| 15th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
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| 20110085198 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a document management method thereof. A document management method of an image forming apparatus which includes an image scanner to scan a document and generate a scanned image, the method includes generating the scanned image by scanning a document including a bar code, determining whether to perform an optical character recognition (OCR) on the scanned image by using bar code information of the generated scanned image, extracting character information of the document by performing the OCR with respect to the scanned image according to the determination result, and setting a file name by using at least one of the bar code information and the extracted character information and storing the scanned image. The apparatus and method set a file name of a scanned document to identify the document without an additional input. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085199 | PRINTER AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - A printer includes an insertion portion on which a first memory having print data stored therein is inserted; and a controller which acquires preset print setting information and performs printing of the print data based on the print setting information. The print setting information may be stored in the first memory. The first memory may be a portable USB memory. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085200 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NETWORK SYSTEM (MFP OCCUPIED STATUS) - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus including, a storing section configured to store operation states, a communicating section configured to receive an operation instruction and list the operation states to be viewable from an outside, and an image forming section configured to execute instructed processing according to an instruction. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085201 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS - The printing system according to the present invention has a number-of-pages accepting part for accepting user-specified number of pages, which is referred to as splitting unit for splitting a document consisting of a plurality of pages; and a control part for controlling a printer output operation of the document in such a way that each of the split documents obtained by splitting the document from the first page sequentially in the splitting unit will undergo printer output process configured via a printing setting screen. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085202 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section to form an image on a sheet, an interface to which an external equipment is connected, and a detection element to detect a physical change when the external equipment is connected to the interface. The apparatus may further includes a CPU that releases a power saving mode when it is determined based on the output of the detection element that the external equipment is connected to the interface. The apparatus may further includes a controller to control communication with the external equipment and a CPU that inhibits power supply to the controller until it is determined based on the output of the detection element that the external equipment is connected to the interface. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085203 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR PRINTING - A printing apparatus includes a communication section to receive print data, a storage section to store an address of another printing apparatus that holds the same print data as the print data, and a first control section to transmit first information, which indicates that the print data is already printed, to the another printing apparatus through the communication section. The first information may be a signal to instruct the another printing apparatus to delete the print data or a signal to notify a user that the print data is already printed. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085204 | CAPTURED IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A portable terminal apparatus includes an encoding section for encoding captured image data by use of a reference data table, and the portable terminal apparatus outputs, to an image output apparatus, the captured image data encoded, to which a common code corresponding to the reference data table and an output machine ID set by an entry by a user are attached. Meanwhile, the image output apparatus, in a case where the output machine ID received from the portable terminal apparatus matches its own output machine ID, decodes the encoded captured image data by use of an inverse transformation table corresponding to the common code, and outputs this decoded captured image data. As a result, it is possible to ensure confidentiality of image data that is obtained by capturing an image with the portable terminal apparatus. Furthermore, even if a problem such as failure or the like occurs to an image output apparatus that is designated to output an image, it is possible to output the image from another image output apparatus. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085205 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a detection unit which detects connection of an external storage device; a determination unit which acquires path information of one or plural files in the external storage device that is detected as being connected, by the detection unit, and determines which hardware unit should be started up on the basis of the path information; a startup unit which starts up a hardware unit corresponding to the determination by the determination unit; and a processing execution unit which executes processing to the file, using the hardware unit started up by the startup unit. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085206 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA INPUT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A data processing apparatus capable of transmitting externally received data to a corresponding information processing device even in a case where a plurality of information processing devices are mountable to the data processing apparatus. First device identification information for identifying an information processing device connected to the data processing apparatus is obtained from the information processing device, and first data is received from an external apparatus. When the first device identification information and second device identification information added to the first data match each other, the first data is transmitted to the information processing device connected to the data processing apparatus. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085207 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provides an image processing method and device which can both quickly and easily execute a pseudo halftone process with a large number of output gray levels and which can always execute the pseudo halftone process in the same manner regardless of the number of output gray scales. The present invention provides an image processing device that executes a pseudo halftone process on multivalued image data comprising a plurality of planes, the device including a component executing quantization and outputting for each of the plurality of density components, a component determining a correction value on the basis of a sign of a quantization error in each plane and a comparison of a sum of the quantization errors with a predetermined threshold, and a component correcting a value of the quantization output using the correction value and diffusing the quantization value. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085208 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - If a non-edge part of an image is thinned at a constant thinning ratio regardless of an image size (a character size or a line image width), a reduction in image density in the non-edge part becomes more conspicuous with increasing image size, which can lead to a reduction in image quality. In view of the above, the thinning ratio at which to thin data in the non-edge part of the image is determined depending on the image size. The thinning ratio is set to be smaller for images with sizes greater than or equal to a predetermined value than for images with sizes smaller than the predetermined value such that a high-quality image with sufficiently high density in its non-edge part is obtained regardless of the image size. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085209 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR WATERMARKING DIGITALLY PRINTED DOCUMENTS - A form of stochastic random distribution is used to print an invisible watermark using a typical, e.g., 600 dpi, printer. The watermark contains such information as “Do Not Copy,” or other such information. Although the watermark is not visible on a first generation version of a document that is printed, various techniques are used to print the watermark in such a way that it becomes readily apparent when the first generation document is photocopied. The preferred embodiment of the invention is concerned with a technique for improving such techniques, for example so that gray levels are improved to address variations from printer to printer. Another preferred embodiment of the invention is also concerned with a technique for performing error diffusion watermarking without the need for performing a calibration step. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085210 | LIGHTING STRUCTURE AND SCANNING DEVICE - The invention relates to a lighting structure and a scanning device. The lighting structure comprises a light source and a light guide. The light source comprises a plurality of light emitters spaced within a first plane along a first direction. The light guide comprises a plurality of light guiding bodies arranged in parallel. The light guiding bodies form a one-to-one correspondence with the light emitters and have a light entering surface and a light leaving surface which are both a curved surface. The curve of the intersection between each light leaving surface and a first cross-section has a first curvature radius, and the curve of the intersection between each light entering surface and a second cross-section has a second curvature radius, wherein the first cross-section is perpendicular to the second cross-section, and the first cross-section and the second cross-section are both perpendicular to the first plane. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085211 | HANDHELD DEVICE FOR CAPTURING TEXT FROM BOTH A DOCUMENT PRINTED ON PAPER AND A DOCUMENT DISPLAYED ON A DYNAMIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A device for capturing rendered text is described. The device incorporates one or more visual sensors that receive visual information as a part of capturing rendered text. The visual sensors are collectively capable of capturing both text that is permanently printed on a page, and text that is displayed transitorily on a dynamic device. The device further incorporates a visual information disposition subsystem for disposing of visual information received by the visual sensors. The device further incorporates a package that bears the visual sensors and the visual information disposition subsystem, and is suitable to be held in a human hand. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085212 | DOCUMENT SCANNING DEVICE - A document scanning device includes a pair of light guides that extend in a main scanning direction of a document and illuminate the document, and a reference plate that is positioned closer to the light guides than the document. Each of the light guides has a first area that illuminates the document and a second area that illuminates the reference plate. Each light guide illuminates the reference plate over a wider area between the light guides in the second area than each light guide illuminates the document in the first area. Therefore, the center of the reference plate is illuminated and a sufficient amount of light is reflected on the reference plate. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085213 | Method and apparatus for controlling light source in image scanning apparatus - The method to control a light source in an image scanning apparatus includes emitting light onto a reference surface having a predetermined reflectivity from a light source, detecting a shading level representing an intensity of the light reflected from the reference surface, and controlling the light intensity from the light source by using the shading level and the reference level. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085214 | Image scanning device, image forming apparatus, and light source failure detection method - An image scanning device includes lighting circuits; a light source including light-emitting elements arranged in a line such that the light-emitting elements connected in series to the same lighting circuit are not positioned adjacent to each other; a reflecting part; a photoelectric conversion unit photoelectrically converting reflected light from the reflecting part; a lighting control unit selectively turning on one of the lighting circuits; a memory storing an area information table containing information on main-scanning areas of the photoelectric conversion unit in association with identification information of the lighting circuits; and a failure determining unit identifying the main-scanning areas corresponding to the identification information of the turned-on lighting circuit by referring to the area information table and comparing intensities of the reflected light entering the identified main-scanning areas with a first threshold to determine whether the light-emitting elements connected to the turned-on lighting circuit are at fault. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085215 | IMAGE-CAPTURING SYSTEM - An image-capturing system includes: a stage that has mounted and fixed thereon a glass slide on which at least one sample is placed and that circulates in an endless-track shape; a line sensor that scans only a part of the sample; an imaging driving mechanism that moves a relative position of the line sensor and the stage in a direction perpendicular to a scanning direction of the line sensor; and an optical system that focuses an image of the sample on the line sensor. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085216 | Scanner, image forming apparatus, and image compensating method of scanner - The scanner includes: a transporting unit which transports a manuscript and passes the manuscript through a preset image reading position; an image reading unit which outputs a scan image obtained by sequentially line-scanning the manuscript passing through the image reading position; at least two actuators which are isolated from each other in a horizontal direction with respect to a manuscript transport direction, each having a first end portion which is movable with interference with the manuscript being transported and a second end portion which is placed on a scanning line scanned by the image reading unit and is movable in interlock with the first end portion; and an image processing unit which reads images for skew detection which are formed in the scan image by the movement of the second end portions. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085217 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An automatic document feeder of an image forming apparatus capable of improving a duplex scanning or printing (copying) efficiency includes a single scan path having a document admission passage to admit a document to a document scanning part and a document discharge passage to discharge the scanned document, a duplex scan path having a first document reversing and waiting passage diverged separately from the document discharge passage on the single scan path at the rear of the document scanning part to reverse the document, one surface of which is scanned, and admit the reversed document again to the document scanning part, and a document re-reversing path having a second document reversing and waiting passage diverged separately from the document discharge passage on the single scan path at the rear of the document scanning part to reverse the document, both surfaces of which are scanned, again and send the re-reversed document to the document discharge passage. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085218 | VECTOR ERROR DIFFUSION WITH EDGE CONTROL - A mechanism for providing edge enhancement or attenuation in a vector error diffusion process includes warping a marking decision color space as a function of at least one pixel value of a target pixel. The warping changes the membership of sets of error modified pixel values associated particular sets of marking. The warping is controlled by a function of pixel values of a target pixel from an input image. Therefore, the warping is constant for uniform portions of the image. Since pixel values change at edges or where colors change, a mechanism is provided for the presence of edges to influence the vector error diffusion process. Selection of the function by which the marking decision color space is warped provides a means for controlling the aggressiveness of the edge enhancement or attenuation. Equivalent processing includes warping or adjusting error modified pixel values according to corresponding functions. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085219 | Holographically Illuminated Imaging Devices - Embodiments of the present invention relate to holographically illuminated imaging devices including a holographic element for transforming an illumination beam into a focal array of light spots, a scanning mechanism for moving an object across one or more light spots in the focal array of light spots, and a light detector for detecting light associated with the focal array of light spots and generating light data associated with the received light. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085220 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE - An optical scanning device includes a substrate, a frame, a torsion beam, and a cantilever. The substrate has a three-layer structure including an oxide film sandwiched between two silicon substrates. The torsion beam swingably supports a mirror portion which deflects a light beam projected from a light source. The cantilever is supported by the frame to connect to the torsion beam and applies torque to the torsion beam. The cantilever and the torsion beam are formed on the same silicon substrate. The cantilever has a thickness substantially thinner than the thickness of the torsion beam. An image forming apparatus includes the optical scanning device. An image projection device includes the optical scanning device. