52nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100328668 | COLOR DETECTOR - A color detector includes a light source, a photodiode, and a filter tuned to only allow light of a specific color to pass through to the photodiode. When the light reaches the photodiode, the photodiode outputs a current that indicates that the color is present in the light. The filter may include a pair of partially reflective layers consisting of a reflective metal, such as silver. To prevent the metal from oxidizing or reacting with the environment, the partially reflective layers may be coated with a protective layer, such as aluminum nitride. The color detector may further include a color enhancing layer. Finally, the color detector may include a capping layer. Accordingly, the color detector provided herein allows for the filter to use metals for partially reflective layers that would normally oxidize, as well as detect light of a specific spectrum of wavelengths. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328669 | TABLET ANALYSIS AND MEASURMENT SYSTEM - The present subject matter relates to multivariate optical analysis systems employ multivariate optical elements and utilize multivariate optical computing methods to determine information about a product carried by light reflected from or transmitted through the product. An exemplary method of processing and monitoring the product includes introducing the product at an inspection point; illuminating the product with a spectral-specific light though an optic lens; directing the light that has passed through at least a section of the product through at least one multivariate optical element to produce a first signal, the directed light carrying information about the product; detecting the signal at a detector; and determining at least one property of the product based upon the detector output. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328670 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING PHOTOTHERMAL MEASUREMENTS AND RELAXATION COMPENSATION - A device and methods for performing a photothermal measurement and relaxation compensation of a sample are disclosed. The device may include a probe beam source, a pump beam source, a sample, and a detector array. A method may include adjusting an intensity modulated pump beam power, adjusting a probe beam power to increase a response measurement location temperature and increase a modulated optical reflectance signal, directing the intensity modulated pump beam and the probe beam along a measurement path to a response measurement location on a sample for periodically exciting a region on the sample, detecting a reflected portion of the probe beam, and calculating an implantation dose. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328671 | NEAR FIELD DETECTOR FOR INTEGRATED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE BIOSENSOR APPLICATIONS - A near-field surface plasmon detector is provided. The near-field surface plasmon detector includes one or more semiconductor layers that absorb one or more surface plasmons of thin metal films in the vicinity of the semiconductor layer. The surface plasmons are excited by incoming light being emitted from a light emitting source. The metal films are also employed as electrical contacts used to capture photocurrent generated after absorption of surface plasmons by the semiconductor layers. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328672 | Goniophotometer - A goniophotometer has a main rotating table, a sync-rotating table, a luminaire rotating table and light detecting tubes ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100328673 | HIGH-INDEX CONTRAST WAVEGUIDE OPTICAL GYROSCOPE HAVING SEGMENTED PATHS - A waveguide optical gyroscope is disclosed. The waveguide optical gyroscope includes a laser, two detectors, a set of couplers and a set of waveguides. The laser generates a light beam. A first waveguide guides the light beam to travel in a first direction, and a second waveguide guides the light beam to travel in a second direction. The first and second waveguides are coupled to several ring waveguides via the couplers. The first detector detects the arrival of the light beam traveling from the first waveguide, and the second detector detects the arrival of the light beam traveling from the second waveguide. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328674 | HIGH-RESOLUTION SURFACE PLASMON MICROSCOPE WITH HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETRY IN RADIAL POLARIZATION MODE - The present invention relates to a high-resolution scanning surface-plasmon microscope including a source (LG) of coherent light and a medium for coupling and confining a surface plasmon including an objective (O, O | 2010-12-30 |
20100328675 | OPTICAL MEASURING ELEMENT HAVING A SINGLE-PIECE STRUCTURE - An optical measuring element measures forces in at least one direction. The measuring element has a single-piece structure. There is an outside wall with notches introduced therein. Each notch defines parallel edges, and the notches define more or less elastically flexible zones in the structure and constitute the only connection between a first region and a second region of the structure. For optical distance measurements between the two regions of the structure, one or more optical fibers are each attached with one end thereof to a region of the structure such that reflective surfaces are located close to the ends. The reflective surfaces are firmly connected to another region. The optical fibers are disposed on the outside wall. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328676 | METHOD FOR DETECTING IMPURITIES ON A SURFACE - A method is provided for detecting not fully set coatings and liquid or smearing impurities on a surface, in which in a first step a film is pressed onto a surface of a coating using a predefined press-on pressure, the film having a relative motion with respect to the surface of the coating, thereafter the film is pulled off the surface of the coating and finally it is determined whether impurities are adhering to the film. A device is also provided for performing the method, including at least one film, which may be pressed against a surface to be tested, at least one press-on roller having a surface by which the film is pressed against the coating, and at least one device for determining whether there are impurities adhering to the film. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328677 | Estimating spectral distribution of reflections from object surface based on low frequency illumination - A system for estimating the specular roughness of points on a surface of an object may include a lighting system, an image capture system and a computer processing system. The lighting system may be configured to illuminate the surface of the object at different times with different illumination patterns. Each illumination pattern may illuminate the surface from a plurality of different directions and form an intensity gradient having an order of no more than two. The image capture system may be configured to capture an image of the surface of the object when illuminated by each of the different illumination patterns at each of the different times. The computer processing system may be configured to compute the specular roughness of each point on the surface of the object based on the images captured by the image capture system. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328678 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF AN ANATOMICAL IMPRESSION - A system and method reconstruct an anatomical impression. The system contains a light signal generating device for generating a light signal directed toward a synthetic test body having the anatomical impression. The light signal is directed toward the synthetic test body such that the light signal is attenuated upon passing through the synthetic test body. A sensor captures the attenuated light signal through the synthetic test body and converts the captured attenuated light signal into digitized image information. The system further includes a digital reconstruction device for reconstructing the digitized image information based on measurement of light attenuation to generate a three-dimensional volume of the anatomical impression. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328679 | Method and System for Device Identification - Disclosed is a medical device susceptible of identification using interference patterns. A source signal may be directed from an energy source towards the surface of a device for reflection therefrom. An interference pattern may be detected from the surface of the device, such as by a sensor. A determination as to whether a match exists between the representation of the interference pattern and a stored representation of an interference pattern may be performed. If a match exists, the device may be identified based on the stored representation of the interference pattern. Otherwise, a representation of the interference pattern may be stored and a unique identifier may be assigned to the stored representation of the interference pattern. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328680 | OPTICAL SENSOR - An optical sensor ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100328681 | DISPLACEMENT ENCODER INCLUDING PHOSPHOR ILLUMINATION SOURCE - A position sensing optical encoder includes an illumination source that operates by providing primary radiation having a first level of intensity uniformity to saturate at least a portion of a relatively broad phosphor area including uniformly distributed phosphor. The phosphor area absorbs the primary radiation and emits phosphor radiation to illuminate the encoder scale pattern. The scale pattern spatially modulates the phosphor light, and the spatially modulated pattern of phosphor light is sensed by a photodetector arrangement. Due at least partially to saturation of the phosphor, the phosphor light has a second level of phosphor light intensity uniformity that is more uniform than the first level of primary light intensity uniformity, which enhances the encoder accuracy. The uniform phosphor illumination intensity is economically provided over a broad area with few components and minimized optical path length, particularly for path length perpendicular to the scale. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328682 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A three-dimensional measurement apparatus comprises: a model holding unit configured to hold a three-dimensional shape model of a measurement object; a determination unit configured to determine a distance measurement region on the measurement object based on information indicating a three-dimensional shape of the measurement object; an illumination unit configured to irradiate the measurement object with a predetermined illumination pattern; an image sensing unit configured to sense an image of the measurement object while the illumination unit irradiates the measurement object; a distance calculation unit configured to calculate distance information indicating a distance from the image sensing unit to the measurement object based on region corresponding to the distance measurement region within the sensed image; and a position and orientation calculation unit configured to calculate a position and orientation of the measurement object based on the distance information and the three-dimensional shape model. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328683 | THICKNESS DETECTING MECHANISM - A thickness detecting mechanism is provided for detecting a thickness of a to-be-measured article. The thickness detecting mechanism includes a detecting arm and an optical displacement sensing module. The detecting arm is moved as the to-be-measured article is sustained against the detecting arm. The detecting arm includes a surface. The optical displacement sensing module detects the surface of the detecting arm when the detecting arm is respectively located in a first position and a second position. According to the displacement amount of the detecting arm from the first position to the second position, the thickness of the to-be-measured article is acquired. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328684 | COLOR DETECTION DURING DOCUMENT ANALYSIS PRIOR TO PRINTING - In a print shop system including a plurality of printers and a print shop management server which manages print jobs, an improved method is described for detecting color components in a document page for purposes of assigning the document to appropriate printers for printing. First, each page element is analyzed without rasterizing the page. If a raster image is colored, its location and size are added to an image information list. If a non-raster graphical element overlaps a raster image previously stored in the image information list, the overlapped raster image is removed from the list. After analyzing all page elements of the page, if any raster image remains in the image information list, the page is marked as colored. Otherwise, the page is rasterized to detect colored using a conventional method. The resolution used for page rasterization may be controlled by a user. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328685 | IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD - An image-processing device includes: an acquiring unit that acquires image data representing a document which includes a plurality of pages; an extracting unit that extracts, from the acquired image data, a character area in a first page that is at least one of the plurality of pages; and an output unit that outputs first partial image data within the extracted character area associated with the acquired image data of a second page other than the first page, the second page determined by having a character area corresponding to the extracted character area in the first page. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328686 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - When printing by generating a composite low-frequency image based on an input image, performing dodging processing, and changing a size of the input image to an output image size, if the output image size is much smaller than the input image size, wastefulness occurs in the composite processing of the low-frequency image, and the overall performance of the printing process deteriorates. To solve these problems, a plurality of blurry images having a different blurriness level from an input image are generated, print setting information to be used in printing of the input image is input, a size of a composite low-frequency image is calculated based on the print setting information, a composite low-frequency image is generated in the calculated size from the plurality of blurry images, and dodging processing is performed on the input image using the generated composite low-frequency image. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328687 | REGISTERING APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, REGISTERING PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM AND REGISTERING METHOD - A registering apparatus includes: a first image data acquiring unit that acquires first image data from a first region on a recording medium; a second image data acquiring unit that acquires second image data from a second region that includes the first region; a third image data acquiring unit that acquires third image data from a third region that does not include the first region and differs from the second region when a correlation value between the second image data and the first image data is equal to or greater than a predetermined first threshold value; and a registering unit that registers the first image data as registration data that are image data to be used in authentication of the recording medium when a correlation value between the third image data and the first image data is equal to or less than a second threshold value. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328688 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The image processing apparatus includes: a color conversion unit color-converting an image signal of a first color space into that of a second color space with a color conversion characteristic defining a correspondence relationship between the image signals; an adjustment unit adjusting the image signal of the second color space with adjustment conversion factor groups that is for adjusting it in accordance with a change in the color conversion characteristic, and is set for respective types of sheets on which an image is to be printed according to the image signal of the second color space; a calculation unit calculating the adjustment conversion factor groups; a memory storing an associating factor group associating, with each other, the adjustment conversion factor groups; and an update unit updating the adjustment conversion factor groups according to the calculated adjustment conversion factor group of one sheet and the stored associating factor group. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328689 | Host device and image forming apparatus controlled by host device, and peripheral device control method - A peripheral device control method of the host device includes receiving setting information regarding one or more peripheral devices which are previously found as a result of searching and storing the received setting information, displaying a setting information list using the stored setting information, and displaying a user interface (UI) to represent one of first to third universal drivers which matches a target peripheral device selected from the setting information list, wherein the one or more peripheral devices include at least one image forming apparatus, at least one image scanning apparatus and at least one image transceiving apparatus, and wherein the first to third universal drivers share the stored setting information. Therefore, there is no need to search for peripheral devices for each universal driver program. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328690 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing device processes image data, which expresses an image and is edited to image data including, in correspondence with each pixel of the image, a pixel value field that holds a pixel value of the pixel and an attribute value field that holds an attribute value. The image processing device includes a first and a second image processing module, and a connection module that is connected to the first and second image processing modules, and moves the image data from one image processing module to the other image processing module. At least one of the image processing modules has a first function to output an image processing result for a pixel value of the input image data as an output pixel value, and a second function to output an image processing result for a pixel value of the input image data as an output attribute value. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328691 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING A CONTROL PROGRAM FOR AN IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING COLOR PROFILES, AND AN EVALUATION METHOD OF COLOR ADJUSTMENT RESULTS BY AN IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING COLOR PROFILES - The control program of the present invention causes an image processing device to execute the steps of: executing a color conversion process on image data containing various color patches (S | 2010-12-30 |
