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Table of Contents
C23 - Coating metallic material 16

C23C 14/34 - Sputtering . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
C23C 16/00 - Chemical coating by
decomposition of gaseous compounds,
without leaving reaction products of
surface material in the coating, i.e.
Table of Contents chemical vapour deposition (CVD)
processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
G01 - Measurement of intensity, velocity,

spectral content, polarisation, phase or
pulse characteristics of infra-red, visible or
ultra-violet light 17
A few words from the editor 2 G01J 04/00 - Measuring polarisation of light . 17
G01V 08/10 - Detecting, e.g. by using light
Table of Contents 3 barriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
A61 - Devices for introducing media into, or G02 - Optical elements, systems, or apparatus 18
onto, the body 5 G02B 01/12 - by surface treatment, e.g. by
A61M 11/00 - Sprayers or atomisers irradiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
specially adapted for therapeutic G02B 05/30 - Polarising elements . . . . . . 18
purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 G02B 09/00 - Optical objectives
characterised both by the number of the
B28 - Shaping clay or other ceramic components and their arrangements
compositions, slag or mixtures containing according to their sign, i.e. + or . . . . . 19
cementitious material, e.g. plaster 6 G02B 13/14 - for use with infra-red or ultra-
violet radiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
B28B 07/36 - Linings or coatings . . . . . . . 6 G02B 26/10 - Scanning systems . . . . . . . 20
G02B 27/64 - Imaging systems using optical
B29 - Producing particular articles from elements for stabilisation of the lateral
plastics or from substances in a plastic and angular position of the image . . . . 22
state 6 G02F 01/167 - based on electrophoresis . . . 23
B29D 11/00 - Producing optical elements,
e.g. lenses, prisms . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 G03 - apparatus or arrangements for taking
photographs or for projecting or viewing
B32 - layered products, i.e. products built-up them 24
G03B 27/32 - Projection printing apparatus,
of strata of flat or non-flat, e.g. cellular or e.g. enlarger, copying camera . . . . . . 24
honeycomb, form 7 G03B 27/42 - for automatic sequential
B32B 03/00 - Layered products essentially copying of the same original . . . . . . . 24
comprising a layer with external G03B 27/52 - Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
or internal discontinuities or G03B 27/58 - Baseboards, masking frames,
unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar or other holders for the sensitive material 26
form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 G03G 09/08 - with toner particles . . . . . . . 26
G03G 09/087 - Binders for toner particles . . 27
B41 - Typewriters 7 G03G 09/107 - having magnetic components 27
B41J 02/01 - Ink jet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 G03G 09/113 - having coatings applied thereto 28
B41J 29/38 - Drives, motors, controls, or G03G 15/00 - Apparatus for electrographic
automatic cut-off devices for the entire processes using a charge pattern . . . . 28
printing mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . 8 G03G 15/08 - using a solid developer, e.g.
powder developer . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
B65 - handling thin or filamentary material, e.g. G03G 15/20 - for fixing, e.g. by using heat . . 32
sheets, webs, cables 13 G03G 15/22 - involving the combination of
B65H 05/00 - Feeding articles separated more than one step according to groups 33
from piles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 G03G 21/18 - using a processing cartridge . 33
C07 - 14 G06 - Electric digital data processing 35

C07D 221/18 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 G06F 03/048 - Interaction techniques
C07D 401/10 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 for graphical user interfaces, e.g.
C07H 21/04 - with deoxyribosyl as interaction with windows, icons or menus 35
saccharide radical . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 G06F 03/12 - Digital output to print unit . . . 37
G06F 07/04 - Identity comparison, i.e. for like
C08 - Macromolecular compounds obtained or unlike values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
G06F 09/02 - using wired connections, e.g.
otherwise than by reactions only involving plugboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds 15
G06F 09/30 - Arrangements for executing
C08G 69/26 - derived from polyamines and
machine- instructions, e.g. instruction
polycarboxylic acids . . . . . . . . . . . 15
decode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
G06F 09/44 - Arrangements for executing
C12 - Measuring or testing processes involving specific programmes . . . . . . . . . . . 45
enzymes or micro-organisms 16 G06F 09/445 - Programme loading or initiating 46
C12Q 01/68 - involving nucleic acids . . . . . 16 G06F 15/00 - Digital computers in general . . 47

Table of Contents
G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more H01L 29/04 - characterised by

digital computers each having at least their crystalline structure, e.g.
an arithmetic unit, a programme unit polycrystalline, cubicor particular
and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous orientation of crystalline planes . . . . . 65
processing of several programmes . . . 48 H01L 31/0232 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
G06F 15/76 - Architectures of general H01L 33/00 - Semiconductor devices with
purpose stored programme computers . 49 at least one potential-jump barrier or
G06F 17/00 - Digital computing or data surface barrier specially adapted for
processing equipment or methods, light emission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
specially adapted for specific functions . 49 H01L 41/22 - Processes or apparatus
G06F 21/20 - by restricting access to nodes specially adapted for the manufacture
in a computer system or computer or treatment of these elements or of
network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 parts thereof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
G06K 09/00 - Methods or arrangements for H01M 08/00 - Fuel cells . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
reading or recognising printed or written H01M 08/10 - Fuel cells with solid electrolytes 66
characters or for recognising patterns,
51 H04 - Transmission of digital information, e.g.
e.g. fingerprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
telegraphic communication 66
G06K 09/54 - Combinations of
preprocessing functions . . . . . . . . . 53 H04L 09/18 - Encryption by serially and
G06K 15/00 - Arrangements for producing continuously modifying data stream
a permanent visual presentation of the elements, e.g. stream cipher systems . 66
output data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 H04N 01/04 - Scanning arrangements . . . . 67
G06K 15/02 - using printers . . . . . . . . . . 56 H04N 01/40 - Picture signal circuits . . . . . 69
G06K 15/10 - by matrix printers . . . . . . . . 57 H04N 01/46 - Colour picture communication
G06N 03/08 - Learning methods . . . . . . . 58 systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
H04N 01/60 - Colour correction or control . . 69
G09 - Arrangements or circuits for control of H04N 05/14 - Picture signal circuitry for video
indicating devices using static means to frequency region . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
present variable information 59 H04N 05/228 - Circuit details for pick-up tubes 71
G09G 05/00 - Control arrangements or H04N 05/76 - Television signal recording . . . 72
circuits for visual indicators common to H04N 07/01 - Conversion of standards . . . . 74
cathode-ray tube indicators and other H04N 07/12 - Systems in which the television
visual indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 signal is transmitted via one channel
G09G 05/10 - Intensity circuits . . . . . . . . 62 or a plurality of parallel channels, the
bandwidth of each channel being less
H01 - Electric discharge tubes or discharge than the bandwidth of the television signal 74
lamps 62 H04N 07/15 - Conference systems . . . . . . 75
H01J 01/63 - characterised by the H04N 07/18 - Closed-circuit television
luminescent material . . . . . . . . . . . 62 systems, i.e. systems in which the
H01J 09/00 - Apparatus or processes signal is not broadcast . . . . . . . . . . 76
specially adapted for the manufacture H04N 09/31 - Projection devices for colour
of electric discharge tubes, discharge picture display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
lamps, or parts thereof . . . . . . . . . . 62 H04N 09/64 - Circuits for processing colour
H01L 21/00 - Processes or apparatus signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
specially adapted for the manufacture H04N 09/74 - for obtaining special effects . . 76
or treatment of semiconductor or solid
state devices or of parts thereof . . . . . 64 Patent Index 77
H01L 21/441 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
H01L 21/84 - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 IPC Catchword Index 78

