45th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110273718 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND RELATED TECHNIQUES - A method and apparatus for imaging using a double-clad fiber is described. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273719 | OPTICAL IMAGING FOR OPTICAL DEVICE INSPECTION - An optical imaging apparatus based on optical frequency domain measurement (OFDM) collects scatter data at multiple locations within or on the DUT as a function of time. A light source launches light into a device under test (DUT) which scatters light at one or more locations along the DUT. A light detector detects a portion of light scattered at each of multiple locations along the DUT. Data is determined using OFDM data processing that corresponds to an amount of light collected at each of the multiple locations along the DUT as a function of time. The data is stored for each of the multiple locations along the DUT. User information is provided that indicates an amount of light scattered at each of the multiple locations along the DUT based on the stored time domain data. The OFDM processing permits fine time resolution (e.g., 0.1 picoseconds) that allows small optical delay distances (e.g., 30 microns) to be resolved and allows for accurate detection of small amounts of scatter (e.g., one trillionth) to be detected simultaneously with the fine time resolution. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273720 | Multi-Oscillator Solid-State Laser Gyro Passively Stabilized by a Frequency-Doubling Crystal Device - A laser gyro for measuring the angular velocity or the angular position relative to a defined rotation axis includes: an optical ring cavity; a solid-state amplifying medium; and a non-reciprocal magneto-optic device; which are arranged so that four linearly polarized propagation modes can propagate within the cavity, the magneto-optic device introducing a frequency bias between the modes propagating in a first direction and the modes propagating in the opposite direction. In the device, the cavity also includes a stabilizer device for stabilizing the intensity of the four propagation modes at substantially equivalent levels, said device comprising at least one optical element made of a non-linear crystal of the frequency-doubling type. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273721 | Novel compact, affordable optical test, measurement or imaging device - The system disclosed is for optical coherence tomography (OCT). The system includes an improved interferometric system for metrology, detection, ranging as well as imaging system based on optical coherence tomography (OCT). Further, the method provides advancements in detection, imaging of samples in biological, medical, ophthalmic, corneal and retinal diagnosis. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273722 | WIDE FIELD OF VIEW OPTICAL TRACKING SYSTEM - In an optical tracking system for determining the pose of a moving object in a reference coordinate system, the system including at least one light emitter, at least one optical detector for detecting the light emitted by the at least one light emitter and a pose processor, coupled with the at least one optical detector, and with the at least one light emitter, for determining the pose of the moving object according to the light detected by the at least one optical detector, one of the at least one optical detector and at least one light emitter being situated at a fixed position in the reference coordinate system, and the other of the at least one optical detector and at least one light emitter being attached to the moving object, the at least one optical detector being a Wide Field Of View (WFOV) optical detector, the WFOV optical detector comprising an optical sensor, for sensing light received from at least one of the at least one light emitter and at least two optical receptors, optically coupled with the optical sensor, the optical receptors being spatially spaced apart from each other, each of the optical receptors projecting a different angular section of an observed scene on the optical sensor, wherein, the pose processor associates at least one representation of the at least one light emitter on the optical sensor, with a respective one optical receptors projecting the light received from the at least one light emitter on the optical sensor, according the response of the optical sensor. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273723 | DISTANCE MEASURING OPTOELECTRONIC SAFETY SENSOR AND METHOD OF MONITORING A MONITORED ZONE - A distance measuring optoelectronic safety sensor ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273724 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE TWIST OF A ROTATING SHAFT - Measuring the twist of a rotating shaft by means of a laser beam and polarizing filters. The measurement device includes a laser beam generator, two polarizing filters secured to the shaft and spaced apart from each other, and a laser radiation receiver receiving the laser beam after it has passed through both filters. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273725 | OPTICAL ENCODER HAVING CONTAMINATION AND DEFECT RESISTANT SIGNAL PROCESSING - An encoder configuration comprises an illumination portion, a scale comprising a scale track, and a signal processing electronics. The signal processing electronics may include a detector comprising a first set of three detector sub-portions that provide a first set of signals comprising three respective sub-portion signal subsets that have nominally the same signal characteristics when the scale track is not contaminated or defective. The processing electronics analyze the first set of signals and identify a least-similar sub-portion signal subset that has a corresponding signal characteristic value that is least similar to comparable signal characteristic values associated with more-similar sub-portion signal subsets of the first set of signals. Position measurements are based on valid signals including a plurality of the more-similar sub-portion signal subsets and not including the least-similar sub-portion signal subset if it is significantly different. Accurate measurement may be provided despite significant scale contamination or defects. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273726 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING CONTAINERS AND CAPTURING THE ROTARY POSITION OF AT LEAST ONE ROTARY DEVICE PROVIDED FOR RECEIVING THE CONTAINERS - The invention relates to a device for capturing the rotary position (D) of at least one rotary device ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273727 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING A TAMPON - An inspecting apparatus inspects a tampon that includes a tampon main body that has a cord and an applicator that is cylindrical and that accommodates the tampon main body in such a manner that the cord is exposed from a rear end of the applicator. The inspecting apparatus includes a suction mechanism that extends the cord along a longitudinal direction of the tampon by sucking air, and a cord-length inspecting mechanism that inspects a length of the cord while the suction mechanism is sucking the air. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273728 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PROGRAM - To perform variable magnification processing of an image while a change in an impression of an image and a processing load are suppressed. An image forming apparatus generates a normalized tile image in a tile image and calculates the number of the normalized tile images that can be arranged in a drawing region after variable magnification. If the number is not less than a first threshold value, data including a tile image in which the normalized tile images in the number are arranged in the drawing region after the variable magnification is generated as data after the variable magnification. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273729 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND FLUID EJECTION METHOD - A fluid ejection device includes first, second and third nozzle rows for forming first, second and third band images, respectively. The fluid ejection device forms an image in which an edge portion at one side in a prescribed direction in the first band image overlaps an edge portion at the other side in the second band image, and an edge portion at one side in the second band image overlaps an edge portion at the other side in the third band image. The fluid ejection device carries out a halftoning process whereby a center area of a dither mask equal in size to the input data for forming a band image but having a smaller dot generation rate in the edge areas than in the center area is associated with the input data for forming the edge portion to the other side of the first band image. