Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127569 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS A microscope apparatus including an illumination apparatus capable of, regardless of the observation magnification of an imaging optical system, filling the entrance pupil of the imaging optical system with illumination light, and suitably restricting the conjugate imag... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127479 | Pattern forming apparatus, mark detecting apparatus, exposure apparatus, pattern forming method, exposure method, and device manufacturing method While a wafer stage linearly moves in a Y-axis direction, a multipoint AF system detects surface position information of the wafer surface at a plurality of detection points that are set at a predetermined distance in an X-axis direction and also a plurality of alignmen... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127478 | REFLECTOR, OPTICAL ELEMENT, INTERFEROMETER SYSTEM, STAGE DEVICE, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATING METHOD A reflecting member has: a first reflecting surface, which extends in a second direction that includes a first direction component; a second reflecting surface, which extends in a third direction that includes the first direction component, that is substantially symmetr... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127453 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM, PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND CALIBRATION METHOD A controller measures positional information of a stage within an XY plane using three encoders which at least include one each of an X encoder and a Y encoder of an encoder system, and the stage is driven in the XY plane, based on measurement results of the positional ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127450 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD AND MOVABLE BODY DRIVE SYSTEM, AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD AND PATTERN FORMATION APPARATUS A first positional information of a wafer stage is measured using an interferometer system such as, for example, a Z interferometer. At the same time, a second positional information of the wafer stage is measured using a surface position measurement system such as, for... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120106822 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STATE OF A CELL AGGREGATION, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING THE METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CELL AGGREGATION An image processing program obtains a first image and a second image taken by an imaging device at a predetermined time interval; performs block matching, using the luminance distribution of a local region of the first image as a standard, in a vicinity including the co... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105684 | DIGITAL CAMERA This invention includes an imaging device that photographs a subject, a display device that has a display screen displaying image data photographed by the imaging device, a zoom device that varies the display screen, an extraction device that extracts a predetermined fe... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120082445 | DRIVING MECHANISM, LENS BARREL, AND CAMERA A driving mechanism includes plural driving members arranged in a circumferential shape around a reference shaft, a base member holding the plural driving members with each interposed in the circumferential direction, first piezoelectric elements vibrating in a thicknes... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082389 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT OF IMAGE EVALUATION An image processing device includes: a first arithmetic operation unit that individually calculates an evaluation value based upon first factors, in correspondence to each of a plurality of images included in an image batch input thereto; an exclusion unit that executes... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081805 | DRIVING MECHANISM, LENS BARREL AND CAMERA A driving mechanism includes a first piezoelectric element and a first driving member that is driven by the first piezoelectric element and that vibrates in a first direction. The first driving member includes a second piezoelectric element and a second driving member t... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081804 | DRIVING MECHANISM, LENS BARREL, AND CAMERA A driving mechanism includes a first piezoelectric element that vibrates in a thickness-shear vibration mode in a first direction, a first member that is driven to vibrate in the first direction by the first piezoelectric element, a second piezoelectric element that is ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081803 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LENS BARREL, AND IMAGING DEVICE A piezoelectric actuator includes a first piezoelectric element that performs thickness-shear vibration in a first direction, a first member that is driven by the first piezoelectric element and that vibrates in the first direction, a second piezoelectric element that i... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081802 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LENS BARREL, AND CAMERA A piezoelectric actuator comprises a first piezoelectric element, a second piezoelectric element, a first set of a first member that is mounted with the first piezoelectric element which is deformed in a first direction with an application of a first voltage, and a seco... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081594 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, CAMERA BODY AND CAMERA SYSTEM An interchangeable lens that can be fitted to and removed from a camera body, includes: an optical characteristic storage unit that stores information relating to optical characteristics of the interchangeable lens, including at least information related to vignetting o... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081575 | DATA RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE, DATA RECORDING/REPRODUCING PROGRAM AND DATA REPRODUCING DEVICE A data recording/reproducing device includes: a position detection unit that detects information (hereafter referred to as position information) indicating a position at which data are acquired and reproduced; a determining unit that determines which specific set of geo... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120070083 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD An image processing device that converts a first image captured via an optical system in which at least one of a plurality of color components is missing in one pixel and MTF characteristics are different between a reference color component and at least one missing colo... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069353 | PROFILE MEASURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MEASURING PROFILE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRODUCT There is provided a profile measuring apparatus which measures a profile of an object, including an imaging element; an image formation optical system including an objective lens; a measuring direction changing unit which is configured to change inclination of a surface... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069220 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC CAMERA An image processing apparatus includes a clip part and an incremental processing part. The clip part sets a threshold value as an output luminance value of a process object pixel when a luminance value of the process object pixel of an image data having luminance values... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069201 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CAMERA An electronic device includes a setting unit that sets at least one image corresponding to a set of image data as print target image among a plurality of sets of image data in a first image file which is containable the plurality of sets of image data, and an image file... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069055 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS An image display apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a target object, and a display control unit that adjusts an image display method through which an image is displayed, so as to alter the image as visually perceived along a direction of visually perceived... