| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-5,790,272 |
Multi-tone image processing method and apparatus A multi-tone image processing method and apparatus in which mutually dissimilar tone levels are realized by changing the additive condition of recording energy... |
| US-5,790,270 |
Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes a copying machine and a central processing apparatus provided with a facsimile function. When originals are distributed to... |
| US-5,790,269 |
Method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing a video image Edge or contour information is extracted from an image array by filtering and encoded. In order to improve reproduction accuracy, two separate filters are used... |
| US-5,790,268 |
FM broadcast fax system A subscriber broadcast system broadcasts encrypted fax (facsimile) messages on an FM subcarrier. The subcarrier is received by an FM data receiver which includes... |
| US-5,790,267 |
Communications method A communications method is provided for performing a rational priority processing according to the urgency of an interrupt transmission when an interrupt... |
| US-5,790,266 |
Transmitting method in facsimile In the present invention, a transmission control procedure from the time when a calling facsimile receives a digital identification signal from a called... |
| US-5,790,265 |
Image coding/decoding method and apparatus Disclosed are an image coding method and apparatus for coding digital image data in a highly efficient manner, and to an image decoding method and apparatus for... |
| US-5,790,264 |
Information reproduction apparatus A memory and a counter are used to count and store the number of times the same block address extracted by a block detection section is read. A scan speed... |
| US-5,790,263 |
Communication apparatus A communication apparatus includes a stamp or the like along a conveying path to perform stamping on a recording sheet. By performing stamping using a recording... |
| US-5,790,262 |
Image processing device capable of reproducing a book document In a device for processing a signal representative of a document image from a document reading unit to thereby reproduce the document image, a first comparator... |
| US-5,790,261 |
Color correction device to correct errors in input and output portions
of an image developing device and method... A color correcting device and a color correcting method in an image forming apparatus such as a color copying machine that rely on, a correction factor in a... |
| US-5,790,260 |
Offline digitizing of items for subsequent image processing A method of off-line digitizing item images for subsequent image processing. In a financial institution application of the present invention, all items to be... |
| US-5,790,259 |
Reflection-type photoelectric sensing apparatus Each of a detection sample object and a non-detection sample object is illuminated with S-polarization light, for instance. S-polarization light and... |
| US-5,790,258 |
Position detecting device A position detection device for detecting the position of an object includes a light source for generating light, an illumination device introducing the light... |
| US-5,790,257 |
Alignment device for an exposure system using a CCD camera An alignment device for an exposure system using a CCD camera is disclosed. The alignment device includes a plurality of optical alignment systems, a screen, a... |
| US-5,790,256 |
Foot analyzer An apparatus and methods for analyzing feet which utilize matrixes of pressures sensors and optical sensors connected to a controller and a monitor. An apparatus... |
| US-5,790,255 |
Transparent light beam detectors A system of partially transparent light beam detectors that allow passage of the light beam through the detector allows multiple detectors that use the same... |
| US-5,790,254 |
Monitoring of minimum features on a substrate A method of measuring bias of a minimum feature in a lithographic process uses creating an array of elements having a width and space corresponding to the... |
| US-5,790,253 |
Method and apparatus for correcting linearity errors of a moving mirror
and stage To accurately correct the deformation component of a moving mirror on a wafer stage measure the curving data of the moving mirrors prior to the installation onto... |
| US-5,790,252 |
Method of and apparatus for determining residual damage to wafer edges The invention seeks to permit evaluation of edge portion of like inclined surfaces of wafer with high accuracy without the conventional destruction process based... |
| US-5,790,251 |
Defect inspecting apparatus A defect inspecting apparatus for detecting a defect on a mask formed with a predetermined pattern comprises a first illumination system for ... |
| US-5,790,250 |
Apparatus and method for real-time spectral alignment for open-path
fourier transform infrared spectrometers An improved open-path fast Fourier infrared spectrometer includes a circuit or algorithm which performs real-time, spectral alignment on measured interferograms... |
| US-5,790,249 |
Flow contamination tester Apparatus for measuring contamination in a hot melt flow. The apparatus includes a flow cell tube adapted to pass the melt flow. Apparatus is provided for... |
| US-5,790,248 |
Laser beam levelling device The present invention provides a laser beam levelling device which is provided with two rotatable heads wherein a horizontal laser plane can be emitted from the... |
| US-5,790,247 |
Technique for determining defect positions in three dimensions in a
transparent structure A method (500) for inspecting anomalies, which are likely defects of several types, namely, particles on the surface, scratches into surface, and defects in bulk... |
| US-5,790,246 |