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273730 | PROCESSING IMAGES TO BE BLENDED WITH REFLECTED IMAGES - Images are prepared for blending with a reflection. Angles of incidence and angles or reflection lead to reflections of a viewer appearing to be different than actual size. Accordingly, image preparation can include scaling images of objects to be blended with a reflection to an appropriate size. For a flat specular surface the size is one half the size the object would be if the object were sized to be associated with the feature that is reflected. A viewer will focus on the reflection of the viewer at an object plane. An image associated with the specular surface will be blurred. Accordingly, the preparation can include compensating for the blurring. Preparation can also include reducing an area coverage of the image of the object to no more than about fifty percent of the region of the refection to provide space for the reflection. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273731 | PRINTER WITH ATTENTION BASED IMAGE CUSTOMIZATION - An image selected to be printed is rendered for display, prior to printing, based on the relative position and orientation of a display in relation to a user's head, where the displayed rendered image is a representation of what the rendered image will look like when printed. The user's eye movement relative to the rendered image is tracked, with at least one area of interest in the image to the viewer being determined based on the viewer's eye movement, an imaging property of the at least one area of interest is adjusted, the image to be printed is rendered based on adjusting the imaging property, and the image is printed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273732 | Method and apparatus for inspecting image, image forming apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium storing image inspecting program - An image inspecting apparatus includes a first light illuminating unit that irradiates a measured object on which an image is formed with illuminating light from a diagonal direction; an imaging unit that receives specular light of the illuminating light with which the measured object is irradiated by the first light illuminating unit; and an image inspecting unit that inspects the image. The image inspecting unit generates gloss reference data from density distribution data included in print data used for forming the image by using a converting unit. The image inspecting unit inspects a gloss distribution of the image by using the gloss reference data and a gloss distribution of the image that is generated based on an amount of the specular light received by the imaging unit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273733 | Method for Storing a Profile Set, a Computer Readable Recording Medium Stored with a Profile Set Storage Program, a Profile Set Storage System, and a Color Conversion Process Device - The method of storing profile set storage method according to the present invention comprising (a) selecting as reconstruction data that enables to reconstruct a profile set, either size prioritized data, which is smaller than said profile set, or reconstruction speed prioritized data, which enables to be reconstructed within a shorter time period than is required for reconstructing the size prioritized data, and which is smaller than the profile set but is larger than the size prioritized data; (b) for generating the selected reconstruction data based on the profile set; and (c) storing the reconstruction data generated in the step (b) in a storage device. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273734 | Accurate Font Activation - Systems and methods are presented that process documents, identify fonts being used to reproduce the documents, and identify conflicts based on the identified fonts. The systems and methods may identify a font associated with a document, identify a conflict between the font and another font, determine a substitute font for the document, and then modify information of the substitute font and the document based on the conflict to prevent the identified conflict from causing the document to be incorrectly processed. The systems and methods may then allow the document to be further processed based on the modified information. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273735 | Document Reading Apparatus And Document Reading Method - A print mode selecting unit configured to select a print mode based on user input to be either a normal print mode or a saving print mode including print settings associated with less paper consumption than the normal print mode, a document reading unit configured to read documents in a document containing unit and to generate read images, a document detecting unit configured to detect documents in the document containing unit, a confirmation window displaying unit configured to display a confirmation window having a mode change button based on a detection result from the document detecting unit, and an image forming unit configured to form output images from the read images based on the print mode. The confirmation window displaying unit determines whether the confirmation window is to be displayed based on the print mode, and the print mode selecting unit selects the normal print mode in response to an input through the mode change button. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273736 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a decoding unit; a printing unit; an error detecting unit; and a control unit. The decoding unit decodes code data, which is obtained by encoding image data with a variable-length code on a line-to-line basis, into the image data. The printing unit performs a printing process on the basis of the image data which is decoded from the code data by the decoding unit. The error detecting unit compares a decoding amount indicating the amount of code data decoded in a predetermined range by the decoding unit with a predetermined decoding amount and outputs an error signal when the decoding amount is different from the predetermined decoding amount. The control unit controls the printing unit to stop the printing process when the error signal is output from the error detecting unit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273737 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus manages an upper limit value of the number of licenses that can be issued to total multifunction peripheral (MFP)s provided within the system and the number of already issued licenses. If a request for issuing a license that permits the execution of a job has been received from the MFP, the information processing apparatus executes control for issuing the license if the number of already issued licenses does not exceed the upper limit value of the number of licenses that can be issued, when the license is issued. On the other hand, if it is determined that the number of already issued licenses exceeds the upper limit value of the number of licenses that can be issued, the information processing apparatus executes control for issuing no license. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273738 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that carries out printing an image based on printing data includes a data storing part configured to receive and store the printing data; a change receiving part configured to receive an input of change information that is used to change printing setting information that is included in the printing data and is set for a designated process to be carried out; and an updating part configured to update the printing setting information included in the printing data that is stored by the storing part according to the change information. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273739 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL FEEDBACK TO USERS OF SHARED PRINTERS - Systems and methods are employed to quantify resource usage for review by a user. Marking engine data contains information related to a print job sent to the marking engine and community data relates to resource usage by members of a plurality of communities within a system. A resource profiling component receives the marking engine data and the community data to evaluate resource usage by a user compared to one or more of a user within their community. A visualization component receives the evaluation from the resource profiling component, generates a graphic associated with the evaluation and presents and distributes the graphic to one or more recipients. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273740 | PREVIEW SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND PREVIEW SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - A preview screen display control apparatus includes: a print data generating section that receives image data and generates print data which is capable of being discriminated by a printing apparatus, based on the image data; a print data transmitting section that communicates with the printing apparatus, receives the print data output from the print data generating section, and outputs the print data to the printing apparatus; and a preview screen display control section that displays a preview screen based on the print data generated by the print data generating section. The print data transmitting section is configured to output a control signal that causes the preview screen display control section to initiate operations, and the preview screen display control section is configured to initiate operations based on the control signal output by the print data transmitting section to display the preview screen. