| 07th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
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| 20090040547 | Adaptive automatic printing - Adaptive automatic printing methods and systems allow a user to modify print settings for an automatic print job after sending the job, after which the job is output under the modified print settings without any requirement to resend the job. Accordingly, if a user discovers after sending an automatic print job that an improper or suboptimal print setting has been used, the user can correct the problem without having to resend the job and, in some embodiments, without having to return to the client node. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040548 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - The operation mode of an image forming apparatus is determined. An information request transmitted from the information processing apparatus is received. On the basis of the determined operation mode, identification information containing the identifier of at least one of a plurality of image forming units provided in the image forming apparatus is transmitted in response to the received information request. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040549 | Image Forming System, Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Method and Computer-Readable Medium - Disclosed is an image forming system comprising: a data processing apparatus; and an image forming apparatus, which are connected to each other through a communication line, and according to a print instruction transmitted from the data processing apparatus, the image forming apparatus performs an image forming on a sheet specified by the print instruction, wherein the image forming apparatus comprises: a setting section; a communication section; and a transmission control section, and the data processing apparatus comprises: a communication section; a registration section; and a printer driver section. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040550 | DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS AND DATA GENERATION METHOD - When a feeding amount for multi-pass printing is changed, the purpose related to an image quality using a binary data generation pattern can still be attained by, for example, a density pattern method. Specifically, a multi-pass printing mode is identified, and a density pattern selection matrix associated with a cycle of binary data generation is selected in accordance with the selected printing mode. That is, a density pattern selection matrix employed for binary data generation using a density pattern is changed to a size corresponding to the feeding amount designated by the selected printing mode. Thereby, a phenomenon that a unit used for image processing to gain a predetermined purpose related to an image quality does not match a unit area used for a printing operation is avoided, and an image printing purpose using a binary data generation pattern can be appropriately attained. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040551 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication system may be provided with a first communication device and a second communication device. The first communication device may send the identification information stored in a first storage device to the second communication device. The first communication device may output status information included in combination information sent from the first communication device, and update the stored contents of the first storage device such that identification information included in the combination information is stored in the first storage device. The second communication device may obtain status information concerning a status of the second communication device, and update the stored contents of a second storage device such that the latest combination data including the latest status information and new identification information is stored in the second storage device. The second communication device may send the latest combination information to the first communication device in a case where the received identification information is not identical to the identification information included in the latest combination information, and prohibit the sending of combination information to the first communication device in a case where the received identification information is identical to the identification information included in the latest combination information. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040552 | Printing Device, Control Method Thereof, and Program - Provided is a printing device for preparing print data from image data and sequentially printing the print data, the printing device including: a print instruction receiving unit which receives a print instruction with the selection of the image data; and a print data preparing unit which, when the print instruction is received by the print instruction receiving unit with the selection of a plurality of pieces of image data including JPEG data and RAW data before a development process, performs a process of preparing the print data from the JPEG data among the plurality of pieces of selected image data prior to a process for performing the development process with respect to the RAW data and preparing the print data if at least a predetermined amount of print data in a print standby state, in which printing is not completed by the printing device, is not present, and performs the process for performing the development process with respect to the RAW data and preparing the print data prior to the process of preparing the print data from the JPEG data if the at least predetermined amount of print data in the print standby state, in which printing is not completed by the printing device, is present. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040553 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - There are provided an information processing apparatus capable of reducing power consumption more than ever without deteriorating processing efficiency in the apparatus as a whole, an image forming apparatus, and a method for controlling the information processing apparatus. When the operation mode is in a sleep mode or an energy save mode at the time of receiving a facsimile data by a FAX modem, an instruction is made not to an image processing chip but to an IO chip to perform image processing for the received facsimile data. The IO chip performs the image professing using an LCDC (Liquid Crystal Display Controller). During this time, main control sections such as an SoC is remained in the non-energized state. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040554 | System and method of processing print order requests - This invention relates to a system and method of processing print order requests in a print system comprising a central print controller, a plurality of remote print customers and a plurality of remote print suppliers, the central print controller being connected to the plurality of remote print customers and the plurality of remote print suppliers by way of a communications network. Print customers transmit their print order requests to one central print controller. The central print controller will have information relating to a number of print suppliers stored in the central print controller database and can ascertain which of the print suppliers is the most suitable print supplier for executing a particular order. The central print controller is able to obtain the different protocols and data formats used in the proprietary database systems of the print supplier from its own central print controller database and may then format the print order request into a format suitable for receipt by the print supplier. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040555 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF COPYING A DOCUMENT, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - One digital copying machine is set as a parent machine and other copying machines are set as child machines. When documents are set both on an ADF of the parent machine and on an ADF of at least one child machine, a CPU of the parent machine performs two types of controls in parallel. In the first control, the ADF of the parent machine automatically feeds each of the original documents, the scanner of the parent machine reads images, and MEM-C or HDD of the parent machine stores the images. In the second control, the ADF of the child machine automatically feeds each of the original documents, the scanner of the child machine reads images, IEEE1394 1/F of the child machine transfers the images to the parent machine, and the MEM-C or the HDD of the parent machine stores the images. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040556 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Correction for eliminating deformations of an image to be output from an image apparatus is executed while suppressing the processing load on the host computer side. A host computer acquires deformation information used to designate read addresses according to deformations of a scan line from a laser beam printer. A CPU ( | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040557 | Method and Apparatus for Secure Printing - Systems and methods are provided for securely communicating a print job to a printer, the systems and methods pausing the print job in a print queue on a client computer, obtaining first authentication information regarding a user at the client computer, obtaining second authentication information regarding a user at a release station adjacent the printer, communicating the second authentication information from the release station to the client computer, and releasing the print job from the print queue if the second authentication information matches the first authentication information. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040558 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ARCHIVING DOCUMENT DATA AND FOR OUTPUTTING DOCUMENT DATA STORED IN AN ARCHIVE - In a method or system for operating document data, an output job for outputting a document based on document data is generated by a data processing unit, the output job comprising at least one instruction indicating whether the document data of the output job is to be archived. The output job for generation of the at least one document with the document data is supplied to an output management system, the output management system receiving the document data from various application systems and implementing production planning and production control for multiple output systems by distributing various output jobs to available output systems. The document data in the output job to be archived based on the at least one archiving instruction is transferred from the output management system to an archiving system or to a document management system for archiving. Index information is associated with the document data to be archived at least in the archiving system or the document management system for archiving. The index information is automatically determined and associated with the document data to be archived such that at least one part of the index information is determined from a job ticket associated with the output job. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040559 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A storing unit stores therein correspondence information between a pixel value of a pixel and a layout and pixel values of a plurality of pixels obtained by increasing a resolution of the pixel for each main scanning direction. A replacing unit replaces each pixel of image data input from an input unit with a layout and pixel values of a plurality of pixels based on the correspondence information for each main scanning direction. Each of a plurality of writing units having different main scanning directions performs a writing process using the layout and the pixel values of the pixels replaced by the replacing unit following each main scanning direction. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040560 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image reading apparatus comprising a conveying unit configured to convey a document; a reading unit configured to read an image of the document conveyed by the conveying unit; a storage unit configured to store data of the image read by the reading unit; a transfer unit configured to transfer the data stored in the storage unit to an external unit during a reading operation of the reading unit; and a reading control unit configured to control the reading unit to perform or stop the reading operation according to a threshold value related to a free space available for storing the data in the storage unit. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040561 | IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image-processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire sheet size information concerning a sheet size set for printing and drawing range size information concerning a drawing range size from print data, a determining unit configured to determine whether the sheet size matches the drawing range size, a first selecting unit configured to select a sheet on which an image based on the print data is to be formed and a drawing range of the image on the basis of print setting information set for printing of the print data if the sheet size does not match the drawing range size, and a first generating unit configured to generate image data used for generating the image on the sheet by using the print data in accordance with the selected sheet and the drawing range. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040562 | POSITION INDICATING METHOD AND POSITION INDICATING APPARATUS - A position indicating method, comprising the following steps: determining the output unit to be outputted; outputting the content within the provided output space, the content outputted within the provided output space is the current output content; when the occupied output space of the output unit to be outputted is larger than the provided output space, mapping the current output content to the position indicating window according to the predetermined method, and representing it by the indicating mark, the relative position of the indicating mark within the position indicating window reflects the relative position of the current output content in the output unit to be outputted. A position indicating apparatus, comprising: judgment unit( | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040563 | Printing job control system and method - Disclosed is an invisible encoding system which can be used for tracking printing jobs. Specifically, this disclosure provides a system and method of encoding sheets of a printing job, where the encoding is invisible to the human naked eye and the encoded information may be permanently fixed to the finished printed product. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040564 | Vision-Based Color and Neutral-Tone Management - A color management system for image reproduction and rendering. Images are rendered to appear perceptually accurate, rather than merely calorimetrically accurate. For example, an image reproduced by a color printer will be perceived as an accurate reproduction of the same image displayed on a computer screen, or that an image displayed on a computer screen is perceived as an accurate reproduction of the same scanned image or photographed image, even though the reproductions may be constrained by other factors, such as paper or substrate darkness, or a limited color gamut of the reproduction process. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040565 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HEALTHCARE IMAGE RENDERING COMPONENTS - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments healthcare graphical image annotation classes are extensions of a standard user interface class. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040566 | SCANNING APPARATUS WITH DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS - The present invention relates to a scanning apparatus with different resolutions. The scanning apparatus includes a casing, a scanning module, a reflective module, a first lens, a second lens, a first sensing element, a second sensing element and a main reflective mirror. The first lens and the first sensing element have a first resolution and are used for scanning a first-sized document. The second lens and the second sensing element have a second resolution and are used for scanning a second-sized document. The main reflective mirror arranged between the first sensing element and the second sensing element for preventing interference of the first sensing element with the second sensing element. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040567 | IMAGE FORMING APPARTUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying body, a driving unit which rotates the image carrying body in a medium supplying direction, a light scanning unit which comprises a light source and a beam deflecting unit to scan a light beam from the light source to and fro in a main scanning direction to form a scanning line having an image section and a non image section, and a controller which stops the driving unit if the light beam from the beam deflecting unit is on the image section, and drives the driving unit if the light beam is on the non image section. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040568 | IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE - An image scanning device includes a CCD pair provided with two rows of photodiode arrays for scanning an image on a paper, a motor drive circuit for causing the CCD pair to sub-scan the image on the paper, and an adder for superimposedly combining two outputs of the CCD pair with a predetermined time lag therebetween. A control unit controls the adder to add the two outputs of the CCD pair without the time lag when received an instruction of a low resolution that corresponds to ½ of a high resolution by a resolution switch and thereby doubles a speed of the sub-scan by the motor drive circuit. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040569 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING SCANNED IMAGES - A system for adjusting scanned images for printing. In response to scanning one or more objects, one or more bounding boxes are calculated for the scanned image. The scanned image is cropped to a size of the one or more bounding boxes. The cropped image is rotated to align with a scanner bed and other cropped images if necessary. The cropped image is centered. It is determined if more scanned image data can fit within a selected page size. In response to determining that more scanned image data can fit within the selected page size, it is determined if more objects need to be scanned in a print job. In response to determining that more objects do not need to be scanned in the print job, a print layout is determined for the print job. Then, the print job is printed on the selected page size. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040570 | Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, image forming system that employs the image reading apparatus and the image forming apparatus - An image reading apparatus reads an image of a document. An image reading section reads an image of a document. A scanning mechanism causes the image reading section to move relative to the document when the document is at rest. When the image reading section is at rest, a document feeding mechanism causes the document to move relative to the image reading section. A shutter moves to a first position where the shutter opens, allowing the image reading section to read the image of the document when the document moves relative to the image reading section at rest. The shutter moves to a second position where the shutter closes, allowing the image reading section to read the image of the document when the image reading section moves relative to the document at rest. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040571 | IMAGE-READING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image-reading apparatus and method for controlling the image-reading apparatus including a document plate where an original document is placed, a line image sensor that reads an image on the document plate by scanning to obtain image data, a reference-setting image that is placed outside a region of the document plate at a position where the line image sensor is able to read the reference-setting image, and a control unit configured to set a reference position when the image sensor reads the image, wherein the control unit detects the reference-setting image from the image data and, depending on a power-on state of the image-reading apparatus, selects the manner in which the reference position is set based on the reference-setting image. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040572 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a document reading and conveying unit, a pressing plate capable of moving to a position to press a document against a reading surface and to a position withdrawn from the reading surface, and a fixed reader configured to read a document fixed on the reading surface by moving a close-coupled image sensor relative to the document. The document reading and conveying unit includes a controller configured to perform pickup initialization of returning a pickup roller to an initial position after the completion of conveying one or more documents and is supported by the pressure plate. The controller includes a first timer configured to measure an elapsed time from the completion of reading performed by the fixed reader. The controller performs the pickup initialization after a measurement value measured by the first timer exceeds a first time. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040573 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and an image processing method, the image processing apparatus including: an image processor to convert a first scan image having a first color gamut, into a second scan image having a second color gamut, and to generates an image file according to the second scan image having a profile including information on a difference between the first and second color gamuts; and a controller to determine the difference between the first and second color gamuts, and to control the image processor to generate the image file. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040574 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image sensor using three-color, e.g., R, G, and B light-emitting elements assures a period in which all the three colors are turned on and periods in each of which one light-emitting element is turned off during a scan period per pixel, and integrates and measures amounts of light of the respective periods. An amount of light based on the OFF light-emitting element is calculated based on a difference between the amounts of light during the full light-ON period and each light-OFF period to define an amount of light of the light-emitting element, and light intensity information corresponding to each light-emitting element is obtained based on a total amount of light during the entire scan period per pixel, and the amount of light of each light-emitting element. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040575 | SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETERMINING QUANTITY OF REFERENCE LIGHT THEREFOR - A scanning apparatus and a reference light quantity determining method includes scanning a patch that does not overlap previously established reference colors but displays each of the previously established reference colors in a plurality of regions that are spaced a portion from each other, and determining reference light quantities based on the scanning result. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040576 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LINEAR SENSOR, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A method for controlling a linear sensor comprises: transferring an electric charge converted in a photoelectric conversion unit to a charge storage unit; transferring the electric charge stored in the charge storage unit to a transfer register; driving the transfer register; removing an electric charge stored in the charge storage unit; and controlling to successively execute the first transferring, the second transferring, the driving and the removing in synchronization with a trigger signal generated on a predetermined cycle. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040577 | System and method for holographic storage - A system and a method for holographic storage mainly involve forming a holographic interference pattern in a holographic recording medium. The holographic storage system utilizes a light source to emit a coherent beam. The coherent beam is irradiated to a first reflector to form a divergent beam. The divergent beam is then irradiated to a second reflector to form collimating beams (a signal beam and a reference beam). The signal beam goes through a spatial light modulator (SLM) and is modulated by the SLM. After that, the reference beam and the modulated signal beam are irradiated to a convergent unit, and are directed to the holographic recording medium for forming the holographic interference pattern. The holographic storage system that the light source is split into a signal beam and a reference beam by a set of reflectors according to the reflection principle without involving refraction may employ wavelength multiplexing. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040578 | Hologram and Its Method of Manufacture - The present invention relates to a holographic display whereby a holographic image may be viewed. Existing holographic optical element (HOE) arrays are typically recorded as a two dimensional array. Each element in the array modulates the intensity of light that is transmitted through or off it. Each HOE in a simple HOE array auto-stereogram performs only one optical function, namely to redirect light to a particular viewing location in space. The process of producing HOE arrays was limited in a number of respects. The invention overcomes these limitations by providing an intensity modulated holographic optical element array, comprising: an holographic optical element ( | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040579 | Submicron Structures In Dye-Doped Polymer Materials - A nonlinear dye-doped polymer optical rectification detector has an optical input for receiving a modulated optical carrier signal, an optical structure for conveying the modulated optical carrier through the detector, and an electrical structure overlaid with the optical structure arranged to optimize matching between electrical and optical waves and to enhance the second order nonlinearity of polymer in the detector. A planar waveguide fabrication method deposits a thin dye-doped polymer film onto a substrate, photobleaches one or more waveguides into the thin dye-doped polymer film, anneals the one or more waveguides to relieve stresses induced during the photobleaching process, and then forms endfaces by cleaving the substrate. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040580 | OPTICAL DEVICE, AND VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY - There is provided an optical device including an optical waveguide upon which a group of parallel light beams different in traveling direction from each other are incident and from which the group of parallel light beams go out after propagated by repeated total reflection through it. The optical waveguide includes a first reflection-type volume hologram grating, and a second reflection-type volume hologram grating. The pitches of interference fringes on the hologram surfaces of the first and second reflection-type volume hologram gratings are equal to each other. In at least the second reflection-type volume hologram grating, the angle formed between the interference fringes and hologram surfaces are varied continuously or stepwise within the hologram in relation to the main incident light beam so as to meet the Bragg condition. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the unevenness of color and brightness due to angles of view. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040581 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus for performing recording on a hologram recording medium includes a first light source configured to output first laser light having a first wavelength; a second light source configured to output second laser light having a second wavelength differing from the first wavelength; a recorder configured to perform data recording in units of hologram pages on the data recording layer of the hologram recording medium in such a manner that a recording data sequence is converted into a data pattern in units of hologram pages, the signal light is generated by performing space light modulation on the first laser light on the basis of the data pattern; a reflected light detector configured to irradiate the hologram recording medium with the second laser light; a position controller configured to perform position control; and a recording controller configured to perform control on the recorder. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040582 | System and method for holographic storage - A system and a method for holographic storage mainly involve forming a holographic interference pattern in a holographic recording medium. The holographic storage system utilizes a light source to emit a coherent beam. The coherent beam is irradiated to a first reflector to form a divergent beam. The divergent beam is then irradiated to a second reflector to form collimating beams (a signal beam and a reference beam). The signal beam goes through a spatial light modulator (SLM) and is modulated by the SLM. After that, the reference beam and the modulated signal beam are irradiated to a convergent unit, and are directed to the holographic recording medium for forming the holographic interference pattern. The holographic storage system that the light source is split into a signal beam and a reference beam by a set of reflectors according to the reflection principle without involving refraction may employ wavelength multiplexing. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040583 | LIGHT SCANNING UNIT, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A light scanning unit, a method of controlling, and an image forming apparatus having the same are provided. The light scanning unit includes: a light source; a beam deflector which reciprocally scans a light beam radiated from the light source to form an image range and a first non-image range and a second non-image range on opposite sides of the image range; a reflecting member which reflects a light beam deflected from the beam deflector to the first non-image range; and a sensor which senses the light beam deflected from the beam deflector to the second non-image range and the light beam reflected on the reflecting member. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040584 | LIGHT SCANNING UNIT, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A light scanning unit includes a light source, a beam deflecting unit which reciprocatingly scans a light beam which is emitted from the light source to form an image sector and a first non-image sector and a second non-image sector disposed at opposite sides of the image sector, a sensor which senses the light beam which is deflected and scanned toward the first non-image sector, and a controller which adjusts a horizontal synchronization of the image sector which is formed by the light beam which is scanned in a first direction and a second direction which is the opposite direction to the first direction based on a time period of a signal which is outputted from the sensor. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040585 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - The object of the present invention is to provide an optical scanning apparatus which is not limited in the disposition of a scanning device, can reduce the adherence of dust to each member of the scanning device, and is enhanced in the reliability of the scanning device, and an image displaying apparatus having the same. The optical scanning apparatus includes a housing for containing and holding therein a scanning device provided with a movable mirror, an elastic supporting portion for supporting the movable mirror swingably about a swinging center, and a supporting base for supporting the elastic supporting portion, an optical member OE constituting a first optical system for directing a beam to the scanning device in the housing, and an optical member OX constituting a second optical system for emerging the beam passed through the scanning device. At least a part of the optical member OE and at least a part of the optical member OX constitute a part of the housing, and are provided so that a space in which the scanning device is contained in the housing configures a sealed space. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040586 | MICROMIRROR ARRY WITH IRIS FUNCTION - The present invention provides a micromirror array with iris function that comprises a plurality of micromirrors and is configured to provide an adjustable aperture having a plurality of aperture sizes by controlling motions of the micromirrors. The adjustable aperture controls the amount of incident light admitted to an image sensor by changing the aperture size. Also, the micromirrors comprised in the aperture forms a Micromirror Array Lens having variable focusing function. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040587 | Electrochemical thin-film transistor - An electrochemical transistor comprising an electrolyte is disclosed. The electrolyte includes an ionic liquid. In a preferred embodiment, the transistor further comprises a source electrode, a drain electrode separated from the source electrode so as to form a gap between the source and drain electrodes, a semiconductor layer bridging the gap between the source and drain electrodes to form a transistor channel, and a gate electrode separated from the source electrode, the drain electrode and the semiconductor layer. In this embodiment, the electrolyte is disposed so as to contact at least a part of both the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040588 | Electrochromic Rearview Mirror Incorporating a Third Surface Reflector - The inventive electrochromic mirror may be used in a vehicle rearview mirror assembly having a light source positioned behind the electrochromic mirror for selectively projecting light through the mirror and/or a light sensor positioned behind the electrochromic mirror for selectively receiving light through the mirror. The electrochromic mirror includes front and rear spaced elements each having front and rear surfaces and being sealably bonded together in a spaced-apart relationship to define a chamber, a layer of transparent conductive material disposed on the rear surface of the front element, an electrochromic material is contained within the chamber, and a second electrode overlies the front surface of the rear element in contact with the electrochromic material. The second electrode includes a layer of reflective material and a partially transmissive coating of and is disposed over substantially all of the front surface of the rear element. The second electrode further includes a region in front of the light source and/or light sensor that is at least partially transmissive. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040589 | Polymer 4,4'-bipyridinium structures, formulations for an electrochromic active layer, and application therefor - The invention relates to material systems wherein electrochemical and/or photochemical parallel reactions are completely avoided by stabilising structural modifications, or repressed by orders of magnitude as a result of the structural modifications. The invention also relates to polymer 4,4′-bipyridinium structures, to formulations based on the structures and used for electrochromic active layers, and to the use of 4,4′-bipyridinium structures for producing organic electrochromic displays. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040590 | MEMS DEVICE AND INTERCONNECTS FOR SAME - A microelectromechanical systems device having an electrical interconnect between circuitry outside the device and at least one of an electrode and a movable layer within the device. A layer of the electrical interconnect is formed directly under, over, or between a partially reflective layer and a transparent layer of the device. The layer of the electrical interconnect preferably comprises nickel. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040591 | Electrowetting Display and Methods for Manufacturing the Same - An electrowetting display comprises a first substrate and a second substrate. A plurality of first conductive electrodes is formed over the first substrate. A second conductive layer is formed over the second substrate and spaced apart from the plurality of the first conductive electrodes. A plurality of cells is formed over the first conductive electrodes. Each cell is formed between one of the first conductive electrodes and the second conductive layer. Each two adjacent cells being separated by a partition. At least two cells include a first material and a second material over the first material. The at least two cells have two different colors. A shape of the first material is capable of being changed upon a change of an electrical field between the first conductive electrode and the second conductive layer. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040592 | Unique Method for Manufacturing a Digital Micromirror Device and a Method of Manufacturing a Projection Display System Using the Same - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a digital micromirror device and a method for manufacturing a projection display system. The method for manufacturing the digital micromirror device, without limitation, may include providing a material stack, the material stack including a spacer layer having one or more openings therein and located over control circuitry located on or in a semiconductor substrate, a layer of hinge material located over the spacer layer and within the one or more openings, and a layer of hinge support material located over the layer of hinge material and within the one or more openings. The method may further include patterning the layer of hinge support material using photoresist, patterning the layer of hinge material using the patterned layer of hinge support material as a hardmask, and removing the patterned layer of hinge support material from over an upper surface of the patterned layer of hinge material. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040593 | OPTICAL MODULATOR HAVING MULTIPLE RIBBON STRUCTURE - An optical modulator using a plurality of ribbons for rendering a pixel of an image is disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention provides an optical modulator having a multiple ribbon structure that can include a substrate and a first driving ribbon group and a second driving ribbon group, each of which includes at least one ribbon spaced from the substrate and driven upward or downward in accordance with a supplied voltage. A relative displacement between the first driving ribbon group and the second driving ribbon group can modulate an incident beam. By alternately driving the first driving ribbon group and the second driving ribbon group, the image quality of the optical modulator in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can be robust against environmental factors, such as time, time, temperature and fatigue, and hysteresis. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040594 | MULTI-COLOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS AND MATERIALS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Novel addressing schemes for controlling electronically addressable displays include a scheme for rear-addressing displays, which allows for in-plane switching of the display material. Other schemes include a rear-addressing scheme which uses a retroreflecting surface to enable greater viewing angle and contrast. Another scheme includes an electrode structure that facilitates manufacture and control of a color display. Another electrode structure facilitates addressing a display using an electrostatic stylus. Methods of using the disclosed electrode structures are also disclosed. Another scheme includes devices combining display materials with silicon transistor addressing structures. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040595 | ARRAY OF SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS AN DMETHOD OF PRODUCTION OF A SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR DEVICE - For the production of a SLM device, one mounts a spatial light modulator (SLM) ( | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040596 | Short-Wavelength Light Source - A short wavelength light source of the present invention comprises a nonlinear crystal having a periodical polarization reversal structure. The polarization reversal structure of the nonlinear crystal is divided into a plurality of regions and the polarization reversal structure and the optical axis of the fundamental wave are inclined with different angles in the respective regions, so that higher harmonic generated is divided into a plurality of beams. By dividing the higher harmonic component into a plurality of beams, it is possible to reduce the power density of the higher harmonic and generate walk off in the fundamental wave and the higher harmonic, thereby to suppress generation of the sum frequency waves of the fundamental wave and the higher harmonic so as to enhance the tolerance to high output. Therefore, SFG generation is suppressed, and a high output power coherent light source is realized. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040597 | Parametric Generation with Lateral Beam Coupling - An optical parametric device, for example an optical parametric generator or amplifier or oscillator, comprising a non-linear material ( | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040598 | OPTICAL FIBER LIGHTING APPARATUS - An optical fiber lighting apparatus includes an exciting light source, a first optical fiber, a second optical fiber, a wavelength conversion unit, and a reflecting member. The first optical fiber guides the exciting light emitted from the exciting light source. The wavelength conversion unit receives the exciting light exiting from the first optical fiber to generate a wavelength-converted light having a wavelength different from that of the exciting light. The second optical fiber guides at least part of the wavelength-converted light generated by the wavelength conversion unit. The reflecting member reflects, of the reflected scattered light and/or the wavelength-converted light generated by the wavelength conversion unit, at least part of light that has not directly struck the incident region of the second optical fiber, toward the incident region of the second optical fiber. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040599 | Optical Waveguide Amplifier Using High Quantum Efficiency Silicon Nanocrystal Embedded Silicon Oxide - A method is provided for optical amplification using a silicon (Si) nanocrystal embedded silicon oxide (SiOx) waveguide. The method provides a Si nanocrystal embedded SiOx waveguide, where x is less than 2, having a quantum efficiency of greater than 10%. An optical input signal is supplied to the Si nanocrystal embedded SiOx waveguide, having a first power at a first wavelength in the range of 700 to 950 nm. The Si nanocrystal embedded SiOx waveguide is pumped with an optical source having a second power at a second wavelength in a range of 250 to 550 nm. As a result, an optical output signal having a third power is generated, greater than the first power, at the first wavelength. In one aspect, the third power increases in response to the length of the waveguide strip. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040600 | Telescope Adapter for Supporting a Camera - A telescope adapter for supporting a camera includes a light beam splitter for receiving light from the telescope and dividing that light into a monitoring bundle of light rays and a recording bundle of light rays, the two bundles of light rays being at angle to each other. The user is permitted to view the monitoring bundle of light rays, and the adapter can support a camera in a position to receive the recording bundle of light rays, so that the user and the camera can receive light from the telescope simultaneously. A first lens system is located between the telescope and the light beam splitter, the first lens system having a total negative power. A monitoring lens system receives and transmits the monitoring bundle of light rays leaving the light beam splitter, and a recording lens system receives and transmits the recording bundle of light rays leaving the beam slitter, both the monitoring and recording lens systems having total positive power. A reflective prism receives the recording bundle of light rays leaving the recording lens system and reflects those light rays toward the camera along a path substantially parallel to the monitoring bundle of light rays. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040601 | POLARIZATION MICROSCOPE - It in an object to acquire a high-precision polarization image. Provided is a polarization microscope comprising an illumination optical system | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040602 | Polarization Converter, Optical system, Method and Applications - A stress-induced polarization converter in the form of a zero power optical window or, alternatively, a single element, positive or negative power optical lens, that is subject to a controlled amount of symmetric, peripheral stress. The stress may be provided by appropriate mechanical, thermal, hydraulic, electromagnetic/piezo, annealing/molding, or other known techniques. The applied symmetric stress will advantageously be trigonal or four-fold, but is not so limited. Advantageously, the polarization converter will be exhibit greater than about one wave of retardation and, in a particular advantageous aspect, will exhibit at least two waves of phase retardation. The stressed lens or window will be characterized by a smoothly varying birefringence that, near center, will exhibit substantially circular contours of equal birefringence. When illuminated by circularly polarized light, the polarization converter will produce concentric rings of alternating right and left circular polarization. Embodiments of the invention further include various optical imaging and illumination systems. Non-limiting application embodiments include confocal microscopy and endoscopy systems, optical coherence tomography (OCT) systems, optical data storage systems, projection systems, camera systems exhibiting increased depth of field, semiconductor wafer inspection systems, and ophthalmic systems. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040603 | Objective lens - In order to provide an objective lens which can reduce the generation of flare light, an objective lens including a front-group lens, a rear-group lens arranged on an optic axis of the front-group lens with the front-group lens interposed between an object plane and the rear-group lens, and a semitransparent mirror arranged between the front-group lens and the rear-group lens for reflecting illumination into the front-group lens, transmitting reflected light from the object plane and entering the transmitted light into the rear-group lens is provided. The front-group lens is a single lens or a cemented lens formed by sticking two lenses together. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040604 | ZOOM LENS DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens device includes, from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. The zoom lens device is formed so that a distance Ximg between a position of the first lens unit at the wide-angle end and a position of the first lens unit that is maximally moved towards the image side, a distance Xobj between the position of the first lens unit at the wide-angle end and a position of the first lens unit that is maximally moved towards the object side, and a focal length fw of the zoom lens device at the wide-angle end are suitable values. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040605 | Diffusion sheet, rear projection screen provided with diffusion sheet, method of manufacturing mold for diffusion sheet, and method of manufacturing diffusion sheet - In a diffusion sheet | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040606 | 3-DIMENSIONAL MOVING IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE FOR PHOTOGRAPHING NEIGHBORING OBJECT - Disclosed is a three-dimensional moving image producing device including a probe including a group of object lenses, a group of relay lenses, and a group of eye lenses arranged in sequence, a camera body located at the rear side of the probe and including a group of magnifying lenses for enlarging an image introduced into the camera body through the probe, and a group of camera lenses and a charge coupled device (CCD) camera for capturing the image, and a transparent panel provided in a space defining an entrance pupil of the group of camera lenses between the probe and the camera body, the transparent panel being tilted by a predetermined inclination angle with respect to an optical axis of the group of camera lenses and having a predetermined refractive index. The transparent panel periodically intercepts around the optical axis of the group of camera lenses. With this configuration, the transparent panel periodically refracts an image passed through the group of eye lenses or passes the image without refraction, so as to acquire two left and right images having different viewpoints from each other. By combining the two images with each other, a three-dimensional image can be produced. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040607 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY - An optical element having a function of splitting incident light into polarized beams includes a substrate transparent for the incident light; a diffractive structure that includes a plurality of concave portions and a plurality of convex portions alternately arranged with each other, each of the plurality of concave portions and convex portions having a rectangular sectional shape and that is provided on a first surface of the substrate; and a grid that includes a plurality of fine lines extending in a single direction and that is provided across a top surface of the diffractive structure on the first surface of the substrate, wherein conditions: d<λ and λ/n<δ≦λ are satisfied when λ represents a wavelength of the incident light; d represents a distance between the neighboring fine lines; δ represents a distance between the convex portions; and n represents a refractive index of a material forming the substrate. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040608 | Wide-Angle and Broadband Polarization Converter - Apparatus and methods for a polarization converter comprising a polarization beam splitter for receiving an input light beam and allows a transverse magnetic to pass through the polarization beam splitter and reflects a transverse electric wave and a diffraction grating having a reflectivity and polarization convertible grating for receiving the transverse electric wave reflects back a reflected transverse electric wave having a polarization rotation. The broadband wide-angle polarization beam splitter can be alternative optical elements such as a prism or an optical device having multi-layered films. The diffraction grating can be a diffraction grating having alternating parallel protrusions and recesses, metallic diffraction grating, metal-coated diffraction grating, metal-coated multi-layered diffraction grating, non-metallic reflective material surface grating, volume grating, a multi-layer grating, diffractive grating having sub-wavelength grating periods or diffractive grating having multi-orders diffraction gratings. The diffraction grating can have alternative shapes such as binary, trapezoidal, sinusoidal, parabolic, triangular and Gaussian. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040609 | COMPOSITION FOR ANISOTROPIC DYE FILM, ANISOTROPIC DYE FILM, AND POLARIZING DEVICE - The present invention provides an anisotropic dye film having a high dichroic ratio. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040610 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING RADIALLY AND/OR AZIMUTHALLY POLARIZED LIGHT BEAMS - A method and an apparatus for generating a polarized light beam to be projected onto an object plane are provided. A converging or diverging light beam ( | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040611 | POLARIZING PLATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, OPTICAL FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - There are provided a polarizing plate that has excellent durability including both humidity resistance and heat resistance and is less likely to cause knick defects, and a method for production thereof. The polarizing plate includes: a polarizer including an iodine-containing polyvinyl alcohol resin and containing zinc; protective films each having a water-vapor permeability of 150 g/m | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040612 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040613 | In-Plane Optical Metrology - A structure that is located adjacent to a measurement target on a substrate is used to convert incident radiation from an optical metrology device to be in-plane with the measurement target. The structure may be, e.g., a grating or photonic crystal, and may include a waveguide between the structure and the measurement target. The in-plane light interacts with the measurement target and is reflected back to the structure, which converts the in-plane light to out-of-plane light that is received by the optical metrology device. The optical metrology device then uses the information from the received light to determine one or more desired parameters of the measurement target. Additional structures may be used to receive light that is transmitted through or scattered by the measurement target if desired. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040614 | Dispersive Filter - A dispersive filter includes two dispersion systems with an intermediate slit between them. The two dispersion systems have similar but mirror image dispersion characteristics at the plane of the intermediate slit and are configured so that the entrance port of the dispersive filter is polychromatically imaged on the exit port. The intermediate slit passes blocks selected wavelengths and transmits the remaining dispersed wavelengths from the first dispersion system to the second dispersion system. The second dispersion system combines the dispersed beam that passes through the intermediate slit to form an output beam, which is focused on the exit port. In this manner, the radiance of the input radiation is preserved ignoring losses caused by the optical elements and the blocked wavelengths. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040615 | SPECTRALLY ADJUSTABLE FILTER - Spectrally filtering at least one input beam includes: dispersing spectral components of at least one input beam at respective angles in a spectral plane; changing at least some of the angles of the propagation axes of the dispersed spectral components so that a plurality of the spectral components reflect from a single reflective surface; and tilting the reflective surface to select at least one and fewer than all of the received spectral components to be directed to an output spatial mode. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040616 | Fabry-perot piezoelectric tunable filter - Disclosed is a microelectromechanically tunable Fabry-Perot device and method of manufacturing tunable Fabry-Perot device and method of manufacturing. The F-P device comprises a first and second substrate which has partially reflective planar surfaces, and the partially reflective planar surfaces are separated by a predetermined separation distance and aligned to provide a F-P cavity, where one or more piezoelectric members are adapted to displace the first and second substrates when an electric field is applied. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040617 | WINDOW COVER FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE WINDOW COVER - A window cover for a display device includes a base plate, a printed layer, a specular layer and a light-providing sheet. The base plate has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The printed layer is arranged on the first face of the base plate. Further, the printed layer has a printed pattern formed. The specular layer is arranged on the printed layer to reflect a light incident to the specular layer. The light-providing sheet is placed on the second face of the base plate to provide the light to the printed layer. The display device may have improved appearance design. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040618 | LIGHT DIFFUSER PLATE - An object of the present invention is to provide a light diffuser plate ( | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040619 | OPTICAL FILTER FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides an optical filter for display apparatus. The optical filter includes a glass substrate, and an external light shield including an external light shielding pattern comprising a plurality of external light shielding parts including a light-absorbing substance, wherein the external light shield is formed by coating one side of the glass substrate with a transparent resin and the plurality of external light shielding parts are formed on the exposed surface of the transparent resin. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040620 | DISK STRUCTURE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND OPTICAL TWEEZERS DEVICE USING THE SAME - A disk structure is disposed in an optical tweezers device including a light source for producing incident laser light. The disk structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a reflective layer. The second substrate is disposed with respect to the first substrate. One of the first substrate and the second substrate has at least one flow path. The reflective layer, which is adhered to the second substrate, is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. After the incident laser light passes through the first substrate and then reaches the reflective layer, the incident laser light is reflected back as reflective laser light by the reflective layer to form reflective laser light. A tweezers light field is formed in the flow path by both the reflective laser light and the incident laser light. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040621 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens for capturing images that enhances the image aberration correction rate to achieve high resolution and zooming ratio. The zoom lens includes, in sequence from an object side to an image side, a first lens group with positive refraction power, a second lens group with negative refraction power, a third lens group with positive refraction power, a fourth lens group with positive refraction power, a fifth lens group with positive refraction power and a sixth lens group with positive refraction power. The positions of first and sixth lens groups are fixed during photographing. When the zoom lens is made to zoom from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end thereof, the second lens group moves toward the image side while the fourth and fifth lens groups move toward the object side. In addition, the zoom lens has a reflection element so as to fold the image light entering thereof. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040622 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power in that order from an object side to an image side. Zooming is performed by changing distances between the lens units. The first lens unit includes two or less lenses and the second lens unit consists of a negative lens and a positive lens in that order from the object side to the image side. The zoom lens satisfies the following condition: | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040623 | Image pickup apparatus having wide angle zoom lens system - An image pickup apparatus having a wide angle zoom lens system includes a zoom lens system, and an image pickup element which is disposed at an image side of the zoom lens system. The zoom lens system includes in order from an object side thereof, a first lens unit G | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040624 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, first through fourth lens units. The first lens unit has positive refractive power, and the second lens unit has negative refractive power. The third lens unit has positive refractive power, the third lens unit having at least one positive lens and a plurality of negative lenses that include, in order from the object side to the image side, a first positive lens, a first negative lens, and a second negative lens. The fourth lens unit has positive refractive power. The zoom lens performs zooming by changing the distance between the lens units. The first positive lens is a positive lens closest to the object side among the at least one positive lens. The first negative lens is a negative lens closest to the object side among the plurality of negative lenses. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040625 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, first, second, third, and fourth lens units having positive, negative, positive, and positive optical powers, respectively. The first lens unit includes one negative lens element and two positive lens elements, and moves during zooming. The zoom lens system satisfies the following condition: | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040626 | Subminature imaging optical system - There is provided a subminiature imaging optical system subminiature imaging optical system including: a first lens element having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element having an object-side surface in contact with an image-side surface of the first lens element; and a third lens element having an object-side surface in contact with an image-side surface of the second lens element, wherein the object-side surface of the first lens element and an image-side surface of the third lens element are aspherical, and the third lens element has a point of inflection formed within an effective aperture thereof such that the image-side surface is convexed toward an image plane at a central portion to have positive refractive power and concaved toward the image plane at a peripheral portion to have negative refractive power. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040627 | OPTICAL LENS, OPTICAL PACKAGE HAVING THE SAME, BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF - An optical lens includes a recessed part and a refracting part. The recessed part has a substantially circular plan view and a substantially V shaped cross-section. The recessed part forms an angle of no more than an angle of about 20° with respect to a vertical line. The recessed part has a plurality of curved surfaces including different radii so that a light incident into the recessed part is totally reflected from the curved surfaces. The refracting part has a substantially circular plan view extended from the recessed part. A light incident into the refracting part and the reflected light from the recessed part are refracted from the refracting part. Therefore, a luminance uniformity and a color uniformity are improved. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040628 | LENS STRUCTURE, OPTICAL TRANSMITTER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - In one embodiment, a lens structure has an object surface, an image surface, and an axicon mirror. The axicon mirror is defined by an inner diameter, an outer diameter, and a tilt angle, with the tilt angle being defined by a plane of the axicon mirror and the surface of the axicon mirror. The image surface is positioned within the inner diameter of the axicon mirror. The lens structure may be incorporated into an optical transmitter having a light source and a photodetector. The light source is positioned to transmit light toward the object surface of the lens structure, and the photodetector is positioned to receive light reflected from the axicon mirror. A method for producing lens structures with different optical attenuation properties is also disclosed. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040629 | Vision System - The present invention relates to improved optical structures, related manufacturing processes and assemblies incorporating the improved optical structures. In at least one embodiment accurate light source color information is provided throughout substantially the entire associated field of view. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040630 | Imaging lens unit - An imaging lens unit comprising, in order from the object side, a first lens having a meniscus shape with its convex surface on the object side, an aperture stop and a second lens having a meniscus shape with its convex surface on the image side. A maximal value of a tangent angle within a range of a lens surface effective diameter of the surface on the object side of the first lens is 70 to 90 degrees. A maximal value of a tangent angle within a range of a lens surface effective diameter of the surface on the image side of the second lens is 70 to 90 degrees. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040631 | LENS BARREL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A lens barrel includes an inner metal barrel, and an outer plastic barrel. The inner metal barrel has a number of concentric annular steps formed in an inner surface thereof. The outer plastic barrel encloses the inner metal barrel therein. The inner metal barrel is integrated with the outer plastic barrel using an insert molding process. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040632 | Driving System and Optical-Element Driving System - A driving system for driving an optical element in a first direction includes a linear actuator for producing a displacement in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a displacement picking unit being extendable in a third direction, perpendicular to both of the first and second directions, for picking out a displacement of the linear actuator, and a direction converting unit disposed at the third-direction side of the linear actuator, for converting a direction of the displacement picked out by the displacement picking unit. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040633 | Imaging Unit and Electronic Device Using the Same - An imaging unit, including: a lens housing section to accommodate a lens; a lens driving section, including: a moving member which supports the lens and moves the lens in an optical axial direction, and an electro-mechanical transduction element to drive the moving member in the optical axial direction; a camera-shake preventing section which drives the lens housing section to prevent camera-shake; and a rotation regulating section to prevent the lens from rotating around an optical axis. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040634 | Prismatic Joint and Optical Swiveling Device - A prismatic joint for an optical swiveling device has a first prism which is mounted such that it can rotate about a first rotation axis and a second prism, which is mounted such that it rotate about a second rotation axis with respect to the first prism. The first rotation axis and the second rotation axis intersect one another at an intersection angle of 45°. The first prism and the second prism have a respective first side surface and a second side surface, as well as a base surface. The first side surface is inclined through the intersection angle with respect to the base surface, and the second side surface is inclined through half the intersection angle with respect to the base surface. A third prism has side surfaces that are inclined symmetrically at the intersection angle with respect to the base surface. The first and second prisms project substantially mirror-image symmetrically along the first rotation axis, and the third prism is arranged, in each case with its side surfaces adjoining, between the first and the second prisms. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040635 | Exterior Side View Mirror Assembly for a Vehicle - An exterior side view mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a cover provided on a side portion of the vehicle; a mirror installed to the cover and arranged to face rearward with respect to the vehicle; and at least a turn signal extended from the cover so as to provide light from the side portion of the vehicle via the turn signal. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040636 | TAPERED REINFORCING STRUTS FOR MICROMACHINED STRUCTURES - According to one embodiment, a reinforcing strut of the invention is a polyhedron attached to a plate and having at least two slanted facets, with each of the slanted facets oriented with respect to the plane of the plate at an angle different from about 90 degrees. Two slanted facets intersect to form an edge that causes the strut to have a tapered profile along the longitudinal axis of the strut. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040637 | Apparatus for pivoting a mirror assembly - A bearing apparatus for pivotally moving a carrying arm relative to an anchorage is provided. The carrying arm may carry a mirror for a vehicle, the anchorage mountable to the vehicle. The bearing apparatus has a bushing located between the carrying arm and the anchorage in which a pivot bearing apparatus is moveably disposed. In one embodiment the pivot bearing apparatus has a control component and a come-along part relationally disposed about a shaft and movably connected to the control component. When the shaft is rotated, the come-along part moves along the shaft to rotate the control component. In turn, the control component transfers its rotation to pivot the carrying arm. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040638 | SIX DEGREE OF FREEDOM (DOF) ACTUATOR REACTION MASS - In one embodiment, an actuator for positioning of mirrors in an optical system is provided and includes an actuator base and a reaction mass assembly. The reaction mass assembly includes a reaction mass support member having biasing features formed as a part thereof and a reaction mass that is coupled to the biasing features such that the reaction mass is suspended on biasing elements in six degrees of freedom (DOF). The support member is fixedly connected to the actuator base; however, the reaction mass is not directly attached to the actuator base but rather is supported in the reaction mass support member in a manner that allows it to have six DOF. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040639 | VEHICLE OUTSIDE MIRROR DEVICE - In a vehicle outside mirror device, a clutch gear has a first guide portion that is formed in an inner position with respect to an outer circumference of the clutch gear and a clutch holder has a second guide portion that is formed in an inner position with respect to an outer circumference of the clutch holder. The clutch gear and the clutch holder relatively move in a direction of an axis of a shaft, to which the clutch gear is rotatably attached and to which the clutch holder is attached so as not to be rotatable, by guiding along the first guide portion and the second guide portion. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040640 | Glass cutting method, glass for flat panel display thereof and flat panel display device using it - A glass cutting method and glass for a flat panel display. This glass cutting method forms crack regions of a constant size and pitch inside the glass using a laser and performs the full-through cutting process along the crack regions with a laser, thereby increasing cutting edge quality, shortening the cutting time and reducing the production cost. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040641 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHASE-SHIFT NULL-BURST-PATTERN - A media includes a plurality of tracks, a preamble portion including a set of signals, a first servo burst having a first plurality of signals written substantially in phase with the preamble portion, and a second servo burst written out of phase with the preamble and the first servo portion. The media may be housed within a disk drive that includes a transducing head to read information from the media, and a read channel to read information from the disk including the information associated with the first servo burst and the second servo burst. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040642 | RECORDING DATA SIMULTANEOUSLY AT TWO DEPTHS OF A TILTED MAGNETIC MEDIUM - Methods and recording systems are configured for recording different data simultaneously at two different depths of a tilted magnetic medium, the tilted magnetic medium having a hard axis of magnetization, the axis being out of a plane of the medium and at an angle of −10 to −80 degrees with respect to a direction along which data are recorded, the medium being capable of having two depths of recording. A method embodies writing with selected magnetic fields whose amplitudes and whose angles with respect to the medium hard axis direction differ at the two depths of the medium such that the recorded direction of magnetization at the respective two depths can be set independently. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040643 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WRITING TIMING BASED SERVO TRACKS ON MAGNETIC TAPE USING COMPLEMENTARY SERVO WRITER PAIRS - Method and apparatus for writing timing based (servo) tracks on magnetic recording tape using complementary servo writer pairs. A magnetic tape intended to store, for instance, computer data conventionally contains servo tracks in addition to the data tracks. Typically many servo tracks and data tracks are arranged laterally across the width of the tape. The adjacent servo tracks (bands) here are complementary in terms of the orientation of their stripes and are written (recorded) by a complementary arranged servo writer pair. This advantageously reduces the position error signal by a substantial amount, even to nearly zero. In one version the servo writers are straight in configuration and in another version they are curved or chevron shape. These complementary servo writer pairs write adjacent servo bands. This takes advantage of the fact that typical servo technology, for instance in the LTO tape format, uses two servo heads, a top and bottom servo head, and averages the position error signal of the top and bottom servo read heads in the tape drive to determine the position error. By writing the servo tracks as described here, this error as written-in is substantially reduced. This is because the top and bottom servo sensors interpret the complementary aspect as being position error signal error in opposite directions, which thereby cancels out. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040644 | Laminated Exchange Coupling Adhesion (LECA) Media For Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording - An apparatus includes a plurality of bilayer structures positioned adjacent to each other, each of the bilayer structures including a first layer of magnetic material having a first Curie temperature and a second layer of magnetic material positioned adjacent to the first layer, wherein the second layer has a second Curie temperature that is lower than the first Curie temperature, and magnetic grains of the first layer are unstable when the second layer of magnetic material is heated above the second Curie temperature. The recording temperature is reduced due to the smaller switching volume achieved by using vertically decoupled laminations at elevated temperatures. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040645 | THERMALLY ASSISTED MAGNETIC HEAD, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY, AND HARD DISK DRIVE - A thermally assisted magnetic head comprises a slider having a medium-opposing surface and a light source unit secured to a surface of the slider on the side of the slider opposite from the medium-opposing surface. The slider has a slider substrate and a magnetic head part provided on a side face of the medium-opposing surface in the slider substrate. The magnetic head part includes a magnetic recording device for generating a magnetic field and a waveguide for receiving light from an end face opposite from the medium-opposing surface and guiding the light to the medium-opposing surface side. The light source unit has a light source supporting substrate, a light source secured to the light source supporting substrate and adapted to supply light to the end face of the waveguide, and a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the light source. | 2009-02-12 |
| 20090040646 | Thermally assisted recording system - A thermally assisted magnetic recording system is provided to achieve excellent thermal resistance and low noise. In one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium is used, in which the magnetic intergrain exchange coupling is large to let the magnetization be thermally stable by coupling the magnetic grains constituting the recording layer at room temperature (the temperature maintaining the magnetization) and reduced by heating during recording to let the recording magnetization transition slope become steep. Parameter A normalizing the slope around the coercivity of the MH-loop of the medium is 1.5≦A<6.0 at room temperature, and it becomes approximately 1.0 with heating. | 2009-02-12 |
