Abstract: A system for detecting misalignment of an aero surface relative to other aero surfaces during simultaneous deployment of said aero surfaces is disclosed. It comprises a generator configured to shine a laser through aligned apertures in a series of aero surfaces towards a reflector during deployment of said aero surfaces, a receptor to detect reflection of said laser from said reflector back through said apertures to the generator and, a controller operable to terminate further deployment of said aero surfaces in the event that no reflection is detected by said receptor, or if an actual time taken for the reflected beam of light to be detected by the receptor differs from a predetermined time. In a preferred embodiment the aero sufaces are slats extending from the leading edge of an aircraft wing.

Abstract: A method for testing an LED die includes the following steps: setting control parameters; driving the LED die to emit light by applying an electric current to the LED die under the control parameters; detecting the wavelength of the light emitted by the LED die; and determining whether the LED die meets the predetermined electro-optical properties, based upon the relationship between the control parameters and the wavelength.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a scattering light source photometer. In particular, the present invention relates to a portable, low cost, multi-wavelength photometer and methods for its use.

Abstract: An optical absorption gas sensor has an LED light source and a photodiode light detector, a temperature measuring device for measuring the LED temperature and a temperature measuring device for measuring the photodiode temperature. The sensor is calibrated by measuring the response of photodiode current at zero analyte gas concentration and at a reference analyte gas concentration. From these measurement, calibration data taking into account the effect of photodiode temperature on the sensitivity of the photodiode and, independently, the effect of changes in the spectrum of light output by the LED on the light detected by the photodiode with LED temperature can be obtained. Calibration data is written to memory in the gas sensor and in operation of the gas sensor, the output is compensated for both LED and photodiode temperature. The LED and photodiode can therefore be relatively far apart and operate at significantly different temperatures allowing greater freedom of optical pathway design.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for treating and analyzing a gas stream to determine the ammonia concentration. A gas stream is continuously monitored to determine the ammonia concentration by extracting gas samples from one or more locations and sending it to a tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy instrument for analysis. By proper placement of sampling probes within a duct, depending on the particular flow patterns that have been determined by suitable modeling, e.g., computational fluid dynamics or cold flow modeling, the valves can be operated manually or by a controller to take samples at predetermined locations within the duct. This will enable taking samples from particular locations, samples representative of the entire cross section, or samples that are an average of a particular cross section. It will be possible by judicious placement of the probes and operation of the valves to map the concentrations of ammonia at a plurality of load settings and will permit continuous control.

Abstract: A diagnostic system for an optical touch control module and an automatic diagnostic method thereof are disclosed. The diagnostic system is used for testing an optical capturing module of the optical touch control module. The diagnostic system includes a controlling module, a first test element, a second test element, and a rotary fixture. The first and the second test element are disposed on a touch surface for allowing the optical capturing module to capture a first and a second test signal. The rotary fixture is used for contacting to the optical capturing module, wherein the controlling module determines whether an image signal captured by the optical capturing module has the first and the second test signal. If not, the controlling module controls the rotary fixture to rotate the optical capturing module to adjust a capturing direction.

Abstract: Disclosed are improved optical detection methods comprising multiplexed interferometric detection systems and methods for determining a characteristic property of a sample, together with various applications of the disclosed techniques.

Abstract: An interferometric sensor having an interference objective, an illumination system, and a detection system configured to simultaneous non-contact determination of profile and roughness of a tested surface. The illumination system comprises a radiation source configured to emit three wavelengths of quasi-monochromatic light. The sensor further includes a detection system having a color array detector in optical communication with the interference objective and configured to detect the light reflected by the measurand. The sensitivity of measurement can be adjusted by re-orienting of a portion of the sensor with respect to the measurand.

Abstract: A method of emitting wavelength-swept light includes controlling either one or both of magnitudes and on/off timings of currents to be applied to a first gain medium of a first optical generator and a second gain medium of a second optical generator to control an intensity and a wavelength region of each of first wavelength-swept light and second wavelength-swept light; generating the first wavelength-swept light having a first center wavelength based on the current applied to the first gain medium of the first optical generator; generating the second wavelength-swept light having a second center wavelength based on the current applied to the second gain medium of the second optical generator; and emitting output wavelength-swept light by coupling the first wavelength-swept light and the second wavelength-swept light.

