Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090128866 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes an illuminating optical system having light sources arranged in a line and a light guide member guiding rays of light from the light sources to illuminate a document which passes through a document reading position near a light emergent surface of the light guide member. An image reading-optical system includes a rod lens array to read light passing through the document, and a cylindrical lens array in the light emergent surface of the light guide member. Ridge lines running along a subscanning direction, on the light guide member are aligned in a scanning direction. | 05-21-2009 |
20090174955 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes: an image pickup optical system including a plurality of lenses. The plurality of lenses includes an adjusting lens for a shift adjustment in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the image pickup optical system. The lens barrel further includes a lens frame holding the adjusting lens; and a housing holding the lens frame and including a wall portion. The lens frame comprises a plurality of protrusions coming contact with the wall portion and each of the plurality of protrusions has a protruding amount which differs from the other for correcting a tilt of an optical axis of the adjusting lens. | 07-09-2009 |
20090219400 | Imaging Unit and Electronic Camera - An imaging unit having: an image pickup element for imaging a subject; a camera shake correction unit for correcting camera shake by moving the image pickup element, wherein the camera shake correction unit includes a stage which carries the image pickup element; and a reference bedplate supporting the camera shake correction unit; at least two guide members which support the stage movably with respect to the reference bedplate in a predetermined direction respectively; and wherein the camera shake correction unit further includes a biasing member for biasing the stage in one direction except the predetermined directions with respect to the reference bedplate, thereby removing mechanical play in at least two directions out of the three dimensional directions of the guide member. | 09-03-2009 |
20100073012 | METHOD FOR DETECTING WATER LEAKAGE OF COIL AND WATER LEAKAGE DETECTOR APPLICABLE TO THIS METHOD - According to the present invention, a method of detecting water leakage in a coil, which determines whether or not cooling water leaks into an insulation layer, the water being supplied to a conductor of a coil covered with the insulation layer, including: applying an AC voltage to the conductor; bringing a surface electrode device into pressure contact with the insulation layer; grounding the surface electrode device through an impedance; measuring a potential of the surface electrode device; and determining that the cooling water leaks from the conductor into the insulation layer when a measured potential is higher than a potential of a normal coil | 03-25-2010 |
20100108111 | ULTRASONIC CLEANING APPARATUS - It is an object of the present invention to provide an ultrasonic cleaning apparatus having a high cleaning efficiency by restraining lowering of the sound pressure applied to the object to be cleaned per unit time while securing the uniformization of the sound pressure in the entire area in the cleaning tank. | 05-06-2010 |
20110079253 | Ultrasonic Cleaning Apparatus - The invention provides an ultrasonic cleaning apparatus in which unevenness of sound pressure among a plurality of oscillating elements is solved by emitting uniform ultrasonic waves, the rate of removal of fine particles is improved, and the uneven cleaning is avoided. The ultrasonic cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning bath that stores an object to be cleaned and cleaning solvent; a plurality of oscillating elements attached to the cleaning bath; a plurality of oscillators connected respectively to the plurality of oscillating elements for exciting the plurality of oscillating elements; and a controller connected to the plurality of oscillators for controlling the plurality of oscillators to output signals having the same phase or substantially the same phase to the plurality of oscillating elements. | 04-07-2011 |
20120019477 | METHOD OF DETECTING POSITION ON TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, AND METHOD OF INITIALIZING TOUCHSCREEN PANEL - A method of detecting a position on a touchscreen panel including a first resistive film having first and second electrodes provided at its corresponding ends in a first direction and a second resistive film having third and fourth electrodes provided at its corresponding ends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction includes measuring a potential at the first electrode with supply voltage applied to a first resistor connected to the first electrode with the second electrode grounded; measuring a potential at the third electrode with the supply voltage applied to a second resistor connected to the third electrode with the fourth electrode grounded; measuring potentials at the third and fourth electrodes with the supply voltage applied to the first electrode with the second electrode grounded; and measuring potentials at the first and second electrodes with the supply voltage applied to the third electrode with the fourth electrode grounded. | 01-26-2012 |
20120312667 | POWER BREAKER - A power breaker incudes a fine motion mechanism portion having a chattering suppression portion formed of ring members and a ring member provided with sloping surfaces or curved surfaces at positions corresponding to one another in a state stacked up in a center axis direction, so that an impact generated upon collision of a movable electrode with a fixed electrode when a circuit is closed is trapped as a compression force. Hence, kinetic energy generated upon collision is consumed by energy absorption by friction due to a spring property of the ring members and a frictional force on the contact surfaces. It thus becomes possible to reduce a generation time of a chattering action. | 12-13-2012 |
20130048013 | ULTRASONIC CLEANING METHOD FOR GENERATING ULTRASONIC VIBRATIONS BY A FREQUENCY MODULATED SIGNAL - An ultrasonic cleaning method of using ultrasonic vibrations to clean an object that is immersed in a cleaning liquid in a cleaning tank is provided. The method includes generating a frequency modulated signal including at least two frequency modulated portions having modulation widths different from each other with a single frequency as a center frequency, such that among the at least two frequency modulated portions a frequency modulated portion having a smaller modulation width is generated at a timing when a frequency modulated portion having a larger modulation width reaches the center frequency. The method further includes generating the ultrasonic vibrations based on the frequency modulated signal and transferring the ultrasonic vibrations to the cleaning tank to clean the object. | 02-28-2013 |
