Abstract: A head-up display system includes a first projection module that projects a first image to display the first image in a forward direction not directly facing a user, a second projection module that projects a second image to display the second image in a forward direction directly facing the user, and a reflective optical element that reflects at least a part of the first image and at least a part of the second image.

Abstract: A head-up display includes a display panel, a reflective optical element, a controller, and an obtainer. The display panel displays a first image. The reflective optical element reflects image light from the first image displayed by the display panel. The controller controls a position at which the first image is displayed on the display panel. The obtainer obtains, as positional information, a position of an eye of a user. The controller changes the position at which the first image is displayed on the display panel in accordance with the positional information.

Abstract: A double container includes: an inner container having a cylindrical barrel portion the upper circumferential edge of which is formed to have a curled portion, and a bottom portion provided on a lower end of the barrel portion so as to close the lower face thereof; and a exterior sleeve) which covers the barrel portion, and is secured thereto, so as to form a thermal insulating space between itself and the outer side of the barrel portion. The outer surface of the barrel portion of inner container is provided over the entire circumference thereof with a plurality of elongated projections, which consist of thermoplastic resin, arranged in a row and spaced apart in the circumferential direction, the projections extending in elongated fashion circumferentially and each having an amount of projection of 1.0 to 2.0 mm.

Abstract: A double container includes: an inner container having a cylindrical barrel portion the upper circumferential edge of which is formed to have a curled portion, and a bottom portion provided on a lower end of the barrel portion so as to close the lower face thereof; and a exterior sleeve) which covers the barrel portion, and is secured thereto, so as to form a thermal insulating space between itself and the outer side of the barrel portion. The outer surface of the barrel portion of inner container is provided over the entire circumference thereof with a plurality of elongated projections, which consist of thermoplastic resin, arranged in a row and spaced apart in the circumferential direction, the projections extending in elongated fashion circumferentially and each having an amount of projection of 1.0 to 2.0 mm.

Abstract: A printing system for one- or two-dimensional barcodes, and a method and program of creating virtual fonts for such barcodes enable the font and output parameters of the font to be easily changed. The printing system for printing one- or two-dimensional barcodes has a host computer and a printer in communication therewith. The host computer has an application program for creating text data containing a one- or two-dimensional barcode and a printer driver for converting the text data to commands and for sending the commands to the printer. The printing system also has a virtual font configuration program for defining a virtual font linking one- or two-dimensional barcode font data of the printer driver with parameter values configuring the corresponding barcodes.

Abstract: If the printer generates the printing data itself completely, the processor in the printer generates the printing data after performing the predetermined processing based on the status information data by use of the font ROM, etc. The user enables the printing initiation instruction on the status information to be implemented by the switch on the printer (the printing initiation instruction module and the output initiation instruction monitoring module). With the printing initiation instruction, the printer and the host computer perform the two-way communication through the parallel communication I/O interfaces. Through the communication, the status information output module once transmits the status information obtained in the status information acquisition module on the printer to the host computer.

Abstract: A printing system for one- or two-dimensional barcodes, and a method and program of creating virtual fonts for such barcodes enable the font and output parameters of the font to be easily changed. The printing system for printing one- or two-dimensional barcodes has a host computer and a printer in communication therewith. The host computer has an application program for creating text data containing a one- or two-dimensional barcode and a printer driver for converting the text data to commands and for sending the commands to the printer. The printing system also has a virtual font configuration program for defining a virtual font linking one- or two-dimensional barcode font data of the printer driver with parameter values configuring the corresponding barcodes.

Abstract: A printer driver is provided in a host computer. When a print job occurs, the printer driver automatically selects the format of a plotting command to be output to a printer. As the command format, there are available two kinds of formats: a high-level printer control language format (for example, PDL), and an intermediate code format expressed in an intermediate language. When the latter format is selected, the printer driver converts a plotting command from an application to an intermediate code and then outputs the intermediate code to the printer. The printer converts the intermediate code to another intermediate code specific to the printer by a very simple processing, and then develops the intermediate code to a bit image, thereby enabling high speed printing.