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273741 | Information processing apparatus, print control program, storage medium, image forming apparatus and printing system - An information processing apparatus includes an intermediate command generating unit configured to convert print setting information to an intermediate command based on first definition data in which a rule for converting from the print setting information to the intermediate command is defined; and a print command generating unit configured to convert the intermediate command to a print command, which is interpretable by an image forming apparatus, based on second definition data in which a rule for converting from the intermediate command to the print command is defined. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273742 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An electronic apparatus includes: a plurality of load units; a power supply unit; and a power control unit that controls power to be supplied only to a load unit which requires power all the time from the power supply unit for a light load during an energy saving state, and controls power to be supplied to a load unit which requires power all the time during an operating state from the power supply unit for a light load, and at the same time, controls deficient power of the load unit to be supplemented by the power supply unit for a heavy load during the operating state, wherein a state of the electronic apparatus can be switched to the operating state or the energy saving state. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273743 | Image Forming Apparatus, Computer-Readable Recording Medium on Which Print Data Processing Program Code is Recorded, and Print Data Processing Method - An image forming apparatus includes a data reception unit, a data analysis unit, and a print image generation unit. The data reception unit is configured to receive print data. The data analysis unit is configured to analyze the print data for each of a plurality of blocks, delete a block of a page that is not specified as a print target on the basis of print setting information included in the print data, and rearrange the blocks in a page order to be printed, in order to generate reconstructed print data. The print image generation unit is configured to generate print image data on the basis of the reconstructed print data. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273744 | METHOD FOR SORTING PRINT JOBS IN A PRINTING SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD - In a method or printing system for sorting of print jobs, a check of specific directories as to whether a file belonging to a new print job has been generated is repeatedly implemented. A job identification number is associated with each new print job, the job identification numbers for print jobs stored in a specific group of directories being respectively generated chronologically. A plurality of print jobs are sorted corresponding to the job identification numbers. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273745 | Printing Condition Changing Method, Program, Storage Medium, Printing Method, Printer And Printing System - The present invention prevents necessary image data from deviating from a print medium and thereby executes a good printing operation without a loss of necessary image data. For this purpose, when performing a so-called marginless printing, in which ink is applied also to an area overrunning from the print medium to form an image without leaving a blank margin at edges of the print medium, the overrunning widths of the area are made adjustable. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273746 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A disclosed image processing apparatus performs an image processing operation to execute double-side printing on both sides of an image forming medium. The image processing apparatus forms a dot font including a dot pattern of a character in a character image that has undergone a halftone process using a predetermined coefficient for mitigating show-through when the double-side printing is performed; forms a correction dot for making a correction to reduce step-like irregularities along an outline portion of the character in the character image, which correction dot is formed based on an arrangement position, a color, and a dot size of the correction dot for reproducing a gradation that has undergone the halftone process using said predetermined coefficient; and combines the dot font and the correction dot. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273747 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION - An apparatus and method that configures a facsimile transmission protocol for a facsimile device is disclosed. The method can include transmitting an echo request via a network connection to a facsimile device. The method can include receiving a response to the echo request via the network connection from the facsimile device. The method can include determining network throughput impairments based on the received response to the echo request. The method can include adjusting a facsimile transmission protocol based on the determined network throughput impairments. The method can include transmitting a facsimile message based on the adjusted facsimile transmission protocol. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273748 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device for every frame of a moving or still image including an uptake device to take the image data of the pixel unit from the image which photographed a subject, a histogram generating device to generate the histogram of the brightness after having disintegrated the data in the particular color space, read out the image by a predetermined pattern according to color, and set the brightness of the pixel of the particular position of the pattern based on the mean histogram of a pixel removed (lifted) from a particular position in the pattern. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273749 | SCANNING MECHANISM - A scanning mechanism including a scanning unit, a rail and a transmission element is disclosed. The scanning unit has a connecting portion and a supporting portion, the scanning unit is slidely disposed on the rail through the supporting portion. The transmission element is connected to the connecting portion of the scanning unit to drive the scanning unit sliding along the rail, and the orthogonal projection of the connecting portion on the rail and the orthogonal projection of the supporting portion on the rail are overlapped with each other. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273750 | LED LIGHT GUIDE WITH INTEGRAL IR FILTER - Various embodiments provide illuminators and related scanner illuminating systems, wherein the illuminators can include one or more light guides with each including an IR filter and/or an IR-absorbing coating for removing an IR component from the light introduced in the light guide. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273751 | SINGLE LED DUAL LIGHT GUIDE - Various embodiments provide illuminators and related scanner illuminating systems, wherein the illuminators can include a light source having one or more LEDs coupled to a plurality of light guides through one or more light splitters such that light emitted from the light source can be split into each of the plurality of light guides. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273752 | ILLUMINATING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a light source unit ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273753 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a lower unit, an upper unit arranged above the lower unit and a guide arranged on an opposite side to the lower unit with respect to the upper unit. The guide relatively rotates with respect to the upper unit in a direction away from the upper unit so as to form an ejection path, between the upper unit and the guide, of a sheet-like medium conveyed between the upper unit and the lower unit. The upper unit and the guide are close to each other respectively, at positions closest to the lower unit in respective rotation ranges of relative rotation with respect to the lower unit. The rotation range of the guide is wider than that of the upper unit, in a rotation direction away from the lower unit from the positions close to each other. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273754 | HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY DEVICE AND REPRODUCTION/RECORDING METHOD - An optical beam with the same amplitude distribution and phase distribution as those of the signal beam used for recording is radiated to the hologram recording medium via an optical system of the signal beam prior to reproduction so that the optical beam with the amplitude and phase of the reference beam upon recording is generated through diffraction. A wavefront sensor detects the wavefront configuration of the diffraction beam and obtains preliminarily the suitable wavefront of the reference beam for reproduction. The wavefront control element preliminarily corrects the wavefront of the reference beam to an optimum wavefront. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273755 | DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE HOLOGRAMS - Various embodiments of the present invention relate to systems that can be used as holograms and can be electronically controlled and dynamically reconfigured to generate three-dimensional motion picture images. In one embodiment, a dynamically reconfigurable hologram ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273756 | DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE HOLOGRAMS WITH CHALCOGENIDE INTERMEDIATE LAYERS - Various embodiments of the present invention relate to dynamically reconfigurable hologram comprising a phase-modulation layer and an intensity-control layer. The phase modulation layer comprises an electronically programmable erasable negative index material crossbar. The crossbar includes a first layer of approximately parallel nanowires ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273757 | OPTICAL IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS - Light beams from light sources | 2011-11-10 |
20110273758 | ETALON WITH TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATION AND FINE-TUNING ADJUSTMENT - An etalon has an effective cavity length that can be tuned to compensate for temperature-dependent frequency shift and/or for random variations in the manufacturing process. The effective cavity length of an etalon is adjusted by changing the orientation of a tuning plate positioned in the etalon cavity. A screw adjustment and bending beam spring are used to change tuning plate orientation and precisely tune the etalon resonance frequency after the manufacturing process has been completed. Orientation of the tuning plate is adjusted during operation of the etalon using a passive thermal compensation mechanism, such as a bimetal support arm, which is fixed to the tuning plate and configured to reposition the tuning plate with changing temperature. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273759 | LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE AND LIGHT CONTROL METHOD - A light control device | 2011-11-10 |
20110273760 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel, a barrier layer, a protective layer, a first optical adhesive layer and a second optical adhesive layer. The barrier layer is disposed above the display panel. The protective layer is disposed above the barrier layer. The first optical adhesive layer with a first thickness is disposed between the display panel and the barrier layer. The second optical adhesive layer with a second thickness is disposed between the protective layer and the barrier layer. The first thickness is larger than the second thickness. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273761 | DC-DC CONVERTER, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A DC-DC converter includes a body circuit that performs a first operation of outputting an input voltage inputted from one end to another end based on a control signal, and a second operation of boosting the input voltage and outputting the input voltage boosted through the other end; and a control circuit that outputs the control signal to the body circuit, based on an external load connected to the other end of the body circuit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273762 | Electrooptic Crystal and Device - An electro optic crystal arrangement in particular comprising or for use in or as a laser modulator suitable for use in an intracavity modulator for a CO | 2011-11-10 |
20110273763 | Cavity-Enhanced Parametric Amplification at Full Repetition Rate - Seed light pulses and pump light pulses are generated; the seed light pulses are preferably chirped; and both are directed into an enhancement cavity at a full repetition rate. The enhancement cavity defines a closed optical path that contains a nonlinear medium that provides phase matching at a wavelength different from both the central seed wavelength and the central pump wavelength. The generation of the pump light pulses and the seed light pulses are synchronized to pass the seed light pulses through the nonlinear medium simultaneously with the pump light pulses to parametrically amplify the seed light pulses in the nonlinear medium to produce an amplified signal pulse and idler pulse. Increased conversion with low average pump power can be achieved, as well as gain bandwidth enhancement approaching octave-spanning levels. Additionally, in the case of chirped pump pulses with sufficient bandwidth, optimal output coupling can be designed to achieve the best impedance matching at each temporal coordinate and attain the highest possible conversion and bandwidth. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273764 | HIGH POWER AND HIGH GAIN FIBER AMPLIFIER - A device for amplifying optical signals propagating in optical fibers comprising a double cladding fiber amplifier having multiple gain stages, a port for coupling pump light into the double cladding fiber amplifier, and a double cladding fiber coupler for splitting the coupled pump light between the gain stages of the double cladding fiber amplifier. Also, a method for amplifying optical signals propagating in optical fibers comprising the steps of providing a double cladding fiber amplifier having multiple gain stages, coupling pump light into the double cladding fiber amplifier, and splitting the coupled pump light between the gain stages of the double cladding fiber amplifier. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273765 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AND OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS - A semiconductor optical amplifier includes a semiconductor substrate, a lower cladding layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, a light absorption layer and an optical amplification layer formed on the lower cladding layer, and an upper cladding layer formed on the light absorption layer and the optical amplification layer. The band gap of a semiconductor material that forms the light absorption layer is wider than the band gap of a semiconductor material that forms the optical amplification layer. The difference between the band gap of the semiconductor material that forms the light absorption layer and the band gap of the semiconductor material that forms the optical amplification layer is 0.12 eV or more. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273766 | MULTI-PASS AMPLIFIER ARCHITECTURE FOR HIGH POWER LASER SYSTEMS - A main amplifier system includes a first reflector operable to receive input light through a first aperture and direct the input light along an optical path. The input light is characterized by a first polarization. The main amplifier system also includes a first polarizer operable to reflect light characterized by the first polarization state. The main amplifier system further includes a first and second set of amplifier modules. Each of the first and second set of amplifier modules includes an entrance window, a quarter wave plate, a plurality of amplifier slablets arrayed substantially parallel to each other, and an exit window. The main amplifier system additionally includes a set of mirrors operable to reflect light exiting the first set of amplifier modules to enter the second set of amplifier modules and a second polarizer operable to reflect light characterized by a second polarization state. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273767 | Movable Objective Lens Assembly For an Optical Microscope and Optical Microscopes Having Such an Assembly - A movable objective lens assembly that includes an infinity-corrected objective lens providing the microscope with an optical field of view. The assembly permits the imaging of a specimen under investigation over an area of the specimen much larger than the field of view of the objective lens without moving the microscope and/or a specimen stage relative to one another. The assembly includes a mirror system and the linearly movable infinity-corrected objective lens. The mirror system includes a plurality of mirrors that provide a folded optical path that allows the objective lens to be moved relative to the specimen without moving the entire microscope. The mirror system and the objective lens are pivotably mounted relative to the rest of the microscope so as to allow the objective lens to be located substantially anywhere within a circular, or circular-sectoral, viewing area. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273768 | TUNABLE MULTIPLE LASER PULSE SCANNING MICROSCOPE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A tunable multiple laser pulse scanning microscope and a method of operating the same is described, applying two pulsed laser beams with distinct wavelengths incident on a scanning spot of a sample to be imaged simultaneously or at a specific time delay. The microscope comprises at least two pulsed laser light sources emitting laser light of distinct wavelengths, an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) for tuning at least one of the laser pulses, a delay stage provided upstream of the AOTF, and an actuator for moving delay stage depending on the time delay. As a result, the wavelength of at least one type of pulses is tuned, and the delay between at least two pulses of distinct wavelengths is adjusted. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273769 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A display panel, a display device, and a terminal device, which can achieve a high image quality by decreasing deterioration of the image quality that may be caused due to combining a reflection plate including an uneven structure with an image distributing device, are provided. The display panel includes a lenticular lens for distributing light emitted from each of pixels towards different directions from each other along an arranging direction (a first direction) of a pixel for displaying an image for a first viewpoint and a pixel for displaying an image for a second viewpoint within a pixel unit, wherein a reflection plate including an uneven structure is formed in each of the pixels, and a layout pattern of the uneven structure on the reflection plate is different to the lenticular lens. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273770 | COLOR COMBINER - Optical elements, color combiners using the optical elements, and image projectors using the color combiners are described. The optical elements can be configured as color combiners that receive different wavelength spectrums of light and produce a combined light output that includes the different wavelength spectrums of light. In one aspect, the received light inputs are unpolarized, and the combined light output is polarized in a desired state. In one aspect, the received light inputs are unpolarized, and the combined light output is also unpolarized. The optical elements are configured to minimize the passage of light which may be damaging to wave-length-sensitive components in the light combiner. Image projectors using the color combiners can include imaging modules that operate by reflecting or transmitting polarized light. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273771 | OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element includes a substrate including a first surface and metal structure group including a plurality of metal structures, the metal structures being arranged on the first surface in a two-dimensionally isolated manner. Light is incident on the metal structure group in an oblique manner with respect to the normal of the first surface from the metal-structure-group side or the substrate side, so that a polarization state of light that passes through the metal structure group and a polarization state of light that is reflected by the metal structure group differ from each other in accordance with a wavelength range. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273772 | BEAM SPLITTER/COMBINER AND METHOD THEREFORE - An optical component is disclosed having a lens including a further optical component therein. The further optical component acts upon light propagating within a portion of the lens but not on light propagating within a second other portion of the lens. A simple configuration involves a lens having a slot for having the optical component inserted therein. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273773 | Three-dimensional Screen Protector - Screen protectors for electronic devices have been available for some time. Some small touch screen devices have dedicated soft keys on a certain portion of the screen. Soft keys are representations of physical buttons on the screen. Since the devices are generally very small, it is often difficult for the user to avoid accidently hitting one of these soft keys. One application of the invention shows a small ridge that protrudes vertically out of the screen protector, so that the user can feel that under his/her finger/touch, to locate the sections on the screen, e.g. the keyboards or menus and their components. Other variations and examples are also given here. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273774 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. In the zoom lens, each lens unit moves to perform zooming. In addition, an amount of movement Mm of the fourth lens unit when zooming from a wide angle end to an intermediate zooming position, an amount of movement Mt of the fourth lens unit when zooming from the wide angle end to a telephoto end, a focal length fw of an entire system at the wide angle end, and focal lengths f3 and f4 of the respective third lens unit and fourth lens unit are properly set. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273775 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A diffractive optical element includes a first optical member including a first diffraction grating; and a second optical member including a second diffraction grating and arranged so that the second diffraction grating faces the first diffraction grating. Inorganic particulates are dispersed in the second optical member. An inorganic particulate volume ratio is higher in the second diffraction grating than a portion of the second optical member on an opposite side of the second diffraction grating. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273776 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - Including, in order from an object side: a first lens group G | 2011-11-10 |
20110273777 | Lens barrel - A lens barrel includes: a barrel ring fixedly or movably supporting a plurality of lenses arrayed in an optical axis direction; a first holding ring movably holding the barrel ring in the optical axis direction; an operating ring rotatably supported by the first holding ring; a second holding ring which prevents the operating ring from coming loose, by bayonet engagement with the first holding ring; and a stopper pin, which is introduced between the first holding ring and the second holding ring, to prevent relative rotational displacement. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273778 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM FOR SECURING OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY AND A SPRING FOR SECURING OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - A monolithic frame for optics used in interferometers where the material of the monolithic frame may have a substantially different coefficient of thermal expansion from the beamsplitter and compensator without warping, bending or distorting the optics. This is accomplished through providing a securing apparatus holding the optics in place while isolating the expansion thereof from the expansion of the frame. Stability in optical alignment is therefore achieved without requiring a single material or materials of essentially identical coefficients of thermal expansion. The present invention provides stability in situations where it is not possible to utilize a single material for every component of the interferometer. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273779 | Optical device and associated methods - An optical device includes a transparent substrate, a first replicated refractive surface on a first surface of the substrate in a first material, and a second replicated refractive surface on a second surface, opposite the first surface, and made of a second material, different from the first material. The material and curvature of the first replicated surface and the material and curvature of the second replicated surface may be configured to substantially reduce the chromatic dispersion and/or the thermal sensitivity of the optical device. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273780 | Zoom lens and imaging apparatus - A zoom lens includes first, second, and third lens groups having positive, negative, and positive refractive powers, respectively, which are arranged in order from the object side to the image side. When zooming from wide-angle to telephoto, the first lens group moves to the object side, and spacings between the lens groups change. The third lens group has at least two lenses including a positive lens arranged closest to the object side. Blur correction on the image plane is performed by moving the positive lens of the third lens group perpendicularly to the optical axis. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1): | 2011-11-10 |
