| 27th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
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| 20130169982 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image data processing unit that converts combined data, in which image data to be used for adjusting image quality is inserted between pieces of print image data, into image forming data, and outputs the converted data; an image forming data counting unit that counts image forming pixels for each divided region obtained by dividing the image forming data in a sub-scanning direction; a storage unit that stores therein image forming data information relating to the image data to be used for adjusting image quality; and a control data generating unit that generates a control parameter for controlling image forming units based on count values of the image forming pixels. The control data generating unit generates the control parameters based on the image forming data information for a period in which the image data to be used for adjusting image quality is output. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169983 | Method and Apparatus for Rasterizing Transparent Page - A method for rasterizing a transparent page comprises interpreting the transparent page to obtain graphic entities, transparency properties of the graphic entities, and profile information of the graphic entities; dividing the transparent page into a transparent area and a nontransparent area according to the transparency properties of the graphic entities; identifying, from the graphic entities, an overlapping graphic entity having an overlapping portion with the transparent area according to the profile information of the graphic entities; and dividing the transparent area into a de-transparentizing area and an ultimate transparent area by using the overlapping graphic entity. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169984 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus prints an image using a plurality of color materials and a colorless material. A memory stores information indicating a plurality of dot placements which include different dot placements of the colorless material, and correspond to an amount of the colorless material. Color material amount data indicating amounts of the plurality of color materials and the amount of the colorless material is input for each pixel. A dot placement of the colorless material is determined from the plurality of dot placements based on the amount of the colorless material indicated by the input color material amount data, so that coloring of specular reflection light on each pixel becomes closer to an achromatic color. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169985 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming device includes an image reading unit that reads an image on an original and generates image data, and a file name setting unit that sets time and user identification information of a default file name to time when an image is read by the image reading unit and user identification information of a user instructing the image reading unit to read the image, and gives a set file name to the image data generated by the image reading unit, in a case where the default file name indicated in a form including a character string registered in advance, the time, and the user identification information for identifying a user are received, and the image is read by the image reading unit. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169986 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING OPTION SCREEN THEREOF - A method of displaying an option screen in an image forming apparatus includes determining at least one operation option corresponding each of two or more image forming functions, among image forming functions provided by the image forming apparatus; generating an option screen in which regions for setting the operation options determined with respect to the two or more image forming functions are arranged in a same screen; and displaying the generated option screen through a user interface unit. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169987 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a plugin that is a program for executing a print process and at least one library that represents a component of the plugin; a generation unit configured to generate an intermediate file that includes image data to be printed and print setting information for the image data; a plugin execution unit configured to execute the plugin that includes the at least one library and to reflect a print setting by the plugin to the print setting information; and an output unit configured to output an intermediate file that includes the image data and the print setting information to which the print setting by the plugin has been reflected. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169988 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A PRINTER BY USING AN EXTERNAL MEMORY - Provided is printer operation control system and method for a printer having diverse print functions by using an external memory. The external memory is used to store information on the availability of each print function. A reader is provided for reading the information on the availability of each print function stored in the external memory. Further, a function setting unit is provided for setting up the operability of software for each print function based on the information read in the reader. Even further, a controller is provided for controlling the operation of the printer based on the operability of each software set up in the function setting unit. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169989 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION - An information transmission system includes a first image processing device and a second image processing device. The first image processing device includes a memory for storing information associated with each user. In the information transmission system, an authentication unit authenticates a user. A receiving unit receives an instruction for identifying information to be transmitted to the second image processing device, from information associated with the user authenticated by the authentication unit. A transmission unit transmits the information identified by the instruction received by the receiving unit, from the first image processing device to the second image processing device. The authentication unit authenticates a second user with a first user having been authenticated. The receiving unit receives an instruction for identifying the information from information associated with the first user authenticated and information associated with the second user authenticated. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169990 | POWER SUPPLY UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A power supply unit includes a first power supply configured to supply electric power to a load using electric power supplied from an external power source; a second power supply configured to store the electric power supplied from the external power source and supply the stored electric power to the load; a no-power detecting unit configured to monitor a voltage of the external power source and detect no electric power from the external power source; and an output switching unit configured to switch the electric power to be supplied to the load to the electric power supplied from the second power supply when the no-power detecting unit detects no electric power. A first setting value that is a target output voltage of the first power supply is larger than a second setting value that is a target output voltage of the second power supply. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169991 | Approach For Implementing Locked Printing With Unlock Via A User Input Device - An approach is provided for implementing locked printing on a printing device with unlock via a keypad attached to the printing device via an interface. A user may specify for printing print jobs stored at a printing device using a keypad device to enter a job ID associated with a particular print job or a general ID associated with users to release all print jobs associated with a particular user, all print jobs not yet printed, or all print jobs. Print jobs may alternatively be identified by date. The approach may also include a user viewing a list of available locked print jobs on a user interface of the printing device, along with the associated job IDs. The approach may further include the use of a Web server on the printing device to generate and provide a Web page that lists stored print jobs and their associated job IDs. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169992 | SECURE UPGRADE SUPPLIES AND METHODS - Example secure upgrade supplies and methods are disclosed. A disclosed example secure upgrade method includes receiving a request at an imaging supply ( | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169993 | Automated Production of Printed Products From Online Content - A system and method for automated production of tangible printed products using content derived from an online source is presented. In some instances the content is identified by a client and is automatically printed to an object followed by delivery of the object to a desired recipient. A URL identifying the desired content is prepared by a Web server and provided to an application server, which URL identifies graphical and other content for printing and which URL can cause billing of the operator of the Web server for the printed product making services. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169994 | DATA GENERATION METHOD AND DATA GENERATION APPARATUS - Conventional calibration patches are designed such that gradation values of the patches are determined, based on the overall length of a trajectory of a monochrome ink color in an L*a*b* space, so that distances between patches become uniform, and therefore provide low interpolation accuracy in a region where measurement values change non-linearly in accordance with the change in gradation. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169995 | APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING OUTPUT USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - In the case that a secure mode is applied to an MFP which handles both of a QR code and an LVBC, there is a problem that convenience is lost also in LVBC utilization. An apparatus, comprising a unit configured to: enable to set any of a normal mode and a secure mode in determining whether or not to allow output of a document image, in the case that a first mode utilizing a partial code included in the document image is set; and enable setting of the normal mode and disable setting of the secure mode in determining whether or not to allow output of a document image, in the case that a second mode utilizing a whole code included in the document image is set. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169996 | ENHANCED PRINTER FUNCTIONALITY WITH DYNAMIC IDENTIFIER CODE - An apparatus may comprise a code output device and a processor configured to detect a first apparatus condition indication, generate a first dynamic identifier code representative of a first apparatus condition in response to detecting the first apparatus condition indication, output the first dynamic identifier code to the code output device, detect a second apparatus condition indication, generate a second dynamic identifier code representative of a second apparatus condition in response to detecting the second apparatus condition indication, wherein the second dynamic identifier code is different than the first dynamic identifier code, and output the second dynamic identifier code to the code output device. Associated methods, computer program products, and systems are also provided. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169997 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light-emitting device includes: an array of light-emitting elements connected to a light-up signal line to supply a current for lighting up; an array of memory elements provided so as to correspond to the respective light-emitting elements, connected through respective resistances to a memory signal line to supply a signal to designate a light-emitting element to be lighted up, and memorizing by getting turned on that a corresponding light-emitting element is to be lighted up; and an array of switch elements provided so as to correspond to the respective memory elements, electrically connected to the respective memory elements, connected to a transfer signal line to supply signals to set so as to allow a sequential shift of an ON state from one side end to the other end side, and causing the respective memory elements to be likely to be set in an ON state by getting turned on. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169998 | Image Scanning Apparatus - An image scanning apparatus of this disclosure includes: a scanner unit which generates image data by image scanning and outputs it; a memory; a data processing unit which (a1) performs a predetermined process for either the image data outputted by the scanner unit or the image data for which a preprocess has been performed, (a2) writes the processed image data into a predetermined memory area in the memory in turn, and (a3) returns a writing position of the image data to a top of the memory area and overwrite the image data if the writing position of the image data reaches an end of the memory area; and a control unit which (b1) allocates the memory area in the memory and (b2) measures a shortage amount of the memory area on the basis of a size of an area where the image data has been overwritten. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130169999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING A FACSIMILE CONFIRMATION BASED ON CONTENT - A method for routing a confirmation of receipt of a facsimile or portion thereof according to one embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing text of a facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing one or more confirmations to one or more destinations based on the analysis. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170000 | IMAGE SCANNER, AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image scanner includes: an image sensor that photo-electrically converts reflected light from a document irradiated with light by a light source; an A/D converter that converts an analog image signal output from the image sensor into a digital signal; a lighting control unit that adjusts, in a period other than a document scanning period, a lighting period of the light source so that the light source is turned on and off alternately in a repetitive manner in units of a line cycle; a black correction unit that generates reference black data used for black correction based on effective pixel data in a light source non-lighting period in the period other than the document scanning period; and a white correction unit that generates shading data used for shading correction based on effective pixel data in a light source lighting period in the period other than the document scanning period. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170001 | Sheet Feeding Device and Image Scanning Device Employing the Same - A sheet feeding device is formed with a sheet mounting part, and a sheet feeding unit defining a sheet feed path having inlet and outlet. The sheet feeding unit is configured to introduce the sheet on the sheet mounting surface from the inlet, feed the sheet along the feed path, and discharge the sheet from the outlet onto the sheet mounting part. The sheet mounting part includes first and second members arranged next to each other. The first and second members with a border therebetween define a sheet mounting surface. An end portion of one of the first and second members has one or more protruded portions, while an end portion of the other member has one or more slits configured to receive the one or more protruded portions. An upper surface of the one member is located at a higher position than the upper surface of the other member. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170002 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS SCANNING DOCUMENT IMAGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS - An image scanning apparatus scanning a document image includes a document conveying unit, an image scanning unit, a foreign object detecting unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The document conveying unit feeds pages of a document loaded on a document feed tray one at a time. The image scanning unit scans each fed page of the document on a scanning face. The foreign object detecting unit detects whether a foreign object exists on the scanning face based on the image data on the page of the document scanned on the scanning face. The control unit causes the display unit to display the detection of a foreign object if a last page of the document loaded on the document feed tray is scanned and the foreign object on the scanning face is detected based on the image data on the last page of the document. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170003 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a tray to place a document, a conveying mechanism for a document, a reader for a document image, a detector for detecting a sheet jam, an image processor and a controller. The image processor performs an image processing for removing document smear from an image read by the reader. The controller controls a document conveying operation by the conveying mechanism and a document reading operation by the reader. If a jammed document is removed and the document is placed again on the document tray after the detector detects a sheet jam, the controller performs a sheet jam recovery processing for causing the conveying mechanism to convey the document again and causing the reader to read the image of the document. The image processor performs the image processing on the image of the jammed document read by the reader during the sheet jam recovery processing. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170004 | BEAM DIVERGENCE AND VARIOUS COLLIMATORS FOR HOLOGRAPHIC OR STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAYS - A holographic display with an illumination device, an enlarging unit and a light modulator. The illumination device includes at least one light source and a light collimation unit, the light collimation unit collimates the light of the at least one light source and generates a light wave field of the light that is emitted by the light source with a specifiable angular spectrum of plane waves, the enlarging unit is disposed downstream of the light collimation unit, seen in the direction of light propagation, where the enlarging unit comprises includes a transmissive volume hologram realising an anamorphic broadening of the light wave field due to a transmissive interaction of the light wave field with the volume hologram, and the light modulator is disposed upstream or downstream of the anamorphic enlarging unit, seen in the direction of light propagation. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170005 | PROJECTION DEVICE AND PROJECTION-TYPE VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection device includes an optical element including a hologram recording medium where information is multiplexedly recorded in each position so as to allow a coherent light beam to be diffused to a plurality of regions, an irradiation device configured to irradiate the optical element with the coherent light beam so as to allow the coherent light beam to scan the hologram recording medium, spatial light modulators configured to be illuminated with the coherent light beam which is incident from the irradiation device to the hologram recording medium to be diffused to the plurality of regions, and projection optical systems, each projection optical system projecting modulation image obtained on each spatial light modulator on corresponding screen. The coherent light beam, which is incident to each position of the hologram recording medium to be diffused, is illuminated on a plurality of the spatial light modulators. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170006 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, PROJECTION APPARATUS AND PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An illumination device has an optical device and an irradiation unit. The irradiation unit has a light source emitting a coherent light beam, and a scanning device capable of adjusting a reflection angle of the coherent light beam emitted from the light source. The light source has light sources emitting a plurality of coherent light beams having an identical wavelength range, the hologram recording medium has a recording area to be scanned with each of a plurality of coherent light beams reflected by the scanning device, and the recording area has an interference fringe that diffracts an incident coherent light beam. The optical device uses the plurality of coherent light beams diffracted by the interference fringe of the recording area so that each of the coherent light beams diffracted by the hologram recording medium is superimposed on at least one portion to reproduce the image of the reference member. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170007 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE, PROJECTION APPARATUS AND PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical device | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170008 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING BANKS OF DIFFERENT HYDROPHILICITIES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is an electrowetting display device including a plurality pixels. Each pixel includes a pixel electrode, a hydrophobic layer, a hydrophobic fluid, and a bank adapted to limit the range of movement of the hydrophobic fluid. The bank has a hydrophobic bank surface and a hydrophilic bank surface, which face each other. The hydrophobic fluid is moved from the hydrophilic bank surface towards the hydrophobic bank surface by the application of a voltage to the pixel electrode. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170009 | LIGHT-QUANTITY CONTROL APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - The light-quantity control apparatus includes a base member having an opening allowing light to pass therethrough, a first aperture blade movable in a direction orthogonal to a light passing direction, a second aperture blade rotatable in a surface orthogonal to the light passing direction, and a driving lever to be rotated by a driver to drive the first and second aperture blades. The base member has a protruding portion engaging with a groove portion provided in the first aperture blade, the second aperture blade has a driving cam groove portion with which a driving pin provided in the driving lever slidably engages and a rotation center hole portion with which the protruding portion engages. The second aperture blade is rotated about the protruding portion by sliding of the driving pin with respect to the driving cam groove portion with rotation of the driving lever. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170010 | Methods for modeling amplitude modulated light through dispersive optical systems and electronic distance measurement instruments - Methods are disclosed for computer modeling of amplitude modulated light in dispersive optical systems. Ray tracings are extended to include calculations of the modulated phase for the rays. Examples are given for electronic distance measurement instrument applications. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170011 | TRANSMISSIVE IMAGE MODULATOR USING MULTI-FABRY-PEROT RESONANT MODE AND MULTI-ABSORPTION MODE - A transmissive image modulator for allowing image modulation over a wide bandwidth with multiple Fabry-Perot resonant modes and multiple absorption modes is provided. The transmissive image modulator includes a lower reflection layer; an active layer disposed on the lower reflection layer, including multiple quantum well layers and multiple barrier layers; an upper reflection layer disposed on the active layer; and at least one micro-cavity layer disposed in at least one of the lower and upper reflection layer. The active layer and the at least one micro-cavity layer have thicknesses of a multiple of λ/2, where λ is a resonant wavelength. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170012 | MICROMIRRORS FOR COLOR ELECTRONIC PAPER AND DESIGN STRUCTURES FOR SAME - Direct view color displays and design structures of direct view color displays. The direct view displays include micromirrors having un-tilted and tilted states and multiple color filters or color reflectors. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170013 | AUTOMOTIVE REARVIEW MIRROR WITH CAPACITIVE SWITCHES - A vehicular rearview assembly that has a rounded outer perimeter edge to satisfy safety standards and contains an EC element having a complex peripheral ring, a front surface that is fully observable from the front of the assembly, and a user interface with switches and sensors that activate and configure, in cooperation with electronic circuitry of the assembly, pre-defined function(s) or device(s) of the assembly in response to the user input applied to the user interface. A complex peripheral ring may include multiple bands the structures of which is adapted to provide for specified optical characteristics of light, reflected off of the ring. Electrical communications between the electronic circuitry, the mirror element, and the user interface utilize connectors configured to exert a low contact force, onto the mirror element, limited in part by the strength of adhesive affixing the EC element to an element of the housing of the assembly. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170014 | INK COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF PREPARING INK COMPOSITIONS AND DISPLAY PANELS INCLUDING INK COMPOSITIONS - Core-shell coated pigment particles are prepared by core-shell coating using pigment particles, at least one hydrophilic organometallic compound, at least one hydrophobic organometallic compound, distilled water and a solvent. Ink particles coated with an ionized organometallic compound are prepared by using the core-shell coated pigment particles, the solvent and a halogen compound. The ink particles, a dispersing agent and a dielectric liquid are mixed to prepare an ink composition. The ink composition has an electrophoresis property to exhibit an electric movement and has a good dispersibility in a dielectric liquid. The ink composition may be applied in a reflective type color display device. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170015 | ELECTRET COARSE POWDER - The subject invention provides electret coarse powder useful as electrophoretic particles for a large-screen display. The electret coarse powder is obtained by irradiating a fluorine-containing resin sheet with an electron beam or a radial ray to convert the fluorine-containing resin sheet into an electret sheet, and pulverizing the electret sheet. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170016 | PHOTOREFRACTIVE DEVICE CONTAINING A CHROMOPHORE-DOPED POLYMER LAYER AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A photorefractive device ( | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170017 | Customized user options for optical device - Exemplary methods, systems and components enable an enhanced direct-viewing optical device to include customized adjustments that accommodate various optical aberrations of a current user. A real-time adjustment of transformable optical elements is sometimes based on predetermined corrective optical parameters associated with a current user. Customized optical elements are incorporated with the direct-viewing optical device to produce a specified change in optical wavefront at an exit pupil. Possible transformable or replacement optical elements may have refractive and/or reflective and/or diffractive and/or transmissive characteristics that are selected based on current performance viewing factors for a given field of view of the direct-viewing device. Some embodiments enable dynamic repositioning and/or transformation of corrective optical elements responsive to a detected shift of a tracked gaze direction of a current user. Replacement corrective optical elements may be fabricated for current usage or retained in inventory for possible future usage in the direct-viewing device. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170018 | SWITCHABLE OPTICAL ELEMENTS - Optical filters capable of operating in the infra-red spectrum are disclosed. In one embodiment, a filter may be dynamically switched to provide one of two optical responses. One optical response may include the filter reflecting infra-red radiation across a range of wavelengths except at one or more wavelengths at which the filter absorbs the radiation. A second optical response may include the filter reflecting infra-red radiation across the entire range of wavelengths. In one embodiment, the switching may be caused by the physical displacement of a first filter component with respect to a second filter component. A method of switching the response of such a filter is also disclosed. Another embodiment of the filter may include one in which the optical response of the filter is effectively independent of either the incidence angle of the radiation impinging on it, or the polarization of the incident radiation. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170019 | CONTROL METHOD AND MEASURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER, AND SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER DEVICE - A control method of a semiconductor optical amplifier includes: controlling a driving current of the semiconductor optical amplifier in a region where a light output intensity decreases in accordance with increasing of the driving current, a drive current in the region being higher than a drive current in a region where a light output intensity increases in accordance with increasing of the driving current. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170020 | APPARATUS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE A SURFACE HAVING A TUNABLE EMISSIVITY - Apparatus and methods to provide a surface having a tunable emissivity are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an impedance layer comprising a layer of dielectric material to be attached to an electrically reflective ground plane, and a plurality of resonators arranged within the impedance layer, wherein an emissivity of the apparatus is based on a characteristic of the resonators. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170021 | MICROSCOPE OPTICAL SYSTEM AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - Provided is a microscope optical system in which the occurrence of flare due to unnecessary-order diffracted light exited from a diffractive optical element is suppressed. A microscope objective lens MS is configured by including an objective lens OL which has a diffractive optical element GD and converts light from an object into a substantially parallel light flux, and a second objective lens IL which forms an image of the object by focusing the substantially parallel light flux from the objective lens OL, and is configured such that, in case where an m-th order of diffracted light from the diffractive optical element GD is used for the image formation, the following expression is satisfied: |θ|>tan | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170022 | Adjustable optics for ongoing viewing correction - Exemplary methods, systems and components enable an enhanced direct-viewing optical device to make customized adjustments that accommodate various optical aberrations of a current user. In some instances a real-time adjustment of the transformable optical elements is based on known corrective optical parameters associated with a current user. In some implementations a control module may process currently updated wavefront measurements as a basis for determining appropriate real-time adjustment of the transformable optical elements to produce a specified change in optical wavefront at an exit pupil of the direct-viewing device. Possible transformable optical elements may have refractive and/or reflective and/or diffractive and/or transmissive characteristics that are adjusted based on current performance viewing factors for a given field of view of the direct-viewing device. Some embodiments enable dynamic repositioning and/or transformation of corrective optical elements based on a detected shift of a tracked gaze direction of a current user of the direct-viewing device. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170023 | Device for Continuous Adjustment of Spectrometer Gap Widths - A microscope ( | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170024 | OBLIQUE-ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Oblique-illumination systems integrated with fluorescence microscopes and methods of using oblique illumination in fluorescence microscopy are disclosed. An oblique-illumination system is attached to a fluorescence microscope objective. The oblique-illumination system can be used to illuminate from any desired direction the surface of an object located at a fixed known offset away from a sample solution containing fluorescently tagged targets. Oblique illumination is used to illuminate features of the surface while epi-illumination is used to create fluorescent light emitted from the tagged targets. The combination of oblique illumination of the surface and epi-illumination of the targets enables capture of images of the surface features and the fluorescent targets so that the locations of the targets in the sample can be determined based on the locations of the surface features. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170025 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope includes an illumination system, a stage, and an objective lens that forms an image of a specimen. The stage includes a fixed member whose position and inclination are fixed, a specimen holding member at least one of whose position and inclination is changeable, and a supporting member that supports the specimen holding member. A connection between the supporting member and the specimen holding member and a connection between the supporting member and the fixed member reside near sides of the specimen holding member. The microscope further includes an actuator that changes at least one of the position and the inclination of the specimen holding member with respect to the fixed member, and a buffer mechanism that suppresses transmission of any changes in the inclination of the specimen holding member to the actuator. The actuator and the specimen holding member are connected with the buffer mechanism interposed therebetween. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170026 | Convex Lens-Induced Confinement for Measuring Distributions of Molecular Size - A curved surface is placed tangent to a slide and displaces a sample liquid from the point or line of contact outward. Imaging indicates a region where fluorescence is observed, and the location of the fluorescence indicates the molecular size. The radius of curvature of the lens is known, the distance from the (center) point of contact of the observed fluorescence is measured with a microscope and the distance of the lens surface to the slide's surface can then be calculated. This distance represents the size of the molecule or ensemble of molecules emitting. Similarly, absorbance, etc. could be measured with a light source below the slide. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170027 | OPTICAL RANGEFINDER AND RETICLE SYSTEM FOR VARIABLE OPTICAL POWER SIGHTING DEVICES - A reticle system for a variable optical power sighting device includes front and rear reticles proximate respective front and rear focal planes of the device. Range-compensating features are provided, such as a scale and a pair of bracketing marks formed in the rear reticle which cooperate with an indicator mark formed in the front reticle. The indicator mark is radially offset from the optical axis it appears to move in the field of view along the scale in response to adjustment of the optical power to thereby indicate a measurement corresponding to a size of a distant target subtended in the field of view by the bracketing marks. A two-part electronic reticle system is also disclosed utilizing similar principles of operation. The rear reticle and scale may be electroformed to reduce cost and improve light transmission relative to a glass reticle. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170028 | SCREEN AND PROJECTION SYSTEM - A screen in which observation distance may be adjusted while maintaining image brightness and a projection system using the screen. In a light control layer of a screen, a first angle region that determines a diffusion distribution of a reflected light is different according to the screen position in a control direction in which light diffusion control is performed. Accordingly, a diffusion distribution of image light emitted from a screen surface is adjusted to be tilted downward by an upper end and upward by a lower end according to the screen position. Thus, for example, a size of a diffused angle range is maintained to be 30°, and a direction in which the image light is diffusion-emitted corresponds to an assumed position of an observer. The projection image can be observed while maintaining brightness of an image and the observation distance can be adjusted to be short. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170029 | LENS UNIT - A 3D adapter comprises a left-eye optical system (OL), a right-eye optical system (OR), an adjusting mechanism, and an exterior casing. The exterior casing accommodates the left-eye optical system (OL) and the right-eye optical system (OR), and can be mounted to a video camera. The adjusting mechanism is provided to adjust the position of a left-eye optical image QL | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170030 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic display apparatus includes a projection lens, a light source, a first and a second polarized beam splitters, a first and a second optical guiding system. The light source can radiate non-polarized light. The first polarized beam splitter divides the non-polarized light into P-polarized light and S-polarized light. The first optical guiding system guides the P-polarized light to the second polarized beam splitter, and the second optical guiding system guides the S-polarized light to the second polarized beam splitter. The second polarized beam splitter combines and transmits the P-polarized light and S-polarized light to the projection lens. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170031 | EYEBOX ADJUSTMENT FOR INTERPUPILLARY DISTANCE - In embodiments of eyebox adjustment for interpupillary distance, a first optical lens receives light of an image from a display optic at a projected orientation of the light, and the first optical lens deviates the light of the image by a deviation angle from the projected orientation of the light. A second optical lens receives the light of the image from the first optical lens at the deviation angle, and the second optical lens alters the deviated light of the image back to the projected orientation of the light for viewing the image. Left and right eyeboxes align with respective left and right eyes that view the image, and a distance between the left and right eyeboxes approximately correlates to an interpupillary distance between the left and right eyes. The light of the image can be laterally shifted to increase or decrease the distance between the left and right eyeboxes. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170032 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING POLARIZING FILM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME (As Amended) - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for preparation of a film exhibiting polarizing properties (‘polarizing film’) by dyeing a substrate film with iodine and then orienting the same through a continuous process, and the foregoing apparatus includes, a first bath equipped with a thermometer to measure a temperature of the first bath (‘first bath thermometer’), in which a polyvinylalcohol (PVA) film as a substrate film is washed; a second bath equipped with a thermometer to measure a temperature of the second bath (‘second bath thermometer’) and a densitometer to measure a concentration of the second bath (‘second bath densitometer’), in which the washed PVA film is dipped in an iodine solution and dyed therein; a third bath in which the iodine-dyed PVA film is stretched by a drawing roller to thereby orient the dyed iodine; an oven equipped with a thermometer to measure a temperature of the oven (‘oven thermometer’) to dry the iodine-oriented PVA film; and a central controller that predicts a transmittance of the polarizing film, on the basis of information regarding characteristics of input data measured by the above thermometers of the first and second baths and the oven as well as the densitometer of the second bath, and information regarding characteristics of a PVA film introduced into the continuous process, and then, controls the temperatures of the first and second baths and the oven and an amount of a composition fed to the second bath. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170033 | POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A polarizing plate includes a polarizer, a first protective film attached to one side of the polarizer, and a second protective film attached to another side of the polarizer. A ratio between coefficients of thermal expansion of the first and second protective films, measured in a transverse direction (TD) at a temperature from about 25° C. to about 120° C., ranges from about 0.5 to about 2. A ratio between coefficients of thermal expansion of the first and second protective films measured in a machine direction (MD) at a temperature from about 25° C. to about 120° C. ranges from about 0.5 to about 2. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170034 | Effective Media Retarder Films with Spatially Selective Birefringence Reduction - A retarder film provides a first light retardation and can be heat processed in one or more selected areas to provide a second light retardation in the selected area(s). The retarder film may have an absorption characteristic such that the heat processing can be carried out by selectively exposing the film to a suitable radiant beam. The retarder film is composed of a stack of contiguous ultrathin layers configured to provide an effective optical medium for visible light. Visible light propagates through the stack as an effective medium having effective refractive indices along principal x-, y-, and z-axes. At least some of the ultrathin layers possess intrinsic birefringence, and the effective indices of the stack are functions of the intrinsic refractive indices of the constituent ultrathin layers. The heat processing is carried out so that the ultrathin layer stack structural integrity is not substantially altered in the processed area(s). | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170035 | ADHESIVE, POLARIZING PLATE INCLUDING AN ADHESIVE LAYER PREPARED FROM THE ADHESIVE, AND OPTICAL MEMBER INCLUDING THE POLARIZING PLATE - An adhesive for adhering a protective film, the protective film having a water vapor transmission rate of about 100 g/m | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170036 | LENS CAP - A lens cap includes a ring detachably mounted onto a lens of an optical apparatus and a pair of linkage sets pivotally connected to the ring, wherein the two linkage sets are diametrically corresponding to each other and respectively connected to a covering structure. A sleeve is longitudinally and slidably sleeved on the ring and the covering structure is connected to sleeve. As a result, the covering structure selectively opens/closes the sleeve when the sleeve is reciprocally moved relative to the ring. The covering structure and the sleeve are used as a lens cap when the covering structure closing the sleeve, and used as a lens hood when the covering structure is opened. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170037 | BARRIER MECHANISM, CAMERA, AND MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A barrier mechanism includes a barrier blade group (G | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170038 | BRAIDED CABLE, EARPHONE CABLE, BRAKE CABLE AND SHIFT CABLE WITH NIGHTTIME LIGHT REFLECTION EFFECT - A braided cable with a nighttime light reflection effect is provided for improving the safety of pedestrians at night, and the braided cable with a nighttime light reflection effect includes a plurality of light reflecting filaments and a plurality of nylon filaments alternately woven with the light reflecting filaments, and the braided cable can be applied in an earphone or a bicycle. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170039 | IMAGE STABILIZATION APPARATUS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image stabilization unit includes a lens holder that holds a correction lens and is relatively movably provided with respect to a base member, first and second drive devices or a drive device group that drive the lens holder, and three supports that support the lens holder relative to the base member. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170040 | LENS MODULE INCLUDING VOICE COIL MOTOR AND IMAGE SENSOR MODULE - A lens module includes an image lens module and a voice coil motor (VCM) supported on the image lens module. The image lens module includes a seat and a spring element. The seat includes a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface and defines a notch on the top surface. The spring element is received in the notch, and part of the spring element protruding out of the notch. The VCM includes a lower plate supported on the top surface and the part of the spring element protruding out of the notch. Optical axes of the image lens module and the VCM are aligned with each other by pressing the spring element. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170041 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT - A diffractive optical element disclosed in the present application includes a body | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170042 | OBJECTIVE LENS ELEMENT - An objective lens element having excellent compatibility with optical discs having different base material thicknesses is provided. The objective lens element has optically functional surfaces on an incident side and an exit side. At least either one of the optically functional surfaces on the incident side and the exit side includes a diffraction portion which satisfies at least either one of the following formulas (1) and (2): | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170043 | Hybrid Diffraction Grating, Mold Insert And Manufacturing Methods Thereof - A hybrid diffraction grating, a mold used to produce the hybrid diffraction grating, and their manufacturing methods are described. In one aspect, a hybrid diffraction grating comprises a grating main body and a reflective layer. The grating main body comprises numerous diffraction structures. When viewed along a top-view direction, the numerous diffraction structures are arranged in a pattern defined by a profile. The profile determines various blaze angles of the numerous diffraction structures. The reflective layer, disposed on the diffraction structures, exhibits characteristics of the numerous diffraction structures. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170044 | METHOD AND STRUCTURE OF OPTICAL THIN FILM USING CRYSTALLIZED NANO-POROUS MATERIAL - Techniques for an optical filter having robust crystallized nano-porous layers are disclosed herein. According to at least one embodiment, the optical filter includes a light-transmitting substrate and an optical coating. The optical coating is deposited on the light-transmitting substrate. The optical coating includes at least one crystallized nano-feature layer. The at least one crystallized nano-feature layer is deposited using high temperature oblique angle deposition and has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the light-transmitting substrate. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170045 | LIGHT-GUIDING OPTICAL FILM, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical film includes a base plate. The base plate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to first surface. The first surface includes a plurality of bar-type protrusions arranged parallel to each other. Each of the plurality of bar-type protrusions includes an arcuate surface and a planar surface connected to the arcuate surface. The planar surface intersects with the first surface. The second surface includes a plurality of posts. The present disclosure further provides a device for manufacturing the optical film and a method for manufacturing the optical film. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170046 | LIGHT COLLECTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - An optical collector is disclosed which includes an imaging, aplanatic optical element having a front surface with a one-way light admitting portion, a back surface with a reflective portion, and an interior region of refractive material disposed between the front and backs surfaces. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170047 | MICROLENS STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A microlens structure is provided. The microlens structure includes a microlens element having a first refraction index. A first film is disposed on the microlens element, wherein the first film has a second refraction index less than the first refraction index. A second film is disposed on the first film, wherein the second film has a third refraction index less than the second refraction index and greater than a refraction index of air. Further, a fabrication method of the microlens structure is also provided. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170048 | FIVE-PIECE OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM - A five-piece optical lens system comprises, in order from the object side to the image side: a stop, a first lens element with a positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface, one of the object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric; a second lens element with a negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, one of the object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric; a third lens element with a positive refractive power having a convex image-side surface, one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric; a fourth lens element having a concave object-side surface, one of the object-side surface and an image-side surface being aspheric; a fifth lens element with a negative refractive power having a convex image-side surface, one of an object-side surface and the image-side surface being aspheric. The total track length of the system will not be too long. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170049 | Catadioptric Objective for Scatterometry - A system and method is described for correcting aberrations caused by field curvature with a catadioptric objective. In one example, a catadioptric optical system includes a first catadioptric element and a second catadioptric element. The first catadioptric element includes a first surface positioned to reflect a beam and a second surface positioned to focus the beam reflected by the first surface. The second catadioptric element is configured to receive the beam reflected by the second surface of the first catadioptric element. The second catadioptric element includes a third surface positioned to reflect the beam, and a fourth reflective surface positioned to focus the beam reflected by the third reflective surface. A curvature of the third or fourth surfaces of the second catadioptric element is chosen to apply a positive contribution to a field curvature associated with the first catadioptric element. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170050 | IMAGING LENS WITH THREE LENS ELEMENTS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An imaging lens includes first, second, and third lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. The first lens element has a positive refracting power, and has a convex object-side surface facing toward the object side. The second lens element has a concave object-side surface facing toward the object side, and a convex image-side surface facing toward the image side. The third lens element has an image-side surface facing toward the image side and having a concave portion in a vicinity of an optical axis of the imaging lens. The imaging lens satisfies |ν | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170051 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; and a third lens having positive refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. Further, the first lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is positive. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side is negative and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side is positive. The third lens is formed in a shape so that a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the object side and a curvature radius of a surface thereof on the image plane side are both positive. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170052 | VOICE COIL MOTOR AND LENS MODULE INCLUDING SAME - A voice coil motor includes a case, a moving barrel, magnetic elements, a lower plate, an elastic plate, a first and a second coil assemblies. The case includes an upper plate and a sidewall extending downward from peripheral edges of the upper plate. The upper plate and the sidewall cooperatively define a receiving room. The moving barrel is received in the receiving room. The magnetic elements are received in the receiving room and surround the moving barrel. The lower plate is positioned on one end of the sidewall The elastic plate is connected between the upper plate and the moving barrel or between the lower plate and the moving barrel. The first coil assembly includes pairs of coils. Each pair of the coils is opposite to each other and attached on the moving barrel. The second coil assembly is annular shaped and sleeved over the moving barrel. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170053 | OPTICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING A STABILIZATION ELEMENT FOR MOUNTING AND ADJUSTING AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY IN A HOLDER, AND MOUNTING METHOD FOR THE STABILIZATION ELEMENT - An optical instrument for measuring has an a stabilization component for stably connecting an optical assembly and holder to at least one stabilization element that can be compressed in the gap. The stabilization element has, in an unmounted state, a thickness which is greater than the width of the gap, and the optical assembly, the holder and the stabilization component are configured and cooperate such that the stabilization element, which is positioned between optical assembly and holder, in a roughly positioned state, is compressed, by way of inserting the optical assembly into the holder, into the gap and is plastically deformed in the gap such that elastic forces act radially with respect to the optical axis between assembly and holder and the assembly and the holder are disposed in the radial direction in a stabilized state with respect to one another. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170054 | OPTICAL SWITCHING SYSTEM - An optical switching system and method of selecting between one of several available in optic modules in an optical system is disclosed. In one example, the optical switching system comprises a focus cell assembly disposed in a plane, a rotatable field of view optic system having an axis, configured to rotate around the axis, the axis disposed in parallel to the plane of the focus cell, and a cam device mounted to the field of view optic system and configured to push the focus cell assembly away from the field of view optic system with each rotation of the field of view optic system. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170055 | LENS MODULE CAPABLE OF ALIGNING VOICE COIL MOTOR WITH IMAGE SENSOR MODULE - A lens module includes an image lens module and a voice coil motor (VCM) supported on the image lens module. The image lens module includes a seat and an elastic element. The seat includes a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface and defines a notch on the top surface. The elastic element is received in the notch, and part of the elastic element protrudes out of the notch. The VCM includes a lower plate supported on the top surface and the part of the elastic element protruding out of the notch. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170056 | SUBSTRATE FOR MIRRORS FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY - Substrates suitable for mirrors which are used at wavelengths in the EUV wavelength range have a main body ( | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170057 | TWO MIRROR SYSTEM - A method for producing a multiple surface system that may be a two-mirror surface. The method involves first finding from a given primary curve an appropriate secondary curve. The method then uses ideas from exterior differential systems to grow from the primary curve and the secondary curve, primary and secondary mirror surfaces. The Cartan-Kähler theorem gives a strong indication of the existence of such solution surfaces. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170058 | SOLAR COLLECTOR - A solar collector array is disclosed. The array has a plurality of thin walled dishes interconnected by unitary webbing. The dishes and the webbing are formed from a single metallic sheet. Each dish is pressed into a symmetric parabolic surface that concentrates incident light to a position in front of the dish. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170059 | MIRROR WITH OPTIONAL PERMANENT PROTECTIVE FILM, AND/OR METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to sputtered aluminum second surface mirrors with permanent protective coatings optionally provided thereto, and/or methods of making the same. A mirror coating supported by a substrate may include, for example, first and second silicon-inclusive layers sandwiching a metallic or substantially metallic layer including aluminum, and an optional layer including Ni and/or Cr in direct contact with the metallic or substantially metallic layer comprising aluminum. A protective film is disposed directly over and contacting an outermost layer of the mirror coating, with the protective film having a peel strength of 200-500 cN/20 mm wide strip. The protective film is adapted to survive seven day exposure to an 85 degree C. temperature at 85% relative humidity, as well as seven day exposure to a 49 degree C. temperature at 100% relative humidity. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170060 | MICROWAVE-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD AND SYSTEMS THEREOF WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS CONTROL - In one embodiment, a system includes a medium, a magnetic head having a write element adapted for writing data to the medium, a MAMR element and/or a TAMR element adapted for assisting recording on the medium, the MAMR element having a microwave-generating portion that receives current for operation thereof, the TAMR element having a localized heat-generating portion that receives current for operation thereof, and a read element adapted for reading data from the medium, a device adapted for measuring environmental conditions relating to the TAMR/MAMR elements and the medium, and a controller adapted for controlling operation of the magnetic head and adjusting operating parameters of the system based on the environmental conditions. The environmental conditions include temperature, a reproduced signal of the read element, and/or clearance between the TAMR/MAMR elements and the medium. The operating parameters include the clearance, amount of current injected to the TAMR/MAMR elements, and/or write current. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170061 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHINGLED MAGNETIC RECORDING IN DISK DRIVES - A method of targeted corruption of user data in a shingled magnetic recording disk includes identifying user data on a Track_N targeted for corruption; identifying a readback centerline of the Track_N; identifying a readback centerline of an adjacent track to Track_N; acquiring user data of the adjacent track; and rewriting the user data of the adjacent track with an offset write centerline to overwrite magnetic material at the readback centerlines of both Track_N and the adjacent track. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170062 | Localized Dispersed Storage Memory System - A method begins by a processing module receiving data to store and determining error coding dispersal storage function parameters. The method continues with the processing module encoding at least a portion of the data in accordance with the error coding dispersal storage function parameters to produce a set of data slices. The method continues with the processing module defining addressable storage sectors within the single hard drive based on a number of data slices within the set of data slices to produce a set of addressable storage sectors. The method continues with the processing module storing data slices of the set of data slices in corresponding addressable storage sectors of the set of addressable storage sectors. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170063 | Systems and Methods for Channel Quality Determination - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for data processing. For example, a data processing system is disclosed that includes: a data detector circuit, a filter circuit, and a mean squared calculation circuit. The data detector circuit is operable to apply a data detection algorithm to a data set to yield a detected output. The filter circuit is operable to filter the detected output to yield a filtered output. The mean squared calculation circuit is operable to calculate a mean squared error value based at least in part on the data set and the filtered output. A quality indicator is generated at least in part on the mean squared error value. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170064 | VARIABLE DATA DENSITY FOR DATA STORAGE - Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses that provide for variable data density on a disc data storage medium, where the variable data density may have a circumferential definition and a radial definition. In some examples, devices and methods may include measuring a read or write performance attribute on a disc data storage medium and selectively setting a data density rate that may vary in a circumferential direction for the disc data storage medium based on the read or write performance attribute. In other examples, apparatuses can include a data storage device having a disc data storage medium and a controller configured to measure a performance attribute of the disc data storage medium and to selectively set different Bits Per Inch (BPI) for data storage within different areas of the disc. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170065 | SUBSTRATE PATTERNING IN PERPENDICULAR STORAGE MEDIA - According to one embodiment, a patterned magnetic storage medium is disclosed herein. The magnetic storage medium includes a pattern formed on a substrate. The pattern includes at least a first and second feature and an edge defined between the first and second features. Additionally, the magnetic storage medium includes a magnetic layer formed on the pattern. The magnetic layer includes grains separated by a non-magnetic segregant boundary. The segregant boundary is positioned above the edge of the pattern. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170066 | HARD DISK DRIVE - A hard disk drive includes a control unit, a cache unit, a head unit, a platter unit, a spindle motor unit, a power supply unit, a switch unit, and an interface. When the switch unit is turned on, the power supply unit converts voltages of external power supplies received from the interface through the switch unit into operation voltages of the control unit, the cache unit, the head unit, the platter unit, and the spindle motor unit, and supplies the operation voltages to the control unit, the cache unit, the head unit, the platter unit, and the spindle motor unit. When the switch unit is turned off by the control unit, the voltages of the external power supplies cannot be transmitted to the power supply unit through the switch unit. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170067 | Reliability-Aware Disk Power Management - A token value is maintained based on an allowable number of low power transitions of a hard disk drive without adversely affecting reliability, compared to an actual number of low power transitions of said hard disk drive. The allowable number of low power transitions increases over the hard disk drive's lifetime. Before the hard disk drive performs a low power transition, the token is evaluated to determine if the hard disk drive is allowed to perform a low power transition. Low power transitions discussed include parking the head and spinning-down the hard disk drive. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170068 | MAGNETIC DOMAIN CONTROL FOR AN EMBEDDED CONTACT SENSOR FOR A MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD - A head for magnetic data recording that includes an embedded contact sensor. The embedded contact sensor detects head disk contact by detecting changes in temperature as a result of contact between the head and the disk. The embedded contact sensor includes a thermoresistive layer and a structure for pinning the magnetic domains of the thermoresistive layer. This pinning of the magnetic domains prevents the thermoresistive layer from changing resistance in response to magnetic fields (rather than temperature) so as to avoid unwanted signal noise as a result of a magnetic signal from the magnetic media. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170069 | LOAD-UNLOAD RAMP STRUCTURE WITH CANTILEVERED FIN PORTION CONFIGURED TO REDUCE DROP SHOCK IN A HARD-DISK DRIVE - A load-unload ramp structure with a cantilevered fin portion to reduce drop shock in a hard-disk drive (HDD). The load-unload ramp structure includes a first load-unload ramp, a fin, and a bracket portion. The first load-unload ramp is configured to lift a first head-slider away from a magnetic-recording disk. The fin is coupled to the first load-unload ramp and is disposed below a first parking position of the first head-slider. The fin includes a fin base portion and a first cantilevered fin portion. The first cantilevered fin portion is coupled to, and extends outward from, the fin base portion. The bracket portion is integrally attached to the first load-unload ramp, and is configured to allow affixing the load-unload ramp structure in a static position in a disk-enclosure base of the HDD. A HDD including the load-unload ramp structure and a method for providing protection from drop shock are also provided. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170070 | MAGNETIC-RECORDING HEAD WITH TOUCH-DOWN DETECTOR INCORPORATING A CARBON NANO-TUBE - A magnetic-recording head with touch-down detector incorporating a carbon nano-tube (CNT). The magnetic-recording head includes a write element, a read element and a touch-down detector. The write element is configured to write data to a magnetic-recording disk. The read element is configured to read data from the magnetic-recording disk. The touch-down detector includes a thermal sensor, and a CNT portion. The thermal sensor is configured to convert heat to a voltage signal. The CNT portion is configured to touch down on the magnetic-recording disk. The CNT portion is also coupled to the thermal sensor, and is configured to transfer heat generated by contact between the CNT portion and the magnetic-recording disk to the thermal sensor. A hard-disk drive (HDD) including the magnetic-recording head with touch-down detector incorporating a CNT, and a method for detecting contact between the magnetic-recording head and a recording surface of a magnetic-recording disk are also provided. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170071 | DETECTING TOUCH DOWN AND/OR ASSESSING QUALITY IN A HARD DISK DRIVE - This application discloses a hard disk drive and a control circuit that are configured to determine touchdown by determining the SAGC for a track, removing the repeatable component of the SAGC to create the non-repeatable component and determining an indication of clearance irregularity and/or touch down when the standard deviation of the non-repeatable component spikes. These operations may create a defect map and/or a Flying height On Demand (FOD) control table in or for the hard disk drive as products of operating the hard disk drive. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170072 | INTEGRATED RECORDING HEAD WITH SELECTIVE MOVEMENT - In one example, a head is provided that may include a slider body, a transducer body, a transducer connected to the transducer body, and an interleaver assembly interconnecting the slider body and the transducer body. The interleaver assembly may include an interleaver body to which the transducer body is attached, the interleaver body having a plurality of geometric features that enable temporary deformation of the interleaver body in response to exertion of a force on the interleaver body, and the interleaver body may further include piezoelectric elements positioned in the interleaver body, the piezoelectric elements operable such that, when selectively actuated, the piezoelectric elements exert a force on the interleaver body so as to effect selective movement of the transducer with respect to a surface of a medium. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170073 | ANTI-SHOCK METHOD FOR HEAD STACK ASSEMBLY - The present invention directs an anti-shock method for head stack assembly which carries a slider for flying on a disk for operation, and the anti-shock method includes: inputting a constant current to a head disk interface sensor which is deposited in the slider; obtaining a changing voltage of the head disk interface sensor, which is changed with the temperature of the head disk interface sensor as the slider is shocked; outputting the changing voltage to a controller with a threshold set therein; if the changing voltage is bigger than the threshold for a specified number of times, the controller is triggered to control the head stack assembly to stop operating and load on a ramp beside the disk; while if the changing voltage is small than the threshold for said specified number of times, the controller is not be triggered and the head stack assembly still operates. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170074 | HERMETICALLY RESEALABLE HARD-DISK DRIVE CONFIGURED FOR RECHARGING WITH A LOW-DENSITY GAS - A hermetically resealable hard-disk drive (HDD) configured for recharging with a low-density gas. The hermetically resealable HDD includes a disk enclosure (DE), a magnetic-recording disk, a head-slider, an actuator, a low-density gas, a through-hole, and a plug. The DE includes a base, and a first cover and a second cover joined to the base. The second cover is disposed above the first cover. The through-hole is configurable for injection of a low-density gas into the DE. The low-density gas, having a density less than air, substantially fills the DE. The plug is press-fitted into, and hermetically seals, the through-hole. The plug is removable to allow recharging the DE with the low-density gas; and, the through-hole is configured to accept a resealing plug to be press-fit into, and to reseal hermetically, the through-hole after recharging. A method for injecting low-density gas into, and sealing, the hermetically resealable HDD is also provided. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170075 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC MEDIA WITH A NON-CONTINUOUS METALLIC SEED LAYER - A magnetic media has a substrate with an underlayer and a seed layer on the underlayer. The seed layer has a non-continuous metallic layer with a cubed crystalline lattice that is 001 textured, and has a lattice mismatch within 15% of a crystalline lattice structure of FePt with a metallic additive. This structure defines nucleation sites with an established epitaxial interface. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170076 | SUSPENSION BOARD WITH CIRCUIT - A suspension board with circuit includes a mounting portion for mounting thereon a slider, a supporting portion for supporting one end portion of the mounting portion, a facing portion facing the mounting portion to be spaced apart therefrom, and a driving portion provided between the mounting portion and the facing portion. The driving portion includes a heater; and an expansive portion which is thermally expanded by heat generated from the heater. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170077 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A GROUND FAULT INTERRUPTER AS WELL AS GROUND FAULT INTERRUPTER FOR A FREQUENCY CONVERTER - A conventional ground fault interrupter in an arrangement with a frequency converter and electrical machines may be accidentally tripped due to operation-related leakage currents. This can be prevented by operating a ground fault interrupter for a frequency converter receiving a mains current in the following manner: receiving switching information about switching operations in the frequency converter, measuring a signal associated with a common mode current in a power line device which conducts the mains current to the frequency converter, determining, based on the switching information, an expected signal expected for the common mode current produced by the switching operations, identifying, based on the measured signal and the expected signal, a fault current, and interrupting the mains power depending on the identified fault current. A ground fault interrupter is hereby provided with an evaluation unit configured to carry out the method. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170078 | HIGH VOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR NON-TOLERANT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A high voltage protection circuit for a non-tolerant integrated circuit is described herein. A non-tolerant integrated circuit may be a powered down integrated circuit or a low voltage tolerant integrated circuit, that may be exposed to a high voltage source such as an external circuit, device or power supply. The high voltage protection circuit includes a limiting transistor circuit, a control transistor circuit, and an isolation transistor circuit. The limiting transistor circuit limits or holds the voltage at the signal bump to be less than a voltage that can damage the circuit. The isolation transistor circuit disconnects input/output signal circuitry from normal protection circuitry. Both the limiting transistor circuit and the isolation transistor circuit are controlled by the control transistor circuit and are responsive to the power supply voltage being off. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170079 | ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER - The invention relates to an on-load tap changer for switching among winding taps of a step transformer without interruption. According to the invention, in each auxiliary current branch of the on-load tap changer, which operates with vacuum switching tubes as switching elements, additional switches are provided in series with the vacuum switching tubes and the respective winding tap. Said additional switches cause a complete galvanic isolation of the vacuum switching tubes in the auxiliary current branches in steady-state operation. | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170080 | ESD PROTECTION CIRCUIT CELL - A protection cell for a cell library. The protection cell defines a protection circuit for an IC having a driving device with a first supply voltage Vdd | 2013-07-04 |
| 20130170081 | TRIGGER CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A circuit includes a discharge arrangement configured to discharge an electrostatic charge. The discharge arrangement has a discharge state. A first circuit is configured to provide a pulse to the discharge arrangement when the electrostatic charge is sensed. The pulse causes the discharge arrangement to enter the discharge state. A second circuit is configured to maintain the discharge arrangement in the discharge state after the pulse has ended. A third circuit is configured to receive the pulse and to provide a delayed output to the discharge arrangement. The delayed output causes the discharge arrangement to exit the discharge state. | 2013-07-04 |