A61M 11/00
A61M 11/00: Devices for introducing media into, or onto, the body Ü
Sprayers or atomisers specially adapted for therapeutic purposes
App. No. 20100116269 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Title Liquid discharging device, liquid discharging cartridge, and device body cap
Abstract A liquid discharging device includes a device body configured to house a liquid discharging
cartridge body having a liquid discharging portion for discharge liquid, and a device body cap
removably attached to the device body. When the device body cap is detached from the device
body, a discharging portion cap attached to the liquid discharging cartridge body so as to protect
a discharging port of the liquid discharging portion is detached from the liquid discharging portion
in combination with the device body cap.
Pri. Date 20081107 App. Date 20091105 Pub. Date 20100513

B29D 11/00
B28B 07/36: Shaping clay or other ceramic compositions, slag or mixtures

containing cementitious material, e.g. plaster Ü Moulds Ü Linings or
coatings
Title Optical element molding die and method for molding optical element
Abstract An optical element molding die is designed for molding an optical element having a concave-
convex structure. The optical element can be manufactured by a wet system that enables element
formation over a large area and a curved surface, without using a lithographic process, and is
advantageous in terms of mass production and equipment cost. The optical element molding die
includes a substrate having a surface with a negative standard electrode potential in the oxidation
reaction and an anodic oxidation layer provided on the substrate. A protective layer with the
positive standard electrode potential is provided between the substrate and the anodic oxidation
layer.

B41J 02/01
B29D 11/00: Producing particular articles from plastics or from substances

in a plastic state Ü Producing optical elements, e.g. lenses, prisms
Title Optical element and optical system including the optical element
Abstract An optical element is provided, which is small in distortion when at least three optical members
including a resin layer sandwiched by the optical members are cemented together, has a high
environmental resistance and optical performance, and has an excellent chromatic aberration
correction effect. In the optical element, the resin layer is formed on one of light incident/exit
surfaces of a first optical member, and a second optical member is cemented to the resin layer by
a bonding material. A condition of x3c6;gx3c;x3c6;r is satisfied where x3c6;r indicates an outer
diameter of the resin layer and x3c6;g indicates an effective region diameter of a surface of the
second optical member which is cemented to the resin layer.
B32B 03/00: layered products, i.e. products built-up of strata of flat or

non-flat, e.g. cellular or honeycomb, form Ü Layered products essentially
comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses,
or a layer of non-planar form
Patent applications also belong to this classification and have been already shown:
20100119782 page 6

B41J 29/38
B41J 02/01: Typewriters Ü Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms

characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are
designed Ü characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into
contact with a printing material Ü Ink jet
Title Image forming apparatus
Abstract An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image by
using liquid, a conveyance mechanism having a roller configured to convey a medium on which
the image is formed by the image forming unit or a transfer belt for transferring to a medium an
intermediate image formed by the image forming unit, and wherein the roller has a discharge
surface on which one or a plurality of holes is formed to blow gas toward the medium or the
transfer belt conveyed by the conveyance mechanism.
B41J 29/38: Typewriters Ü Details of, or accessories for, typewriters

or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for Ü Drives,
motors, controls, or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing
mechanism
Title Recording element substrate, recording head including the same, and recording head cartridge
Abstract Even when a contact connection failure of electrical connection occurs between a recording head
including a recording element substrate, and a recording apparatus, continuous driving of the
same heat generating resistive element is suppressed. Blocks in which heat generating resistive
elements are not driven are prepared beforehand in a selection target of blocks to be driven in a
time-division manner. When an input signal is in a predetermined condition, the block selection
target is set to blocks in which heat generating resistive elements are not driven.

B41J 29/38

Title Recoding element substrate, recording head equipped with the same, recording head cartridge,
and recording apparatus
Abstract A recording element substrate which is provided with a first recording element group and a second
recording element group, each group including a plurality of recording elements. The recording
element substrate includes a first terminal configured to input a data signal, a second terminal
configured to input a latch signal, a shift register configured to receive the data signal input from
the first terminal, a first latch circuit configured to latch data stored in the shift register based
on the latch signal of a first pulse width input from the second terminal, a second latch circuit
configured to latch the data stored in the shift register based on the latch signal of a second pulse
width which is shorter than the first pulse width of the latch signal input from the second terminal,
a first driving circuit configured to control driving of the recording elements included in the first
recording element group based on a signal output from the first latch circuit, and a second driving
circuit configured to control driving of the recording elements included in the second recording
element group based on a signal output from the second latch circuit.

B41J 29/38

Title Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording device
Abstract An inkjet printing apparatus, which ejects ink from a printing head to print, is provided for reducing
an ejection amount increase caused by a temperature increase of the printing head due to ink
ejection in the case of high speed printing, thereby suppressing density unevenness which occurs
in a printing area in the main scanning direction due to the ejection amount increase. A scanning
region of the printing head is divided into a plurality of count areas provided for counting the
number of times of ink ejection based on image data and the count is carried out for each of the
plurality of the counting areas. The scanning region of the printing head is divided into a plurality
of printing areas provided for correcting the image data in response to the count value to print
the image data and the correction of the image data is carried out for each of the plurality of the
printing areas. In this way, the count of image data and their correction are carried out in one main
scanning region.

B41J 29/38

B41J 29/38

Title Apparatus and method for ink jet printing
Abstract The present invention provides an ink jet printing apparatus and a method for controlling
temperature for the ink jet printing apparatus wherein the temperature of a print head, which
may lower during printing, is controlled before printing without using any sub-heater to allow a
favorable ejection condition to be established without reducing the head temperature below a
predetermined value. Thus, scan width information and dot count information are acquired before
a carriage starts scanning to determine the heating temperature of the print head on the basis of
the information.

B65H 05/00
B65H 05/00: handling thin or filamentary material, e.g. sheets, webs,

cables Ü Feeding articles separated from piles
Title Image forming system
Abstract An image forming system having a sheet feeding unit which cuts a roll sheet and feeds cut sheets;
a stack unit which stacks and stores the sheets fed by the sheet feeding unit and feeds the stored
sheets; an image forming portion which forms an image on the sheets fed from the stack unit; and
a controlling unit configured to control the feeding unit and the stack unit so that the stack unit
feeds a sheet stored in the stack unit to the image forming portion when the sheet feeding unit
feeds a sheet to the stack unit so as to stack the sheet from the sheet feeding unit into the stack
unit.

C07H 21/04
C07D 221/18:
Title Novel azaindenochrysene derivative and organic light-emitting device
Abstract The invention provides an azaindenochrysene derivative, and an organic light-emitting device
outputting light having high luminance and a long lifetime with high efficiency having an organic
compound layer that includes the azaindenochrysene derivative.
C07D 401/10:
20100117526 page 14

C08G 69/26
C07H 21/04: Sugars Ü Compounds containing two or more mononucleotide

units having separate phosphate or polyphosphate groups linked by
saccharide radicals of nucleoside groups, e.g. nucleic acids Ü with
deoxyribosyl as saccharide radical
Title Probe, probe set, probe-immobilized carrier, and genetic testing method
Abstract A nucleic acid probe for classification of pathogenic bacterial species is capable of collectively
detecting bacterial strains of the same species and differentially detecting them from other
bacterial species. Any one of the base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 40 to 42 or a combination of
at least two of them is used for detecting the gene of an infectious disease pathogenic bacterium.
C08G 69/26: Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by

reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds Ü Macromolecular
compounds obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic amide link in
the main chain of the macromolecule Ü Polyamides derived from amino
carboxylic acids or from polyamines and polycarboxylic acids Ü derived
from polyamines and polycarboxylic acids
App. No. 20100121023 Assignee Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Title Polymer having a sulfonic group or a sulfonate group and an amide group and method of
producing same
Abstract A polymer is provided in which a sulfonic group or a derivative thereof is introduced. The polymer
includes a unit represented by the following chemical formula (1)

