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US-6,992,788 Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium
The present invention efficiently compresses image data, and stores and manages the compressed data. Image data is compressed in tile unit having predetermined...
US-6,992,787 Method of purchasing image bearing products
A method of purchasing image bearing products, including the steps of providing a plurality of network connected kiosks having image input and product output...
US-6,992,786 Method and system for online creation and ordering of customized material for printing
The present invention relates to a method and a system for online creation and ordering of customized material for printing, where each customer at front end,...
US-6,992,785 Method, data structure and apparatus for identifying resources prior to printing
A data structure, document data stream, method and apparatus for identifying resources prior to printing. A print data stream structure is provided that can be...
US-6,992,784 Image processing apparatus, a reader controller, and a method for controlling the reader controller
An image processing apparatus includes an engine controller for controlling an image forming mechanism for forming an image on a sheet based on image data, a...
US-6,992,783 Image processing apparatus and method
In a color ink-jet printer using seven colors of ink including C, M, Y and K and c, m and y having low density, the data size of a conversion table used in color...
US-6,992,782 Scalable vector graphics print driver
The present invention addresses the foregoing problems and concerns a print driver executable on a user's personal computer and responsive to a print option...
US-6,992,781 Film thickness measuring method and measuring apparatus for organic thin film for use in organic...
A method for measuring a relative thickness distribution of an organic thin film for use in an organic electroluminescence device comprises the steps of...
US-6,992,780 Position detecting method and apparatus, exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
A method of detecting relative position of a reflecting-type reticle and a substrate with the reticle having an alignment mark thereon. The method includes a...
US-6,992,779 Interferometer apparatus for both low and high coherence measurement and method thereof
A Fizeau interferometer apparatus is used for both low and high interference measurement. When irradiating a reference surface and a sample with a low coherent...
US-6,992,778 Method and apparatus for self-calibration of a tunable-source phase shifting interferometer
A conventional phase shifting interferometer that is used for measuring distances (e.g., in the micron range) typically provides two orthogonal, or quadrature,...
US-6,992,777 Birefringent Mach-Zehnder interferometer
An interferometer uses birefringent elements for splitting and combining beams of orthogonal polarization, and for changing the relative phase between the...
US-6,992,776 Method for studying a sample and optical interferometer for doing the same
The present invention relates to the study of internal structure of objects by optical means. The invention presents a bi-directional sampling optical path for...
US-6,992,775 Hyperspectral retinal imager
An ophthalmic instrument (for obtaining high resolution, wide field of area hyperspectral retinal images for various sized eyes) includes a fundus retinal...
US-6,992,774 Wavelength determining apparatus and method
An apparatus for determining the wavelength of light emitted by, for example, a laser, includes three photodiodes. One photodiode receives a proportion of the...
US-6,992,773 Dual-differential interferometry for silicon device damage detection
According to one aspect of the disclosure and a particular example application directed to a flip-chip packaged die, a method for detecting a defect in a surface...
US-6,992,772 Method and apparatus for optical sampling to reduce interfering variances
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of that utilizes a reflective enclosure to simulate optical homogeneity in an otherwise inhomogeneous...
US-6,992,771 Systems and techniques for detecting the presence of foreign material
Systems and techniques for detecting the presence of foreign material in food utilizing optical backlighting and/or ultrasonic inspection are presented. In...
US-6,992,770 Sensor utilizing attenuated total reflection
Disclosed herein is a sensor utilizing attenuated total reflection. The sensor includes a first dielectric block; a thin film layer, formed on a first face of...
US-6,992,769 Apparatus and method for carrying out analysis of samples using semi-reflective beam radiation inspection
An apparatus and method for carrying out analysis of samples using semi-reflective beam radiation inspection in association with an optical disk and an optical...
US-6,992,768 Optical fluid analysis signal refinement
A method for refining fluid sample data includes obtaining optical density data for a fluid sample in at least two color channels and at least one fluid...
US-6,992,767 Management system, apparatus, and method, exposure apparatus, and control method therefor
An exposure apparatus performs AGA measurement by using a predetermined sample shot group formed on a wafer, and decides an alignment parameter. The exposure...
US-6,992,766 Position detection apparatus and method
A method of detecting a position of a mark within image data. The method includes a first step of obtaining a first position of the mark based on a first degree...
US-6,992,765 Method and system for determining the alignment of a surface of a material in relation to a laser beam
The present invention generally relates to a method and system for determining the position and alignment of a plane in relation to an intersecting axis and...
US-6,992,764 Measuring an alignment target with a single polarization state
An alignment target includes periodic patterns on two elements. The periodic patterns are aligned when the two elements are properly aligned. By measuring the...
