging upon the filter device, including at least one filter element which can be introduced into the beam path of the bundle of illuminating rays, with the filter element including an actuating device, so that the filter element can be brought with the help of the actuating device into the bundle of illuminating rays. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309451 | POSITIONING DEVICE, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS USING SAME, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention provides a positioning device for positioning a table, including a base, a motor that drives the table in the driving area on the base, a position sensor that detects the position of the table, and a control unit that controls the motor. The control unit includes a first output unit that outputs electric current for controlling the position of the table based on the output of the position sensor; a second output unit that outputs electric current for imparting a thrust force, which is directed toward the center of the driving area, to the table; and a switch unit that switches from a state in which the motor is controlled depending on the output of the first output unit to a state in which the motor is controlled depending on the output of the second output unit, based on a stopping signal for stopping the table. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309452 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SURVEYING ELEVATOR HOISTWAYS - A device for surveying an enclosed structure ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100309453 | LASER INSTRUMENT FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT - A laser instrument for electro-optical measurement of the distance of a target object to a reference mark is disclosed. The instrument includes a housing, where the housing has an outlet opening to couple out a laser beam from the laser instrument, a measuring device which emits a laser beam and determines a distance value from the receiving beam coming from the target object, a display device to display the distance value, an operating device to operate the laser instrument and to start the distance measurement, and an optical sighting device to align the laser beam on the target object. The direction in which a user looks into the optical sighting device is aligned parallel to the optical axis of the laser beam coupled out of the laser instrument via the outlet opening. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309454 | SPECTROMETERS MINIATURIZED FOR WORKING WITH CELLULAR PHONES AND OTHER PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Based on the present invention, superior compact spectrometers may be constructed and integrated into a cellular phone, or attached to a cellular phone. Such a cellular phone may be a PDA phone, which supplies electrical power to the said spectrometer, provided with data storage, signal processing capability, and real-time display. As a combined standalone system, it allows spectroscopic measurements to be fulfilled in real-time applications in field, and results can be sent out in wireless communication to a remote station or to another cellular phone user in order to share the measurement results right away. When the system is used with a laser to function as a Raman spectrometer system, it can fulfill many daily routine tasks encountered by ordinary civilians, for example, the blood glucose monitoring for diabetes patients at home in a non-invasive manner. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309455 | Microscopic Total Reflection Measuring Apparatus - An object of the present invention is to provide a total reflection measuring apparatus which, while visually observing a specific minute area of a measurement object, is capable of efficiently obtaining optical data on the basis of the total reflection measurement. A microscopic total reflection measuring apparatus of the present invention comprises a Cassegrain mirror | 2010-12-09 |
20100309456 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING DISPERSION - A method for measuring dispersion in an optical fiber is provided and includes the following steps. A periodic wavelength variation pulse light signal is generated by a periodic frequency-swept pulse light source, in which the periodic wavelength variation pulse light signal has periodic wavelength variations. The periodic wavelength variation pulse light signal is transmitted into a test optical fiber. The periodic wavelength variation pulse light signal propagating through the test optical fiber is detected to generate a sensing signal. The sensing signal is transformed into an RF spectrum to obtain a slow periodic pulse timing variation of the periodic wavelength variation pulse light signal in accordance with the RF spectrum. A dispersion value of the test optical fiber is obtained in accordance with the slow periodic pulse timing variation. A system for measuring dispersion in a fiber is also disclosed herein. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309457 | Wavefront Imaging Sensor - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a wavefront imaging sensor (WIS) comprising an aperture layer having an aperture, a light detector having a surface and a transparent layer between the aperture layer and the light detector. The light detector can receive a light projection at the surface from light passing through the aperture. The light detector can also separately measure amplitude and phase information of a wavefront at the aperture based on the received light projection. The transparent layer has a thickness designed to locate the surface of the light detector approximately at a self-focusing plane in a high Fresnel number regime to narrow the light projection. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309458 | ASPHERE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed is an asphere measurement method capable of measuring the surface deviations and the surface tilts with high accuracy even when an asphere to be measured does not have the wedge-shaped flat portion. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309459 | ANGLE SENSOR, SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING GUIDED-MODE RESONANCE - An angle sensor, system and method employ a guided-mode resonance. The angle sensor includes a guided-mode resonance (GMR) grating and a resonance processor. The resonance processor determines an angle of incidence of a signal incident on the GMR grating. The resonance processor uses a guided-mode resonance response of the GMR grating to the signal to determine the angle of incidence. The angle sensing system includes the GMR grating, the resonance processor and further includes an optical source that produces the signal. The method includes providing a GMR grating, detecting a guided-mode resonance produced in the GMR grating when subjected to an incident signal, and determining an angle of incidence of the incident signal from one or both of a number of and a spectral distance between guided-mode resonances present in a response of the GMR grating to the incident signal. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309460 | PHOTOCONDUCTIVE MATERIALS AND DEVICES WITH INTERNAL PHOTOCONDUCTIVE GAIN - The invention provides a new class of photoconductive materials and devices, and methods for obtaining high internal photoconductive gain. The devices include a semiconductor or material with an electronic band gap provided in a confined geometry and which exhibits multi-exciton generation (MEG) when illuminated with photons with energies above the threshold for MEG. Due to carrier-carrier Coulombic interactions, multi-excitons within the confined material efficiently recombine via Auger recombination, in which a carrier from one exciton is excited to a higher energy level relative to the band edge. Carriers excited by Auger recombination are subsequently trapped by trap states that capture carriers excited high above the band edge more efficiently than carriers near the band edge. Carriers trapped by the trap states allow for the collection and recirculation of untrapped carriers of opposite charge when used as a photoconductive device, producing high internal photoconductive gain. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309461 | METHOD FOR JUDGING WHETHER SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER IS NON-DEFECTIVE WAFER BY USING LASER SCATTERING METHOD - A semiconductor wafer whose number of LPDs per wafer is equal to or smaller than a predetermined number is sorted out, and a judgment as to whether a semiconductor wafer is a non-defective wafer is made visually based on a haze map of the semiconductor wafer subjected to the sorting. Moreover, a semiconductor wafer whose number of LPDs per wafer is equal to or smaller than a predetermined number is sorted out. Then, from the semiconductor wafers subjected to the sorting, a semiconductor wafer whose in-plane standard deviation and in-plane average value of the haze signals in a wafer plane have a specific relationship is sorted out, and this semiconductor wafer is judged to be a non-defective wafer. In this way, a method for judging whether a semiconductor wafer is a non-defective wafer or a defective wafer, the method that can make a judgment more uniform and accurate without dependence on the difference in the S/N ratio between inspection apparatuses using a laser scattering method, is provided. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309462 | SCOPE WITH IMPROVED MAGNIFICATION SYSTEM - Various embodiments described herein comprise a scope for a firearm having a large range of zoom. The scope comprising a movable zoom selector for adjusting magnification of an image viewed through the scope. The scope further comprises an objective, an ocular, and an erector assembly positioned between the objective and ocular. The erector assembly comprises at least three optical elements movable relative to one another in response to operation of the zoom selector. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309463 | SPECULAR INTEGRATING TUBE FOR SCATTERED-LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY - A scattered-light spectroscopy system for collecting light scattered from a sample, e.g. Raman-scattered light, to produce a spectrum of the sample, includes a cylindrical cell for holding the sample that is transparent and coated on either its inside surface or outside surface with a reflective coating, e.g. aluminum. The reflective coating has an opening for aligning with an aperture in a spectrometer for receiving the sample-scattered light. Light from a source such as a laser illuminates the sample to produce a scattered light having a first part received directly at the opening and a second part reflected by the reflective coating one or more times prior to arrival at the opening, thereby adding to the total scattered light entering the aperture of the spectrometer to improve its collection efficiency. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309464 | Raman Chemical Imaging of Threat Agents Using Pulsed Laser Excitation and Time-Gated Detection - The disclosure provides for a system and method for detecting a threat agent. A sample is illuminated to produce photons Raman scattered and emitted by the sample. The Raman scattered photons are collected using time-gated detection without collecting the emitted photons. A Raman spectroscopic data set is generated from said Raman scattered photons wherein said Raman spectroscopic data comprises at least one of a Raman spectrum and a Raman chemical image. The Raman spectroscopic data is assessed to thereby determine the presence or absence of a threat agent in the sample. The sample may be in a target area. The sample may be illuminated using a pulsed laser or an intensity modulated laser. The illumination source may be synchronized with a gating element that enables time-gated detection. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309465 | COHERENT ANTI-STOKES RAMAN HOLOGRAPHY - Apparatus and methods of four wave mixing (FWM) holography are described, including illuminating a sample with a first beam, a second beam, and a third beam, and combining the generated FWM signal with a reference beam at a imaging device to obtain holographic image data. In some examples, the first and second beams may be provided by a single pump-probe beam. The third beam may be a Stokes beam or an anti-Stokes beam. A representative example is coherent anti-Stokes Raman holography (CARS holography), which includes illuminating a sample with a pump/probe beam and a Stokes beam to obtain a CARS signal from the sample; and combining the CARS signal with a reference beam to obtain a CARS hologram. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309466 | SPECTROSCOPIC DETERMINATION OF ANALYTE CONCENTRATION - A spectroscopic apparatus, a method of determining a concentration and/or spatial gradient of an analyte of a bodily fluid and a corresponding computer program product are provided. The spectroscopic apparatus provides determination of a position of a capillary vessel ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100309467 | Single-Shot Spectral Imager - A single-shot spectral imager or imaging system which acquires multiplexed spatial and spectral data in a single snapshot with high optical collection efficiency and with the speed limited only by the readout time of the detector circuitry. The imager uses dispersive optics together with spatial light modulators to encode a mathematical transform onto the acquired spatial-spectral data. A multitude of encoded images is recorded simultaneously on a focal plane array and subsequently decoded to produce a spectral/spatial hypercube. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309468 | SPECTROMETRIC METHODS AND APPARATUS | 2010-12-09 |
20100309469 | System and method for entangled photons generation and measurement - Apparatus and method for producing quantum entangled signal and idler photon pairs is provided. The apparatus makes use of a nonlinear optical fiber to generate the entangled photons. The use of an external broad band light source for alignment of any downstream measurement apparatuses is disclosed. One or more polarized output signals can be generated at both the signal and idler wavelengths using the alignment source, allowing the downstream measurement apparatuses to be aligned using classical light. Multiple signal and idler wavelengths can be generated and aligned using such a system. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309470 | ALIGNMENT MARK ARRANGEMENT AND ALIGNMENT MARK STRUCTURE - An alignment mark arrangement includes: a first alignment pattern comprising a plurality of parallel first stripes on a substrate, wherein each of the first stripes includes a first dimension; and a second alignment pattern positioned directly above and overlapping with the first alignment pattern, the second alignment pattern including a plurality of parallel second stripes, wherein each of the second stripes of the second alignment pattern has a second dimension that is larger than the first dimension of each of the first stripes of the first alignment pattern. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309471 | DEVICE AND PROCESS TO MEASURE WATER CLARITY AND ORGANIC CONTENT - A sensor array comprises a first blue sensor and a second blue sensor; and a first green sensor and a second green sensor, wherein the blue sensors have a filter that only passes blue light, and the green sensors have a filter that only passes green light. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309472 | METHOD FOR DETECTING REDISPERSION OF BEADS - The invention provides a method of detecting the redispersion of particles into a solution by means of FTIR or other optical detection methods comprising the following steps: providing a sensor surface with dry particles; illuminating the sensor surface with light along a first optical path and detecting the light reflected by the sensor surface; providing a liquid to a volume in contact with the sensor surface; and detecting the reflected light while the dryparticles redisperse into the liquid. Therein, the angle between first optical path and sensor surface fulfils the condition of total internal reflection. The present invention also provides an FTIR cartridge for use in said method comprising a sensor surface accessible for FTIR detection, said sensor surface comprising at least one binding area, wherein label particles are situated on said surface. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309473 | FIBER OPTIC CURRENT SENSOR AND METHOD FOR SENSING CURRENT USING THE SAME - An apparatus and method for sensing current. The apparatus includes an optical fiber having first and second opposing ends, a recirculator configured such that when light propagates from the respective first and second ends of the optical fiber, at least some of the light is reflected, directed or passed by the recirculator into the respective opposing ends of the optical fiber to propagate through the optical fiber and form an optical loop having an opening there through. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309474 | GYROSCOPE UTILIZING MEMS AND OPTICAL SENSING - A gyroscope and a method of detecting rotation are provided. The gyroscope includes a structure configured to be driven to move about a drive axis. The structure is further configured to move about a sense axis in response to a Coriolis force generated by rotation of the structure about a rotational axis while moving about the drive axis. The gyroscope further includes an optical sensor system configured to optically measure movement of the structure about the sense axis. In certain embodiments, the gyroscope is a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gyroscope. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309475 | METHOD AND AMPLIFYING STAGE FOR SUPPRESSING MODULATION DISTORTION RATE SENSING ERRORS IN A RESONATOR FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE - A device and a method for suppressing 2nd order harmonic distortion in a Resonator Fiber Optic Gyroscope includes driving a laser to generate at least one of a plurality of counter propagating laser beams traveling through a fiber optic resonator according to a modulated signal. The modulated signal can be represented by a polynomial having two terms, and each of the two terms is suitably multiplied by a coefficient and a constant. A modulation amplitude adjuster amplifies the modulation signal by an amplification factor as it is used to drive the laser. When the amplification factor is suitably chosen to represent a square root of a ratio of the constants, the total harmonic distortion in the RFOG is minimized. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309476 | LINEAR-CARRIER PHASE-MASK INTERFEROMETER - A phase-difference sensor measures the spatially resolved difference in phase between orthogonally polarized reference and test wavefronts. The sensor is constructed as a linear-carrier phase-mask aligned to and imaged on a linear-carrier detector array. Mireau and Fizeau polarization interferometric objectives are implemented with a thin conductive wire grid optically coupled to the objective beam splitter. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309477 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING OPTICAL IMAGING USING FREQUENCY-DOMAIN INTERFEROMETRY - An apparatus and method are provided. In particular, at least one first electro-magnetic radiation may be provided to a sample and at least one second electro-magnetic radiation can be provided to a non-reflective reference. A frequency of the first and/or second radiations varies over time. An interference is detected between at least one third radiation associated with the first radiation and at least one fourth radiation associated with the second radiation. Alternatively, the first electro-magnetic radiation and/or second electro-magnetic radiation have a spectrum which changes over time. The spectrum may contain multiple frequencies at a particular time. In addition, it is possible to detect the interference signal between the third radiation and the fourth radiation in a first polarization state. Further, it may be preferable to detect a further interference signal between the third and fourth radiations in a second polarization state which is different from the first polarization state. The first and/or second electro-magnetic radiations may have a spectrum whose mean frequency changes substantially continuously over time at a tuning speed that is greater than 100 Tera Hertz per millisecond. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309478 | Ophthalmic surgical microscope having an OCT-system - An ophthalmic surgical microscope ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100309479 | INTERFERENCE MEASURING DEVICE - An interference measuring device | 2010-12-09 |
20100309480 | OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY - An optical tomography imaging a tomogram by using a coherent light by a backscattering light of a measured object and a reflected light of a reference mirror, which has supercontinuum light sources, an optical system having group velocity dispersion connected to the supercontinuum light source, an optical detection element detecting a coherent light by a backscattering light of the measured object and a reflected light of the reference mirror, a timing detection element detecting a timing of each wavelength component in an output light from the optical system having the group velocity dispersion, and a unit sampling a signal from the optical detector by using a timing signal from the timing detection element with a signal from the supercontinuum light source as a trigger, and detecting an optical tomogram signal imaging a tomogram, thereby acquiring an optical tomogram at a higher speed than a conventional SS-OCT. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309481 | Uncertainty of uncertainty - An approach to challenging the absolute nature attributed to the Heisenberg uncertainty principal in the context of data obtained from a double slit system, wherein the double slit system is applied at least once with a multiplicity of photons or particles to produce a reference interference pattern on a first screen, and applied a second time to determine where a single photon or particle impacts a second screen. Comparison of projections from each slit through the point of impact of the single photon or particle on the second screen, to the reference interference pattern on the first screen, provides insight to which slit the single photon or particle passed. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309482 | SURFACE SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - The measurement accuracy of an apparatus for measuring the surface shape of an object utilizing a two-wavelength phase-shift interferometry is improved. A low-coherence light source, a plurality of wavelength filters with different transmission wavelengths, an angle control unit and an analysis unit are provided. When performing a two-wavelength phase shift method, the analysis unit detects the wavelength difference between two wavelengths, and corrects a calculated wavelength value and a calculated phase value of one of the wavelengths for preventing a fringe-order calculation error. Next, the angle of the wavelength filters is controlled for making the actual wavelength difference coincident with a designed value. Thus, the wavelength difference between the two wavelengths is continuously controlled to be constant, which enables measurements of surface shapes with high accuracy, even when there are wavelength fluctuations due to the temperature change or the time elapse. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309483 | SENSOR SYSTEM AND REVERSE CLAMPING MECHANISM - A sensor system and a reverse clamp is provided. The reverse clamp may include a back portion, a first arm, and a second arm. The first and second arm extending from the back portion to form an opening configured to receive a cylindrical arm. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309484 | SUBSTRATE DETECTION DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE CONVEYANCE APPARATUS - An object is to provide a substrate conveyance apparatus and a substrate detection device capable of improving flexibility in arrangement layout. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309485 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING RELATIVE MOVEMENT - The present invention relates to an arrangement for measuring relative movement. The measuring arrangement comprises a light source ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100309486 | PATTERN TRANSFER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An apparatus performs an alignment measurement for a mark of each of at least two shots selected from a plurality of shots on a substrate, and positions the substrate based on the alignment measurements to transfer a pattern to each the plurality of shots. The apparatus comprises a detector configured to detect the mark and a controller configured to control the alignment measurements. The controller is configured to cause the detector to detect two of the mark, and decide whether the alignment measurements include an erroneous measurement based on whether a distance between the two of the mark detected by the detector is outside a tolerance. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309487 | ANALYZING APPARATUS - An analyzing device | 2010-12-09 |
20100309488 | RECORDING MEDIUM IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a recording medium imaging device capable of properly selecting pixels used for determining the kind of the recording medium from the captured surface image to remove pixels from which the surface property of the recording medium cannot be properly determined because the pixels extremely high in light quantity are affected by some sort of dirt or scratches in determining the kind of a recording medium. This allows the determination of kind of the recording medium based on the normally captured surface image to reduce the decrease in accuracy in determining the kind of the recording medium. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309489 | MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRINTING OF RASTER DATA - A method for printing of raster data in a media processing device is disclosed. The method includes identifying an attribute of a set of raster lines of the raster data. The method further includes determining at least one print mode from a plurality of print modes based on the attribute. Each print mode of the plurality of print modes is configured to print the set of raster lines of the raster data. Furthermore, the method includes printing the set of raster lines of the raster data in the at least one print mode. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309490 | VIBRATION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY AND INTERFACE FOR COMPUTER PRINTERS AND SCANNERS - Method and apparatus for altering the operation of printers and scanners to reduce vibration and/or acoustics. The technology involves altering the mode of operation of the printer or scanner to be in either “quick”, “quiet” or an intermediate mode. Additionally, means for achieving the different modes of operation are also disclosed. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309491 | PRINTER AND PRINTING SYSTEM - This disclosure discloses a printer comprising: a host communication device that performs information transmission and reception by wired or wireless communication for the functioning as a host device of a target device; and a target processing portion that performs predetermined processing in accordance with target device information acquired from said target device when said host communication device performs information transmission and reception with said target device. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309492 | FLATBED PRINTER - An inkjet printer ( | 2010-12-09 |