C23C 14/34
C12Q 01/68: Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or micro-

organisms Ü Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or
micro-organisms Ü involving nucleic acids
20100120028 page 15
C23C 14/34: Coating metallic material Ü Coating by vacuum evaporation,

by sputtering or by ion implantation of the coating forming material Ü
characterised by the process of coating Ü Sputtering
App. No. 20100120238 Assignee CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
Title Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and method
Abstract A first aspect of the present invention provides a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus
including a load lock chamber; a transfer chamber; and a treatment chamber

G01J 04/00
C23C 16/00: Coating metallic material Ü Chemical coating by decomposition

of gaseous compounds, without leaving reaction products of surface
material in the coating, i.e. chemical vapour deposition (CVD) processes
20100120238 page 16
G01J 04/00: Measurement of intensity, velocity, spectral content, polarisation,

phase or pulse characteristics of infra-red, visible or ultra-violet light Ü
Measuring polarisation of light
Title Method for measuring polarization characteristics and measurement apparatus
Abstract In a measurement method for measuring polarization characteristics in which an image of a mask
pattern is projected onto an image plane, a first and second slit having a width less than or equal
to the wavelength of a light source are displaced on the image plane and light passing through the
first and second slit is detected to obtain a first and second light intensity distribution with respect
to the direction of displacement of the first and second slit. The positions at which the first light
intensity distribution takes a maximum and a minimum value are determined. An index value is
calculated using the respective light intensities in the second light intensity distribution at positions
corresponding to the determined maximum and minimum positions. Polarization characteristics
corresponding to the calculated index value are obtained by using information expressing the
relationship between the index value and the polarization characteristics.

G02B 05/30
G01V 08/10: Geophysics Ü Prospecting or detecting by optical means

Ü Detecting, e.g. by using light barriers
20100116973 page 7
G02B 01/12: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Optical elements

characterised by the material of which they are made Ü Optical coatings
produced by application to, or surface treatment of, optical elements Ü
by surface treatment, e.g. by irradiation
20100116973 page 7 20100119782 page 6

G02B 26/10
G02B 05/30: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Optical elements

other than lenses Ü Polarising elements
Title Polarizer
Abstract A polarizer of the present invention having a higher level of polarization performance for a light in
the deep ultraviolet wavelength range includes a substrate transparent to deep ultraviolet light; and
a periodic structure including a plurality of structural elements at predetermined intervals on the
substrate, the polarizer being configured so that the deep ultraviolet light incident thereon is split
into a light component reflected by the periodic structure and a light component passing between
the structural elements adjacent to each other, and the periodic structure being composed of
chromium oxide or tungsten.
G02B 09/00: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Optical objectives

characterised both by the number of the components and their arrangements
according to their sign, i.e. + or
20100116973 page 7

G02B 26/10
G02B 13/14: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Optical objectives

specially designed for the purposes specified below Ü for use with
infra-red or ultra-violet radiation
20100118392 page 19
G02B 26/10: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Optical devices

or arrangements using movable or deformable optical elements for controlling
the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light, e.g. switching,
gating, modulating Ü for controlling the direction of light Ü Scanning
systems
Title Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same
Abstract An optical scanning apparatus and an image forming apparatus using the same, overcoming
spot rotation due to scanning line curvature and wavefront aberration deterioration, including an
incident optical system for guiding beam emitted from a light source to a deflector, and an imaging
optical system for forming image of the beam deflected by the deflector on a scanning surface. In
sub-scanning section, the beam enters the deflecting surface obliquely to plane perpendicular to
a deflector axis. Each of incident and exit surfaces of an imaging optical element is a surface in
which a tilt angle of sagittal line changes from on-axis toward off-axis in sub-scanning direction,
the tilt angle indicating gradient of normal to sagittal line on meridian line with respect to main
scanning section. The incident and exit surfaces each have the same sign for a difference between
change rates of axial and off-axial tilt angles of sagittal line.

G02B 26/10

Title Oscillating body apparatus and manufacturing method thereof, optical deflector and image
forming apparatus
Abstract An oscillating body apparatus comprises an oscillating plate oscillatably supported around a
torsion axis by a support portion for a fixing portion and driving the oscillating plate around
the torsion axis by a resonance frequency, the oscillating plate having a region forming a
groove portion for adjusting a mass of the oscillating plate, and, the resonance frequency being
configured to be adjustable by the formation of the groove portion in the region.

Title Scanning optical apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same
Abstract A scanning optical apparatus includes an incident optical system which is disposed in an optical
path between a light source unit and a deflection unit, and includes an optical element for making
a light flux emitted from the light source unit enter a deflection surface of the deflection unit with an
oblique angle in a sub scanning section; and a positional regulation member for holding the optical
element having an x reference surface for performing positional regulation of the optical element
in an optical axis direction and a z reference surface for performing positional regulation of the
optical element in a sub scanning direction. The optical element is held by a casing so that the x
reference surface and the z reference surface contact with the positional regulation member of the
casing. The principal ray of the light flux outgoing from the optical element satisfies a conditional
equation (1).

G02B 27/64
G02B 27/64: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Other optical

systems Ü Imaging systems using optical elements for stabilisation of
the lateral and angular position of the image
Title Optical image stabilizer and optical apparatus
Abstract The optical image stabilizer (

G02F 01/167
G02F 01/167: Devices or arrangements, the optical operation of which

is modified by changing the optical properties of the medium of the
devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase,
polarisation or direction of light, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or
demodulating Ü Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity,
colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent
light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating Ü for the control of
the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour Ü based on electrophoresis
Title Electrophoretic particles and production process thereof
Abstract Electrophoretic particles are constituted by pigment particles provided with a polymer chain
connected with a polymerization initiation group at a surface of pigment particle. The resultant
electrophoretic particles are excellent particle size uniformity and dispersibility.

G03B 27/42
G03B 27/32: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for

projecting or viewing them Ü Photographic printing apparatus Ü Projection
printing apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera
Title Member used in immersion exposure apparatus and immersion exposure apparatus
Abstract A member of an immersion exposure apparatus for exposing an image of a pattern of an original
on a substrate via a liquid, and configured to be in contact with the liquid, includes a base portion,
and a plurality of protruded portions provided on the base portion, wherein a contact angle x3b8;
of a material of a surface of the protruded portions before the protruded portions are exposed with
light from a light source is larger than 90 degrees with respect to the liquid, and wherein, a value
obtained by dividing a sum of a surface area of a face of the base portion on which the plurality of
protruded portions are provided and the surface area of the plurality of protruded portions, by an
area of the face of the base portion on which the plurality of protruded portions are provided, is r,
rx3e;1/—cos x3b8;— is satisfied.

G03B 27/52

printing apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera Ü for automatic sequential
copying of the same original
Title Exposure apparatus, substrate processing apparatus, lithography system, and device
manufacturing method
Abstract An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to radiant energy, the substrate being conveyed
from a processing apparatus including a coater that coats the substrate with a photoresist and
an auxiliary regulator that regulates a temperature of the substrate, the exposure apparatus
comprising a measurement device configured to measure the temperature of the substrate, a main
regulator configured to regulate a temperature of the substrate prior to exposure of the substrate
based on an output from the measurement device, and a controller configured to determine
temperature control information used to control regulation of the temperature of the substrate
in the auxiliary regulator based on an output from the measurement device, and to transmit the
determined temperature control information to the processing apparatus.

printing apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera Ü Details
Title Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method
Abstract An exposure apparatus exposes a substrate to light via an immersion liquid and includes a stage
configured to hold the substrate and to be moved. The stage includes a chuck configured to
hold the substrate, a support member arranged around the chuck and configured to support the
immersion liquid, a recovery path configured to recover the immersion liquid having entered a
gap between the substrate and the support member, and a temperature-regulating path through
which the temperature-regulated liquid flows. The temperature-regulating path is connected with
the recovery path.

