Abstract: A detection arrangement for detecting presence of an analyte in a sample includes a processor, a memory, a display, a color measuring device, and a temperature controller for maintaining a constant temperature or a temperature profile of the sample.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical probe for measuring absorption in order to produce an absorption value Am, which probe comprises an analysis cell CA, said analysis cell including an emission module LED, F1, HD and a detection module H1, D1 suitable for producing a detection signal DS, the probe also including a monitoring cell CM suitable for producing a monitoring signal MS. The monitoring cell is arranged on the light path connecting the emission module to the detection module.

Abstract: Disclosed are optical sensing devices and methods for detecting samples using the same. The optical sensing device comprises a source unit configured to generate a polychromatic light beam containing p-polarized and s-polarized components; an interferometric unit configured to split the light beam into a probe beam passing a first path and a reference beam passing a second path and to recombine the probe beam output from the first path and the reference beam output from the second path; a sensing unit disposed in the first path to introduce a first SPR effect associated with a target sample to the probe beam; and a detection unit configured to detect target sample characteristics by obtaining an intensity spectrum of the recombined light beam. The introduction of a polychromatic light source in the optical sensing device increases the detection dynamic range and the detection sensitivity.

Abstract: A device for the interferometric measurement of a sample, in particular the eye, including an interferometer arrangement with a first measurement beam path, through which a measurement beam falls onto the sample, and a first reference beam path, through which a reference beam runs, which is applied to the measuring beam for interference. The interferometer arrangement includes a second measuring beam path and/or second reference beam path. The optical path lengths of the second measuring beam path and/or second reference beam path are different from one of the first beam paths. The wave length difference is selected according to a distance of two measuring areas which are arranged at a distance in the depth direction of the sample.

Abstract: A resonator fiber optic gyroscope includes a sensing resonator having a first resonance frequency for a first laser beam propagation direction and a second resonance frequency for a second laser beam propagation direction; an intensity modulator coupled to an output of the sensing resonator and configured to modulate the intensity of a signal output from the sensing resonator, wherein the intensity modulator modulates the output signal at an intensity modulation frequency; and resonance tracking electronics coupled to an output of the intensity modulator and configured to demodulate the intensity modulated signal output from the intensity modulator at a resonance tracking modulation frequency to produce a first demodulated signal; the resonance tracking electronics further configured to demodulate the first demodulated signal at the intensity modulation frequency, wherein the intensity modulation frequency is different from the resonance tracking modulation frequency.

Abstract: Embodiments of adaptively performing clutter filtering are disclosed. In one embodiment, a beam scanning system includes a light source configured to generate a supercontinuum light beam; an optical device configured to receive the supercontinuum light beam for guidance thereof to at least two output ports; and a power supply unit configured to supply voltage to one output port of the at least two output ports to change a phase of the light beam from said one output port.

Abstract: Integrated optical waveguide interferometer for evanescent sensing of chemical and/or physical quantities, comprising a substrate carrying a waveguide layer structure provided with: a first waveguide core layer sandwiched between two first cladding layers formed by a first lower and a first upper (6) cladding layer, of a lower refractive index than the first waveguide core layer, a second waveguide core layer sandwiched between two second claddings layers formed by a second lower and a second upper (6) cladding layer, of a lower refractive index than the second waveguide core layer, a splitter (2) and a combiner (5) for optically coupling said first and second waveguide core layers at first and second junctions, respectively, characterized by a modulation section of a polymer cladding material (9) included in one of the first upper cladding layers (6) and/or included in one of the second upper cladding layers (6), the polymer cladding material covering an identifiable area of said first waveguide core layer a

Abstract: A new broadband source having a discrete set of spectral emission lines having high peak power in each line is provided by placing a gain medium in a reflective cavity comprising reflective front and back surfaces. A cavity feedback factor less than unity is achieved by providing reflectivity of one surface substantially lower than the reflectivity of the other surface such that spontaneous emission in the gain medium is linearly amplified just below the lasing threshold. In an alternative arrangement, a movable external back surface placed at a prescribed distance from the gain medium provides a means to achieve a free spectral range and finesse of the emission lines to match a pitch of a detector array in a SD-OCT system. By simultaneously providing high power to each detector element of the array, sensitivity and imaging speed of SD-OCT system are significantly improved.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, apparatus and method can be provided for generating information for at least one structure. For example, using at least one first arrangement, it is possible to receive at least one first radiation from the at least one structure and at least one second radiation from a reference, and interfere the first and second radiations to generate at least one third radiation. Further, with at least one second arrangement, it is possible to generate spectroscopic data as a function of the at least one third radiation, and reduce at least one scattering effect in the spectroscopic data to generate the information. In addition or as an alternative, according to a further exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to classify a type of the structure based on the spectroscopic data to generate the information.