Abstract: This invention provides a system and method for laser profiling that simplifies the task of setting up and using laser profiling systems and associated applications by providing a profiler assembly that includes a predetermined arrangement of lens and spaced-apart laser in which the geometry and calibration parameters are predetermined. The profiler assembly is adapted to mount directly into the camera mount (typically threaded) of a conventional vision system camera. All components needed to perform the profiling task can be integrated into the profiler assembly. The integration of components in a single interchangeable/exchangeable assembly makes it straightforward to optimize/adapt the assembly for a particular profiling application.

Abstract: A position-measuring device includes a measuring standard, a scanning unit, and a rotary bearing by which the measuring standard or the scanning unit is rotationally mounted. The measuring standard and the scanning unit are rotatable in relation to each other. The scanning unit generates output signals, on the basis of which a rotary angle associated with the relative motion of the measuring standard and the scanning unit is able to be determined. A monitoring device monitors the rotary bearing for the occurrence of bearing faults and is adapted to detect and analyze at least one measured variable for a plurality of different relative positions of the measuring standard in relation to the scanning unit, in order to determine deviations from a setpoint behavior of the measured variables on the basis of the measured variable detected for a plurality of relative positions.

Abstract: The trunk area dimension measurement device includes a light reflection portion to be placed at a position of a navel of the measurement subject, a contact portion to be placed on a side surface of the measurement subject's trunk area, a support column having a contact detection unit that detects the contact with the contact portion and that extends in the vertical direction, a measurement bar that is supported pivotably about a first support point vertically with respect to the support column and that extends above the measurement subject's trunk area, an optical sensor that is held by the measurement bar positioned above the measurement subject's trunk area and that is held pivotably about a second support point so as to hang down in a gravity direction, and an angle sensor that is provided at either one of the first support point and the second support point.

Abstract: A system and method are provided to implement dynamic user intent-based imaging operations in image forming and document handling systems. A common framework is provided to implement the user-intent based imaging operations by which all of the individual component devices are able to be mapped to a particular user's desires such that an output from any particular image forming device in the complex image forming system meets the user's requirements/intent. Operations of component devices of a particular complex image forming system are defined logically. Mappings to the individual devices according to a common reference framework are then overlaid and manipulated according to the common framework. In this manner, a user directs imaging operations, including image shifts, for individual pages, subsets of pages or an entire document in the manner the user intends rather than according to a default understanding of the device.

Abstract: A printer control device for performing control such that a second printer serves as a proxy to execute a print job to be executed by a first printer is provided. The printer control device includes a speed determination portion configured to determine whether or not a second speed is higher than a first speed, the second speed being a print speed set in the second printer, the first speed being a print speed set in the first printer; and a control unit configured to control, when the speed determination portion determines that the second speed is higher than the first speed, the second printer to execute the print job at a third speed lower than the second speed.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a print label producing apparatus. The apparatus includes a producing apparatus side attaching/detaching portion to and from which a nonvolatile storage device can be attached and detached, an attachment determining portion configured to determine whether or not the storage device is attached to the producing apparatus side attaching/detaching portion, a selection information write portion configured to write unique selection material information to the storage device in an attached state, and a contents acquisition portion configured to acquire contents stored in the storage device and corresponding to the selection material information when the attachment determining portion determines that the storage device is attached to the producing apparatus side attaching/detaching portion.

Abstract: The system provides for controlling color reproduction of input color image data in a network having nodes (or sites). The system distributes the input color image data from one of the nodes to other nodes, and provides data structures in the network. The system has means for providing color calibration data at each node characterizing output colors (colorants) of the rendering device of the node, and means for producing at each node, responsive to the color calibration data of the rendering device of the node, information for transforming the input color image data into output color image data at the rendering device of the node. The rendering device of each node renders a color reproduction responsive to the output color image data, wherein colors displayed in the reproduction at the rendering device of each node appear substantially the same within the output colors attainable by the rendering devices.