20100328692 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To shift an image in order to prevent the image from overlapping with a finishing position, the amount of shift for preventing the overlap may be increased and a desired result of layout may not be obtained. In addition, if the image is not shifted in order to obtain the desired result of layout, the image may overlap with the finishing position and toner or the like may come off. When it is determined that a position where the finishing process is to be executed overlaps with a content data placement area, an avoidance area where printing is not performed is placed at a position in which the position where the finishing process is to be executed overlaps with the content data placement area without changing the position and size of the content data placement area. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328693 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ITS METHOD, AND CONTROL METHOD - An ICC profile includes brief gloss information indicating glossy/matte attribute as attribute information, however, gloss matching cannot be performed with the 2 options. In a case where embedding of glossiness information into the ICC profile is designated, glossiness information is obtained from a color chart placed on an original plate of a color copier, and the obtained glossiness information is described in a private tag of the ICC profile. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328694 | OUTPUT CONTROL DATA GENERATING DEVICE, DATA GENERATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An output control data generating device for controlling an output device includes a character selection unit that receives a selection of a desired character code set and a desired character from a group containing at least one character code set that can be used on the output control data generating device; a font selection unit that receives a selection of output font data, which is information for outputting the selected character to the output device, from among a plurality of different font groups disposed to the output device; a mapping unit that produces a font group definition file that stores the selected character mapped to the output font data; and an output control unit that controls output to the output device, using the font group definition file. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328695 | BOOKLET PAGE TURNING APPARATUS, BOOKLET PAGE TURNING METHOD, AND ID PRINTING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a control device which controls to, after the feed device has fed the booklet so as to bring the page on the other surface side of the booklet into contact with the contact roller unit and fold the page on the other surface side, feed the booklet to the page turning position again. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328696 | ADMINISTRATION DEVICE - An administration device may comprise a first acquisition unit and a second acquisition unit. The first acquisition unit may sequentially acquire an M1 type of object information from the first device by sequentially making requests to the first device for N1 types of object information. The M1 type of object information is a part of the N1 types of object information. The second acquisition unit may newly acquire the M1 type of object information from the first device by making a request to the first device for the M1 type of object information, without sequentially making requests to the first device for the N1 types of object information. In a case where the second device is a device equivalent to the first device, the second acquisition unit may acquire the M1 type of object information from the second device by making a request to the second device for the M1 type of object information, without sequentially making requests to the second device for the N1 types of object information. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328697 | PRINTING METHOD, PRINTING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - In the conventional printing application, it is impossible to easily overview which image is printed in which page, so that there is a drawback that a user is required to perform the printing while imagining printing result. An idea for more quickly providing the printing result at the same time when the printing is performed by simple operation has not been sufficiently made. In order to solve the problems, a printing apparatus includes decoding means for, before the an instruction is given, decoding the image to be printed in at least a first sheet with the layout selected by layout selecting means among images selected by image selecting means and printing controlling means for effecting the printing of image data decoded by the decoding means, and a printing method includes steps to be executed in the printing apparatus. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328698 | JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT REALIZES NOTIFICATION APPROPRIATE TO INTENTION OF USER AND USAGE ENVIRONMENT, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A job processing apparatus that enables a user to change conditions for determining whether or not there is a high possibility that a job processing result will not be normal, and thus realizes notification appropriate to user's intentions and usage environment. When a job is to be executed, it is determined whether or not predetermined conditions will be satisfied by executing the job. When it is determined that the predetermined conditions will be satisfied by executing the job, the user is notified that there is a high possibility that an image will not be correctly printed. The predetermined conditions are changed in accordance with an instruction received from the user. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328699 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - In an image processing apparatus, a waiting time until power supply to a storage unit is stopped is suitably set corresponding to a type of input job and a state of power supply to the storage unit when the job has been input. A first waiting time is set if power is not supplied to the storage unit when the job has been input in a case where the input job is a first type of job. A second waiting time is set regardless of whether power is supplied to the storage unit when the job has been input in a case where the input job is a second type of job. Power supplied to the storage unit is controlled to stop when the waiting time has elapsed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328700 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus having a display unit for displaying a program which can be executed in the apparatus so as to be identified is disclosed. The apparatus has: an input unit for inputting a program into the image forming apparatus; a display control unit for controlling a process for displaying select keys including a plurality of select keys to instruct a selection of a desired one of a plurality of programs stored in the image forming apparatus onto a display screen displayed on the display unit; and a discriminating unit for discriminating whether the select key to instruct a selection of the program inputted by the input unit can be further displayed onto the first display screen to display the select keys corresponding to the programs registered in the image forming apparatus in response to the input of the program from the input unit or not. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328701 | Performing an Action Using a Printed Medium - A method of performing an action is disclosed. The method starts by sensing a print medium to obtain data encoded on a surface of the print medium. The data encodes at least a print media identifier. The print medium has a representation of a document printed thereon. The print media identifier is determined from the data and a digital copy of the document corresponding to the representation is retrieved. The digital copy is associated with the print media identifier and includes one or more hyperlinks. The digital copy of the document is displayed and a selection of one of the hyperlinks is received from a user. A predefined action designated by the selected hyperlink is then performed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328702 | Printer and Scale for Handling RFID Labels - A label printer for handling labels with RFID tags includes one or more advantageous features such as locating an RF encoder unit antenna in position to read and/or write to label antennas after the label antennas have exited a label output slot of the printer, providing light elements to indicate status of a read and/or write operation to a label RFID tag or a voiding step to void labels when a read and/or write operation is unsuccessful. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328703 | USER-CONTROLLED COLOR DETECTION AND OPTIMIZATION DURING DOCUMENT ANALYSIS PRIOR TO PRINTING - In a print shop system including a plurality of printers and a print shop management server which manages print jobs, an improved method is described for controlling a document color detection method for purposes of assigning documents to appropriate printers for printing. A user interface is provided for the user to specify a set of criteria for selectively forwarding the color detection task to another server or for rejecting the print job. In a first embodiment, if one or more specified criteria are met, the print shop management server forwards the print job to another server to perform color detection. In a second embodiment, if one or more specified criteria are met, the print shop management server rejects the print job and notifies the user. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328704 | STACKING PRINT JOBS BEFORE FINAL PRINT - A system for producing continuous print jobs, which includes a printing unit which prints an image and a client computer having executable instructions for creating a print job for producing a continuous print job. The executable instructions include activating a continuous print mode from a list of print properties within a printer driver user interface, and wherein the continuous print mode stacks at least two print jobs in a print job queue until instructed to print; sending at least two print jobs to the print job queue; selecting a final print format for each of the at least two print jobs; processing and formatting each of the at least two print jobs into a single combined print job; and printing the single combined print job. The printing unit and the client computer are connected via a network and/or direct connection. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328705 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC SHARING AND CUSTOMIZATION IN A FLEET OF MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICES - A method and system for enabling automatic service sharing and custom user interface features in a fleet of multi-function devices. EIP (Extensible Interface Platform) services can be registered via a peer-to-peer discovery subsystem associated with a multi-function device grid infrastructure. EIP service registration information can be submitted and stored in the grid infrastructure. The multi-function devices can be equipped with an enterprise EIP client, which can query the discovery subsystem and apply a corporate policy. The discovery subsystem detects the optimal instance of the service based on loading and availability factors and then returns a reference with respect to the services that allows access to enhanced services. Such an approach enables a fleet of multi-function devices to dynamically discover EIP services and auto populate service options to provide increased capability, reduced complexity, and improved speed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328706 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MESSAGE BASED DETERMINATION OF PRINTER CAPABILITIES - Methods disclosed facilitate the obtaining of printer information using commonly available messaging techniques such as e-mail. In some embodiments, the method comprises receiving an email message, wherein the e-mail message includes at least one query requesting information about at least one sub-state of a printer, wherein the printer state is comprised of a plurality of sub-states and the at least one sub-state is one of the plurality of printer sub-states. Information pertaining to the at least one sub-state is obtained and a response is sent to the e-mail request. The e-mail response can include information pertaining to the at least one sub-state. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328707 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MESSAGE BASED DETERMINATION OF PRINTER CAPABILITIES - Methods disclosed facilitate the identification of printers from among a plurality of network accessible printers based on information about at least one printer sub-state using commonly available messaging techniques such as e-mail. In some embodiments, an email message, which includes queries with search criteria pertaining to the at least one printer sub-state, is received and a sub-state database is queried based on the search criteria pertaining to the printer sub-state to obtain a set of printers that satisfy the search criteria. The sub-state database comprises information that correlates printer identification information with corresponding printer sub-state information of the plurality of network accessible printers. The response to the query is used to respond to the e-mail request with the e-mail response including identification information about printers in the set of printers that satisfy the search criteria. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328708 | PRINTING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING FILE PRINTING TIME - A printing method for calculating printing time of printing a file is provided. The printing method includes following steps. Obtaining the file size, page count of the file, and a plurality of printing parameters stored in a BIOS chip. Calculating an actual printing time and a waiting time between pages of the file according to the file size and pages, and the printing parameters. The sum printing time is displayed. Also, a printing system is provided in present disclosure. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328709 | SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A supply control device includes: a deciding unit that decides an order of plural containers that supply recording media to an image-forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a specifying unit that specifies one of the plural containers; a determining unit that determines for each of the plural containers whether recording media stored in the container are available for forming an image, in the order decided by the deciding unit, in which the container specified by the specifying unit is set as a starting point; and a supply unit that retrieves a recording medium from a container whose recording media have been determined by the determining unit to be available for forming an image, and supplies the recording medium to the image-forming unit. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328710 | CONTROLLER, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A controller includes: a sub-control substrate that includes a first memory storing first control information to be used for controlling at least one of a plurality of modules of a processing apparatus, and controls the at least one of the plurality of modules by using the stored first control information while the controller is connected to the processing apparatus; and a main control substrate that includes a second memory and controls an operation of the sub-control substrate; and wherein: if a first operation is performed, the main control substrate acquires second control information that is to be used for controlling at least one of the plurality of modules and is determined from the first control information, and stores the acquired second control information in the second memory, when the controller is connected to the processing apparatus, and a second operation is performed, the main control substrate supplies the second control information stored in the second memory to another controller included in the processing apparatus, and stores the second control information in the another controller. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328711 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINTER, AND PROGRAM - A print system provided with an information processor and a printer communicably connected to the information processor. The information processor comprises a transmit section for transmitting a plural sets of print data. The printer comprises a receiving section for receiving the print data transmitted from the transmit section; a storage section for storing the print data received by the receiving section; a printing section for printing the print data stored in the storage section; a determination section for determining whether the printing by the printing section is completed or not; and a control section for controlling the printing section not to print the print data transmitted as the second set when the printing of the print data transmitted as the first set is completed, and to print the print data transmitted as the second set when the printing of the print data transmitted as the first set. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328712 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus including: a requiring section which transmits a requirement for establishing a state in which and the communication apparatus and a first communication apparatus are communicable with each other via an internet line, to the first communication apparatus via the internet line; a communication establishing section which establishes the state; a calling section which transmits a dial signal to an exchanger via the telephone line and calls a to-be-called apparatus, when the communication establishing section has established the state; a notifying section which transmits a notification about calling of the communication apparatus, to the first communication apparatus via the internet line after the calling section has called; a receiving section which receives an acknowledgment signal transmitted via the internet line from the first communication apparatus having received the notification; and a communication controlling section which controls the communication with the to-be-called apparatus via the telephone line. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328713 | MODULAR TRANSACTION PRINTER - A modular transaction printer for generating financial transaction records such as gaming vouchers and coupons. The printer uses self-contained expansion modules that plug into a printer port for easy in-field upgradeability. The printer includes a mechanical package to allow modules to be inserted from the printer exterior, an electrical interface to allow modules to communicate with the printer electronics, and a latching mechanism to secure the modules to the printer for easy connect and disconnect from the printer body. Each module includes dynamic memory, non-volatile memory, processor circuitry necessary to accomplish a port or an interface with an outside host device, and a standard bus style interface method for interchangeable expansion modules. By using interchangeable expansion modules, a printer can be configured as a base or basic model. Then depending on configuration requirements, the interchangeable modules can be securely attached to the printer. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328714 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLER THEREFOR - A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, said computer program configured to control a controller to: output, to a display driver, data for causing the display driver to drive a display of a printing apparatus to display, in a first area of the display, a plurality of images including a first image, wherein the plurality of images are representative of a plurality of respective different types of label data field, and to display a second image representative of the appearance of a label medium occupying a second area of the display that is different from the first area; and in response to receiving, from a selector, information comprising data representative of an operation of the selector by a user to select the first image and data representative of a position within the second area, output, to the display driver, data for causing the display driver to drive the display to display a revised version of the second image representative of the appearance of the label medium; wherein the revised version of the second image comprises a label data field of the type of label data field of which the first image is representative, and wherein the label data field comprised in the revised version of the second image is located at a location determined in dependence on said position within the second area. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328715 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that realizes fast image processing in a distribution system equipped with a single mass storage device that reduces the cost for required hardware, and a method for controlling such an image processing apparatus. To accomplish this, the image processing apparatus includes a mainboard, a subboard connected to the mainboard via a bus, and a hard disk | 2010-12-30 |