Abstract: An interrogation apparatus and method use a partial shear optical interference apparatus to interrogate the optical properties of an array of target specimen probe volumes as compared to an array of reference sample probe volumes. The apparatus produces a formatted probe beam that contains a partially sheared probe beam pair that is formatted into an array of completely sheared probe beam pairs. Target specimen probe volumes and reference sample probe volumes are suitably organized and exposed to the array of completely sheared probe beam pairs.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention realizes an interference measurement apparatus which can obtain an interference image to be used for obtaining three-dimensional information of a subject which dynamically changes.

Abstract: In a distance-measuring method, chirped laser radiation with two separable radiation components is emitted to at least one target to be surveyed and via a local oscillator path, the radiation components having an opposite chirp as a time dependency of the modulated wavelengths (?1, ?2). After reception of the laser radiation scattered back from the target and passed via the local oscillator path, the laser radiation received is converted into signals and the distance to the at least one target is determined from the signals on the basis of interferometric mixing, separation of the radiation components being effected on the basis of their spectral characteristic.

Abstract: A method for machine measurement for an NC processing machine is provided. The processing machine has a machine head, for example, a fork head and an associated mechanical and electrical spindle changing interface for holding a motor spindle. A laser interferometer with a beam generator and a beam detector is also provided and at least one measurement optic which interacts with the laser interferometer, for example, in the form of a reflector, and laser interference measurements, which are directed at a measurement optic, in particular distance measurements, carried out for machine measurement. The laser interferometer has an interface which corresponds to the spindle changing interface, and the laser interferometer is substituted for the motor spindle via the spindle changing interface for machine measurement, and is aligned by means of the machine axes for the laser interference measurements.

Abstract: A frequency-shifting interferometer is arranged for measuring an optical profile of a test object with a continuously tunable light source. A succession of the interference images of the test object are captured together with a measure of the beam frequencies at which interference images are formed. A limited number of the captured interference images of the test object are selected so that the monitored beam frequencies approximately match a predetermined beam frequency spacing pattern. Further processing proceeds based on the selected interference images.

Abstract: The present invention relates to non-contact optical scanning of an object for generation of a three-dimensional surface model of the scanned object. In particular the invention relates to a scanner for obtaining the three-dimensional geometry of at least a part of the surface of an object, said scanner comprising: —at least one light source, preferably a laser light source with adjustable power, —projection means for directing light from the at least one light source to a moving spot on the surface of the object, —at least one image sensor adapted to record at least one image of at least a part of the surface, —detection means, other than the at least one image sensor, for monitoring at least a part of the light reflected from the surface, —regulation means for adjusting the intensity of the at least one light source based on the amount of light reflected from the surface, and—means for transforming the at least one image to a three-dimensional model of the surface.

Abstract: A high precision, rapidly operable optical parallelism measurement device includes a light source module, a light beam splitting module and at least two photoelectric detectors. The light source module has a light source and a light beam splitting element such that the light source module is able to produce two light beams perpendicular to each other. One of them is parallel to the moving direction, and is received by one of the detectors, while the other beam is split into two beams perpendicular to each other by the light beam splitting module. One beam is parallel to the former parallel by moving beam and is received by the other detector. With this scheme, the measurement can be performed by means of those perpendicular and parallel light beams without being affected by the structure of the machine platen to cause errors. The device can be manufactured with low cost and high precision. It is very compact in size and easy to carry and build up for rapid measurement.

Abstract: A standalone printer includes a configuration module, a screen, a process module, and a print module. The configuration module can arrange two digital images in a print layout. The screen is configured to display a preview of the print layout with the two digital images. The process module is configured to decode the print layout of the two digital images into a raster image along a decoding orientation. The print module is configured to print the raster image along the decoding orientation. The process module is configured to stream partial raster image to the print module when decoding the print layout. The printer module is configured to print received partial raster image.

