| 27th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
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| 20120170071 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain pieces of identification information sent from devices mutually connected via a network, a determination unit configured to determine, in a case where the pieces of identification information which are obtained by the obtaining unit and sent by using mutually different protocols are identical with each other, that the devices which send the pieces of identification information are identical with each other, and a display unit configured to integrate information related to the devices determined to be identical with each other by the determination unit and display the information on a display apparatus. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170072 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170073 | SYSTEM FOR PREVIEWING AND IMAGING DOCUMENTS - A system for previewing and imaging a document includes an imaging unit having an imaging surface configured to carry the document thereon. The imaging unit also includes an image sensing member configured to capture an image corresponding to the document and an image processing member communicably coupled to the image sensing member to receive the captured image. The image processing member is further configured to convert the captured image to a digital data format. The system further includes a display unit communicably coupled to the image processing member. The display unit includes a user interface configured to exhibit a placement-guiding display object over converted captured image. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170074 | METHOD OF AUTOMATIC SELECTIVE HANDLING OF SYNDICATED ITEMS - A method of automatic selective handling of a syndicated item on a printing device linked to a syndication server that includes receiving a syndication feed from the syndication server and performing a syndicated item processing method based upon a first rule set in the printing device. The syndication feed includes a syndicated item, and the syndicated item has a first syndicated item property readable by the printing device. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170075 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a read section configured to read a plurality of data items as well as date and time information related to the data items; a slider configured to generate a first operation signal on accepting the input of an operation of a movable knob part of the slider by a user to a position corresponding to the length of a time period; a grouping section configured to divide the plurality of data items into groups based on the time period determined from the first operation signal as well as on the read date and time information; and a display control section configured to display a list of representative pictures representing the data items in each of the groups, on a screen of a display portion. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170076 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus scans an original document, coverts the original document into image data, creates an electronic file based on the image data, records a scanned mark on the scanned original document, and confirms whether the scanned mark is recorded. The scanned mark includes ID information assigned to the image processing apparatus. The electronic file is created when the scanned mark is not recorded on the original document and when the scanned mark including the ID information is recorded on the original document. The electronic file is not created when a scanned mark other than the scanned mark including the ID information assigned to the image processing apparatus is recorded on the original document. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170077 | RENDERING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS HAVING LINKED TEXTBOXES - A method for rendering an electronic document (ED). The method includes obtaining an intermediate format of the ED having multiple containers corresponding to multiple linked textboxes in the ED; obtaining a data structure including a root node associated with a string for distribution across the multiple linked textboxes and multiple segment nodes including multiple pointers to the multiple containers; executing a traversal of the multiple segment nodes; generating, during the traversal, multiple intermediate pages by applying a layout engine to the multiple containers referenced by the multiple pointers, where the string is distributed across the multiple intermediate pages; and generating a rendered page of the ED by substituting the container with an intermediate page corresponding to the container. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170078 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An image processing system includes an image obtaining module, a template retrieving module, a template applying module, and an image generating module. The image obtaining module obtains a plurality of original images from one or more sources. The template retrieving module retrieves a layout template that defines a plurality of layout frames in a presentation. The template applying module arranges the plurality of original images in the plurality of layout frames. The image generating module generates a new image based on the plurality of layout frames in which the plurality of original images is arranged. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170079 | Detection Of UTF-16 Encoding In Streaming XML Data Without A Byte-Order Mark And Related Printers, Systems, Methods, And Computer Program Products - Provided are printers and other electronic devices, systems, methods, and computer program products that automatically detect and determine UTF-16 encoding schemes and endiannesss thereof in an incoming XML data steam for XML declarations without a UTF-16 byte-order mark (BOM) or encoding declaration. This allows for the automatic and unambiguous accurate detection of UTF-16 encoded XML data within a mixed encoding environment, such as from multiple sources using more than one encoding scheme, even when XML data does not start with a BOM or encoding declaration. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170080 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus for combining a document image with a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image to perform printing includes a unit configured to determine a video count value from the document image, a unit configured to determine a video count value from the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image, and a unit configured to multiply the video count value determined from the document image by a rate of dots other than dots constituting the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image in the document image to obtain a product, and to add, to the product, the video count value determined from the copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image to determine a video count value for the printing. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170081 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a communication start request receiving unit and a response notification output unit. The communication start request receiving unit receives, via a first communication path, a communication start request that is output from a source communication apparatus and is transmitted via a relay apparatus. The response notification output unit outputs a first response notification or a second response notification to the relay apparatus via the first communication path when the communication start request receiving unit receives, via the first communication path, a communication start request for starting communication using a second communication standard in a case where the number of apparatuses with which the communication apparatus is communicating using the second communication standard has reached a predetermined number. The first response notification indicates that communication is being performed. The second response notification has a lower priority than the first response notification in an arbitration process. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170082 | METHOD FOR DETECTING BLANK PAGES, AND CORRESPONDING MULTIFUNCTIONAL MACHINE - The invention relates to a method for detecting blank pages among sheets of a document scanned on a multifunctional machine comprising a scanner, wherein said scanner: scans (S | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170083 | Image reading apparatus and controlling method thereof - An image reading apparatus which supports a both-side scan mode and a controlling method thereof. The image reading apparatus includes: an automatic paper transfer unit which automatically transfers a papers; a first scanning unit which comprises a first light source and scans a first side of the paper; a second scanning unit which comprises a second light source and scans a second side of the paper; and a controller which controls the first and second light sources to be alternately lit on a plurality of times within a cycle of a preset signal when the paper is transferred to the automatic paper transfer unit. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170084 | SURFACE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER, SURFACE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A surface-emitting semiconductor laser includes a substrate, a first semiconductor multi-layered reflector of a first conductivity type, an active region, a second semiconductor multi-layered reflector of a second conductivity type, a columnar structure, a current-confining layer including a conductive area surrounded with an oxidized area, a first electrode defining a light-emitting window, a first dielectric film covering the light-emitting window, and a second dielectric film formed on the first dielectric film. The second dielectric film has an asymmetrical shape having a long axis and a short axis, the second dielectric film is located at a position overlapping with the conductive area, the second refractive index n | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170085 | Media Sheet Holder for a Vertically Oriented Scanner - A media holder for holding a media sheet against the imaging window of a substantially vertically oriented scanning device. The media holder includes a frame having a first frame section and a second frame section, the first frame section having a first end mounted along an upper edge of the imaging window, and the second frame section extending from a second end of the first frame section at an angle with respect to the first frame section such that a media sheet slot is formed between the imaging window and the second frame section. The media holder further includes a fibrous layer adhesively attached to the frame, wherein the second frame section engages a media sheet inserted in the media sheet slot with frictional force to hold the inserted media sheet against the imaging window. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170086 | IMAGE READER AND DOCUMENT CONVEYING METHOD - An image reader and document conveying method shorten times necessary for a discharge process that discharges a document being conveyed and for an idle feeding process of a document that is left on a paper feed tray. If during double-sided reading, a stop key is operated to issue an instruction to cancel reading, a conveyance controller outputs a path specifying signal to select a single-sided path, and thereby a conveyance route is switched from a double-sided path to the single-sided path. For this reason, the discharge process that discharges a document being conveyed at the time of the reading cancellation to a paper discharge tray, and the idle feeding process that discharges a document left on a paper feed tray to the paper discharge tray are performed with use of the single-sided path that is shorter than the double-sided path, and therefore the times necessary for the discharge and idle feeding processes can be shortened. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170087 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A document feeding route is provided in an automatic document feeder, and a feeder cover is provided on an upper portion of the automatic feeder and arranged to open and close an upstream half route of the document feeding route by being movable in a pivoting fashion. A plurality of pairs of drive rollers and idler rollers are provided in a downstream half route to feed a document toward a document ejection port. A jam clearance mechanism arranged to move the idler rollers or the drive rollers in a direction toward releasing a nipped state is arranged to face the downstream half route. The jam clearance mechanism includes a pair of cam frames and releasing bodies. The cam frames undergo a sliding displacement in a direction along which the pairs of idler rollers and drive rollers are arranged in coordination with opening and closing of the feeder cover. The releasing bodies move back and forth in coordination with the sliding movement of the cam frames. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170088 | MEMS Spatial Light Modulator Driver Calibration Systems - We describe a method of compensating for long-term mechanical property changes in an analogue optical MEMS SLM. In embodiments the SLM comprises multiple piston-type actuation optical phase modulating pixels each having a mirror with a variable height determined by an analogue voltage applied to a corresponding pixel electrode. The method comprises performing initial calibrations of the analogue displacement and pixel capacitance versus analogue voltage to determine a relationship between the pixel capacitance and analogue displacement, and then updating the displacement-voltage capacitance using the initial calibration data and a later calibration of the analogue voltage-capacitance characteristic of a pixel. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170089 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND HOLOGRAM CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a hologram controlling method thereof. Texts, moving images, contents, and so forth may be displayed as a hologram image, and the displayed hologram image may be variously controlled according to a user's touch. This may solve spatial limitations of a general mobile terminal, and may implement a holographic video call more effectively. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170090 | Apparatus and method for collimating diffused light using a compound holographic optical element - A collimator can be made of a compound holographic optical element made of three holographic optical elements. The first reflection holographic optical element will have recorded within it continuous lens configured to receive light from a diffuse light beam and diffract the received light as a first collimated light beam. The second reflection holographic optical element will have recorded within it a regular hologram that is configured to permit the light from the diffuse light source to transmit through it to reach the first reflection holographic element, the second reflection holographic element having within it a second holographically reflective structure configured to receive the first collimated light beam and diffract the first collimated light beam as a second collimated light beam. The third transmission holographic optical element is configured to receive the second collimated light beam and diffract it as a third holographic light beam. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170091 | QUANTUM COMPUTER AND QUANTUM MEMORY - According to one embodiment, a quantum computer includes a crystal, an optical resonator, and a light source. A host crystal included in the crystal satisfying three conditions a first condition that maximum phonon energy of the host crystal is low, and so that a homogenous broadening of a | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170092 | METHOD OF OPERATING A LASER IN AN OPTICAL COMPONENT, OPTICAL COMPONENT, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and a device for operating a laser in an optical component are provided, wherein the laser is a local oscillator of the optical component; and wherein a linewidth of the laser is broadened. Furthermore, an optical communication system is suggested comprising said optical component. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170093 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MIRROR MOTION IN LIGHT SCANNING ARRANGEMENTS - A method and apparatus of driving a motor in a light scanning arrangement. The method includes the following steps: (1) driving a drive coil with a drive signal to oscillate a scan mirror and a light beam reflected from the scan mirror; (2) generating a feedback signal having zero crossings during oscillation of the scan mirror by a feedback coil in proximity to the drive coil; (3) integrating the feedback signal to generate an integrated feedback signal; and (4) processing the integrated feedback signal to generate a periodic drive signal that has the same time period as the feedback signal. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170094 | SCANNING LENS APPARATUS ADOPTING BIMORPH ACTUATOR - A scanning lens apparatus with a bimorph actuator is provided. The scanning lens apparatus includes: a housing having a hollow cylindrical shape; a first suspension and a second suspension which are parallel to each other, and a first end of each of the first suspension and the second suspension is fixed on an inner surface of the housing; first bimorphs disposed on first surfaces of the first and second suspensions and second bimorphs disposed on second surfaces facing the first surfaces of the first and second suspensions; a first lens which is fixed between a second end of the first suspension and a second end of the second suspension; a second lens fixed parallel to the first lens between the first and second suspensions; and an object lens disposed on an end of the housing to face the second lens with respect to the first lens. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170095 | SINGLE MIRROR OPTICAL SCANNER - A device includes an optical scanner that comprises a mirror, a first actuator that rotates the mirror around a first axis of rotation, a first angular position sensor that senses an angular position of the mirror around the first axis of rotation, a second actuator that rotates the mirror around a second axis of rotation, a second angular position sensor that senses an angular position of the mirror around the second axis of rotation, and a controller coupled to the first and second drivers to drive the respective first and second actuators to rotate the mirror into respective angles around the first and second axes of rotation. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170096 | DIAPHRAGM DEVICE - A diaphragm device includes: a board including an opening; a step motor including a teeth portion, and rotatable and stoppable at an interval of a predetermined step angle; a transmitting member including a driven teeth portion meshing the teeth portion, and capable of rotating and stopping in response to a drive force of the teeth portion; a drive ring capable of rotating and stopping in response to a drive force of the transmitting member; and a blade capable of stopping at a receding position to recede from the opening or at an aperture position to cover at least a part of the opening, in response to a drive force of the drive ring. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170097 | LIGHT MODULATORS AND OPTICAL APPARATUSES INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are examples of light modulators and optical apparatuses that may include the light modulators. A light modulator may include a plasmonic nano-antenna and an element for changing plasmon resonance characteristics of the plasmonic nano-antenna. The plasmon resonance characteristics of the plasmonic nano-antenna may be changed due to a change in refractive index of the element, and thus light may be modulated. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170098 | CHROMENE COMPOUND - A photochromic chromene compound having an indeno(2,1-f)naphtho(1,2-b)pyran structure as its basic skeleton, an aryl group or a heteroaryl group at the 6-position carbon atom of the structure and an electron donor group having a Hammett constant σ | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170099 | Large Aperture Polymer Electro-Optic Shutter Device and Method of Manufacturing Same - A large-aperture direct-view high-speed electro-optic shutter includes an electro-optic polymer material constructed to form a Pockels cell and an integrated photoconducting semiconductor switch. A chromophore-doped polymer material or chromophore copolymer, wherein the chromophore is oriented within the polymer material, exhibits a linear electro-optic effect when an electric field is applied to the device. In one embodiment, the polymer host material comprises one or more of a polycarbonate, amorphous polycarbonate, or polymethylmethacrylate polymer hosts. The optically active chromophore comprising one or more coumarin and coumarin derivatives, stilbene or tolane derivatives is incorporated within the polymer host, forming a guest-host polymer. In another embodiment, the chromophore is chemically bonded to the monomer that forms the polymer, resulting in an optically active copolymer. The electro-optic shutter device is then activated by incident light through the photoconducting semiconductor switch, rendering the Pockels cell to have an optical density of at least 3.0. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170100 | PIXEL UNIT OF ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A pixel unit of an electrochromic display panel and a driving method thereof are described. The pixel unit includes a first substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode, on the first substrate; a first auxiliary counter electrode, on the first substrate and disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first electrochromic material, on the first electrode; a second electrochromic material, on the second electrode; a second substrate, opposite to the first substrate; a third electrode, on the second substrate; a third electrochromic material, on the third electrode; and an electrolyte layer, between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170101 | ELECTROFLUIDIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An electrofluidic display device including a first structure layer and a second structure layer is provided. The first structure layer includes a first substrate. A trench structure layer is disposed on the first substrate and has a trench surrounding an indent groove of a second substrate. A first electrode layer is disposed on the first substrate. A first hydrophobic layer is disposed on the first electrode layer. The second structure layer having the second substrate is located aside the first substrate with a gap. A groove structure layer is disposed on the second substrate. The groove structure has the indent groove surrounded by the trench. A second electrode layer is disposed on the groove structure layer. A second hydrophobic layer is disposed on the second electrode layer. Polar fluid is disposed in the indent groove. Non-polar fluid is disposed in the gap between the first and second substrates. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170102 | Spatial Light Modulators and Fabrication Techniques - We describe a phase modulating spatial light modulator (SLM). The SLM comprises a substrate bearing multiple SLM pixels, each of the SLM pixels comprising a MEMS (micro electromechanical system) optical phase modulating structure. The MEMS optical phase modulating structure comprises: a pixel electrode; a spring support structure around a perimeter of the pixel electrode; and a mirror spring supported by the spring support structure. The mirror spring comprises a mirror support and a plurality of mirror spring arms each extending between the mirror support and the spring support structure, and a mirror mounted on the mirror support. Each mirror spring arm has a spiral or serpentine shape. A voltage applied to the pixel electrode flexes the mirror spring and causes the mirror to translate perpendicularly to the substrate substantially without tilting. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170103 | Spatial Light Modulators and Fabrication Techniques - We describe a method of fabricating an optical MEMS spatial light modulator (SLM). The method comprises providing an optical MEMS SLM wafer bearing multiple optical MEMS SLM devices and spin coating a glass wafer with an organic adhesive, in some preferred embodiments benzocyclobutene. The adhesive is patterned, preferably by uv lithography, to define multiple ring-shaped bond lines each sized to fit around one of the SLM devices, and the glass wafer is then bonded to the MEMS SLM wafer, preferably at a temperature of between 100° C. and 450° C., such that each of the ring-shaped bond lines encompasses a respective SLM device. A portion of the glass wafer adjacent an SLM device is then removed to reveal electrical connectors to the device and the devices are tested before dicing and packaging, to enable selective packaging of working devices. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170104 | BORDER STRUCTURE FOR VIEWABLE AREA OF ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY - A border structure for viewable area of electronic paper display, including: a planarization layer; a border electrode, made of metal and disposed on the planarization layer; a glue layer, disposed on the border electrode and having on its bottom surface at least one downward extruding portion for enhancing its adhesive strength; and an electrophoretic display layer, disposed on the top surface of the glue layer. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170105 | DISPLAY MEDIUM DRIVER, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY MEDIUM - A display medium driver includes a translucent display substrate, a rear substrate that is opposed to the display substrate with a gap interposed therebetween, a dispersion medium enclosed between the substrates, a first particle group dispersed in the dispersion medium so as to migrate by applying a first voltage across the substrates, and a second particle group dispersed in the dispersion medium so as to migrate by applying a second voltage across the substrates, the driver including a setting unit setting a voltage value and a voltage application time of the first voltage with which the first particle group does not migrate at the time of causing the second particle group to migrate depending on a display density of the second particle group and a voltage application unit first applying the first voltage across the substrates and then applying the second voltage across the substrates. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170106 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided an electronic paper display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The electronic paper display device includes first and second substrates disposed to be opposite to each other, and having a predetermined interval therebetween, a plurality of first barrier ribs formed between the first and second substrates to be spaced apart from each other, a plurality of second barrier ribs formed between the first and second substrates, disposed on the plurality of first barrier ribs, and intersecting with the plurality of first barrier ribs and electronic paper display elements disposed in cell spaces formed by the first and second barrier ribs. Therefore, the barrier ribs may be easily formed, a process thereof may be simply performed, and various patterns may be formed. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170107 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFATURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are an electronic paper display and a method for manufacturing the same. In the electronic paper display according to the present invention, red, green, blue, and black (RGBK) rotatable balls are included in a plurality of pixel spaces isolated by barrier ribs, two or more rotatable balls having the same color are connected to one thin film transistor (TFT), and the thin film transistors (TFTs) for respectively realizing red, green, blue, and black (RGBK) colors constitute one unit pixel. According to the present invention, when the rotatable balls exhibiting each of the RGBK colors are connected in two or more and simultaneously driven within one unit pixel, the pixel electrodes are made to be large and connected to one TFT. As a result, the number of TFTs can be decreased even though a large-area display is manufactured, and the volume of module can be minimized. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170108 | DUAL VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM - A dual view display system that includes a display device and a first louver device. The display device is configured to display a first image at a display location to a first person at a first location and display a second image at the display location to a second person at a second location. The first louver device configured to substantially restrict a first field of view of the first image to the first person. The system may also include a second louver device configured to substantially restrict a second field of view of the second image to the second person. Such an arrangement restricts the fields of view so that, for example, a vehicle driver can not lean over and view something intended only for a vehicle passenger, such as a movie. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170109 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL FREQUENCY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A DEVICE - The present invention relates to a device for controlling optical frequency (F | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170110 | Speckle Reduction Method - A method of despeckling light that includes mixing high-speckle laser light with low-speckle laser light in amounts selected to achieve a desired color point in a digital image. The high speckle laser light may be red laser diodes and the low-speckle laser light may be green stimulated-Raman-scattering light from an optical fiber. The desired color point may be DCI red or Rec. 709 red. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170111 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER FOR MULTI-CORE OPTICAL FIBER - One aspect provides an optical device. The optical device includes a first and a second array of optical couplers, a plurality of waveguides and a plurality of pump couplers located over a surface of a substrate. The optical couplers of the first array are able to end-couple in a one-to-one manner to the optical cores of a first multi-core fiber having an end facing and adjacent to the first array and the surface. The optical couplers of the second array are able to end-couple in a one-to-one manner to optical cores having ends facing and adjacent to the second array. The plurality of optical waveguides connects in a one-to-one manner the optical couplers of the first array to the optical couplers of the second array. Each optical waveguide has a pump coupler connected thereto between the ends of the waveguide. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170112 | Multi-Pass Optical Apparatus - An apparatus includes a first plurality of concave reflecting surfaces; a second plurality of reflecting surfaces facing the first plurality of concave reflecting surfaces such that a region is defined between the first and second pluralities; and an input for an optical beam to enter the region and an output for the optical beam to exit the region. The first and second pluralities of reflecting surfaces are arranged relative to each other so that the optical beam is re-imaged at a reflecting surface of one of the pluralities after only one reflection from a reflecting surface of the other of the pluralities and so that overlap of two or more optical beams on each of the reflecting surfaces is avoided. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170113 | Infrared transmission optics formed with anti-reflection pattern, and manufacturing method thereof - An infrared transmission optics formed with an anti-reflection pattern is provided. The infrared transmission optics is manufactured in the steps of i) applying a PR layer on the surface of an optics plate, ii) manufacturing an etching barrier pattern of a sinusoidal wave shape on the PR layer, and iii) manufacturing a pattern of a projection form on the plate where the etching barrier pattern is formed, through an etching process. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170114 | METAMATERIAL FILTER - Embodiments herein are directed to a metamaterial transmission filters including a metamaterial component and a upper medium positioned within proximity of the metamaterial component such that movement of the upper medium changes the resonances and optical transmission, reflection or absorption spectra of the filter. The upper material may be a natural material or a second metamaterial identical or non-identical to the metamaterial component. Embodiments herein are designed to allow both continuous tuning of the optical spectra of the assembly and/or discrete spectral switching. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170115 | PARALLAX BARRIER, DISPLAY PANNEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PARALLAX BARRIER - The disclosure provides a display panel comprising a parallax barrier capable of working with natural light, and the parallax barrier comprises transparent barrier provided with at least one set of pattern which is capable of switching between a light-absorbing state and a light-transmitting state, wherein when the set of pattern is the light-absorbing state, a slit grating for 3D display is formed on the transparent barrier. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170116 | ENHANCED IMAGE CONTRAST BETWEEN DIFFUSE AND SPECULARLY REFLECTING OBJECTS USING ACTIVE POLARIMETRIC IMAGING - A polarization system having an active illumination source to produce polarized rays for irradiating a scene. The polarized illumination has a first predefined polarization state with at least one wavelength, a waveband detector to detect reflected rays from the scene, and a polarizing filter coupled to the waveband detector having a second predefined state which is selectively chosen according to the first predefined polarization state of the illumination source, and an enhanced image of the scene produced by said waveband detector. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170117 | POLARIZER PLATE, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZER PLATE - A polarizer plate includes a polarizer that includes polyvinyl alcohol and a dichroic material, the polarizer having a degree of orientation of 15 or more as represented by Equation 1: Degree of orientation=R | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170118 | NEGATIVELY BIREFRINGENT POLYESTERS AND OPTICAL FILMS - Presently described are multilayer optical films, oriented polyester films, negatively birefringent copolyester polymers, fluorene monomers, and polyester polymers prepared from such fluorene monomers. In one embodiment, the multilayer optical film comprises at least one first birefringent optical layer; and at least one second optical layer having a lower birefringence than the first optical layer; wherein at least one of the optical layers comprises a negatively birefringent polyester polymer comprising a backbone and repeat units comprising at least one pendent aromatic group that is conformationally locked relative to the backbone. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170119 | DEFOGGING AND DEFROSTING DEVICE FOR PROTECTIVE LENS OF A CAMERA - The present invention relates to a defogging and defrosting devices for the protective lens of camera, which includes a heater that is coupled to a control circuit panel, a thermal gasket that is in contact contacting with the heater, receives the heat from the heater and transmits the heat to the glass or mirror object which contacts with in order to avoid and prevent the loss of lucidity of the glass or mirror object due to humidity. The defogging and defrosting device is installed on the body of the camera instead of on the protective lens in order to avoid shading the camera view and to facilitate the removal of protective lens while adjusting the focus of the camera. It also facilitates the replacement of the protective lens of the camera. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170120 | ANTI-FOG HEAT GENERATING GLASS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An anti-fog heat-generating glass system, comprising: a heat-generating glass unit separating an indoor and outdoor area, including general glass and heat-generating glass; a glass surface temperature-sensing unit arranged on indoor side heat-generating glass for sensing glass surface temperature; a control unit which compares the glass surface temperature and a fogging point of the indoor area to control heat-generation of the heat-generating glass unit; and a power-source unit supplying power to the heat-generating glass system to operate the system. A method for controlling the anti-fog heat-generating glass system comprises: simultaneously sensing the temperature and relative humidity of the indoor area and the temperature of the heat-generating glass surface; calculating a fogging point based on the temperature and relative humidity of the indoor area; comparing the temperatures of the heat-generating glass surface and the fogging point; and returning to the sensing step or heating the heat-generating glass, based on the comparing step. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170121 | DIFFRACTION GRATING LENS AND IMAGING DEVICE IN WHICH THE SAME IS USED - A diffraction grating lens according to the present invention is a diffraction grating lens | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170122 | Objective Lens Element - An objective lens element which has excellent compatibility with optical discs having different base material thicknesses is provided. An objective lens element | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170123 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING MULTIPLE IMAGES IN A SINGLE IMAGE PLANE USING DIFFRACTION - Methods create images viewable under different selected angles on optical storage devices and other photosensitive surfaces and optical storage devices with super-imposed images. Generally, a photosensitive surface is exposed with multiple diffraction patterns creating super-imposed images. These diffraction patterns create super-imposed images on the photosensitive surfaces, which can be read by either a human or a computer. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170124 | Thin-Layer Element Having an Interference Layer Structure - The present invention relates to a thin-film element ( | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170125 | LENS MODULE, LENS WAFER MODULE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LENS MODULE - There are a lens module and a lens wafer module. The lens module includes: a lens assembly including at least one lens stacked on an optical axis and a seating groove recessed in one surface of the lens; and a stopping part installed in the seating groove and blocking unnecessary light incident on the lens assembly. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170126 | Tabular Member And Structure With Observation Port - Disclosed is a tabular member that has an excellent low reflectivity and that can reduce coloring due to reflected light. In at least one example embodiment, specifically disclosed is a tabular member which comprises a base, a first antireflective film disposed on a surface of the base, and a second antireflective film disposed on the other surface of the base. The first and second antireflective films each have a plurality of projections on the surface thereof, and the distances between the apexes of two adjacent projections are shorter than or equal to the wavelength of visible light. The light obtained by combining the light reflected from the surface of the first antireflective film and the light reflected from the surface of the second antireflective film together has flat wavelength dispersion within the range of visible light. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170127 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - Various reflective display devices are provided. In one embodiment, a reflective display device is provided that includes a first controllable light absorption layer capable of absorbing incident light in a first specified wavelength band and at least a second specified wavelength band and a first reflector behind the first absorption layer, which is capable of selectively reflecting at least some wavelengths of light within the first and second specified wavelength bands and substantially transmit light of other wavelengths. The reflective display device further includes a second controllable light absorption layer behind the selective reflector, which is capable of absorbing incident light in at least a third specified wavelength band and a second reflector behind the second layer, which is capable of reflecting at least some wavelengths of light within the third specified wavelength band. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170128 | OPTICAL PANEL - An optical panel with a surface is provided, in which the surface has a first direction and a second direction and an included angle is formed between the first direction and the second direction. The optical panel includes an optical element array and a rubbing portion. The optical element array is disposed on the surface of the optical panel and extended in the first direction. The rubbing portion is disposed on the surface of the optical panel and extended in the second direction, in which the surface includes an upper surface of the optical panel, a lower surface of the optical panel and a combination thereof. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170129 | ANIMATED LENTICULAR DEVICE - Disclosed are animated/active lenticular devices that are useful as animated entertainment and advertising devices. In one embodiment, the device is used in connection with an advertising button or card that can be attached to a product or article of clothing. Other uses include fixed displays, greeting cards, books, point-of-purchase displays, sporting event devices that can be worn on clothing or attached to the skin, and the like. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170130 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a display device includes an image projection unit. The image projection unit is configured to project a light flux toward one eye of a human viewer by using a projection plate to reflect the light flux. The light flux includes an image including a display object having a vanishing point. The projection plate is reflective and transmissive. The image projection unit is configured to dispose the vanishing point of the display object at a position different from a position of a vanishing point of a background image viewed by the human viewer through the projection plate. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170131 | MENISCUS LENS OF SYNTHETIC QUARTZ GLASS AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - To produce a meniscus lens from synthetic quartz glass for use in a microlithography apparatus, which lens has a first optical surface ( | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170132 | PROJECTION PRIME LENS - The present invention provides a projection prime lens including first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group arranged in sequence along an optical axis from a screen side to a light modulator side. The first lens group has negative refractive power and includes a first lens with negative refractive power and a second lens with negative refractive power. The second lens group has positive refractive power and includes a third lens with positive refractive power and a fourth lens with positive refractive power The third lens group has positive refractive power and includes a fifth lens with negative refractive power, a sixth lens with positive refractive power, and a seventh lens with positive refractive power. Therefore, the projection prime lens of the present invention has a small size and a good image quality. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170133 | PROJECTION LENS UNIT FOR PICO-PROJECTOR - A projection lens unit for a pica-projector includes a plurality of plastic lenses and a single glass lens to minimize a change in focal length due to the heat generated inside the pico-projector. The lens array includes:
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| 20120170134 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH DEFORMABLE PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATION MEMBRANE - An optical device with a deformable membrane including an anchor zone on a support contributing to trapping fluid, a central zone reversibly deforming from a rest position, and an actuating mechanism to displace fluid acting on the membrane in an intermediate zone between the anchor and central zones. The actuating mechanism includes a principal actuation mechanism and supplementary actuation mechanism each arranged in at least one ring mounted around the central zone, each ring including one or plural piezoelectric actuators, and being anchored on the intermediate zone, only the supplementary actuation mechanism may be anchored to the support, these actuation mechanisms and the membrane to which they are anchored forming at least one piezoelectric bimorph, such that they contract or expand in the radial direction during actuation such that when the fluid moves, it deforms the central zone. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170135 | LENS SYSTEM, WIDE-ANGLE LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH LENS SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LENS SYSTEM - With comprising, in order from an object side: a first lens L | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170136 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL METHOD OF PROJECTOR - A projector includes: a projection lens which includes a zoom mechanism capable of controlling a projection view angle; a zoom drive unit which drives the zoom mechanism; a zoom amount storing unit which stores a zoom amount provided by the zoom drive unit; an operation signal receiving unit which receives a predetermined operation signal; and a zoom control unit which controls the zoom drive unit in such a manner as to set an initial zoom condition determined based on the zoom amount stored in the zoom amount storing unit when the operation signal receiving unit receives the predetermined operation signal. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170137 | MESA-OPTIC DEVICE - A meso-optic device ( | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170138 | PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY - This invention provides a photographing optical lens assembly, from an object side to an image side in order, comprising a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, a third lens element with positive refractive power, a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, both the two surfaces of the fourth lens thereof being aspheric. And an aperture stop is positioned between the first element and the second lens element. There are four lens elements with refractive power in the lens assembly. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170139 | PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY - This invention provides a photographing optical lens assembly, from an object side to an image side in order, comprising a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, a third lens element with positive refractive power, a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, both the two surfaces of the fourth lens thereof being aspheric. And an aperture stop is positioned between the first element and the second lens element. There are four lens elements with refractive power in the lens assembly. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170140 | IMAGE CAPTURING OPTICAL SYSTEM - An image capturing optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side: the first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, the second lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, the third lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, wherein the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the third lens element are aspheric. By such arrangement, the total track length and the photosensitivity of the image capturing optical system can be effectively reduced while retaining high image quality. The image capturing optical system can also be applied to an infrared optical system. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170141 | Reading Optical Lens Module - A reading optical lens module, along an optical axis, comprising: two lens elements of meniscus shape, an aperture stop and an image sensor, wherein the first lens element with its convex surface on the object side having bi-aspherical surfaces and the second lens element with its convex surface on the image side having bi-aspherical surfaces, the aperture stop aligning between the first element and the second lens element and the image sensor disposing on the image plane for converting the objective image to electrical signal. Additionally, the reading optical lens module satisfies conditions related to reduction of total length, expansion of field of view angle and increase of resolution for use in the compact bar-code reader machine. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170142 | IMAGING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY - This invention provides an imaging optical lens assembly, in order from an object side to an image side comprising: a front lens group, an aperture stop and a rear lens group; wherein the front lens group comprises, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power; a third lens element with positive refractive power and a fourth lens element with positive refractive power; wherein the rear lens group comprises, in order from the object side to the image side: a fifth lens element with positive refractive power; and a sixth lens element with negative refractive power; wherein the fifth lens element and the sixth lens element are connected to form a doublet. By such arrangement, sufficient field of view is provided, and the aberration of the lens assembly is corrected for obtaining high image resolution. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170143 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - An optical assembly includes an output optical element having a thermally conductive and optically transmissive material and a thermal conduit in thermal communication with the output optical element and having at least one surface configured to be in thermal communication with at least one heat dissipating surface of a light delivery apparatus. The optical assembly further includes a coupling portion configured to be placed in at least two states. In a first state, the coupling portion is attached to the apparatus such that the at least one surface of the thermal conduit is in thermal communication with the at least one heat dissipating surface. In a second state, the coupling portion is detached from the apparatus after having been attached to the apparatus in the first state and in which the coupling portion is configured to prevent re-attachment of the coupling portion to the apparatus. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170144 | SOLAR CONCENTRATION DEVICE - A solar concentration device includes a bracket, a light transmitting window, a light receiving surface and at least two condensing lenses. The condensing lenses are arranged on the bracket and around the light transmitting window. One surface of the condensing lens is a light transmitting plane, and the other surface comprises uniformly distributed refractive prisms, the refractive surfaces of which are in parallel with each other. Light beam refracted by each refractive prism is uniformly irradiated on the light receiving surface. The light receiving surface is disposed in parallel with the light transmitting window. The application of this concentration device can increase at least twice the condensed light intensity. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170145 | MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR REDUCING BLIND SPOT ASSOCIATED WITH SIDE VIEW MIRRORS FOR VEHICLES - A mirror assembly for reducing a blind spot associated with an exterior mounted side view mirror of a vehicle is provided. The mirror assembly includes a mount assembly configured for being received about an interior intersection of the A-pillar and the door panel of the vehicle. The mirror assembly also has a mirror carried by the mount assembly and positioned within a sightline defined when the operator is viewing the exterior mounted side view mirror. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170146 | MIRROR FOR VEHICLE - A joint portion ( | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170147 | WRITING DATA TO A TAPE - A method and apparatus for writing data to a tape is disclosed. A plurality of data segments are written onto a tape simultaneously. Any data segments written to the tape that needs to be rewritten are identified. Each data segment that needs to be re-written is accumulated. The accumulated data segments are written to tape when a full set of data segments have been accumulated. The re-written data segments each have a first field in a header that designates itself and a second field in the header that designates a second re-written data segment. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170148 | REDUCING AIR FLOW EXPOSURE TO CONDUCTIVE COMPONENTS OF A HARD DISK DRIVE - A hard disk drive including a housing, at least one disk mounted to the housing, an actuator mounted to the housing and being movable relative to the at least one disk, a conductive component support coupled with the actuator and extending the first surface, the conductive component support having a support wall attaching the conductive component support to the actuator, and a boss coupled with a first surface of the actuator and the support wall, the boss having a first end facing a flat coil side of the actuator and a second end facing a head gimbal assembly side of the actuator, wherein the first end extends further toward the flat coil side than the conductive component entrance portion of the conductive component support such that a portion of the boss overlaps a portion of the conductive component support. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170149 | SPINDLE MOTOR - Disclosed herein is a spindle motor, including: a rotating part having a rotating shaft and a magnet and a fixing part including a bearing supporting the rotating shaft and an armature corresponding to the magnet, the rotating part rotated by electromagnetic force of the magnet and the armature, wherein the fixing part includes: a plate supporting the rotating shaft; and a flexible circuit board mounted on the top portion of the plate and disposed between the plate and the armature to shield conduction therebetween. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170150 | Suspension with supporting pieces, head gimbal assembly and disk drive unit with the same - A suspension for a HGA comprises a flexure having a suspension tongue arranged for supporting a slider, which comprising a stainless steel layer and a dielectric layer formed thereon. The dielectric layer has a top surface and bottom surface, a plurality of bonding pads are formed on the top surface at a leading portion of the suspension tongue and arranged for connecting with the slider, and at least two separate supporting pieces are formed on the bottom surface and located at a corresponding position with the bonding pads, thereby releasing stress generated on the bonding pads. The invention also discloses a HGA and a disk drive unit with the same. The invention can release the stress generated on the bonding pads of the suspension, reduce the temperature impact to the suspension, and in turn, reduce thermal crown change of the slider, thereby improving the reading and writing performance. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170151 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a recording track has a surface modification layer in the surface region. This surface modification layer has an anisotropic magnetic field Hk reduced from that of a region between adjacent recording tracks. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170152 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM MANUFACTURING METHOD - [Problem] An object is to provide a magnetic recording medium with improved HDI characteristics, such as impact resistance, and its manufacturing method. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170153 | DUAL POLE MAGNET LINEAR ACTUATOR - A dual pole linear actuator includes a dual pole magnet assembly that is moved by providing a bi-directional analog DC control signal to a dual wound coil. The dual pole magnet assembly includes a permanent magnet that is flanked by top and bottom pole pieces. The dual wound coil is assembled to an actuator housing with a top part of the coil being wound in one rotary direction, while the bottom part of the coil is wound in the opposite rotary direction. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170154 | THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY, AND HARD DISK DRIVE - A thin-film magnetic head is constructed such that a main magnetic pole layer, a write shield layer, a gap layer, and a thin-film coil are laminated on a substrate. The thin-film coil has a coil-layer. The coil-layer has a turn part arranged closer to an ABS than is a rear end part of the main magnetic pole layer farthest from the ABS. Regarding a substrate side coil-layer, arranged between the main magnetic pole layer and the substrate, of the coil-layer, a thickness of a non-corresponding magnetic pole part other than a magnetic pole corresponding part corresponding to an arrangement space of the main magnetic pole layer is larger than a thickness of the magnetic pole corresponding part. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170155 | MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE - A magnetic disk device including a disk, a spindle motor, a base for supporting the spindle motor and the disk, a slider includes a head element. The device also includes an actuator including arms for supporting the slider and a coil of a voice coil motor for rotating the arms, wherein a first natural bending frequency of the coil is less than a first natural bending frequency of the arms. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170156 | MAGNETIC HEAD FOR PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING HAVING A MAIN POLE AND TWO SHIELDS - A magnetic head includes: a coil; a main pole; a first shield disposed backward of the main pole along a direction of travel of a recording medium; a first return path section connecting the first shield to the main pole; a second shield disposed forward of the main pole along the direction of travel of the recording medium; and a second return path section connecting the second shield to the main pole. An interface between the first return path section and the main pole has an end closest to a medium facing surface, and an interface between the second return path section and the main pole has an end closest to the medium facing surface, the latter being closer to the medium facing surface than the former. The second return path section includes a yoke layer located away from the medium facing surface and in contact with the main pole. The coil includes at least one coil element that passes between the second shield and the yoke layer. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170157 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION - A battery management and protection system can include various features to improve safety-critical and other functions. Among the features that can be included in some implementations are automatic loading of safety or other parameters during start-up of the system; a centralized timekeeper and an event system that can trigger actions in the system independently of a central processing unit; use of the same modules for both automatically-controlled safety-related measurements and firmware-controlled measurements; enhanced diagnostic features, and a sleepwalking feature that allows certain modules in the system to continue to perform various functions even when the module or the system is in a low-power sleep mode. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170158 | SUPERCONDUCTING RESISTIVE FAULT CURRENT LIMITER - A high-temperature superconductor fault current limiter elements ( | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170159 | LEAKAGE DETECTION PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT - The leakage detection protection circuit comprises power input and output ends, an induction coil, a self-excitation coil, a control chip, a controlled silicon rectifier, a commutation diode, a resistor, a current limiting resistor, a filter capacitor, a tripping coil, a pair of main circuit switches linked with a reset button, a test button, and first and second test switches. When the reset button is in a tripped state, the first test switch is open and the second test switch is closed. Additionally, when the reset button is pressed down, the first test switch changes from open to closed, the second test switch remains closed, and the neutral wire of the power input end is connected to the output end of the live wire of the power input end to enable generation of an analog leakage current. Finally, when the reset button is reset, the first and second test switches are both open. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170160 | ESD protection circuit and ESD protection device thereof - The ESD protection circuit is electrically connected between a first power rail and a second power rail, and includes an ESD protection device, a switching device electrically connected between the ESD protection device and a first power rail, and a low-pass filter electrically connected between the first power rail and the first switching device. The ESD protection device includes a BJT and a first resistor electrically connected between a base of the BJT and a first power rail. When no ESD event occurs, a potential of the base is larger than or equal to a potential of an emitter of the BJT. When the ESD event occurs, the potential of the base is smaller than the potential of the emitter. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170161 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE CIRCUIT FOR RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMITTERS - A representative electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes a silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) that is electrically coupled to the output of a power amplifier; an ESD detection circuit that triggers the SCR responsive to detect an electrostatic discharge on an ESD bus; and an ESD clamp circuit that is coupled to the first voltage line. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170162 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor package is provided, which includes a substrate unit having conductive pads and ESD protection pads formed on a bottom surface thereof; an encapsulant covering a top surface of the substrate unit; and a metal layer disposed on a top surface of the encapsulant and having connecting extensions formed on side surfaces of the substrate unit and the encapsulant for electrically connecting the ESD protection pads, wherein portions of the side surfaces of the substrate unit corresponding in position to the conductive pads are exposed from the metal layer so as to ensure that solder bumps subsequently formed to connect the conductive pads of the semiconductor package to a circuit board are not in contact with the metal layer, thereby effectively avoiding the risk of short circuits. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170163 | BARRIER DIODE FOR INPUT POWER PROTECTION - In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a barrier diode including a refractory metal layer coupled to a semiconductor substrate including at least a portion of a PN junction and the apparatus can include an overcurrent protection device operably coupled to the barrier diode. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170164 | OVERCURRENT CUTOFF DEVICE, AND OVERCURRENT DETECTING ELEMENT TO BE USED IN OVERCURRENT CUTOFF DEVICE - An overcurrent cutoff device includes a heat generating unit located in series with a path leading from a battery B for a vehicle to a motor via a wire, and a heat sensing unit with characteristics varying with the temperature supplied from the heat generating unit. The overcurrent cutoff device cuts off overcurrent by activating a switching element, based on a signal in accordance with the temperature obtained from the heat sensing unit. The overcurrent cutoff device includes an overcurrent detecting element in which the heat generating unit and the heat sensing unit are integrally covered with a molded resin section. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170165 | ADAPTIVE OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD, AND POWER SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An adaptive over-voltage protection circuit includes an over-voltage protection reference voltage provider and an over-voltage signal output unit. The over-voltage protection reference voltage provider provides a voltage of an over-voltage protection level higher than that of an over-voltage protection voltage corresponding to an output voltage supplied to a load from among a plurality of different over-voltage protection levels as an over-voltage protection reference voltage when the output voltage reaches a range of a rated voltage of the load. The over-voltage signal output unit outputs an over-voltage signal indicating an over-voltage by comparing the over-voltage protection voltage with the over-voltage protection reference voltage. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170166 | OVERCURRENT PROTECTION DEVICE AND OVERCURRENT PROTECTION SYSTEM - Provided are an overcurrent protection device and an overcurrent protection system which can provide time differences among the timings for executing the retry operations among a plurality of overcurrent protection devices connected to a common power supply. When a battery voltage (VBA) becomes a value equal to or lower than a threshold voltage after an FET (Q | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170167 | Electrodes For Electronic Weaponry And Methods Of Manufacture - A deployment unit for an electronic control device (ECD) used as a weapon provides a current from a signal generator of the ECD through tissue of a human or animal target. The deployment unit includes a housing, an interface, a filament, and an electrode. The interface couples the housing to the signal generator. The filament includes a first end coupled to the interface for receiving the current and comprises a second end. The filament conducts the current for inhibiting voluntary movement by the target. The electrode, stored in the housing prior to deployment, mechanically couples the filament to the target when deployed. The electrode includes an assembly of a first part and a second part that after assembly cooperate to bind the second end of the filament to the electrode. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170168 | Systems And Methods For Arc Energy Regulation Using Binary Adjustment - An apparatus interferes with voluntary locomotion of a target by conducting a current through the target. The apparatus includes a current delivery circuit, a detector, and a processor. The current delivery circuit delivers the current in accordance with a goal for causing pain or skeletal muscle contractions that interfere with voluntary locomotion by the target. The detector detects the current delivered through the target to provide a result. The processor adjusts the goal in accordance with a binary search in response to the result. | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170169 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC AND LAMINATED CERAMIC CAPACITOR - A dielectric ceramic which is suitable for use in a laminated ceramic capacitor under a high-temperature environment, such as encountered in, for example, automobile use has a composition represented by the composition formula: (1−x) (Ba | 2012-07-05 |
| 20120170170 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POLYCRYSTALLINE DIELECTRIC LAYER - A method manufactures a capacitor having polycrystalline dielectric layer between two metallic electrodes. The dielectric layer is formed by a polycrystalline growth of a dielectric metallic oxide on one of the metallic electrodes. At least one polycrystalline growth condition of the dielectric oxide is modified during the formation of the polycrystalline dielectric layer, which results in a variation of the polycrystalline properties of the dielectric oxide within the thickness of said layer. | 2012-07-05 |