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085221 | MODIFYING THE OUTPUT OF A LASER TO ACHIEVE A FLAT TOP IN THE LASER'S GAUSSIAN BEAM INTENSITY PROFILE - A laser beam is periodically deflected before being directed into a sample volume. The beam is deflected at a frequency such that the beam makes one or more passes through the sample volume while data are collected from the sample volume. The amplitude of motion of the beam, the dwell time of the beam at any given point, and the Gaussian intensity profile of the beam cooperate to produce an effective flat topped illumination profile for the light that is incident on specimens in the sample volume. The total photon exposure at any given point in the sample volume is a function of both the beam intensity and the dwell time at that location. Therefore, a longer dwell time and lower intensity at the edge of the profile are in balance with a shorter dwell time and higher intensity at the center of the profile. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085222 | WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH AND OPTICAL TRANSFER DEVICE - A wavelength selective switch includes a polarization controller to control a polarization controller configured to control a polarization plane of a first optical signal as wavelength-multiplexed light input through a first input port, and control a polarization plane of a second optical signal as wavelength-multiplexed light input through a second input port such that the polarization plane of the second optical signal is aligned in a direction perpendicular to the polarization plane of the first optical signal, a demultiplexer to demultiplex optical signals multiplexed in the first and the second optical signals, a polarization separator to separate, an optical collector to collect the optical signals separated by the polarization separator, an optical signal reflector to reflect each of the optical signals collected by the optical collector; and a reflection controller to control the optical signal reflector in accordance with an incident position of the optical signal. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085223 | LIGHT ADJUSTING APPARATUS - A light adjusting apparatus includes a substrate ( | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085224 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDING STATIC GRAYSCALE IMAGE - In one embodiment, a device includes a first display element including: a first electrode; a transparent dielectric layer having recessed regions therein over the first electrode; a halftoned second electrode opposite the first electrode; and a fluid with colorant particles between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein a voltage signal applied between the first electrode and the second electrode controls movement of the colorant particles such that a first voltage signal provides a clear optical state by compacting the colorant particles into the recessed regions and a second voltage signal provides a grayscale optical state by attracting the colorant particles to the second electrode. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085225 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND PIXEL STRUCTURE THEREOF - A pixel structure of a display device disposed on a substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixel structure. Each sub-pixel structure includes a light-absorption region, a reflection region, a first electrode disposed in the light-absorption region, a second electrode disposed in the reflection region, and a plurality of charge-carrying balls disposed over the first electrode and the second electrode. Each of the charge-carrying balls includes a white portion and a black portion. The white portion has a first conductivity type, and the black portion has second conductivity type. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085226 | DISPLAY SHEET, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display sheet includes a display layer that has a first display layer having multiple first containers each containing a first electrophoretic particle group and a second display layer disposed on one surface side of the first display layer and having multiple second containers each containing a second electrophoretic particle group. Each of the multiple first containers overlaps at least one of the multiple second containers in a planar view of the display layer. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085227 | APPEARANCE-MODIFYING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A DEVICE - A method for manufacturing an appearance-modifying device ( | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085228 | REFLECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus using electroplating on an electrode for modulating light includes a layer formed on the electrode. The layer has an insulator with a gap therein, and conductive fine particles are dispersed in the gap. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085229 | Methods and Apparatus for Controlling Dispersions of Nanoparticles - Electrically reconfigurable metamaterial with spatially varied refractive index is proposed for applications such as optical cloaks and lenses. The apparatus and method comprises a metamaterial in which the refractive indices are modified in space and time by applying one or more electric fields. The metamaterials are electrically controllable and reconfigurable, and consist of metal (gold, silver, etc.) particles of different shapes, such as rods, with dimension much smaller than the wavelength of light, dispersed in a dielectric medium, for example, fluids such as water, toluene, oil, glycerine, thermotropic liquid crystal, lyotropic liquid crystal, polymer, elastomer, and other suitable materials placed in a non-uniform electric field. The metamaterial is controlled by applying a non-uniform electric field that causes two effects: (1) It aligns the metallic anisometric particles with respect to the direction of the applied electric field and (2) It redistributes particles in space, making their local concentration position dependent. Both effects modify the local value of the dielectric permittivity of the composite meta-material, thus modifying its effective optical refractive index (or indices, as the material is often birefringent). | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085230 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER (EDFA) AND AMPLIFIER ARRANGEMENT - The invention refers to a method for operating an amplifier with a first amplifier stage (A | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085231 | RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL AMPLIFIER - A reconfigurable optical amplifier is formed of a plurality of optical switches and a plurality of fiber amplifier sections to provide a switchable amplifying network. A variable pump splitter provides pump light from an optical pump source to two or more fiber amplifier sections. The optical switches and variable pump splitters are formed in a planar lightwave circuit, which may further include pump WDM combiners, variable optical attenuators, tap couplers and other optical components, and to which monitoring photodiodes and the fiber amplifier sections are coupled. A same PLC can be used for a wide variety of reconfigurable optical amplifiers. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085232 | MULTI-SPECTRAL FILTERS, MIRRORS AND ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATINGS WITH SUBWAVELENGTH PERIODIC FEATURES FOR OPTICAL DEVICES - Example apparatus have a radiation-receiving surface configured to receive electromagnetic radiation, including a sub-wavelength grating supported by a substrate. The sub-wavelength grating has a side-wall profile that may be configured and optimized to obtain desired spectral properties. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085233 | OPTICAL COMPONENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COMPONENT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical component includes: a multilayer inorganic thin-film on a substrate, wherein the inorganic thin-film is formed by laminating a plurality of layers made of silicon oxide and a plurality of layers made of metal oxide, the metal oxide is metal oxide containing any one of zirconium, tantalum, and titanium, the layers made of silicon oxide include a low-density silicon oxide layer and a high-density silicon oxide layer having a density higher than the low-density silicon oxide layer, the outermost layer of the inorganic thin-film is the low-density silicon oxide layer, and the surface roughness of the outermost layer of the inorganic thin-film is equal to or greater than 0.55 nm and equal to or smaller than 0.7 nm. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085234 | Microscope stand - A microscope stand for holding an optical and/or opto-electronical (e.g. video) observation system is mechanically connected to a microscope base, such as a basis plate, feet or rack or the like. In at least one embodiment, the microscope stand is made in two parts, the first part being provided for holding the observation system, and the second part is substantially positively connected to the first part. This second part includes at least one, preferably shaft-like, cavity, in which at least one electric or electronic component, which is preferably either an electric illumination system for the object to be examined by way of the observation system (in this respect the illumination system forms part of the observation system) and/or of an electronic camera system. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085235 | ALL-REFLECTIVE RELAYED FOCAL TELESCOPE DERIVED FROM THE FIRST TWO MIRRORS OF AN AFOCAL THREE-MIRROR ANASTIGMAT - An optical system includes a primary mirror of a positive-powered concave substantially paraboloidal configuration configured to reflect light incident thereupon; a secondary mirror of a negative-powered convex hyperboloidal configuration facing the primary mirror configured to receive the light reflected from the primary mirror and redirect the light reflected from the primary mirror; a positive-powered tertiary mirror configured to substantially reimage and reflect divergent light rays incident from the secondary mirror; and a powered quaternary mirror configured to receive the reimaged light rays from the tertiary mirror, and to relay the received reimaged light rays to a focal point. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085236 | OPTICAL MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - An embodiment of the present invention provide for an optical microscope apparatus including a light source, a base unit, a rotary monochromatic dispersion unit, a condenser, a stage, an objective, a tubular assembly and an ocular assembly. In a preferred embodiment, light travels from the light source sequentially through each of these seven components, producing an image of the contents of a slide on the stage to a user looking through the ocular assembly. In the base unit, in place of a standard mirror which would direct the light vertically up into the scope along the z-axis, a right angle piece of single crystal Calcite, known as Iceland Spar is used, which has a birefringent affect upon the light as it passes up through the scope. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085237 | CURVED LENSES CONFIGURED TO DECODE THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT ON TELEVISION AND COMPUTER SCREENS - Curved lenses configured to decode three dimensional content and method of fabricating the same. The lenses decode three-dimensional content displayed on televisions or computer monitors. Sheets from which the lenses are cut have either (i) a polarizing axis of 0 degrees relative to horizontal and one sheet has a retarder axis at −45 degrees relative to horizontal and the other sheet has a retarder axis of +45 degrees relative to horizontal; (ii) a polarizing axis of −45 degrees relative to horizontal and one sheet has a retarder axis at 0 degrees relative to horizontal and the other sheet has a retarder axis of 90 degrees relative to horizontal; or (iii) a polarizing axis of +45 degrees relative to horizontal and one sheet has a retarder axis at 0 degrees relative to horizontal and the other sheet has a retarder axis of 90 degrees relative to horizontal. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085238 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - The present invention provides a small and inexpensive optical element that integrates a reflecting mirror and a wave plate function. A reflecting wave plate is configured by arranging a periodic metal comb-like structure whose pitch is equal to or below a wavelength and a mirror structure with a distance equal to or below a coherence length. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085239 | OPTICAL APPARATUS WITH ADJUSTABLE ACTION OF FORCE ON AN OPTICAL MODULE - The disclosure pertains to an optical apparatus, in particular for microlithography, that includes an optical module, a support structure and a connection apparatus. The connection apparatus includes at least one connection unit which includes a first connector part and a second connector part. The first connector part is connected to the optical module, and the second connector part is connected to the support structure. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085240 | OPTICAL MODULE HAVING THREE OR MORE OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT LAYERS - A light dispersion filter is composed of three or more optically transparent layers each having a value equal to the value of the product of the refractive index and thickness of the optically transparent layer and transmitted light, and a plurality of partially reflective layers arranged alternately with the optically transparent layers and having predetermined reflectivities. Alternatively, a light dispersion filter has a plurality of etalon resonators which are arranged in series such that the value of the product of the refractive index of air and the interval of the etalon resonators is equal to the value of the product of the refractive index and thickness of the optically transparent layers. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085241 | TRANSMISSIVE OPTICAL MICROSTRUCTURE SUBSTRATES THAT PRODUCE VISIBLE PATTERNS - A light transmissive structure such as a light diffuser includes a substrate having optical microstructures. The optical microstructures include at least one feature that varies across the substrate, so as to produce a visible indicia relative to a viewer of the light transmissive structure. Related diffusers and methods of fabrication are also described. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085242 | NEAR EYE DISPLAY PRISM OPTIC ASSEMBLY - An optical assembly uses a plastic prism with one flat surface and a collimating lens optic to provide the capability of imaging a color micro-display to the eye. The collimating optic and flat prism surface can allow for aberration-free diopter adjustment and an image with very low-magnitude, nearly-symmetric distortion. The collimating optic can also provide environmental protection of the prism involving an optical plastic device. The input illumination from the micro-display enters the prism, is reflected two times within the prism, exits the prism, and passes through the collimating optic before being viewed by the eye. Such an optical assembly can provide a field of view with eye-relief and exit pupil when viewing a full-color micro-display. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085243 | Non-Round Fluid Filled Lens Optic - An optical and mechanical design of a sealed, non-round fluid-filled lens capable of providing variation of optical power. The fluid lens includes at least three optical components: at least one mostly rigid optical disc, at least one mostly flexible optical membrane and a layer of a transparent fluid that is in communication via a fluid channel with a reservoir of excess fluid contained in a reservoir that can be accessed to augment the fluid volume inside the fluid lens to change the power of the fluid lens. The fluid lens is capable of providing correction of spherical and astigmatic errors, and utilizes contoured membranes to minimize image aberrations. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085244 | LIQUID OPTICS ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A high performance zoom lens system suitable for use with a camera is disclosed. The zoom lens systems employs liquid optics and a movable lens group to provide optical performance over the zoom focal length range at focus distances from close to infinity. The system also provides compensation for undesirable thermally induced effects by adjustments of the zoom group and the variably shaped optical surface in the liquid lens cell. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085245 | WIDE CONVERTER LENS - A wide converter lens that is disposed on an object side of a main lens and changes the viewing angle, wherein the wide converter lens includes: a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, and a third lens having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens, the second lens, and the third lens are sequentially ordered from the object side to the image side, and the wide converter lens satisfies the following inequality: | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085246 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A compact wide-angle zoom lens and an image pickup device having the same. The zoom lens includes a first lens group having a negative refractive power and a second lens group having a positive refractive power in an order from an object side to an image side, performs zooming by varying a distance between the first and second lens groups, and performs focusing by using a first lens closest to the object side in the second lens group. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085247 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having negative optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, and subsequent lens units including a fourth lens unit having optical power, wherein any one of the first lens unit, the second lens unit, the third lens unit, and the subsequent lens units includes a lens element having a reflecting surface that bends a light beam incident from an object, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, the first lens unit and the third lens unit do not move along an optical axis, and wherein the condition is satisfied: 1.42| 2011-04-14 | |