Abstract: Differences in color change due to bronze colors and the optical interference state related to bronzing are suppressed among multiple print modes. The blue primary color “Blue” in the standard RGB gamut is mapped to a point (color) that has moved in the clockwise direction, and that color is taken to be the primary color “Blue-s” in the Standard mode gamut. As a result, when an observer observes this color, the color shifted in the counter-clockwise direction is perceived as a color of the same hue as the primary color “Blue-f” in the Fine mode gamut, suppressing the difference in perceived color between the Fine mode and the Standard mode.

Abstract: Provided is an ink jet printing apparatus that, without causing an increase in apparatus size, can print an image having high evenness in both of image clarity and glossiness regardless a gradation or gamut of the image. For this purpose, on the basis of input image data, pieces of multivalued color data respectively corresponding to colored inks, and first multivalued data and second multivalued data that correspond to image enhancing liquid are generated. On a print medium, the colored inks and the image enhancing liquid according to the first multivalued data are printed at nearly the same timing, and after the printing of them has been completed, the image enhancing liquid according to the second multivalued data is printed. In doing so, gloss properties appearing on the print medium can be made to fall within certain ranges, respectively, independently of input image data.

Abstract: An inspection apparatus includes: a reading unit configured to read a first side of a printed material having first image data printed on the first side and second image data printed on a second side; a density determination unit configured to determine whether a density of the second image data exceeds a predetermined density; and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the printed material is NG by, if the density of the second image data exceeds the predetermined density, comparing a density difference between image data obtained by the reading unit and the first image data with a threshold determined based on the density of the first image data and the density of the second image data, and elsewise comparing a density difference between the image data obtained by the reading unit and the first image data with a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to control a Reprint function/Resend function so as not to confuse a user of an image processing device in a case where a job complete delete function is enabled. An image processing device having a reperform function to reperform an already-performed job and a delete function to delete data used in an already-performed job by overwriting the data used in the already-performed job by real data, the image processing device including a job security setting unit configured to set whether to enable the delete function, and in the case where the delete function is set to be enabled by the job security setting unit, the already-performed job is not reperformed by the reperform function.

Abstract: To update a printer driver installed in an information processing device, the information processing device deletes a model dependent file of a model that is not present in a system environment of a user and that has been supported by the printer driver before being updated but is to be unsupported by the printer driver after being updated.

Abstract: There is provided a checking apparatus being capable of readily performing re-printing while reducing an amount of storage for storing print image data to be used for checking processing. A control method for controlling the checking apparatus includes reading an image printed on a sheet by a printing apparatus, storing image data to be compared with the image read by the reading unit in a storage unit, determining whether the image printed on the sheet by the printing apparatus is correct based on the image data obtained by reading the image and the image data stored by the storage unit, judging whether the sheet has been discharged, and controlling deletion of the image data stored in the storage unit based on a determining result and a judging result.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to add a first live tile content including printer information about a first print queue and a second live tile content including printer information about a second print queue different from the first print queue to a tile list that is gathering for specifying a live tile content displayed by an operating system, wherein the first print queue and the second print queue are each associated with a same application. The operating system is configured to display the first live tile content in a tile display region according to the tile list and to display the second live tile content in the tile display region in place of the first live tile content after the first live tile content is displayed, and the application is launched when a user specifies the tile display region.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus that enables a client to identify services which can be provided under a current status of the data processing apparatus by reflecting dynamically changing status information, such as equipment information, in a WSDL file. An equipment information acquisition device 1211 acquires status information relating to the status of an image processing apparatus 100. A WSDL generator 1212 generates service description information containing information pertaining to at least one service provided by the image processing apparatus 100 and described in a predetermined language, in accordance with the status information acquired by the equipment information acquisition device 1211. The service description information is referred to by a host computer 200 to use the at least one service. A Web server 1213 transmits the service description information generated by the WSDL generator 1212 to the host computer 200.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for determining whether to allow certain operations to be performed with respect to a device based on a location of another device. One technique involves receiving a request from a first device over a network; in response to receiving the request: determining a location of the first device; based on the location of the first device relative to a second device that is different than the first device, determining whether to allow one or more operations to be performed on particular data with respect to the second device; in response to determining, based on the location of the first device relative to the second device, to allow the one or more operations to be performed on the particular data, allowing the one or more operations to be performed on the particular data.

