| 09th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
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| 20150055155 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a first replacing unit, an obtaining unit, and a second replacing unit. The first replacing unit replaces, in first document data including plural character strings, a first character string which satisfies a predetermined condition by a second character string including a character string which is not included in the first document data so as to generate second document data. The obtaining unit obtains a processing result generated by processing the second document data. The second replacing unit replaces the second character string included in the processing result by a character string corresponding to the first character string. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055156 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, ANDCOMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for processing print data includes an extracting unit that extracts characters to be printed and coordinate information of the characters from the print data; an organizing unit that reorganizes the characters extracted by the extracting unit using the coordinate information of the characters; a sorting unit that sorts the characters extracted by the extracting unit into corresponding horizontal or vertical lines using the coordinate information of the characters; and a concatenating unit that concatenates the characters reorganized by the organizing unit and sorted by the sorting unit. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055157 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS HAVING FLOW-READING MODE IN WHICH SHEET BEING CONVEYED IS READ - An image reading apparatus may be in a state where a foreign material detection process cannot be completed for all reading position candidates before a sheet arrives at a conveyance roller. In such a state, the image reading apparatus performs the foreign material detection process and a position determination process only on reading position candidates which are part of all reading position candidates. The image reading apparatus determines a reading position candidate with fewest foreign material images from among the reading position candidates for which the foreign material detection process has been completed, as a sheet reading position. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055158 | PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a processing apparatus that receives an operation and performs a process in response to the operation, the processing apparatus including a camera that captures an image of a human approaching the processing apparatus, and a control unit that analyzes a distance to a human within an angle of the view of image capturing and a travelling direction of the human, based on the captured image generated by the camera, using analysis results as one basis determines whether to cause the processing apparatus to transition to an enabled state, and causes the processing apparatus to transition to an enabled state when the determination of the transition to an enabled state is made. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055159 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing system includes a determination part, a history storage part, a provisional history storage part, and a changing part. The determination part determines whether or not a printing mode of a job set at a terminal matches a recommended printing mode. The history storage part stores printing histories of plural jobs. The provisional history storage part stores, in a case where the printing mode does not match the recommended printing mode, provisional printing histories including resource-saving effect which represents an effect of reduced resources based on an assumption that the jobs are printed in accordance with the recommended printing mode. The changing part changes the recommended printing mode, based on the stored printing histories and the provisional printing histories. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055160 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a clock supply circuit supplying a signal at a first clock frequency or a second clock frequency lower than the first frequency, a first CPU performing image data processing based on the signal, and a second CPU measuring time based on the signal to determine execution timing of each process performed in control processing. The image forming apparatus includes a load determination unit determining whether a load of the image data processing is higher than a reference level, and a control unit that switches the frequency to the first frequency when the load is higher than the reference level, and to the second frequency when the load is not higher. When the frequency switching occurs, the second CPU changes a method for measuring time. The second CPU completes one process before the switching and starts the next one after the switching. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055161 | System and Method for Authentication - A multi-functional device is attached to a secure network and includes a control circuit. The control circuit receives indications as to whether a user is authenticated to use the multi-functional device and in response, generates and sends a control signal to the multi-functional device. As long as the multi-functional device continues to receive the control signal, the multi-functional device remains in an operational mode to allow the authenticated user to access the multi-functional device functions. If the multi-functional device ceases to receive the control signal, the multi-functional device deactivates itself. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055162 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive data which owner information is attached to, the owner information indicating an owner of the data, a storage device configured to store the data, an input device configured to receive an input of a print instruction from a login user, and a print control unit configured to execute a print process of the data in accordance with the print instruction, wherein the print control unit is configured to determine whether to use authority of the login user or the owner of the data in a case where the login user does not correspond to the owner of the data. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055163 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit for executing direct wireless communication between an external apparatus and the communication apparatus in which one of the external apparatus and the communication apparatus serves as an access point, and a second communication unit for executing communication between the external apparatus and the communication apparatus in a different way from the communication by the first communication unit. If it is determined that the communication which the communication apparatus is executing is the communication by the second communication unit, a selection screen is displayed so as to enable a user to select a desired service, and if it is determined that the communication which the communication apparatus is executing is the communication by the first communication unit, the selection screen is displayed so as to prevent the user from selecting the specific service. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055164 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR NOTIFYING ERROR MESSAGE AND NOTIFICATION METHOD USING THE SAME - A management apparatus according to the embodiment comprises a memory, an interface and a control section. If a device determined itself to be in a predefined first state, the interface receives the alert information transmitted from the device. The control section carries out no notice notifying the first state of the device to the external apparatus if a first information representing a state the same as the state represented by alert information is contained in the memory, and stores the first information in the memory based on the alert information and carries out the notice to an external apparatus if the first information is not contained in the memory. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055165 | REMOTE SUPPORT APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, REMOTE SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus including a plurality of processing units capable of performing different support processing for a user asking for support, and a remote support apparatus operated by an operator are connected via a communication path. The remote support apparatus transmits to the image forming apparatus a request to perform the support using the selected processing unit, or a request to switch the processing unit to a selected specific processing unit and a request to perform the support. The image forming apparatus allows the processing unit which follows the request to perform the support, to perform the support, and switches the processing unit according to the request to switch the processing unit to allow the switched processing unit to perform the support. Further, the image forming apparatus returns a result which should be returned, among results of the performed support, to the remote support apparatus. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055166 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, OPERATION SUPPORTING METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of providing effective guidance on operation procedures for fixing a failure such as a paper jam when the failure occurs. The image forming apparatus displays operation contents for fixing the jam and operations to be performed to resume the stopped job are displayed on a simple maintenance screen. When the jam is fixed according to the operations of the contents, the screen is switched to a reread standby screen. In a case where detailed guidance is necessary, the screen is switched to a detailed maintenance screen. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055167 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A printing apparatus includes a receiving unit which receives print data, an operating unit which receives a print instruction from a user, a display unit which displays a password entry screen for receiving a password entry from a user, and a printing unit which receives a print instruction from a user through the operating unit and prints print data without accepting a password through a password entry screen if a password added to the print data is matched with a fixed password and print data to be printed if a print instruction from a user is received through the operating unit, if the password added to the print data is matched with the fixed password, and if the password received through a password entry screen is matched with the password added to the print data. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055168 | SYSTEM TO MANAGE OPERATION OF DEVICES - A system to manage operation of plural devices has an acquiring unit configured to acquire information from a user giving a physical signal to use one of the devices, a user identification unit configured to identify the user based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit, a device identification unit configured to identify a device the user intends to use based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit, a signal identification unit configured to identify the physical signal based on the information acquired by the acquiring unit, and a control unit configured to recognize the meaning of the physical signal based on the identified user, identified device, and identified physical signal, and transmit a control signal corresponding to the physical signal to the identified device. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055169 | EXTENDABLE SYSTEM FOR PREPROCESSING PRINT DOCUMENT AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A system for preprocessing a print document is disclosed. The system may comprise a document inputting unit, configured to receive a print document, a document processing unit, configured to process the print document that is received by the document inputting unit, and a document outputting unit, configured to output a print document that has been processed by the document processing unit. Further, a method for preprocessing a print document is also disclosed. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055170 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a first generation unit, an acquisition unit, an identification unit, and a second generation unit. The first generation unit generates a second document resulting from deletion of first information allocated at a first position from a first document. The acquisition unit acquires a third document resulting from execution of a process to the second document generated by the first generation unit. The identification unit identifies a second position corresponding to the first position of the first document in the third document. The second generation unit generates a fourth document in which the first information is allocated at the second position identified by the identification unit in the third document acquired by the acquisition unit. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055171 | METHOD OF SETTING PRINTING OPTION THROUGH TOUCH INPUT AND MOBILE DEVICE TO PERFORM SAME - A method of setting a printing option through a touch input includes displaying a preview, which includes a virtual sheet of paper and thumbnails corresponding to content to be printed, on a touch screen of a mobile device, determining a printing option by receiving and analyzing a touch input on the virtual sheet of paper and the thumbnails, and applying the determined printing option to the preview. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055172 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - Sheet information of a sheet contained in each of a first sheet containing unit and a second sheet containing unit is stored in a storing step, the sheet information that is set for the first sheet containing unit and the second sheet containing unit is stored in a memory. It is determined based on the sheet information stored in the memory, whether a sheet to be used in a print job is contained in the first sheet containing unit and the second sheet containing unit. If it is determined not to be contained in the first sheet containing unit and the second sheet containing unit, a change of the sheet information stored in the memory is done. The sheet information stored in the storing step is changed using the changed sheet information in the memory. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055173 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus reads setting value by means of a replace-import processing, and reflects the read setting value if a state of the image forming apparatus indicates that the replace-import processing has not been performed. The replace-import processing indicates an import method for setting according to a replacement. The image forming apparatus adds information indicating that the setting value has been used for original data corresponding to the setting value used in the replace-import processing. Also, the image forming apparatus sets the state of the image forming apparatus to a state indicating that the replace-import processing has been performed after the setting vales are reflected. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055174 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The information processing apparatus and a control method acquires user information from an external apparatus by using near field wireless communication, determines how to handle the acquired user information according to a type of a screen displayed by a display unit. For example, when the displayed screen is an authentication screen, authentication processing is executed by using the acquired user information. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055175 | CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control apparatus includes a storing unit, a determining unit, a first notification unit, a selection unit, and a second notification unit. The storing unit stores attribute information of sheets to be stored in sheet holding units. The determining unit determines whether attribute information of sheets to be used by a job corresponds to the stored sheet attribute information. The first notification unit notifies, in a case where the determining unit determines that the attribute information does not correspond, a user that the attribute information does not correspond to the sheet attribute information. The selection unit selects the stored sheet attribute information to change the attribute information of sheets to be used by the job. The second notification unit notifies, in accordance with selection of the sheet attribute information, the user that the attribute information of sheets to be used by the job corresponds to the stored sheet attribute information. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055176 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a memory and a controller. The memory stores first information therein. The controller is configured to obtain from an external apparatus second information about a status of the information processing apparatus. The second information is held in the external apparatus. The controller then determines based on the second information whether the first information should be deleted from the memory in accordance with the second information. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055177 | RELAY DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR RELAY DEVICE, AND SYSTEM COMPRISING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND RELAY DEVICE - A relay device may receive, from a image processing device, selected image processing identifying information configured to identify a selected image processing. A plural types of image processing may be a processing to be executed on first image information outputted from the image processing device. The relay device may receive, from the image processing device, selected second image information-identifying information configured to identify selected second image information selected in the image processing device. The relay device may receive the selected second image information identified by the selected second image information-identifying information. The relay device may execute the selected image processing identified by the selected image processing identifying information to compose the selected second image information and the first image information. The relay device may send, to the image processing device, created image information created by the execution of the selected image processing. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055178 | RELAYING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR RELAYING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM COMPRISING IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND RELAYING DEVICE - A relaying device may send, to the image processing device, first screen information for causing a first screen to be displayed on a display unit of an image processing device. The first screen may be configured to receive selection as to whether to execute a second print process or a first print process at the image processing device. The second print process may be process using print information received by the image processing device and performed prior to the second print process. The relaying device may send first print information used for the first print process to the image processing device in a case that first process-identification information is received from the image processing device. The relaying device may send second print information used for the second print process to the image processing device in a case that second process-identification information is received from the image processing device. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055179 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS THAT CONNECTS VIA SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AS WELL AS STORAGE MEDIUM - A facsimile apparatus which makes it possible to certainly perform facsimile communication via an IP network. The facsimile makes connection with a communication destination according to Session Initiation Protocol to perform facsimile communication with the communication destination via an IP network. A first connection sequence of starting call connection using a session of performing image communication is executed, and then a second connection sequence of starting call connection using a session of performing voice communication is executed. When one of the first connection sequence and the second connection sequence fails in the call connection, the other of the first connection sequence and the second connection sequence executes the call connection. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055180 | Systems and Methods for Communicating Documents - A system includes telephone and packet-switched network interfaces and a translator. The translator receives messages. Outgoing messages originate from a multiple-function peripheral (MFP) and are received via a transfer agent (TA). Outgoing e-mail messages include an attached file in an image file format. The translator removes and delivers the attachment in facsimile format. Incoming fax messages are attached to an e-mail message. The TA receives and relays the e-mail message to an identified MFP, which discards the e-mail message and prints the attachment. A method for processing fax messages includes associating an identifier with a MFP, receiving a fax intended for the MFP, generating an e-mail message with an attachment representing the fax and communicating the e-mail message to a transfer agent that relays the e-mail to the MFP, which discards the e-mail body and prints the attachment. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055181 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a print control apparatus that is connected to a data processing apparatus through a first communication unit and connected to an image forming apparatus through a second communication unit. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055182 | IMAGE-PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD - An image-processing system comprising a peripheral device | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055183 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT STORES DATA OF PRINT JOB IN MEMORY AREA, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A image forming apparatus capable of performing reservation printing, even when incapable of storing print data in a memory unit due to an insufficient free space, by securing a memory area which is not used by other users. Print data is input from a PC to an MFP so as to be reserved in a memory area of an auxiliary memory of the MFP, and is printed out by the MFP in response to an instruction from a user who has logged in the MFP. The auxiliary memory has a reservation printing area and a reservation printing emergency area for storing print data. If print data of the logged-in user cannot be stored in the reservation printing area due to an insufficient free space, the print data is stored in the reservation printing emergency area in response to an instruction from the logged-in user. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055184 | System And Method For Print Density Adjustment To Reduce Banding - A method of operating an inkjet printer modifies image data for an image to be printed to reduce or eliminate variations in color intensity within the printed ink image. Intensity adjustment parameters are identified with reference to variations in a frequency of a signal generated by a sensor that corresponds to movement of a media web through a print zone in the inkjet printer. The image data is modified with the intensity adjustment parameters, and the image is printed with reference to the modified image data. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055185 | Halftone Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes applying a human visual system (HVS) model to a Continuous Tone Image (CTI) and a initial Half Tone Image (HTI) to generate a perceived CTI and a perceived HTI and computing a change in pixel error for a first pixel by toggling the first pixel with all the possible output states and swapping the first pixel with all neighbor pixels. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055186 | SELECTING INFORMATION EMBEDDING METHOD AFFECTING CORRECT INTERPRETATION BASED ON EFFECT OF EMBEDDED INFORMATION ON CONTENT DATA - An information processing apparatus includes a selecting unit and a processing unit. The selecting unit selects an embedding method from multiple embedding methods for embedding information in content data, on the basis of a first effect affecting correct interpretation of the information embedded in the content data. The processing unit causes the content data in which the information is embedded by using the embedding method selected by the selecting unit, to be processed. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055187 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS - A facsimile apparatus uses IP addresses in facsimile communications. A communicating section receives image data sent from a communication partner apparatus via a facsimile transmission, based on an IP address of the communication partner apparatus and of the facsimile apparatus. A printing section prints the image data. An IP address registering section registers therein, in advance, an IP address of each of one or more communication partner apparatuses. An IP address obtaining section obtains the IP address of the communication partner apparatus. A printing rejection processing section judges whether the obtained IP address has already been registered. If the obtained IP address is determined as an unregistered IP address, the printing rejection processing section performs a printing rejecting process, and the printing rejection information storing section stores therein a specifying image and the unregistered IP address as printing rejection information. A notifying section provides printing rejection information as a notification. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055188 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS ENABLING TRANSMISSION OF FILE CONTAINING LINK INFORMATION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus that is capable of accessing to a destination file even when a file including effective entity data and link information to the destination file is transmitted to an external apparatus. An obtaining unit obtains a destination file when a designated file to be transmitted contains link information to the destination file that is different from the designated file. An edition unit edits the link information contained in the designated file so as to become valid link information to the destination file even when the destination file obtained by the obtaining unit and the designated file will be transmitted to an external apparatus. A transmission unit transmits the designated file containing the link information edited by the edition unit and the destination file to the external apparatus. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055189 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCANNING OBJECTS - In a method for scanning a book including a plurality of pages, a property of the plurality of pages is measured between a plurality of points on the top of the book and a plurality of points on the bottom of the book to generate a plurality of data values. The plurality of data values are grouped into a plurality of levels corresponding to the plurality of pages. A determination is made for each of the plurality of the points at each of the plurality of levels whether ink is present. Pixel data is generated, indicative of one of the presence or absence of ink at each of the plurality of points for each of the plurality of levels. An image is generated using the pixel data for each of the plurality of levels. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055190 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a technique of enabling an operator to confirm partner information in a communication apparatus capable of executing FAX transmission via an IP network, without mounting a new function in a partner apparatus in FAX transmission. To achieve this, when a communication apparatus (IP FAX 1) accepts input of partner information representing a partner apparatus (IP FAX 2) in the FAX transmission via an IP network, it transmits an SIP session establishment request to the partner apparatus. When the communication apparatus receives a response to the session establishment request from the partner apparatus, it prompts an operator to confirm partner information contained in the response before the start of the FAX transmission. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055191 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes a storage unit, a processing unit, and a communication unit. The storage unit includes a communication storage area for storing communication data, which stores relevant information indicating a time when the reception disabled state is resolved for each of factors of the reception disabled state. The processing unit determines a current factor of the reception disabled state and calculates a reception enabled time until being a reception enabled state by resolving the reception disabled state based on the relevant information corresponding to the determined one or more factors. When data reception from the other party is disabled, the communication unit transmits the reception enabled time calculated by the processing unit as a wait time until the communication apparatus of the other party sends a request to start communication again. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055192 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a technique of, in a communication apparatus capable of executing facsimile communication by a deemed voice scheme, enabling generation of a communication error to be prevented regardless of a voice encoding scheme used to encode a facsimile signal. To achieve this, a communication apparatus (first FAX apparatus) establishes a voice signal transmission session with the second FAX apparatus serving as a partner apparatus in FAX communication for FAX communication by the deemed voice scheme. The first FAX apparatus determines a voice encoding scheme which is used in the established session to encode a FAX signal into a voice signal. In accordance with the determination result, the first FAX apparatus limits modulation schemes usable in generation of the FAX signal when performing FAX communication by the deemed voice scheme. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055193 | Processing Apparatus - A processing apparatus includes: a processor; and a memory storing instructions, the instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the processing apparatus to perform: receiving read image data, which is image data generated by reading an object with an image reading apparatus; extracting a target image, which is an image having a part indicating the object, from a read image that is an image indicated by the read image data; and generating output data, which indicates a synthesis image in which the target image and a template image are synthesized, wherein the template image has an assignment area to which the target image is assigned, and wherein the generating comprises arranging two or more of the same target images on the assignment area. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055194 | DOCUMENT READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A document reading device includes: a document reading device main body; and an opening/closing body with one end supported rotatably with respect to the document reading device main body while another end openably/closably provided, the other end of the opening/closing body being provided with a handgrip having a depression sloped toward inside of the opening/closing body in accordance with approach of the opening/closing body to the document reading device main body in a closed status with respect to the document reading device main body. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055195 | LIGHT GUIDING BODY, ILLUMINATING DEVICE, IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light guiding body includes a long translucent body, a light incident surface formed at an end of the body in a longitudinal direction of the body, a light emitting surface formed on one side surface of the body along the longitudinal direction of the body, and a light emitting quantity adjusting portion formed on the other side surface of the body along the longitudinal direction of the body so as to be opposite to the light emitting surface. The light guiding body guides, in the body, light incident to the light incident surface, reflects the light by the light emitting quantity adjusting portion, and emits the light from the light emitting surface. A width of the light emitting quantity adjusting portion of the body in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the body is varied according to a position in the width in the longitudinal direction. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055196 | Image Reading Apparatus Efficiently Illuminating Light - An image reading apparatus for reading an image of an original document includes a document placement surface, an illumination unit, a light-receiving unit, and an illumination control unit. The illumination unit includes: a first light guiding body in a bar shape extended in a first direction configured to irradiate a light to the original document along a second direction, a second light guiding body arranged at a distance from the first light guiding body configured to irradiate a light to the original document along a third direction, a pair of first light sources emits illuminating lights to be injected into the first incident surfaces, a pair of second light sources emits illuminating lights to be injected into the second incident surface. The illumination control unit is configured to control light-emitting operations of the first light source and the second light source corresponding to the reading mode. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055197 | SHEET SCANNER WITH SWIPE SCREEN INTERFACE WITH LINKS TO MULTIPLE STORAGE DESTINATIONS FOR SCANNED ITEMS - A sheet scanner that scans an input document to generate a scan image that is communicated to a selected scan destination via a wireless communications port of the sheet scanner includes a touch screen display having a swipe screen interface including at least one icon for selecting a scan destination by selecting the icon on the touch screen display, and at least one icon that the user may access by swiping the swipe screen interface and that, when selected, enables the user to select a different scan destination. An outbox icon may also be selected to enter the sheet scanner into a mode for viewing activity status and history of the sheet scanner and for resending the scan image to the same or a new scan destination. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055198 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading device includes: a sensor unit; a first reading part at which the sensor unit reads a document through a first transparent member; a second reading part at which the sensor unit reads a document through a second transparent member different from the first transparent member; and a color reference, wherein measurement of the color reference is able to be performed through the first transparent member by the sensor unit for calibration for reading at the first reading part, and measurement of the color reference is able to be performed through the second transparent member by the sensor unit for calibration for reading at the second reading part. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055199 | Image Reading Device - An image reading device comprising: a document placing portion; a conveyor; and a reading unit configured to read an image of the document. The reading unit includes: an image sensor; and a support which supports the image sensor, wherein in the case of reading the image of the document conveyed by the conveyor. The support is to be stopped at a predetermined reading position; a guide; and a driving unit. The reading unit further includes: a release unit configured to release the contact with the guide by separating the support from the guide when the support is moved toward the predetermined reading position; and a contact portion configured to contact with the support separated from the guide by the release unit when the support is moved toward the predetermined reading position. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055200 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM - A sheet post-processing device is mounted in an image forming apparatus that includes an image reading unit and an image forming unit. The image forming unit is located under the image reading unit with a space therebetween. The sheet post-processing device includes: a first tray that is located in the space and houses a sheet ejected from the image forming unit; a post-processing unit that is located in the space and performs post-processing on a sheet in the first tray; a transfer member that, after the post-processing is performed on a sheet in the first tray, transfers the sheet to a front side of the image forming apparatus; and a second tray that is located closer to the front side of the image forming apparatus than the first tray and houses a sheet transferred by the transfer member. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055201 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Because the spectral characteristics of an original of a printing sheet and those of an original of a photographic image are different, in the case where the same color conversion table is applied at the time of color conversion processing, a deviation occurs in color reproducibility. By determining a sheet type with accuracy based on the feature of fiber that occurs in manufacture of paper and by applying color conversion processing in accordance with the determination result, a highly accurate color reproduction method of an image is implemented. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055202 | MULTICHANNEL OPTICAL POWER METER USING A SYNCHRONOUS SCANNER - Optical scanning systems and methods of controlling a resonant scanning mirror are disclosed. A rotatable mirror may oscillate about a rotation axis in response to a drive signal. A reference source may provide a reference light beam directed to the rotatable mirror. A reference detector may be disposed to receive the reference light beam reflected from the rotatable mirror twice during each oscillation of the rotatable mirror. A controller may set both an amplitude and a frequency of the drive signal based on an output of the reference detector. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055203 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND OPTICAL SCANNING UNIT - An optical scanning device includes a mirror that oscillates to scan incident visible light. The mirror includes a substrate, a metal film formed on the substrate, and an reflection enhancing film stacked on the metal film. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055204 | OPTICAL SCANNING UNIT, AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE OPTICAL SCANNING UNIT - An optical scanning unit includes a light source, an optical deflector that includes a light transmission window disposed on a light path from the light source and a rotatable mirror that includes a reflecting surface to reflect light that goes through the light transmission window into the light transmission window and to deflect the light from the light source toward a surface, and a light shield disposed on a light path of reflected light of the light from the light source reflected by a surface of the light transmission window. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055205 | MEMS DISPLAY INCORPORATING EXTENDED HEIGHT ACTUATORS - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for a MEMS display incorporating extended height actuators. A light modulating component can be positioned between a substrate and an opposing surface coupled to the substrate. A suspended electrode can be coupled to the light modulating component and suspended between the substrate and the opposing surface. An extended-height electrode can be positioned immediately adjacent to the suspended electrode, and can extend from the substrate up to a height beyond the height of the suspended electrode. The suspended electrode and the extended-height electrode can be configured to move the light modulating component laterally with respect to the substrate. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055206 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE HAVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRODE - An electrochromic device comprises (i) a conductive layer, (ii) an electrochromic material, on the conductive layer, (iii) an electrolyte, on the electrochromic material, and (iv) a counter-electrode, on the electrolyte. The conductive layer has a surface roughness factor (SRF) of at least 10, and the conductive layer comprises a semi-metal. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055207 | SHAPED REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A rearview mirror assembly is provided that includes a front substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface; and a rear substrate comprising a third surface and a fourth surface. The rear substrate defines at least one contact via and the front substrate and the rear substrate define a cavity. The mirror assembly further includes a perimeter seal between the front substrate and the rear substrate; and an electrically conductive element at least partially within said at least one contact via that electrically connects with at least one of the second surface and the third surface. The mirror assembly also includes an electro-optic medium disposed in the cavity. In addition, the front substrate and the rear substrate each has a shaped edge having a continuously arcuate shape. The shaped edges can also be formed by grinding the edges together. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055208 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrowetting display device includes a black matrix that includes a plurality of openings corresponding to pixels, respectively, a first extension portion extending in a driving direction of an electrowetting layer, the driving direction being a direction in which motion of the electrowetting layer is induced when a voltage difference is applied between a common electrode and a pixel electrode, and a partition wall that partitions the pixels. The first extension portion includes first and second areas respectively extending in opposite directions to each other and a third area having a width substantially the same as a width of the partition wall. The first area has a width less than about half of a first length corresponding to a length extending between both sides of each pixel in the driving direction, and the second area has a width less than the width of the first area. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055209 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY FORMED UPON BICONTINUOUS STRUCTURES - A three-dimensional circuit includes a hyperbolic bicontinuous structure forming a substrate; circuits formed on a first surface of the hyperbolic bicontinuous structure; and electrically conductive traces formed between the circuits. The electrically conductive traces are formed two-dimensionally on the first surface of the hyperbolic bicontinuous structure. The electrically conductive traces are effectively three-dimensional traces between the circuits. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055210 | ULTRA HIGH POWER SINGLE MODE FIBER LASER SYSTEM - An ultra-high power fiber laser system includes a single-piece fiber booster configured with fiber and straight short rod fiber portions which have in common a core configured with a numerical aperture equal to or higher than 0.1 and doped with ions of one or more rare earth elements across the entire cross-section thereof. The rod fiber portion is structured with a short length not exceeding about a few tens of centimeters and has a generally frustoconical cross-section expanding from the uniformly configured fiber portion. The core extending along the fiber portion is capable of supporting either a SM or a very low number of HOMs guided along the core in a propagating direction and coupled into the small diameter end of the rod fiber's frustoconically-shaped core. The opposite, large-diameter end of the frustoconical core supports multiple modes with a fundamental mode overlapping at least about 0.65 | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055211 | REWORKABLE FILTER STRUCTURE OF INFRARED TOUCH MODULE - A reworkable filter structure of infrared touch module includes a main body having an upper protrusion section and an extension section. The upper protrusion section and the extension section respectively angularly extend from an upper end and a lower end of the main body in reverse directions. The upper protrusion section extends to upper sides of multiple infrared transmitters and multiple infrared receivers. The main body is positioned in front of the transmission faces of the infrared transmitters and the receiving faces of the infrared receivers to shield the transmission faces and the receiving faces. The extension section extends to a position between a transparent panel and a second circuit board. The reworkable filter structure further includes a connection means for connecting the extension section of the main body with the second circuit board. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055212 | CATADIOPTRIC PROJECTION OBJECTIVE - Catadioptric projection objective ( | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055213 | METAL OXIDE MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE FOR INFRARED BLOCKING - Provided is a metal oxide multi-layered structure for infrared blocking, which includes a first metal oxide film, a second metal oxide film, a third metal oxide film, and a metal nanoparticle layer. The third metal oxide film is disposed between the first metal oxide film and the second metal oxide film. The metal nanoparticle layer is disposed between the second metal oxide film and the third metal oxide film. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055214 | CATADIOPTRIC PROJECTION OBJECTIVE - A catadioptric projection objective for imaging a pattern provided in an object plane of the projection objective onto an image plane of the projection objective has a first, refractive objective part for imaging the pattern provided in the object plane into a first intermediate image; a second objective part including at least one concave mirror for imaging the first Intermediate imaging into a second intermediate image; and a third, refractive objective part for imaging the second intermediate imaging onto the image plane; wherein the projection objective has a maximum lens diameter D | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055215 | DIFFERENTIAL FILTERING CHROMATIC CONFOCAL MICROSCOPIC SYSTEM - A differential filtering chromatic confocal microscopic system comprises a chromatic dispersion objective for receiving and axially dispersing a broadband light from a light source and projecting dispersed lights onto an object thereby forming an object light reflected therefrom; an optical modulation module for dividing the object light into a first and a second object lights; a pair of optical intensity sensing module, respectively having a spatial filter with a different pinhole diameter or a slit width from each other, for detecting the first and second object lights, thereby obtaining a plurality of first and second optical intensity signals; and a signal processor for respectively processing the plurality of first and second optical intensity signals thereby obtaining a plurality of differential rational values of optical intensity and determining a corresponding object depth associated with each differential rational value according to a relation between signal intensity ratio and object surface depth. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055216 | OCULAR LENS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - There are provided an ocular lens in which aberrations are favorably corrected across a sufficiently wide angle of view and a lens diameter is suppressed from increasing with a sufficient eye relief attained and without a total length being long, and an optical apparatus including the ocular lens. An ocular lens | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055217 | STEREOGRAM DISPLAY MEMBER AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF - It is an object of the invention to provide a stereogram display member that replicates a stereogram with a concavo-convex pattern formed on a three-dimensional object. A stereogram display member | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055218 | MULTI PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device including: a plurality of display panels including display areas, and non-display areas positioned alongside the display areas; an optical member having one side connected to a part of one of the display areas and an opposing side extending over an adjacent non-display area, the optical member configured to magnify an image from the part of one of the display areas and to project the magnified image over the adjacent non-display area. A multi panel display device according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention may prevent the phenomena of image discontinuity and image distortion at edges between the display panels, and adjust a polarization characteristic to provide a high-quality large screen capable of implementing a 3D image and the like. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055219 | ADHESIVE FILM FOR POLARIZING PLATE, POLARIZING PLATE INCLUDING THE SAME AND OPTICAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - An adhesive film for a polarizing plate includes a functional group represented by Formula 1: | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055220 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - A lens driving device includes a lens barrel supporting a lens; an autofocusing driving unit disposed on one side of a plane perpendicular to an optical axis direction based on the lens barrel to thereby drive the lens barrel in the optical axis direction; and a hand-shake prevention driving unit disposed on sides of the plane perpendicular to the optical axis direction other than the one side on which the autofocusing driving unit is disposed, to thereby drive the lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055221 | ZOOMING OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOMING OPTICAL SYSTEM - A zooming optical system includes, in order from an object side along an optical axis: a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens group having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power; upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens group and the second lens group is varied, a distance between the second lens group and the third lens group is varied, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group is varied; the third lens group is composed of one positive lens; and a focus from an infinite-distance object up to a near-distance object is conducted by moving the third lens group in a direction of the optical axis. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055222 | Anti-reflection Coating and Optical Member Comprising Same - An anti-reflection coating having an three-layer structure comprising first to third layers formed in this order on a substrate, the substrate having a refractive index of 1.6-1.9, the first layer having a refractive index of 1.37-1.57, the second layer having a refractive index of 1.75-2.5, and the third layer having a refractive index of 1.18-1.32, to light in a wavelength range of 550 nm; the third layer being formed by silica aerogel; and the first and second layers containing no Al | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055223 | DISPLAY MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A display mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a display mirror assembly for a vehicle having a front shield including a first side and a second side. A partially reflective, partially transmissive element is mounted on the first side. A rear shield is disposed behind the front shield. A display module is mounted between the front shield and the rear shield and includes in order from the front shield: a display; an optic block; a heat sink having an edge lit PCB mounted along a top edge thereof; and a PCB. The front shield is secured to at least one component of the display module with a first retaining feature and the rear shield is secured to at least one component of the display module with a second retaining feature. A housing at least partially surrounds the front shield, display module, and rear shield. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055224 | VARIABLE POWER OPTICAL SYSTEM - Liquid lens cells are used in a variable power optical system. In one embodiment, the variable power optical system includes three liquid lens cell groups, wherein at least two of the lens cell groups are configured to provide a zoom function and at least one of the lens cell groups is configured to control an incident angle of light rays on an image surface. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055225 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, sequentially from an enlargement conjugate side to a reduction conjugate side: a 1st lens unit having negative refractive power not moved during zooming; plural lens units that are moved during zooming; and a final lens unit having positive refractive power that is not moved during zooming. A final moving lens unit having positive refractive power and disposed nearest to the reduction conjugate side among the plural lens units that are moved during zooming is moved toward the enlargement conjugate side during zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, and the final moving lens unit includes one or more cemented lenses, and the final moving lens unit includes one or more negative lenses and one or more positive lenses. Predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied to maintain wide angle of view and high image quality along the entire zoom range. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055226 | IMAGING APPARATUS - The imaging apparatus includes a focus lens, a front zoom lens disposed on a subject side of the focus lens, a rear zoom lens disposed on an image side of the focus lens, a focus drive unit configured to drive the focus lens, a zoom drive unit configured to drive the front and rear zoom lenses, a focus origin point detector provided in a movable range of the rear zoom lens, configured to detect a focus origin point of the focus lens, and a controller configured to control the focus drive unit and the zoom drive unit. When the controller loses track of a position of the focus lens, the controller drives the focus lens in accordance with a relative movement amount of the front and rear zoom lenses by the zoom drive unit to move the focus lens to the focus origin point. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055227 | IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY - An imaging lens assembly includes first, second and third optical lens elements that are arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis and that respectively have positive, negative and positive refractive powers, and a fixed aperture stop that is disposed between the object side and the second optical lens element. The imaging lens assembly satisfies the optical conditions of: |f | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055228 | Wynne-Dyson optical system with variable magnification - A 1× Wynne-Dyson optical system for microlithography having a variable magnification is disclosed. The 1× Wynne-Dyson optical system has first and second prisms, and a positive lens group that includes a split lens having first and second split lens elements that reside adjacent the first and second prisms, respectively. The first and second split lens elements are axially movable to change the magnification by up to about 500 parts per million. An adjustable positive lens group for a 1× Wynne-Dyson optical system is also disclosed, wherein the positive lens group allows for small changes in the optical system magnification. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055229 | LENS MODULE - There is provided a lens module including: a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having a shape in which an object-side surface thereof is concave; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having negative refractive power; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power, having a shape in which an image-side surface thereof is concave, and having at least one point of inflection formed on the image-side surface thereof. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055230 | Mobile Device and Optical Imaging Lens Thereof - Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements to allow the thickness of the second lens element and the sum of all air gaps between all five lens elements along the optical axis satisfying the relation: 0.20| 2015-02-26 | |
| 20150055231 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE - The present invention provides a lens driving device having a component for limiting a movement amount generated during impacting, wherein an impact force is alleviated by utilizing the component for limiting the movement amount, so that a driving coil can be prevented from falling off, and the damage to the leaf springs can be alleviated. The leaf springs formed into a cantilever beam structure as the damper for alleviating the impact in the vertical direction and the planar direction are arranged between the lower fixing body and the upper fixing body, and the impact force can be alleviated by utilizing first projection parts and second projection parts projected out from the lens support, and the existing structure does not need to be greatly changed. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055232 | MAGNIFIER FOR SEWING MACHINE - The invention provides a magnifier for a sewing machine that is mounted on a sewing machine main body and magnifies a view of a front end of a needle which is mounted on a needle bar front end that moves vertically and a vicinity of a cloth presser. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055233 | OPTICAL SUBASSEMBLY WITH A MOUNT WITH CONNECTION UNITS OF DIRECTED FLEXIBILITY - A thermally compensated optical subassembly having a rotationally symmetrical optical element and a monolithic mount with a rotationally symmetrical mounting ring, having an axis of symmetry, and at least three connection units. The optical element communicates with the mounting ring via the connection units, so as to be secured against tilting and fixed with respect to torsion. The connection units, in each instance, have three couplers which have a determined length ratio with respect to one another and are connected to one another and to the mounting ring and optical element such that defined conditions are met. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055234 | LENS HOLDER, LENS DRIVING DEVICE, CAMERA DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A lens driving device in which the lens holder is employed, a camera device and an electronic device are also disclosed. The lens holder includes portions formed as having the respective different outer circumferential diameters between the upper side and the lower side of the vertical direction and provided in predetermined areas located in the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential wall of the lens holder around which a coil is to be wound, and a flanged portion that protrudes from the outer circumferential wall of the lens holder toward the radially outward side, wherein the diametrically larger portion among the portions formed as having the respective different outer circumferential diameters between the upper side and the lower side of the vertical direction and the flanged portion are arranged so that they can be spaced away from each other by a predetermined gap. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055235 | OPTICAL SHEET CONTROLLING EXTERNAL LIGHT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL SHEET - An optical sheet, which can suitably absorb external light over a wide range and can improve a contrast, a display device, and a method for producing an optical sheet. The optical sheet is disposed on an observer side relative to an image light source and includes a plurality of layers that control light emitted from the image light source to emit the light on the observer side, at least one of the plurality of layers is an optical functional sheet layer which includes prisms being arranged in parallel along the surface of the optical sheet whereby light can be transmitted and wedge portions are being arranged in parallel between the prisms whereby light can be absorbed. At least one of the plurality of layers other than the optical functional sheet layer is a light-absorbing layer. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055236 | Open Architecture Structure For Trough Shaped Solar Concentrators - The present invention comprises an Open Architecture lattice geometric structure, aerodynamic provisions to that structure and methods to produce that structure for the manufacture of trough shaped solar concentrators having Fresnel reflector elements, such that the wind loading on these trough solar concentrators is substantially reduced compared to traditional trough concentrators with continuous panel structures. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055237 | ADJUSTABLE SOLAR CONCENTRATOR ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF USING SAME - A portable solar concentrator includes a stand, a plurality of inner panels supported by the stand, and a plurality of outer panels attached to the inner panels. The inner panels have a reflective surface, and are configured to direct solar energy at a target. The outer panels have a reflective surface and can be configured in an active position to direct solar energy at the target, and can be configured in an inactive position to direct solar energy away from the target. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055238 | COLOR FILTER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention provides a color filter and a manufacturing method thereof. A transparent dyeable material is coated on a roller, and then imprint onto a patterned mold. A part of the transparent dyeable material is retained on the roller, and then imprinted onto a substrate by the roller and forms a black matrix (BM) layer through a dyeing process and a curing process in sequence. The other part of the transparent dyeable material is transferred onto the patterned mold for forming a plurality of softened color resist layers by the dyeing process, and then forms a plurality of color resist layers by a curing process after transferring the softened color resist layers onto the substrate having the BM layer. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055239 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING REPEATABLE RUNOUT - According to one embodiment, a data storage apparatus includes a disk, a head and a controller. In each track, first and second correction values for correcting a track runout in synchronization with rotation of the disk are recorded. The first correction value is for a first position located within a first track, and the second correction value is for a second position located within a second track adjacent to the first track, and separated from the first track by a predetermined distance. The head writes data to or read data from the tracks. The controller corrects the track runout with the first and second correction values, when the head is controlled to position at a target track. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055240 | RECOVERY OF DATA WRITTEN BEFORE INITIALIZATION OF FORMAT IN TAPE MEDIA - A tape medium uses a format to store data in which the tape medium is partitioned into an index partition (IP) and a data partition (DP). The latest metadata related to additional data newly added and written to the DP in accordance with the format is updated and stored in the IP. The same metadata is repeatedly written after the updated metadata (e.g. Index #1) in the IP. Alternatively, additional data newly added and written to the DP is stored in memory, and is called from memory and then added and written after metadata (e.g. Index #0) during the formatting. In either manner, data written prior to formatting may be recovered. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055241 | Method for Writing File on Tape Medium that can be Read at High Speed - Mechanisms for writing a file on a tape medium in a manner that enables high-speed reading are provided. A predetermined format is applied to the medium that divides the medium into a first region of a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction from a region of the medium, and a second region that extends from an end of the first region to a terminal region of the medium in a longitudinal direction and that has a predetermined width with respect to a width of the medium in a transverse direction. Writing a top data portion of a predetermined data amount of the data of the file in the first region and writing data of the file in the second region are performed. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055242 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING THE POSITION ERROR SIGNAL (PES) METRIC FOR A MAGNETIC STORAGE SYSTEM - A method and system for estimating the position error signal (PES) metric for a magnetic storage system. The method comprises the steps of reading multiple readback tracks from a storage medium of the magnetic storage system using respective readers of a multiple reader head positioned at or near a data track of interest; employing an adaptive SMR equalizer to equalize the signals from the multiple read head; and extracting information from the adaptive SMR equalizer sub-filters as an estimate of the PES metric. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055243 | TIMING OF POWER STATE CHANGE IN A DISK DRIVE BASED ON DISK ACCESS HISTORY - A data storage device that includes a magnetic storage device and a non-magnetic nonvolatile storage device that measures a hit rate of read/write commands that result in accesses to the non-magnetic nonvolatile storage device, and adjusts a length of a time period, such as an idle time, based on the hit rate. The duration of the time period can be set each time the magnetic storage device is accessed. Upon expiration of the time period, if the magnetic storage device has not yet been accessed, the magnetic storage device is changed from a higher power consumption state to a lower power consumption state. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055244 | READ/WRITE HEAD WITH IMPROVED CONTACT - A read/write head is provided with a body having a body length and a support surface to support data storage media as the data storage media is conveyed longitudinally across the support surface. The support surface of the body is curved about an axis in a widthwise direction of the elongate body. The support surface of the body has a reduced longitudinal length relative to the body length only in an intermediate region. At least one read/write device is provided on the intermediate region of the support surface of the body to read and/or write data on the data storage media as the data storage media is conveyed across the support surface. A tape drive system is provided with the read/write head, the at least one read/write device, and a motor to drive the data storage tape. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055245 | DATA STORAGE TAPE WITH RANDOM ACCESS DATA - Arrangements relate to a data storage system. The data storage system can include a data storage tape. The data storage tape can be arranged in a concertina format. In such a format, the data storage tape can include a plurality of tape segments. Each tape segment can be separated from a neighboring tape segment by a fold. In some arrangements, the data storage tape arranged in a concertina format can be received within a housing. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055246 | SPINDLE MOTOR AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - A spindle motor includes an upper bearing portion and a lower bearing portion each of which is inclined with respect to a central axis. The upper bearing portion includes an upper dynamic pressure generating groove defined in at least one of an upper outer circumferential surface of a shaft portion and an upper inner circumferential surface of a sleeve. The lower bearing portion includes a lower dynamic pressure generating groove defined in at least one of a lower outer circumferential surface of the shaft portion and a lower inner circumferential surface of the sleeve. The radial distance between a lower end portion of the upper dynamic pressure generating groove and the central axis is shorter than the radial distance between an upper end portion of the lower dynamic pressure generating groove and the central axis. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055247 | SPINDLE MOTOR, AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - A spindle motor includes a stationary portion and a rotating portion. The stationary portion includes a shaft, a first cup portion. The first cup portion includes a circular plate member and an annular member. The rotating portion includes an annular concave portion that accommodates at least a lower end portion of the annular member. A lubricant is interposed in a gap between a surface of a stationary portion and a surface of the rotating portion. The shaft, the rotating portion, and the lubricant define a fluid dynamic pressure bearing. A connection gap that reaches an inner side of the first cup portion from an outer circumferential surface of the first cup portion is configured between the circular plate member and the annular member. At least a portion of the connection gap is filled with an adhesive. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055248 | SPINDLE MOTOR AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - A spindle motor includes a recording disk and a clamper. A cylindrical portion includes a first screw portion positioned in an outer circumferential portion of the cylindrical portion. The clamper includes an annular raised portion configured to be fitted in a through hole of the recording disk. An inner circumferential portion of the clamper includes a second screw portion configured to be screwed to the first screw portion. At least a portion of the second screw portion is positioned in an inner circumferential portion of the annular raised portion. Each of the first screw portion and the second screw portion includes at least one of a screw groove and a screw thread. An axial position of at least a portion of the second screw portion overlaps with an axial position of the recording disk. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055249 | Systems and Methods for Multi-Resolution Data Sensing - Systems and methods relating generally to sensing information, and more particularly to systems and methods for utilizing multiple readers to sense information. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055250 | BEARING DEVICE - In order to prevent leaking of lubricant, the bearing device includes a rolling bearing | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055251 | READER STRUCTURE - An apparatus disclosed herein includes a sensor with a free layer having cross-track easy axis anisotropy. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055252 | Non-Uniform Write Gap Perpendicular Writer for Shingle Writing - A PMR writer is disclosed that includes a recessed center section in the write pole trailing edge and a center recessed trailing shield to improve the field gradient at track edge. In all embodiments, there is a non-uniform write gap between the trailing edge and the trailing shield. The recessed portion of the write pole trailing edge and/or center recess of the trailing shield has a thickness from 10 to 40 nm in a down-track direction and a width in a cross-track direction of 20 to 200 nm. The distance between the center recess and a corner of the trailing edge is from 20 to 80 nm. A sequence of steps is provided to fabricate the two embodiments of the present invention. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055253 | DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION - A slider and microactuator elements are arranged on a gimbal portion of a flexure. A conducting member includes tongue conductive circuit portions, and unsupported conductive circuit portions which do not overlap with a metal base. The unsupported conductive circuit portions are disposed between arms of an outrigger portion. Bendable portions for reducing bending stiffness are formed in the unsupported conductive circuit portions, respectively. End portions of the microactuator elements are secured to supporting portions of a tongue, respectively. Each of bridge members is provided between the corresponding supporting portion of the tongue and the corresponding unsupported conductive circuit portion. | 2015-02-26 |
| 20150055254 | CO-LOCATED GIMBAL-BASED DUAL STAGE ACTUATION DISK DRIVE SUSPENSIONS WITH OFFSET MOTORS - Various embodiments concern a dual stage actuation suspension that comprises a loadbeam having a load point projection. The suspension further comprises a gimbal assembly having a point of contact that is in contact with the load point projection such that the gimbal assembly can gimbal about the load point projection. The gimbal assembly is cantilevered from the loadbeam and has an axis of rotation aligned with the load point projection and the point of contact. The suspension further comprises a pair of motors mounted on the gimbal assembly and positioned proximal of the point of contact. The pair of motors is mounted between a tongue and a pair of spring arms to rotate the tongue about the point of contact and the load point projection. The loadbeam further comprises a void into which the pair of motors extends. | 2015-02-26 |
