| 23rd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
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| 20090141305 | Data processing apparatus - A data processing apparatus has a first controller which specifies an output mode for image data to be processed and a second controller which determines whether the image data is stored in a memory or not based on the output mode specified by the first controller. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141306 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM - A calibration system includes a plurality of printers, a grouping unit, a printer-selecting unit, a corrections data acquiring unit, a group determining units, and a print-data creating unit. A set of condition data is set for each printer. The grouping unit allocates each printer into either one of at least one group, based on the set of condition data for each printer. The printer-selecting unit selects, for each group, a printer among at least one printer belonging to the each group. The correction data acquiring unit acquires, for each group, one set of correction data created by the selected printer. The group determining unit determines one group, to which one of the printers that is desired to perform printing belongs. The print-data creating unit creates a set of print data based on the set of correction data corresponding to the determined group. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141307 | DOCUMENT SCANNING SYSTEM - A document scanning system includes a scan apparatus adapted to scan a document and to create and store electronic raw data representing the scanned document. An input system permits a user to input settings for the scanned document. A start mechanism causes the scan apparatus to start a scan process. A a processing unit is adapted to process the raw data and to create a formatted document file representing the scanned document. The input system is adapted to permit the user to input format settings for a document after the start mechanism has started the scan process for that document, and the processing unit is adapted to process the raw data in accordance with the format settings. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141308 | PRINTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A PRINTING DEVICE - An electronic method for printing is disclosed, the method including receiving print data from a host computer, the print data including an indicator, wherein the print data does not include supplemental duplex or simplex printing settings, determining that the indicator is within the print data, analyzing the indicator to determine duplex or simplex printing, writing a first portion of the print data to a memory unit, writing a second portion of the print data to the memory unit, printing a first side of a paper according to the first portion of the print data, and printing a second side of the paper according to the second portion of the print data. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141309 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus to connect a video controller to a laser scanning unit through a cable and the video controller includes a halftone table in order to perform a halftone process with respect to an original image. The halftone table includes a dot region having at least two shapes and a non-dot region. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141310 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A halftone pixel detection unit detects pixels near center pixels of halftone pixels by comparing a density difference between a target pixel and each of neighboring pixels of image data with a predetermined threshold. A halftone pixel rearranging unit rearranges the halftone pixels detected by the halftone pixel detection unit relative to the target pixel and a halftone-area detection unit detects a halftone area based upon a pattern of the halftone pixels that is rearranged. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141311 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-COLOR PRINTING USING HYBRID DOT-LINE HALFTONE COMPOSITE SCREENS - A method and apparatus for generating a multicolor image using halftone screens employs a dot structure dot growth pattern for one or more of the colors and a line structure dot growth pattern for at least two or more of the other colors. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141312 | SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CORRECTING METHOD THEREOF - A scanning apparatus which scans an image of a document to generate an image data, the scanning apparatus includes: a boundary sensing unit to sense a boundary of the image, and a distortion area, a distortion boundary of which is not sensed; a shadow calculating unit to calculate a shadow value of the image data; and a control unit to calculate the distortion boundary of the distortion area according the shadow values of the distortion area so as to correct distortion of an image caused by variations in focal distances between the image and the lenses within the scanning apparatus. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141313 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An information processing device includes: a document information receiving unit that receives document information; a placement region determining unit that selects a region from the document information and determines the region as a placement region where code information is to be placed, on the basis of the amount of information of a part of the document information; a code information generating unit that encodes additional information to be added to the document information and information for the placement region and generates code information; and a document information generating unit that generates code-information-bearing document information in which the code information is placed in the placement region of the document information. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141314 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus includes a conveying mechanism configured to convey a recording medium in a conveying direction, and a recording unit configured to record an image on the recording medium conveyed by the conveying mechanism when the recording medium is in a first position below the recording unit. The apparatus also includes a discharge path in which the recording medium conveyed by the conveying mechanism is conveyed from the first position to a second position which is opposite the conveying mechanism and above the recording unit. Moreover, the apparatus includes a reading unit which faces the discharge path and is positioned on a side of the recording unit. The reading unit is configured to read the image recorded on the recording medium by the recording unit. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141315 | METHOD FOR IMAGE-DISPLAY - A screen image displaying image-data items in list form is displayed over a predetermined time period. Then, the display color of an image-data item of the image-data items, the image-data item corresponding to predetermined classification information, is changed so that the image-data item can be differentiated from other image-data items. Consequently, a user can clearly identify the classification of the image-data items and easily find an image-data item satisfying a condition without performing a complicated operation. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141316 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A deflector deflects a light beam from a light source. A scanning optical system focuses the light beam deflected by the deflector. An image carrying member is located at a focal position of the light beam and includes a surface that is scanned in a main scanning direction with the light beam focused by the scanning optical system. One pixel of an image is formed by a plurality of light spots having different focal positions in at least a sub-scanning direction. At least one light spot from among the light spots is formed on the surface of the image carrying member at a scan timing different from those of rest of the light spots. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141317 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Image forming apparatus that forms an electrostatic latent image on a surface of a photosensitive member with a laser beam, including a generation unit configured to generate a high-speed clock and a low-speed clock mutually different in frequency, a scanning unit configured to perform scanning of the laser beam in a main scanning direction based on the low-speed clock, a detection unit configured to detect the laser beam during a scanning operation performed by the scanning unit, a first shift register unit configured to receive a detection signal from the detection unit according to the high-speed clock, and an output unit configured to receive a parallel output of the first shift register unit in synchronization with the low-speed clock and to output detection timing of the laser beam as a detection signal synchronized with the low-speed clock and a value corresponding to a shift number defined by the high-speed clock. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141318 | SECURE SCANNING SYSTEM - The secure scanning device [ | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141319 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to an image forming device that realizes accurate image forming positioning at a desired position without any complex operation about the image forming position by firmware in the image forming device that can involve the unevenness or mounting position difference of lenses of a deflection scanning device. The image forming device obtains the amount of shift in a subscanning direction of image forming from the image forming position of the image data in the main scanning direction and from the curve correction information, adds dummy data by the number of lines of shifting the reading position of the image data at the image forming start position in accordance with the amount of shift obtained, and delivers the dummy data added and the image data to an image forming component. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141320 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus reads out image data stored in an image memory unit, performs size reduction, when the read out image data is color image data, on a plurality of pieces of color component data of the color image data by using different pixel number reducing circuits and different filter circuits, performs size reduction, when the read out image data is monochrome image data, on a plurality of pieces of monochrome image data by using the different pixel number reducing circuits and different filter circuits, and generates reduced-size images for a thumbnail display from the reduced-size image data. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141321 | GENERATING AN INTERIM CONNECTION SPACE FOR SPECTRAL DATA - Generation of an Interim Connection Space for spectral data in a full spectral space is provided. A set of linear maps is accessed, each linear map characterizing a linear transformation from the full spectral space to a colorimetric space, and spectral measurement data is accessed. The linear maps can for example be determined by a set of illuminants. The full spectral space is decomposed into a first subspace that minimizes a loss of a spectral component in the spectral measurement data under a projection along a second subspace onto the first subspace. The second subspace is a null subspace of the set of linear maps. The Interim Connection Space is generated based on the first subspace. The Interim Connection Space can include, for example, a linear map characterizing a linear transformation from the Interim Connection Space to the full spectral space, and a linear map characterizing a linear transformation from the full spectral space to the Interim Connection Space. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141322 | GENERATING A DEVICE INDEPENDENT INTERIM CONNECTION SPACE FOR SPECTRAL DATA - Generation of an Interim Connection Space (ICS) of a full spectral space is provided. A space of illuminants is accessed, and the full spectral space is decomposed into a first subspace that is an orthogonal complement of a metameric black subspace for the space of illuminants. The Interim Connection Space is generated based on the first subspace. The generated ICS can be used, for example, for rendering an image on an additive color destination device. One image rendering workflow includes accessing color data of the image in an ICS, transforming the color data from the ICS into a device dependent color space of an additive color destination device, and rendering the transformed color data on the destination device. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141323 | HOLOGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM, HOLOGRAM RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A hologram recording apparatus ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141324 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes an image forming device, collimating optical system, and optical device, with the optical device including a light guide plate, first diffraction grating member and second diffraction grating member which are made up of a volume hologram diffraction grating, and with central light emitted from the pixel of the center of the image forming device and passed through the center of the collimating optical system being input to the light guide plate from the near side of the second diffraction grating member with a certain angle. Thus, the image display device capable of preventing occurrence of color irregularities, despite the simple configuration, can be provided. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141325 | Hologram Device and Recording Method - A hologram apparatus capable of recording and reproduction of a recording medium with stability. The hologram apparatus includes: a suspension unit for holding a recording medium in a freely mountable fashion, the recording medium storing an optical interference pattern inside as a diffraction grating; a reference light optical system for emitting reference light toward the recording medium; and a signal light optical system for emitting signal light toward the recording medium, being arranged on a side opposite from the reference light optical system coaxially across the recording medium, the diffraction grating being formed by opposite irradiation of the recording medium with the signal light and the reference light. The hologram apparatus has: an objective lens for condensing the reference light with a first numerical aperture; and a spatial light modulation device for generating the signal light from the reference light past the recording medium and making it pass through the recording medium with a second numerical aperture different from the first numerical aperture, the signal light being modulated according to recorded information. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141326 | Image-forming device with scanner unit - An image-forming device includes: a housing; an endless belt; a plurality of process units; and a plurality of scanner units. Each scanner unit and each process unit are inclined obliquely to a vertical direction. At least a part of each process unit is inserted into and removed from the housing in an obliquely inclined direction. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141327 | System and Method for Dynamic Display System Illumination - A system and method for increasing display brightness in laser illuminated display systems. An illumination source comprises a light source to produce colored light and a scanning optics unit optically coupled to the light source. The scanning optics unit scans the colored light along a direction orthogonal to a light path of the illumination source. The scanning optics unit comprises a diffuser to transform the colored light in beams of colored light, a scan optics element positioned in the light path after the diffuser, the scan optics element to move beams of colored light in a direction orthogonal to the light path with distinct beams of colored light separated by unilluminated space, and a lens element positioned in the light path after the scan optics element, the lens element to convert an angular refraction of the beams of colored light into a spatial deflection. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141328 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus performs multi-color image formation using a plurality of scanning type optical devices which deflect and scan an optical beam using a rotating polygonal mirror. The image forming apparatus includes, for example, a detecting unit that detects a phase of rotating speed unevenness of rotating polygonal mirrors respectively provided in the plurality of scanning type optical devices, and an adjusting unit that adjusts, based on a phase of rotating speed unevenness detected for each rotating polygonal mirror, the rotating speed of each rotating polygonal mirror to reduce the phase differences between the phases. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141329 | BARCODE SCANNING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH DENSITY SCANNING PATTERN BY THE SAME - Barcode scanning device ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141330 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electro-optical display device comprises: an active matrix unit including a substrate having one surface and the other surface and a plurality of switching elements provided on the one surface of the substrate; a shutter unit provided on the active matrix unit, and a first microlens array provided on the other surface of the substrate of the active matrix unit, the first microlens array having a plurality of microlenses formed on the other surface of the substrate in a corresponding relationship with the plurality of window portions. The shutter unit is comprised of: a base provided so as to oppose the one surface of the substrate, the base having a plurality of window portions provided in a corresponding relationship with the plurality of switching elements; movable plates provided above the plurality of window portions so as to be displaceable relative to the base, the movable plates opening and closing the plurality of window portions to obtain an opening state and a closing state of each of the plurality of window portions; and driving means for displacing the movable plates and switching the opening state and the closing state of each of the plurality of window portions. The electro-optical display device is capable of using light with increased utilization efficiency and displaying a high quality image, while exhibiting enhanced reliability. Further, an electronic device provided with the electro-optical display device is also provided. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141331 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - An interior rearview mirror assembly for vehicles includes a mirror case having a reflective element and a carrier positioned in the mirror case. The mirror case is adapted to mount to a vehicle. The reflective element includes a substrate, with a reflective coating on one side of the substrate, and a window therethrough. The carrier has a display element for displaying one or more indicia through the window to define a display area on the reflective element. The carrier comprises a plate member, with a first portion and a second portion offset rearwardly from the reflective element and from the first portion. The second portion includes the display element. Preferably, the interior rearview mirror assembly further includes at least one light assembly for displaying the indicia through said window so that it is visible to an occupant of the vehicle. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141332 | ELECTROOPTICAL APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OUTSIDE LIGHT - An electrooptical apparatus includes a display unit that emits display light, a light emission stopping unit that stops emission of the display light in the display unit, a light receiving unit that receives outside light around the display unit while emission of the display light is stopped, an accumulating unit that accumulates the amount of outside light received by the light receiving unit, and a calculating unit that calculates the light intensity of outside light on the basis of the time taken for the accumulated amount of outside light received to exceed a predetermined threshold. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141333 | Light modulation device - A light modulation device capable of stabilizing a phase set in phase modulation processing and improving optical communication quality. A phase modulator is provided for each of plural branched input lights and performs phase modulation of the input light. A phase shifter is provided at the upstream or downstream of the phase modulator and shifts a phase of the input light or of the phase-modulated light. A light interference section causes the output lights from the light modulator to interfere with each other to generate a multilevel phase modulated signal and interference light having a phase state different from that of the modulated signal. A monitor receives the interference light and outputs an electric signal according to the intensity. A phase shift controller generates a phase control signal based on the electric signal and applies the signal to the shifter to control the phase shift amount to be set by the shifter. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141334 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOUSING HAVING TUNABLE METALLIC APPEARANCE - An electronic device ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141335 | Display device - Display device is based on layer break up or layer displacement having at least two different states, in which one of the fluids, e.g., oil in a first state, adjoins at least a first support plate and, in the second state, the other fluid at least partly adjoins the first support plate. In one embodiment, a picture element corresponds to a substantially closed space and, in the first state, the other fluid layer substantially completely adjoins both support plates and is divided in two sub-layers. This makes it possible, on the one hand, to use lower voltages to make displacement occur. On the other hand, this opens the opportunity to color displays. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141336 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICES EMPLOYING FRUSTRATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION - An image forming device for use in an optical projection device includes an optical interface and an array of movable elements selectively movable toward or away from the optical interface to selectively locally frustrate total internal reflection at the optical interface such that light totally internally reflected at the optical interface defines an image. A projection display device includes an optical projector system including the image forming device. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141337 | WHITE PARTICLES FOR IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are white particles for an image display device which includes: (i) a pair of substrates facing each other, provided that at least one of the substrates is transparent; and (ii) the white particles enclosed in a gap between the substrates, with which an image is displayed through migration of the white particles by generating an electric field between the substrates, wherein each of the white particles contains: (a) a core particles containing an inorganic oxide having a refractive index of 2.0 or more in an amount of 80 to 99 weight % based on the total weight of the core particle; and (b) a resin layer having a thickness of 10 to 1000 nm on a surface of the core particle. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141338 | TONER COMPOSITIONS FOR DRY-POWDER ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS - Toner particles and a dry-powder electrophoretic display employing such particles are disclosed herein. The toner particles adapted for a dry-powder electrophoretic display comprise emulsion/aggregation particles having a negative charge. At least a portion of the toner particles include a surface coating, comprising a methacrylate polymer, disposed on the surface of the toner particles to impart a positive charge to a set of toner particles. The emulsion/aggregation toner particles have a particle size generally less than about 10 micrometers that allows for improved image quality as compared to conventional toners utilized in dry-powder electrophoretic displays. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141339 | OPTICAL MODULATOR, OPTICAL MODULATOR MODULE AND SCANNING DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are an optical modulator and an optical modulator module that can reduce a laser speckle. The optical modulator module can include an optical modulator, modulating an incident beam of light incident according to a driving signal and outputting the modulated beam of light; and a light transmissive substrate, placed in the optical modulator and formed with a phase control pattern, the incident beam of light and the outputted beam of light passing through the light transmissive substrate and the phase control pattern being formed in a part of a surface that is a light path of the incident beam of light and the outputted beam of light. Here, the phase control pattern, a central peak of an autocorrelation function can have a width that is smaller than a width of the phase control pattern, and a side lobe level is smaller than a level of the central peak. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141340 | FIBER OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR WITH HIGH POWER AND BANDWIDTH - The present invention provides methods, systems, and apparatus of improved fiber-based optical parametric oscillators (FOPOs). These oscillators can be used in the creation of short pulsed laser radiation, which are useful in numerous applications, such as characterization of materials and molecules. A relationship between fiber length and performance is realized, where shorter lengths counterintuitively provide greater power and width of output bands. This relationship is used to develop improved FOPOs. For example, fibers of 10 cm or less may be used to obtain superior performance in terms of wavelength tunability (e.g. bandwidth of 200 nm and greater) and output power (e.g. pulse power of 1 nJ). Other realized relationships between length and wavelength position of output bands are also used to select the wavelength range output from the FOPO. The diameter of the fiber may be selected to provide positioning (e.g. a centering) of the range of attainable output wavelengths. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141341 | Static phase mask for high-order spectral phase control in a hybrid chirped pulse amplifier system - A chirped pulse amplification (CPA) system comprises an optical pulse stretcher and an optical pulse compressor that are mismatched in that the optical pulse compressor includes a bulk optical grating while the optical pulse stretcher does not. High order dispersion compensation is provided by an optical phase mask disposed within the optical pulse compressor. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141342 | MULTI-LAYER MIRROR FOR RADIATION IN THE SOFT X-RAY AND XUV WAVELENGTH RANGE - Multi-layer mirror for radiation with a wavelength in the wavelength range between 0.1 nm and 30 nm, comprising a stack of thin films substantially comprising scattering particles which scatter the radiation, which thin films are separated by separating layers with a thickness in the order of magnitude of the wavelength of the radiation, which separating layers substantially comprise non-scattering particles which do not scatter the radiation, wherein the separating layers are covered on at least one side in each case by an intermediate layer of a material which can be mixed with the material of the thin films and the material of the separating layers. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141343 | SPECTRAL FILTER WITH DYE-IMPREGNATED RESONANT NANO-SPHERES - Embodiments of spectral filters with dye-impregnated nano-spheres are described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a spectral filter comprises a host material that includes a plurality of nano-particles embedded within. The particles include a dye having an absorption band of wavelengths and have a size selected to resonate at a range of wavelengths that is within the absorption band. The particles may be selected to resonate in either a plasmon mode or a whispering-gallery mode. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141344 | HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS - High-resolution imaging systems are provided. In one embodiment, an imaging system based on a Cassegrain or Schmidt-Cassegrain objective, with coaxial primary and secondary mirrors, is provided with a microdisplacement mechanism acting on the secondary mirror to displace the image on a focusing array. In another embodiment, two co-axial Cassegrain-type objectives are provided one within the other with a common focal plane array, which therefore detects combined wide field-of-view and narrow field-of-view images. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141345 | Microscope Stage and Microscope Observing Unit - A microscope stage capable of always heating the entire culture vessel even when the culture vessel is moved in two-dimensional directions, and allowing an object lens and a condenser even in a high-power microscope to approach an object of observation such as a cell until they come into focus. A heating unit ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141346 | TELESCOPE WITH VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION - A description is given of a telescopic sight with variable magnification, comprising a fixed objective and first image plane assigned thereto, a variable system with second image plane assigned thereto, and a fixed eyepiece for viewing the second image plane and that has a stop in the vicinity of the first image plane whose aperture diameter can be varied as a function of the magnification of the variable system in order to suppress scattered and/or false light. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141347 | Apparatus and Method for Using Voice Coils as Screen Motion Sensors - In one embodiment, a display device includes a movably suspended diffuser screen, and a voice-coil mechanism coupled to the diffuser screen. A signal-processing device, such as a microprocessor, is coupled to a driver circuit to produce a drive signal at an output terminal for the voice coil in response to a voltage sensed across the voice coil. The driver circuit includes shutdown control to drive its output terminal to a high-impedance state to accommodate sensing voltage across the voice coil. Thus, the signal for the voice coil is produced by the signal-processing device in a closed-loop feedback arrangement without the need for separate position-sensing elements. In a preferred arrangement, a second voice coil is coupled to the diffuser screen and to the signal-processing circuitry to produce a second signal for the second voice coil to accommodate generating a circular motion for the diffuser screen without stationary points. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141348 | REFLEX-TYPE SCREEN, SCREEN APPARATUS, AND SHEET-LIKE ARTICLE - The present invention provides a reflex-type screen which is wound up by a winding shaft to be retracted and is unwound from the winding shaft in use. The reflex-type screen comprises a reflection layer which reflects an incident light, a transparent surface protective layer provided on a first surface of the reflection layer, and a back surface protective layer provided on a second surface of the reflection layer, wherein as between the surface protective layer and the back surface protective layer, the one that has a higher loop stiffness value, faces inward when the reflex-type screen is wound up by the shaft. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141349 | Apparatus for observing combustion conditions in a gas turbine engine - A fuel injector for a gas turbine combustor is disclosed which includes a feed arm having a flange for mounting the injector within the combustor and a fuel nozzle depending from the feed arm for injecting fuel into the combustor for combustion. An optical sensor array is operatively associated with the fuel nozzle for observing combustor flame characteristics. The optical sensor array includes a plurality of sapphire rods positioned to be close enough to the combustor flame to oxidize soot deposits thereon. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141350 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element, wherein an interval between at least any two lens units among the lens units is changed so that an optical image of an object is formed with a continuously variable magnification, a first lens unit arranged on the most object side among the lens units includes a lens element having a reflecting surface for bending a light beam from the object, and any one of the lens units, any one of the lens elements, or alternatively a plurality of adjacent lens elements that constitute one lens unit move in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis; an imaging device including the zoom lens system; and a camera employing the imaging device. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141351 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A zoom lens system comprising a plurality of lens units each composed of at least one lens element, wherein an interval between at least any two lens units among the lens units is changed so that an optical image of an object is formed with a continuously variable magnification, a first lens unit arranged on the most object side among the lens units includes a lens element having a reflecting surface for bending a light beam from the object, and any one of the lens units, any one of the lens elements, or alternatively a plurality of adjacent lens elements that constitute one lens unit move in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis; an imaging device including the zoom lens system; and a camera employing the imaging device. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141352 | LIQUID OPTICS IMAGE STABILIZATION - A lens system suitable for use with a camera is disclosed. The lens system employs liquid optics to provide stabilization of an image. A pair of liquid lens cells provides stabilization of the image. A second pair of liquid lens cells may provide stabilization in another direction. The two pairs of liquid cells may provide stabilization in any direction. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141353 | IMAGE DISPLAY BODY AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - An image display body in which a decorative effect is obtained more effectively by an optical diffraction structure. In an image display body, an optical diffraction structure portion constituted by the optical diffraction structure in a halftone dot state is provided in a colored region on a base material. In the image display body, a dot area percent of a halftone dot a constituting the optical diffraction structure portion to the colored region ranges from 15% to 60%, an area of each halftone dot a is smaller than 0.25 mm | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141354 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A diffractive optical element includes at least one element portion including a base, a diffraction grating, a substrate, and an intermediate layer. The base and the diffraction grating are disposed above the substrate through the intermediate layer, and are formed of a same material. An extinction coefficient for the d-line of the material of the diffraction grating and an extinction coefficient for the d-line of a material of the intermediate layer are properly set to satisfied conditional expressions. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141355 | SECURITY DEVICE, REFLECTIVE LAYER THEREFOR, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - The present invention relates to a security device for resisting counterfeiting and verifying the authenticity of an article and, more particularly, to a nanoparticle containing coating composition applied thereon to produce a reflective layer for use with diffractive security devices. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141356 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An optical element includes plural multilayer mirrors, wherein the multilayer mirrors are renewable. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141357 | PLASTIC LENS COMPRISING MULTILAYER ANTIREFLECTIVE FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention relates to a plastic lens comprising a multilayer antireflective film and to a method for manufacturing the same. The plastic lens has a multilayer antireflective film present on the surface of a plastic lens substrate, either directly or through another layer. The multilayer antireflective film comprises a composite layer in which at least two metal oxide layers, containing an identical metal element but different quantities of oxygen, are adjacent. In the method for manufacturing the above plastic lens, each of the metal oxide layers constituting said composite layer is formed by employing a single vaporization source and by vapor depositing adjacent layers under differing conditions of partial pressure of reactive oxygen gas. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141358 | DENSE HOMOGENEOUS FLUORIDE FILMS FOR DUV ELEMENTS AND METHOD OF PREPARING SAME - The invention is directed to optical elements that are coated with dense homogeneous fluoride films and to a method of making such coated elements. The coatings materials are a high (“H”) refractive index fluoride material and a low (“L”) refractive index material that are co-evaporated to form a coating layer of a L-H coating material (a co-deposited coating of L and H materials). Lanthanide metal fluorides (for example, neodymium, lanthanum, dysprosium, yttrium and gadolinium, and combinations thereof) are preferred metal fluorides for use as the high refractive index materials with lanthanum fluoride (LaF | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141359 | PLASTIC FILM WITH A MULTILAYERED INTERFERENCE COATING - A polymer film with an optical interference system. The optical interference system comprises at least two layers of different refractive index, which layers comprise nanoscale inorganic particles having organic surface groups that are polymerizable and/or polycondensable. The layers are at least partially crosslinked through the organic surface groups. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141360 | PRISM UNIT AND A PROJECTION IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A prism unit includes a prism having at least one optical surface in its inside, and a prism base disposing the prism, the prism base including at least three seating surfaces that are attached to a surface orthogonal to the optical surface of the prism, a seating surface bonded part that is bonded to the prism by an adhesive. At least the three seating surfaces and the seating surface bonded part are symmetrically arranged on the optical surface of the prism. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141361 | Imaging Apparatus and Method for Manufacturing Microlens Array - An imaging device ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141362 | ERECTING EQUAL-MAGNIFICATION LENS ARRAY PLATE - An erecting equal-magnification lens array plate includes a stack of a plurality lens array plates built such that pairs of corresponding lenses form a coaxial lens system, where each lens array plate is formed with a plurality of convex lenses on both surfaces of the plate. The plate receives light from a substantially straight light source facing one side of the plate, and the plate forms an erect equal-magnification image of the substantially straight light source on an image plane facing the other side of the plate. The main lens arrangement direction differs from the main scanning direction of the erecting equal-magnification lens array plate. The erecting equal-magnification lens array plate is provided with a first light shielding member operative to shield light not contributing to imaging and formed in the neighborhood of a position in the intermediate plane in the erecting equal-magnification lens array plate where an inverted image of the substantially straight light source is formed, and with a second light shielding member operative to reduce the amount of light incident on at least some of the lenses at the periphery in the sub-scanning direction and provided on a lens surface facing a light source. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141363 | HEAD UP DISPLAY DEVICE - An external mounting type head up display device for a vehicle, which can be mounted irrespective of kind of vehicle, is disclosed. The head up display device includes a display unit to convert a signal into an image and output the image, an optical element decentered with respect to an optical axis of the display unit, the optical element magnifying the image and transmitting the image, and a combiner provided in front of a driver to provide the driver with the transmitted magnified image. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141364 | IMAGING LENS SYSTEM AND CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE - A capsule endoscope has an imaging lens system | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141365 | LIQUID OPTICS WITH FOLDS LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A high performance zoom lens system suitable for use with a camera is disclosed. The zoom lens systems employs redirection of the radiation axis, 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. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141366 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An optical element is disclosed. The optical element may include a container having a holding chamber, a polar or conductive first liquid filled in the holding chamber, a second liquid filled in the holding chamber and not mixing with the first liquid, first and second electrodes for applying an electric field to the first liquid, and voltage application means for applying voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141367 | ZOOMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A zooming system includes a selecting unit, a detection unit, a calculating unit, a controlling unit, and a zooming unit. The selecting unit is configured for selecting a zoom mode based on the presence of faces in a pre-image. The detection unit is configured for detecting facial areas in the pre-image. The calculating unit is configured for calculating a zoom ratio on the basis of a dimensional ratio of the detected facial areas to the pre-image. The zooming unit is controlled by the controlling unit to zoom the imaging device according to the zoom ratio. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141368 | Image forming optical system - An image forming optical system comprises, in order from an object side, a front lens group having negative refracting power, and a rear lens group having positive refracting power, wherein said front group comprises, in order from the object side, a first lens element having the negative refracting power, and a second lens element of a meniscus form having a convex surface directed toward an image side; wherein said first lens element has an aspherical surface that is a concave surface directed toward the object side in the vicinity of the optical axis, and negative refracting power at a position on the aspherical surface becomes weak as a distance between the position and the optical axis becomes large, and a surface directed toward the image side that is concave at least in the vicinity of the optical axis; and further the following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied: | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141369 | Single Prism Aberration Compensation - System and method for utilizing two prisms spatially separated is provided. The two prisms spatially separated allows the two prisms typically found in a TIR optical relay system to be spatially separated. In an embodiment, one or more optical relay lenses are interposed between the two prisms. The prism positioned on the object side may be integrated into one or more of the optical relay lenses, thereby further simplifying the optical relay design. In another embodiment, the one or more optical relay lenses may have an optical axis that is offset from the optical axis of incoming light to cause a pupil shift. An aspherical lens may be included to correct for the pupil shift and create a more uniform illumination image. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141370 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A disclosed projection optical system for projecting and forming an enlarged image of an image displayed in a planar manner as an object includes: a lens system including, from an object side, at least a lens group providing telecentricity to an object space side, a lens group controlling divergence of angles of view, a diaphragm, a lens group converging the angles of view, and a lens group converging and subsequently enlarging the angles of view; and a catoptric system disposed on an image side relative to the lens system and including a mirror having negative power. Each lens group of the lens system and the mirror having negative power share an optical axis and the optical axis is shifted relative to a center of an object surface. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141371 | COLLIMATED OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH CLIP RING ECCENTRIC LOCKING MECHANISM - An optical system includes a lens cell having a generally cylindrical lens cell body. The lens cell body has a lens cell central longitudinal axis and a lens cell optical axis eccentrically offset from the lens cell central longitudinal axis. A sleeve includes a generally cylindrical sleeve body having an outer surface with a first longitudinal axis and an inner surface with a second longitudinal axis eccentrically offset from the first longitudinal axis. The lens cell is inserted into the sleeve. A housing has a generally cylindrical body with the sleeve at least partially inserted into the housing. A clip is disposed about at least a portion of the circumference of the housing. The lens cell and the sleeve are rotated relative to each other and to the housing such that the lens cell optical axis is aligned in a desired location. After the lens cell optical axis is aligned in the desired location, the clip is releasably coupled to and inserted through the housing and into the sleeve to restrict rotation of the sleeve relative to the housing. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141372 | Piezoelectric movement of a lens - The invention relates to an apparatus, comprising a lens and a piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric element is configured to bend in response to a voltage applied thereto. The lens and the piezoelectric element are arranged so that the bending causes at least a portion of the lens to move in at least one movement direction. The invention further relates to an according method and computer-readable medium. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141373 | LENS MODULE - A lens module includes a base to be fixed, a second elastic sheet fixed in the base, a lens sleeve sliding according to the base, a limiting member installed on the lens sleeve, a first elastic sheet, and an upper cover. The lens module includes a covering board with a central hole installed between the second elastic sheet and the lens sleeve. The diameter of the central hole is greater than the outer diameter of the lens sleeve. The covering board is connected to the base to fix the second elastic sheet on the base. Because the covering board to connect to the base, the second elastic sheet can be fixed on the base for decreasing time-consumption, reliable fixation, and decreasing the rate which the second elastic sheet rotates and is deformed. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141374 | Lens Unit - A lens unit, despite its having a lens driving device that drives a lens and an optical path control device that controls an optical path, providing stable lens drive and reduction in size. The lens unit ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141375 | LENS MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE HAVING SAME - A lens module includes a lens barrel, a first lens, a number of elastic members, first and magnetic field generators, and a holder threadedly engaged with the lens barrel. The first lens is attached within the lens barrel by the elastic members. The first magnetic field generators are arranged on the lens and configured for generating a first magnetic field in a direction along a central axis of the first lens. The holder has a number of receiving holes therein. The second magnetic field generators are received in the respective receiving holes of the holder and are configured for generating a second magnetic field in a direction essentially the same as or opposite to that of the first magnetic field, such that the first magnetic field generators together with the first lens are movable along the direction of the central axis of the first lens. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141376 | SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE COMPATIBLE CARBON THIN FILMS - SPR-compatible substrates for high density microarray fabrication and analyses are provided. Novel carbon-on-metal thin film substrate architecture permits the integration of surface plasmon resonance detection with photolithographically fabricated biomolecule arrays for the analysis of biomolecular interactions. The utility of the technology is shown in the analysis of specific DNA-DNA, DNA-RNA and DNA-protein binding interactions. These new substrates may be used to determine the secondary structure of RNA molecules, to probe the sequence-specific binding kinetics and affinity of proteins and small molecules, and as substrates for small-molecule combinatorial chemistry platforms for drug discovery applications. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141377 | SIDE MIRROR OF MOTORCYCLE AND MOTORCYCLE THEREWITH - A side mirror includes a mount seat mounted to a front cowl that covers a portion of the front of a vehicle body, a mirror stay supported on the mount seat with a basal end thereof supported in a turnable manner, and a mirror provided at a tip end of the mirror stay. The mount seat includes a base portion 41 | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141378 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical element includes a substrate, a magnetostrictive film arranged on the substrate, a film thickness of the magnetostrictive film varying in accordance with intensity of a magnetic field, and a reflection film arranged on the magnetostrictive film and reflects light. An optical apparatus includes a stage including a holder provided with plural holes arranged in a carrying surface thereof for carrying an optical element provided with a magnetostrictive film arranged on a substrate, a film thickness of the magnetostrictive film varying in accordance with intensity of a magnetic field, and a reflection film arranged on the magnetostrictive film and reflecting light, plural magnetic field generation parts embedded in the plural holes, and a control mechanism for controlling the magnetic field generated by each of the plural magnetic field generation parts, and controlling the film thickness of the magnetostrictive film. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141379 | MULTIVIEW AND MULTIANGLE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE - An image reconstruction device includes a housing which is opened at an upper end thereof, a support plate which is arranged adjacent to a lower end of the housing, a plurality of partition walls which divide an area on the support plate into parts, rotation plates which are installed on the support plate to allow objects to be placed thereon, illuminators which are mounted to a side wall of the housing, reflection mirrors which are positioned above the illuminators, and a pair of concave mirrors which are arranged in an upper part of the housing. The pair of concave mirrors are provided in each of four directions, and these four pairs of concave mirrors are rotated above the housing by concave mirror rotation means. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141380 | Device for Absorption of a Laser Beam and Device for Attenuating a Laser Beam - An apparatus for absorbing a laser beam has an absorption surface on which the laser beam is incident and which absorbs the beam at least partially. The apparatus also has a cooling device for cooling the absorption surface and an optical device, such as in the form of a cylindrical lens, for expanding the laser beam before it is incident on the absorption surface. The apparatus may also have a beam splitter for attenuating a laser beam. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141381 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A color filter substrate and a display device are each capable of reducing color separation of a straight line displayed with a mixed color and particularly color separation of a straight white line displayed with a mixed color on a black background. The color filter substrate is a color filter substrate including colored layers of at least four colors, arrayed inside a pixel region, wherein at least one pair of colored layers that are not next to each other when the colored layers of all the colors are arrayed in order of hue is adjacently arranged to each other inside the pixel region. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141382 | MAGNETIC TRANSFER MASTER DISK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A magnetic transfer master disk including a magnetic layer and exhibiting excellent shape stability of a protrusion/recess pattern is provided. An initial layer formed of a conductive film is formed on a surface of a master on which a pattern of minute protrusions/recesses is formed, and then a magnetic layer (principal layer) is formed on the initial layer, and then, a metal layer is formed by means of electroforming. A duplicate in which the initial layer, the magnetic layer and the metal layer have been integrated is peeled off from the master, thereby obtaining a magnetic transfer master disk, which is a duplicate in which the magnetic layer and the initial layer are deposited on the protruded/recessed surface of the metal layer. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141383 | SETTING METHOD OF MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC DISK SETTING APPARATUS - A gain setting apparatus that externally performs setting of a magnetic disk apparatus before shipment causes a servo data gain setting unit to set a servo data gain for a preamplifier. The gain setting apparatus then causes a core deviation correction processor to set the servo data gain as a provisional user data gain, so as to perform core deviation correction for correcting positional misalignment between a read core and a write core. Further, the gain setting apparatus causes a user data gain setting unit to set the user data gain for the preamplifier. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141384 | Inspection method for perpendicular magnetic recording medium and inspection device thereof - A device inspects the performance of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium by separating the medium noise component of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium to decrease the error rate by accurately separating and detecting the medium noise component. Using correlation matrices, jitter noise and T50 noise which depend on the transition point of magnetization, and DC noise which is added to a DC component are separated and detected from the medium noise component of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium acquired from the reproducing waveform of a magnetic head. By adding a base matrix of the DC noise component to a linear separation expression for detecting the noise power from the medium noise component, the DC noise is detected using the least square method, separately from the other medium noise, which depends on the fluctuation of magnetization transition points. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141385 | MEMORY DEVICE FOR STORING DATA AND READING DATA - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a memory device has a medium including a plurality of tracks, each of which has a plurality of sectors separated by a plurality of servo areas, for storing data in the sectors of the tracks, a head for writing data into and reading data from the medium and a controller for determining whether the head has read out data from a sector on a target track correctly or not in reference to information obtained from servo areas sandwiching the sector and for driving the head so as to retry reading out data from the sector when the controller determines that the head failed to have read out data on the target track. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141386 | HEAD IC, READ CIRCUIT AND MEDIA STORAGE DEVICE - A head IC adjusts an amplitude level of a read signal of a head and outputs to a read channel having an AGC amplifier, includes an AGC amplifier. The AGC amplifier has a feedback loop control type first amplifier and a feed-forward control type second amplifier. The precision of control with respect to a target value is improved, and an AGC amplifier with fast response can be configured. Further, increases in the AGC pull-in type can be prevented, stability can be assured, and erroneous AGC judgments can be prevented. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141387 | NANOPROBE-BASED HEATING APPARATUS AND HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD USING THE SAME - A nanoprobe-based heating apparatus includes a nanoprobe, a heating unit, a gap control unit, and a support unit. The nanoprobe has a tip forming at an end of the nanoprobe, and the tip applies heat to a magnetic recording bit of a recording medium. The heating unit heats the nanoprobe. The gap control unit controls a gap between the nanoprobe and the recording medium. The support unit supports the nanoprobe, the heating unit, and the gap control unit. The nanoprobe-based heating apparatus is installed at a magnetic recording head of a magnetic hard disk drive to be able to heat an ultra-fine region of a recording medium very rapidly by applying heat together with a magnetic field. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141388 | MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS - A preamplifier receives a servo gate signal indicating whether magnetic information read out from a disk by a head is servo data for positioning-use or user data stored in a user area available for reading and writing of given data. In the preamplifier, a servo data gain and a user data gain are set in advance. Based on a received servo gate signal, the preamplifier changes the gain depending on whether the head outputs the servo data or the user data. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141389 | ULTRA HIGH TRACK DENSITY ADAPTIVE HEAD CORE TRACK PITCH CONTROL - Apparatuses and methods for adjusting the track pitches of the tracks on a data storage tape. In one variation, the method comprises adjusting the observed pitch between the tracks by applying variable amounts of pressure on the surface of the tape. In another variation, the pressure is applied to a localized region on the tape. The pressure can be modulated to induces a change in the physical characteristic of the tape in and around the area where pressure is applied. In another aspect, an apparatus is configured with a magnetic read-head for detecting written tracks on a magnetic tape, and an actuator is provided to apply pressure on the tape to control the track pitch of the written tracks. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141390 | MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - A magnetic disk apparatus has a heater for heating a head incorporated in the magnetic disk apparatus, an atmospheric pressure detector for detecting a change in atmospheric pressure in the magnetic disk apparatus, and an adjuster for adjusting a thermal dose supplied to the head by the heater according to the change in atmospheric pressure detected by the atmospheric pressure detector. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141391 | Disk drive device and clearance control method thereof - Embodiments of the present invention help to precisely control the clearance between a head and disk for the pressure without using a barometric sensor. In an embodiment of the present invention, an HDD determines a clearance from variations in operational parameters, and further determines a variation in pressure by deducting the clearance variation caused by a variation in temperature from the clearance. When the HDD controls the clearance in accordance with the pressure change, the HDD checks for head-disk contact. The accuracy and reliability in pressure measurement (clearance measurement) using operational parameters are not high. Therefore, confirming the pressure measurement by the presence or absence of head-disk contact eliminates head-disk contact in the following read/write operation to attain a securer margin for the clearance. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141392 | MEASUREMENT METHOD OF MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS, AND MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS - A gain controller changes a gain of a read amplifier depending on whether a head reads out servo data or user data. Further, a heater setting unit changes the temperature of a heater and a reading gain when detecting touchdown performed by the head. Accordingly, a dynamic range of AGC in a read-write channel is increased, so that error detection is prevented for touchdown that occurs because an AGC gain converged value remains at 0. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141393 | DUAL SIDED TAPE STORAGE DEVICE AND DUAL SIDED TAPE DRIVE - A data storage device is provided with a housing having an access opening, a pair of tape reels and dual sided data tape. The access opening is adjacent to a tape path for access of each tape side. A tape drive is provided with a pair of read/write heads, each having a first position to receive the tape, and a second position for engaging one side of the tape for performing a read/write function. A method is disclosed for reading and/or writing data with a data storage device by providing a housing having an access opening, a pair of tape reels, and dual sided tape. The data storage device is loaded to a tape drive having a pair of read/write heads that are actuated to engage the data tape sides. The tape is conveyed along the pair of read/write heads while a read/write function is performed. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141394 | ACTUATOR HEAT SINK - An actuator for selectively positioning a portion of a communication channel formed by a cable circuit having a protuberant component connected at a proximal end to a flexible base, whereby the actuator defines a heat transfer surface operably disposed in thermal conductivity with a distal surface of the protuberant component for sinking heat from the component to the actuator. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141395 | MOUNTING METHOD FOR STORAGE MEDIUM - In one example embodiment, there is provided a storage-medium mounting method that includes detecting a rotation center axis of a rotor by rotating the rotor relative to a stator, the rotor being rotatably supported by the stator. The storage-medium mounting method includes mounting a storage medium on the rotor while aligning a center axis of the storage medium with the rotation center axis of the rotor. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141396 | ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECT READ/WRITE HEAD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECT STORAGE APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An electric field effect read/write head for recording/reproducing information on/from a ferroelectric recording medium using an electric field effect includes a semiconductor substrate, a recess portion formed in an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate facing the ferroelectric recording medium, and a recording/reproduction portion provided in the recess portion. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141397 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC WRITE HEAD WITH STEPPED WRITE POLE FOR REDUCED MCW DEPENDENCY ON SKEW ANGLE - A magnetic write head for perpendicular magnetic data recording having a notched write pole for reduced magnetic core width (MCW) dependence on skew. The write pole is configured with a notch that can extend to or slightly beyond the flare point of the write pole, and is formed on the leading portion of the write pole. The notch can have a notch depth, as measured from the ABS of 50-200 nm or about 120 nm. The notch can have a notch height, measured in the down track direction that is 40-90 nm or 20-90 percent of the write pole height. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141398 | MAGNETIC HEAD AND STORAGE APPARATUS - A magnetic head has a magnetic main pole and a coil for generating a magnetic flux at the magnetic main pole by energizing the coil. The magnetic main pole is formed as a multi layer structure including at least one magnetic layer and at least one FeRh alloy layer. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141399 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THEREOF, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A magnetic-recording medium which is provided on a nonmagnetic substrate with at least an orientation-controlling layer for controlling the orientation of a layer formed directly thereon, a perpendicularly magnetic layer having an easily magnetizing axis oriented mainly perpendicularly relative to the nonmagnetic substrate, and a protective layer. The perpendicularly magnetic layer includes two or more magnetic layers, at least one of the magnetic layers is a layer having Co as a main component and containing Pt as well and containing an oxide, and at least another of the magnetic layers is a layer having Co as a main component and containing Cr as well and containing no oxide. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141400 | Magnetic disk drive and control method thereof - Embodiments of the present invention provide a magnetic disk drive capable of suppressing variations in flying height of a magnetic head caused by decrease in the amount of a low density gas inside a housing and a control method therefore. According to one embodiment, the magnetic disk drive includes a magnetic head, a magnetic disk, and a housing containing the magnetic head and the magnetic disk, wherein the housing is filled with a low density gas having a lower density than air. An amount of the low density gas in the housing is estimated and, based on the amount of the low density gas, a flying height of the magnetic head from a surface of the magnetic disk is controlled. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141401 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN A SUSPENSION FLEXURE CABLE AND A HEAD STACK ASSEMBLY FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT - A method and apparatus for electrically coupling a slider to a controller circuit are disclosed. In one embodiment, a pre-amplifier with an integrated electrical connector (I-connector) may be connected via an electrical trace to a slider and via a head stack assembly flexible circuit to a control circuit. The pre-amplifier may have two parallel series of spring probe claws, two parallel series of contact pegs, two slots, or a slot and a rotary cam. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141402 | HEAD, HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY, AND DISK DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a slider of a magnetic head is provided with a negative-pressure cavity formed in a facing surface, a leading step portion situated on the upstream side of the negative-pressure cavity, a pair of side portions opposed to each other, a trailing step portion situated on the outlet end side of the negative-pressure cavity, and a pair of embossed portions formed on the facing surface so as to project from the negative-pressure cavity and provided on the outlet side of the negative-pressure cavity with respect to an airflow. The embossed portions individually extend along a second direction so as to be situated individually on the opposite sides of the trailing step portion and are formed so as to be lower than the trailing step portion with respect to the negative-pressure cavity and flush with an outlet-side end surface of the slider. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141403 | HEAD WITH AN AIR BEARING SURFACE HAVING LEFT AND RIGHT LEADING PRESSURIZING STEPS, EACH WITH SHORT AND LONG REGIONS - A head has an air bearing surface with left and right leading pressurizing steps. The left and right leading pressurizing steps are each partially surrounded by left and right leading pads, respectively. The left leading pressurizing step includes a left short region that extends for a first distance (measured parallel to the slider longitudinal axis) from the leading face of the slider to the left leading pad. The left leading pressurizing step also includes a left long region that extends for a second distance (measured parallel to the longitudinal axis) from the leading face to the left leading pad. The second distance is at least 25% greater than the first distance. The left short region is disposed closer to the left lateral face than is the left long region. The left long region is disposed closer to the longitudinal axis than is the left short region. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141404 | Flex cable assembly damper - A flex cable assembly for a head stack assembly of a hard disk drive comprises a flex cable for conducting data signals from the head stack assembly to a connector. The flex cable comprises a dynamic loop section between a termination for the head stack assembly and the connector. A constrained layer damper is attached adjacently to an area of the flex cable that is configured to receive the coupler. The constrained layer damper extends into the dynamic loop section of the flex cable. | 2009-06-04 |