Abstract: There is provided an image processing apparatus including an image processing section, a power source section, a power source operation section, and a controller. The controller may be configured to perform determining whether or not a state of the image processing apparatus is a special state when a power control operation is started, determining whether or not the power control operation is the special power control operation, and controlling the power source section to carry out an operation according to the power control operation when the state is not the special state, or when the state is the special state and when the power control operation is the special power control operation, but controlling the power source section not to carry out the operation when the state is the special state and when the power control operation is not the special power control operation.

Abstract: An automated rule-based system for facilitating delivery of a fax document from a source to a destination over a network where an initial delivery attempt has been unsuccessful. Rules may be stored in a database. The database may include rules based on past delivery information or new delivery instructions. When an input condition is determined, the database may be traversed to determine an action based on the set of rules. The actions may include one or more of resubmitting the fax document to the network for a next delivery attempt, cancelling the document, and identifying the destination as a technical problem. The input conditions may include an identification of non-business days and non-business hours.

Abstract: Methods and systems maintain print media stocking information. The print media stocking information comprises types and amounts of print media stored at a plurality of different physical locations. The different physical locations have printing devices and external storage locations. The print media is maintained within internal storage locations of the printing devices and within the external storage locations at the different physical locations. The external storage locations are outside the printing devices and positioned relative to the printing devices a distance to allow an operator to load the print media into the printing devices when instructed to do so. The methods and systems receive a print job from a user. In response to receiving the print job, the methods and systems output to the user the types and amounts of media available at the different physical locations that correspond to print job media required for the print job.

Abstract: A method and system include at least one printer, and a computerized print server operatively connected to the printer. The printer is capable of performing a plurality of different operations, and the different operations are enabled and disabled by selection of different menu choices. Further, the computerized print server stores a plurality of virtual printers, and each of the virtual printers comprises a print queue identifying one printer and storing a pattern of the menu choices. Each of the pattern of the menu choices is different in each of the virtual printers. The process of choosing a selected virtual printer from the virtual printers for a print job automatically chooses a selected printer and a selected pattern of menu choices.

Abstract: A method for archiving is disclosed. The method comprises generating a first image file corresponding to an original print using a first printer placed at a first location. Further, the first image file is transmitted from the first location to a second printer placed at a second location. The method further includes generating a duplicate print corresponding to the first image file at the second location. Further, a quality of the first image file is compared with a quality of the duplicate print, and the duplicate print is archived based on the comparison.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a first control unit configured to display a shortcut corresponding to a program of an application and associate both of a first print queue corresponding to a first peripheral apparatus and a second print queue corresponding to a second peripheral apparatus with the application, and a second control unit configured to, if no print queue associated with the application is determined to exist after the shortcut is displayed, hide the shortcut corresponding to the program of the application, with different addresses assigned to the first peripheral apparatus and the second peripheral apparatus.

Abstract: A print relay server receives print data based on content, identification information of a service printer selected via a selection screen for selecting a service printer, and print setting designated via a print setting screen for designating print setting from a print service, and transfers the print data to an image formation apparatus designated as an output destination in the print setting when the received identification information of the service printer indicates a general-purpose service printer.

Abstract: A device capability attribute regarding a setting on communication parameters, and provision attribute information indicative of whether or not a communication terminal is in a state that it can provide communication parameters to another communication terminal are stored in advance. The communication terminal, where the device capability attribute has at least a provision capability of the communication parameters, is selected as a provision device. In a case where there are plural communication terminals where the device capability attribute has a communication parameter provision capability, a communication terminal where the device capability attribute has the communication parameter provision capability only is preferentially selected.

Abstract: Systems and methods for printing a 3D object on a three-dimensional (3D) printer are described. The methods semi-automatically or automatically delineate an item in an image, receive a 3D model of the item, matches said item to said 3D model, and send the matched 3D model to a 3D printer.

