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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177344 | Image recording apparatus An ink feeding mechanism includes an ink reservoir 31, a subtank 32 for temporarily storing ink, a decompression channel 44 for decompressing the subtank 32 to a fixed pressure, an ink force-feed channel 41 interconnecting the ink ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8109602 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus for forming an appropriate test pattern is provided. A control section 41 includes: an image combination section 412 for combining image information corresponding to a subject image P1 of a first resolution, with secon... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8085288 | Exposure system with a plurality of laser sources located at dispersed sites A CTP system is provided, which allows its continuous use even if some of laser diodes located at dispersed sites are in a non-light emitting state due to breakage or the like. In the case where some channels are in the non-light emitting state, channel-by-channel e... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8070286 | Image recording apparatus In an image recording apparatus using an inkjet mode, printing paper fed from a paper feeder 2 is supplied onto tables 1 movable by an endless transport mechanism of a table moving mechanism 5. After each table 1 is transferred from the e... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8004719 | Threshold matrix generation method, threshold matrix generating apparatus, and recording medium A plurality of types of basic tiles are arranged in a matrix area while prohibiting an arrangement of only ON or OFF elements in two rows and two columns, to acquire an element matrix representing an arrangement of dots in a gray level of 50%. After one element is s... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7978373 | Image processing apparatus and method for printing and plate making, and recording medium having image processing program recorded therein for printing and plate making A neighboring vector, which is a boundary portion between two overlapping objects, is extracted. To calculate luminance levels of the objects on both sides of the neighboring vector, a predetermined number of coordinate points (sample points) in the vicinity of the ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7938400 | Transport device for image recording apparatus and method of correcting transport speed in transport device for image recording apparatus A transport device which accomplishes transport well by means of a linear motor mechanism well even if a chain is elongated. The transport uses the chain in a first transport section, and the linear motor mechanism in a second transport section. A coupling pin of th... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929139 | Spectroscopic ellipsometer, film thickness measuring apparatus, and method of focusing in spectroscopic ellipsometer In a spectroscopic ellipsometer, light emitted from a light source enters a measurement surface of a substrate through an optical system in a lighting part so as to incline to the measurement surface to be directed to a light receiving device, and ellipsometry is pe... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924302 | Image recording apparatus with gas blowing device A laser light source has a plurality of semiconductor lasers arranged in a direction intersecting a primary scanning direction X. The semiconductor lasers are arranged in such a positional relationship that each semiconductor laser is located upstream, in the primar... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920609 | Exposure device and circuit board for laser controller In an exposure device comprising a laser controller that is configured as a circuit board capable of independently being changed, and that controls the emission of laser light from a laser emitter emitting laser light on receipt of an instruction for control given f... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7903282 | Image processing information association processor, printing system, method of enabling layout data output, and program Image features of a plurality of RGB images arranged for layout are extracted, and the RGB images are classified into image categories determined by the commonality of the image features. Recipe information previously set in accordance with the image features is add... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900920 | Recording medium transport device in image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes a plurality of linear motor mechanisms for transporting a plurality of tables in a first transport section including at least an area in which an image is recorded on recording media, and an endless transport mechanism for trans... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7868908 | Image recording apparatus having a laser source An image recording apparatus according to this invention includes a frequency divider 22 for generating a reference signal of a frequency higher than that of a dot clock signal, a pulse exposure control circuit 31 for causing a laser beam emitted from ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864318 | Spectroscopic ellipsometer and ellipsometry A spectroscopic ellipsometer has a polarized light generating part for generating elliptically polarized lights of a plurality of wavelengths included in a predetermined measurement wavelength band from white light and directing the elliptically polarized lights to ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7821672 | Image recording method and image recording apparatus In a printer, threshold matrixes are prepared so that, in a color halftone image generated with the threshold matrixes, cell centers are arranged randomly, a direction where intervals of cell centers for cyan are maximum and a direction where intervals of cell cente... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7800638 | Platemaking apparatus A laser engraving machine has a recording drum 11 rotatable with a flexo sensitive material 10 mounted peripherally thereof, and a recording head 20 movable parallel to the axis of this recording drum 11. The recording head 20 incl... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7782493 | Method of generating threshold matrix for creating halftone dot image and method and apparatus for creating halftone dot image and recording medium To generate a threshold matrix which is compared with an original image in creating a halftone dot image for each color component, in a matrix area for one color component, dot centers are arranged almost uniformly in a random fashion at a predetermined density and ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7765439 | Traceability management apparatus, storage medium storing program, and tracing method A hardware-information acquisition part, in the case of modification or addition to hardware configurations of semiconductor manufacturing devices to be managed, obtains that update information. To check the range of influence of a failure, as a first step, a softwa... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7751084 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program An image processing apparatus of the present invention compares the density value of K-color at each position around a blank character with a reference density value, thereby deciding whether it is necessary to remove other color components. Based on the result of a... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7739952 | Printing apparatus and method of tension control A printing apparatus performs printing on a web of printing paper while transporting the printing paper along a transport path. The printing apparatus includes a first transport mechanism located upstream in the transport path, and a second transport mechanism locat... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7726760 | Printing apparatus, method of inspecting nozzles for abnormalities, and program A printing apparatus records a predetermined test pattern on printing paper, and reads the test pattern by means of a scanner. The scanner reads the test pattern at a resolution lower than the resolution of a recording head. This allows the automatic and fast readin... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7724393 | Judging whether trapping process is required or not In trapping process of a multicolor image, it is judged whether trapping process is required or not, and trapping process is performed only when required. Specifically, trapping process is executed when in a portion where a plurality of figures constituting an image... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720273 | Fixed pattern extracting apparatus, pattern writing apparatus, fixed pattern extracting method and recording medium In a computer, fixed pattern information indicating respective shapes of fixed pattern elements included in a fixed pattern and respective position vectors of the fixed pattern elements with respect to a reference position in the fixed pattern is prepared and key pa... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715071 | Apparatus for measuring color values of prints A white reference value and a corresponding transport speed are stored in memory. A black reference value and a corresponding imaging speed are also stored. Next, a printing operation is started and color values and a corresponding transport speed are stored. Accura... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7710628 | Method and apparatus for correcting output light-amounts of spatial light modulator, image recording apparatus, and image recording method In each light modulator element of a special light modulator with diffraction grating structure where moving ribbons and fixed ribbons are alternately arranged, the maximum light-amount (I1) when an output light-amount first becomes maximum from when the movi... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7710579 | Measuring method and apparatus for measuring depth of trench pattern In a trench shape measuring apparatus, a substrate having a trench pattern extending in a predetermined trench direction on a measurement area is held by a holding part. A light emission part applies illumination light to the measurement area and reflected light of ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7689029 | Apparatus and method for inspecting pattern An operation part in a pattern inspection apparatus includes a defect candidate image generator for generating a binary defect candidate image representing a defect candidate area in an inspection image by comparing the inspection image with a reference image, in an... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7671883 | Image recording apparatus A laser beam emitted from each semiconductor laser 27 is guided by a step index type multi-mode optical fiber, a graded index type multi-mode optical fiber deformable and movable with movement of a recording head, and a step index type multi-mode optical fibe... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7659525 | Apparatus for and method of recording image An image recording apparatus (1) causes a recording head (20) to move through a distance corresponding to one half of the recording width of the recording head (20) in a sub-scanning direction each time a recording drum (10) makes one rot... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7646908 | Defect detection apparatus and defect detection method A defect detection apparatus (1) comprises an image pickup part (3) for picking up an image of a substrate (9) to acquire a grayscale target image, from which pixel values of the target image are sequentially outputted to a defect detector (4... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7643176 | Method and apparatus controlling printed color tone conditionally using a representative point or alternative representative point A printed tone control method for adjusting a printed color tone by comparing image data serving as a reference and image data obtained by reading an image from a print actually made by a printing machine. The method includes a representative point setting step for ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7643047 | Light source module, optical unit array and pattern writing apparatus An optical unit array comprises a plurality of optical units (2) in each of which a plurality of light source modules (1) are arranged and a first comb-teeth member (41) and a second comb-teeth member (42) which are provided for holding t... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7614723 | Printing system, controller for printing apparatus, method of executing printing process, and program for flushing ejection For a low saturation and high density region in a printed sheet identified based on rasterized data, flushing ejection is executed, with landing positions dispersed in the region. For a region being low in saturation but not high in density, an edge portion of the r... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7612873 | Surface form measuring apparatus and stress measuring apparatus and surface form measuring method and stress measuring method In a stress measuring apparatus, reflected light of light emitted to a substrate through an objective lens is received by a light shielding pattern imaging part, to acquire an image of a light shielding pattern positioned at an aperture stop part of an optical syste... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7612865 | Pattern writing apparatus and pattern writing method Light irradiation is performed on a strip region on a photosensitive material by main scanning of an irradiation region group on the photosensitive material where light emitted from a micromirror group of a DMD is directed and light is applied to a plurality of stri... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7602534 | Interface circuit device and printing apparatus A CPU and an image memory are provided in a printing apparatus. An interface circuit device for inputting/outputting signals representing image data is interposed between the CPU and the image memory. The interface circuit device constitutes of a plurality of SSTL c... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7598746 | Surface voltmeter and surface voltage measurement method A surface voltmeter has a stage having a conductive surface, a vibrating electrode, a vibration part, and an elevation mechanism. While vibrating the vibrating electrode, displacement current from the conductive surface is acquired. A control part controls electrode... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7589755 | Apparatus and method for recording image on photosensitive material A spatial light modulator has a plurality of grating elements. Each grating element can be switched between a diffracting state and a reflecting state, and only zeroth order light beams from the spatial light modulator are directed onto photosensitive material. An i... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7586630 | Print preview apparatus and method The print preview screen has a button enabling the operator to select the direction in which previewed pages are offset. The print preview screen also has a display screen enabling the operator to specify which sheet is displayed in the foreground in front of all ot... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7564596 | Image recording apparatus Means for detecting scanning positions of first and second recording heads is provided for detecting that the first recording head is opposed to a recording inhibition area (in which an imaging material is not mounted) on a drum 1, based on an output from the... | 07/21/2009 |