20100309493 | System and method for interactively acquiring optical color measurements for device color profiling - The subject application is directed to a system and method for iteratively acquiring optical color measurements for device color profiling. A first color measurement data set, in a first color space, is received of a measured value for each of L discrete printed color patches in an M row by N column planar array, where L, M and N are positive integers greater than 2, and L is less than M×N. A visual rendering on a display of color patches arranged in M rows and N columns is generated from second color space measurement data. Profile data is generated of the transition between color data and color measurement data based upon the relationship between available printed patches and displayed patches. When L is less than M×N, a visual indicator is generated for the displayed row of the current L value. A second color measurement data set is received uniquely defined from the first set, which second set includes patches not found in the first set. Profile data is then generated based upon the second data set. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309494 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING PRINT QUALITY - A method is provided for analyzing the colour quality of a press pull as compared to a contract proof. The contract proof is scanned to create image data including colour data representing a scanned proof image. The press pull is also scanned to create image data including colour data representing a scanned press pull image. The scanned images are simultaneously displayed on a video monitor, and, the displayed images are searched for any significant differences in colour. A method is also provided for printing colour products on a colour printing press in a print run associated with a contract proof. The contract proof is scanned to create image data including colour data representing a scanned proof image. A sample printed colour product from the press is also scanned to create image data including colour data representing a scanned press pull image. The scanned images are simultaneously displayed on a video monitor. The scanned images are aligned and linked. The colour data for each section of one image is automatically compared with the colour data for a linked corresponding section of the other image to determine whether any differences exceed a pre-determined threshold. A count indicative of the number of sections which are determined to exceed such threshold is maintained. It is determined whether the number of sections which exceed such threshold exceeds a pre-determined overall threshold to determine colour quality. If the overall threshold is not exceeded, the print run is continued. If the overall threshold is exceeded, the print run is temporarily stopped, the print variables are adjusted and the print run is resumed. The preceding steps are repeated from the remove sample step until the print run is complete. A system is provided for analyzing the colour quality of a press pull as compared to a contract proof comprising at least one scanner for scanning the contract proof and for scanning the press pull, an image comparator connected to the at least one scanner to receive the data for the scanned proof image and the scanned press pull image and a video monitor connected to the image comparator to receive the data for the scanned proof image and the scanned press pull image and to display the scanned images simultaneously. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309495 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - Whether or not an execution of a print job according to a designated print setting is available is decided based on a result of an output of a sensor of a temperature and humidity. When the print job cannot be executed, an alternative setting is decided and the print job is executed based on the alternative setting. Thus, whether or not the execution of the print job according to the designated print setting is available can be decided based on the output of the temperature/humidity sensor provided for a printing apparatus. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309496 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to execute a layout setting on first image data, a determination unit configured to determine an image type of second image data, an image processing unit configured, if it is determined, as a result of determination by the determination unit, that the image type of the second image data is an image type for applying a layout setting set for the first image data, to execute image processing on the second image data according to the layout setting set for the first image data, and an output unit configured to form an image of the first image data on a printing sheet by using color toners, to form an image of the second image data on the printing sheet by using a transparent toner. | 2010-12-09 |
20100309497 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device prints a link source webpage and a link target webpage so that (i) it is easy to grasp, from a printout of these webpages, that these webpages are associated with each other, and (ii) the printout can be easily organized. MFP | 2010-12-09 |
20100309498 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer- readable recording medium storing image processing program for generating color tone correction parameter - An image processing apparatus is disclosed that includes a printing procedure request portion configured to request printing of color tone image data in a state where a patch row is arranged in a direction almost parallel with a main scanning direction; an image data obtaining portion configured to obtain scanned color tone data, showing scanned value of the patch row, from a scanning portion configured to optically scan the patch row; and a parameter generating portion configured to generate a color tone correction parameter for correcting color tone value of photoconductive image data by comparing the scanned color tone data and the color tone image data. | 2010-12-09 |