| 02nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
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| 20090009809 | Image forming apparatus and job information management method - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, including: a first storage section to store a job information item of a job whose execution has been completed; a nonvolatile second storage section having a larger capacity for storing the job information item than the first storage section; and a control section to store the job information item into the first storage section and the second storage section to manage the job information item. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009810 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a reading means for reading image data of an original to be read, an area specifying means for specifying an image area from the read image data, a printing means for printing the image data, a post-processing means for subjecting recording paper to post-processing after completion of printing, and a control means for controlling each of the aforementioned means. Here, when post-processing is requested, the control means after reading the image data of the entire original by the reading means specifies the image area of the read image data by the area specifying means and judges whether or not the specified image area overlaps a gutter area. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009811 | Method for screening an image - To improve the rendering of a printing, a halftone rendering method is applied. This method optimally comprises a step for the adaptive tiling of the image. This tiling is based on a subdivision of the image by self-similar structures. These subdivisions are locally limited by the local intensity of the image. These local limitations make the tiling adaptive. The result of this tiling is a cloud of sampling structures, each of these structures being associated with a pixel of the image and a label produced during the tiling. The intensity of the pixel, and the label, enable the reading, in a table of correction vectors, of a correction vector corresponding to a shift to be applied to the pixel before it is printed. The table of the correction vectors is pre-computed in using a relaxation algorithm. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009812 | Distortion Compensation for Printing - A printing machine includes a substrate and at least one printhead with at least two material deposition channels which are movable with respect to the substrate, wherein the printhead is mounted on a stage which allows rotation of the printhead around an axis perpendicular to the substrate and translation in a direction perpendicular to the print direction, and wherein during each print swath, the rotation angle and translation values of the printhead are varied in order to change the pitch and the lateral position in the direction perpendicular to the print direction of material deposited from the different deposition channels; and an algorithm which computes the required rotation angles and translation values for a given pattern of substrate distortion. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009813 | Update control of image processing control data - This invention relates to the updating of image processing control data that is related to image data and controls image processing of the image data. An image related data generator generates an image file that includes image data and image processing data pre-stored therein. The image processing control data can be updated according to the following process. The image related data generator sends specification data that specifies image processing control data to be updated to an update data server. Then the image related data generator receives the update data from the update data server. And the image related generator updates the image processing control data stored therein with the update data. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009814 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed document management system reduces the risk of information leakage and prevents an operation error by simplifying operations. The document management system includes an image forming apparatus with a scan unit for scanning a paper document into digitized document data; a user authentication server for user authentication; and an encrypted document server having encrypted folders for storing encrypted document data based on the access right of a user. The image forming apparatus includes an encryption unit configured to encrypt document data and a delivery unit configured to deliver encrypted document data to one of the folders in the encrypted document server to which access is allowed based on the access right of a user authenticated by the authentication server. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009815 | APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC STORAGE OF RECIPES - A recipe storage device provides a simple user interface for scanning or inputting recipes for storage and retrieving and displaying the stored recipes. The stored recipes can be searched based on an associated category or on search terms found in the recipe. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009816 | PRINTER APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD FOR PRINTER APPARATUS - In a printer apparatus of the invention, a file storage unit stores an archive file including plural files each having a reservation keyword, a processing content designation data holding unit holds plural processing content designation data in which the reservation keyword and processing content on the file are made to correspond to each other, a processing content designation data retrieval unit extracts the reservation keyword from the file name of each of the plural files and retrieves one or plural processing content designation data including the extracted reservation keyword among the plural processing content designation data, and a print processing unit print-processes the data to be printed contained in the stored document file in accordance with the processing content on the file held in the processing content designation data holding unit corresponding to the retrieved processing content designation data. By this, printing can be performed at high speed, and convenience of the print processing can be raised. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009817 | SCANNING APPARATUS AND WHITE CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF - A scanning apparatus includes a lookup table generating unit to generate a multidimensional lookup table to convert input signals into standard signals, a minimum value computing unit to scan a white reference and compute minimum RGB values therefrom, a calibration region determining unit to establish a minimum size region in the lookup table that contains a background (BG) point where the computed minimum RGB values coincide, and a white point of the lookup table, and a calibrating unit to calibrate data values only in the established region to white values. Optimum color representation is provided, because only the white region is established and calibrated without influencing other color regions. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009818 | Communication device - A communication device transmits voice and facsimile signals in the same channel between a terminal device and a packet network. The communication device has an echo canceler and a jitter buffer. The jitter buffer has a delay recovery control function that selectively deletes data from the jitter buffer to recover from packet delays. After detecting a facsimile tone, the communication device waits to detect a certain interval of silence, then deactivates its echo canceler and delay recovery control function and switches into facsimile communication mode. If a certain interval of silence is detected during the facsimile transmission, the communication device reactivates its echo canceler and delay recovery control function and continues communicating in voice mode if the line is left connected. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009819 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image area of a main scanning line is segmented into a plurality of regions, with a first image being formed that has a first number of pixels in each of the plurality of regions, and a second image being formed that has a second number of pixels in each of the plurality of regions that differs from the first number of pixels. A scaling factor of an image in each of the plurality of regions is derived thereafter, in accordance with a difference in size between the first image and the second image in each region, and a differential between the first number of pixels and the second number of pixels. A determination is made with respect to a number of pixels to be either added to, or subtracted from, each of the plurality of regions, in accordance with a total number of correction pixels in order to adjust the size of the image of the main scanning line, and the scaling factor. The image data of each of the plurality of regions is corrected in accordance with the determined number of pixels in each region. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009820 | Image forming apparatus - The image forming apparatus comprises:an area extraction portion for detecting a boundary between a not-printed area and an effective image area which is not a not-printed part in image data in both the fast scan and slow scan directions and for extracting one or a plurality of the effective image areas; a sheet selection portion for in forming an image selecting the smallest possible sheet of the sheets which have a size to accommodate the image to be formed and are used by the apparatus; and an image forming portion for forming the image on the sheet selected which the sheet selection portion selects based on the image data in the effective image area extracted by the area extraction portion. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009821 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Control Method and Computer-Readable Storage Medium - An image processing apparatus has a plurality of processing parts configured to execute different processes with respect to image data, and an executing sequence determination part configured to determine an executing sequence of the processing parts based on conditions related to a requested image processing. The processing parts execute the processes according to the executing sequence. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009822 | Solid-State Image Pickup Device and Image Pickup Method - A solid-state image pickup device and image pickup method eliminate a dark-current component by adjusting the black level appropriately even if the dark-current component varies among horizontal lines. A pixel array includes light-receiving pixel elements and light-blocking pixel elements disposed such that horizontal lines include the light-blocking pixel elements individually. A readout circuit block reads pixel signals of each of the horizontal lines from the pixel array, inputs the pixel signals to ADC circuits (column ADC circuit block), and outputs the pixel signals of the light-blocking pixel elements. A ramp signal generation circuit obtains the pixel signals of the light-blocking pixel elements output from the readout circuit block, generates a ramp signal by using a reference level of AD conversion adjusted for each of the horizontal lines in accordance with the obtained pixel signals of the light-blocking pixel elements, and inputs the ramp signal to the ADC circuits. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009823 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A present invention is provided with a laser light source having a plurality of laser elements capable of scanning a plurality of lines in parallel in a sub-scanning direction at a second resolution, which is higher than a first resolution of an image to be formed in a main scanning direction, a multiplexer and a laser driver that set a scaling ratio of an image in the sub-scanning direction in response to the first and second resolutions and an image size for image forming, and perform control so as to select and drive any of the plurality of laser elements of the laser light source in response to the scaling ratio that has been set, and an image forming unit that forms on a print medium an image of lines scanned using laser elements driven by the laser driver. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009824 | Image reading apparatus - An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a control unit and a reference color region. The control unit includes a preliminary read processing unit, a first image acquisition unit, a second image acquisition unit and a reprocessing instruction unit. The reprocessing instruction unit specifies a schematic position of a reference region in the sub-scanning direction and instructs the preliminary read processing unit to perform preliminary reading again at the schematic position of the reference region. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009825 | IMAGE-READING PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-READING PROCESSING METHOD - An image-reading processing apparatus is connected to an image reading apparatus being capable of reading both surface images of a document, including a storage unit and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes a double-face reading control unit that controls the image reading apparatus to scan both the surfaces of the document, a coordinate acquiring unit that acquires a coordinate group of a position serving as an edge candidate of the document based on a grayscale value in image data of each of the surfaces read by the double-face reading control unit, a straight line detecting unit that detects a straight line group corresponding to an edge portion of the document based on the coordinate group acquired by the coordinate acquiring unit, a straight line inverting unit that inverts the straight line group detected by the straight line detecting unit, and a straight line selecting unit that determines the straight line group suitable for the edge portion from the document in the straight line group detected by the straight line detecting unit on one surface and the straight line group inverted by the straight line inverting unit on the other surface to select the straight line group. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009826 | Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus including same - An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source configured to emit a light beam which scans an object to be scanned, a light source retainer configured to retain the light source, a holder including an engaging portion and configured to detachably hold the light source retainer in an optical axis direction of the light source, and a first biasing member configured to bias the light source retainer engaging the engaging portion against the engaging portion in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction, so that the light source retainer is pressed against the engaging portion. A contact position of the light source retainer and the first biasing member in the optical axis direction is within an engaging area where the engaging portion and the light source retainer engage in the optical axis direction. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009827 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS - An image scanning apparatus includes a scanning section which scans an object opposite to a linear scanning area along a main scanning direction while moving the scanning area along a subscanning direction intersecting the main scanning direction. The scanning section generates image data on the basis of the result of the scanning. A control unit of the scanning section includes a first image acquiring section that acquires first image data by making the scanning section execute scanning at a first subscanning resolution. The control unit also has a pattern searching section that searches the first image data for the image of the predetermined pattern. A second image acquiring section of the control unit acquires second image data in such a manner that when the image of the predetermined pattern is not detected by the pattern searching section. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009828 | ORIGINAL READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A line image sensor reads an image of a reading position on a contact glass by a plurality of lines in a main-scanning direction. A replacing unit replaces, when there are a pixel whose read values of read data from a plurality of read lines in same main scanning period are smaller than a predetermined black threshold and an adjacent pixel whose two arbitrary read values have a difference larger than a predetermined threshold near the pixel, and if the pixel remains at same pixel position in a predetermined number of continuous main scanning periods, read data of the adjacent pixel and a predetermined number of subsequent pixels with white pixel data. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009829 | Image reading system and program for reading electronic paper, and image forming apparatus including the image reading system - An image reading system includable in an image forming apparatus includes a document feed tray to contain original documents including either or both of a non-electronic recording medium and an electronic paper that includes a memory and a first communication element, a primary sensor to read the electronic data from the memory of each electronic paper before transfer of the original documents starts, a secondary sensor to sequentially detect the original documents during the transfer thereof and determine a media type of each original document, a transfer unit to transfer the non-electronic recording medium to a scanning position, a transfer controller to control the transfer unit based on the determination result of the secondary sensor, and an optical image reader to optically read an image formed on each non-electronic recording medium at the scanning position. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009830 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including an image forming section in which writing units are disposed in a sub-scanning direction for each color, the writing units having writing elements arranged in a main scanning direction, and which forms a color image by superimposing an image of each color formed by the writing units, an image converting section to convert an input image data to an image data of a color which corresponds to each writing unit, a storage section to store information according to an arrangement of the writing elements for each writing unit, a correction section to correct an output timing for each pixel of converted the image data for each color based on the information according to the arrangement of the writing elements for each writing unit, a setting section to set an operation mode according to an image forming and a control section to control a correction based on the operation mode. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009831 | Image Processing Method, Image Capture Device, and Computer Readable Medium - Provided is an image processing method comprising:
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| 20090009832 | Scan-type image display device - A scan-type image display device which displays an image by scan of laser beam emitted from a light source in one direction and another direction of a light receiving surface includes: a first scan unit which performs scan of the laser beam in the one direction by deflecting the laser beam; a second scan unit which performs scan of the laser beam in the another direction by deflecting the laser beam; and a scan control unit which equalizes the scan width of the laser beam scan in the one direction by using the first scan unit performed at each position in the another direction within the light receiving surface. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009833 | COLOR CONVERSION APPARATUS AND COLOR CONVERSION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to display a color by sufficiently utilizing a color space capable of being displayed by a display. In order to attain the above described object, a color conversion apparatus according to the present invention includes unit that reads an original in which a whole reproducible color gamut is discretely expressed, and acquires color coordinates of a first color space, and color conversion unit that converts the acquired color coordinates of the first color space into a second color space, wherein the color conversion unit converts the color coordinates in the first color space to be substantially the same as color coordinates in the second color space. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009834 | OPTICAL PHASE PROCESSING IN A SCATTERING MEDIUM - An optical phase processing system for a scattering medium. A first beam has a direction and a wavefront and the first beam is configured to enter a holographic recording medium. A scattering medium is illuminated by a signal beam generating at least one scattered beam. An interference pattern is recorded from the at least one scattered beam and the first beam. A second beam is generated in a direction opposite to the direction of the first beam, the second beam having a wavefront and a phase substantially opposite to a phase of the wavefront of the first beam, and the second beam is configured to enter the holographic recording medium. The second beam and the interference pattern interact to generate at least one reconstructed beam having a phase substantially opposite to a phase of the at least one scattered beam, and the at least one reconstructed beam is configured to be viewable through the scattering medium. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009835 | Hologram Reproducer and Hologram Reproducing Method - When a hologram recording material is changed in volume and refractive index during hologram recording, if one sheet of non-defective reconstructed images cannot be obtained even if conditions are changed so as to conform with Bragg's law most closely by changing the angle or position of a reference beam, a hologram reconstructing apparatus and a hologram reconstructing method are provided, in that a plurality of sheets of partially non-defective and favorable reconstructed images ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009836 | Curvature correction device, optical scanning unit, and image forming apparatus - A curvature correction device used in an optical scanning unit includes a holder and a pushing unit. The optical scanning unit includes a light beam emitter to emit a light beam, a deflection unit to deflect the light beam in a main scanning direction, and a reflection mirror to reflect the light beam. In at least one embodiment, the curvature correction device includes a holder and a pushing unit. The holder holds the reflection mirror in a state in which the reflection mirror is forcibly bent in a first direction. The pushing unit pushes the reflection mirror held by the holder to bend the reflection mirror in a second direction opposite the first direction. The curvature correction device corrects the curvature of the main scanning line by adjusting an amount at which the pushing unit pushes the reflection mirror. The holder has a stiffness larger than the reflection mirror. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009837 | OPTICAL STRUCTURE AND AN IMAGING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An optical architecture comprises an optical scanning mechanism for use in imaging systems. With the optical scanning mechanism, illumination light from an illuminator can be directed to a target so as to generate an illumination field. The generated illumination field can be moved across the target so as to sequentially illuminate the image area on the target. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009838 | DIFFRACTION OPTICAL ELEMENT, LIGHT BEAM DETECTION DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical element for diffracting a light beam includes a diffractive surface having a one-dimensional periodic structure. The periodic structure and transmissive diffraction efficiencies T′p(m) and T′s(m) of p- and s-polarized lights on the diffractive surface in relation to a diffraction order m satisfy the following conditions: | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009839 | OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A technique is provided which enables proper correction of optical characteristics in accordance with change in ambient temperature. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009840 | Optical scanner and image forming apparatus including same - An optical scanner scans a plurality of objects respectively with optical beams and includes a deflector assembly including at least one deflecting unit that deflects the optical beams in a main scanning direction and a plurality of reflection optical systems each including a plurality of reflection mirrors to reflect one of the optical beams and a curvature adjustment unit. The curvature adjustment unit forcibly curves one of the reflection mirrors in a direction opposite the main scanning direction with a holder structure, pushes the reflection mirror in a direction opposite the direction of the forcible curve with a pressure unit, and adjusts a direction and an amount of curvature of a main scanning line by adjusting an amount that the pressure unit deforms the reflection mirror. The main scanning lines on the plurality of objects are curved in a similar direction due to the forcible curve of the reflection mirror. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009841 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An optical scanning device includes a rotary polygonal mirror, an input optical system for direct a light beam from a light source to a deflecting surface of the rotary polygonal mirror, and an imaging optical system for imaging the deflected light beam on a scan surface, wherein in a main scan section the light beam incident on the deflecting surface has a beam width wider than a width of the deflecting surface, wherein at least one optical surface of at least one imaging optical element of the imaging optical system has a shape in the sub-scan section which shape is a non-arcuate shape including an aspherical coefficient of quartic or higher order, and wherein the aspherical coefficient of quartic or higher order changes in the main-scan direction and from a scan central portion of the imaging optical element to a scan end portion of the imaging optical element. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009842 | OPTICAL ARCHITECTURE HAVING A ROTATING POLYGON FOR USE IN IMAGING SYSTEMS - An optical architecture comprises a refractive cylinder that is movable relative to the incident light. By moving the refractive cylinder, the output light from the refractive cylinder is capable of sweeping through a spatial angle. Examples of the optical architecture can be implemented in an imaging system, such as a display system, for sequentially illuminating the target, such as a light valve in a display system with a high brightness. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009843 | OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide a technique that can appropriately correct an optical characteristic according to fluctuation in an environmental temperature. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009844 | Scanning optical system, optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus - A scanning optical system includes: a light source for emitting a light flux with a wavelength λ; a polygon mirror comprising a plurality of reflection surfaces for deflecting the light flux emitted from the light source for scanning the scanning surface; a light-converging lens group in a two-element structure. The light-converging lens group is arranged between the polygon mirror and the scanning surface and forms a light spot on the scanning surface. In the scanning optical system, the wavelength λ is not larger than 600 nm, and the scanning optical system satisfies a conditional expression relating to a number of the reflection surfaces of the polygon mirror, a scanning width of the scanning optical system, and a focal length of the light-converging lens group in a main scanning direction. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009845 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE WITH OPTICAL FUNCTION SEPARATED FROM MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL FUNCTION - In certain embodiments, a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device comprises a substrate having a top surface, a movable element over the substrate, and an actuation electrode disposed laterally from the reflective surface. The movable element comprises a deformable layer and a reflective element mechanically coupled to the deformable layer. The reflective element includes a reflective surface. The movable element is responsive to a voltage difference applied between the actuation electrode and the movable element by moving in a direction generally perpendicular to the top surface of the substrate. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009846 | Optical System for a Thin, Low-Chin, Projection Television - A micro-mirror based projection display system in an enclosure with minimum chin and depth measurements is disclosed. A light source, such as a solid state laser light source, generates light of multiple primary colors that is modulated by a digital micro-mirror device. The projection optics of the system include a telecentric rear group of glass lenses with spherical surfaces, followed by a pair of aspheric lenses formed of plastic. A folding mirror, such as a single-piece or multi-piece angular mirror, is disposed between the aspheric lenses, to reduce the depth of the enclosure, and an aspheric mirror projects the image onto a TIR Fresnel projection screen. The aspheric lenses are magnifying to reduce the magnification required of the aspheric mirror, and the aspheric lenses and mirror are clipped to reduce enclosure volume. A folding mirror may be used after the aspheric mirror to further reduce the depth of the enclosure. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009847 | INTEGRATED IMODS AND SOLAR CELLS ON A SUBSTRATE - Embodiments of the present invention relate to interferometric display devices comprising an interferometric modulator and a solar cell and methods of making thereof. In some embodiments, the solar cell is configured to provide energy to the interferometric modulator. The solar cell and the interferometric modulator may be formed above the same substrate. A layer of the solar cell may be shared with a layer of the interferometric modulator. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009848 | ENHANCED OPTICAL READOUT SCHEME FOR A THERMAL IMAGER EMPLOYING A RECONFIGURABLE SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR - An apparatus includes a reconfigurable spatial light modulator capable of spatially modulating an incident wavefront responsive to an image formed on the modulator. A light source is configured to direct a coherent illumination light beam towards the modulator such that the modulator produces a modulated outgoing light beam therefrom. A filter is configured to spatially filter a light pattern formed by the outgoing light beam on a plane to selectively transmit light from a plurality of diffraction peaks therein. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009849 | SPILL LIGHT REMOVING DEVICE - A spill light removing device includes a first blocker which is located perpendicularly to a stream route of light being irradiated from a light source and blocks a stream of light that is incident to the surface of the first blocker, except on a hole formed on the first blocker; a pass-through tunnel which is connected to the hole and is formed in the same direction to the stream route of light and allows the stream of the light to pass through; and a second blocker which has a irregularity pattern that is formed on a inner wall of the pass-through tunnel and reflects the light that is incident in the deviated direction of the stream route of light. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009850 | Gamma correction for adjustable light source - The present invention provides a projection apparatus, that includes: a light source; a light source control unit for controlling the output of the light source; at least one spatial light modulator for modulating the illumination light from the light source by a plurality of pixel elements; and an optical system for projecting, onto a screen, the illumination light deflected by the spatial light modulator, wherein: the light source control unit performs a gamma (γ) correction on input image data by a modulation control of the light source. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009851 | Projection apparatus with coherent light source - The present invention discloses a projection apparatus comprising: a light source for emitting illumination light; a mirror device comprising a plurality of mirrors for generating an image by reflecting the illumination light toward a projecting direction by means of a deflecting operation; and a projection optical system which is placed in the optical axis of reflection light in the projecting direction of the illumination light incident to the mirror device and which projects the reflection light, wherein the optical axis of the illumination light incident to the mirror device and the optical axis of the reflection light in the projecting direction forms an angle that is larger than the expansion angle α of the flux of the illumination light that satisfies NA=n*sin α, where NA is the numerical aperture of the flux of the illumination light, and n is the reflectance. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009852 | ELECTROPHORETIC PARTICLES AND PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - Polymer-coated pigment particles produced using atom transfer radical polymerization provide electrophoretic media having improved bistability without requiring addition to the electrophoretic fluid of additives which increase switching time. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009853 | Photoconductive Metamaterials with Tunable Index of Refraction and Frequency - Materials and structures whose index of refraction can be tuned over a broad range of negative and positive values by applying above band-gap photons to a structure with a strip line element, a split ring resonator element, and a substrate, at least one of which is a photoconductive semiconductor material. Methods for switching between positive and negative values of n include applying above band-gap photons to different numbers of elements. In another embodiment, a structure includes a photoconductive semiconductor wafer, the wafer operable to receive above band-gap photons at an excitation frequency in an excitation pattern on a surface of the wafer, the excitation patterns generating an effective negative index of refraction. Methods for switching between positive and negative values of n include projecting different numbers of elements on the wafer. The resonant frequency of the structure is tuned by changing the size of the split ring resonator excitation patterns. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009854 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICES - A wavelength conversion device | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009855 | WIDE-BAND OPTICAL AMPLIFIER - There is provided a wide-band optical amplifying device capable of performing amplification over a wideband in infrared range. The wideband optical amplifier is characterized in that optical amplification is realized by optically exciting a glass or a crystal having bismuth as fluorescent center and that the amplification wavelength is 1000 nm to 1600 nm. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009856 | Space-variant polarization manipulation of thermal emission - A method for Space-variant polarization manipulation of enhanced nondirectional thermal emission in a narrow spectral peak is disclosed, comprising providing a subwavelength grating irradiating non-directional thermal emission on the grating and discretely controlling the local orientation of the grating. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009857 | OPTICAL LOW-PASS FILTER AND IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING SAME - An optical low-pass filter is disposed on a light-receiving surface of an imaging device. The filter has a light-transmitting substrate including at least one birefringent plate and an infrared-cut plate , a dust-proofing layer provided on a light-input surface of the light-transmitting substrate, and an infrared-cut coat layer provided between the dust-proofing layer and the light-transmitting substrate or on a light-output surface of the light-transmitting substrate. A surface of the dust-proofing layer contains fine roughness. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009858 | Thermally Stable Multilayer Mirror for the EUV Spectral Range - A multilayer mirror includes a layer sequence arranged on a substrate and a plurality of layer pairs. Each layer pair includes a first layer composed of a first material and a second layer composed of a second material. The first layers and the second layers each have a thickness of more than 2 nm, and the first material or the second material is a silicon boride or a molybdenum nitride. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009859 | Circular Dichroism Fluorescent Microscope - According to a circular dichroism fluorescent microscope | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009860 | FLEXIBLE MEMBERS FOR MOVING SCREENS IN DISPLAY SYSTEMS - For reducing artificial effects, especially the speckle effects, in display systems employing light valves, a movable screen is provided in the display system. The screen motion is enabled by attaching the screen to flexible elements that are connected to non-movable member of the display system. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009861 | Optical Sheet, Image Display Device, and Screen for Image Projector - An optical sheet of the present invention is constituted by a micro-lens array sheet formed with a flat face and a back face having micro lenses aligned laterally and longitudinally and an anisotropic light-absorbing sheet with different light absorbing properties depending on incident angle of incident light entering an incident face arranged oppositely and proximally to each other. The optical sheet may be constituted by the micro-lens array sheet, the anisotropic light-absorbing sheet, a pinhole array sheet and a light diffusing sheet arranged proximally in this order. In an image display device of the present invention, the optical sheet of the present invention is arranged proximally to a display face of an image display element. The anisotropic light-absorbing sheet of the present invention has through cavities surrounded by light-absorbing side walls mutually sharing the side walls and collected closely in a large number. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009862 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAYING METHOD USING THE SAME - A three-dimensional display device includes a display panel displaying first to n | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009863 | Anti-reflection film, method of producing the same, polarizing plate, liquid crystal display - An anti-reflection film is provided and has a transparent support and a low refractive index layer having a lower refractive index than that of the transparent support. The transparent support is produced by casting and drying a dope containing a polymer and a solvent over a belt-shaped support, in which the dope is stretched under conditions: (a) a maximum stress of the dope in a casting crosswise direction is from 1 MPa to 200 MPa; and (b) a ratio (Sy/Sx) of a stress Sy in the casting crosswise direction to a stress Sx in a dope conveying direction perpendicular to the casting crosswise direction is from 2 to not 50 during the drying. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009864 | Layered Film Fabrication Method, Layered Film Defect Detection Method, Layered Film Defect Detection Device, Layered Film, and Image Display Device - Provided are a layered film defect detection device capable of performing defect detection considering irregularities of optical performance of a phase difference layer constituting the layered film without requiring insertion of a new part into an optical path; and a layered film defect detection method. A defect detection device used for a layered film ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009865 | Polarizer and display device including polarizer - A polarizer in which parallel transmittance T | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009866 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION SHEET, POLARIZING PLATE AND TN-MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical compensation sheet for a TN-mode liquid crystal display device is provided and includes a transparent film including one or more layers, and the optical compensation sheet satisfies formulae (1) and (2). | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009867 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND COVER GLASS CLEANING MECHANISM FOR OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - The present invention relates to an optical scanning device in which a light beam is incident twice on a deflective reflecting facet and its object is to reduce curvature in scanning line trail or make the curvature substantially zero, or correct scanning line displacement due to the curvature in scanning line trail. Two stationary plane mirrors ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009868 | DIFFRACTION GRATING RECORDING MEDIUM - A diffraction grating recording medium including a waveguide layer and a grating structure layer is provided. The waveguide layer has a reflective surface and a light incident surface, in which a thickness of the waveguide layer is between 100 nanometers and 2 micrometers, and the reflective surface reflects a light that enters the waveguide layer from the light incident layer. The grating structure layer is disposed on the light incident surface of the waveguide layer, in which the grating structure layer has a plurality of diffractive elements, and the arranging period of the diffractive elements is between 50 nanometers and 900 nanometers. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009869 | Reduced loss high efficiency diffractive and associated methods - A sub-wavelength anti-reflective diffractive structure is incorporated with a base diffractive structure having a small period to form a high efficiency diffractive structure. In the high efficiency diffractive structure, the anti-reflective structure and/or the base diffractive structure are altered from their ideal solo structure to provide both the desired performance and minimize reflections. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009870 | DAYLIGHTING FILM AND WINDOW EQUIPPED THEREWITH - The present invention is to provide a daylighting film that can provide incident sunlight from a window to indoor spots such as the ceiling and visibility from the indoors to the outdoors, and can easily be placed on the window, and also to provide the window that is equipped with the daylighting film. The daylighting film of the present invention contains a translucent support | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009871 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING VISIBLE SPECKLE IN A PROJECTION VISUAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - The invention provides an apparatus for reducing speckle in a projection visual display (PVD) system, a method of reducing visible speckle in a PVD system and a PVD system incorporating the method or apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a diffuser interposable in an optical path of a PVD system and a diffuser actuator having a single drive axis configured to cause the diffuser to travel in a lissajous curve at least partially transverse to the optical path. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009872 | Light Diffusing Sheet - A light diffusing sheet brightens frontal direction illumination and resists curl without requiring a complicated design. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009873 | Thin film bulk and surface diffuser - A voided semi-crystalline polymeric integrated optical diffuser film is provided with surface beads. The film is useful when incorporated into a display device such as an LC display. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009874 | VEHICLE MIRROR WITH ADJUSTABLE REFLECTIVE PROPERTIES - A vehicle mirror comprises a lens, a reflective member disposed so as to receive light from the lens, and a support disposed so as to support the lens and the reflective member. A control system is connected to the reflective member and is effective to control the reflection of the reflective member. Various techniques are disclosed to control the reflection including the use of photochromic coatings, LCDs, and motor control assemblies. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009875 | Lens Array, A Line Head and an Image Forming Apparatus Using the Line Head - A lens array, includes: a plurality of lens substrates which include a plurality of lenses arranged in a first direction; and a support member which supports the plurality of lens substrates arranged in the first direction. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009876 | Lens Array, A Line Head and an Image Forming Apparatus Using the Line Head - A lens array, includes: a clear substrate; and a plurality of plastic lens substrates each of which includes a plurality of lenses and which are arranged on at least one of surfaces of the clear substrate. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009877 | DISPLAY OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The display optical system includes first to third surfaces each having at least a reflection function, and a fourth surface having a reflection function and disposed outside an inside area surrounded by the first to third surfaces. The light from an original image passes through the inside area and is reflected by the fourth surface to return into the inside area. The light that has returned into the inside area is reflected by the first surface and is reflected by the second surface toward the first surface to impinge again thereon. The light impinging again on the first surface is re-reflected thereby such that a central-viewing-angle principal ray of the light proceeds in a direction opposite to a direction in which that principal ray has previously reflected by the first surface. The light re-reflected by the first surface is reflected by the third surface toward an exit pupil. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009878 | PROJECTION LENS, IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - The projection lens that projects a light flux from an object onto a projection surface. The projection lens includes a negative lens unit having a negative optical power, and a correction mechanism that tilts the negative lens unit with respect to an optical axis of the projection lens such that field tilt is generated in a direction opposite to a direction of field curvature generated at the projection surface. The projection lens reduces the generation of field curvature and its variation using a simple configuration. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009879 | LIGHT PIPE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LENSES AND RELATED PROJECTOR SYSTEM - A light pipe assembly includes a lens set and a holder. The lens set includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, and a fourth lens. The first lens has a first surface and a fifth surface adjacent to the first surface. The second lens has a second surface and a sixth surface adjacent to the second surface, and the fifth surface covers the second surface. The third lens has a third surface and a seventh surface adjacent to the third surface, and the sixth surface covers the third surface. The fourth lens has a fourth surface and an eighth surface adjacent to the fourth surface. The seventh surface covers the fourth surface and the eighth surface covers the first surface. Furthermore, the holder is used for encompassing and abutting the lens set. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009880 | MULTI-FOCAL PICK-UP DEVICE FOR OPTICAL STORAGE SYSTEM AND FLUID ZOOM LENS THEREOF - A multi-focal pick-up device for an optical storage system includes a light source and a fluid zoom lens. The fluid zoom lens is disposed along the optical axis of the light source. The fluid zoom lens includes a plurality of fluid layers. The fluid layers are immiscible to each other, and interfaces of the fluid layers have at least one curved surface. The curved surface can be adjusted by providing at least one voltage differential being applied to the fluid layers so as to form an adjustable curvature for the curved surface. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009881 | Control of Electrowetting Lenses - A control circuit ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009882 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED VISION - An optical system including a vision device wearable by a user for seeing objects in a field of view (FOV), the vision device comprising a front section with a normal distortion of rays passing therethrough, and an anamorphic optical element extending from the front section that distorts rays passing therethrough with an extended distortion greater than that of the front section and which enlarges the FOV. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009883 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a zoom lens including, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. An interval between respective adjacent lens units varies during zooming. The first lens unit includes a composite optical element. The composite optical element includes a lens element and a resin layer having an optical characteristic different from that of the lens element and laid on the lens element. The zoom lens satisfies at least one of predetermined conditions. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009884 | Zoom Lens and image pickup apparatus - A zoom lens includes first to third lens groups having negative, positive, and positive refractive powers, respectively. When a lens position state changes from a wide-angle to a telephoto, all lens groups are moved in an optical axis direction so that a distance between the first and second lens groups decreases and a distance between the second and third lens groups increases. A close-distance focusing is accomplished by moving the third lens group. The first lens group is composed of negative and positive lens components. The second lens group is composed of a positive lens component, and a cemented lens composed of a positive lens of biconvex shape, and a negative lens of biconcave shape. The third lens group is composed of a positive lens component in which at least one of object-side and image-side lens surfaces is aspheric. The zoom lens is satisfied a predetermined condition. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009885 | Integrated Asphere Design For Display - A projection display system and method is provided. One or more light sources, such as solid state lasers, generates light of various colors that is modulated by a spatial light modulator, such as a digital micro-mirror device. The projection optics of the system include a telecentric rear group of lenses followed by a pair of aspheric lenses formed of a continuous piece of material. A folding mirror, such as a single-piece or multi-piece angular mirror, is disposed along the optical path between the aspheric lenses, to reduce the depth of the enclosure, and an aspheric mirror projects the image onto a projection screen. A folding mirror may be used after the aspheric mirror to further reduce the depth of the enclosure. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009886 | OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL DISK DEVICE HAVING THIS PICKUP - An optical pickup according to the present invention includes a plurality of light sources for emitting a plurality of light beams including first and second light beams of respectively different wavelengths, an objective lens for converging the plurality of light beams, and a grating structure shaped axisymmetrically with respect to the optical axis of the objective lens. P | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009887 | Inverse Telephoto with Correction Lenses - An inverse telephoto with correction lenses comprises five lens elements with refractive power, from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface; a second lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface; a third lens element with a convex object-side surface; a fourth lens element with a concave image-side surface; a fifth lens element with positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface, at least one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element being aspheric; and an aperture stop located between the first lens element and the second lens element. At least three of the surfaces of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements are aspheric. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009888 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING DEVICE - It is provided that an imaging lens having satisfactory optical performances and being reduced in size and cost. The imaging lens includes in order from an object side, a negative first lens, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, a stop, a positive fourth lens and a negative fifth lens L | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009889 | IMAGE TAKING LENS - An image taking lens | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009890 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical system includes at least one of a movable lens unit movable in an optical axis direction and a fixed lens unit that is not movable in the optical axis direction. The at least one lens unit includes a plurality of refractive optical elements. The refractive optical elements are made of resin and have focal lengths of the same sign. When φi is a refractive power, with respect to d-line, of the i | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009891 | DESK LAMP WITH A SEPARABLE MAGNIFIER - This present invention discloses a desk lamp with a separable magnifier, which comprises a magnifier component and a desk lamp holder. Around the lens of the magnifier component, a plurality of illumination lamps is arranged for illumination. When the power storage module of the magnifier is exhausted, the handle of the magnifier can be inserted into the slot of the receptacle to charge. When the desk lamp is put into use, the magnifier component is combined with the receptacle as a desk lamp. The whole assembly is convenient. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009892 | Adjustment Arrangement of an Optical Element - A arrangement serves for the adjustment of an optical element ( | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009893 | PROTECTING STRUCTURE FOR MOVABLE MECHANISM IN A MINIATURE LENS - A protecting structure for movable mechanism in a miniature lens is mounted in a housing of a focusing mechanism of the miniature lens and includes an upper cover defining a central opening and fixed in the housing; a lens holder for holding a lens therein; at least one elastic member connecting the lens holder to the upper cover, so that the lens holder is suspended in the housing and axially displaceable forward and rearward to achieve the purpose of focusing; and at least one protective member being received in the central opening of the upper cover to locate outside the elastic member relative to the lens holder for restricting the lens holder from moving laterally, and limiting a torsion force produced at the time of screwing the lens into the lens holder, so as to protect the elastic member against deformation due to the torsion force. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009894 | COMBINED PRISMATIC CONDENSER BOARD - A combined prismatic condenser board includes a base having a surface on which a prismatic structure is formed. The prismatic structure includes a plurality of parallel rib-like prisms extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of parallel rib-like prisms extending in a lateral direction, which intersect each other. The rib-like prisms have a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape and have ridges that are selectively of different heights. With the rib-like prisms extending in different directions and having ridges of different heights, the combined prismatic condenser board realizes light condensation in the different directions and provides optimum view angles in the different directions. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009895 | Light Collecting Device for Use in a Projection Apparatus - A light collecting device adapted for a projection apparatus is provided. The light collecting device at least comprises a light collecting rod that has a body, a longitudinal direction, an incident end, and an emergent end. The incident end comprises an incident surface and a reflecting surface, in which the incident surface is adjacent to the reflecting surface to form an included angle therebetween. The emergent end is opposite to the incident end. Thus, a first light beam passes through the incident surface of the incident end and travels along the body of the light collecting rod towards the emergent end along the longitudinal direction when a second light beam enters into the body of the light collecting rod. The second light beam is reflected by the reflecting surface of the incident end towards the emergent end along the longitudinal direction. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009896 | Mirror For Improved Visibility Of Danger Zone Area On Right Side Of School Buses - The present invention relates to a mirror and mirror system which can be used in connection with large vehicles, such as school buses, to provide the driver of such vehicles with the ability to view the entire side of the vehicle. While such vehicles currently include side view mirrors attached to the front of the vehicle, these mirrors contain blind spots, such as the area immediately in front of the rear wheel of the vehicle. The current invention overcomes such blind spots by attaching a second mirror to the rear portion of the vehicle that provides a forward view from the rear of the vehicle, including a view of such blind spots. Such front and rear mirrors may be aligned so that the view of the rear mirror is portrayed within the view of the front mirror. As such, the present invention provides the driver with a complete view of the passenger side of the vehicle. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009897 | Wide field four mirror telescope using off-axis aspherical mirrors - A telescope has an entrance pupil region; a first concave mirror (M | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009898 | Compliant Border for Thin Film Reflectors - A thin film reflector with a compliant border has been developed. The thin film reflector includes a reflective membrane and a support apparatus that applies a tensile force to the reflective membrane. A compliant border region is located between the reflective membrane and the support apparatus to distribute the tensile forces applied by the support apparatus evenly across the reflective membrane. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009899 | Near Infrared Ray Absorbing Filter, Optical Filter for Plasma Display and Plasma Display Panel - A near infrared ray absorbing filter is a film gained by biaxially oriented polyester having a near infrared ray absorbing agent, and the melting point of this polyester is no higher than 230° C. The optical filter for a plasma display is provided with a near infrared ray blocking layer made of polyester containing a near infrared ray absorbing agent and an image quality correcting layer made of polyester containing a compound which absorbs visible light having an absorption maximum wavelength in a range from 560 nm to 600 nm. These layers are layered through an integrated process by means of a co-extrusion method, according to which these layers are melted and extruded together from a co-extrusion process, and thus, a biaxially oriented film is formed. The melting point of the polyester in these layers is no higher than 230° C. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009900 | Color filter, optical sensor mounted with color filter, and method for manufacturing same - A color filter is manufactured on each of a plurality of light-receiving elements of an RGB sensor using a plurality of kinds of light-transmitting films having different transmission colors. In such a case, the light-transmitting film that is to be coated next does not uniformly spread across the entire semiconductor wafer, and coating nonuniformities readily occur when a pattern of the light-transmitting film formed earlier on a certain optical element has a right angle portion. In order to solve this problem, the pattern of the light-transmitting film formed earlier has a planar shape having corner-cut portions so that right angle portions do not occur. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009901 | RETRY AND RE-READ FOR WRITE SYNCHRONIZATION - A method of detecting a cycle slip in a data string read from a bit patterned media and adjusting the data string to compensate for the cycle slip is disclosed. A system including a writeable data storage medium and a compensator configured to adjust data read from the data storage medium to compensate for a cycle slip during the writing of the data onto the storage medium is also disclosed. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009902 | Method for Con-trolling a Data Storage System - A system comprises a data management system, a media transport unit with a plurality of bins, each bin having a bin specific capacity for storing storage media units, at least one data processing unit and at least one loader mechanism for selectively moving a media unit from its actual location to another location within the media transport unit, a number of storage media units loaded in particular ones of the bins, and a control unit functionally interconnecting as programming interface said data management system and said media transport unit. The control unit is configured to emulate functionalities of a media changer with elective media access by generating, updating and managing a table, the table having a number of rows, wherein each storage media unit is assigned to exactly one of those rows which are identified as unique virtual slots. Each row of said table comprises fields that are continuously updated to provide actual position information about the assigned storage media unit, so that in case of a requested access to a specific one of the number of storage media units the control unit can unambiguously determine the actual position of the specific storage media unit for that access can be achieved, if required, by an appropriate stock transfer of the storage media units amongst the bins. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009903 | METHOD OF INCREASING RECORDING DENSITY OF HARD DISC DRIVE AND CONTROLLING DEVICE THEREOF - Provided is a method of increasing recording density and a control apparatus for increasing the recording density. The method includes applying a recording current corresponding to a recording signal to a magnetic head of a hard disc drive (HDD), and limiting a current value being applied to the magnetic head to a critical value when the recording current reaches the critical value. In the method, a rising time is reduced by using an overshoot recording current and the recording current is limited to a critical value when an actual recording current reaches the critical value. Thus, write track widths (WTWs) can be reduced at a low recording frequency, thereby increasing tracks per inch (TPI). | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009904 | Method for forming servo pattern and magnetic disk drive - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of forming an initial servo-pattern for self servowrite, insusceptible to constraints of an output resolution of a driver circuit for driving an actuator, and a dynamic range. According to one embodiment, a cluster pattern made up of pattern blocks, each including a burst pattern, is written by use of a write element by pressing a head-support mechanism to a crash-stop, and a pattern block is newly written with a read element in states of being positioned at an inner peripheral side edge of the cluster pattern, an outer peripheral side edge thereof, and the center of two burst patterns included in the cluster pattern, respectively, thereby increasing a width of the cluster patterns in stages, so that an initial servo pattern for use in a propagation action is formed. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009905 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes two drums, where such a configuration is adopted that both an approaching or spacing direction of a first recording head section corresponding to a first drum of the drums and an approaching or spacing direction of a second recording head section provided corresponding to a second drum of the drums coincide with a width direction (an X-direction) of a recording apparatus main body and are parallel to each other, and a space required by the first recording head section at a spacing completion time and a space required by the second recording head section at a spacing completion time overlap with each other as viewed from a Y-direction. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009906 | Transducer Assembly and Data Storage Device Including the Transducer Assembly - An apparatus includes a storage medium, a transducer positioned adjacent to the storage medium and along an axis, and first and second support members connected to the transducer at positions that are spaced apart in the direction of the axis. | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009907 | Laminated film for head applications - A laminated main pole layer is disclosed in which a non-AFC scheme is used to break the magnetic coupling between adjacent high moment layers and reduce remanence in a hard axis direction while maintaining a high magnetic moment and achieving low values for Hch, Hce, and Hk. An amorphous material layer with a thickness of 3 to 20 Angstroms and made of an oxide, nitride, or oxynitride of one or more of Hf, Zr, Ta, Al, Mg, Zn, or Si is inserted between adjacent high moment stacks. The laminated structure also includes an alignment layer below each high moment layer within each stack. In one embodiment, a Ru coupling layer is inserted between two high moment layers in each stack to introduce an AFC scheme. An uppermost Ru layer is used as a CMP stop layer. A post annealing process may be employed to further reduce the anisotropy field (Hk). | 2009-01-08 |
| 20090009908 | MAGNETIC ROM INFORMATION CARRIER WITH ADDITIONAL STABILIZING LAYER - The invention relates to a read only magnetic information carrier ( | 2009-01-08 |