G03G 09/08
20100118285 page 25

printing apparatus, e.g. enlarger, copying camera Ü Details Ü Baseboards,
masking frames, or other holders for the sensitive material
20100118289 page 24
G03G 09/08: Electrography Ü Developers Ü with toner particles

Title Method for producing polymerized toner, polymerized toner, method for producing binder resin for
toner and binder resin for toner
Abstract The present invention provides a method for producing a toner that can suppress the production
of the decomposition products derived from a polymerization initiator, and can suppress the
remaining presence, in the toner particles, of the unreacted polymerizable monomer and
decomposition product residues. On the basis of this method, the present invention provides
a toner that is excellent in triboelectric charging stability and can yield stable images over
a long term. The present invention provides a method for producing a polymerized toner
including a step of producing a polymerized toner particle by dispersing in an aqueous medium a
polymerizable monomer composition including at least a polymerizable monomer and a colorant
and by polymerizing the polymerizable monomer by using a polymerization initiator in the aqueous
medium, the method being characterized in that the polymerization initiator has a structure
represented by the following General Formula

G03G 09/107

Title Magnetic carrier and two-component developer
Abstract A magnetic carrier and a two-component developer are provided which have remedied blank
areas, fog after leaving, carrier sticking during running, and image density variations before and
after running. The magnetic carrier has magnetic carrier particles having at least porous magnetic
core particles and a resin. The magnetic carrier particles satisfying the specific conditions (a), (b)
and (c) where, in a reflected electron image of cross sections of the magnetic carrier particles as
photographed with a scanning electron microscope, straight lines that divide a cross section of a
magnetic carrier particle into 72 at intervals of 5xb0; are drawn from a reference point of the cross
section thereof toward the surface of the magnetic carrier particle; the magnetic carrier particles
being contained in an amount of 60% by number or more.
G03G 09/087: Electrography Ü Developers Ü with toner particles Ü

Binders for toner particles
20100119965 page 26

characterised by carrier particles Ü having magnetic components
Title Magnetic carrier and two component developer
Abstract Provided is a magnetic carrier giving a high quality image free of density variation without the
occurrence of fogging or carrier adhesion and having excellent dot reproducibility even during
long-term use. The magnetic carrier has magnetic carrier particles produced by filling pores
of porous magnetic core particles with a resin. The magnetic carrier contains 80% by number
or more of the magnetic carrier particles satisfying the specific conditions (a) and (b) when 18
straight lines passing through a reference point of a cross section of the magnetic carrier particle
are drawn at intervals of 10xb0; in a reflected electron image of the cross section of the magnetic
carrier particle photographed by a scanning electron microscope.

G03G 15/00

characterised by carrier particles Ü having coatings applied thereto
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G03G 15/00: Electrography Ü Apparatus for electrographic processes

using a charge pattern
Abstract When jam occurs in one of a tandem conveyance path and bypass conveyance path, a sheet
is automatically discharged from the conveyance path where no jam has occurred. A sheet
retained at the upstream side with respect to a first fixing device in a sheet conveying direction is
automatically discharged to the outside of an image forming apparatus by using the conveyance
path where no jam has occurred. After the automatic discharging of the sheet is completed, a
user is prompted to remove the jammed sheet.

Abstract A positioning roller is configured to be pressed against an abutment block by a reactive force
produced when the positioning roller abuts on an S-D-direction abutment block.

G03G 15/08

G03G 15/08

using a charge pattern Ü for developing Ü using a solid developer, e.g.
powder developer
Title Developer supply container
Abstract A developer supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus includes a
rotatable container body provided with a portion-to-be-engaged on an inner surface thereof; an
opening for permitting discharging of the developer; a sealing portion for sealing the opening; an
extended portion being displaceable toward a rotational axis of the container body; an engaging
portion engageable with the portion-to-be-engaged; and a limiting portion to substantially hold
the sealing portion in a sealing position by engagement between the engaging portion and the
portion-to-be-engaged, and a non-limiting portion to permit the relative movement of the sealing
portion by disengagement between the engaging portion and the portion-to-be-engaged.

G03G 15/20

G03G 15/20
20100119259 page 28

using a charge pattern Ü for fixing, e.g. by using heat
Title Power supply circuitry for inductive heating element
Abstract A fixing apparatus includes an induction heating coil configured to heat a heat generating member
including a conductive heating element, a boosting circuit configured to boost a DC voltage
obtained by rectifying AC power, a switching element configured to input a DC voltage boosted by
the boosting circuit and to supply a high-frequency current to the induction heating coil, a driving
circuit configured to drive the switching element, a temperature detection unit configured to detect
a temperature of the heat generating member, and a control unit configured to control power
supplied to the induction heating coil by controlling a boosting ratio of the boosting circuit and a
driving frequency of the switching element by the driving circuit so that the temperature detected
by the temperature detection unit reaches a target temperature.

G03G 21/18

using a charge pattern Ü involving the combination of more than one
step according to groups
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G03G 21/18: Electrography Ü Arrangements not provided for by groups

, e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge Ü Mechanical means for
facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements
Ü using a processing cartridge
Title Color electrophotographic image forming apparatus
Abstract A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus including a cartridge supporting member
supporting a plurality of cartridges and moving between an inside position in the main body and a
mounting and detaching position for mounting and detaching the cartridges; an engaging portion
provided to one of the supporting member and the main body at a position corresponding to the
mounting and detaching position for at least one cartridge; and a pressure member provided to
the other and elastically urged to disengageably engage with the engaging portion, wherein when
the supporting member is moved from the inside position to the mounting and detaching position,
a load required for movement of the supporting member at the mounting and detaching position
is made larger than a load required for the movement at other positions than the mounting and
detaching position, by engagement of the pressure member with the engaging portion.

G06F 03/048

G06F 03/048
G06F 03/048: Electric digital data processing Ü Input arrangements for

transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled
by the computer Ü Input arrangements or combined input and output
arrangements for interaction between user and computer Ü Interaction
techniques for graphical user interfaces, e.g. interaction with windows,
icons or menus
Title Image processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
Abstract An image processing apparatus which makes it possible to realize easy accessing of registered
information of any function and provide a user interface having high operability. The image
processing apparatus stores setting information configured via an operating section and access
information for use in accessing the setting information in association with each other. Further, the
image processing apparatus stores the setting information and button information in association
with each other. The button information is displayed on a touch panel in a user selectable form.
When an item of the button information displayed on the touch panel is selected by a user, a
portal application detects the access information associated with the selected button information
item. The setting information is acquired based on the detected access information. The image
processing apparatus performs image processing based on the acquired setting information.

G06F 03/048

Title Display control apparatus and display control method
Abstract A display control apparatus includes a display control means. In the display control apparatus,
the display control means is configured to scroll-display a plurality of contents. If it is determined
that the speed of the scroll display has increased to reach a first predetermined value, then the
display control means classifies and groups the plurality of contents by using group classification
information corresponding to the plurality of contents and displays the grouped contents. On
the other hand, if it is determined that the scroll speed has decreased to reach a second
predetermined value, then the display control means sorts the plurality of contents in order
according to a selected grouping method and displays group classification information images
at a group classification level one stage lower than the current group classification level.

G06F 03/12
G06F 03/12: Electric digital data processing Ü Input arrangements for

transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled
by the computer Ü Digital output to print unit
Title Information processing apparatus, and printing control method
Abstract An information processing apparatus for setting a setting value for print data to be transmitted
to a printer, includes a selection unit configured to select a purpose from a plurality of printing
purposes, and a display unit configured to display a screen for setting the setting value for the
print data including a variable setting item for setting a setting value from a plurality of setting
values associated with the printing purpose selected by the selection unit, and a fixed wherein
setting values for the variable setting item and the fixed setting item are set by using different
setting ways on the displayed screen.