Abstract: A probabilistic network, in particular a Bayesion network, is used for control of a printing system in order to realize an adaptable printing system. A reprographic system, includes at least one sensor, providing a sensor signal; at least one actuator, responsive to an actuator signal; and a control unit for generating the actuator signal for the at least one actuator in dependence on the sensor signal of the at least one sensor. The control unit includes a signal processing module configured to generate the actuator signal based on at least one sensor signal with involvement of a probabilistic network.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically adding a color bar as a rendering job ticket attribute and dynamically generating the color bar based on the rendering job attribute. The color bar can be added in association with the rendering job ticket along with a set of sub-attributes that include parameters associated with the color bar. The dynamic color bar can be automatically configured to include spot colors associated with the rendering job and the parameters can be specified in a device-independent way. Upon receiving the rendering job with the dynamic color bar attribute, the rendering device can render each page of the job in association with the color bar. The dynamic color bar generation instructions can be detected in the job ticket generated by a print driver thereby enhancing the use of the color bar in a color rendering application.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a width of a print media is measured. A margin adjustment decision is made utilizing a margin instruction if the measured width is within an acceptable variance from a standard width of the media. The margin adjustment decision is applied to a plot of an image to be printed on the media.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, a printing system is provided comprising a plurality of resources including idle and non-idle resources having a at least one image marking engine. The plurality of resources includes a page parallel RIP system wherein the RIP system supports configurable sized print chunks. The RIP system adaptively adjusts the size of the chunks according to the busyness of receiving RIP nodes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for processing raster image data and determining via a reference device (e.g., LUT), an amount of marking medium (toner, ink) to be used for printing a document. Then billing costs based on the amount of medium is determined. In particular, a calibration method may be performed on an apparatus to determine the amounts of medium used for that particular apparatus. The calibration method includes printing pages with test patches for a plurality of colors at a particular dot value (or density), and weighing similar printed test pages so that the amount of medium used to print colors at particular dot values is determined by subtracting a weight of the pages before printing from the weight of the printed test pages. The change in weight (or mass) of the medium is used to populate the reference device for that apparatus.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus pertaining to copying two-sided documents are provided. An all-in-one, multi-function device provides an identification card copy selection to a user by way of a user interface. The device prompts the user during scanning of the front and back sides of the ID card. The device prints images of both the front and back sides of the ID card on the same side of a sheet of media. Identification card scanning and printing are performed as a walk-up procedure without need for user computer or network entity intervention.

Abstract: A method and a printing implementing the method for dynamic printer performance tuning. The method includes the steps of processing a page to be printed by a printer description language interpreter to generate a Display List, selecting tuning parameters from the Display List data, analyzing the tuning parameters by a Bayesian analyzer to obtain a score for each tuning parameter, and based on the score of each tuning parameter, adjusting rendering settings of the tuning parameters for printing the page. The steps of training the Bayesian analyzer includes creating a set of training pages, rendering each page to determine best performance settings for each tuning parameter, grouping the pages based on tuning parameter settings, generating Display List data of each page, rendering the training pages in each group to compile training data that are saved for future printing jobs.

Abstract: A stand-alone printer includes a storage module, a user interface module, a touch screen, a processing module, and a printing module. The storage module stores a digital image. The user interface module creates an adjusting scroll. The touch screen detects a slide operation and displays the digital image and the adjusting scroll. The processing module adjusts the digital image in response to the slide operation on the touch screen. The processing module outputs an adjusted digital image to the touch screen. The printing module prints the adjusted digital image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a patch forming unit that forms a plurality of mixed-color patches by superposing single color patches of a plurality of colors with different gradation ratios according to gradation values; a color measuring unit that performs color measurement of the mixed-color patches; an estimating unit that estimates color values of single colors present in the mixed-color patches based on color measurement values obtained by performing color measurement; and a correction table setting unit that sets a correction table in order to correct the estimated color values of the single colors to target color values.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a color printer and particularly to a color printer reducing power consumption and complying with international criteria ensuring sustained earth environment. In a color printer having multiple optical writing heads for individual recording colors, the activated periods of individual color recording heads are set to different periods and one writing period of individual recording heads is divided into multiple periods, video data for recording one dot line are divided into multiple blocks in the main scan direction, and the divided video data are used for emission at different times in the sub-scan direction, whereby a smaller number of optical writing elements are simultaneously driven for emission and the peak power consumption of the entire apparatus is reduced.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a printer section and a control section which controls the printer section. The control section controls a developing roller driving section to stop the rotation of a developing roller when an image on a recording medium is erased when the printer section operates in an image erasing mode, alternatively, the control section includes an image formation fee counter and an erasure fee counter provided separately from the image formation fee counter.