Apparatus and network for determining a parameter of a particle in a
fluid employing detector and processor An apparatus and method for determining a parameter of a particle in a fluid is disclosed and, in particular, an apparatus and method for determining... |
| US-5,790,245 |
Paper examining method and apparatus The paper examining apparatus examines the genuineness of a paper, such as a bank note, on the basis of its physical characteristics measured from the various... |
| US-5,790,244 |
Pre-biasing technique for a transistor based avalanche circuit in a
laser based distance measurement and... A pre-biasing technique for a transistor-based avalanche circuit which improves the initial rate of rise in the current applied through a laser diode or other... |
| US-5,790,243 |
Highway profile measuring system A system for measuring the quality of pavement surfaces. An amplitude modulated laser scanning system, mounted on a motor vehicle, scans the pavement surface as... |
| US-5,790,242 |
Chromatic optical ranging sensor A three dimensional sensor includes an illumination source that produces broadband, high intensity optical energy. This optical energy includes a number of... |
| US-5,790,241 |
Laser rangefinder A system and technique for a laser rangefinder which uses a low peak power aser, scanner, and beam scanning device with a linear detector where target range... |
| US-5,790,240 |
Image exposure system An image exposure system for printing an image, comprised of pixels, on photosensitive media based on image data, includes an exposure unit for converting the... |
| US-5,790,239 |
Illumination optical apparatus containing an optical integrator and
projection exposure apparatus using the same An illumination optical apparatus has an optical integrator and a condenser optical system. The optical integrator has first and second stages in which a... |
| US-5,790,238 |
Photographic image exposing apparatus A photographic image exposing apparatus includes a white light source and a filtering device provided between the white light source and a photographic paper.... |
| US-5,790,237 |
Cleaning structure for out-of-liquid conveying portion A cleaning structure for an out-of-liquid conveying portion whose object is to facilitate detachment and attachment of a cleaning nozzle unit from and to a... |
| US-5,790,236 |
Movie processing system This invention discloses an apparatus for apparatus for conducting a comparison of a plurality of versions of a movie which differ at least in their audio... |
| US-5,790,235 |
Method and apparatus to measure pupil size and position Embodiments of the present invention are method and apparatus for measuring the size and position of an eye's pupil, and for doing so rapidly. In particular,... |
| US-5,790,234 |
Eyeball detection apparatus An eyeball detection apparatus has a light-receiving device, a first determination circuit, and a second determination circuit. The light-receiving device... |
| US-5,790,233 |
Device for keratometric measurements A the device for carrying out keratometric measurements has a beam splitter (9) which can be pivoted about a pivot axis (37) in a defined way. The beam splitter... |
| US-5,790,232 |
Spectacle lens and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a pair of spectacle lenses, comprises a step of adjusting lens curves of the right and left lenses by making a relatively large lens... |
| US-5,790,231 |
Aspherical contact lens for correcting presbyopia A contact lens has a spherical surface (the rear surface, for example) and an aspherical surface (in this case, the front surface). The caustic curve of the wave... |
| US-5,790,230 |
Combination eyeglass assembly of sport or safety glasses with detachable
prescription lenses A combined prescription lens and nose assembly is designed for securing to sport or safety glasses having an integral downwardly facing flange of inverted... |
| US-5,790,229 |
Temple for spectacles In a temple for spectacles an end part of the temple distal from the spectacle lenses is bent to reverse on itself, in a downwards direction, so as to obtain a... |
| US-5,790,228 |
Eye wear frame and attachment system Eye wear that is structured to give a customized fit to each individual wearer is disclosed. The eye wear comprises a lens-supporting frame, a surface engaging... |
| US-5,790,227 |
Highest-ophthalmic-quality hand-assembled instant multi-focal
prescription eyeglasses custom adjusted to wearer... Multi-focal prescription composite lenses having at least two corrections are made by adhering a first-part lens having a predetermined positive or negative... |
| US-5,790,226 |
Golf bifocals The present invention includes a pair of glasses to be worn by a golfer where only one of the lenses contains a reconfigured bifocal lens, i.e. bifocal element.... |
| US-5,790,225 |
Variable density light-polarizing spectacles apparatus A variable density light-polarizing spectacles apparatus comprising a frame having right and left lens carrier portions, a bridge portion, and rearwardly... |
| US-5,790,223 |
Ferroelectric liquid crystal device and treatment method therefor A ferroelectric liquid crystal device is constituted by disposing a ferroelectric liquid crystal between a pair of substrates having thereon electrodes for... |
| US-5,790,222 |
Thin film transistor array and method of manufacturing thereof A TFT array having an improved aperture ratio with significantly increasing capacitive coupling between the pixel electrode and the drain bus line is disclosed.... |
| US-5,790,221 |
Method of manufacturing a liquid crystal cell A liquid crystal cell comprises two substrates coated with respective alignment layers (polyimide layers). The upper substrate is coated with the polyimide layer... |