Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a light source; a first beam splitter for reflecting a projection beam emitted by the light source; an objective lens unit including a reflection reference surface for reproducing the projection beam into a measurement beam projected onto an object to generate a first reflection beam and a reference beam projected onto the reflection reference surface to generate a second reflection beam mixing with the first reflection beam and passing through the first splitter and forming an operating beam; a second beam splitter for modulating the operating beam into first and second sub-beams; a monochrome image detection device for passage of the first sub-beam to obtain an interferometric image with monochrome from a first interference region; and an image detection device for permitting passage of the second sub-beam in order to obtain a non-interferometric image from a second interference region.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a light source; a first beam splitter for reflecting a projection beam emitted by the light source; an objective lens unit including a reflection reference surface for reproducing the projection beam into a measurement beam projected onto an object to generate a first reflection beam and a reference beam projected onto the reflection reference surface to generate a second reflection beam mixing with the first reflection beam and passing through the first splitter and forming an operating beam; a second beam splitter for modulating the operating beam into first and second sub-beams; a monochrome image detection device for passage of the first sub-beam to obtain an interferometric image with monochrome from a first interference region; and an image detection device for permitting passage of the second sub-beam in order to obtain a non-interferometric image from a second interference region.

Abstract: Techniques are described for collecting user descriptive data as a user employs a client device, such as a personal computer, laptop, PDA, or the like. The data is evaluated and a profile code is assigned based upon the evaluation. This profile code is selected from a domain of profile codes established so that useful markets for targeted advertising are identified by the profile codes, but the profile codes are not so specific that the user's privacy is unduly threatened.

Abstract: A scalable fulfillment system is presented that supports business processes, manages the transport and processing of business-related messages or documents between a business entity and clients, such as customers, vendors, and business partners, and generally supports business document processing. The system intelligently manages the transportation of files from clients, through processing of files, to generating responses that return to the clients. To accommodate a heterogeneous interfacing and processing with different clients in a central system, a file normalization technique is used that captures a common meta-data format from the numerous heterogeneous file types used by numerous clients. The meta-data files, also referred to as messages, contain links to their associated data files and are processed separately.