Abstract: A multi-step, computer-based process for creating a stylized art piece using collage and layering techniques. The process comprises acquiring and arranging high resolution digital images or photographs to form a gestalt or single cohesive piece using a computer. These images or photographs may involve sporting events, players, participants, areas of play, and related subjects. When arranged, the images or photographs may be overlapped, blended or merged in whole or in part. Digital processing techniques are used to make some or all of the images and photographs look older or aged. Several layers of diagrams or text are added. The piece is then printed on canvas, paper or other suitable material using the Giclee' printing process. The print is mounted on a frame, and then covered with one or more layers of a clear or translucent coating or over-laminate.

Abstract: The embodiment described herein can prompt setting of processing conditions to be set by using a display of a weight value used in a quota function. There is provided an image forming apparatus, including: a residual amount detection unit that detects a residual amount of each disposable product; a residual amount information acquisition unit that acquires residual amount information; a determination unit that determines whether there are the disposable products in which a residual amount is disproportionately small; a weight value setting unit that sets the weight value used for weighting so that the weighting for calculating the processing amount of the image forming processing corresponding to setting conditions not using the disposable products having a disproportionately small residual amount is relatively smaller than the weighting corresponding to other setting conditions; and a display control unit that displays the set weight value on a screen.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus includes a plurality of processing units each performing a respective one of process parts into which a predetermined process to be performed on data is divided, and a changing unit that changes a connection between the plurality of processing units on the basis of setting parameters that are set to enable a plurality of types of processing procedures.

Abstract: A print control apparatus comprising: a first receiving unit that receives, from a printer, support language information indicating whether a particular kind of language is supported by the printer; a judging unit that judges, by referring to the support language information received by the first receiving unit, whether the particular kind of language which is supported by the print control apparatus is supported by the printer; a transmitting unit that transmits, to the printer, a specification information acquisition command for acquiring specification information relating to a specification supported by the printer if the judging unit judges that the particular kind of language is supported by the printer; a second receiving unit that receives the specification information which is transmitted from the printer in response to the specification information acquisition command; and a controller that performs processing according to the specification information received by the second receiving unit.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium having a common printer driver to be executed by a print control device communicatively connected to one or more printers and mounting an operating system is provided. The common printer driver, when executed by the print control device, causing the print control device to perform the steps of: selecting any printer from one or more of the printers; generation requesting the operating system to generate a logical print port for communication with a printer selected in the selecting step, recording usage history of the print port generated in the generation requesting step, and deletion requesting for determining whether the print port is necessary or not based on the usage history and requesting the operating system to delete the print port determined to be unnecessary.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for forming an image by rendering content according to a digital living network alliance (DLNA) standard. According to the method and the apparatus, content that may be processed by the apparatus is acquired from the host by using at least one of services defined in the DLNA standard, and an image corresponding to the acquired content is formed and output.

Abstract: A communication apparatus that stores at least one address of transmission destination, at least one file to be transmitted, and messages registered for each file that are received from an external device via an interface, and transmits the files and the messages registered for each file to a transmission destination terminal when receiving a transmission instruction of the files via the interface.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an output image on a medium based on image information, and a control unit configured to calculate a merit value that benefits a user according to a maintenance work of the apparatus carried out by the user.

Abstract: An image processing device in which a plurality of applications each having multiple functions can be installed includes a display device and an application control unit. When screen definition information acquired from a first application includes definition information of a second application corresponding to a screen change destination, the application control unit displays an application screen in which a display component for selecting a function of the second application is arranged, on the display device. When an input manipulation on the application screen by a user is received, the application control unit specifies a function of the second application based on a result of determination of an event type of the received input manipulation and displays a functional screen of the specified function of the second application on the display device as a result of the operation of the screen change.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing documents on an image-forming apparatus, which is able to handle a plurality of settings, each setting settable to any of a number of setting values, the method comprising the steps of defining a first subset of the settings, defining a second subset of the settings, disjunctive from the first subset, for each setting of the first subset setting any of a number of setting values, which are selectable for the setting, for each setting of the second subset leaving the corresponding setting values unset, and for each document to be processed, creating a job for processing the digital document, associating the first and second subset and the setting values of the first subset with the job, interactively setting a setting value for each setting of the second subset, submitting the job with the setting values of the first and second subset to the image-forming apparatus, and processing the document by means of the image-forming apparatus according to the setting valu

Abstract: A scanning apparatus and a method thereof include a scanning unit scanning a document and outputting a scanned result, at least one external storage unit detachably attached to the apparatus, at least one internal storage unit, and a controller detecting an attachment state of the external storage unit and storing the scanned result in one of the external storage unit and the internal storage unit according to the attachment state of the external storage unit. The scanning unit of the scanning apparatus is combined with a user scanning unit and a user printing unit into a combination apparatus, and the scanned result is printed in a printing apparatus spaced-apart from the scanning apparatus by a distance, thereby removing cables between the scanning or printing apparatus and a personal computer.