Abstract: A device comprises: a scanning unit configured to scan a printed material obtained by printing image data; a setting unit configured to set reference data based on the image data; and a determining unit configured to determine whether a printed material is proper by comparing the image data obtained by the scan with the reference data, wherein the setting unit sets again the reference data based on the image data obtained by the scan for a subsequent printed material in a case where the determining unit determines a printed material to be proper.

Abstract: A fax to E-mail system and related method are shown, whereby a hardcopy document is sent via a fax device to its recipient via electronic mail through a data network, and is delivered in such a manner that it can be retrieved by the recipient at an E-mail device and displayed on the screen of the E-mail device. The document begins as a hardcopy, as an electronic file retrieved through E-mail recipient's terminal and displayed on the computer screen of the E-mail recipient's terminal. The system and method also provides for an interface device which connects to a conventional fax device for communicating E-mail addresses and routing hardcopy documents to the E-mail network, and provides a means for embedding the functions of the interface device into conventional fax devices. The system can also be used in cooperation with Internet Web service for reporting, accounting, information services, and user interaction.

Abstract: A system and method for distributed processing in an Internet Protocol network is provided. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an application server can have a controller element to receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message from a communication device, establish a Real Time Protocol (RTP) channel between the communication device and the application server responsive to the SIP INVITE message, and submit a SIP SUBSCRIBE message to an intermediate communication node (ICN) directing the ICN to engage one or more Digital Signal Processing (DSP) resources for processing signals in the RTP channel. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for generating a digital image of at least a portion of a value document, comprises transporting the portion of the value document in a specified transport direction at a specified speed, capturing pixel regions, and generating capture pixel data allocated to integration intervals. The capture pixel data of at least one of the sequences of capture pixel data are corrected. This reduces the influences of the movement of the value document in the transport direction during the capture of capture pixel data.

Abstract: When a user holds an optical scanning device to scan a micro dotmap on a displaying medium, a coordinate of a frame center of a retrieved frame on the displaying medium is calculated according to a decoding method for the micro dotmap in advance. A moving vector corresponding to a difference between difference frames scanned by the optical scanning device at different moments is calculated so that an instant location of the frame center on the displaying medium can be calculated anytime. Therefore, a large number of calculations brought by frequent decoding may be saved since merely a few calculations are required in calculating the moving vector. By further decoding the coordinate of the frame center at moments spaced with constant or variable intervals, errors brought by vibrations of the displaying medium are instantly fixed. Accumulated errors are avoided in the calculated instant locations of the frame center anytime.

Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of methods, systems, and apparatus for providing multiple image fields or regions on an imaging array. In certain preferred embodiments, a high density imaging array may be partitioned into two or more regions, each of which may be used to render a separate view of the scan volume. This arrangement may provide an increase in the effective scan volume beyond the volume available with a single imager having a single point of view and may allow for reading of encoded symbols at a variety of orientations that would otherwise preclude accurate imaging with a single imager.

Abstract: A sheet transport device includes a shaft member that extends in an axial direction orthogonal to a sheet transport direction, and a roller that includes plural components which are assembled together so as to surround the shaft member. The components have a shape such that a joint between the components is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the roller which is formed by assembling the components together. The joint extends from one end to another end of the outer peripheral surface in the axial direction while bending or curving at least at a portion in the middle thereof.

Abstract: We describe methods of mass-producing full colour, 3D holograms, potentially incorporating a personalised image, which are particularly suitable for security purposes. Broadly speaking in embodiments a method generates, electronically, an interlaced image comprising a set of different views of a 3D object from different angles. This is projected onto a diffusing screen using coherent light and mapped from the screen into an angularly encoded object beam using a lenticular array. The different views in the angularly encoded object beam are then recorded simultaneously into holographic film using a reference beam.

Abstract: The invention relates to an encrypted synthetic hologram formed from the Fourier transformation of an image (40) and consisting of a matrix of elementary cells. Half of the elementary cells, with a 10% margin, selected according to a motif (52), are dephased in relation to the elementary cells of a hologram directly produced by the Fourier transformation of the image.