G06F 03/12

G06F 03/12

Title Information processing apparatus, method of controlling same, recording medium and printer
Abstract There is provided an information processing apparatus including a memory storing a first
descriptor indicating that the information processing apparatus operates as a storage device,
a second descriptor indicating that the information processing apparatus operates as another
device different from the storage device, and a driver which is used by the host apparatus in order
to control the information processing apparatus as the other device in accordance with a given
standard; a communication unit which, at the start of communication with the host apparatus,
transmits the first descriptor to the host apparatus and communicates with the host apparatus in
such a manner that the host apparatus is capable of accessing the driver; and a changing unit for
changing the descriptor that the communication unit transmits to the host apparatus to the second
descriptor after the driver has been accessed from the host apparatus.

Title Information processing apparatus, print control method, and storage medium
Abstract The inconsistencies of the function included in the print setting resolving process is conducted,
and information to indicate that the aforementioned print setting is not been changed is added.
Then, based on the added information, it is determined whether the information regarding the
print setting is changed or not. Here, in case the data related to print setting is added and also
the print setting has not been changed, then the process is not conducted. Moreover, in case the
data related to print setting is not added or the print setting has been changed, the process is
conducted.

G06F 03/12

Title Image display apparatus and method for controlling the same
Abstract An image display apparatus includes a control unit configured to display a content on a display
unit, a detection unit configured to detect a printing apparatus located at a predetermined distance
or less from the display unit, a calculation unit configured to calculate a position on the display
unit of the printing apparatus detected by the detection unit, and a transmission unit configured
to transmit, to the printing apparatus, data of a content based on the position calculated by the
calculation unit among contents displayed on the display unit.

G06F 03/12

Title Printing management apparatus and control method thereof
Abstract Designation of paper and an operator as intended by an MIS while maintaining automation
of job processing was not possible, since management of expendables in a POD device and
management of performance information by the MIS were not coordinated. In view of this, the
MIS acquires usable print sheet information including division management information from the
POD device, and, based on a designation of paper designated by a job and a designation of paper
associated with an operator relating to the job, selects appropriate paper that the operator is able
to use, from the print sheet information provided by the POD device.

G06F 03/12

Title Printing system, information processing apparatus, print job processing method, information
processing method, program, and storage medium
Abstract Device capability information associated with a print job is specified, and it is determined whether
the specified device capability information is valid in a printing system. If it is determined that the
specified device capability information is valid, print processing is done. If it is determined that
the specified device capability information is invalid, it is further determined whether the printing
system can execute the print job. Then, execution of the print processing is controlled.

G06F 07/04

G06F 09/02
G06F 07/04: Electric digital data processing Ü Methods or arrangements

for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data
handled Ü Comparing digital values Ü Identity comparison, i.e. for like
or unlike values
Title Information processing system, information processing apparatus and information processing
method
Abstract A system includes a web server and an apparatus with a web browser configured to display an
operation screen provided by the web server. The apparatus authenticates a user and transmits
authentication information to the web server when the user is authenticated and requests the
operation screen which is to be displayed on the web browser. The web server determines
whether the authentication information has been received from the apparatus when the operation
screen is requested and transmits the operation screen to the apparatus when it is determined
that the authentication information has been received from the information processing apparatus
as a result of the determination.
G06F 09/02: Electric digital data processing Ü Arrangements for programme

control, e.g. control unit Ü using wired connections, e.g. plugboard
Title Information processing apparatus and method
Abstract A read-only memory (ROM) includes storage areas used as a processing setting data storage unit,
a successful detection rate storage unit, and a processing time storage unit. A central processing
unit (CPU) can function as a calculation unit by executing a calculation program stored on the
ROM. The successful detection rate storage unit stores a predetermined successful detection rate
(the probability of executing subsequent processing based on a result of a current processing).
The processing time storage unit stores a predetermined processing time of each processing. The
calculation unit calculates a module configuration for executing each processing according to the
successful detection rate stored on the successful detection rate storage unit and the processing
time stored on the processing time storage unit. The processing setting data storage unit stores
setting data of a characteristic amount and a setting data of positional information about image
data (the address of the image data).

G06F 09/44

control, e.g. control unit Ü using stored programme, i.e. using internal
store of processing equipment to receive and retain programme Ü Arrangements
for executing machine- instructions, e.g. instruction decode
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G06F 09/445

for executing specific programmes
Title Upgrade method and storage medium
Abstract The present invention provides a method of upgrading software to control an apparatus. The
method includes obtaining a code of an error which has occurred in the apparatus, searching for
software to prevent the error from occurring in the apparatus based on the obtained code, and
providing information of the searched software to the apparatus.

for executing specific programmes Ü Programme loading or initiating
Title Application platform and application
Abstract The problem of the present invention is to be capable of efficiently using a system resource of a
device. For solving the above problem, an application platform according to the present invention
comprises determining unit for determining whether an application for installation or activation is
installed or activated, wherein when the determining unit determines whether the application for
installation or activation is installed or activated, the determining unit refers to a first resource use
amount and a second resource use amount larger than the first resource use amount of each of
a plurality of applications already installed or activated, a first resource use amount and a second
resource use amount larger than the first resource use amount of the application for installation
or activation.

G06F 15/00
G06F 15/00: Electric digital data processing Ü Digital computers in

general
Title Print processing apparatus and method of controlling the same, and management apparatus and
method of controlling the same
Abstract After operation histories are appropriately selected and merged, the merged operation history is
converted into a job definition file (A) and transmitted to upstream. When resending the job, the
designation of the job definition file (A) is added to the original job definition file and transmitted.

G06F 15/16

G06F 17/00

general Ü Combinations of two or more digital computers each having
at least an arithmetic unit, a programme unit and a register, e.g. for a
simultaneous processing of several programmes
Title Communication unit, method of controlling communication unit and computer program
Abstract Conventionally, when a communication unit needed to apply an authentication process to other
communication units, a problem arose in that the communication unit could not be quickly
connected to a communication unit near a user and to which the user wishes the communication
unit to connect. In this invention, a station measures a range to other communication units in
the surrounding area and possesses a trigger, which is initiated by a user, for beginning an
authentication process; when initiated, the station selects the nearest communication unit based
on the result of the measurement and applies the authentication process to it.

general Ü Architectures of general purpose stored programme computers
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G06F 17/00
G06F 17/00: Electric digital data processing Ü Digital computing or

data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific
functions
Title Layout editing apparatus and layout editing method
Abstract Upon layout of plural contents on a sheet, containers to lay out the contents are automatically
generated based on the sizes of the contents. The generated respective containers for the plural
contents are arranged such that the containers are included in a sheet size. The plural contents
are laid out with the arranged respective containers.

G06K 09/00
G06F 21/20: Electric digital data processing Ü Security arrangements

for protecting computers or computer systems against unauthorised
activity Ü by restricting access to nodes in a computer system or computer
network
20100121952 page 49
G06K 09/00: Recognition of data Ü Methods or arrangements for reading

or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns,
e.g. fingerprints
Title Image photographing apparatus, its distance arithmetic operating method, and in-focus image
obtaining method
Abstract An image photographing apparatus has a photographing unit for obtaining a plurality of
observation images by photographing a same object by a plurality of members having the
different optical transfer characteristics, a characteristics calculation unit for calculating optical
transfer characteristics according to a distance to the object, and a distance calculation unit for
calculating the distance to the object from the plurality of observation images and the optical
transfer characteristics. Another type of the apparatus has the photographing unit, a first
characteristics calculation unit for calculating first optical transfer characteristics according to a
distance to the object, a second characteristics calculation unit for calculating second optical
transfer characteristics so as to minimize a blur amount, based on the plurality of observation
images and the first optical transfer characteristics, and a blur reconstructing unit for obtaining
an in-focus image by reconstructing a blur of an image by using the second optical transfer
characteristics.

