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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7292308 | System and method for patterning a flexible substrate in a lithography tool A system and method are used to feed a flexible substrate through a patterned beam to be exposed at target portions by the pattered beam. In one example, the flexible substrate is passed over a chuck (e.g., a vacuum chuck). In one example, the chuck can bias the fle... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7272788 | Client-server system for merging of metadata with images A method and system for merging metadata with digital images is disclosed, where the digital images are stored as image files having metadata fields associated therewith. The method and system include receiving data uploaded from a remote location, providing a web a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7190475 | Method for providing a print and apparatus The object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a print which is designated by a viewer, and whose print charge is paid by a registrant. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing a print. The method makes i... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7141279 | Transmissive or reflective liquid crystal display and novel process for its manufacture This invention relates to a liquid crystal display with improved contrast ratio, switching performance, reflectivity at the Dmin state and structural integrity, and methods for its manufacture. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7130020 | Roll printer with decomposed raster scan and X-Y distortion correction A photolithographic machine is described for transferring fine patterns from a photomask to a flexible roll-to-roll format. It is capable of printing multiple layers in exact registry onto a distorted format. It contains 1 to 1 reflective optics, dynamic distortion ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7027126 | Optical scanning apparatus An optical scanning apparatus that includes a light source, a polygon mirror for deflecting a plurality of light beams emitted from the light source, and an image focusing system for causing the light beams deflected by the polygon mirror to form spots on surfaces o... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6943867 | Method and system for shipping of photofinishing orders A system and method for automatically determining the shipping weight and cost of a plurality of photofinishing items from a service provider without physically weighing the photofinishing order. A computer system receives photofinishing orders from the customers an... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6933098 | Process for roll-to-roll manufacture of a display by synchronized photolithographic exposure on a substrate web This invention relates to an electrophoretic display or a liquid crystal display and novel processes for its manufacture. The electrophoretic display (EPD) of the present invention comprises microcups of well-defined shape, size and aspect ratio and the microcups ar... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6932883 | Screens for vibratory separators A method for making a screen assembly for a vibratory separator, the method including, in at least certain aspects, gluing together with glue at least two layers of fine screening material, allowing the glue to set, preheating the glued together at least two layers ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6906779 | Process for roll-to-roll manufacture of a display by synchronized photolithographic exposure on a substrate web This invention relates to an electrophoretic display or a liquid crystal display and novel processes for its manufacture. The electrophoretic display (EPD) of the present invention comprises microcups of well-defined shape, size and aspect ratio and the microcups ar... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6812998 | Method and system for shipping of photofinishing orders A system and method for automatically determining the shipping weight and cost of a plurality of photofinishing items from a service provider without physically weighing the photofinishing order. A computer system receives photofinishing orders from the customers an... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6707531 | Automatic self-service installation for printing photographs stored in digital form An automatic self-service installation for printing photographs stored in digital form includes a digital medium reader for reading and retrieving digital data from stored image(s) which a user wishes to restore on a paper print. A central processing unit manages th... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6630987 | Rotational mask scanning exposure method and apparatus A method and rotational mask scanning apparatus for exposing a plurality of images on a workpiece, include a rotatable mask having a pattern of image segments thereon, an optical system for projecting the image segments onto the workpiece, and a device fo... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6469772 | Light source unit for optical scanning apparatus used in image forming apparatuses A multi-beam scanning apparatus including a light source unit having a plurality of light emitting parts configured to emit a plurality of divergent light fluxes, a deflector configured to deflect the plurality of divergent light fluxes emitted from the l... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6411362 | Rotational mask scanning exposure method and apparatus A method and rotational mask scanning apparatus for exposing a plurality of images on a workpiece, include a rotatable mask having a pattern of image segments thereon, an optical system for projecting the image segments onto the workpiece, and a device fo... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6292252 | Apparatus for producing a photographic picture The invention relates to an apparatus for producing a photographic picture on a copy material, whereby an exposure arrangement with a projection optics is provided for the production of the photographic picture which includes a mirror matrix with individu... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6259507 | Radiation image read-out apparatus A stimulable phosphor sheet, on which a radiation image has been stored, is scanned with stimulating rays in a main scanning direction and moved in a sub-scanning direction, which is approximately normal to the main scanning direction. A read-out device p... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6130742 | Exposure apparatus for a ball shaped substrate An exposure apparatus for a ball shaped substrate for manufacturing semiconductor devices. An exposure apparatus continually exposes light through a mask having a specified pattern to a surface of a ball shaped substrate. Holders each holding a ball shape... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6018383 | Very large area patterning system for flexible substrates In the manufacturing of flexible, large-area electronic modules such as flat-panel displays (FPDs), the high cost and low yields of currently available patterning equipment represent a significant barrier to cost-effective production. This invention provi... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5686230 | Method of manufacturing a device, by which method various parts of a body are brought into a pattern A method of manufacturing a device provided with a body with a surface, at least a portion of the surface being provided with a radiation-sensitive layer, after which portions of the radiation-sensitive layer are exposed to radiation through a mask, a fir... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5610682 | Photographing method and photosensitive material printing apparatus utilizing the same Disclosed are a photographic method which including optically dividing the picture plane of a great-size original into two areas and photographing said areas with a specified combination of a lens having a narrow angle of view with two or three pairs of m... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5278610 | Rotary camera having data recording device A rotary camera for photographing a plurality of original documents on microfilm and for recording information relating to the photographed original documents together with data concerning the conditions for photographing additional necessary data. The ro... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5191463 | Scanning optical system in which a ghost image is elminated A scanning optical system is provided with a deflector for deflecting a light beam, a medium to be scanned by the light beam deflected by the deflector, and an imaging optical system disposed between the medium to be scanned and the deflector. A linear im... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5178974 | Virtually distortion-free imaging system for large field, high resolution lithography using electrons, ions or other particle beams Virtually distortion free large field high resolution imaging is performed using an imaging system which contains large field distortion or field curvature. A reticle is imaged in one direction through the optical system to form an encoded mask. The encod... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5176970 | Virtually distortion-free imaging system for large field, high resolution lithography Virtually distortion free large field high resolution imaging is performed using an imaging system which contains large field distortion or field curvature. A reticle is imaged in one direction through the optical system to form an encoded mask. The encod... | 01/05/1993 |
| 4975733 | Rotary camera A rotary camera for photographing an original image on a document sheet so that a photographed image is formed on a frame of a microfilm roll. The document sheet is fed from a document feed port onto a rotary drum which comprises a hollow cylinder having ... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4935774 | Method and an apparatus for performing three-dimensional exposure A method and an apparatus by use of three-dimensional photo-lithographic exposure employed for transferring an image to a recording medium among a series of processing works of practicing groove-processing, etc., corresponding to the image by utilization ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4928140 | High speed aperture card printer and method A high speed aperture card printer and method include a rotatable glass cylinder temporarily to transport aperture cards fed one directly after the other onto the cylinder. The aperture cards are tightly held against the cylinder by parallel endless belts... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4926213 | Apparatus for holding sensitized material in slitwise exposure type copying camera A camera includes a holder (1) for holding an original, an optical system (10) for optically scanning the original to form an image thereof, a mechanism (6) for moving the optical system and the holder with respect to each other, and a cylindrical drum (8... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4843433 | Automatic document feeder An automatic document feeder including an automatic sheet winding device and an exposure device. The automatic sheet winding device includes a rotary drum and a sheet clamping device for clamping the original sheet wound around a circumferential face of t... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4794427 | Image scanning apparatus An image scanning apparatus includes a focusing lens, a mirror for guiding light beams passing through the focusing lens onto a predetermined exposure position of a moving photosensitive drum, a moving unit for causing the mirror to move along a line inte... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4757346 | Optical system for scanning and flash exposing of document A flash exposure, full frame electrostatographic printing system is disclosed as having a document support drum and an optical arrangement for scanning a document for exposing the same to a moving photoreceptor belt. The optical arrangements for flash exp... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4754306 | Microfilm reading and reverse enlarging apparatus A microfilm reading and reverse enlarging apparatus with a copying beam for a gap illumination comprises a copy carrier movable with a constant speed, drive device for moving the copy carrier, a film platform for a film and adjustable relative to an illum... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4678320 | Copying machine A copying machine having an original platform on which an original is placed, an original cylinder around which an original is wound, a photosensitive body on which an image of the original is formed, an original set mechanism for winding a copied paper s... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4556312 | Optical printing devices for printing on blanks which are intended for swaging A device is disclosed for printing on blanks which are intended for swaging, to obtain a predeformed image on the blanks which, following swaging, will reconstitute the original image. The device comprises a light source (2), a toric prism (4) and a camer... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4486092 | Mechanism for preventing collision of half-speed mirror from occurring in variable scale factor copying apparatus A collision preventing mechanism for preventing a collision between a zoom lens system and a half-speed mirror in a variable scale factor copying apparatus for forming an electrostatic, latent image through the lens system onto a photo-sensitive drum by s... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4461565 | Optical scanning device This specification discloses an optical scanning device in a copying machine or the like of the slit exposure scanning type in which two scanning mirrors are disposed in an optical path between an image forming element and a photosensitive surface which i... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4400080 | Two-drum type copying machine having improved illumination efficiency A two-drum copying machine having rotatable memory and transfer drums in which an optical path between an object point on the memory drum and an image point on the transfer drum is arranged obliquely with respect to the optical axis of a lens focusing lig... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4373803 | Precession scanning system for copier device An optical scanning system is provided which image-wise exposes a photoreceptor surface at a rate faster than the rate at which the image is scanned. In a preferred embodiment, a dual-rate mirror assembly is driven at a value greater than the process spee... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4338021 | Imaging apparatus A document drum and a transparent drum are mounted on a common shaft. The two drums are coaxial with each other and with the shaft. An optical system is provided for forming an image of a slit-like rectangular area of a document mounted on the external su... | 07/06/1982 |