| 20110085248 | Variable focal length lens system and image pickup device - Disclosed herein is a variable focal length lens system including a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group, and a fifth lens group. The first to the fifth lens groups are arranged in order from an object side. The variable focal length lens system satisfies following conditional expressions (1) to (3): | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085249 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A zoom lens system and an image pickup apparatus including the same are provided. The zoom lens system includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power, which are arranged in an order from an object side. When zooming is performed from a wide angle position to a telephoto position, the first lens group, the third lens group and the fifth lens group remain fixed and the second lens group and the fourth lens group move. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085250 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, from the object side to the image side, 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. At least the second and fourth lens groups are moved along the optical axis during zooming. The second lens group includes, from the object side to the image side, three negative lenses and one positive lens and satisfies 0.54<|f2|/√(fw·ft)<0.66 where f2 is the focal length of the second lens group, and fw and ft are the focal lengths of the entire optical system at the wide-angle end and at the telephoto end, respectively. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085251 | COMPACT ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including: a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein the first lens group, the second lens group, the third lens group, and the fourth lens group are sequentially arranged in the order from an object side to an image surface side, while zooming from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position, the first lens group is moved in such a way that the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group is widened, the second lens group is moved along a trajectory convex toward the image surface side, the third lens group is moved from the image surface side to the object side, and the fourth lens group is moved along a trajectory convex toward the object side, and
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| 20110085252 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING DEVICE - An optical system includes: a main mirror ( | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085253 | LENS APPARATUS - Provided is a lens apparatus including: a lens barrel; a fixed stopper fixed to the lens barrel; an optical unit moving in a direction of an optical axis relative to the lens barrel; a cylindrical grooved cam which includes a stopper restrictor and is held in the lens barrel to be rotatable about a rotation axis parallel to the optical axis, for restricting movement of the optical unit in the direction of the optical axis; and a movable stopper which is movable within a limit of the stopper restrictor, in which the movable stopper is in contact with the stopper restrictor and the fixed stopper to restrict a rotation range of the cylindrical grooved cam. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085254 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS - A fixed-focus lens including a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group arranged in sequence from a magnified side towards a reduced side is provided. The first lens group has a positive refractive power, and includes a first lens and a second lens arranged in sequence from the magnified side towards the reduced side. Refractive powers of the first lens and the second lens are respectively negative and positive. The second lens group has a positive refractive power, and includes a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens arranged in sequence from the magnified side towards the reduced side. Refractive powers of the third lens, the fourth lens, and the fifth lens are respectively positive, negative, and positive. The third lens group has a positive refractive power, and includes a sixth lens. A refractive power of the sixth lens is positive. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085255 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING SIDE MIRRORS OF AN AUTOMOBILE - The present invention provides a device for adjusting side mirrors of an automobile, in which a film mirror of a side mirror is manipulated to be convex simultaneously with the blinking of a turn signal lamp when a driver turns directions during road traveling. This allows the driver to conveniently recognize the situations of the road behind, thereby preventing accidents caused by a blind spot. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085256 | EXTERIOR MIRROR ELEMENT WITH WIDE ANGLE PORTION - A mirror reflective element suitable for use in an exterior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes a glass substrate with a principal planar reflector portion having a principal mirror reflector disposed at a first or second surface of the glass substrate and with an auxiliary wide angle curved portion having an auxiliary mirror reflector coated at a curved recess established at a region of the second surface of the glass substrate by at least one of grinding and ablating. The curved recess has a cross-dimension size that is in the range from about 30 millimeters to about 80 millimeters, and has a radius of curvature that is in the range from about 200 millimeters to about 1,000 millimeters, and has a maximum recess depth that is in the range from about 0.11 millimeters to about 4.04 millimeters. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085257 | Parabolic trough or dish reflector for use in concentrating solar power apparatus and method of making same - A reflector (e.g., mirror) for use in a solar collector or the like is provided. In certain example embodiments of this invention, a reflector is made by (a) forming a reflective coating on a thin substantially flat glass substrate (the thin glass substrate may or may not be pre-bent prior to the coating being applied thereto), (b) optionally, if the glass substrate in (a) was not prebent, then cold-bending the glass substrate with the reflective coating thereon; and (c) applying a plate or frame member to the thin bent glass substrate with the coating thereon from (a) and/or (b), the plate or frame member (which may be another thicker pre-bent glass sheet, for example) for maintaining the thin glass substrate and coating thereon in a desired bent orientation in a final product which may be used as parabolic trough or dish type reflector in a concentrating solar power apparatus or the like. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085258 | Magneto-resistive devices, information storage devices including the same and methods of operating information storage devices - An information storage device includes a magnetic track and a magnetic domain wall moving unit. The magnetic track has a plurality of magnetic domains and a magnetic domain wall between each pair of adjacent magnetic domains. The magnetic domain wall moving unit is configured to move at least the magnetic domain wall. The information storage device further includes a magneto-resistive device configured to read information recorded on the magnetic track. The magneto-resistive device includes a pinned layer, a free layer and a separation layer arranged there between. The pinned layer has a fixed magnetization direction. The free layer is disposed between the pinned layer and the magnetic track, and has a magnetization easy axis, which is non-parallel to the magnetization direction of the pinned layer. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085259 | METHOD FOR SETTING ZONE FORMAT OF A DISK FOR STORING DATA AND DISK DRIVE - A method for dividing a data area on a disk into a plurality of concentric zones and determining a format for each zone so that data tracks in the zone have the same number of data sectors. The method includes dividing a data area into a plurality of zones with provisional boundaries. The method also includes determining a linear recording density for a selected zone. The method further includes selecting the number of data sectors per data track corresponding to the determined linear recording density from specified values. Moreover, the method includes resetting a boundary of the zone at a new boundary shifted from the provisional boundary according to a selected value. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085260 | DISK DRIVE AND SERVO CONTROL METHOD FOR THE DISK DRIVE THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO VIBRATION - A disk drive. The disk drive includes an acceleration sensor, a servo controller, a detection determiner, and a handling processor. The acceleration sensor has an associated resonant frequency. The servo controller is configured to perform servo control for head positioning using frequency components that are obtained by cutting off frequency components including the resonant frequency from output of the acceleration sensor. The detection determiner is configured to detect a frequency band including the resonant frequency from the output of the acceleration sensor to determine whether a magnitude of a voltage amplitude of the frequency band is outside of a specified range. The handling processor is configured to execute a corresponding handling operation if the detection determiner determines that the magnitude of the voltage amplitude of the frequency band is outside of the specified range. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085261 | MAGNETORESISTIVE MAGNETIC HEAD HAVING A NON-MAGNETIC PART ON A MEDIUM FACING SURFACE SIDE OF THE SENSOR - According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes an upper magnetic shield, a lower magnetic shield,a magnetoresistive element having a magnetization-free layer formed therein formed between the shields, an upper magnetic shield restricting part formed on a medium facing surface side, a lower magnetic shield restricting part formed on the medium facing surface side, and a non-magnetic part formed between the upper and lower magnetic shield restricting parts on the medium facing surface side such that the magnetoresistive element is not exposed at the medium facing surface. The non-magnetic part is positioned such that a distance between the upper and lower magnetic shield restricting parts in a direction perpendicular to a plane of deposition is smaller than a distance between the upper and lower magnetic shields in the direction perpendicular to the plane of deposition near the medium facing surface. Other systems and heads are disclosed as well. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085262 | DLC-Head Offset Compensation While Writing - In described embodiments, effects of frequency and phase error introduced at the outer diameter or inner diameter of the disk when a read head is used to maintain timing lock while the write head is used to write new data might be eliminated with a simple compensation circuit. Compensation circuits, modules or methods receive as input information i) write head radial position (e.g., from a wedge number that indicates the circumferential position of the heads), and ii) read head and write head relative physical offset. The timing error is measured by the system and might be automatically adjusted by the appropriate amount in order to reduce or to eliminate the differential head error when a write event (as opposed to a read event) is activated | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085263 | Library device - A library device includes: cells each containing a storage medium in a first or a second manner; a medium drive accessing and containing the medium differently from a manner of placing the medium in at least one of the cells; and a medium-transferring unit including a housing section housing the medium, and moving the housing section between the cells and the medium drive to transfer the medium. The unit includes: a support member supporting the housing section pivotably between a first and a second postures meeting the first and second manners; a movement-controlling system moving the support member so that the housing section faces the cells and medium drive; a medium-transferring system transferring the medium; a biasing member biasing the housing section toward the first posture; and a posture-changing member interfering with and thereby pivoting the housing section from the first posture to the second posture resisting the biasing member. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085264 | PATTERNED PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM WITH DATA ISLANDS HAVING A FLUX CHANNELING LAYER BELOW THE RECORDING LAYER - A patterned perpendicular magnetic recording medium, such as a disk for use in hard disk drives, has a flux channeling layer (FCL) located below the recording layer (RL) in each of the discrete data islands. The disk includes a substrate, a soft underlayer (SUL) of soft magnetically permeable material on the substrate, and a nonmagnetic exchange break layer (EBL) on the SUL. A nonmagnetic separation layer (SL) is located between the FCL and the RL in the islands. The FCL has an anisotropy field substantially lower than the anisotropy field of the RL, and a magnetization equal to or higher than the magnetization of the RL. The FCL is saturated at a much lower field than the RL and thus channels the magnetic flux from the write head through the island positions. The dipolar fields from the RL above the FCL polarize the magnetization of the FCL parallel to the magnetization direction of the RL in the absence of an external field, to thereby enhance the readback signal. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085265 | MAGNETICALLY SHIELDED WRITE TRANSDUCERS - A magnetic head according to one embodiment includes at least two write transducers for writing to a magnetic medium; and a shield structure having at least two magnetically connected shields which at least partially cover two opposite sides of the writer. A magnetic head according to another embodiment includes at least two write transducers for writing to a magnetic medium, the at least two write transducers being positioned adjacent each other and aligned along a line; and a shield structure having shields adjacent at least three sides of each of the at least two write transducers, the shields being formed of a magnetically permeable material. Additional devices, systems, and methods are also presented. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085266 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD - A perpendicular magnetic recording head is provided, which has a head structure that narrows the erase band width in shingled write recording. A perpendicular magnetic recording head has a main pole that generates a recording magnetic field, a trailing shield positioned on the trailing side of the main pole, and a side shield positioned in the cross-track direction of the main pole. In the structure, a gap length (MP−SS distance) between the side shield and the main pole and a gap length (MP−TS distance) between the trailing shield and the main pole satisfy a relationship, (MP−TS distance)×0.5<(MP−SS distance)<(MP−TS distance)×1.5. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085267 | Media Design for High TPI for Write Fringing Reduction - A recording media design having discrete track recording structure where the trenches between tracks are filled with a soft magnetic material is provided. The soft magnetic material provides a low magnetic impedance path to the soft underlayer such that fringe fields from the write head are conducted to the soft underlayer without having a negative effect such as adjacent track erasure. A method of manufacturing the media includes a nano-imprint step and ion milling out the data layer to create the trenches. A B | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085268 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic recording medium having a data region in which a plurality of recording tracks, each including magnetic dots arrayed in a down-track direction with a pitch p, are formed in a cross-track direction, and a servo region including a preamble in which a plurality of lines of magnetic dots, which are arrayed in a cross-track direction with a pitch p, are formed at equal intervals in the down-track direction. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085269 | DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - An element accommodation portion is formed in an electrically conductive plate member which constitutes a part of a suspension. A microactuator element comprising a piezoelectric element is located in the element accommodation portion. An electrically conductive resin member is disposed in a region covering junctions for electrically connecting the conductive plate member and the microactuator element. A pit is formed in the junction of the conductive plate member by partial-etching. A part of the conductive resin member is in the pit. A part of an outer peripheral edge of the conductive resin member is located inside an edge of the pit. The conductive resin member is covered by a cover layer. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085270 | Suspension for Protecting a Component from Mechanical Shock - Approaches for protecting a component when a hard-disk drive (HDD) experiences a mechanical shock. An HDD includes a suspension comprising a load beam, a gimbal, and a flexure tongue. A component, such as a microactuator, is mounted on the suspension. The flexure tongue extends to at least the edge of the microactuator that is furthest from the gimbal. The flexure tongue prevents the microactuator from contacting the load beam when the HDD receives a mechanical shock. Alternately, the flexure tongue may comprise a tip portion that extends beyond the edge of the microactuator that is furthest from the gimbal, and the tip portion of the flexure tongue may deform to act as shock absorber when the HDD receives a mechanical shock. Alternately or additionally, a padding material may be used to prevent the microactuator or the flexure tongue from contacting the load beam when the HDD receives a mechanical shock. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085271 | LED Modules for Sign Channel Letters and Driving Circuit - An LED module for use in sign letter channel lights comprises a substrate, a reflector mounted on the substrate, an LED mounted within the reflector on the substrate and a Zener diode shunt element connected in parallel across the LED, a printed circuit board on the substrate, wherein the LED is mounted on the printed circuit board, and an insulating cover. The module may be entirely encapsulated. An LED driving protection circuit provides ground fault protection for a plurality of series connected LED modules. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085272 | Systems and Methods for Generator Ground Fault Protection - A generator winding-to-ground fault detection system is disclosed that includes a signal injection source in electrical communication with a winding of an electric power generator via an injection transformer. The winding may be coupled to ground via a winding-to-ground path and the signal generation source may generate an injection signal capable of being injected to the winding using the injection transformer. The disclosed system may further include a protection module in communication with the signal injection source and the electric power generator configured to receive the injection signal and a signal relating to the current through the winding-to-ground path, and to determine the occurrence of a winding-to-ground fault condition based at least in part on the injection signal and the signal relating to the current through the winding-to-ground path. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085273 | Circuit Breaker With Improved Re-Closing Functionality - A circuit breaker for protecting a power line. The circuit breaker includes a control unit and a circuit breaking element disconnecting the power line from a power source. The control unit detects a fault on the power line, opens the circuit breaking element, which opening starts a disconnection time interval, injects a test signal into the power line, measures a response, determines an impedance of the power line from the response, analyses the impedance during the time interval based on comparing the impedance with a reference threshold, determines a permanent or a temporary fault based on the analysed impedance, re-closes the circuit breaking element after the time interval if the fault is temporary and keeps the circuit breaking element open after the time interval if the fault is permanent. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085274 | CIRCUIT BREAKER - An electronic circuit breaker including a two stage detection mechanism; an instantaneous trip operating at a first threshold and a delayed trip such operating at a second lower threshold. This is advantageous in maintaining operation during very short transient load peaks, which do not warrant isolation from the supply. The breaker can be line powered, can be reset remotely by controlling the line power, and can be implemented entirely in solid state electronics. As such it requires little or no service or maintenance. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085275 | OVERCURRENT PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR LOAD CIRCUIT - An overcurrent protection apparatus for a load circuit can detect an overcurrent with a high accuracy without being influenced by a deviation ±ΔRon of the on-resistance of a semiconductor element (T | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085276 | ION GENERATION APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME - In an ion generation apparatus, an induction electrode for generating positive ions and an induction electrode for generating negative ions are each formed as an independent part and separately mounted on a substrate. Therefore, even if the substrate is warped with changes in temperature, tip end portions of needle electrodes can be positioned at the centers of through holes in the induction electrodes, respectively, and positive ions and negative ions can be stably generated. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085277 | MULTILAYER CHIP CAPACITOR - A multilayer chip capacitor includes a capacitor body, a plurality of internal electrodes, and a plurality of external electrodes. The capacitor body is formed of a ceramic sintered product and has first and second side surfaces facing each other. The plurality of internal electrodes each of which has two leads extending to the first and second side surfaces of the capacitor body, respectively, are arranged such that the internal electrodes with one polarity and the internal electrodes with the other polarity are alternately stacked inside the capacitor body. The plurality of external electrodes are formed on the first and second side surfaces of the capacitor body along a stacked direction of the internal electrodes such that the external electrodes with one polarity and the external electrodes with the other polarity are alternately arranged on each of the first and second side surfaces, and are connected to the leads. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085278 | SELECTABLE CAPACITANCE CIRCUIT - A voltage-controlled capacitor and methods for forming the same are described. A mechanical conductor membrane of the voltage-controlled capacitor is movable to and from a first position and a second position. An amount of capacitance can vary with the movement of the mechanical conductor membrane. A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) voltage-controlled capacitor can be used in a variety of applications, such as, but not limited to, RF switches and RF attenuators. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085279 | SELF HEALING HIGH ENERGY GLASS CAPACITORS - A self healing high energy glass capacitor is provided. The capacitor can have a glass layer with a top surface and a bottom surface. A top sacrificial layer can extend across the top surface and a bottom sacrificial layer can extend across the bottom surface. In addition, a top electrode can extend across the top sacrificial layer and a bottom electrode can extend across the bottom sacrificial layer. In some instances the glass capacitor has an energy breakdown of at least 6 joules per cubic centimeter. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085280 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC AND LAMINATED CAPACITOR - A dielectric ceramic containing a BaTiO | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085281 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC AND CAPACITOR - Disclosed is a dielectric ceramic having crystal grains mainly composed of barium titanate and an intergranular phase formed among the crystal grains. The dielectric ceramic contains certain amounts of manganese and at least one rare earth element (RE) selected from magnesium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium and erbium, in terms of oxides, per 1 mole of barium constituting the barium titanate. The dielectric ceramic also contains a certain amount of yttrium in terms of oxides, per 100 parts by mass of the barium titanate. The crystal grains have an average grain size of 0.05-0.2 μm. By using the dielectric ceramic as a dielectric layer, there can be obtained a capacitor having high capacity and stable capacitance temperature characteristics. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085282 | LIQUID COMPOSITE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL - An embodiment relates to a liquid composite dielectric material (LCDM) comprising a metal-containing dispersed phase material in an organic liquid phase material, wherein the liquid composite dielectric material has a dielectric permittivity (∈ | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085283 | Chip type electric double layer capacitor and method for manufacturing the same - The present invention provides a chip type electric double layer capacitor including: a lower case having an internal space of which an upper surface is opened and an external terminal of which portions exposed to a bottom of the internal space and the outside are connected to each other; an electric double layer capacitor cell disposed in the internal space of the lower case to be electrically connected to the portion of the external terminal, which is exposed to the bottom of the internal space; and an upper cap mounted on the lower case to cover the internal space, and a method for manufacturing the same. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085284 | Elastomeric Piezoelectric Ultracapacitor - An elastomeric piezoelectric ultracapacitor embodiment is also disclosed. A dielectric elastomer is a polymer that may be configured to operate in a “generator mode.” In generator mode the dielectric elastomer operates like a variable capacitor, and amplifies the energy of charge placed on a pair of compliant electrodes, formed on opposite sides of the elastomer, when the elastomer is in a compressed state. An elastomeric piezoelectric ultracapacitor employs generator mode techniques to further increase the power generation capabilities of an piezoelectric ultracapacitor. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085285 | Hermetically Sealed Capacitor Assembly - A capacitor assembly that includes an electrolytic capacitor that contains an anode body, dielectric overlying the anode, and a solid electrolyte overlying the dielectric is provided. An anode lead is also electrically connected to the anode body and extends in a longitudinal direction therefrom. The anode lead is connected to an “upstanding” portion of a leadframe. Among other things, this helps to limit substantial horizontal movement of the lead and thereby improve the mechanical robustness of the part. The capacitor and leadframe are enclosed and hermetically sealed within a ceramic housing in the presence of an inert gas. It is believed that the ceramic housing is capable of limiting the amount of oxygen and moisture supplied to the conductive polymer of the capacitor. In this manner, the solid electrolyte (e.g., conductive polymer) is less likely to undergo a reaction in high temperature environments, thus increasing the thermal stability of the capacitor assembly. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085286 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a substrate that includes a component, a first cover member that includes a first position control section for controlling a position of the substrate, and a second cover member that forms an internal space in cooperation with the first cover member and includes a second position control section for controlling the position of the substrate relatively more precisely than the first position control section, wherein when the substrate is supported by either one of the first cover member and the second cover member, the substrate is not fixed to the one of the cover members, and when the first cover member and the second cover member are fastened together, the substrate is fixed in the internal space. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085287 | MODULAR SYSTEM WITH APPLIANCE AND COVER HAVING ANTENNA - A modular system comprises an appliance having a visible surface, a first service interface positioned on the visible surface, a cover detachably coupled to the visible surface and disposed to overlie the first service interface, a controller configured to selectively provide operational instructions to the appliance and/or the cover, and an antenna provided within the cover and operably connected to the controller. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085288 | All-In-One Desktop Computer - An all-in-one desktop computer includes a casing, a display module, a motherboard, a storage device, and a heat dissipating device. The display module is contained in the casing. The display module has a display panel exposed to the casing. The storage device is located at a center-of-gravity position of the all-in-one desktop computer. The motherboard, the storage device, and the heat dissipating device are contained in the casing and are disposed at the back of the display module without overlap. Therefore, the all-in-one desktop computer has smaller volume and a better heat dissipation effect via special disposition of the motherboard, the storage device, and the heat dissipating device. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085289 | HINGE UNIT AND PORTABLE COMPUTER HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a hinge unit which couples a first member and a second member, the hinge unit including: a conic shaft which is coupled to the first member, and comprises a hinge pivot, a conic unit of a truncated cone shape, the radius of which is extended in an end area of the hinge pivot, and a first rocking unit formed to an outer surface of the conic unit; and a conic sleeve which is coupled to the second member, and comprises a sleeve main body formed with a conic accommodating unit having a shape corresponding to the conic unit in an inner part of the conic accommodating unit, and a second rocking unit formed to an inner surface of the conic accommodating unit to be coupled with the first rocking unit. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085290 | STAND-UP EXTERNAL DATA ACCESS DEVICE - A stand-up external data access device includes a main body and a rotatable leg. The main body has a flat casing. One side of the flat casing is provided with a receiving portion. The rotatable leg has a plate and a connecting portion provided on a surface of the plate. The connecting portion is pivotally connected to the receiving portion and rotatable with respect to the casing. A width of the plate after being rotated out of the receiving portion is larger than a width of the casing in its thickness direction. With this structure, the supporting area for stabilizing the bottom of the stand-up main body can be increased, so that the main body can stand up more stably. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085291 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A mounting apparatus includes a latching member, a fastening tab, a fixing member, and a securing member. The fixing member includes a fixing plate, and a resisting plate extending from a first end of the fixing plate. The securing member includes a fixing board, and opposite clamping boards perpendicularly extending from a top and a bottom sides of a first end of the fixing board. A fixing tab extends from a second? end of the fixing board. A second end of the fixing plate is movably mounted to the clamping boards. The fastening tab is fixed to a distal end of the resisting plate, and operably clamped with the fixing tab. The latching member is rotatably mounted to the second end of the fixing plate, away from the resisting plate, and rotated to engage with or disengage from the clamping boards. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085292 | ARRANGEMENT OF COMPUTER HOST - An arrangement of a computer host with high compatibility is disclosed. The computer host has a housing. A motherboard is disposed in right half of the housing. The motherboard is provided with an indention for accommodating a heat dissipation unit. A hard disk drive is disposed in left half of the housing. The hard disk drive substantially aligns with the heat dissipation unit. This arrangement can be applied in various computer hosts. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085293 | INFORMATION STORAGE SYSTEM AND INFORMATION-STORAGE-DEVICE-MOUNTING SYSTEM - An information storage system includes an information storage device to store information, a frame enclosing the information storage device, a vibration-damping member provided on the frame, a casing housing the frame together with the information storage device and supporting the information storage device with the frame interposed therebetween, and an adjustment mechanism to adjust a damping force of the vibration-damping member. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085294 | DATA STORAGE MODULE COMPRISING MULTIPLE STORAGE MEDIUM COMPONENTS - Disclosed herein is a data storage module for use with and insertion into a bay of a computer. The module may comprise a casing that has a first end and a second end. The module also includes two or more storage medium components contained within said casing, wherein said two or more storage medium components are physically isolated from each other. This enables the provision of two separate storage medium components with different operating systems or user information and/or data to be provided on a single hardware module. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085295 | APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING DEVICE HAVING ELECTRICAL TERMINALS - An apparatus for mounting a device having electrical terminals includes a bracket and a tray. The bracket has two first protruding portions and two pivoting mechanisms adapted to be connected to a base. The tray is positioned between the bracket and the base and adapted to carry the device having electrical terminals. The tray has a bottom surface and two first protrusions. When the bracket is pivotally connected to the base and when the bracket is rotated so that the first protruding portions slide on the first protrusions, the first protrusions are pushed to move toward the pivoting mechanisms and drive the bottom surface to move. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085296 | Cooling System For A Computer Blade - A cooling system for a computer blade is disclosed. The cooling system comprises a main printed circuit (PC) board with at least one component mounted on a top side of the main PC board. A heat transfer plate is located at the first end of the main PC board. An airflow divider is mounted on, and is perpendicular with, the top side of the main PC board. The airflow divider runs in an axis generally parallel with the first side of the main PC board. A lid is coupled to the main PC board thereby enclosing the main PC board, the heat transfer plate and the airflow divider. The lid encloses a first airflow channel running along the first side of the main PC board and a second airflow channel running along the second side of the main PC board. A fan is located on top side of the main PC board in the first airflow channel. The fan is configured to re-circulate air from the second airflow channel through the first airflow channel, past the heat transfer plate, and then back into the second airflow channel. | 2011-04-14 |
| 20110085297 | Self Releasing Hinge - The exemplary embodiments describe a device, such as a laptop computer, having a base assembly and a display panel joined by a hinge mechanism that allows for the display panel to rotate in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction and pivot with respect to the base assembly. | 2011-04-14 |