G06K 09/00

Title Information processing apparatus including a plurality of multi-stage connected information
processing units
Abstract An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of information processing units that are
connected in stages. Each of the information processing units comprises a plurality of processing
units configured to process information and output a processing result and an integration unit
configured to input the processing result of one or a plurality of the processing units and output
the processing result after integrating the processing result, and changes a connection relation
between the output of the processing result from the processing units and the input to the
integration unit.

G06K 09/54
G06K 09/54: Recognition of data Ü Methods or arrangements for reading

or recognising printed or written characters or for recognising patterns,
e.g. fingerprints Ü Image preprocessing, i.e. processing the image
information without deciding about the identity of the image Ü Combinations
of preprocessing functions
Title Editing apparatus and method
Abstract An apparatus for editing an image to be displayed on a display apparatus inputs a shot image.
The apparatus detects a change in the input image, and edits the shot image so that a region
corresponding to the detected change is not displayed on the display apparatus.

G06K 15/00
G06K 15/00: Recognition of data Ü Arrangements for producing a permanent

visual presentation of the output data
Title Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium
Abstract An image processing apparatus for combining a plurality of images includes a first storage control
unit configured to cause a memory to store an image obtained by reading a document by a
reading apparatus and having a first resolution, a second storage control unit configured to cause
the memory to store an image obtained by reading a vicinity of a region to be combined in the
document by the reading apparatus and having a second resolution, which is higher than the
first resolution, and a determination unit configured to determine relative positions of a plurality of
images stored in the memory by the first storage control unit based on the image stored in the
memory by the second storage control unit.

G06K 15/00

G06K 15/02

visual presentation of the output data Ü using printers
Title Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and computer program
Abstract Characteristic data representing the metallic luster characteristic of each of a plurality of kinds of
printing materials to be used by a printing apparatus is acquired. On the basis of a stimulus value
represented by the acquired characteristic data corresponding to each of the plurality of kinds of
printing materials, an overlay order is determined to form an image on the printing medium by
overlaying a printing material having a smaller stimulus value on a printing material having a large
stimulus value. The print data is generated in accordance with the determined overlay order.

G06K 15/10

visual presentation of the output data Ü using printers Ü by matrix
printers
Title Image recording apparatus and image processing method
Abstract An image recording apparatus acquires, from image data, gradation information in a region
corresponding to a connected portion at which recording chips are overlapped with each other,
sets, based on the acquired gradation information, control information for controlling recording
rates of respective recording elements of a plurality of recording chips that are connected in an
overlapped state, and according to the set control information, generates, from the image data,
dot data for respective recording elements of the plurality of recording chips that are connected in
the overlapped state.

G06N 03/08
G06N 03/08: Computer systems based on specific computational models

Ü Computer systems based on biological models Ü using neural network
models Ü Learning methods
Title Information processing apparatus, information processing method, pattern recognition apparatus,
and pattern recognition method
Abstract In a hierarchical neural network having a module structure, learning necessary for detection of
a new feature class is executed by a processing module which has not finished learning yet
and includes a plurality of neurons which should learn an unlearned feature class and have
an undetermined receptor field structure by presenting a predetermined pattern to a data input
layer. Thus, a feature class necessary for subject recognition can be learned automatically and
efficiently.

G09G 05/00

G09G 05/00
G09G 05/00: Arrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices

using static means to present variable information Ü Control arrangements
or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators
and other visual indicators
Title Image display device, image display system, and image display method
Abstract An image display device includes a coordinates detection unit configured to detect a terminal
device which stores image data, and to detect a coordinates of a display unit based on the
detected result, a coordinates attribute extraction unit configured to extract an attribute of the
coordinates detected by the coordinates detection unit, a communication unit configured to
receive the image data from the terminal device, a contents attribute extraction unit configured
to extract an attribute of the image data received by the communication unit, and a display
control unit configured to display an image which has an attribute similar to the attribute of the
coordinates extracted by the coordinates attribute extraction unit among the image data from
which the attributes is extracted by the contents attribute extraction unit on a position near a
position of the coordinates detected by the coordinates detection unit.

Title Color processing apparatus, color processing method, and storage medium
Abstract A color processing apparatus that creates a lookup table for performing a conversion process
corresponding to ambient light comprises an obtainment unit configured to obtain the illuminance
of the ambient light and the device luminance of a destination device; a creation unit configured
to create an adaptive luminance function from the illuminance of the ambient light and the device
luminance; a setting unit configured to set an adaptive white luminance from a luminance value of
grid point color data corresponding to a grid point in the lookup table, using the adaptive luminance
function; a conversion unit configured to perform a conversion process on the grid point color data
in accordance with a color appearance model, using the adaptive white luminance; and a saving
unit configured to save the converted color data in the lookup table.

G09G 05/10

H01J 09/00
G09G 05/10: Arrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices

using static means to present variable information Ü Control arrangements
or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators
and other visual indicators Ü Intensity circuits
20100118008 page 60
H01J 01/63: Electric discharge tubes or discharge lamps Ü Details of

electrodes, of magnetic control means, of screens, or of the mounting
or spacing thereof, common to two or more basic types of discharge
tubes or lamps Ü Screens on or from which an image or pattern is
formed, picked-up, converted, or stored Ü Luminescent screens Ü characterised
by the luminescent material
20100117526 page 14
H01J 09/00: Electric discharge tubes or discharge lamps Ü Apparatus

or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric discharge
tubes, discharge lamps, or parts thereof
Title Electron-emitting device, electron source and display apparatus using the same device, and
manufacturing methods of them
Abstract An electron-emitting device having little dispersion of its electron emission characteristic and a
suppressed x201c;fluctuationx201d; of its electron emission quantity is provided. The electron-
emitting device includes a substrate equipped with a first portion containing silicon oxide and
a second portion arranged abreast of the first portion and having a higher heat conductance,
and an electroconductive film including a gap therein, the electroconductive film arranged on the
substrate, wherein the first and the second portions having a resistance higher than that of the
electroconductive film, and the gap is arranged on the first portion.

H01J 09/00

H01L 29/04
H01L 21/00: Semiconductor devices Ü Processes or apparatus specially

adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid
state devices or of parts thereof
Title Light emitting apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
Abstract To provide a light emitting apparatus in which high definition can be realized and the connection
reliability of a wiring portion is excellent, the light emitting apparatus includes a substrate; a light
emitting element which includes a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode which
are stacked on the substrate in the stated order; and a thin film transistor which is of an n-type
and includes a channel layer and a drain electrode, the light emitting element and the thin film
transistor are arranged in parallel and in contact with the substrate, the channel layer of the thin
film transistor has a field effect mobility equal to or larger than 1 cm
H01L 21/441:
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H01M 08/00
H01L 21/84:
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H01L 29/04: Semiconductor devices Ü Semiconductor devices specially

adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having
at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier Ü Semiconductor
bodies Ü characterised by their crystalline structure, e.g. polycrystalline,
cubicor particular orientation of crystalline planes
20100117072 page 64
H01L 31/0232:
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H01L 33/00: Semiconductor devices Ü Semiconductor devices with at

least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier specially adapted for
light emission
20100117072 page 64
H01L 41/22: Semiconductor devices Ü Piezo-electric elements in general

Ü Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or
treatment of these elements or of parts thereof
20100118370 page 21
H01M 08/00: Processes or means, e.g. batteries, for the direct conversion
of chemical energy into electrical energy Ü Fuel cells
Title Fuel cell system and activation method for fuel cell
Abstract A cell unit voltage is controlled such that a hydrogen production reaction is caused to occur in
an oxidizer electrode, thereby allowing a current corresponding to a moving amount of protons,
which is larger than a diffusion limiting current, to pass through a fuel cell. As a result, regardless
of a supply amount of an oxidizer, a current larger than a limiting current of a fuel cell reaction is
allowed to flow.