20100328716 | PRINT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A print processing apparatus comprises the image processing unit including a plurality of image processing sections that correspond respectively to the plurality of kinds of image processes; a generation unit configured to generate a preview image based on a result of processing by the image processing unit; a display unit configured to display the preview image generated by the generation unit; a use-situation identification unit configured to identify a use situation of the image processing sections; and a selection unit configured to select a preview method from among a plurality of preview methods for generating the preview image, according to the use situation identified by the use-situation identification unit, the selected preview method using an image processing section that is available in the identified use situation of the image processing section. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328717 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In an image forming device including a processor unit, a first screen generating part generates a screen to be displayed on an operation panel and displays the screen on the operation panel. A second screen generating part generates screen data to be displayed on an information processing device and transmits the screen data to the information processing device. An application managing part selects, in response to a request of execution of an application, one of the first and second screen generating parts as a candidate for use of the application based on a source inputting the request. The first and second screen generating parts are configured to receive a request of generation of a screen using a common interface, and the application inputs through the common interface the request to the selected one of the first and second screen generating parts. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328718 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes: a paper feed part; a conveying path conveying paper from the paper feed part; a transfer part transferring an image onto the paper; a registration roller timely delivering the paper to the transfer part; a paper detector detecting paper arrival at the registration roller; an image forming part starting image formation; an image processing part transmitting to the image forming part image data used for the image formation; and a control part, based on output of the paper detector, in a case where the paper detector has not detected the paper arrival at a check time point provided before a tip of the image arrives at the transfer part after the start of the image formation, delaying an image formation speed at the image forming part and an image data transmission speed of the image processing part. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328719 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUSTAINABLE PRINTING - A sustainable printing system includes an advertisement record having an information relating to a printable advertisement, a user record having information relating to a particular user, a printer for generating a visual output on a paper, a user interface in communication with the printer, the user interface including a processor for configuring the visual output generated by the printer in response to a comparison between the advertisement record and the user record. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328720 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is a data processing apparatus including an application execution unit that transmits job data; a print-request-source notification unit invoked by the application execution unit to report print-request-source information specifying a print request source; a virtual printer driver that is invoked upon receiving the job data, extracts job information specifying print settings from the job data, generates a work space for image conversion, and generates drawing data of a higher image format from the job data in the work space; and a transmission processing unit that is generated as a private instance for the job data, selects a printer driver corresponding to output-destination printer information associated with a client or a user of the client, instructs the selected printer driver to print the drawing data, and displays transmission destination information and/or print information determined for the job data on the print request source. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328721 | PRINT JOB MANAGING APPARATUS, PRINT JOB MANAGING SYSTEM, AND PRINT JOB MANAGING METHOD - Setting information for generating a print job is acquired for plural print jobs. Print job data corresponding to the respective plural print jobs are separately generated on the basis of the acquired setting information in a predetermined document file format that can be edited in at least any one of print job unit, document unit included in the job data, and page unit included in the document. Generated plural job data are stored in a predetermined storage area. The stored plural job data are combined into single job data of the predetermined document file format. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328722 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus to obtain image data and print information including a setting value to generate an added image synthesized to the image data and to form an image based on the obtained image data, the image forming apparatus including: a control section to generate the added image based on the setting value included in the print information and to synthesize the generated added image with the image data to form an image. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328723 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A system accurately performs function restriction on a user-by-user basis, even in the case of an image processing function that is realizable with use of a plurality of apparatuses. To accomplish this, the image processing system includes a user restriction information management apparatus that has function restriction information and an image processing apparatus that has related restriction information. The image processing apparatus performs a user-designated function based on restriction content of the function restriction information and the related restriction information. There are cases where a restriction function, which is a function that is restricted by the function restriction information, can be realized by combining a plurality of other functions that are different from the restriction function, and related restriction information refers to information for restricting the usage of such other functions. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328724 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a processing block, a first control block, and a second control block. The first control block issues a write request signal for inputting a first write pulse to a register of the processing block. The second control block issues a second write pulse cliffs differing from the first write pulse with timing independent of the first control block. The processing block includes the register, a write pulse generating circuit which generates the first write pulse according to the write request signal from the first control block, and a switching circuit which selects either the first write pulse or the second write pulse and inputs the selected pulse to the register. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328725 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DESIGN WITH INTENT METADATA - Systems and methods for automatically assigning items to printable media are disclosed. A computer readable medium is in communication with a computing device and includes programming instructions for electronically obtaining a first template that includes a plurality of first content items, each including a first content area. For each first content item, first content area properties and first content item properties are identified. A second template including a plurality of second content areas is electronically obtained. For each second content area, second content area properties, second content item properties and content rules are automatically identified. For each first content item, it may be determined whether a first content item corresponds to a second content area based on the rules. The first content item may be automatically assigned to the second content area. A representation of each assigned content item may be printed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328726 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CAPTURE OF DOCUMENT METADATA AND DOCUMENT IMAGING - The present invention comprises a hardware/software combination that is configured to provide for automated capture of metadata associated with paper-based documents. A “reservation” for the metadata and a digital image of the paper-based document is created whenever a digital image of a paper-based document is to be associated with a computer record. The relevant metadata is automatically captured from a computer screen and is then stored in a previously created database record associated with the reservation. Additionally, the metadata can also be associated with a later-captured digital image of the paper-based document by placing a label on the paper-based document. The label contains identifying information for the reservation and this information becomes embedded in the digital image of the paper-based document, which is subsequently created by scanning the paper-based document bearing the label. The subsequently created digital image can then be related to the appropriate metadata by extracting the reservation identification information from the label embedded in the digital image. The overall process provides for automated capturing of metadata and then relating the metadata to a subsequently created digital image of the paper-based document, thereby reducing errors and increasing efficiency by minimizing human interaction in the process. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328727 | IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a quadrangular or polygonal area setting unit that sets a quadrangular or polygonal area that surrounds a group of pixels that has predetermined characteristics for image data; a background setting unit that measures frequency distribution of tone values outside the quadrangular or polygonal area, measures a brightest tone value B in a margin range, which is a range of tone values in which the image data is distributed significantly, measures a most frequent value M in the margin range, and sets a background range, which is a range that includes the most frequent value M as a median point and further includes the brightest tone value B as one end of the range; a black edge statistics unit that measures frequency distribution of tone values of black edge inside the quadrangular or polygonal area and measures a greatest brightness value b in a black edge range, which is a range of tone values in which the black edge is distributed significantly. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328728 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a LVBC extraction unit configured to make a determination as to copy restriction based on the LVBC, a copy restricted image pattern analysis unit configured to make a determination as to the copy restriction based on the copy restricting information, a job control unit configured to decide whether the copying of the copy target image is permitted or prohibited by referring to the determination result by the copy restricted image pattern analysis unit based on the determination result of the LVBC extraction unit, and a print unit configured to output the copy target image in a case where the deciding unit decides that the copying of the copy target image is permitted. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328729 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE PROGRAM THEREOF - The image reading apparatus, which is capable of communicating with the electrical paper displaying an image based on image data, is configured to select whether the image displayed on the electrical paper is read based on a size of the electrical paper or a size of the image data, when the image is read, and to instruct the electrical paper to change a display content of the image to be displayed on the electrical paper, in accordance with a result of the selection. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328730 | IMAGE READING LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - Provided is a fast image reading lens system capable of achieving compactness and satisfactorily correcting various aberrations. The image reading lens system includes, in order from an object side: a positive first lens of which a convex surface faces toward the object side; a second lens formed as a biconcave lens; a third lens formed as a biconvex lens; a positive fourth lens of which a convex surface faces toward an image side; and a negative fifth lens of which a convex surface faces toward the image side. Assuming that a focal length of the whole lens system is f, a focal length of the fourth lens is f | 2010-12-30 |
20100328731 | OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an optical beam scanning apparatus and an image forming apparatus equipped with the optical beam scanning apparatus of the present invention, plural optical members that irradiate scanning lines by laser beams (beams) emitted from plural light sources individually onto corresponding photoconductive drums are disposed within an optical unit housing and a housing cover, a fixing mechanism configured to fix part of a parallel plate provided within the optical unit housing and the housing cover is provided, and a twist angle adjusting mechanism configured to adjust an angle of twist of the parallel plate by rotating, in a specific direction, the parallel plate having the part thereof being fixed with the fixing mechanism is provided. According to the optical beam scanning apparatus and the image forming apparatus equipped with the optical beam scanning apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to adjust the curve and the inclination of the scanning line with ease and at high accuracy. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328732 | HEXAGONAL SITE LINE SCANNING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A scanning technique for imaging sites in an array includes illuminating or irradiating sites in lines of the array, and collecting returned radiation from the sites for imaging. The sites are sequentially scanned by means of confocally directed radiation lines from source optics. The orientation of the radiation lines with respect to the lines of sites in the array is such that the distance between nearest edges of sites in adjacent lines is greater than lines through those edges in a direction parallel to the radiation lines used for scanning The resulting system experiences less crosstalk and a greater ability to distinguish between neighboring sites in resulting images. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328733 | Tetra-mirror multi-reflection scanning module - The present invention discloses an image scanning module having four reflecting mirrors, the image scanning module comprises at least one source, four reflection mirrors, a pickup lens, an image sensor and a frame, wherein at least one of reflection mirror is multi-reflection along the optical path, satisfies the specific optical conditions. The TTL (total tracking length) can only be adjusted through the arrangement of the distance of the four reflecting mirrors and will not need to adjust through the angle of the four reflecting mirrors. Accordingly, the benefit of present invention not only increases the field of depth by increasing the total length of optical path in the limited space, but also be convenient to assemble respectively to different total tracking length. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328734 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus including a sheet conveyance unit that conveys the sheet via a conveyance path; a reading unit, which is movable within a reading area; an image data generation control unit that is configured to control: the reading unit to read the sheet at the reading position while conveying the sheet through the reading position so as to generate an entire image data of the sheet; and generate an entire image data of the sheet; a determination data generation control unit that is configured to: control the reading unit to read the sheet by the image data generation control unit; and generate a partial image data of the sheet including the leading end portion as a determination data; and a determination unit that determines whether or not a state of conveyance of the sheet is normal based on the determination data. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328735 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a timing predicting unit that predicts a reading-start-timing by detecting a front-end and predicts a reading-end-timing by detecting a back-end, an image reading unit that generates density data, a line density data classification unit, a first, second and third specific density data storage units, a determination unit that determines whether or not a foreign substance is attached to a reading position, and a peak density position specifying unit. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328736 | Optical reader apparatus - To provide an image reading apparatus for enabling an optical carriage movably supported in a rail member to be locked reliably in a predetermined position of an apparatus frame without causing failure by shock in transport, one of the apparatus frame and optical carriage is provided with a lock member traveling between a release position and a lock position, and a biasing member for biasing the lock member in a predetermined direction, and the other one is provided with an engagement receiving portion being fitted with an engagement portion formed in the lock member. Then, the engagement portion and the engagement receiving portion are configured to inhibit movements in the scanning direction of the optical carriage in the lock position, and the biasing force of the biasing member is concurrently configured to act on the carriage in the direction orthogonal to the scanning direction so as to increase friction between the carriage and a traveling rail. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328737 | Sheet Feeding Device and Original Sheet Conveying Device Employing the Same - A sheet feeding device, which is configured to feed stacked sheets one by one in a sheet feed direction, is provided with a sheet tray configured to accommodate the stacked sheets, a feed-out roller protruded from the sheet tray and configured to feed the stacked sheets from the sheet tray, a feed-out nip member arranged above and opposite to the feed-out roller, the feed-out nip member being configured to contact an uppermost sheet of the stacked sheets and bias the sheets toward the feed-out roller, a separation unit located on a downstream side, in the sheet feed direction, of the feed-out roller, the separation unit separating a lowermost sheet from the stacked sheets fed by the feed-out roller, and a friction member configured to contact the uppermost sheet of the stacked sheets at a position different from a position where the feed-out nip member contacts the uppermost sheet. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328738 | DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE AND DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A document conveying device, include a conveyance roller which conveys a document that is attached to a conveyance roller shaft; and a flywheel connected to the conveyance roller shaft. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328739 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A aspect of the invention is an image scanning apparatus including: a document feeder configured to sequentially feed document sheets stacked in the document feeder; an image scanning unit configured to scan the document sheets fed by the document feeder and to output image data thereof; a memory configured to store therein the image data; a detector configured to detect a failure of feeding the document sheets by the document feeder; a notifier configured to report the feeding failure when the detector detects the feeding failure; and a display unit configured to display the image data stored in the memory, upon detection of the feeding failure. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328740 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING - Spectral power distribution of an illumination is restored using color information in a region of the specific object in an input image and a pre-specified representative surface reflectance of the specific object. The surface reflectance in the region of the specific object is restored from the color information and the spectral power distribution of the illumination. The surface reflectance is corrected using three or more pre-specified reference surface reflectances of the specific object. The color in the region of the specific object is calculated from the spectral power distribution of the illumination and the corrected surface reflectance. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328741 | HOLOGRAPHIC DEVICE - A device comprising an authentication hologram recorded within a defined volume of a holographic recording medium, wherein the authentication hologram is configured to convey authentication information; wherein the authentication hologram comprises a plurality of related volumetric holograms recorded within the defined volume; and wherein the holographic recording medium comprises an optically transparent plastic material and a photochemically active dye. In one embodiment, all the holograms are identical. In one embodiment, the holograms are different. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328742 | HOLOGRAM, HOLOGRAM DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - The present invention provides a hologram which forms a light intensity distribution on a predetermined plane by using an incident light. The hologram includes a plurality of cells configured to control both a phase of a first polarized light component of the incident light and a phase of a second polarized light component. The plurality of cells are designed to form a portion in an overlap region in which a first light intensity distribution region formed on the predetermined plane by the first polarized light component and a second light intensity distribution region formed on the predetermined plane by the second polarized light component are superposed on each other. The phase of the first polarized light component is diffused in the portion formed in the overlap region. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328743 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system comprising a substrate and disposed on said substrate a replica layer, characterised in that a functionality selected from the group consisting of grating, volume Bragg grating, holographic, diffractive, non-periodic structure, optical polarizer, micro lens and gradient index lens is incorporated in the substrate. The object of the present invention is therefore to provide an optical system in which elements which previously played a passive part are given an active role in order to thus realise desired properties of the optical system. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328744 | OPTICAL LOGIC DEVICE - An all optical logic circuit includes a micro-ring resonator ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100328745 | OPTICAL SCANNER, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING OPTICAL SCANNER AND DRIVING METHOD OF OPTICAL SCANNER - An optical scanner including a base body, a drive unit, a deflection status detector and a controller is provided. The base body has a non-linear frequency characteristic and has a first resonance frequency and a second resonance frequency. The controller includes a first upsweep unit which upsweeps a drive frequency from a frequency lower than the first resonance frequency; a dropping phenomenon detector which detects the dropping phenomenon; a target drive frequency determination unit which determines a frequency lower than a frequency at which the dropping phenomenon is detected, as a target drive frequency; a second upsweep unit which upsweeps the drive frequency toward the target drive frequency from a frequency lower than the first resonance frequency; and an adjustment unit which adjusts the drive frequency of the drive signal to keep the deflection status at the target drive frequency after the operation of the second upsweep unit. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328746 | COMPENSATING FOR VOICE COIL THERMAL EXPANSION IN A MICROARRAY SCANNER - A lens stage for use in a scanning system is provided. In certain embodiments, the lens stage comprises: a) a support comprising a first rail and a second rail, in which the first rail and the second rail are mounted to the support in parallel; and b) a linearly moveable lens assembly comprising: i) a voice coil comprising a moving coil that moves in a direction parallel to the rails; ii) a lens; iii) a bracket that is attached to: a) the moving coil and b) the lens, and moveably engaged with the rails via a set of bearing cars; and iv) means to reduce force exerted on the set of bearing cars due to thermal expansion of the moving coil. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328747 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER ELEMENT, SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAY, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A surface emitting laser element is disclosed. The surface emitting laser element includes a resonator structural body including an active layer, first and second semiconductor distributed Bragg reflectors which sandwich the resonator structural body, and a confinement structure which can confine an injection current and a lateral mode of oscillation light at the same time by being formed with selective oxidation of a layer to be selectively oxidized containing aluminum in the first semiconductor distributed Bragg reflector. A thickness of the layer to be selectively oxidized is 28 nm, and a temperature when an oscillation threshold current becomes a minimum value is approximately 17° C. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328748 | TIR Light Valve - An array of light valves switch light by enabling and disabling total internal reflection (TIR) on a surface of the light valve. The disabling of the TIR is accomplished by putting another optical element in contact with the surface and then diffusing or changing the direction of the light. The mechanical mechanism to move the optical element is a simple one in that it only moves the optical element a small distance to change the valve from a first position to a second position. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328749 | OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH HIGH CONTRAST - An optical system is disclosed that includes a housing that has an interior, a reflective interior surface, and a first opening. The optical system further includes a spatial light modulator that is disposed proximate the first opening and a light source that is disposed within the interior of the housing. The spatial light modulator modulates the light that is emitted by the light source to form image rays. The optical system further includes a first light redirecting film that is disposed proximate the first opening between the spatial light modulator and the light source. The first light redirecting film recycles at least a portion of the light that is emitted by the light source. The optical system further includes an optically absorptive film that is disposed proximate the first opening between the spatial light modulator and the viewing position. The optically absorptive film receives the image rays from the spatial light modulator and displays the received image rays to the viewing position. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328750 | HIGH-SPEED OPTICAL MODULATOR AND METHOD OF MODULATING LIGHT BY USING THE SAME - Provided are a high-speed optical modulator and a method of modulating light by using the same. The optical modulator includes first and second resonance cavities that are sequentially stacked on a transparent substrate, wherein the first and second resonance cavities each include an electric-optical layer. According to the method, first and second voltages having different sizes are simultaneously applied respectively to the first and second resonance cavities, and then for the other configuration of the modulator mutually interchanged voltages are applied. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328751 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - An electrochromic display device including a substrate including a dividing wall and a concave portion surrounded by the dividing wall, a first conductive layer formed on a bottom surface of the concave portion, a second conductive layer formed on the dividing wall to electrically connect the first conductive layer within adjacent concave portions to each other in a predetermined direction, a third conductive layer disposed opposite to the first conductive layer, a first color-development layer and an electrolyte layer formed between the first conductive layer and the third conductive layer, and an insulating layer formed on the second conductive layer on the dividing wall. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328752 | CONTROL OF AN AUTOMATIC DARKENING FILTER - A protective automatic darkening filter (ADF) and an associated tool, such as a welding torch, are controlled by a corresponding communication unit. The invention helps to ensure that the tool is not activated before the ADF has reached its dark state. A communication channel between the communication unit and the ADF may be established using a wired or wireless medium. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328753 | Optical module, integrated semiconductor optical device and manufacturing method thereof - An integrated semiconductor optical device and an optical module capable of the high-speed and large-capacity optical transmission are provided. In an integrated semiconductor optical device in which a plurality of optical devices buried with semi-insulating semiconductor materials are integrated on the same semiconductor substrate and an optical module using the integrated semiconductor optical device, configurations (material and electrical characteristics) of the buried layers are made different for each of the optical devices. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328754 | LIGHT SOURCE WAVELENGTH MODULATOR - A light source wavelength modulator includes a substrate made of a material with a high light transmittance and a thermal conduction effect, a wavelength modulation layer formed on the substrate and made of a wavelength modulation material, and patternized or multilayered, and further having a spacer between the wavelength modulation layer and its corresponding light source for achieving the best light source wavelength modulation, such that a portion of light spectrum of an original solar light or LED having no response or poor response to the light receiver is converted into a range of the best application efficiency for improving the utility efficiency of the light source. The white light emitted from the LED is gone through a wavelength modulation to enhance the light emitting color rendering, conversion efficiency and using life. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328755 | APPARATUSES WITH ENHANCED LOW RANGE BIT DEPTH - A light modulator device includes a first electrical conduit, a second electrical conduit electrically isolated from the first conduit, a first display element, and a second display element. The first display element is in an actuated state when a voltage difference between the first conduit and the second conduit has a magnitude greater than a first actuation voltage and is in a released state when the voltage difference has a magnitude less than a first release voltage. The second display element is in an actuated state when the voltage difference has a magnitude greater than a second actuation voltage and is in a released state when the voltage difference has a magnitude less than a second release voltage. Either the actuation voltages are substantially equal and the release voltages are different, or the actuation voltages are different and the release voltages are substantially equal. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328756 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYING APPARATUS - An electrophoretic displaying apparatus, comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate placed opposite with a predetermined interval; a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged on the first substrate; signal lines arranged between the adjoining pixel electrodes; an opposed electrode provided on the second substrate; partition walls provided to stand toward the second substrate over the signal lines of the first substrate so as to enclose the plurality of pixel electrodes; and solvents severally containing a plurality of particles dispersed therein to be filled up in regions enclosed by the partition walls, wherein antireflective layer is formed on the first substrate correspondingly to the partition walls, and the signal lines is formed on a layer between the partition walls and the antireflective layer. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328757 | PROGRAMMABLE WINDOW: A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE OPACITY OF SMALL-SCALE AREAS WITHIN A LARGE-SCALE TRANSPARENT MEMBRANE - Disclosed is a system and method to affect natural lighting profiles in a programmable window made from a single transparent membrane, wherein the method comprises: forming a matrix comprising of pixel elements within the single transparent membrane, setting (in a programmable controller) a degree of shading in at least one pixel in the matrix, receiving control command(s) from the programmable controller and, in response to the control command(s), independently driving the pixel(s) within the single transparent membrane to set its/their opacity according to the degree of shading. The degree of shading in each pixel within the single transparent membrane is controlled by controlling percentage of light transmitted according to the control command(s) issued by the programmable controller. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328758 | Electrophoretic Display Device - A multi-stable electrophoretic display device has a plurality of pixels and comprises a first substrate and a second substrate. The substrates are spaced apart from each other and enclose a layer of an electrophoretic medium comprising a liquid crystal material having finely divided pigment particles dispersed therein. The device further comprises electrodes for formation of a pixel area outline and applying an electric field across at least some of the electrophoretic medium in the pixel area. The electrodes occupy substantially less than the entire field of view of the display pixels and can be used to effect switching between a first optical state in which most incident light on a pixel does not impinge on a pigment particle, and a second optical state in which most incident light on a pixel impinges on pigment particles. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328759 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHODS - Methods, systems and apparatus for manipulating electromagnetic radiation such as laser beams. A method and apparatus for correcting magnification chromatic aberration utilises one or more dispersive lenses such that long wavelength components are magnified less than short wavelength components. A telecentric relay is preferred to achieve this aim. Further, the use of polarisers to block the undesired zeroth order components of diffraction emanating from acousto-optic deflectors (AODs) is disclosed. Furthermore, specific designs of AOD including narrow transducer AODs which produce a diverging acoustic wave and AODs having two transducers and a selection switch are disclosed. Further, the invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for allowing the wavelength of radiation to be changed, for providing a user selectable degree of compensation, for providing a scanning and/or a pointing system and for providing a compact system that does not require telecentric relays between adjacent acousto-optic deflectors. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328760 | WAVEGUIDE PARAMETRIC DEVICE AND METHOD - A waveguide parametric device including a multi-mode waveguide having orientation layers formed in a propagation direction of a signal beam and a pump beam propagating down the waveguide. The orientation layers are oppositely oriented to provide non-linear coupling between the pump beam and the signal beam and have a periodicity that provides quasi-phase matching for a fundamental propagation mode, where the waveguide has a size to accommodate multi-mode wave propagation. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328761 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical parametric oscillator (OPO) comprises a resonant cavity for signal light, and an optically non-linear medium disposed in the resonant cavity for converting pump light into the signal light, wherein the resonant cavity is arranged so that in operation signal light is repeatedly output from and returned to the optically non-linear medium along a signal light path in a continuously repeating cycle, and the OPO comprises delay means for extending the time taken for signal light output from the optically non-linear medium in operation to return to the optically non-linear medium along the signal light path. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328762 | Radiation coating for silicon carbide components - A telescope mirror having a mirror substrate, a multi-layer thin film reflective coating of alternating layers of high and low index of refraction dielectric films and a thin metal film positioned between the mirror substrate and the multi-layer thin film reflective coating. In preferred embodiments the telescope is a satellite surveillance telescope and the mirror is designed to protect the telescope from blinding by a nuclear blast or proton radiation in the lower Van Allen belt. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328763 | OPTICAL FILTER FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical filter for a display device can be provided with excellent fracture strength without using heat-treated tempered glass. The optical filter is used in the display device having a display module therein and is disposed in front of the display module. The optical filter includes an annealed glass substrate, an optical film laminated on the surface of one side of the annealed glass substrate, and a protective layer formed on the surface of the other side of the annealed glass substrate. The protective layer serves to prevent a substance from being eluted from inside the annealed glass substrate. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328764 | RADIATION DIFFRACTION MATERIAL FOR REFLECTING INVISIBLE RADIATION - A method of controlling radiation reflected from a surface comprising: applying a composite material to a surface, where the composite material comprises an ordered periodic array of particles held in a polymeric matrix material; exposing the surface bearing the composite material to radiation; and reflecting invisible radiation from the composite material on the surface. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328765 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE - An illumination optical system which irradiates a sample surface with light through an illuminating lens includes: a light source; a condensing optical system receiving the light emitted from the light source; and a lens array optical system including a first lens array surface and a second lens array surface each formed by a plurality of lens elements. The first lens array surface has a conjugate relation with a back focal position of the illuminating lens. The second lens array surface is placed at a back focal position of the lens array optical system, has a conjugate relation with a pupil position of the illuminating lens, and the light source and the condensing optical system are arranged to form an image of the light source on the first lens array surface. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328766 | MODULAR MICROSCOPE CONSTRUCTION - A system, apparatus and method for using modular microscopes is disclosed. Connecting the housings of the individual microscope modules provide the structural framework of the modular microscope. Furthermore, the modular microscope can include specialized software, the distribution and use of which can be controlled using security keys or identifiers stored on one or more of the microscope modules. The security keys and identifiers can be based on calibration data associated with the physical, electrical, or optical properties of one of more of the modules. The illumination modules disclosed provide for selectable wavelengths and controllable levels of output illumination for both bright field and dark field illumination. | 2010-12-30 |
20100328767 | Polarizing Plastic Optical Device and Process for Producing the Same - A polarizing plastic lens comprising a polarizing film with low tendency to detachment from an optical resin layer. There is provided polarizing plastic lens comprising polarizing film constituted of a polyvinyl alcohol resin. Two optical resin layers of different thicknesses may be disposed on both surfaces of the polarizing film. The optical resin layers are formed by polymerizing a polymerization raw material composition in contact with the polarizing film. The polymerization raw material composition contains as one main component an isocyanated or isothiocyanated compound. The iscocyanate or isothiocyanate functional group reacts with the hydroxyl of polyvinyl alcohol resin of polarizing film to thereby form an urethane bond or thiourethane bond, so that the optical resin layers are strongly unified with the polarizing film. | 2010-12-30 |