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069002 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS An image display apparatus includes a display unit capable of performing a stereoscopic view display of a first image utilizing a disparity of human being, an image processing unit performing processing which changes a depth range in the stereoscopic view display on the... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120067380 | CLEANING LIQUID, CLEANING METHOD, LIQUID GENERATING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATING METHOD An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate through an exposure liquid with exposure light. A cleaning liquid is provided to the exposure apparatus, in order to clean at least part of the exposure apparatus. In the cleaning liquid, a prescribed gas of an amount that is gr... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050752 | LARGE SCALE METROLOGY APPARATUS AND METHOD A metrology system that uses multiple rotating receiving heads and either (i) photo-emitting targets or (ii) passive retro-reflector targets. In either case, each receiver head includes a pair of slit-shaped field view collectors, at opposing degrees, relative to the ax... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050726 | LARGE SCALE METROLOGY APPARATUS AND METHOD A metrology system that uses a plurality of photo-detecting targets positioned on the objects to be assembled, a plurality of rotating photo-emitting heads, a master signal generator that generates a reference RF signal, and a signal processor that determines the positi... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050572 | Information processing apparatus and method for operating same When the power supply is turned on, the value of a mode flag first is set to 0, the mode flag is evaluated, and processing of the record mode is executed. In the record mode, charging processing of the strobe is performed for a specified interval of time, and the strobe... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050553 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CAMERA, CAMERA SYSTEM, POSITION MEASUREMENT OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM AND POSITION MEASUREMENT OPERATION CONTROL METHOD A camera includes: a photographic lens; an image sensor that captures a subject image; a motion detection unit that detects motion of the camera and outputs a detection signal corresponding to an extent of the motion; a position measurement unit that measures a position... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047459 | Information processing apparatus In order to efficiently display a plurality of images on a display screen, the display screen is divided into a number of areas based on the number of images that are designated for display. For example, if four information items are selected and designated for display,... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044469 | Exposure method, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method A liquid immersion device that has an mixing mechanism that mixes and dissolves a predetermined substance for adjusting specific resistance of the liquid, which is supplied onto a liquid repellent film on the surface of an object (member) of a projection optical system ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120039523 | Method for matching high-numerical aperture scanners A method for matching characterizing features of an optical scanner against target characterizing features is provided. The characterizing features are produced from characterizing data (also referred to as a signature characteristic) produced from a scan of a mask by t... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038808 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE A solid state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of vertical signal lines, a plurality of sample hold sections, a horizontal output section, and a horizontal scanning circuit. The horizontal output section is made up of a plurality of first horiz... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038806 | IMAGE SHOOTING DEVICE An image shooting device includes: an image shooting part formed of a pixel array and a reading control part in which the pixel array includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, each of the pixels having a photoelectric conversion part, a transfer transist... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038802 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS A plurality of kinds of color filters are disposed at each of pixels in accordance with a color array of two rows and two columns at a pixel section of a solid state imaging device. A first signal outputting circuit and a second signal outputting circuit each perform an... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033192 | Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and device producing method An exposure apparatus (EX) exposes a substrate (P) by irradiating exposure light (EL) on the substrate (P) via a projection optical system (PL) and a liquid (LQ) supplied from a liquid supply mechanism (10). The exposure apparatus (EX) has a pressure adjustment m... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033123 | INFORMATION CONTROL APPARATUS, DATA ANALYZING APPARATUS, SIGNAL, SERVER, INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM, SIGNAL CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM An information control apparatus comprises: a determination unit that determines at least an attribute of an object to be analyzed on the basis of captured image data acquired by an imaging apparatus fixed to a signal; and an output unit that outputs determination resul... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120032067 | Two dimensional encoder system and method An encoder system and method are provided, that is designed to improve 2D encoder systems and methods in areas such as accuracy, compactness, stability, resolution, and/or light efficiency. Moreover, the system and method of this invention provides a new concept in a re... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030485 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE A USB electronic device with a power source loaded therein, which is connected to another USB electronic device via a USB connector, comprises a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage at an identification pin of the USB connector, a power supply control unit that... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120028197 | TRANSMISSION OPTICAL SYSTEM, ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD According to one embodiment, a transmission optical system which guides light in a nearly parallel beam state emitted from an optical outlet port of a light source, to an optical inlet port of an exposure apparatus body and which injects the light in the nearly parallel... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026613 | ACTUATOR, DRIVE DEVICE, LENS UNIT, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE It is an objective of the present invention to provide an actuator that can efficiently enlarge a displacement amount of a moving element. Provided is an actuator that moves a moving element, comprising a drive element that contacts the moving element; a drive unit that... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026490 | SURFACE INSPECTION APPARATUS A surface inspection apparatus for observing an edge portion of an object to be inspected includes an illumination device that irradiates an illumination light to the edge portion; and an observation device that forms an image of an observation region of the edge portio... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026475 | Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and device producing method An exposure apparatus EX is provided with a measuring unit 60 which measures at least one of property and components of a liquid LQ in a state that a liquid immersion area LR is formed on an object different from a substrate P to be exposed. There is provided an ... | 02/02/2012 |