Abstract: A printing apparatus for variable pre-printed stock stores customer data and two or more different pre-printed stocks. A scanner scans the printed area of the pre-printed stocks and produces tray stock information identifying the stocks. Received electronic customer orders include the customer data and selection data for one or more of the pre-printed stocks. A controller receives the tray stock information and the electronic customer orders for matching the tray stock information to the electronic orders to produce print instructions. A printer receives the print instructions and prints the customer data corresponding to the match onto pre-printed stocks identified by the match.

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a connection portion for performing communication with a keyboard; and a display portion for performing displaying of disabled keys when the keyboard is connected to the connection portion, the disabled keys being unusable keys among keys provided to the keyboard.

Abstract: A method for managing print workflow performed by a physical computing system includes, with an add-on application executed by the physical computing system, interfacing with a printing-capable application executed by the physical computing system; with the add-on application, interfacing with hardware components of a printing device; and with the add-on application, providing additional printing related functionality to the printing-capable application.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus pertaining to scanning or copying documents are provided. Sheet media are individually transported away from an input location. Optical scanning of the sheet media is initiated in accordance with detecting the passage of leading edges of the sheet media. Electronic signals resulting from the scanning are automatically analyzed to detect trailing edges of overlapping sheet media. A user notification is issued if a multiple sheet pick event is detected. A user can resume scanning or copying of a multiple sheet document at the location where the multiple sheet pick occurred.

Abstract: A printing apparatus for variable pre-printed stock comprises storage for customer data, a variety of different pre-printed stocks, printer trays for holding the pre-printed stocks, a scanner for scanning the printed area of each of the pre-printed stocks and for producing tray stock information identifying each of the pre-printed stocks, storage for electronic customer orders, each electronic customer order including one or more of the customer data and selection data for one or more of the pre-printed stocks, a controller for receiving the tray stock information and the electronic customer orders, for matching the tray stock information to the electronic customer orders to produce a match between each pre-printed stock and corresponding tray stock information and for producing print instructions for the match, and a printer for receiving the print instructions and for printing the customer data corresponding to the match onto the matched pre-printed stock.

Abstract: A method and a print apparatus are described. The method and the print apparatus allow for selecting from a plurality of print modes a print mode for a whole page of a document to be printed dependent on a print material coverage of the whole page of the document to be printed.

Abstract: Methods for operating a printer are provided. In one aspect, a method has the steps of receiving image data and production data for printing a set of images with each image having a defined size and shape, determining a finishing configuration of a finishing system; and determining a priority setting between an output rate priority and an efficiency priority. The images are organized for printing on the receiver in the defined sizes and shapes based upon the determined priority and the finishing configuration and the images are printed on the receiver as organized. The receiver is finished to provide prints of the images each having the defined size and shape for that image.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an image reading unit, a touch panel, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the storage unit includes a storage-location-information storage unit that stores storage location information related to a storage location of an image file of a document read by the image reading unit, and the control unit includes an image displaying unit that displays a storage location icon representing the storage location and an image display area showing the image file, a display mode changing unit that changes, when an image selection instruction to select the image file is input, a display mode of the image display area so that the storage location icon can be viewed, and a storing unit that stores, when an icon selection instruction to select the storage location icon is input, the image file in the storage location corresponding to the storage location icon.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first determination part that determines whether an image in which a feature image is embedded is to be modified when the image is printed, based on the image and a state of the image processing apparatus; and a second determination part that determines a condition for avoiding the modification determined by the first determination part.

Abstract: A printing control device includes a web page data acquiring portion configured to acquire web page data of a prescribed web page from the web server and a display configured to display the prescribed web page. The printing control device further includes an extraction portion configured to extract data for constituting a duplication object. The printing control device still further includes a print data creation portion configured to create print data for forming at least two duplicated images of the duplication object based on the extracted data. Moreover, the printing control device includes a printing instruction portion configured to instruct the printing unit to form an image on the recording medium based on the created print data.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a paper type sensor that detects a paper type of paper, a control unit, and a reading unit that performs an image reading. The control unit includes a mode setting unit that sets a mode of the image reading performed by the reading unit based on the paper type detected by the paper type sensor.