H04L 09/18
H01M 08/10: Processes or means, e.g. batteries, for the direct conversion
of chemical energy into electrical energy Ü Fuel cells Ü Fuel cells with
solid electrolytes
20100119887 page 65

H04N 01/04
H04L 09/18: Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication

Ü Arrangements for secret or secure communication Ü Encryption by
serially and continuously modifying data stream elements, e.g. stream
cipher systems
Title Receiving apparatus and method for controlling the same
Abstract The present invention provides a receiving apparatus including a device key generating unit which
generates a device key, a work key generating unit which generates a work key, a device key
storing unit which sequentially stores the generated device key, every time the device key is
updated, and a recording unit which stores a digital broadcast signal in a transport stream format,
wherein in a case where the device key generating unit cannot generate, from the stored transport
stream, a device key necessary for descrambling the stored transport stream when the stored
transport stream is to be reproduced, the work key generating unit decrypts an encrypted work
key that is obtained from the stored transport stream, using the device key stored in the device
key storing unit, and generates a work key.

H04N 01/04
H04N 01/04: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Ü Scanning, transmission

or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission
Ü Scanning arrangements
Title Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus
Abstract An optical filter is provided on photoelectric conversion elements for monochrome reading. Each
of a reflecting optical system and the optical filter has an end portion and a central portion in a
predetermined direction. The optical filter suppresses light at a peak wavelength of a light source
such that a difference between a sensitivity of optical path via the end portion of the reflecting
optical system and the optical filter and a sensitivity of optical path via the central portion of the
reflecting optical system and the optical filter fall within a range of 5% at the peak wavelength of
light source.

H04N 01/60
20100118343 page 54

Ü Picture signal circuits
20100118318 page 57

Ü Colour picture communication systems
20100118358 page 68

or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission Ü
Colour picture communication systems Ü Processing of colour picture
signals Ü Colour correction or control
Title Image forming apparatus and control method thereof
Abstract When a recording agent amount limiting process is carried out, a color reproduction range is
narrowed, and therefore gradation properties of dark areas are deteriorated and information
originally held by an image is sometimes undesirably lost. By obtaining (

H04N 05/14
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H04N 05/14: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Ü Details of television

systems Ü Picture signal circuitry for video frequency region
Title Information processing apparatus and method of controlling same
Abstract An information processing apparatus for extracting a more appropriate representative frame
image from moving image data that includes a plurality of frames of image data arranged in a time
series includes an input unit configured to input moving image data; a detecting unit configured to
detect a frame image, which includes an image similar to a prescribed image pattern; a tracking
unit configured to detect a frame image, which includes an image similar to the image included
in the detected frame image; a storage unit configured to store the successive frame images in
association with time information; a splitting unit configured to split the moving image data into a
plurality of time intervals with starting time and end time of each of one or more image sequences;
and an extracting unit configured to extract a representative frame image.

H04N 05/228
H04N 05/228: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Ü Details of

television systems Ü Studio circuitry Ü Television cameras Ü Circuit
details for pick-up tubes
Title Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus and image processing method
Abstract The image processing apparatus includes an extracting part extracting feature points in each of
plural images sequentially generated by an image pickup apparatus, a calculating part calculating
motion vectors at the feature points in each of the plural images, a clustering part performing
clustering processing on the motion vectors calculated at the feature points, a determining part
determining, among plural clusters, a specific cluster including a motion vector indicating motion
of the image pickup apparatus. The apparatus further includes an estimation detecting part
detecting, by using an estimation method which uses information relating to the specific cluster of
a first image, the specific cluster of a second image generated after generation of the first image,
and a processing part performing image stabilization processing on the second image based on
the motion vector included in the specific cluster of the second image.

H04N 05/76
H04N 05/76: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Ü Details of television

systems Ü Television signal recording
Title Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method
Abstract In an image capturing apparatus, a video input unit (

H04N 05/76

H04N 07/15
H04N 07/01: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Ü Television systems

Ü Conversion of standards
Title Image display apparatus
Abstract The image display apparatus is capable of receiving a first video signal and image data. The
apparatus includes a first electronic zoom processing part performing first electronic zoom
processing on the first video signal to output a first electronic zoom processed video signal of a
predetermined resolution, a video converting part converting the image data into a second video
signal, a second electronic zoom processing part performing second electronic zoom processing
on the second video signal to output a second electronic zoom processed video signal of the
predetermined resolution, and a displaying part displaying an image corresponding to each of the
first and second electronic zoom processed video signals. The second electronic zoom processed
video signal output from the second electronic zoom processing part is input to the displaying part
through the first electronic zoom processing part without being subjected to the first electronic
zoom processing.

H04N 07/15

Ü Systems in which the television signal is transmitted via one channel
or a plurality of parallel channels, the bandwidth of each channel being
less than the bandwidth of the television signal
20100118184 page 74

Ü Systems for two-way working Ü Conference systems
Title Display control apparatus and method
Abstract A display control apparatus that can display a video includes an inputting unit configured to
input the video, a designation unit configured to designate an area in the video, a detection unit
configured to detect that a coordinate in the designated area of the video has been pointed, and
a display control unit configured to control a display size of a predetermined area in the video in
such a manner that the display size of the predetermined area is larger when the detection unit
detects that the coordinate in the designated area has been pointed than when the detection unit
does not detect any pointing of the coordinate in the designated area.

H04N 09/74

Ü Closed-circuit television systems, i.e. systems in which the signal is
not broadcast
20100118142 page 51
H04N 09/31: Pictorial communication, e.g. television Ü Details of colour

television systems Ü Picture reproducers Ü Projection devices for colour
picture display
20100118184 page 74

television systems Ü Circuits for processing colour signals
20100118202 page 75

television systems Ü Circuits for processing colour signals Ü for obtaining
special effects

Patent Index
Patent Index
Patent Application Page Patent Application Page Patent Application Page
20100116269 5 20100116973 7 20100117072 64
20100117289 13 20100117526 14 20100118001 60
20100118008 60 20100118068 8 20100118074 9
20100118079 10 20100118080 12 20100118096 8
20100118142 51 20100118156 71 20100118163 72
20100118184 74 20100118202 75 20100118205 70
20100118285 25 20100118286 25 20100118289 24
20100118304 17 20100118318 57 20100118321 37
20100118322 69 20100118326 39 20100118332 39
20100118333 47 20100118335 40 20100118336 41
20100118337 42 20100118343 54 20100118348 56
20100118358 68 20100118367 20 20100118370 21
20100118385 23 20100118392 19 20100118402 22
20100119060 67 20100119107 52 20100119177 53
20100119244 28 20100119248 32 20100119254 33
20100119258 21 20100119259 28 20100119265 30
20100119782 6 20100119887 65 20100119965 26
20100119967 27 20100119968 27 20100120028 15
20100120238 16 20100120319 62 20100121023 15
20100121798 58 20100121952 49 20100122063 44
20100122158 50 20100122187 35 20100122214 36
20100122244 46 20100122247 46 20100122319 44