20110273781 | LENS BARREL, CAMERA AND MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A lens barrel including a telescopic cylinder configured to be accommodated within a fixed frame; a plurality of lens groups configured to be retained in the telescopic cylinder; a lens driving device configured to drive the plurality of lens groups along a longitudinal axis of the telescopic cylinder between a collapsed position in which at least one portion of the plurality of lens groups is stored in the fixed frame and an extended position in which the at least one portion of the plurality of lens groups is extended out of the fixed frame; and a retractable lens group configured to be retracted into the fixed frame through an opening in a wall of the fixed frame when the telescopic cylinder is in the extended position. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273782 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE - A lens barrel having an image forming optical system including a first optical system and a second optical system which is moveable independently from the first optical system, a first driving portion which drives the first optical system during a magnification changing operation of the image forming optical system, and a second driving portion which drives the second optical system during the magnification changing operation, along with driving the second optical system during a focus adjustment of the image forming system. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273783 | Array of concentrating lenses and method of manufacture - The method described provides a unique solar energy concentrating structure. This structure is intended to be employed in conjunction with complementary high efficiency solar cell elements to produce solar electric power. In its usual embodiment it contributes to a system of exterior window concentrators and solar cells that provide good visibility and control excess heat transmission providing benefits beyond low-e glass performance. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273784 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system for viewing a front object and a generally side object comprises, sequentially from the front object side, a first lens group having a negative refractive index, a second lens group including a reflective-refractive lens, an aperture stop, and a third lens group having a positive refractive index. The reflective-refractive lens is provided with a first surface formed on the front object side, a second surface formed on an image side, and a third surface formed circumferentially to surround an optical axis between the first surface and the second surface. The first surface is provided with a first transmission surface formed around the optical axis, and a first reflection surface that faces the image side and is formed around the first transmission surface. The first surface is defined by an aspherical surface consisting of a concave surface in the vicinity of the optical axis and a convex surface in the vicinity of the first reflection surface. The second surface is provided with a second transmission surface formed around the optical axis and a second reflection surface that faces the front object side and that is formed around the second transmission surface. The third surface is defined by a transmission surface. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273785 | LENS BARREL - A first tilt unit that is to abut a first tilt receiving unit of a rotating member is provided at a peripheral portion of a first lens frame. A second lens frame moves in a direction parallel to the optical axis, integrally with an adjustable diaphragm by a protrusion passing through a coil-shaped optical-axis biased spring and a hole provided in a base member. On a side surface of a linear-guidance ring, a guide groove is formed to engage with a lug of the second lens frame and slide the second lens frame in a direction parallel to the optical axis in the linear-guidance ring. Further, on an inner surface of the linear-guidance ring, a second tilt unit that is to abut a second tilt receiving unit of the rotating member is provided. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273786 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes lens groups, lens retaining frames retaining the lens groups, respectively, between a collapsed state and a photographic state are moved toward an object side, a movable cylinder retaining the plurality of lens retaining frames therewithin, and a driving mechanism to move the lens retaining frames. The driving mechanism includes a main guide shaft parallel to the photographic axis and supports a retractable lens retaining frame retaining a retractable lens group movably along and rotatably about the main guide shaft, a lead screw disposed in parallel with the main guide shaft and to be driven to rotate, a screw member to be screwed on the lead screw by coming into contact with the lead screw in directions perpendicular to the lead screw to be moved along the lead screw by a rotation of the lead screw, and a cam structure connecting the retractable lens retaining frame with the screw member to convert a movement of the screw member along the lead screw into a rotary motion of the retractable lens retaining frame about the main guide shaft and a linear motion of the retractable lens retaining frame along the main guide shaft. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273787 | APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING AN IMAGING LENS - An imaging system ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273788 | Lens barrel and image-taking apparatus - A lens barrel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a fixed barrel, a movable member that is movable relative to the fixed barrel, a flexible circuit board that is bent in a U-shape and hangs between the fixed barrel and the movable member, and a flexible circuit board guide. The flexible circuit board guide secures one side of the flexible circuit board that is continuous with the bent portion of the flexible circuit board to the fixed barrel while the one side of the flexible circuit board extends in a moving direction of the movable member. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273789 | Linear motor with integral position sensor - Systems and methods for a linear motor having an integrated position sensing of the anchor of the motor are disclosed. An integrated position sensing of the anchor is achieved by sensing the inductance of one or more coils driving the anchor. The anchor comprises at least one permanent magnet. The inductance is dependent on a current position of the anchor. The anchor is driven by PWM pulses. A control unit controls the duration of driving the anchor and the duration of sensing the inductance. In normal operation during about 80% of a motor control period the anchor is driven and during a remaining time the inductance is sensed. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the linear motors invented are used in a camera module driving a lens barrel and a shutter. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273790 | Unfolding film-type radiation reflector - The invention relates to space engineering, and can be used for space radio, television and telephone communications, as well as illuminating ground objects at night from space. The inventive unfolding film-type radiation reflector comprises a framework consisting of pneumatic tubes and cells, a film reflecting surface connected to the framework along the perimeter thereof and a gimbal assembly mountable on a space vehicle. The internal and external frames of the gimbal assembly are made from internal and external wheel-shaped pneumatic tubes. The internal wheel-shaped pneumatic tube is embodied in such a way that it is mountable on the space vehicle, while the external wheel-shaped pneumatic tube is embodied in the form of a framework element and is connected to the film reflecting surface. Said invention makes it possible to reduce the mass and overall dimensions of mechanisms for packing and unfolding the film-type radiation reflector. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273791 | CATOPTRIC OBJECTIVES AND SYSTEMS USING CATOPTRIC OBJECTIVES - In general, in one aspect, the invention features an objective arranged to image radiation from an object plane to an image plane, including a plurality of elements arranged to direct the radiation from the object plane to the image plane, wherein the objective has an image side numerical aperture of more than 0.55 and a maximum image side field dimension of more than 1 mm, and the objective is a catoptric objective. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273792 | Optical Designed Pattern and Structure Capable of Reflecting Light - An optical designed pattern is disclosed. The optical designed pattern comprises a plurality of screen dots; whereby a combination of a size of each screen dot, an arranging pitch of each screen dot, and a line width of each screen dot is provided to give the plurality of screen dots various optical characteristics to show all kinds of effects such as a hair pattern or a hair pattern with other composite patterns. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273793 | DETERMINATION OF TIMING BASED SERVO PATTERN TYPE - In a magnetic tape drive having a servo read system with at least one read head, the system configured to read servo pattern information as a magnetic tape is moved longitudinally with respect to the at least one read head, the servo pattern comprising a timing-based servo pattern comprising an even number of bursts of sloped magnetic stripes, adjacent bursts oppositely sloped, alternate bursts identically sloped, an embodiment of a method determines the time between detection from the read head of a same stripe of alternate bursts of a pattern; determines the time between detection from the read head of stripes of a burst of a pattern; and determines a ratio of the determined times. The ratio is compared to a threshold, wherein the threshold comprises a differentiation between different servo pattern types. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273794 | LIBRARY DEVICE AND INCLINATION CORRECTION METHOD OF MOVABLE UNIT PROVIDED IN LIBRARY DEVICE - A library device includes: a storage shelf including storage units aligned in a plurality of columns; and a conveying robot that grasps and conveys cartridges stored in the storage units, wherein the conveying robot includes: a base board located to face the plurality of columns, one end of the base board being supported movably up and down by a first support post, and another end of the base board being supported movably up and down by a second support post; a movable unit including a grasping unit grasping the cartridges stored in the storage units and moving on the base board; an inclination measuring unit measuring an inclination of the movable unit; and an inclination correction unit adjusting heights of both ends of the base board according to an inclination value of the movable unit measured by the inclination measuring unit and correcting the inclination of the movable unit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273795 | LIBRARY APPARATUS AND LIBRARY APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD - A library apparatus for conveying, with a conveying device, a cartridge storing data between a cartridge storing unit and a drive accessing the data stored in the cartridge, the library apparatus includes: a target position deciding unit configured to decide a target position, to which the conveying device is to be moved, based on a position of a gravity point of the library apparatus, and stable position information that is predetermined position information of the gravity point at which the library apparatus becomes stable; and a controlling unit configured to control and drive the conveying device to move to the target position when a vibration applied to the library device is detected. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273796 | Magnetic Write Head with Flux Diverting Structure - A magnetic write head with a flux diverting structure for diverting stray flux received from an external source. The write head includes a yoke with two poles and a non-magnetic gap formed there between, and functions to write data to a magnetic storage medium. The flux diverting structure is proximate to the first pole and has a magnetic connection toward the back of the structure, and a non-magnetic separation toward the front of the structure. The flux diverting structure is comprised of a magnetic permeable material such that stray flux is diverted away from portions of the write head. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273797 | Write Head Having a Device for Reducing the Effects of Stray Flux - A magnetic write head with a flux opposing structure for opposing stray flux from an external source. The write head includes a yoke with two poles and a non-magnetic gap formed there between, and functions to write data to a magnetic storage medium. The flux opposing structure is proximate to the first pole and has a separation from an exterior surface of the first pole. A current applied to the secondary coil to create a secondary flux field with an opposite polarity of a first magnetic flux. The secondary flux field opposes the stray flux associated with the primary flux field of the magnetic write head and/or a neighboring magnetic write head. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273798 | PMR writer with pi shaped shield - A perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) head is fabricated with a pole tip shielded laterally by a pair of symmetrically separated side shields that extend from an edge of a trailing edge shield to form a shield with the shape of a π. The easy axis direction of the side shields is in the in-track direction. As a result, the side shields effectively shield the fringing fields of the magnetic pole tip from causing adjacent track erasures, while not adding their own fringing fields that could cause erasures even beyond adjacent tracks. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273799 | NANOMETER SCALE MAGNETIZATION - Magnetic heads for perpendicular magnetic recording on magnetic recording media are provided. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273800 | Perpendicular magnetic recording write head with milling defined track width - A main pole layer having at least a leading taper and trimmed pole tip portion is described. The leading taper increases head field up to ≧15000 Oe even for narrow track widths approaching 50 nm. For MAMR applications, a STO and trailing shield are sequentially formed on a trailing pole tip side. Furthermore, full side shields may be added to reduce fringing field. Another embodiment involves including both of a leading taper and trailing taper at the pole tip where leading taper angle is between 20° and 60° and trailing taper angle is from 10° to 45°. A method is provided for forming various embodiments of the present invention. A key feature is that milling depth at an effective neck height distance is greater than or equal to the pole tip thickness. A self aligned STO may be formed by the same ion milling step that defines track width. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273801 | PACKING METHOD FOR RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGES AND PACKAGE OF RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGES - The invention is to provide a packing method for recording tape cartridges and a package of recording tape cartridges, which can prevent tape performance from being affected by humidity change when the recording tape cartridge is carried and can compact a storage case can be provided. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273802 | Side shielded magnetoresistive(MR) read with perpendicular magnetic free layer - A MR sensor is disclosed that has a free layer (FL) with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) which eliminates the need for an adjacent hard bias structure to stabilize free layer magnetization and minimizes shield-FL interactions. In a TMR embodiment, a seed layer, free layer, junction layer, reference layer, and pinning layer are sequentially formed on a bottom shield. After patterning, a conformal insulation layer is formed along the sensor sidewall. Thereafter, a top shield is formed on the insulation layer and includes side shields that are separated from the FL by a narrow read gap. The sensor is scalable to widths <50 nm when PMA is greater than the FL self-demag field. Effective bias field is rather insensitive to sensor aspect ratio which makes tall stripe and narrow width sensors a viable approach for high RA TMR configurations. Side shields may be extended below the seed layer plane. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273803 | LEAKAGE DETECTION PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT - The present invention relates generally to a leakage detection protective circuit. This leakage detection protective circuit includes a rectification circuit, a current-limiting resistance, a controlled silicon rectifier (SCR), a power supply main circuit switch linked with a reset button and a tripping coil with a built-in iron core. The rectification circuit, tripping coil, and SCR are connected in series with each other, forming a circuit. The control pole of the SCR is connected, through the current-limiting resistance and the diode, to the shielding layer of the power output wires. When a leakage failure occurs, the shielding layer connected to the control pole of the controlled silicon rectifier becomes electrified, triggering the controlled silicon rectifier. A magnetic field is then generated within the tripping coil and its built-in iron core moves, causing the reset button to trip. This invention is characterized by a compact circuit and robust operation. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273804 | PROTECTION MONITORING CIRCUIT AND BATTERY PACK - A protection monitoring circuit | 2011-11-10 |
