| 36th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
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| 20120224190 | Data Generating Apparatus, and Print Apparatus - Text data corresponding to at least a part of a text contained in the file or picture data corresponding to at least a part of a picture contained in the file is extracted. Thumbnail data to be used as an index thumbnail using the extracted text data or the extracted picture data is generated. An output size of the thumbnail is set by adjusting the output size according to the characteristics of the file from which each thumbnail data is extracted. For each file, an index data is generated by using the thumbnail data of the set output size. The generated index data can be displayed or printed. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224191 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus, including an image forming unit to form a full-color image on an intermediate transfer member; a pattern image forming unit to form a pattern image on the intermediate transfer member for correcting image forming conditions; a pattern image detecting unit to detect the pattern image; a correcting unit to correct the image forming conditions; a positional shift amount calculating unit to calculate a positional shift amount; a positional shift amount storage unit to store the positional shift amount calculated by the positional shift amount calculating unit; and a pattern image correcting unit to correct a position of the pattern image in a main scanning direction and a width thereof to be smaller than an initial width in the main scanning direction, when the pattern image forming unit forms a pattern image on the intermediate transfer member. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224192 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus that is configured to, in order to efficiently execute printing by suitably skipping a page that is not to be printed, receive information about an attribute of paper to be skipped without printing, and based on information about the received attribute, print a page that does not use paper having the attribute and skip printing of a page that uses paper having the attribute. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224193 | WEB SUBSTRATES HAVING WIDE COLOR GAMUT INDICIA PRINTED THEREON - A web substrate having indicia comprising X colors disposed thereon is disclosed. The indicia are disposed upon the web substrate by a contact printing system adapted to print the X colors upon the web substrate utilizing X−Y printing components. X and Y are whole numbers, 01. Each of the X colors are defined by L*a*b* color values defined by CIELab coordinate values disposed inside the boundary described by the MacAdam 3-D gamut. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224194 | WEB SUBSTRATES HAVING WIDE COLOR GAMUT INDICIA PRINTED THEREON - A paper product having at least one ply, a basis weight of greater than 18 g/m | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224195 | WEB SUBSTRATES HAVING WIDE COLOR GAMUT INDICIA PRINTED THEREON - A paper product having at least one ply, a basis weight of greater than 18 g/m | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224196 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO SORT PIXEL DATA IN A PRINT DATA STREAM - In a method and a device to sort pixel data in a print data stream, a data sorting memory is used configured so that it can be written per column and read per row. The pixel data are entered per column into the data sorting memory in the order of the incoming print data stream. Via the per-row readout the pixel data are re-sorted into an order suitable to control the print head. The sorting can thereby take place in only one write process and one read process. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224197 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an installation unit, a processing unit, and a transmission unit. The storage unit stores data to be printed in an intermediate format independent of a specific model of a printing apparatus. The installation unit installs a printer driver corresponding to a printing apparatus in response to a request from the printing apparatus. The processing unit causes the printer driver installed by the installation unit to generate, from the intermediate-format data, data capable of recognizing output settings used for actual printing apparatus printing and outputs the generated data to a storage area inside the information processing apparatus. The transmission unit acquires information about the output settings from the data output by the processing unit and transmits the information about the output settings to the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus displays the information about the output settings of the data to be printed. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224198 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SETTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH SETTING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes a setting screen displaying portion to display a setting screen on a display portion, an input screen displaying portion to display an input screen including input keys on the display portion, a position detecting portion to detect a position designated by a user on a display surface of the display portion, an item selecting portion to select one of a plurality of setting items on the setting screen, a setting value accepting portion to accept a value determined by the input key designated by the user as a setting value for the setting item being selected, and a designation accepting portion, provided independently of the position detecting portion, to accept a user's designation. The input screen displaying portion displays the input screen on the display portion when the designation accepting portion accepts a first designation in the state where the setting screen is being displayed. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224199 | PROFILE CREATION METHOD, PROFILE CREATION PROGRAM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A second chromaticity value feature is corrected and approximated to a first chromaticity value feature, a new limit value for an ink amount is determined based on the second chromaticity value feature after the approximation, optimization is performed by designating an ink amount which is equal to or less than the newly determined limit value when an ink amount reproducing a hue value represented by a lattice point is determined by the optimization of the ink amount with the use of an object function for evaluating image quality when the designated amount of ink is made to adhere to a first print medium, the ink amount determined by the optimization is converted with a conversion relationship based on the first chromaticity value feature and the second value chromaticity feature. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224200 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND POS TERMINAL - Embodiments described herein relate to an electronic device including a device body, a touch panel type display unit, a printing unit, and a discharge port. The touch panel type display unit is attached to the device body through a support shaft and rotates about the support shaft to change a posture thereof to a first state in which the display unit is laid along an upper surface of the device body or to a second state in which the display unit is standing from the upper surface of the device body. The printing unit is installed within the device body and performs a printing operation on a medium based on a touch manipulation of the touch panel type display unit. The discharge port is provided adjacent to the support shaft in the touch panel type display unit and discharges the medium printed by the printing unit. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224201 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - A printing device includes a printer body, a print unit, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The printer body includes a discharge port from which the printed medium is discharged. The print unit is provided within the printer body and configured to perform a printing operation on a medium. The detecting unit is configured to detect an installation position of the printer body. The control unit is configured to selectively control a print direction of the medium discharged from the discharge port based on the installation position of the printer body detected by the detecting unit. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224202 | Printer and Printer Control Method - A print data conversion area can be created to reflect that all printed slips are not the same size. A printer includes a conveyance unit that conveys checks with one edge following a guide extending in the conveyance direction, a length detection unit that detects the length of the conveyed check in the conveyance direction, and a conversion area formation unit that creates a print data conversion area to which print data for the entire image to be recorded on the check is written. The conversion area formation unit determines the range of the conversion area with reference to a position corresponding to a particular position on the check using the detected length of the check in the conveyance direction. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224203 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PREVENTING REMOVAL OF DOCUMENT FROM BEING FORGOTTEN, AND PROGRAM - A printing apparatus includes a platen glass, a read part, a print part, a sheet receiving part, an important information detection unit to detect whether important information is included in the original document read by the read part, a paper existence detection unit to detect at least one of whether the original document exists on the platen glass and whether the output sheet exists on the sheet receiving part, and a notifying part to notify misplacement of the original document or forgetting to take the output sheet if the important information detection unit detects that the important information is included in the read original document and the paper existence detection unit detects that the original document or the output sheet exists. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224204 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD, PRINTING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A disclosed non-transitory computer-readable recording medium includes a printing management program. The printing management program, when processed by a processor, causes a computer to function as a registration receiving unit configured to receive registration of a sheet requirement of first sheets that is specified in a print job, a print job receiving unit configured to receive the print job from a previous process within a printing process, and a print preview display unit configured to reflect the registered sheet requirement of the first sheets in the received print job to display a print preview. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224205 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, IMAGE SCANNER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A signal processing circuit includes a generator, a transmission unit, a control unit, and a mode selector. The generator generates a process-required signal. The transmission unit transmits the process-required signal to a unit disposed after the transmission unit. The control unit supplies respective control signal to the generator and transmission unit. The control unit includes a reference clock generator constantly operated for generating a reference clock signal when the signal processing circuit is operated. The mode selector selects and shifts an operating mode of the signal processing circuit between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the generator and transmission unit are supplied with respective normal control signal from the control unit for a normal operation. In the second mode, the generator is supplied with a control signal different from the normal control signal, and the transmission unit is supplied with the same normal control signal. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224206 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - An image forming device that operates in one of power-saving mode and normal mode by switching therebetween comprises: an automatic response unit configured to perform control to switch from the power-saving mode to the normal mode in accordance with a protocol on which a request issued by an information terminal device is based; an analysis unit configured to analyze whether or not the information terminal device has issued a request based on a protocol that requires the switching from the power-saving mode to the normal mode without a job execution; a message generation unit configured to, when the result of the analysis by the analysis unit is affirmative, generate a message for causing the information terminal device to change the protocol; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the generated message. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224207 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT SETTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a printer driver, a reception unit, a first and second determination unit, a transmission unit, and a change unit to instruct, via the printer driver, a printer to execute printing. The reception unit receives print data including setting data having setting values for print setting items. The first determination unit determines whether setting values cause an inconsistency. The second determination unit determines whether the client apparatus or the information processing apparatus is to resolve an inconsistency. The transmission unit transmits, in response to determining that the setting values cause an inconsistency and that the client apparatus is to resolve the inconsistency, an instruction for resolving the inconsistency to the client apparatus. The change unit changes, in response to determining that the setting values cause an inconsistency and that the information processing apparatus is to resolve the inconsistency, the setting data to resolve the inconsistency. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224208 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that performs a drawing process with respect to resource information detected from predetermined PDL data includes a PDL interpreter unit for interpreting the resource information and changing a cache process with respect to the resource information corresponding to a characteristic of the resource information interpreted thereby. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224209 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A client apparatus is coupled to a server apparatus via a network in an information processing system. In the server apparatus, installing of a plug-in file in a first storage apparatus is detected, binary image data of the detected plug-in file are written to a first storage area, and the binary image data of the plug-in file is copied to the client apparatus. In the client apparatus, copying of the binary image data of the plug-in file in a second storage area is detected, the binary image data of the plug-in file stored in the second storage area is written in an executable state within a second storage apparatus, and the plug-in file in the second storage apparatus is read as a program. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224210 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE FORMATION, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - Common portions of applications are extracted as common system service. A platform is formed by the common system service and a general purpose OS. A printer application, a copy application, and various applications are mounted on the platform. As a result, each software (application) corresponding to a printer, a copier, a facsimile device, and so on can be developed efficiently and the productivity of the apparatus as a whole can be improved. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224211 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING FILES FOR MFPS UTILIZING EXTERNAL SERVICES - An exemplary embodiment of a system and method provides a determination of when a file/document format native to a device such as a multifunction peripheral (MFP) device should be handled natively by the MFP (default behavior) or preprocessed by an external service. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224212 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ISSUING TICKETS - The present invention discloses a ticket issuing method, comprising: step a: acquiring the image of a ticket paper for issuing a ticket, recognizing a ticket number from the image acquired and determining the validity of the ticket number recognized, to obtain a valid ticket number; step b: printing on the corresponding ticket paper the ticket issuing information containing the ticket number, when receiving a ticket issuing instruction. The present invention also discloses a ticket issuing device, comprising: an image acquisition unit ( | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224213 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - In a case of deleting a two-dimensional code for personal information protection, job control information within line two-dimensional code is deleted together, leading to being incapable of obtaining tracking information or performing job control. A control unit deletes tracking information within the extracted additional information, that is, in a case where the tracking information includes first tracking information and second tracking information, deletes the second tracking information. The control unit changes the job control information within the extracted additional information to job prohibition. An encode unit encodes the additional information to generate a two-dimensional code. When the control unit detects that a memory receives the two-dimensional code including the updated additional information and a document image, in a memory the two-dimensional code and the document image are combined to generate a document image to which the two-dimensional code is added. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224214 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a web browser which receives screen data from a web server on a network and display a screen based on the screen data, and a storage unit which stores a script used to acquire information stored in an external apparatus on the network. The information processing apparatus determines whether the screen to be displayed by the web browser is an information input screen for receiving an input of information from a user, and executes the script stored in the storage unit in response to the determination in which the screen to be displayed by the web browser is the information input screen. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224215 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PHOTO-DIRECT PRINTING APPARATUS - In a printing system in which a digital camera (DSC) and PD printer apparatus are directly connected via a USB, and image data is transmitted from the DSC to the PD printer apparatus and printed, Capability of the PD printer apparatus is transmitted from the PD printer apparatus to the DSC after communication procedures are established by an application (NCDP) installed in the PD printer apparatus and DSC. The PD printer apparatus is caused to execute print operation in accordance with print conditions set by the DSC on the basis of the transmitted Capability. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224216 | PRINTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WORKING WITH INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A printing system including: a print management system that includes a first type of printer, and a printer management client device that periodically reads data about first type of printer from the first type of printer; and an environment management system that includes an integration device that periodically retrieves the data about the first type of printer from the printer management system, a data storage unit that receives the data about the first type of printer from the integration device, and a second type of printer that provides data about the second type of printer to the data storage unit, wherein the second type of printer has a management function that is configured to provide the data about the second type of printer to the data storage unit in the environment management system, and the first type of printer does not have the management function. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224217 | DEVICE AGENT FOR DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING AND PRINTING - Systems and algorithmic processes directed to first and second image processing devices connected to a network for distributed processing/printing. The first device receives a print job from a user device, and divides the print job into a plurality of portions of the print job which require image processing prior to printing. These portions are then transmitted to a number of the second devices which are compatible with distributed processing/printing and which are in an idle status mode. The second devices process the portions by, for example, rasterizing the portions, and then transmit the rasterized portions back to the first device. The first device assembles the rasterized portions into an assembled print job which is ready for printing. The first device prints the assembled print job or transmits the assembled print job to another networked device for printing, facsimile transmission, email transmission or storage. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224218 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PRINTING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing management program is disclosed. The program causes a computer to function as a printing job accepting unit which accepts a printing job from a pre-process within a printing process; a printing setting change accepting unit which accepts, from a user, a change of a printing setting which is set for the accepted printing job; a specifying unit which specifies a pagination setting for the printing job that is set in the pre-process; and a warning unit which provides a warning on a change of the printing setting depending on the specified pagination setting. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224219 | PAGE DESCRIPTION DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PAGE DESCRIPTION DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PRINT PRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - It is judged whether a dashed line pattern needs to be divided into a plurality of auxiliary dashed line patterns or not based on the configuration of the dashed line pattern. If it is decided that the dashed line pattern needs to be divided, an operator group which is descriptive of the dashed line pattern is replaced with a plurality of operator groups which are descriptive of the auxiliary dashed line patterns, respectively. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224220 | PRINTING MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRINTING MANAGEMENT METHOD, PRINTING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium includes a printing management program, which, when processed by a computer, causes the computer to function as a scheduling unit configured to schedule a print job in an image forming apparatus, the print job having a printing capability that matches a printing capability set in the image forming apparatus; and a capability change job generator configured to generate a capability change job having an instruction to change the printing capability set in the image forming apparatus. When the capability change job generated by the capability change job generator is scheduled in the image forming apparatus, the scheduling unit schedules the print job having the printing capability that matches the printing capability changed by the capability change job after the capability change job. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224221 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PRINT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PRINT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PRINT SYSTEM - A non-transitory computer readable recording medium that stores a print management program causing a computer to function as a retrieval unit that retrieves information about first functions of an image forming device and information about second functions of plural second devices; and a determination unit that determines whether the second functions of the second devices can process a print job, when the first functions of the image forming device cannot process the print job. Here, the image forming device and the second devices are connected to a print system including the computer. When the determination unit determines that the second functions of the second devices cannot process the print job, the print management program constrains the second functions of the second devices from being utilized. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224222 | Computer Readable Information Recording Medium Storing Print Job Editing Program, Print Job Editing Apparatus, Print Job Editing Method And Printing System - A capability obtaining part obtains information of a capability of an apparatus that is connected with the computer or a capability of an apparatus that is used in a printing process in which the computer is used; a determination part determines, when the capability obtaining part has obtained the information of the capability of the apparatus, functions that become invalid, from among functions that have been set in a received print job, based on the information of the capability of the apparatus and printing conditions that a print job editing program has; and a display part displays a list of the functions that become invalid, and is used to confirm a cancellation of the setting of the functions that become invalid. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224223 | PRINTER AND DATA WRITING METHOD IN THE PRINTER - A printer includes a print unit, a conveying unit, an antenna unit and a moving unit. The print unit is configured to print on a recording medium having a wireless tag. The conveying unit is configured to convey the recording medium along a conveying path to the print unit. The antenna unit is disposed on the conveying path and configured to write data to the wireless tag by radiating electromagnetic waves. The moving unit is configured to move the antenna unit on the conveying path in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the recording medium is conveyed. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224224 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus according to the invention includes a reception section configured to receive a print job; a display section configured to display information relating to the received print job; and a printing execution section configured to execute printing based on the received print job. Further, the display section is further configured to, if a print job in an execution state exists, display information relating to a print job in a first display mode, and if a print job in a pausing state exists, display information relating to a print job in a second display mode which is different from the first display mode. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224225 | PHARMACY NETWORK COMPUTER SYSTEM AND PRINTER - The invention provides a network computer system and novel pharmacy printers and their methods of use wherein the local CS includes a pharmacy printer for printing pharmacy orders including prescriptions, and the pharmacy printer includes a pharmacy printer database storing drug information and association of a drug identifier with information about a corresponding drug, and additional information, and obtains and uses instructions for printing the additional information in association with printing of a prescription label from characters contained in a prescription label print file for the prescription label. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224226 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING TERRESTRIAL MAIL OVER A NETWORK - A system and method for linking terrestrial mail to the global computer network, e.g., the Internet, are provided. The system and method of the present disclosure will enable a user, e.g., a sender and/or recipient of a document, to link all types of terrestrial mail to the global computer network, e.g., the Internet, so that they can digitally access, reply and/or utilize the content of the mail. The system and method provides for receiving an identifier associated with a terrestrial document; accessing an electronic version of the terrestrial document using the received identifier; creating a reply to the accessed document; and forwarding the reply to a sender of the terrestrial document. The reply document can be forwarded by e-mailing the reply to the sender, faxing the reply to the sender and/or printing the reply and delivering the printed reply by a terrestrial delivery service. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224227 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM - A print control device which controls a printing device to print a plurality of images on a long sheet-shaped print substrate includes a halftone switching section that switches between a dither method and an error diffusion method to be performed during halftone processing, and a halftone processing section that subjects first image data and second image data to the halftone processing, wherein the halftone processing section controls an initializing procedure for the second image data during the halftone processing, on the basis of a combination of the respective switched methods for the first image data and the second image data. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224228 | PRINTING CONTROLLER, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - A printing controller includes a reprint information acquisition section that acquires reprint information as information relating to a second image to be reprinted out of a plurality of first images having been printed on a printing medium, and an output section that prints the second image. The reprint information includes printing order information indicating a printing order position at which the first image corresponding to the second image was printed. When a plurality of second images are to be reprinted, the output section prints the second images on the basis of the printing order information. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224229 | PRINTING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A printing medium that is capable of expressing vivid colors without increasing the number of colors and capable of suppressing a printing cost of a dot pattern printing, an information processing method, and an information processing device that use the printing medium are provided that make it possible to perform superposed printing of a graphic and a dot pattern with one color without using inks having different frequency characteristics. A dot pattern includes grid dots arranged in accordance with a predetermined rule for defining information with halftone dots that are superimposed and printed. The printing medium is printed in a way in which dots on the printing medium are detected from brightness information recorded in bitmap image data by a predetermined method and the dots are determined either as the grid dots that constitute the dot pattern or the halftone dots by an image analysis processing unit. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224230 | WATERMARKING COMPRISING ULTRAVIOLET CURABLE SOLID INKS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present embodiments relate to a method of watermarking using a curable gel ink, and in particular, the curable gel ink is an ultraviolet (UV) curable gel ink that can be used in digital printing methods such as ink jet printing. The present embodiments provide improved scratch and rub resistance for watermarks formed with the UV curable gel ink formulations. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224231 | Apparatus and Method for Processing a Recording Medium with Embedded Information - An apparatus for processing a recording medium with embedded information comprises: a passage mechanism including a first passage, a loop passage and recording medium conveying rollers, wherein a first opening and a second opening of the loop passage are connected to the tail end of the first passage; a first guide mechanism configured to selectively communicate the first passage with the first opening or the second opening of the loop passage; and a processing device including a magnetic head and a print head which are arranged in the first passage, wherein the magnetic head is arranged at a side of a recording medium inlet/outlet port which is adjacent to a leading end of the first passage. A method for processing the recording medium with embedded information is also disclosed. According to the apparatus and method for processing the recording medium mentioned above, the recording medium can be turned over automatically during moving through the loop passage, so that the printing on both sides of the recording medium can be realized by one single print head, and thus a comprehensive process on the recording medium with embedded information is realized, and the cost of the apparatus is reduced. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224232 | Image Forming Apparatus, Electronic Mail Delivery Server, and Information Processing Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an information delivery apparatus including an analysis unit and a first display controller. The analysis unit analyzes data to extract data elements. The first display controller displays preview of the data elements on a first display unit. A data element selected from the preview is transmitted to an information processing apparatus via a network. The information processing apparatus displays the data element as a symbol at a predetermined position on a second display unit. The second display unit displays an application window. When the second display unit receives input to select the symbol and place it on the application window, the data element is entered into a corresponding application and the symbol is displayed on the application window. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224233 | FACSIMILE CONTROL APPARATUS - A facsimile control apparatus includes a main control unit configured so that power supply to the main control unit is shut off while the facsimile control apparatus is in an energy-saving mode; a first switching unit configured to switch the power supply to the main control unit on/off; and a detection circuit configured to output a switch control signal for turning the first switching unit on when detecting an input signal input from a public network. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224234 | CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE READING SYSTEM - In a control method for an image reading system comprising an image scanning apparatus selectively reading an original as a reflective or transmissive original, an image processing apparatus receiving image data read by the image scanning apparatus and executing image processing of the image data, an operating unit, and a display unit. The control method includes determining whether the original is the reflective or transmissive original, executing reading of the reflective or transmissive original based on the determination result, processing the read image data, displaying details of processing executed and the image processing, and inputting an instruction to change the details of displayed processing. When the change instruction input instructs change of a process under execution or having been already executed, the image processing is executed again from the changed process. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224235 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS - A two-dimensional light scanning apparatus includes: a deflector to drive at a resonance frequency in a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction different from the main scanning direction; a position sensor to detect a scanning position of the deflector; a resonance frequency predicting part to predict the resonance frequency of the deflector; and a deflector drive control part to: for drawing a Lissajous figure in which scanning trajectories of the deflector do not overlap with each other for one frame, store a plurality of pairs of respective frequency ratios of driving signals in the sub-scanning direction to driving signals in the main scanning direction, and respective phases of the driving signals in the sub-scanning direction with respect to the driving signals in the main scanning direction; select one pair of a frequency ratio and a phase; and control the deflector with a driving signal. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224236 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION OF AN OBJECT FROM RECEIVED ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - An apparatus and method to produce a hologram of an object includes an electromagnetic radiation assembly configured to receive a received electromagnetic radiation, such as light, from the object. The electromagnetic radiation assembly is further configured to diffract the received electromagnetic radiation and transmit a diffracted electromagnetic radiation. An image capture assembly is configured to capture an image of the diffracted electromagnetic radiation and produce the hologram of the object from the captured image. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224237 | HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING SYSTEM HAVING A RELAY SYSTEM - According to one aspect and example, a holographic recording system includes a light source, an object for modulating an object beam from the light source, and a relay system adapted to magnify (positive or negative) the modulated beam (e.g., an image of the object) to an output image. The object may include an SLM operable to modulate the object beam with an information layer comprising a plurality of data pages. The output image is directed to the holographic storage medium, where a reference beam is also directed, to record the resulting interference pattern. Additionally, the relay system converges the output image to an output Fourier plane, which may be disposed within the holographic storage medium. A filter may be placed at an intermediate Fourier plane located prior to the output Fourier plane, and a phase mask may be placed at the position of the output image. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224238 | SUBSTRATE FASTENING STRUCTURE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A substrate fastening structure is provided with a substrate on which an optical detection sensor is mounted, and a casing to which the substrate is secured internally. The casing is provided with a reference portion having a reference groove formed in a perpendicular direction with respect to a first surface configured on an inner side of the casing, and an opposing portion having an opposing groove that opposes the reference groove. The opposing portion is provided with a pass-through hole that is located on an extension of a straight line on which the reference groove and the opposing groove oppose each other, and that passes through the opposing portion. The substrate is inserted extending across the reference groove and the opposing groove, and has an opposing end face that opposes the opposing portion, and has a cut | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224239 | DRIVER FOR OPTICAL DEFLECTOR USING TWO ASYNCRONOUS SAW-TOOTH DRIVE VOLTAGES AND METHOD FOR SETTING THE SAME - An optical deflector includes a mirror, a movable frame for supporting the mirror, a support body surrounding the movable frame, and a first group of piezoelectric actuators and a second group of piezoelectric actuators alternating with the first group of piezoelectric actuators. A driver applies a first drive voltage having first saw-tooth waves to the first group of piezoelectric actuators, and applies a second drive voltage having second saw-tooth waves opposite in phase with the first saw-tooth waves to the second group of piezoelectric actuators. A difference in phase between the first and second saw-tooth waves is a predetermined value to suppress resonation of harmonic components of the drive voltages with a natural frequency of a mechanically-vibrating system of the mirror with respect to the axis thereof depending upon the piezoelectric actuators. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224240 | DRIVER FOR OPTICAL DEFLECTOR USING COMPLEX-SINUSOIDAL-WAVE DRIVE VOLTAGES AND METHOD FOR SETTING THE SAME - A driver for driving an optical deflector includes a mirror, a movable frame for supporting the mirror, a support body surrounding the movable frame, and a first group of piezoelectric actuators and a second group of piezoelectric actuators alternating with the first group of piezoelectric actuators. A first drive voltage for the first group of piezoelectric actuators has first repeated waves each with a first rising period. A second drive voltage for the second group of piezoelectric actuators has second repeated waves each with a second falling period corresponding to the first rising period of the first drive voltage and a second rising period corresponding to the first falling period of the first drive voltage. Frequencies of the first and second repeated waves exclude natural frequencies of a mechanically-vibrating system of the mirror with respect to the axis thereof depending upon the piezoelectric actuators. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224241 | ERECTING EQUAL-MAGNIFICATION LENS ARRAY PLATE, OPTICAL SCANNING UNIT, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE WRITING DEVICE - An erecting equal-magnification lens array plate includes: a first lens array plate provided with a plurality of first lenses systematically arranged on a first surface and a plurality of second lenses systematically arranged on a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a second lens array plate provided with a plurality of third lenses systematically arranged on a third surface and a plurality of fourth lenses systematically arranged on a fourth surface opposite to the third surface. The first lens array plate and the second lens array plate form a stack such that the second surface and the third surface face each other to ensure that a combination of the lenses aligned with each other form a coaxial lens system. A plurality of V grooves are formed in an area between adjacent second lenses on the second surface in the erecting equal-magnification lens array plate. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224242 | ERECTING EQUAL-MAGNIFICATION LENS ARRAY PLATE, OPTICAL SCANNING UNIT, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE WRITING DEVICE - An erecting equal-magnification lens array plate includes a first lens array plate and a second lens array plate provided opposite to each other, each of the first and second lens array plates being formed with a plurality of lenses on both sides thereof. The first lens array plate is provided with a first lens-to-lens distance determining part. The second lens array plate is provided with a second lens-to-lens distance determining part. The distance between opposite lenses is determined by the contact between the first lens-to-lens distance determining part and the second lens-to-lens distance determining part. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224243 | LASER SYSTEM TO GENERATE A LASER GUIDE STAR - A laser system includes a laser light source which emits electromagnetic radiation, at least one optical amplifier which amplifies the radiation emitted from the laser light source, and a frequency multiplier which converts the amplified radiation by resonant frequency multiplying and/or summation-frequency generating. The laser system has a modulation facility which causes a modulation of the electromagnetic radiation emitted from the laser light source in such a manner that the spectrum encompasses a carrier frequency and at least one sideband, with the frequency multiplier being resonant at the carrier frequency and at the frequency of the at least one sideband. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224244 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light-emitting display device including: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; a display unit interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and comprising an organic light-emitting device; a sealing member disposed to surround the display unit between the first substrate and the second substrate and that bonds the first substrate to the second substrate; and a filler disposed in the sealing member to cover the display unit and comprising photochromic materials, wherein the photochromic materials comprise a first photochromic material that absorbs light in a wavelength of about 470 nm to about 490 nm and a second photochromic material that absorbs light in a wavelength of about 550 nm to about 580 nm. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224245 | POLYMERISABLE LC MATERIAL AND POLYMER FILM WITH NEGATIVE OPTICAL DISPERSION - The invention relates to a polymerisable LC material with negative optical dispersion, a polymer film with negative optical dispersion obtainable from such a material, and the use of the polymerisable LC material and polymer film in optical, electrooptical, electronic, semiconducting or luminescent components or devices. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224246 | GRATING STRUCTURE OF 2D/3D SWITCHING DISPLAY DEVICE - A grating structure of a 2D/3D switching display device comprises: a first transparent substrate, a first transparent conductive film; a second transparent substrate, and a second transparent conductive film disposed with an interval apart with each other on a side of the first transparent conductive film, such that a potential difference is produced between the first transparent conductive film and the second transparent conductive film; a solution type electrochromic material, disposed between the two transparent conductive films; an isolating element, made of an inorganic material, and disposed on a side of the second transparent conductive film; and a conductive wire layer, disposed on a lateral periphery of the first transparent conductive film and/or the second transparent conductive film. After the conductive wire layer is electrically conducted, the conductive wire layer with a low resistance accelerates the conduction of current, so as to improve the efficiency and uniformity of coloration. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224247 | STRETCHABLE DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE THEREOF - Stretchable electrochromic devices are disclosed including a stretchable electrochromic substrate; and a stretchable and transparent polymeric electrolyte coating or impregnating the stretchable electrochromic substrate. The stretchable electrochromic devices can find utility in the preparation of wearable electronic garments. Other devices using a stretchable and transparent polymeric electrolyte are disclosed. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224248 | REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - An electrochromic interior reflective element for an interior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle includes front and rear substrates and an electrochromic medium sandwiched between the front and rear substrates. The electrochromic medium is disposed in an interpane cavity established between a third surface of the rear substrate and a second surface of said the substrate, and the electrochromic medium is bounded by a perimeter seal. A conductive layer is disposed at a fourth surface of the rear substrate. A non-conductive layer covers a covered portion of the conductive layer and leaves an exposed portion of the conductive layer exposed. An electronic circuitry component is disposed at the fourth surface of the rear substrate. The electronic circuitry component is electrically connected to the exposed portion of the conductive layer. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224249 | ION-CONDUCTIVE THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITION, ELECTROCHROMIC COMPOSITE SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ION-CONDUCTIVE FOIL - An ion-conductive thermoplastic compositions contains a partially acetalated polyvinyl alcohol, at least one support electrolyte and at least one plasticizer. The partially acetalated polyvinyl alcohol contains two different acetal units. Electrochromic laminated glass systems produced using the ion-conductive compositions and a method for producing the systems are also provided. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224250 | Microstructure Optical Phase Shifting Film and Lens - The present invention discloses a microstructure optical phase shifting film and lens. The optical phase shifting film is an integrated structure which includes a light-phase-shifting-film base and the convex surface positioned thereon. The convex surface has a plurality of semi-cylinder like protrusions which have the same height and are separated from a constant pitch with each other. A lens layer is covered on the surface of the optical phase shifting film to form a microstructure lens. The optical phase shift film exhibits different refractive index because of the light with different polarization angle. Therefore, the microstructure functions as a lenticular lens used in 2D/3D switching display. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224251 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A method of manufacturing is disclosed for an electrophoretic display apparatus that includes an array substrate and an electrophoretic film laminated to the array substrate. A thermally activated adhesive is used to adhesively attach the electrophoretic film to the array substrate. The electrophoretic film is first aligned to and flattened against the array substrate and then a substantially stronger than original adhesion property of the adhesive is activated by annealing at a high temperature that is substantially greater than room temperature. Rework prior to annealing is therefore possible when alignment errors occur between the electrophoretic film and the array substrate. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224252 | LIGHT CONVERSION MODULE AND LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A light conversion module includes a coupler for combining two light beams to form a combined light beam, a nonlinear crystal arranged to receive the combined light beam and configured to include a plurality of poling regions for performing successive nonlinear frequency mixing processes, a first optical device configured to focus the combined light beam onto the nonlinear crystal, a first moving stage carrying the nonlinear crystal and moving the nonlinear crystal for an adjustment of a focus position of the combined light beam on the nonlinear crystal, and an optical detector configured for measuring a power level of the light beam from the nonlinear crystal for the adjustment of the focus position of the combined light beam on the nonlinear crystal. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224253 | DISTRIBUTED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING DISTRIBUTED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION PROGRAM - A distributed Raman amplification apparatus includes a Raman excitation light source that outputs Raman excitation light to a transmission line fiber through which signal light propagates, a light source control unit that controls an output wavelength of the Raman excitation light source to prevent the Raman excitation light from changing a wavelength spectrum of the signal light, an intensity measurement unit that measures intensity of the Raman excitation light before and after propagation through the transmission line fiber, and a loss calculation unit that calculates a loss of the Raman excitation light in the transmission line fiber based on the intensity of the Raman excitation light before and after propagation through the transmission line fiber measured by the intensity measurement unit. This allows real-time monitoring of the Raman gain. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224254 | Rare-Earth-Doped Amplifying Optical Fiber - An amplifying optical fiber includes an inner core, an inner cladding, a depressed trench, and an outer cladding (e.g., an outer optical cladding). Typically, the inner core includes a main matrix (e.g., silica-based) doped with at least one rare earth element. The depressed trench typically has a volume integral V | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224255 | PLASMON RESONANT CAVITIES IN VERTICAL NANOWIRE ARRAYS - Tunable plasmon resonant cavity arrays in paired parallel nanowire waveguides are presented. Resonances can be observed when the waveguide length is an odd multiple of quarter plasmon wavelengths, consistent with boundary conditions of node and antinode at the ends. Two nanowire waveguides can satisfy the dispersion relation of a planar metal-dielectric-metal waveguide of equivalent width equal to the square field average weighted gap. Confinement factors of over 10 | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224256 | OPTICALLY ACTIVE MULTILAYER SYSTEM FOR SOLAR ABSORPTION - The present invention pertains to a composite material for use as a selective solar absorber with a carrier layer ( | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224257 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope includes a condenser lens that is provided in an illumination light path and in which at least one optical device is insertable into and removable from an illumination light axis for switching an observation method. The microscope also includes a first polarizing plate that is provided in a same light axis as the optical device and is insertable into and removable from the illumination light axis integrally with the optical device, and a second polarizing plate that is provided in the illumination light axis independently from insertion and removal of the optical device into and from the illumination light axis. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224258 | SIGHTING TELESCOPE WITH OPTIMIZED EXIT PUPIL - Regarding a sighting telescope comprising an objective and a reversing system, a first and second image planes respectively being configured between the objective and the reversing system and on a reversing system's side facing away from the objective, where an intermediate image projected by the objective into to the first image plane is reproduced into the second image plane, the invention stipulates an optical unit situated on the reversing system's side away from the objective to make visible the intermediate image in the second image plane. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224259 | PICTURE CHANGEABLE STREOSCOPIC POSTING APPARATUS - A picture changeable stereoscopic posting apparatus, comprising: a front case and a main body case formed as a frame, respectively; a lenticular plate mounted on the front case; a picture fixing device for fixing a 3D picture provided on a rear surface of the lenticular plate; a 3D picture which is printed on a separate printing paper and includes a left eye picture and a right eye picture which are fine-divided into a plurality of pictures and are arranged vertically in sequence to be combined as single picture; and a resilient plate which is made of elastic material such as sponge or urethane sheet and is provided inside the main body case wherein the front case is opened from the main body case for the 3D picture | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224260 | EYEGLASSES FOR PERSONAL AND COMMERCIAL USE INCLUDING REUSE IN 3D THEATER AND OTHER REPEATED OPERATIONS - 3D glasses including features for an enhanced viewing experience with lower production and operating costs for theaters. Keyed lenses and removable temples facilitate assembly and field repairs. Specific angles of lens placement and the provision of specific anti-reflective areas on the frames enhance the quality of the optical path content being viewed. RFID and radio chips increase accountability and collection of use statistics. Smooth areas enhance cleaning and lower the time and material costs for between use cleanings. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224261 | ADJUSTABLE OPTICAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - An optical support assembly including at least one optical assembly, a bracket adapted for coupling to a spectacle frame, and a rail frame coupled to the bracket and comprising any of (1) a rigid rail frame engaged to the at least one optical assembly for laterally adjusting said at least one optical assembly, and (2) a deformable rail frame engaged to the at least one optical assembly for manual reconfiguring said at least one optical assembly. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224262 | Micro-Optical Phase Film and Lenticular Lens - The present invention discloses a micro-optical phase film and a micro-lenticular lens. The optical phase film is integrally formed and includes an optical phase film base and a concave surface disposed on the optical phase film base. The concave surface has a plurality of concave and semi-cylinder like protrusions which are separated from each other in a constant pitch and have the same height. A lens layer covers the optical phase film to form a micro-lenticular lens. The optical phase film will exhibit different refractive index because of the incident light with different polarization angles, so as to achieve the object of 2D/3D image switching. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224263 | Optical Systems Utilizing Diffraction Gratings To Remove Undesirable Light From A Field Of View - An optical system has a lens assembly for imaging an object. The lens assembly includes a lens wherein at least a portion of a peripheral part of the lens includes a diffraction grating arranged to divert light arriving on the peripheral part of the lens from an object. The diffraction grating diverts the light away from a focal region, where a central part of the lens focuses light arriving on the central part of the lens from the object, into an image of the object. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224264 | POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE SHEET, OPTICAL ELEMENT INCORPORATING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A PDMS sheet that ensures good adhesion, handleability and stability to metal thin films or metal patterns of any desired shape, an optical element that is kept against de-bonding or exfoliation of metal patterns and has high reliability as well as good handleability and stability, and manufacturing methods thereof. The inventive optical element comprises a polydimethyl-siloxane sheet having a pattern-formation surface defined by one surface and a base surface defined by another surface, and a plurality of metal patterns positioned on the pattern-formation surface. Given a low-molecular-weight siloxane of a cyclic structure represented by [—Si(CH | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224265 | SUPPORTING A SUBSTRATE WITHIN AN OPTICAL COMPONENT - An optical component including a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, a first plurality of light reflective coating layers disposed adjacent to the first side and a second plurality of light reflective coating layers disposed adjacent to the second side of the substrate. The first plurality of light reflective coating layers has a first combination of a first thickness and a first modulus of elasticity in relation to the substrate. The second plurality of light reflective coating layers has a second combination of a second thickness and a second modulus of elasticity in relation to the substrate that matches the first combination such that the first and second plurality of light reflective coatings layers support the substrate in a neutral shape. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224266 | WIDE ANGLE THIN-PROFILE ZOOM - Some embodiments pertain to an optical zoom system. The optical zoom system includes a first inward-facing surface that is at least partly reflective and a second inward-facing surface that is at least partly reflective. The optical zoom system further includes a first aperture that includes a plurality of sub-apertures which are positioned around at least a portion of an outer periphery of one of the first and second inward facing surfaces. Each sub-aperture includes an optically powered element. The optical zoom system further includes a second aperture that exists proximate a central region of the optical zoom system. Light is reflected on the first and second inward facing surfaces as the light travels between the first aperture and the second aperture such that the light is optically combined into a single image before exiting the second aperture. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224267 | OPTICAL COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A recessed portion, through which a covering plastic that has been melted and that is used for covering a core lens is introduced in a bifurcating manner, is formed in the core lens, and the covering plastic is introduced simultaneously onto the front and back surfaces of the core lens through the recessed portion. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224268 | OBJECTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM - An objective optical system including an objective optical system having a field angle of 140° or larger and including a front group, an aperture stop, and a positive rear group arranged in that order from an object side. The front group has at least one aspherical surface and includes a negative first lens disposed closest to the object side and satisfying the following conditional expression: 0≦r | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224269 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, which does not move for zooming, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, which moves during zooming, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, which moves during zooming, an aperture stop, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, which does not move for zooming. The fourth lens unit includes a first lens sub-unit, a focal length conversion optical system configured to be inserted into or removed from an optical path, and a second lens sub-unit. A focal length of the second lens sub-unit, a distance from the aperture stop to a lens surface at the most object side of the second lens sub-unit, and an F-number of the entire zoom lens at a wide-angle end are appropriately set. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224270 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from object side, a positive first lens unit which does not move for varying magnification, a negative second lens unit which moves for varying magnification, a negative third lens unit which moves for varying magnification, and a positive fourth lens unit which does not move for varying magnification, wherein the first lens unit includes a positive lens which satisfies the following conditions: 70<νp<85; 2.31| 2012-09-06 | |
| 20120224271 | OCULAR OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - An ocular optical system EL for observing an image displayed on an image display element Ob has, in order from the image display element Ob: a first lens L | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224272 | MINIATURIZED OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM - A miniaturized optical lens system comprises, in order from the object side to the image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a concave image-side surface and one of the surfaces being aspheric; and a second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface, a convex image-side surface and one of the surfaces being aspheric. The optical lens system is further provided with an aperture stop. Such arrangements can effectively reduce the volume of the optical lens system, correct aberrations and astigmatism of the system in order to obtain higher image quality. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224273 | PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY - A photographing optical lens assembly 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, the third lens element with positive refractive power, and the fourth lens element with positive refractive power. By such arrangement, the total track length of the photographing optical lens assembly would be suitable for compact electronics. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224274 | LENS BARREL AND CAMERA - A lens barrel includes a linear vibration actuator and a lens ring. The linear vibration actuator includes a vibrating element, relative motion member and pressurizing mechanism. The vibrating element generates a driving force at a driving face in parallel with an optical axis by oscillation of an electromechanical conversion element. The relative motion member is in pressure contact with the driving face and linearly moves in parallel with the optical axis with respect to the vibrating element. The pressurizing mechanism applies a pressure force between the driving face and the relative motion member. The lens ring holds a photographic lens and is linearly moved by the relative motion member in parallel with the optical axis. The linear vibration actuator includes a first linear guide receiving the pressure force applied to the relative motion member, and the lens ring includes a second linear guide guiding the lens ring to linearly move. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224275 | AUTO FOCUSING LENS MODULE AND CALIBRATING METHOD THEREOF - An auto focusing lens module is provided, which includes a casing, a photo interrupter and a lens holder. The casing has a containing space. The photo interrupter is fixedly disposed on the casing and has a light-emitting surface and a light-sensing surface opposite to the light-emitting surface. The lens holder is disposed in the containing space and has a first obstacle and a second obstacle. The space between the first obstacle and the second obstacle keeps a calibrating interval. The lens holder is capable of moving to-and-fro along an axial direction to bring the first obstacle, the calibrating interval or the second obstacle to the space between the light-emitting surface and the light-sensing surface. The invention also provides a calibrating method suitable for the above-mentioned auto focusing lens module. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224276 | COLOR FILTER ARRAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A color filter array and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The color filter array includes a substrate, a light shielding structure and a plurality of color filter patterns. The substrate has a plurality of unit regions. The light shielding structure is disposed on the substrate and has a plurality of openings exposing the unit regions, and at least one sidewall of each of the openings of the light shielding structure has a plurality recess patterns. The color filter patterns are respectively disposed in the openings of the light shielding structure. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224277 | INTERLEAVED AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL FOR ASYMMETRIC DATA SIGNALS - A data signal comprising an even component and an odd component with differing amplitudes is received at a main automatic gain controller (AGC). The even component is adjusted by a first interleaved AGC and the odd component is adjusted by a second interleaved AGC such that even and odd component amplitudes are substantially equal. Amplitude adjusted even and odd components are recombined to define a data signal with components having substantially equal amplitudes. The even and odd components can be generated by a read transducer moving relative to a magnetic storage medium comprising tracks defined by discrete and spaced-apart recording bits arranged in an interspersed pattern. A read channel separates the data signal into even and odd samples such that a gain can be independently adjusted for each of the even and odd samples to compensate for asymmetry between the even and odd samples. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224278 | Onboard Data Recorder for a Nondestructive Test Wire Rope Sensor Head - A wire rope tester including a magnetic testing device; the wire rope tester includes a Remote Data Recorder mounted on a sensor head of the magnetic testing device. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224279 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD - An example magnetic recording head includes a main magnetic pole containing a ferromagnetic layer and a main magnetic pole-magnetization fixing portion containing an anti-ferromagnetic layer in contact with at least one side surface of the main magnetic pole. A heater for the main magnetic pole is configured so as to include an oxide layer with a metal path therein embedded in or provided in the vicinity of the main magnetic pole-magnetization fixing portion and a pair of electrodes, provided in the vicinity of the oxide layer, for flowing a current parallel to a surface of a recording medium through the metal path. A magnetic field generator generates a magnetic field so as to direct a magnetization of the main magnetic pole in one direction. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224280 | Magnetic Head Suspension - The present invention provides a magnetic head suspension, wherein a supporting portion such as an arm or base plate includes a pair of supporting pieces extending from its opposite sides in the widthwise direction to a tip-end side of the suspension, and a concave portion which is defined by the pair of supporting pieces and is opened toward the tip-end side of the suspension, there is provided an elastically-deformable elastic plate which is connected to the pair of supporting pieces at a first end and a second end in the widthwise direction of the magnetic head suspension, the member forming the load beam portion is connected to the elastic plate, and the elastic plate forms the load bending portion. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224281 | FLEXURE AND HEAD SUSPENSION WITH FLEXURE - A flexure has a metal base plate, an insulating layer formed on the metal base plate, a wiring pattern formed on the insulating layer, a read-write head connected to a first end of the wiring pattern, and terminals for external connection that are adjacent to each other and are connected to a second end of the wiring pattern. The flexure includes a hole formed through the insulating layer in the vicinity of respective one of the adjacent terminals and an exposed part being a part of the metal base plate that is exposed through the hole to the terminals. A distance between the respective one of the adjacent terminals and the exposed part exposed through the hole in the vicinity thereof is shorter than a distance between the adjacent terminals. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224282 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND HEAD SUSPENSION WITH THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE - An electrical connection structure for a piezoelectric element and a head suspension with the piezoelectric element employing the electrical connection structure are provided. The electrical connection structure fixes and connects a terminal of a wiring member to an electrode of the piezoelectric element, which is arranged to face the terminal, with a conductive adhesive so that no peeling due to thermal expansion occurs between the terminal and the conductive adhesive. The electrical connection structure includes a through hole formed through the terminal and a connection part formed around the through hole on an opposite side of a piezoelectric element on the terminal. The conductive adhesive is applied and solidified so that the conductive adhesive extends between a surface of the connection part and a surface of the electrode of the piezoelectric element through the through hole. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224283 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes a magnetic head and a magnetic storage medium. The magnetic head includes a spin-torque oscillator including a free layer, a non-magnetic layer and a fixed layer, magnetization of the free layer being rotatable, the non-magnetic layer being laminated on the free layer, the fixed layer being laminated on the non-magnetic layer, a magnetization direction of the fixed layer being fixed. The magnetic storage medium includes first magnetic layers formed of magnetic materials having different resonant frequencies, each of the first magnetic layers being formed of an in-plane magnetization film and having recording tracks. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224284 | DISTRIBUTED BUILDING BLOCKS OF R-C CLAMPING CIRCUITRY IN SEMICONDUCTOR DIE CORE AREA - A semiconductor die includes resistor-capacitor (RC) clamping circuitry for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection of the semiconductor die. The RC clamping circuitry includes building blocks distributed in the pad ring and in the core area of the semiconductor die, The building blocks include at least one capacitor block in the core area, The RC clamping circuitry also includes chip level conductive layer connections between each of the distributed building blocks. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224285 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention is achieved by applying a layer of the mixture that contains polymer and conductive particles over a first surface, when the mixture has a first viscosity that allows the conductive particles to rearrange within the layer. An electric field is applied over the layer, so that a number of the conductive particles are aligned with the field and thereafter the viscosity of the layer is changed to a second, higher viscosity, in order to mechanically stabilise the layer. This leads to a stable layer with enhanced and anisotropic conductivity that can be used in the manufacture of ESD devices. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224286 | POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND PROTECTION METHOD FOR MAIN LINE THEREOF - A power distribution system distributes power to each section of a building via a main line which is wired to pass through each section of the building. The power distribution system is equipped with a plurality of sensors which are provided at each section of the building and which monitor the current value of the main line in the respective sections. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224287 | FUZZY INTERFERENCE RELAY AND METHOD FOR CURRENT DIFFERENTIAL PROTECTION OF A TRANSMISSION LINE - A relay for current differential protection of a transmission line, comprising: a first calculator of symmetrical sequence components of currents of each phase of the transmission line at local and remote ends of the transmission line; a second calculator of phase differences φ | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224288 | POWER MODULE - A power module includes a current sensing circuit in which a transistor includes an emitter connected to a sense emitter of a current sense element of an IGBT and a base connected to ground, a current sensing resistor including one end thereof connected to a collector of the transistor and the other end thereof connected to a common connection portion. The power module detects, as a current sensing voltage, a potential difference generated by the current sensing resistor based on the common connection portion as a reference, compares the current sensing voltage with a predetermined threshold voltage, and determines whether or not an overcurrent flows through the IGBT according to a magnitude relation therebetween. | 2012-09-06 |
| 20120224289 | VOLTAGE ACTIVATED 2ND LEVEL SAFETY CIRCUIT FOR PERMANENT ISOLATION - A voltage activated 2 | 2012-09-06 |
