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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110038056 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME A zoom lens system includes, in order of from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit which does not move for zooming; a second lens unit moving during zooming; a third lens unit moving during zooming; and a fourth lens unit which does not move for zooming. T... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038055 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME A zoom lens system, includes, in order from an object side to an image side: a positive first lens unit which does not move for zooming; a negative second lens unit which moves for zooming; a positive third lens unit which moves for zooming; and a fourth lens unit which... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038054 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME An optical system includes, in order from an enlargement conjugate side to a reduction conjugate side via a largest air gap, a front unit having a negative power, and a rear unit having positive power. The optical system satisfies 1.75<Ndn1<2.05, 0.02&l... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037881 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM The lens apparatus is detachably attachable to a camera apparatus. The lens apparatus includes an image taking optical system, a memory configured to store aberration correction data being used for image correction processing corresponding to aberration of the image tak... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037880 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH SAME A zoom lens comprises first and fourth units which don't move for zooming, and second and third units moved during zooming. The first unit includes a front side partial unit which don't move for focusing, a movable partial unit moved for focusing, and a rear side partia... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037878 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME A zoom lens including in order from an object side to an image side: a positive first lens unit which does not move for zooming; a negative second lens unit for magnification, and a rear lens group including two or more lens units, in which: the first lens unit includes... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035640 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR A data processing apparatus capable of efficiently collecting information useful for network failure analysis. If image data transmission to a host computer has failed, a packet acquisition start instruction is given from a data transmission control unit to a packet acq... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033790 | DETECTION APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD The present invention provides a detection apparatus which detects an upper-surface mark and lower-surface mark formed on an upper surface and lower surface, respectively, of a substrate, the apparatus including an optical system configured to form an image of the lower... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033061 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD An audio signal processing device includes multiple input reception units to which analog audio signals, on which watermark information indicating identification information is superimposed, are input, an extraction unit that is adapted to extract the identification inf... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032625 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME Provided is a zoom lens system including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive optical power; a second lens unit having a negative optical power; a third lens unit having a positive optical power; a fourth lens unit having a... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032616 | OPTICAL UNIT AND OPTICAL APPARATUS The optical unit includes a base member, a shift member configured to hold an image stabilizing lens and to be movable with respect to the base member in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis to reduce image blur, and an image stabilizing actuator configured to shift th... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032506 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, SYSTEM, UPDATING METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD An exposure apparatus comprises a first interface connected to a communication network to which a control apparatus for performing a control operation of the exposure apparatus is connected, a second interface connected, not via the communication network, to an informat... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032504 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD The present invention provides a measurement apparatus which measures a height of a test surface, the apparatus including an image sensing device including a plurality of detection units configured to detect interfering light formed by measurement light from the test su... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032503 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD The present invention provides a measurement apparatus which measures a height of a test surface, the apparatus including an image sensing device including a plurality of detection units configured to detect interfering light formed by measurement light from the test su... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032487 | COLOR SPLITTER AND COMBINER SYSTEM AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS A color splitter and combiner system includes a first transparent member located on an optical path between a first polarization beam splitter and an optical path combiner, and a second transparent member located on an optical path between a second polarization beam spl... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032411 | IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM AND LENS APPARATUS The image pickup system is constituted by a lens apparatus including a focus lens and an image pickup apparatus performing image pickup through the lens apparatus. The system includes an operating part being operated to instruct a movement of the focus lens, a controlle... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110026137 | LENS APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING EXTENSION/RETRACTION OPERATION WITH RESPECT TO IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS BODY AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME A lens apparatus of the present invention includes a cam ring 7 having an inner circumferential surface on which first, second, and third cam groove portions 7a, 7b, and 7c with which first, second, and third cam follower... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026067 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR THE SAME An image forming apparatus capable of being used for a longest possible time period without the need for a user to determine the necessity of part replacement. In a case that a conveyance roller or other part whose consumption degree exceeds a prescribed value is used f... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026022 | SPECTRAL OPTICAL ELEMENT, SPECTRAL COLORIMETRIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME A concave reflection type diffraction optical element used for a Rowland type spectrometer, in which: the Rowland type spectrometer detects wavelengths in a range including a wavelength λ1 or more and a wavelength λ2 or less (λ1<λ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025965 | PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS A projection image display apparatus includes: light source; polarization/separation element having a polarization/separation plane through which one polarized light passes and which reflects the other orthogonal to the one; an image display element for modulating the i... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025917 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE A video processing device includes a sprite rendering processor in connection with a display buffer (e.g. line buffers) and an alpha table. The sprite rendering processor alternately performs first rendering based on sprite attribute data and second rendering based on a... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024979 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS FOR FEEDING SHEET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS A sheet feeding apparatus that is capable of driving a motor without causing step-out even when a cheap PM type stepping motor is used for a sheet feeding unit. A sheet feeding unit includes a tray that stacks sheets, a sheet feeding mechanism that conveys the sheets, a... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023691 | MUSICAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, SYSTEM INCLUDING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Provided are a musical performance-related information output device and a musical performance system capable of superimposing musical performance-related information on an audio signal without damaging the general versatility of the audio signal. The musical performanc... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022724 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL THAT PERFORMS DATA TRANSMISSION USING SIP, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM A communication terminal which is capable of preventing a user of a terminal that receives data from being confused when a redirect setting is made after occurrence of an error during data transmission and before resuming the data transmission. A communication terminal ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022723 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS DATA TRANSMISSION USING SIP, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM An information processing apparatus which enables a user on a source side to transmit data to a redirect destination terminal if the user on the source side desires to perform data transmission, even when a redirect setting has been made by the destination side. A CPU o... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019986 | OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING OPTICAL ANTI-SHAKE FUNCTION An optical apparatus of the present invention includes shake detectors 25p and 25y which detect a shake, electro-optic elements eo1 and eo2 which constitute a part of the optical system and change refractive-index distributions ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019841 | MIXING CONTROL DEVICE A mixing control device has a plurality of input channels for processing and mixing audio signals according to parameters specified in the respective input channels. In the mixing control device, a plurality of channel strips are grouped into a first portion and a secon... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019836 | SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS A sound emission and collection device includes a main housing and two sub-housings. In the main housing, a microphone array is provided. Microphone arrays are also provided in the sub-housings. Sound collection directions of the microphone arrays are outer directions w... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019233 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS DATA COMMUNICATION USING SIP, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM An information processing apparatus that inhibits execution of processing for reading data when redirection is inhibited in a transmission mode in which data is not immediately transmitted, thereby being capable of preventing the reading processing from going to waste. ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019166 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS The image projection apparatus includes an image-forming element forming an original image, a projection optical system projecting light from the image-forming element onto a projection surface to form a projected image, an optical shifting part shifting the projection ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019016 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes a shake detector 109 which detects a shake of an image pickup apparatus, a shake analyzer 112 which obtains features of a plurality of shake components whose kinds are different from each othe... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110013778 | SPEAKER ARRAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING AUDIO BEAMS OF SPEAKER ARRAY APPRATUS To provide a speaker array apparatus and a method for setting audio beams in a speaker array apparatus, in which the degree of freedom in the place where the speaker array apparatus is installed is high, and a user can set audio beams easily. A speaker array apparatus <... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110013283 | OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING AN IMAGE STABILIZING APPARATUS An image stabilizer includes: an optical system movable in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis (“orthogonal plane”) and correcting image blur; a movable member holding the optical system and movable relative to a fixed member in an orthogonal plane; a guide gui... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110013196 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SYSTEM The present invention provides a measurement apparatus which measures a wavefront of light traveling from a member to be measured, the apparatus including a first reference surface, a second reference surface configured to function as a reference surface for the first r... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110013051 | INFORMATION SUPPLYING APPARATUS, LENS APPARATUS, CAMERA APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM The information supplying apparatus (11, 131) is configured to supply first information to an image processing apparatus performing image processing for reducing an image component which is included in an image obtained by image pickup through an optical system a... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110010722 | MEMORY SWAP MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM A memory swap management method that can preferentially place in a primary storage device a process that has a high possibility of being executed next, thereby shortening the time to start executing the next process. A planned execution sequence of jobs is stored when t... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110010570 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING POWER SAVING MODE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR An information processing apparatus in which a first waiting time is set, if a job interval is longer than a reference time and a predetermined condition is not satisfied, and a second waiting time longer than the first waiting time is set, if a job interval is longer t... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110007297 | STAGE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE A stage apparatus, which holds a plate member, comprises: a stage; a first positioning member and a second positioning member which are placed on the stage, and are configured to contact a lower surface and an upper surface of the plate member respectively to position t... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110007296 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD The present invention provides an exposure apparatus which transfers a pattern of a reticle onto a substrate, the apparatus including a convey unit configured to convey the substrate while chucking and holding a lower surface of the substrate, and a control unit configu... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110006403 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A semiconductor device is disclosed which includes active section 100, edge termination section 110 having a voltage blocking structure and disposed around active section 100, and separation section 120 having a device separation structure an... | 01/13/2011 |