IPC Catchword Index
IPC Catchword Index
Catch Word IPC Page

ACCOUNT(S) electric digital computers for accounting G06F 17/00 50
ACID(S) organic ACID(S) C07 14
AGEING of semi-conductor devices H01L 21/00 64
ASSEMBLING of electric discharge tube parts, e.g. electrodes H01J 09/00 62
ASSEMBLING of semiconductor devices H01L 21/00 64
BANK(S) -accounting computers G06F 17/00 50
CASTING plastics or substances in a plastic state in general B29 6
CELLULAR [materials] layered products with a layer of CELLULAR structure B32B 03/00 7
CHARACTERS recognition of CHARACTERS G06K 09/00 51
CHEMICAL(S) vapour deposition methods (CVD) C23C 16/00 17
CHEMISTRY of organic compounds C07 14
CHEMISTRY fermentation CHEMISTRY C12 16
CHEMISTRY macromolecular CHEMISTRY C08 15
COATING with metals by vapour deposition C23C 16/00 17
COMBS making hair COMBS of plastics B29 6
COMPILERS G06F 09/44 46
COMPILING statistics G06 35
COMPOSITE(S) materials based on synthetic resins C08 15
COMPUTER(S) G06 35
COMPUTER(S) learning methods using neural network models G06N 03/08 58
COMPUTER(S) multimedia applications G06F 17/00 50
COMPUTER(S) architectures of general purpose COMPUTER(S) G06F 15/76 49
CONTACT LENSES making CONTACT LENSES from plastics or substances B29D 11/00 7
in a plastic state
CONTOURS following CONTOURS for character recognition G06K 09/00 51
CONVERSION of chemical energy directly into electricity H01M 08/00 65
COPOLYMERS C08 15
CUTTING sheets or webs in connection with printing, manifolding, stamping B41 7
or typewriting
CVD [= chemical vapour deposition] C23C 16/00 17
DATA processing G06 35
DEEP-DRAWING sheets of plastics or substances in a plastic state in general B29 6
DIOPTRICS G02 18
DISTENDING parts of the body for medical purposes A61 5
EBONITE moulding EBONITE B29 6
EMULATION G06F 09/44 46
ENLARGERS photographic ENLARGERS G03B 27/32 24
EQUATIONS solving EQUATIONS G06 35
FETTLING of articles moulded from plastics or substances in a plastic state B29 6
FUEL(S) cells or batteries H01M 08/00 65
FUNCTIONS evaluating FUNCTIONS G06 35
GAS-PLATING C23C 16/00 17
HACK covers B28 6
HEALTH medical or surgical treatment for HEALTH A61 5
HORMONE(S) other HORMONE(S) of known constitution C07 14

IPC Catchword Index
Catch Word IPC Page

HUMIDIFYING humidifiers A61M 11/00 5
HYGIENE A61 5
INDICATING control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators G09G 05/00 60
INOCULATION A61 5
INVENTORY electric digital computers for INVENTORY G06F 17/00 50
INVOICING electric digital computers for INVOICING G06F 17/00 50
JUNCTION(S) in electroluminescent light sources H01L 33/00 65
JUSTIFYING of print B41 7
JUSTIFYING typewriters for JUSTIFYING B41 7
LENS(ES) making optical LENS(ES) of plastics B29D 11/00 7
LETTER(S) identification or recognition of LETTER(S) G06K 09/00 51
MEASURING G01 17
METAL(S) gas-plating of METAL(S) C23C 16/00 17
MOULDING(S) plastics or substances in a plastic state in general B29 6
OPERATION(S) appliances for performing surgical or medical A61 5
OPERATION(S)
OPTICAL(LY) producing-elements from plastics or substances in a plastic B29D 11/00 7
state
PLASTIC [materials] working PLASTICs or substances in a PLASTIC state in B29 6
general
PLASTICS polymerisation products C08 15
POLARISATION, POLARIZATION measuring POLARISATION of light G01J 04/00 17
POLARISATION, POLARIZATION optical POLARISATION G02B 05/30 19
POLYMERS chemical processes for modifying POLYMERS C08 15
POLYMERS processes for obtaining POLYMERS C08 15
POLYMERS processes for purifying POLYMERS C08 15
PRESSING shaping plastics or substances in a plastic state by PRESSING B29 6
PRINT(S) making or treatment of photographic PRINT(S) G03 24
PRINT(S) recognition of printed characters G06K 09/00 51
PRINTING B41 7
PRINTING of computer output-data G06K 15/02 56
PRINTING apparatus for PRINTING and issuing tickets B41 7
PRINTING ink-jet PRINTING apparatus B41J 02/01 8
PRISMS making optical PRISMS from plastics or substances in a plastic state B29D 11/00 7
PROCESSING data PROCESSING equipment in general G06F 15/00 47
PROJECTION using PROJECTION apparatus for photographic printing G03B 27/32 24
READING printed or written characters G06K 09/00 51
RECOGNITION of printed or written characters G06K 09/00 51
RECORDING of television signals H04N 05/76 72
REGISTERING of computed values in general G06K 15/00 54
REINFORCING of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29 6
RESERVATION electric computers for RESERVATION of seats G06F 17/00 50
RESIN(S) synthetic RESIN(S) C08 15
RUBBER working RUBBER B29 6
SCANNING in pictorial communication systems H04N 01/04 68
SEAT(S) electric digital computers for SEAT(S) reservation G06F 17/00 50
SEMICONDUCTOR(S) manufacture or treatment of SEMICONDUCTOR(S) H01L 21/00 64
devices
SEVERING of sheets or webs in connection with printing, manifolding, B41 7
stamping or typewriting
SHAPING of plastics or substances plastic in a plastic state in general, B29 6
mechanical methods
STATISTICS electric digital computers for STATISTICS G06F 17/00 50
STOVING enamels C23 16
SYMBOLS recognition of SYMBOLS G06K 09/00 51
TELEVISION conference systems (= video conference) H04N 07/15 75
TELEVISION signal recording H04N 05/76 72

IPC Catchword Index
Catch Word IPC Page

TONE picture-TONE signal circuits H04N 01/40 69
TOTALISATORS for electrically computing outcome of betting G06F 17/00 50
TRAFFIC electric digital computers for TRAFFIC control G06F 17/00 50
TRANSPARENCY(-IES) bearing pictures for projection G03 24
VARIABLES measuring VARIABLES G01 17
VIDEO RECORDING apparatus H04N 05/76 72
WAX(ES) moulding or casting WAX(ES) in general B29 6
WEAPON(S) electric digital computers for WEAPON(S) G06F 17/00 50
WHALEBONE working of WHALEBONE B29 6
WORKING plastics or substances in a plastic state in general B29 6

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Structure of this review IPC Catchword Index is an alphabetical sorted list of

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 2

C23 - Coating metallic material 16

G01 - Measurement of intensity, velocity,

C07 - 14 G06 - Electric digital data processing 35

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 3

G06F 15/16 - Combinations of two or more H01L 29/04 - characterised by

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 4

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 5

B28B 07/36: Shaping clay or other ceramic compositions, slag or mixtures

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 6

B29D 11/00: Producing particular articles from plastics or from substances

B32B 03/00: layered products, i.e. products built-up of strata of flat or

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 7

B41J 02/01: Typewriters Ü Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms

B41J 29/38: Typewriters Ü Details of, or accessories for, typewriters

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 8

App. No. 20100118074 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 9

App. No. 20100118079 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 10

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 11

App. No. 20100118080 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 12

B65H 05/00: handling thin or filamentary material, e.g. sheets, webs,

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 13

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 14

C07H 21/04: Sugars Ü Compounds containing two or more mononucleotide

C08G 69/26: Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 15

C12Q 01/68: Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or micro-

C23C 14/34: Coating metallic material Ü Coating by vacuum evaporation,

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 16

C23C 16/00: Coating metallic material Ü Chemical coating by decomposition

G01J 04/00: Measurement of intensity, velocity, spectral content, polarisation,

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 17

G01V 08/10: Geophysics Ü Prospecting or detecting by optical means

G02B 01/12: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Optical elements

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 18

G02B 05/30: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Optical elements

G02B 09/00: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Optical objectives

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 19

G02B 13/14: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Optical objectives

G02B 26/10: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Optical devices

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 20

App. No. 20100118370 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

App. No. 20100119258 Assignee CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 21

G02B 27/64: Optical elements, systems, or apparatus Ü Other optical

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 22

G02F 01/167: Devices or arrangements, the optical operation of which

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 23

G03B 27/32: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 24

G03B 27/42: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for

G03B 27/52: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for

Canon - 2nd Week of May 2010 USPTO Patent Applications 25

G03B 27/58: apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for

G03G 09/08: Electrography Ü Developers Ü with toner particles