Abstract: A host sends each page of image data to a page printer in band units and the page printer writes the received each band data into a reception buffer in DRAM by DMA and transfers the band data from the reception buffer to an image formation section made up of members. The host gets an available buffer capacity from the printer just before transmitting each band data, and transmits the band data only when the printer can receive the band data. In the printer, a CPU permits transfer DMA to be started after reception data as much as the data amount calculated based on the data reception speed and the transfer rate is stored in the buffer to prevent an underrun error from occurring. If an underrun error occurs, the CPU sets an error flag, and sends the error flag to the host just before the host starts transmitting each band data. When receiving the error flag, the host drops image resolution and resends the page data with the resolution dropped.

Abstract: A general-purpose system for enabling the user to easily enter characters whose contents are hard to understand at a glance, such as bar codes, by using a general-purpose application program such as a wordprocessor is provided. For this purpose, a printer driver comprising a font file storing a display font and a bar code record font corresponding to the display font and a conversion function of converting display font codes into record font codes is provided. When a bar code is entered in an application program, a legible display font corresponding to the bar code can be used. On the other hand, when the bar code is printed, the printer driver compatible with a given printer converts the display font into a bar code record font and supplies the bar code record font. Thus, a high-accuracy bar code is printed in accordance with the standard.

Abstract: A general-purpose system for enabling the user to easily enter characters whose contensts are hard to understand at a glance, such as bar codes, by using a general-purpose application program such as a wordprocessor is provided. For this purpose, a printer driver comprising a font file storing a display font and a bar code record font corresponding to the display font and a conversion function of converting display font codes into record font codes is provided. When a bar code is entered in an application program, a legible display font corresonding to the bar code can be used. On the other hand, when the bar code is printed, the priner driver compatible with a given printer converts the display font into a bar code record font and supplies the bar code record font. Thus, a high-accuracy bar code is printed in accordance with the standard.

Abstract: To convert gray-scale data of each pixel of image data into pulse-width data for each pixel, a RAM is provided. The RAM has nine pixel memory regions corresponding to nine pixels a to i for forming, for example, a 3.times.3 pixel matrix on the output image. In each of the pixel memory regions, there are stored pulse-width data items corresponding to values which are permitted for gray-scale data to have. Pulse-width data items in the pixel memory regions are slightly different from one another among pixel memory regions. Gray-scale data of each pixel of image data and address word composed of gray-scale data of each pixel of image data and coordinates of each pixel in the 3.times.3 matrix is supplied to the RAM. Thus, pulse-width data corresponding to gray-scale data is read from the pixel memory region so that a laser drive pulse having a pulse width corresponding to the read pulse-width data is generated.

Abstract: A defect inspecting apparatus for discriminating one of two surfaces of a flat transparent object such as a pericle. The flat object is irradiated with a beam of light which is supplied from a light source and which is multiple-color light having predetermined wavelength ranges or white light of a broad band, scattered light from the defect is received by an optical element having wavelength selectivity, and scattered lights thereby separated with respect to the particular wavelength ranges are photoelectrically detected. The intensities of photoelectric signals thereby obtained are compared with each other.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting foreign particles on a surface of a reticle or pellicle comprises an optical system through which a light beam forms a light spot on the surface. The surface and the light spot are shifted relatively so that the light spot scans the surface. Light detectors receive light scattered by a foreign particle and directed in different directions, respectively, and generated photoelectric outputs by which the presence of the foreign particle is discriminated. Beam diameter and scanning speed are varied to provide the most effective operation for particles of different sizes.

Abstract: A defect inspecting apparatus for determining the presence of a defect element adhering to either of the front and back surfaces of a thin film-like object to be inspected (the object having a light-transmitting property) applies two light beams of different wavelengths to a surface of the object and varies the incident angle of the light beams. A first photoelectric detector receives light of the two light beams reflected by or transmitted by the object, and a second photoelectric detector receives light of the two light beams scattered by the defect element. A discriminator determines the surface of the object to which the defect element adheres based on detection outputs of the photoelectric detectors.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting foreign particles on a transparent pellicle comprises a first illuminating device having a first optical axis crossing a surface of the pellicle at a predetermined angle for supplying a light beam onto said transparent pellicle along said first optical axis and a second illuminating device having a second optical axis crossing the surface of said pellicle at an angle different from said predetermined angle for supplying a light beam to said transparent pellicle along said second optical axis. The apparatus further includes a detector for comparing quantity of light of a light beam scattered by a foreign particle and directed to a predetermined direction from said first illuminating device with quantity of light of a light beam scattered by the foreign particle and directed to a predetermined direction from said second illuminating device and for determining a surface of the transparent pellicle on which said foreign particle exists.