20110273805 | HDMI CABLE CONNECT APPARATUS AND METHOD - In some embodiments, an HDMI connection interface is provided with a connection detection circuit utilizing power cycling or an otherwise intermittent supply at a pin for an HDMI device for determining if the device is connected to an appliance. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273806 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A THERMAL OVERLOAD SITUATION IN A HANDHELD POWER TOOL - The invention relates to a method for the detection of a thermal overload situation in a hand-held power tool, wherein the temperature or astute variable correlating to the temperature of a component is measured, wherein in case of a thermal overload a reduced transitional operation is activated, during which the current flow in the electric circuit is modulated. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273807 | SECONDARY BATTERY PACK OF NOVEL STRUCTURE - Disclosed herein is a secondary battery pack including a battery cell having a pair of coupling grooves, each of the coupling grooves having a predetermined depth, an insulative mounting member mounted to the top of the battery cell, a protection circuit module (PCM) having a pair of connection coupling members protruding downward, and an insulative cap coupled to the top of the battery cell, wherein the connection coupling members are inserted into coupling grooves formed at electrode terminals of the battery cell through openings of the insulative mounting member in a state in which the insulative mounting member is mounted to the top of the battery cell, thereby achieving the coupling of the PCM to the battery cell and the insulative mounting member and the electrical connection between the battery cell and the PCM. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273808 | System and Method for Detection of Multiple Current Limits - Devices, such as mobile devices, may be exposed to short circuit and output overload events. To protect against such events, mobile devices typically include current limit circuits. Some current limit circuits may involve user programmable function. User programmable function may need accurate current limit detectors. Various embodiments of the present invention include devices and methods for detecting one or more programmed current limits. Some embodiments allow for a user application to select among parallel or serial configurations of current detection circuitry. Each such configuration may include multiple resistive devices of different resistive values. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273809 | Method and Device for Protecting a Lithium Ion Battery in a Vehicle - The invention relates to a method for protecting a lithium ion battery ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273810 | SURGE ARRESTER - A surge arrester, comprising: a resistor body, including a ceramic core and a conductive film, the conductive film being deposited to enclose the ceramic core entirely; two caps, each enclosing one end of the resistor body; an opening, being cut in the middle part of the resistor body to separate the surface of the resistor body into two portions; a porous layer, filled in the opening; and an insulating layer, being coated to protect the porous layer, and the resister body. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273811 | STARTER FOR THERMAL ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE - A starter including a double contact electromagnetic contactor ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273812 | CONTROLLING CURRENT FLOW BY A COIL DRIVE OF A VALVE USING A CURRENT INTEGRAL - A device (100) and to a method allow for a direct injection valve having a coil drive (110) to reduce in particular the pulse to pulse variation of the volume of fuel injected by the direct injection valve by a control also based on a current integral of the coil drive (110), in particular during a boost phase of a current activation profile of the coil drive (110). The method can be carried out by a computer program. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273813 | Leak Detection and Leak Protection Circuit - A leak detecting and leak protecting circuit comprises a rectification circuit comprising positive and negative power output ends, current limiting resistors, a diode, a silicon control comprising control poles, a switch capable of linking to a resetting button, and a tripping coil comprising a built-in iron core. The rectification circuit outputs DC power. The tripping coil, switch, and silicon control are connected in series and then are connected to the positive and negative power output ends of the DC power output from the rectification circuit. The control poles of the silicon control are capable of connection with a shielding layer of output wires through at least one of the current limiting resistors and a diode. And, when the switch is in a resetting state, the switch is closed, and, when the switch is in a tripped state, the switch is open. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273814 | Controlled Dissipation of Electrostatic Charge - Disclosed is an improved ESD control system for use in vehicular applications that incorporated one or more dissipative elements constructed from a blend of polypropylene and a urethane/acrylic alloy which form substantially co-continuous networks and which are suitable for injection molding operations to produce dissipative elements. The dissipative elements are then incorporated into vehicular interiors in a manner whereby a surface of the element is exposed to contact, whether incidental or deliberate, by the vehicle occupants, particularly as they are entering or exiting the vehicle, to provide controlled dissipation of electrostatic charges that have accumulated on the occupants. In particular, these materials may be used in forming portions of the vehicle seat assembly and/or door assembly that will typically be contacted during egress, operation of the vehicle and/or ingress in order to suppress subsequent and less controlled discharges that could compromise the comfort and safety of the vehicle occupants. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273815 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - In an electronic component, a first capacitor conductor includes a first exposed portion exposed between insulating layers at a surface of a laminate including a first shorter side and two longer sides. A second capacitor conductor includes a second exposed portion exposed between the insulating layers at a surface of the laminate including a second shorter side and the two longer sides. First and second external electrodes are arranged on the laminate so as to cover the first and the second exposed portions, respectively. A first width of the first capacitor conductor in a region located between the second shorter side and a first straight line obtained by connecting two edges of the second external electrode is greater than a width of the first capacitor conductor in a region located between the first straight line and a straight line obtained by connecting two edges of the first external electrode. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273816 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, a conductive member, an electrical insulating member, and a tubular member. The element has an element body with a cathode layer, and an anode lead. The conductive member is placed to face a first end surface of the body through which the lead is pulled out. The electrical insulating member is placed between the conductive member and the body. The lead passes through a through hole defined in the electrical insulating member. A tip end portion of the lead is inserted into a through hole or a closed end hole defined in the conductive member to be electrically connected to the conductive member. Insertion of the body into the tubular member causes the tubular member to cover at least part of a side surface of the body, while making electrical connection between the tubular member and the cathode layer. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273817 | REMOTELY-CONTROLLABLE CIRCUIT BREAKER - The invention relates to a remotely-controllable circuit breaker, including a first circuit breaking unit, remote control unit, and housing. The first circuit breaking unit and the remote control unit are disposed in the housing; the first circuit breaking unit operates to switch on or off loads and electric lines; the remote control unit operates to control the interruption of the remotely-controllable circuit breaker via a remote control signal; and the housing is made of insulating and flame-retardant materials. | 2011-11-10 |