Abstract: Hybrid white-light viewable holograms and methods for making them. The holograms are hybrid reflection holograms made using the diffractive structures or gratings of a holographic object such as a transmission hologram or holographic optical element (HOE). The wavefronts of the diffractive structures are converted into a reflection hologram by scanning them with a coherent light source having a profiled narrow beam. The hybrid reflection hologram can exhibit display parameters including the multiple colors, solidity, and color stability of white light reflection holograms, the diffractive color shifting of a white light transmission hologram, three dimensional imaging and a wide variety of dynamic changes. Different areas or images with each of these effects can be combined in a single hologram. These hybrid reflection holograms are ideal for security and forgery prevention applications.

Abstract: A digital holography device (1) which is capable of measuring a subject with high accuracy by correcting intensity unevenness by accurately removing zeroth-order diffracted light, includes: a hologram generating section (26) for generating a first hologram and a second hologram each obtained by extracting components identical in phase shift amount from a polarizer array hologram which is recorded in an image capturing device (7) mounted with a polarizer array (6); a dividing section (3) for dividing the first hologram into a plurality of first regions, and dividing the second hologram into a plurality of second regions; a comparing section (4) for comparing a first average value of an intensity in a first region of the first hologram and a second average value of an intensity in a second region of the second hologram which region corresponds to the first region; and a correcting section (5) for, in a case where the first average value and the second average value differ, correcting at least one of the first a

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods to robustly inter-convert between polarization-entangled photon pairs and time-entangled photon pairs, such that produced polarization-entangled photons pairs can be converted into time-entangled photon pairs, stored as time-entangled photon pairs to preserve the entanglement for longer periods of time, and then converted back to polarization-entangled photon pairs when ready for manipulation, processing, and measurement by a quantum application.

Abstract: An optical imaging system having two micromirrors is disclosed. Each of the two micromirrors can be rotated by a first set of combdrive actuators along a first axis and a second set of combdrive actuators along a second axis. Each of the first and second set of combdrive actuators includes multiple stator comb fingers and multiple rotor comb fingers capable of rotating about a torsion bar. One of the micromirrors can be tuned by applying a current to the torsion bar to change the Young's modulus of the torsion bar via thermoelectrical heating of the torsion bar.

Abstract: A scanning rate is increased without causing the light utilization efficiency to decrease. An optical scanning device includes a polarization switching unit that switches the polarization direction of a beam at a predetermined switching timing; at least one polarization beam splitter that splits the beam into two optical paths in accordance with the polarization direction switched by the polarization switching unit; a reflecting optical system that causes the beams split by the polarization beam splitter to have relative angles in the same plane so as to make the beams meet at the same location; and a scanner that scans the beams made to meet at the same location by means of the reflecting optical system in a direction parallel to the plane in synchronization with the switching timing of the polarization switching unit.

Abstract: In imaging system (100), a spatial light modulator (101) is configured to produce images (102) by scanning a plurality light beams (104,105,106). A first optical element (107) is configured to cause the plurality of light beams to converge along an optical path (114) defined between the first optical element and the spatial light modulator. A second optical element (115) is disposed between the spatial light modulator and an output of the imaging system. The first optical element and the spatial light modulator are arranged such that an image plane (117) is created between the spatial light modulator and the second optical element. The second optical element is configured to collect the diverging light (118) from the image plane and collimate it. The second optical element then delivers the collimated light to a pupil (120) on the other side of the second optical element relative to the spatial light modulator.

Abstract: An optical membrane device comprises a substrate, at least one support block on a surface of the substrate, and at least one plate. A torsion beam supports the plate above the substrate on the support block. The optical membrane device also includes an optical membrane structure supported by the plate above the substrate and at least one electrode on the substrate underneath the plate. In one implementation, the optical membrane device further comprises a tether for coupling the optical membrane structure to the plate. The tether extends between the optical membrane structure and the plate. In another implementation, the substrate of the optical membrane device has an optical port through the substrate directly below the optical membrane structure. The plate is substantially balanced around the torsion beam to minimize a sensitivity to orientation in a gravitational field.