US-6,992,763 Beam splitting apparatus, transmittance measurement apparatus, and exposure apparatus
A beam splitting apparatus generates, from incident light having a specific polarization, first and second split light that has the specific polarization.
US-6,992,762 Method and apparatus for time resolved optical imaging of biological tissues as part of animals
There is provided a method and system for collecting optical data for use in time resolved optical imaging wherein light is directionally propagated through...
US-6,992,761 Broad range light detection system
Broad-range light-detection systems, including components and methods of use thereof. These systems may include apparatus and methods for detecting light with...
US-6,992,760 Apparatus and method for imaging a histological sample
A method of imaging a histological sample is provided which comprises stimulating autofluorescence in a sample using electromagnetic radiation of wavelength 750...
US-6,992,759 Sample holder for spectrum measurement and spectrophotometer
The present invention is a sample holder for spectrum measurement settable in a measuring chamber of a spectrophotometer and being used for measuring a spectrum...
US-6,992,758 Birefringence measurement of large-format samples
The disclosure is directed to systems and methods for precisely measuring birefringence properties of large-format samples of optical elements. A gantry-like...
US-6,992,757 Method and system for encoding fluid level
A level transmitter can generate a level measurement signal according to the position of a float that follows fluid level in a tank. The transmitter can comprise...
US-6,992,756 Apparatus and method for movement measurement and position tracking of long, non-textured metal objects at an...
A motion detection system, and more particularly, a non-contact, movement-measurement and position-tracking device, and a method of applying the device on long,...
US-6,992,755 Positioning apparatus and method for manufacturing same
A positioning apparatus includes a wafer chuck which retains a wafer and a hollow plate unit which retains the chuck, which is composed of a ceramic material in...
US-6,992,754 Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method
A programmable patterning structure for use with a lithographic projection apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of...
US-6,992,753 Projection optical system
Radiation-induced damage to a lens material in a projection exposure system is reduced by selection of maximum design fluence values H.sub.D for lenses and at...
US-6,992,752 Lithographic projection apparatus, computer program for control thereof, and device manufacturing method
In a lithographic projection apparatus, modified control of a moveable component within the apparatus is provided to improve control of the position and velocity...
US-6,992,751 Scanning exposure apparatus
A scanning exposure apparatus which promptly analyzes a cause for a variation in exposure line width. The scanning exposure apparatus includes a mask stage on...
US-6,992,750 Exposure apparatus and method
An exposure method immerses, in liquid, a surface of an object to be exposed, and a surface of a projection optical system closest to the object, and projects a...
US-6,992,749 Flat panel display and a method of fabrication thereof
Provided herein is a logic tree for steering electromagnetic energy. The logic tree includes a plurality of stages. The first stage includes a branch for...
US-6,992,748 Scalable and mass-manufacturable OXC using liquid crystal cells
A 1XN (or NX1) optical connector for steering light is provided, which may be formed into an optical cross connecter. The optical connector generally includes a...
US-6,992,747 Method and repairing defects in a liquid crystal display
A method for repairing a liquid crystal display. An LCD having a plurality of pixels is provided, each pixel including at least a pixel electrode and a TFT. The...
US-6,992,746 Liquid droplet discharging method, and liquid droplet discharging apparatus
A liquid droplet discharging method of the present invention forms a pattern on a substrate by discharging liquid droplets on the substrate from a discharging...
US-6,992,745 Signal transmission film, control signal part and liquid crystal display including the film
The present invention provides a signal transmission film, a control signal part and a liquid crystal display including the signal transmission film that...
US-6,992,744 TFT active matrix liquid crystal display devices
There are disclosed various types of TFT active matrix liquid crystal display devices and method of fabrication thereof in which a pixel is divided into three...
US-6,992,743 Liquid crystal display device
A liquid crystal display device comprises a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other and maintaining a predetermined cell gap, liquid crystals...
US-6,992,742 Multi-domain liquid crystal display device having pixel electrodes with electric field inducing windows
A multi-domain liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer between first and second substrates. A plurality of gate bus lines and data bus...
US-6,992,741 Bistable nematic liquid crystal device
A bistable nematic liquid crystal device includes an array of holes (8) in an alignment layer (6) on at least one cell wall (2). The alignment layer (6) induces...
US-6,992,740 Transflective LCD device
This invention relates to a transflective LCD device using different common voltages in the transmissive and reflective regions to present the same gray scale...
US-6,992,739 Light reflector and a liquid crystal display device
The invention provides a light reflector and a light-reflective liquid crystal display device with the improved image quality. A plurality of projection sets 8...
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