44th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140320922 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - When a job is a non-print job, an information processing apparatus writes dummy data to a printing apparatus during job-end processing. Alternatively, when print data is not written to the printing apparatus during the job-end processing, the information processing apparatus directly instructs a print queue to hide the management information of a non-print job. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320923 | PRINTING SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING METHOD - When print data transmitted by a PC is accumulated in a printing server, the printing server creates display data for displaying on the PC an image based on the print data and an image corresponding to an advertisement image to be added to the image, and transmits the display data to the PC. When print data is created so that an image is printed on only the front side of a recording paper, image data is created so that an advertisement image is printed on the reverse side of the recording paper. The PC previews an image on the surface and an image on the reverse side based on the received display data on an LCD of a display section. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320924 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes at least one transmission apparatus, and plural image forming apparatuses, wherein the transmission apparatus includes a transmission section that transmits printing data to a first image forming apparatus of the plural image forming apparatuses, wherein the first image forming apparatus includes a receiving section that receives printing data from the transmission apparatus or other image forming apparatuses, and a printing data transmission section that transmits the printing data or substantially identical printing data generated on the basis of the printing data, to the image forming apparatuses other than the own apparatus among the plural image forming apparatuses, when printing data which is substantially identical to the printing data received by the receiving section cannot be acquired from the image forming apparatuses corresponding to the predefined reference number among the plural image forming apparatuses. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320925 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The wireless communication device may determine in which of a parent state and a child state the wireless communication device is to operate in a case where the wireless communication device receives a first type of signal, and determine the wireless communication device is to operate in the parent state in a case where the wireless communication device receives a second type of signal. The wireless communication device may send a first wireless profile to a first external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the first external device in a case where the wireless communication device is to operate in the parent state, and receive a second wireless profile from a second external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the second external device in a case where the wireless communication device is to operate in the child state. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320926 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - To further improve an operability in a print instruction from an information processing apparatus provided with a touch panel to a print apparatus. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320927 | INKJET PRINTING WITH INCREASED GAMUT - A method for determining color separation image data for printing for an ink jet printer. Target colors are determined as a function of location in accordance with the image data, and color separation image data is determined specifying amounts of a fluorescent ink and one or more non-fluorescent reflective inks to be combined to form the target colors when printed on an ink receiver. For target colors having a specified hue angle the amount of the fluorescent ink is decreased as a density of the target color increases beyond a threshold density level. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320928 | HALFTONE SCREEN - A halftone screen may be used to transform a continuous tone image into a halftone image. Determining the halftone screen may include determining a first halftone tile for a first gray level, selecting pixel locations and increasing the intensity of pixels at the locations to activate the pixels to form a second halftone tile for a subsequent gray level. A filtered image may be generated from the second halftone tile, and pixels from the filtered image may be used to generate the halftone screen. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320929 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit having a reading surface and being rotatable about an axis of rotation, and a facing member that comes into contact with the reading unit and faces the reading surface when the reading unit is at a reading position. The reading unit is capable of reading a portion of an object that faces the reading surface when the reading unit is at the reading position. When the reading unit is at a position other than the reading position, the reading surface is positioned nearer to the axis of rotation than when the reading unit is at the reading position and the reading unit is spaced apart from the facing member. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320930 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING A FACSIMILE CONFIRMATION BASED ON CONTENT - A method for routing a confirmation of receipt of a facsimile or portion thereof according to one embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing text of a facsimile; detecting at least one document feature of the facsimile based on the analysis; comparing one or more detected document features to a plurality of document features, each of the plurality of document features corresponding to one or more known document types; and routing the confirmation to one or more destinations based on at least one of the comparison and the analysis. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320931 | FACSIMILE MACHINE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A multifunctional peripheral includes an image reading unit, an image memory, a facsimile communication unit, a modification instruction reception unit, and a data modification unit. The image reading unit acquires data to be transmitted by facsimile. The image memory stores the acquired data. The facsimile communication unit performs facsimile transmission of the data in the image memory to a counterpart. The modification instruction reception unit accepts a modification instruction to modify the data of already transmitted and untransmitted pages, while the facsimile transmission to the counterpart is being performed. The data modification unit modifies the data of the page designated as object of the modification while the facsimile transmission is being performed. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320932 | System and Method for Extracting a Plurality of Images from a Single Scan - A user interface is presented to a remote user via a network, such as through a computer. A preview command is received from the user. A scanning process (e.g., scanning multiple photographs simultaneously) is initiated at a scanner coupled with the user's computer, in response to receiving the preview command. The act of initiating is performed from a location remote from the user. A single scanned image is obtained through the scanner. A plurality of crop selections are received from the user, all of which are made within the single scanned image. Several regions within multiple scanned photographs may be selected for cropping. A plurality of image files are created based on the crop selections. The plurality of image files may be created in response to the user clicking just once on a button presented by the user interface. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320933 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An area defining portion defines an edit area based on an area specifying image included in a read image read from a document by an image reading portion or on an area specifying image inputted through a drawing operation on a document image displayed on a display input portion. The area defining portion defines one or more edit areas. A determination portion determines whether or not an element image is present on a profile line of the edit area in the document image retrieved by a retrieval control portion. An area enlarging portion enlarges the edit area determined by the determination portion as having the element image on the profile line to a range in which the element image is no longer present on the profile line. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320934 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Read image data is divided into a plurality of regions, and a histogram is generated and edges are counted for each region. Blank page detection is performed based on a variance value computed from the histogram of each region. Also, the variance between regions is computed from the edge count of each region, and blank page detection is performed according to the amount of variance. It is then determined whether the document is blank or content based on the result of detection by histogram and the result of detection by edge count. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320935 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is provided with a book data acquisition unit which acquires a book data item including a plurality of image data items related to covers and individual pages of a book, a length acquisition unit which acquires a longitudinal length and a lateral length of the book based on lengths of two sides of the plurality of image data items included in the book data item, and an image data determination unit which compares the longitudinal and lateral lengths of the book to the lengths of the two sides of each of the image data items to determine the image data item determined to include neither one page nor two facing pages as the image data item including a spine image. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320936 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH IMAGE SENSOR CONTAINED IN SLIDABLE CARRIAGE - An image reading apparatus includes: a contact glass setting a manuscript thereon; an image sensor extending in a first direction and having a reading surface which faces the contact glass for reading an image from the manuscript on the contact glass; a rail member extending inside the apparatus main body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a carriage having a sensor container to contain the image sensor, a taper end portion formed in an end portion in the first direction to become smaller in height toward the end side, and an opening formed in the bottom of the sensor container on the taper end portion side; a biased portion adjacent to the reading surface of the image sensor in the second direction; and a biasing member biasing the image sensor toward the contact glass via the biased portion. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320937 | IMAGE SENSOR UNIT AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS USING THE IMAGE SENSOR UNIT - A reflection reading light guide that emits light of a reflection reading light source, from a reflected light emission surface to bill S; a transmission reading light guide that emits light of a transmission reading light source, from a transmitted light emission surface to bill S; a rod-lens array that focuses reflected light from the bill S and/or transmitted light transmitted through bill S; a light receiving element that receives light collected by the rod-lens array; and a frame including a housing portion that houses the reflection reading light guide are disclosed. A light blocking portion that protrudes from the reflected light emission surface of the reflection reading light guide toward optical axis Z of the rod-lens array is included in the housing portion, and includes a positioning reference surface for the reflection reading light guide. Influence of stray light is reduced, and accuracy of read image is improved. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320938 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes a contact glass having a document placing surface, an index part to be an index for aligning a corner of a document to a reference point within the document placing surface, a reading portion configured to read the document, and a light emitting portion configured to emit linear light extending in a main scanning direction. When a predetermined point apart from the index part within the document placing surface is set as the reference point, the light emitting portion moves in a sub-scanning direction so that a region of the contact glass irradiated with the linear light coincides with the predetermined point, and emits the linear light. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320939 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first conveying path which connects between a sheet feed portion and a sheet discharging portion, and on which a image forming portion is arranged. The image forming apparatus further includes a second conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed on one surface thereof by the image forming portion to the first conveying path again, a document conveying path, and a reading portion. The document conveying path includes a document feeding path, a document discharging path, and a common conveying path which serves as at least a part of the second conveying path, and guides the document from a document feed portion to a document discharging portion through the document feeding path, the common conveying path and the document discharging path without causing the document to pass through the image forming position. The reading portion reads a first face and a second face of the document which is fed from the document feed portion. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320940 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feed portion configured to feed a sheet, an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet, a first conveying path configured to guide the sheet fed from the sheet feed portion such that the sheet passes through the image forming portion, a second conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed on one surface thereof by the image forming portion to the first conveying path again, a document feed portion configured to feed a document to the second conveying path, an image reading portion configured to read an image of the document fed by the document feed portion, and a control portion configured to control the sheet feed portion and the document feed portion such that the document and the sheet are conveyed on the second conveying path in a sequence in which the document and the sheet are mixed in a case where an operation of forming images respectively on both surfaces of a plurality of sheets overlaps with an operation of reading images of a plurality of documents. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320941 | READING APPARATUS - In a reading apparatus including a first conveying device including a first and a second movable unit to cause the sheet to pass through the first position; and a second conveying device including a third and a fourth movable unit to cause the sheet to pass through the second position; characterized in that when the reading device reads the sheet at the first position, a moving velocity of the second movable unit is larger than a moving velocity of the first movable unit, and when the reading device reads the sheet at the second position, a moving velocity of the fourth movable unit is larger than a moving velocity of the third movable unit. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320942 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A HOLOGRAM - An apparatus for producing a hologram includes a collimation lens configured to receive incoherent light emitted from an object; a spatial light modulator (SLM) that includes at least one diffractive lens which is configured to receive the incoherent light from the collimation lens and split the incoherent light into two beams that interfere with each other; and a camera configured to record the interference pattern of the two beams to create a hologram, wherein a ratio between a distance from the SLM to the camera and a focal length of the diffractive lens is greater than 1. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320943 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - An optical scanning device has a reflecting portion and a supporting body for supporting the reflecting portion. The reflecting portion has a reflecting surface for reflecting light beam. A pair of outside beam members is arranged between the reflecting portion and the supporting body in a longitudinal direction of the device. The device also has a first driving portion, one end of which is connected to the supporting body, while the other end of which is connected to a driving point of the reflecting portion. When the first driving portion is inflected, the reflecting portion is oscillated in a twisting vibration manner at a first axis. The driving point of the reflecting portion is located at a position separated from the first axis. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320944 | GIMBALED SCANNING MICRO-MIRROR APPARATUS - A Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) device for actuating a gimbaled element, the device comprising a symmetric electromagnetic actuator for actuating one degree of freedom (DOF) and a symmetric electrostatic actuator for actuating the second degree of freedom. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320945 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a first bitable display, a second display, and a bitable electrochromic member sandwiched between the first bitable display and the second display. The first bitable display is switchable between a transparent status and a displaying status. The electrochromic member is switchable between a transparent status and a color status under predetermined voltage, with a response time of the second display being less than 30 milliseconds. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320946 | Dynamically Managing Vehicle Glass Dimming - A method, system or computer usable program product for dynamically changing transparency of portions of a vehicle transparent material including determining a location of a bright light with respect to a vehicle; determining a driver location within the vehicle; selectively changing a transparency of a selected portion of the vehicle transparent material to obscure the bright light from the driver's eyes, while allowing a majority of the vehicle transparent material to remain normally transparent; and repeating the above steps continually to adjust a location of the selected portion of the vehicle transparent material as the vehicle changes orientation with respect to the bright light. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320947 | MULTI-PANE DYNAMIC WINDOW AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A window assembly comprises a plurality of dynamic electrochromic zones formed on a single transparent substrate in which at least two electrochromic zones are independently controllable. In one exemplary embodiment, the window assembly comprises an Insulated Glass Unit (IGU), and at least one transparent substrate comprises a lite. In another exemplary embodiment, the IGU comprises at least two lites in which at least one lite comprises a plurality of independently controllable dynamic zones. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320948 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical element ( | 2014-10-30 |
20140320949 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS AS WELL AS CONTROL PROGRAM FOR PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Exemplary embodiments provide a projection-type display apparatus, which can address or realize a reduction in weight and size, a reduction in power consumption, and a reduction in noise, and address or realize a reduction in price, and a control method for the projection-type display apparatus, as well as a control program for the projection-type display apparatus. The projection-type display apparatus includes a solid-state light source that emits light, a mirror device that controls an emitting direction of the incident light to thereby subject the incident light to temporal modulation, and a projecting device that projects the modulated light. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320950 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTECTING OBJECTS FROM DEGRADATION BY LIGHT WITH SUSPENDED PARTICLE DEVICE LIGHT VALVES - A display device comprising a Suspended Particle Device film or other material for controlling the amount of illumination transmitted to an object from one or more light sources to protect the object from degradation by light is described. The display is capable of being dark when the object is not being viewed and being highly transmissive when the object is to be viewed. If desired, the display device may be controlled so as to provide a substantially constant amount of illumination when the object is viewed or intended to be viewed. A method of protecting an object using the display device is also provided. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320951 | PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS - This invention relates to polymer particles, a process for their preparation, the use of these particles for the preparation of an electrophoretic device, electrophoretic displays comprising such particle, and new polymerisable dyes. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320952 | Head-Up Display Device - A head-up display device operated in a vehicle comprises: a first image source disposed under the windshield of the vehicle, which emits a first polarized image light having a first polarization; a light path combining component in front of the first image source, which is for that the first polarized image light firstly goes to the light path combining component and only lets the first polarized image light be through and then the image light goes to the windshield, part of the image light is reflected by the windshield to a driver's eyes; and a second image source inside the vehicle, which emits a second polarized image light having a second polarization and then the image light directly goes to or reflects at least one time to the combining component, continuously to the windshield, and the second polarized image light is partially reflected by the windshield to the eyes. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320953 | TUNABLE OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERTER BASED ON AN ULTRASONIC GRATING - The present invention provides a tunable optical frequency converter based on an ultrasonic grating, which includes a laser, a first optical isolator, and a circulating frequency shift module. Said circulating frequency shift module is composed of an optical coupler, an ultrasonic grating, a lens group, an optical amplifier, a second optical isolator, a first optical circulator, a fiber Bragg grating, a second optical circulator, a tunable filter and a tunable attenuator. Light outputted by said laser is inputted to said circulating frequency shift module to conduct frequency shifting repeatedly after passing through the first optical isolator, and then separated by a tunable filter and a second optical circulator, then frequency converted light is outputted from the port of the circulating frequency shift module. The frequency converter provided in the present invention has a compact volume and fewer optical components, which means it is easy to be integrated, a big frequency converting range, a high frequency converting efficiency and a high output power. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320954 | INFRARED RAY CUT-OFF MATERIAL, DISPERSION OF INFRARED RAY CUT-OFF MATERIAL, INFRARED RAY CUT-OFF FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION, AND INFRARED RAY CUT-OFF FILM - An infrared ray cut-off material is formed of phosphorus-doped antimony tin oxide powder, in which a content of antimony in terms of SbO | 2014-10-30 |
20140320955 | MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - The disclosure relates to a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, such as are used for the production of large-scale integrated electrical circuits and other microstructured components. The disclosure relates in particular to coatings of optical elements in order to increase or reduce the reflectivity. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320956 | OPTICAL LAMINATE FILM, INFRARED SHIELDING FILM AND INFRARED SHIELDING BODY - Provided are an optical laminate film superior in film flexibility and film surface uniformity, has high light transmittance in a predetermined wavelength region, and is superior in light shielding properties in another predetermined wavelength region, an infrared shielding film, a method of manufacturing an infrared shielding film, and an infrared shielding body provided with the infrared shielding film. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320957 | STRUCTURED ILLUMINATING APPARATUS, STRUCTURED ILLUMINATING MICROSCOPY APPARATUS, AND STRUCTURED ILLUMINATING METHOD - A structured illuminating apparatus includes a branching unit branching an exit light flux from a light source into at least two branched light fluxes, an illuminating optical system making the two branched light fluxes to be respectively collected at mutually different positions on a pupil plane of an objective lens and making the two branched light fluxes to be interfered with each other to illuminate a specimen with an interference fringe of the two branched light fluxes, and an adjusting unit adjusting a height from an optical axis of the illuminating optical system to two collecting points formed on the pupil plane of the objective lens by the two branched light fluxes. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320958 | MODE-SWITCHABLE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR A MICROSCOPE - Illumination system for a microscope system capable of being mode-switchable between a first and a second illumination mode, comprising one source of light for providing a collimated beam of light, at least one selector mirror capable of being positioned in at least two positions to redirect the beam of light in two different beam paths, the first beam path being a direct exit beam path wherein the selector mirror redirects the beam of light along an exit beam path to provide a first illumination mode, the second beam path is a mirror loop path comprising two or more mirrors arranged to redirect the beam of light onto the selector mirror such that it is redirected by the selector mirror a second time along the exit beam path, and wherein mirror loop path comprises at least one optical element arranged to optically alter the beam of light to provide the second illumination mode. According to one embodiment, the first illumination mode is Total Internal Reflection (TIRF) and the second illumination mode is Photokinetics (PK) illumination. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320959 | ANTISTATIC FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An antistatic film includes a substrate, a lower coating layer positioned on the substrate and including a conductive material, tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), and silsesquioxane (SSQ), and an upper coating layer positioned on the lower coating layer and including the conductive material and tetraethyl orthosilicate. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320960 | POLARIZING FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF, OPTICAL FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - In a method for manufacturing a polarizing film comprising a polarizer, a first transparent protective film provided on one surface of the polarizer with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween, and a second transparent protective film provided on another surface of the polarizer with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween, the adhesive layers are obtained by first using active energy rays to carry out irradiation by way of the first transparent protective film and then using the active energy rays to carry out irradiation by way of the second transparent protective film to cure the active energy ray-curable adhesive composition. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320961 | OPTICAL FILM - An optical film comprising a substrate having front and rear surfaces, and at least one solid optical retardation layer on the front surface of the substrate, wherein the solid optical retardation layer comprises organic rigid rod-like macromolecules based on 2,2′-disulfo-4,4′-benzidine terephthalamide or its salt of the general structural formula I. The solid optical retardation layer is an uniaxial positive A-type layer and is substantially transparent to electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectral range. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320962 | OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZER - An optical image stabilizer for a telescopic instrument having an objective lens, an erect prism, and an eyepiece lens arranged in this order which is capable of compensating for image deteriorations of an observed image due to external vibrations. The optical image stabilizer has a gimbal device mounted on a telescope housing, an external gimbal frame rotatably mounted on the gimbal casing, and an internal gimbal frame with the erect prism fixed thereto. Voice coil motors are provided for rotating the external and the internal gimbal frames. One of the voice coil motors has a coil disposed on the circuit board and a permanent magnet disposed on either one of the external and the internal gimbal frames oppositely to the coil. The remaining voice coil motor has a coil disposed on the circuit board and a permanent magnet disposed on the other gimbal frame oppositely to the coil. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320963 | IMAGE-STABILIZED LONG-RANGE OPTICAL DEVICE - A long-range optical device has at least one optical channel which comprises a housing and an arrangement of optical elements. At least one of the optical elements is movable relative to the housing for image stabilization in the event of perturbing movements of the housing. The device further comprises a stabilization system for the at least one movable optical element, which has an eddy current damper for damping movements of the at least one movable element. The stabilization system, in the event of a displacement of the at least one movable optical element, generates a restoring force proportional to the displacement velocity of the at least one movable optical element. The eddy current damper comprises a magnet system and an eddy current carrier interacting therewith. The restoring force generated by the eddy current damper is dependent on the amplitude of the displacement of the at least one movable optical element. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320964 | ANTI-REFLECTING COVERING STRUCTURE WITH A DIFFRACTION GRATING USING RESONANT ELEMENTS - A diffractive device for fitting to a façade of a building, or to any other reflective wall, exposed to electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source located at a distance from the building, the device including a plurality of tubular resonant elements arranged on the façade of the building, where the resonant elements are arranged in a substantially parallel manner on the façade of the building in such a way as to form a diffraction grating and are oriented in a substantially perpendicular direction to the plane defined by the propagation vectors of the incident and reflected electromagnetic waves, each resonant element being configured to form an LC resonator capable of re-radiating a wave corresponding to the incident wave affected by a phase shift; the set of resonant elements being arranged in such a way that the incident wave is diffracted in a preferential direction. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320965 | LIGHT REDIRECTING FABRIC AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A flexible sheet-form optical system, referenced to as a light redirecting fabric, which has a fabric-like behavior and light redirecting properties. The light redirecting fabric comprises a soft and flexible sheet of optically transmissive material, such as plasticized polyvinyl chloride. A surface of the flexible sheet includes a plurality of parallel slits having spaced-apart walls configured to reflect light by means of a total internal reflection. At least a portion of daylight incident onto the sheet is internally redirected at angles other than the angle of incidence which is exploited to enhance daylight harvesting and illumination of a building interior. Disclosed also are a method and apparatus for making the light redirecting fabric. The method includes steps of mechanical slitting of the flexible sheet with a blade, elastic stretch-elongation of the sheet along a direction perpendicular to the slits, and making at least a portion of the sheet elongation irreversible. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320966 | DEVICE FOR CAPTURING, TRANSMITTING AND DIFFUSING NATURAL LIGHT INTO INTERIOR SPACES, WHICH COMPRISES A CONDUIT OF INVERTED FRUSTOPYRAMIDAL FORM AND A DIFFUSER THAT EMERGES TRANSVERSELY WITH RESPECT TO THE HORIZONTAL PLANE OF THE CEILING OF A ROOM - A device of the skylight type for capturing, transmitting and diffusing natural light into the interior of a room, that comprises a duct configured as an inverted truncated pyramid made of a reflecting material having on its upper end a translucent plane adaptable to the conditions of the existing cover that receives the natural light. Given said duct material and configuration, the light is conducted by the inner walls of said duct to the lower end thereof, where it is joined to a light diffuser plate of a material having total internal reflection, said diffuser plate emerging transversely to the horizontal plane of the ceiling in the room that is going to be lighted. A connecting element provides a finish to the joint between said transmitting duct and said diffuser block. The device provides aesthetic and spatial characteristics that contribute light and ornamentation to the building, while being simple and easy to install. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320967 | Anti-reflection Nanostructure Array and Method - An anti-reflection nanostructure assembly including an array of nanostructures, wherein each nanostructure of the array includes a proximal end and a distal end, and is tapered from the proximal end to the distal end, and wherein the proximal end of each nanostructure of the array is contiguous with the proximal ends of adjacent nanostructures of the array to form a contiguous layer. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320968 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ELEMENT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL ELEMENT - A lens is obtained by injection molding. The lens includes a plurality of projections arranged on a surface at a pitch smaller than or equal to a predetermined value to reduce reflection of light with a wavelength equal to or greater than the pitch, and a gate mark formed on an outer periphery of the optical element in the injection molding. A peripheral portion of the surface includes a first region whose circumferential position corresponds to the gate mark, and a second region being adjacent to the first region. A pitch of first projections in the first region is greater than a pitch of second projections in the second region. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320969 | METHODS FOR FABRICATION OF STABLE ULTRA-LOW REFLECTIVE SURFACE AND THE ULTRA-LOW REFLECTIVE SURFACE ITSELF - A method to prepare low reflective surface according to an example of the present invention comprises: the first step to prepare materials having pillar structure on the surface; the second step to prepare aluminum surface-materials by treating for the pillar structure to have aluminum surface; and the third step to prepare a low reflective surface with dual protuberance structure by forming nano-flake layer on the pillar surface of the material surface through oxidation of the surface aluminum of the aluminum surface-materials. The method to prepare low reflective surface can provide a low reflective surface structure that can be applied to photovoltaic device surface or various display surface as a surface able to reduce reflection significantly by absorbing wavelengths in the range of visible and infrared ray through internally total reflection with simple, low cost, and ecofriendly process. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320970 | ANTI-REFLECTION ARTICLE - To provide an anti-reflection article which can be manufactured by using an anti-reflection article manufacturing mold plate having improved abrasion resistance compared to the related art and has a sufficient anti-reflection property. An anti-reflection article is formed as an anti-reflection article in which minute concave portions are densely arranged and the gap between the adjacent minute concave portions is the shortest wavelength of a wavelength band or less of an electromagnetic wave for anti-reflection. In the anti-reflection article, at least some of the minute concave portions are a minute concave portion with multiple lowermost points in the minute concave portion. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320971 | EDGE CONFIGURATIONS FOR REDUCING ARTIFACTS IN EYEPIECES - An eyepiece for a head mounted display (“HMD”) includes a first end for receiving computer generated image (“CGI”) light and a second end disposed opposite the first end. The eyepiece also includes an image directing element to direct the CGI light out of the eyepiece in an eye-ward direction. The image directing element is disposed between the first end and the second end. At least one edge running between the first end and the second end is configured to reduce reflection of the CGI light back into the eyepiece. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320972 | Head Mounted Display Having Alignment Maintained Via Structural Frame - A head mounted display device includes a structural frame arranged generally along a first axis and a second axis for viewing along a third axis, the first, second, and third axes being mutually perpendicular. The structural frame includes opposing upper and lower rims between which are defined left and right openings. Left and right micro-displays are coupled to the structural frame, and are configured to project visual content in a substantially forward direction along the third axis toward the left and right openings, respectively, and away from a user. Left and right optical elements are coupled to the structural frame and respectively positioned over the left and right openings and each include an at least partially reflective surface facing in a substantially rearward direction along the third axis. The structural frame maintains the optical elements in alignment to define an optical light path for reflectively guiding a light ray bundle from the micro-displays to a user's eyes. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320973 | Display With A Virtual Representation In A Plurality Of Planes - A display device can have at least one imaging unit and at least one combiner. The location of the imaging unit and/or of the combiner can be provided to be locationally variable. The display device can be used such that information can be represented on a plurality of planes. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320974 | Head Mounted Display With Micro-Display Alignment Mechanism - A head mounted display device includes a structural frame arranged generally along a X-axis and a Y-axis for viewing along a Z-axis, the X, Y, and Z axes being mutually perpendicular. A micro-display is coupled to the structural frame, and configured to project visual content in a substantially forward direction along the Z-axis away from a user. A group of one or more optical elements with reflective optical surfaces is coupled to the structural frame and respectively positioned on a front side of the micro-display to reflectively guide a light ray bundle from the micro-display to a user's eye. A micro-display alignment mechanism is mounted to the structural frame and configured to align and control the reflectively guided light ray bundle from the micro-display to the user's eye by positioning the micro-display along the X and Z axes. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320975 | IMMERSION MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE AND MICROSCOPE USING THE SAME - An immersion microscope objective includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having a negative refractive power. The first lens group includes a cemented lens of a positive lens and a meniscus lens, and at least one positive single lens, the second lens group changes a divergent light beam to a convergent light beam, and the third lens group includes an object-side lens group and an image-side lens group disposed concave surfaces are face-to-face sandwiching one air space. There is a plurality of lenses having a positive refractive power, and at least one lens having a positive refractive power out of the plurality of lenses having a positive refractive power has a cemented surface which is cemented to a lens having a negative refractive power. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320976 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side: first and second lens units having negative and positive refractive powers, respectively; a middle lens group; and a final lens unit having a positive refractive power, wherein the middle lens group comprises a focus lens unit that has a negative refractive power and moves toward the image side during focusing from infinity to a short distance, the intervals between adjacent lens units vary during at least one of zooming and focusing, and wherein the focal length f | 2014-10-30 |
20140320977 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes in order from an object side: a positive first lens unit; a negative second lens unit which moves during zooming; a third lens unit; a stop; and a positive fourth lens unit. The first lens unit includes, in order from the object side, a negative first lens subunit which does not move, a positive second lens subunit which moves during focusing, and a positive third lens subunit which does not move. The first lens subunit is composed of one or more negative lenses, and the second lens subunit includes a positive lens and a negative lens. An average value of Abbe constants of the first lens subunit, an average value of Abbe constants of the positive lenses of the second lens subunit, and an average value of Abbe constants of the negative lenses of the second lens subunit are appropriately set. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320978 | ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens including a first lens group and a second lens group is provided. Refractive powers of the first lens group and the second lens group are respectively negative and positive. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the image side, and includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. The zoom lens satisfies −2.42014-10-30 | |
20140320979 | Zoom Lens and Cam Frame Thereof - A cam frame of a zoom lens is provided. The cam frame includes an end surface, a first cam groove including a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion and a zooming-collapsing operation portion connected between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, an introducing groove connecting the end surface and the first connecting portion, a second cam groove, and a first connecting groove connecting the second connecting portion and the second cam groove. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320980 | IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY - An imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a stop, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element has refractive power. The sixth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface at a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface of the sixth lens element has a convex shape at an off-axis region, and both of the surfaces of the sixth lens element are aspheric. The imaging lens assembly has a total of six non-cemented lens elements with refractive power. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320981 | PHOTOGRAPHING LENS ASSEMBLY - A photographing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region. The second through the sixth lens elements have refractive power. The fourth lens element has a concave object-side surface at a paraxial region and a convex image-side surface at a paraxial region. The fifth lens element has an aspheric object-side surface and an aspheric image-side surface. The sixth lens element has a concave image-side surface at a paraxial region, wherein the image-side surface thereof has a convex shape at an off-axis region, and both surfaces thereof are aspheric. The photographing lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320982 | Imaging Lens, and Electronic Apparatus Including the Same - An imaging lens includes first to fifth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. The first lens element has a positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has a negative refractive power and an image-side surface with a concave peripheral portion. The third lens element has an object-side surface with a concave peripheral portion. The fourth lens element has an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of an optical axis. The fifth lens element has an image-side surface with a concave portion in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex peripheral portion. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320983 | IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY WITH FIVE LENSES - An imaging lens assembly comprises a fixing diaphragm and an optical set including five lenses. An arranging order from an object side to an image side is: a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and the fixing diaphragm disposed between an object and the third lens. By the concatenation between the lenses and the adapted curvature radius, thickness, interval, refractivity, and Abbe numbers, the assembly attains a big diaphragm with wide-angle, a shorter height, and a better optical aberration. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320984 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has an Abbe's number νd1, the second lens has an Abbe's number νd2, and the fourth lens and the fifth lens have a composite focal length f45 so that the following conditional expressions are satisfied: | 2014-10-30 |
20140320985 | SYNTHETIC RESIN LENS - In a synthetic resin lens, a thermoplastic resin is caused to contain a blue pigment having the lowest value for light transmittance in 570-610 nm, and a pink pigment that, among blue light of 380-500 nm, has the highest value for light transmittance in 400-440 nm and the lowest value for light transmittance in 480-520 nm, resulting in a transparent achromatic lens having a lowest value for light transmittance in 570-610 nm. As a result, provided is a synthetic resin lens that, when used in sunglasses, corrective glasses, shields, or the like, has favorable contrast (visibility), few marked color changes when installed, and a natural color. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320986 | IMAGING LENS UNIT - Disclosed herein is an imaging lens unit, including: a first lens having a positive (+) power; a second lens having a negative (−) power; a third lens selectively having one of a positive (+) and negative (−) power; a fourth lens having a negative (−) power; and a fifth lens having a negative (−) power, wherein the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens, and fifth lens are arranged in order from an object to be formed as an image, and the fourth lens is concave toward an image side. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320987 | LENSES FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to a lens component having one or more lenses attached to a retainer portion configured to removably attach to communication devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, media players, and the like. The retainer portion may be configured so as not to interfere with a user's view of a display panel of the communication device. In some embodiments, a plurality of lenses may be provided, and the lenses may be removably attached to the retainer portion and may be interchangeable. A structure for providing a flash may also be provided. In some embodiments, additional features may be provided, such as attachment components to facilitate attachment to stability devices, such as tripods, and to user-wearable accessories. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320988 | POLYMER DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, LENSE MODULE, AND IMAGING UNIT - A polymer device includes: a pair of electrode layers; a polymer layer inserted between the pair of electrode layers; and an expansion-contraction suppression layer arranged between the pair of electrode layers, the expansion-contraction suppression layer being arranged away from the respective electrode layers, and the expansion-contraction suppression layer being configured to suppress expansion and contraction of the polymer layer. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320989 | POLYMER DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, CAMERA MODULE, AND IMAGING UNIT - A polymer device includes: a pair of electrode layers; and a polymer layer provided between the pair of electrode layers and containing an acid substance. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320990 | SOLAR CONCENTRATOR INCLUDING A HELIOSTAT AND A FRESNEL LENS - An heliostat includes a plane mirror and a first axis of rotation which is positioned parallel to the axis of rotation of the Earth. The solar radiation reflected by the mirror is permanently oriented toward a stationary Fresnel lens which is perpendicular to the first axis of rotation and which concentrates the solar radiation toward a stationary target. A solar field is composed of a plurality of heliostats according to such characteristics and all the first axes of rotation of which are rotated by a mechanical linkage coupled to a rod which is moved by a single motor. This arrangement reduces the total cost of the installation. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320991 | TEARDROP SHAPED VEHICULAR MIRROR - A vehicle mirror assembly having a housing and dome-type mirror lens. The lens has a first base footprint portion with a constant radius of curvature and a diameter, and a second base footprint portion comprised of an elliptical portion with a base major axis and a base minor axis. The mirror lens includes a first surface portion having a first surface radius and conforming to the first base footprint portion. The lens additionally includes a second surface portion conforming to the second base footprint portion. The second surface portion is comprised of a second surface major radius of curvature corresponding to a major surface axis and a second surface minor radius of curvature corresponding to a minor surface axis. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320992 | Edge-sealed mirror and a method for its manufacture - The invention relates to a mirror comprising a reflective surface formed from a composite of a reflective film and a substrate, wherein the reflective film is disposed on the substrate and comprises at least one polymer layer and a metal layer disposed underneath the at least one polymer layer. It is the requirement of the invention to propose a mirror which can be manufactured in a simple way and at the same time comprises an improved corrosion behaviour. According to a first teaching of the present invention the stated requirement is met in that a sealing seam is provided for corrosion protection at least in certain areas, the sealing seam being formed by bonding the polymer layer to the substrate in a material-locking manner, wherein the metal layer is interrupted in the area of the sealing seam. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320993 | TAPE HEAD WITH THERMAL TAPE-HEAD DISTANCE SENSOR - Tape head with thermal tape-head distance sensor to reduce the distance between the tape and the head to allow an increase in areal density. A tape head designed for reading and/or writing to a tape, including: a tape bearing surface shaped to form an air bearing when moving the tape with respect to the tape bearing surface; a thermal tape-head distance sensor circuit adapted to sense heat dissipated at the level of the tape bearing surface by the tape and thereby sense a distance between the tape bearing surface and the tape; and tape-head distance control means connected to the thermal tape-head distance sensor circuit to receive a signal provided by the tape-head distance sensor circuit and configured to alter the distance according to a signal received from the tape-head distance sensor circuit. This invention is further directed to a method of tape-head distance control for the above tape head. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320994 | ELECTRIC FIELD WRITING MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE - An electric field writing magnetic storage device including: a rotatable disk including a substrate and a magnetic recording film provided on a surface of the substrate, the magnetic recording film including at least one ferromagnetic and ferroelectric layer; a writing device writing information into the magnetic recording film by means of an electric field, the writing device including a writing electrode generating a dielectric flux between the writing electrode and the substrate by having electric potential to the substrate; and a writing circuit choosing one electric potential among plurality of electric potential level and applying the chosen one electric potential to the writing electrode in every operation of writing information, wherein the dielectric flux generated according to the electric potential applied to the writing electrode by the writing circuit magnetizes the ferromagnetic and ferroelectric layer in a specific direction. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320995 | IMPLEMENTING DATA FREQUENCY AND DATA BITS PER SECTOR (BPS) CALIBRATION FOR NON-CIRCULAR DISK TRACKS - A method, apparatus and a data storage device are provided for implementing data frequency and data bits per sector (BPS) calibration for data written on a recordable surface including non-circular disk tracks of a storage device. A sector based BPS profile is created for data sectors on the recordable surface. The sector based BPS profile is used for modifying a number of data clock cycles based upon longer or shorter data sectors; and data clock frequency is dynamically adjusted based upon velocity jitter. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320996 | COMPRESSED DATA VERIFICATION - A media drive includes drive side circuitry that, in response to a request to validate compressed data read from media, validates packets of the compressed data while compressed and, in response to detecting end of data on the media without having detected an unrecoverable corrupt one of the packets and without decompressing the compressed data, generates a message indicating that the compressed data read from the media has been validated. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320997 | MULTIPLE WRITERS WITH REDUCED CROSSTALK - A system according to one embodiment includes at least two write transducers for writing to a magnetic medium; and a low reluctance path from a first pole of a first of the write transducers to a second pole of a second of the write transducers. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320998 | DISK DRIVE WITH IMPROVED SPIN-UP CONTROL - A disk drive is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk, and a spindle motor operable to rotate the disk. The spindle motor operates according to a plurality of electrical cycles over a single revolution of the spindle motor, where each electrical cycle spans a cycle period. A plurality of the cycle periods are measured, at least two of the cycle periods are combined, and a rotation speed of the spindle motor is measured based on the combined cycle periods. | 2014-10-30 |
20140320999 | DISK DRIVE MINIMIZING INITIAL SEEK DISTANCE AFTER LOAD OPERATION - A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk comprising tracks defined by servo sectors, a head, and control circuitry comprising a servo control system operable to actuate the head over the disk in response to the servo sectors. The head is loaded over the disk during a load operation, and a radial velocity of the head is determined during the load operation. A target track is generated based on the determined radial velocity of the head, and the servo control system seeks the head to the target track. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321000 | BASE PLATE HAVING FILTER FIXING PART FOR HARD DISK DRIVE AND HARD DISK DRIVE INCLUDING THE SAME - A base plate for a hard disk drive includes a disk accommodating part including a disk disposed thereon having data stored therein; a head seating part formed to be lower than a position of the disk accommodating part and including a head driver disposed thereon providing driving force to a read-write head reading the data stored on the disk and writing data thereto; a filter seated on the disk accommodating part and collecting foreign objects from air flowing during rotation of the disk; and a filter fixing part formed by punching a portion of the disk accommodating part and vertically raising the portion of the disk accommodating part, and fixing the filter. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321001 | CURRENT DETECTION CIRCUIT, MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE, MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - A current detection circuit for detecting a maximum current value in a three-phase motor includes an identifier configured to identify a maximum current phase having the maximum current value among phases of the motor, and a detector configured to detects the maximum current value by summing current values of phases other than the maximum current phase when the current direction in the maximum current phase is a predetermined first direction. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321002 | MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE DEVICE, MAGNETIC DISK ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME - A magnetic disk drive device for rotary driving a magnetic disk may be provided. The magnetic disk drive device may include a drive motor for rotary driving the magnetic disk. The drive motor may include a motor hub which has motor hub support portion with a screw-type motor hub engaging portion, and a motor hub support surface for supporting the magnetic disk. The magnetic disk drive device may also include a clamp disk including a clamp disk support portion with a screw-type clamp disk engaging portion complementary to the motor hub engaging portion, and a clamp disk support surface for supporting the magnetic disk. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321003 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - Power supply circuit comprises an under voltage protection unit and a voltage conversion unit electrically connected to the under voltage protection unit. The under voltage protection unit comprises a control chip, an npn-type bipolar junction transistor (BJT), a pnp-type BJT, and first fourth resistors. The under voltage protection unit and the voltage conversion unit are electrically connected to a power supply. When a voltage of the power supply is in a normal range, the under voltage protection unit outputs a first control signal to the voltage conversion unit. The voltage conversion unit converts the voltage of the power supply into an operation voltage, and outputs the operation voltage. When the voltage of the power supply is less than a threshold voltage, the under voltage protection unit outputs a second control signal to the voltage conversion unit, and the voltage conversion unit does not operate. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321004 | CONTROL MEANS FOR AN ELECTRICALLY ADJUSTABLE PIECE OF FURNITURE - A control means comprises a control segment ( | 2014-10-30 |
20140321005 | PLUG-ON NEUTRAL BREAKERS AND RELATED METHODS - Plug-on neutral circuit breakers include an AFCI OR GFCI circuit breaker housing, a neutral conductor with an external end portion extending from the AFCI/GFCI circuit breaker housing, and a clip assembly attached to the neutral conductor at a specific length configured to align with the loadcenter neutral bar location. The clip assembly includes a conductive clip with downwardly extending, spaced apart legs. The legs are sized and configured to clamp against opposing sides of a neutral bar. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321006 | LEAKAGE PROTECTION SOCKET WITH REVERSE CONNECTION PROTECTION - The present disclosure provides an improved leakage protection socket with reverse connection protection function. The electromagnetic tripping mechanism comprises a trip coil, an iron core and a permanent magnet that fit with a return spring, the iron core has, in its front end, a boss to pull the lock for horizontal movement, the movable input contacts are clamped by a rib slot of an upper tripper that can moves upward and downward along with the reset button. There is also provided a reverse connection trip device, which has a slope that coordinates with the boss of the iron core, upon reverse connection, the trip coil generates a magnetic field in the same orientation with the permanent magnet. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321007 | LOW INSERTION LOSS ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) LIMITER - An electrostatic discharge (ESD) limiting device for a coaxial transmission line can include an outer housing or shielding, a ground portion positioned within the outer housing, a center pin positioned within the ground portion, and a beam lead device—such as a Schottky diode or other diode—positioned between the ground portion and the center pin and electrically coupled between the ground portion and the center pin. The ESD limiting device may also include one or more spring members mounted on the ground portion to provide elasticity to the device to maintain signal transmission and grounding within the coaxial transmission line. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321008 | AN RF SWITCH WITH INTER-DOMAIN ESD PROTECTION - An RF switch with inter-domain ESD protection. The RF switch comprises an RF domain section having a plurality of RF switching elements; and a DC domain section having circuitry configured for driving the RF switching elements. At least one primary ESD protection element is operably coupled between the RF domain section and DC domain section. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321009 | ESD PROTECTION MATERIAL AND ESD PROTECTION DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an electrostatic discharge protection material having more stable operation characteristic by mixing and dispersing inorganic particles and metal particles in a resin matrix and an electrostatic discharge protection device using the same. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321010 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND CHIP COMPONENT WITH THE SAME - The present invention relates to an electrostatic discharge protection device. The electrostatic discharge protection device in accordance with the present invention includes a base, a plurality of electrodes arranged on the base separated from each other, a function layer supplied on a separation space between the electrodes and a composite insulating layer on which inorganic particles are dispersed on a resin with covering the electrodes and the function layer on the base. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321011 | ESD PROTECTION MECHANISM FOR AN HVAC CONTROLLER - An electronic sub-assembly for an HVAC Controller may include a touch screen display and a printed circuit board. The touch screen display including a viewing side and a non-viewing side. A conductive trace may be disposed on the viewing side of the touch screen display adjacent a perimeter of the touch screen display. The printed circuit board, which may include a grounding feature, may be positioned adjacent the non-viewing side of the touch screen display. A connector may be in electrical communication with the conductive trace and the grounding feature of the printed circuit board. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321012 | POWER SWITCHING CIRCUIT - A power switching circuit includes a power semiconductor element that includes a main switching element connected in parallel with a main body diode and a sense switching element connected in parallel with a sense body diode; a reverse overcurrent detection circuit that detects an overcurrent flowing in the reverse direction out of currents flowing through a parallel-connection body of the sense switching element and the sense body diode; and a control circuit that drives the gate of the power semiconductor element; wherein when the reverse overcurrent detection circuit detects a reverse overcurrent, the control circuit controls the main switching element and the sense switching element to turn on. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321013 | PULSED INTERRUPTER AND METHOD OF OPERATION - Some embodiments provide interrupter systems comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; a piston movably located at a first position and electrically coupled with the first and second electrodes establishing a closed state, the piston comprises an electrical conductor that couples with the first and second electrodes providing a conductive path; an electromagnetic launcher configured to, when activated, induce a magnetic field pulse causing the piston to move away from the electrical coupling with the first and second electrodes establishing an open circuit between the first and second electrodes; and a piston control system comprising a piston arresting system configured to control a deceleration of the piston following the movement of the piston induced by the electromagnetic launcher such that the piston is not in electrical contact with at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode when in the open state. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321014 | POWER DISTRIBUTION METHOD, POWER DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - An apparatus includes a power supply configured to supply power and a first electrical circuit breaker electrically coupled to the power supply. The apparatus includes a first electrical circuit electrically coupled to receive power from the power supply through the first electrical circuit breaker. The apparatus includes a second electrical circuit breaker electrically coupled to the power supply and a second electrical circuit. During operation of the apparatus, in response to detection that at least one of the current and the voltage of the power has exceeded the operating threshold for the first electrical circuit, the power supply and the first electrical circuit breaker are configured to power off, wherein the shutting off of the power supply prevents supplying the power from the power supply to the second electrical circuit breaker that is electrically coupled to the second electrical circuit to receive the power from the power supply. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321015 | POWER DISTRIBUTION AND INFORMATION HANDLING - A method includes supplying power from a power supply to a. first electrical circuit breaker. The method includes detecting whether at least one of a current and a voltage of the power has exceeded an operating threshold for the first electrical circuit The method includes, in response to detecting that at least one of the current and the voltage of the power has exceeded the operating threshold for the first electrical circuit, shutting off the power supply and the first electrical circuit breaker. The method includes in response to detecting that at least one of the current and the voltage of the power has not exceeded the operating threshold for the first electrical circuit, supplying the power from the power supply to the second electrical circuit breaker that is electrically coupled to the second electrical circuit. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321016 | Over Voltage Protection Circuit and Electronic System for Handling Hot Plug - An over voltage protection circuit comprises an input end, coupled to an input power, for receiving an input voltage provided by the input power; and a driving module, coupled between the input end and a ground end, for generating a discharging current when the input voltage is larger than a predefined voltage, to reduce the input voltage to the predefined voltage. The driving module comprises a voltage regulating module, a p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (PMOS), and an n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (NMOS). The PMOS and the NMOS are an upper gate switch and a lower gate switch of a motor driver or a fan driver. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321017 | Semiconductor Integrated Circuit - A first power line configured to receive a first voltage, a second power line configured to receive a second voltage which is lower than the first voltage, a first clamping unit configured to be connected to the first power line, a second clamping unit configured to be connected between the first clamping unit and the second power line, and a discharging unit configured to, when an abnormal voltage introduced through the first power line or the second power line is applied, discharge the abnormal voltage by coupling with the first clamping unit or the second clamping unit are included. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321018 | Excess voltage protection apparatus and diagnostic method for multi-stage excess volt-age protection apparatuses - The invention relates to a diagnostic method for multiple-stage excess voltage protection apparatuses that include at least one gas discharge distance between an input and a reference potential as a first stage, at least one diode path between an output and the reference potential as a second stage, and at least one decoupling inductance interposed between the input and the output. The diagnostic method is characterized in that a secondary voltage applied to a secondary inductance, which is actively connected, inductively, to the decoupling inductance, is measured and evaluated with a view to excess voltage events in the excess voltage protection apparatus. The invention also relates to a two-stage excess voltage protection apparatus. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321019 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING AN INTERMEDIATE CIRCUIT CAPACITOR IN A POWER CONVERTER CIRCUIT - A method for protecting an intermediate circuit capacitor in a power converter circuit is disclosed. The power converter circuit includes at least two submodules in a series circuit, which draws electrical power from a power source outputting a DC voltage via an inductance, wherein each submodule has, on the input side, a single-phase half bridge and, on the load side, a single-phase full bridge, and wherein the half bridge, the full bridge and an intermediate circuit capacitor are connected in parallel with one another on the DC voltage side. When a fault in one of the submodules is detected, transmission of electrical power from the load-side output of the full bridge of the submodule with the detected fault into the submodule with the detected fault is blocked. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321020 | FLYBACK TYPE SNUBBER CIRCUIT - A flyback type snubber circuit includes an transformer configured to have a primary side connected between a power source and a switch and have a secondary side connected to a diode. The diode is connected between the power source and the transformer. | 2014-10-30 |
20140321021 | SWITCH MODE CURRENT LIMITER - A current limiter ( | 2014-10-30 |