20140007691 | OUTPUT ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT, ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER DEVICE COMPONENT, AND ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER DEVICE - An ultrasonic transducer device component changes a transducer with another one having the same frequency or a different frequency without adjustment inside a generator main body or a change of the generator main body. The ultrasonic transducer device component includes a connection unit for use in applying ultrasonic transducer to cleaning fluid for cleaning objects, and for connection with a generator main body that generates an ultrasonic vibration signal; and a transducer connected to a connection unit. The connection unit includes an output transformer for adjusting an output of the ultrasonic vibration signal; a coil capacitor electrically connected to the output transformer; and a current detector electrically connected to the coil capacitor. | 01-09-2014 |
20140050941 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND STABILITY OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength steel sheet including, by mass, C: 0.03% or more and 0.25% or less, Si: 0.4% or more and 2.5% or less, Mn: 3.5% or more and 10.0% or less, P: 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.01% or more and 2.5% or less, N: 0.008% or less, Si+Al: 1.0% or more, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. The area ratio of ferrite is 30% or more and 80% or less, the area ratio of martensite is 0% or more and 17% or less, the volume fraction of retained austenite is 8% or more, and the average grain size of retained austenite is 2 μm or less. | 02-20-2014 |
20140160563 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a projection unit, a change unit, and a separation unit. The projection unit projects first rays containing parallax image components. The change unit receives the first rays projected from the projection unit, collimates the first rays, and causes second rays to emerge. The separation unit receives the second rays emerging from the change unit, separates the parallax image components contained in the second rays at angles corresponding to the parallax image components, and projects the parallax image components to a viewing area. The separation unit includes a lenticular lens in which cylindrical lens elements are arrayed and boundaries are set between adjacent cylindrical lens elements. The parallax image components pass through areas of the cylindrical lens elements except for the boundaries. | 06-12-2014 |
20140232688 | METHOD OF INITIALIZING TOUCHSCREEN PANEL - A method of initializing a touchscreen panel including a first resistive film having a first electrode and a second electrode provided at corresponding ends thereof in a first direction, a second resistive film having a third electrode and a fourth electrode provided at corresponding ends thereof in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a first resistor having a first end connected to the first electrode, and a second resistor having a first end connected to the third electrode, includes (a) measuring a potential with the touchscreen panel being contacted at two points with a predetermined potential being applied to the touchscreen panel; and (b) calculating a relational expression between the potential and a distance between the two points based on the measured potential. | 08-21-2014 |
20140232689 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, AND METHOD OF INITIALIZING TOUCHSCREEN PANEL - A touchscreen panel includes a first resistive film having a first electrode and a second electrode provided at corresponding ends thereof in a first direction; a second resistive film having a third electrode and a fourth electrode provided at corresponding ends thereof in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a first resistor having a first end connected to the first electrode and a second end to a certain electric potential; and a second resistor having a first end connected to the third electrode and a second end to a certain electric potential. A value of resistance of at least one of the first resistor and the second resistor is more than or equal to 25% and less than or equal to 400% of a value of resistance between two electrodes in the first resistive film or in the second resistive film. | 08-21-2014 |
20140332667 | LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND IMAGE READING DEVICE - The light source unit comprises a light source emitting visible light and light of a non-visible wavelength; a rod-like light guide at the end of which the light source is provided and within which incident light from the light source is propagated in the long axis direction; a reflector that is linear along the long axis direction and provided on the contour surface of the light guide; and a support member encompassing the reflector and light guide, having a given width in the direction perpendicular to the long axis direction, and provided with an opening extending along the long axis direction. The reflector and support member are formed by a reflecting material containing a substance reflecting the light of a non-visible light wavelength and reflecting the visible light and light of a non-visible light wavelength. | 11-13-2014 |
20140360632 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY - A method of manufacturing a high strength steel sheet having excellent formability suitable for the material of an automotive part has a tensile strength (TS) of 980 MPa or more and total elongation (EL) is 25% or more. A steel slab has a chemical composition containing C: 0.03% to 0.35%, Si: 0.5% to 3.0%, Mn: 3.5% to 10.0%, P: 0.100% or less, S: 0.02% or less, and the remainder includes Fe and incidental impurities on a percent by mass basis is hot-rolled, a heat treatment is performed, in which an achieved temperature of Ac1 to Ac1+100° C. is held for 3 minutes or more, subsequently, cold rolling is performed at a rolling reduction of 20% or more and, annealing is performed, in which an achieved temperature of Ac1−30° C. to Ac1+100° C. is held for 1 minute or more. | 12-11-2014 |