47th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140340689 | Frequency-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography with Extended Field-of-View and Reduction of Aliasing Artifacts - The present disclosure provides an OCT imaging system to reduce or eliminate frequency-domain aliasing artifacts. The frequency is shifted using a carrier frequency to define a sampling range substantially centered on the carrier frequency. An image of the sample is generated from a displayed imaging range that consists of a subset of the frequencies within the sampling range. Furthermore, the system may be configured to determine the carrier frequency such that a Nyquist frequency corresponding to the shifted frequency is extended beyond either an upper or a lower bound of an OCT quality envelope corresponding to the first portion of light. Additionally, the carrier frequency may be determined such that a lower bound of the OCT quality envelope is greater or less than a zero-frequency DC limit. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340690 | GUIDED OPTICAL ROUTER, FIBRE-OPTIC INTERFEROMETER INTEGRATING SUCH AN OPTICAL ROUTER AND METHOD OF GUIDED OPTICAL ROUTING - A bidirectional guided optical router includes an evanescent-field optical coupler having three input ports, three output ports, a first central waveguide, a second lateral waveguide and a third lateral waveguide and an evanescent-field-based optical coupling zone in which the first, second and third waveguides are disposed so as to allow evanescent-field-based coupling between the first central waveguide and either one of the lateral waveguides. The 3×3 optical coupler has a length L of between 3154×L | 2014-11-20 |
20140340691 | ENHANCEMENTS TO INTEGRATED OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - An integrated optical assembly is provided, with enhancements that are particularly useful when the integrated optical assembly forms part of a laser radar system. The integrated optical assembly produces a reference beam that is related to the optical characteristics of a scanning reflector, or to changes in position or orientation of the scanning reflector relative to a source. Thus, if the scanning reflector orientation were to shift from its intended orientation (due e.g. to thermal expansion) or if characteristics of the scanning reflector (e.g. the index of refraction of the scanning reflector) were to change on account of temperature changes, the reference beam can be used to provide data that can be used to account for such changes. In addition, if the scanning reflector were to be positioned in an orientation other than the orientation desired, the reference beam can be used in identifying and correcting that positioning. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340692 | PROXIMITY SENSING METHOD, PROXIMITY SENSING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure illustrates a proximity sensing method used in a controller of a proximity sensing device. Firstly, a cross talk value is initialized. After the cross talk value is initialized, whether the cross talk value should be updated is judged at least according to a first sensing value currently received from a sensing unit of the proximity sensing device. When the cross talk value is judged to be updated, the cross talk value is updated at least according to a first sensing value. Then, a compensated sensing value is obtained by subtracting the cross talk value from the first sensing value. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340693 | DISMOUNTABLE NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINE - Dismountable numerical control machine which comprises a first longitudinal bedplate ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340694 | OPTICAL MEASURING APPARATUS - An optical measuring apparatus includes a light emitter, a scanner, a polarizing plate, a photoreceiver, and a CPU. The light emitter emits a laser beam. The scanner uses the laser beam emitted from the light emitter and scans a measurement region where a work piece is placed. The polarizing plate allows passage for only a laser beam, among the laser beams fired by the scanner, directed orthogonally to an emission direction of the laser beam and an axis direction of the work piece. The photoreceiver receives the laser beam that has passed through the measurement region and the polarizing plate. The CPU calculates a dimension of the work piece from a pattern of light and dark in a scan direction, the pattern being obtained by the photoreceiver. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340695 | METHOD TO ADJUST THE HUE OF PRINT IMAGES IN AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTER - In a method to adjust hue of a print images by toner layer thickness a photoconductor element is charged to a charge potential. A potential image of the print image made up of image points is generated via exposure and discharge of the photoconductor element. The potential image is inked by charged toner via a developer element at a BIAS potential. With a character generator, generating a potential of an individual image point of the print image via local discharge of the photoconductor element, the potential of the image point lying between the BIAS potential and a potential established by a maximum achievable discharge depth of the photoconductor element, and so that the individual image points have same or different potentials, depending on the exposure, so that the exposed area overall has a resulting potential, and a depositing of toner on this area and therefore the toner layer thickness on this area is proportional to the resulting potential. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340696 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, an image forming unit to form a multi-gradation image on the image carrier, a density detector to detect density of the multi-gradation image, a gradation characteristic data generator to generate gradation characteristic data, and a gradation corrector to correct image data of the multi-gradation image. The gradation characteristic data generator forms a gradation correction pattern on the image carrier via the image forming unit. The gradation correction pattern is a continuous gradation pattern including a first pattern having gradation levels from a maximum gradation level to a minimum gradation level and a second pattern having gradation levels from the minimum gradation level to the maximum gradation level. The gradation characteristic data generator continuously detects image density of the gradation correction pattern and background areas next to the gradation correction pattern via the density detector to generate the gradation characteristic data. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340697 | DETERMINING NEW COLOR VALUES OF AN IMAGE BASED ON AN ACITIVITY MAP - A method comprises computing an activity map for an input image. The activity map indicates an amount of variable spatial activity in the input image. The method further comprises producing an output image based on the activity map, and controlling a printhead to cause the output image to be printed. The output image contains a plurality of color pixels and each such color pixel is represented by at least one of cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and black (K) in a color space. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340698 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus (image forming apparatus) according to an aspect of the present invention is capable of communication with an external apparatus via short-range wireless communication (NFC) and while in a powered-on state (first state), registers a piece of data being held by the communication apparatus as NFC transmission data that is to be transmitted by the communication apparatus in a powered-off state (second state). Furthermore, when shifting from the powered-on state to the powered-off state, the communication apparatus sets the registered NFC transmission data in an NFC controller as data that is to be transmitted to an external apparatus such as a mobile terminal via NFC communication. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340699 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a power supply control unit that performs control of switching a power supply source to an auxiliary power supply that stores therein power from a main power supply when the main power supply is off, and control of switching the power supply source to the main power supply when the main power supply is on; a detection unit that detects whether the power supply source is the main power supply or the auxiliary power supply; and a mode control unit that performs control of switching between a normal mode and a power-saving mode in which power consumption is smaller than in the normal mode. The mode control unit performs control of setting a switching time to switch from the normal mode to the power-saving mode to a shorter time when the detection unit detects that the power supply source is the auxiliary power supply. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340700 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The input image processing circuit | 2014-11-20 |
20140340701 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A technology is provided for, when an error occurs in a communication apparatus (image forming apparatus), notifying a user of information relating to the error using NFC without a decrease in the user's convenience. A communication apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes an NFC device (NFC controller) which can operate in either a reader/writer mode or a card emulation mode. The communication apparatus, when an error occurs, obtains information relating to the error, and sets, into the NFC device, the obtained error information as information which an external mobile terminal can read from the communication apparatus via NFC in the card emulation mode. The communication apparatus also sets the operation mode of the NFC device to the card emulation mode. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340702 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive print data from an external apparatus, a storage unit configured to store the print data, an operation unit configured to receive an operation to be performed on the print data, a printing unit configured to print the print data when the received operation is print operation, a charging unit configured to start charging in response to the printing of the data when the printing apparatus is operating in charge mode, and a control unit configured to perform control in such a manner that the print data is deleted when the received operation is cancel operation. When the printing apparatus is operating in the charge mode, the control unit performs control in such a manner that the print data is not deleted even when the cancel operation is instructed, until print operation is received. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340703 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - In a method of controlling an image processing apparatus having a rechargeable secondary battery, in response to reception of a job, an amount of electricity stored in the secondary battery is detected and, whether the detected amount of electricity exceeds a specified value is determined. If it is determined that the stored electricity amount exceeds the specified value, a volatile memory is selected as a storage destination of information to be stored when the job is executed. On the other hand, if it is determined that the stored electricity amount does not exceed the specified value, a nonvolatile memory is selected as the storage destination of the information to be stored when the job is executed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340704 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, STARTUP CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH STARTUP CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes a main processing portion set as a root complex of PCI Express, a startup control portion to control startup of the main processing portion, and a connection portion connectable with an option board having a sub processing portion set as a root complex of PCI Express. The startup control portion includes a detection portion to detect the option board connected to the connection portion, an acquisition portion to acquire ability information about the option board at a stage before the main processing portion starts up, when the option board is detected, a selection portion to select one of the main processing portion and the sub processing portion, based on the acquired ability information, and a switch portion to start one selected from the main processing portion and the sub processing portion as a root complex. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340705 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to this invention, in a reception end facsimile apparatus having a first communication mode for performing communication at a high speed and a second communication mode for performing communication at a low speed, it is determined based on an instruction from a transmission end facsimile apparatus whether to perform error correction during facsimile communication. Control is done not to perform communication in the first communication mode based on a fact that it is determined not to perform error correction during facsimile communication. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340706 | COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, COOPERATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A cooperative image processing system includes an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits operation screen display data for reproducing an operation screen of the image processing apparatus to the portable terminal apparatus. The portable terminal apparatus includes: a receiver that receives the operation screen display data; a display portion that displays the operation screen on the basis of the operation screen display data received by the receiver; a console that accepts a user gesture instruction; a memory that records a predetermined conversion rule; a converter that converts the user gesture instruction input via the console, into operation information in accordance with the conversion rule stored on the memory; and a transmitter that transmits the operation information obtained by the converter. The image processing apparatus further comprises a controller that performs an operation being matching the operation information received therefrom. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340707 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A measurement apparatus comprises a light source of line shape configured to move in a predetermined direction and illuminate a measurement target object, and a capturing unit configured to capture the measurement target object illuminated by the light source of line shape. The measurement apparatus controls the light source of line shape and the capturing unit, and estimates the reflection characteristics of the measurement target object from a plurality of images captured by the capturing unit. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340708 | High Speed Activation Control Method - An image forming apparatus includes a main control unit, a sub control unit, a main storage unit, an auxiliary storage unit, an auxiliary storage load unit, a load-program storage unit, and an external storage load unit. The auxiliary storage load unit is configured to load each of a program to be executed by the main control unit and a program to be executed by the sub control unit stored in the auxiliary storage unit from the auxiliary storage unit to the main storage unit at first activation. The external storage load unit is configured to load the program stored in the external storage medium by the load-program storage unit to the main storage unit at a subsequent activation concurrently with loading the program to be executed by the main control unit from the auxiliary storage unit by the auxiliary storage load unit. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340709 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a rotation instruction is issued to replace MFP A by MFP B to be used, a management application of the MFP A obtains and stores network information of the MFP B, and exchanges setting value data of the MFP A with that of the MFP B. Further, if the network information of the MFP A is included in the exchanged setting value data, the management application of the MFP A changes the exchanged setting value data using the stored network information of the MFP B. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340710 | IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND TROUBLESHOOTING METHOD - The present invention discloses an image forming system and apparatus and the method for control and troubleshooting. Wherein the image forming apparatus comprises a communication interface unit for communicating with external equipment; a storage unit for storing page data information, wherein said page data information includes page data for image-forming processing; a page order determining unit to determine the image-forming processing order of said page data, i.e., image paging order; an image-forming unit that performs the image-forming processing; and an image sending unit that sends said page data stored in said storage unit to said image-forming unit according to the image paging order determined by said page order determining unit. The present invention is capable of saving the memory resources of the host connected with the image forming apparatus, reducing the purchase cost of the host and achieving a more energy saving and environmentally friendly printing process. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340711 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives a selection of an image data among plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the mobile terminal and prints an image based on the selected image data. A communication between the mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus is performed wirelessly with an IEEE 802.11 standard. The image forming apparatus continuously performs a second printing, when the receiving section receives a selected image data again in a condition that the communication with the mobile terminal is continuously established by the receiving section after the printing of the received image data is finished. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340712 | METHOD FOR SUBMITTING A DOCUMENT STORED IN A FILE REPOSITORY TO A JOB QUEUE OF A REPROGRAPHIC APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR, AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING A DOCUMENT STORED IN A FILE REPOSITORY - Method for submitting a document stored in a file repository to a job queue of a reprographic apparatus, the method comprising: connecting to a message repository; retrieving from the message repository at least one message; searching the retrieved messages for potential document identifiers and compiling a set of potential document identifiers; connecting to a file repository; checking for each potential document identifier in the compiled set whether a document having a document identifier corresponding to the potential document identifier exists in the file repository; selecting the documents with a document identifier corresponding to a potential document identifier for submission to the job queue of the reprographic apparatus; and submitting the selected documents to the job queue of the reprographic apparatus | 2014-11-20 |
20140340713 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OUTPUT DISTRIBUTION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING OUTPUT DISTRIBUTION CONTROL PROGRAM - An output distribution system extracts user-specific information from job data that is generated in response to an output request, obtains terminal-specific information that identifies a terminal that is associated with a user specified by user-specific information, and transmits drawing data of the job data to an output destination determined based on the identified terminal. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340714 | BOOKBINDING PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention is directed to, even when dividing an image arranged between a plurality of pages constituting facing pages before bookbinding printing, preventing different results of correction processing of images on the facing pages after bookbinding printing. An editing system lays out images on facing pages, divides an image laid out on facing pages to generate division images for respective single-side pages, and inserts the division images into the respective single-side pages to generate respective document data. Then, a printing control system extracts division images from the document data, combines the division images, performs correction processing on the combined image, divides the corrected combined image, inserts the division images into the respective document data to update it, and performs print processing based on the updated document data. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340715 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an input unit that accepts input data, a detecting unit that detects line information from the input data, the line information indicating color information about a line included in the input data, color information about the background of the line, the width of the line, and a converting unit that converts the line information based on a contrast integrated value and the difference between the color information about the background and the color information about the line, the contrast integrated value being determined by the color information about the background, the color information about the line, and the width of the line. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340716 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING A HALFTONE SCREEN - A method of forming a halftone screen comprising representing each of a first, second, third and fourth tone range of increasing darkness by forming a plurality of dots arranged in a grid; the dots representing the second tone range larger than the dots representing the first tone range; the dots representing the third tone range having a body section and at least one extension extending toward a or respective nearest neighbour(s), the extension(s) narrower in width than the body section, the dots representing the third tone range substantially the same size as the dots representing the second tone range; and the dots representing the fourth tone range having a body section and at least one extension extending toward a or respective nearest neighbour(s), the extension(s) greater in width than the extension(s) associated with the dots representing the third tone range. A halftone screen and a printing system are also disclosed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340717 | REAL-TIME SECURE DIGITAL FACSIMILE IMPLEMENTATION USING CLOUD SERVICES - A system for cloud-based facsimile services comprising a cloud facsimile sending device configured to be coupled to a network, to generate image data of a document and to transmit the image data over the network. A cloud facsimile receiving device configured to be coupled to the network, to receive the image data and to generate image status data over the network. A cloud facsimile service configured to be coupled to the network and to receive the image data from the cloud facsimile sending device, to process the image data as a function sender data and recipient data, to transmit the image data to the cloud facsimile receiving device, to receive the image status data from the cloud facsimile receiving device and to transmit the image status data to the cloud facsimile sending device. A facsimile proxy service coupled to the network and to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and configured to receive the image data from the cloud facsimile service and to transmit the image data over the PSTN to a facsimile device. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340718 | FACSIMILE MACHINE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A facsimile machine that is capable of executing a transmitting process corresponding to a user's request certainly. A setting unit receives a selection between a first connection method for connecting with a remote machine via a SIP server and a second connection method for connecting with a remote machine directly bypassing the SIP server. A communication unit communicates by the connection method selected by the setting unit when inputted destination information is a telephone number, and communicates using an IP address included in the destination information irrespective of the connection method selected by the setting unit when the inputted destination information is not a telephone number. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340719 | IMAGE ELIMINATION APPARATUS, IMAGE ELIMINATING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image elimination apparatus includes a first reader configured to read a status of a sheet, a first judgment portion configured to judge whether the read sheet is reusable or not, an image eliminator configured to eliminate an image formed on the sheet, a second reader configured to read the sheet passing through the image eliminator, a second judgment portion configured to judge whether the image formed on the sheet is eliminated or not, and a controller configured to control the first reader and the second reader so as to read with different reading precision. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340720 | OSCILLATION DEVICE, SCANNING-TYPE SCANNER DEVICE, INFORMATION TERMINAL, PHASE-SHIFT AMOUNT ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, AND PHASE-SHIFT AMOUNT ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An oscillation device includes an oscillator, an oscillation detection unit that detects oscillation of the oscillator and outputs an oscillation detection signal, and a drive unit that generates a drive signal in keeping with the oscillation detection signal and outputs the drive signal to the oscillator. The drive unit includes a phase shift unit that shifts the phase to provide the drive signal as positive feedback to the oscillator. The phase shift unit includes a disturbance generating unit that outputs the periodic signal, a fluctuation unit that causes the amount of phase shift to fluctuate based on the periodic signal, a drive amplitude detection unit that detects the amplitude of the drive signal and outputs a drive amplitude signal, a product detection unit that outputs a detection signal after performing product detection on the drive amplitude signal based on the periodic signal, and an adjustment unit that adjusts the phase-shift amount based on the detection signal. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340721 | OPTICAL DETECTING DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZATION ADJUSTMENT - A method of synchronization adjustment is applied to an optical detecting device, so as to synchronize an exposure timing sequence of an image detector with a light emitting timing sequence of an indicating light source. The method includes acquiring a continued image set, analyzing intensity of each image of the continued image set, and adjusting the exposure timing sequence according to duty cycle of the image detector and intensity ratio of at least two images. An exposure frequency of the image detector is greater than a flickering frequency of the indicating light source. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340722 | SCANNER PLATEN - A scanner is disclosed. The scanner has a platen with at least one edge of the platen uncovered. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340723 | VOLUME HOLOGRAM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND SHIFT METHOD OF WAVELENGTH SPECTRUM OF DIFFRACTED LIGHT - A manufacturing method of the volume hologram includes a step of hologram recording for recording information to a hologram recording layer and a pressing step of the hologram recording layer for pressing at least a portion of the hologram recording layer recorded with the information. In the step of pressing the hologram recording layer, the hologram recording layer recorded with information may change. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340724 | COMPLEX SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR AND 3D IMAGE DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A complex spatial light modulator for modulating a phase and amplitude of a light beam and a 3-dimensional (3D) display including the same are provided. The complex spatial light modulator includes a spatial light modulator modulating a phase of a light beam, a lenticular lens array disposed next to the spatial light modulator, and a volume holographic lens array spaced apart from the lenticular lens array and allowing light beams output from the lenticular lens array to be superimposed and to interfere with each other, and so that the phase and an amplitude of the light beam are simultaneously modulated. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340725 | LASER MARKER - A laser marker/pointer for projecting circular or elliptical laser beam patterns onto a target surface such as a portion of a presentation screen or to assist in the aiming of a firearm, comprises a handheld shell body in which is mounted a laser light source, a rotating optical mirror driven by a motor, and an electronic drive circuit, whereby the aspect ratio of the marking pattern is determined by the geometric relationship of the motor shaft axis, the laser beam, and the mirror surface. The motor drive circuit when initially powered (along with the laser diode), applies full power (a continuous DC voltage to the motor to overcome inertia), followed by a pulsed voltage to lower the duty cycle of the motor, increase battery life, and reduce rotational noise. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340726 | DEVICE COMPRISING A VIBRATABLY SUSPENDED OPTICAL ELEMENT - The underlying invention presents a device which connects a vibratably suspended optical element to at least two actuators mounted fixedly on one side via curved spring elements, wherein the actuators are implemented to cause the vibratably suspended optical element to vibrate via the curved spring elements. Both the actuators and the entire system may be implemented to be more robust and be operated more reliably due to the curved shaping of the spring elements. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340727 | Photochromic Composition - A photochromic composition functions as an adhesive layer for bonding optical sheets or films made from a polycarbonate resin or the like, and can be used to produce a laminated sheet that exhibits excellent adhesive properties, heat resistance, photochromic properties, and perspiration resistance. The photochromic composition includes (A) a polyurethane-urea resin having a urea bond in a molecular chain, in which a tetrahydrofuran insoluble content is 20.0 to 90.0 wt %; and (B) a photochromic compound. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340728 | ELECTRONICALLY DIMMABLE OPTICAL DEVICE - An electronically dimmable optical device, including, in sequence, an active absorbing polarizer; a first static reflective polarizer; an active polarization rotator; and a second static reflective polarizer; configured so that the reflectivity and/or transmissivity of the device can be controlled (increased or decreased) by application of a voltage across the active absorbing polarizer and/or the active polarization rotator. One or more polarization levels can be selected by controlling the voltage at the active absorptive polarizer such that setting the active absorptive polarizer to a selected polarization level determines the brightness of an image produced by the device. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340729 | REFLECTIVE DIMMING ELECTROCHROMIC ELEMENT WITH NON-WATER BASED HYDROGEN ION CONDUCTIVE ELECTROLYTE LAYER INSERTED THEREIN, AND DIMMING ELEMENT USING THE SAME - In a reflective dimming element having a multilayer film formed in a transparent base material, the multilayer film has a structure including a transparent base material | 2014-11-20 |
20140340730 | LASER CUTTING STRENGTHENED GLASS - Methods for cutting strengthened glass are disclosed. The methods can include using a laser. The strengthened glass can include chemically strengthened, heat strengthened, and heat tempered glass. Strengthened glass with edges showing indicia of a laser cutting process are also disclosed. The strengthened glass can include an electrochromic film. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340731 | THIN-FILM DEVICES AND FABRICATION - Thin-film devices, for example electrochromic devices for windows, and methods of manufacturing are described. Particular focus is given to methods of patterning optical devices. Various edge deletion and isolation scribes are performed, for example, to ensure the optical device has appropriate isolation from any edge defects. Methods described herein apply to any thin-film device having one or more material layers sandwiched between two thin film electrical conductor layers. The described methods create novel optical device configurations. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340732 | A PLANAR OPTICAL COMPONENT AND ITS DESIGN METHOD - This invention relates to a planar optical component and a design method thereof, the method including designing a structure with defined discrete phases; based on the structure with defined discrete phases as array elements, designing a 2D thin antenna array; constituting the planar optical component by a metal film having the 2D thin antenna array and a substrate. To achieve expected beam shaping effect, the method according to the embodiment of the present invention modulates structural parameters of antenna array elements to modulate the amplitude and phase of radiation field having vertical polarization states, which is excited by a beam having specific wavelengths and polarization states incident on the planar diffractive optical component. The planar diffractive optical component according to the embodiment of the present invention has little difference from expected parameters, and can achieve optimum beam shaping effect to make up the shortfall of conventional beam shaping elements. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340733 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HIGH-SPEED PHASE SHIFTING FOR INTERFEROMETRIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS - Described are a method and apparatus for high-speed phase shifting of an optical beam. A transparent plate having regions of different optical thickness is illuminated by an optical beam along a path of incidence that extends through the regions. The transparent plate can be moved or the optical beam can be steered to generate the path of incidence. The optical beam exiting the transparent plate has an instantaneous phase value according to the region in which the optical beam is incident. Advantageously, the phase values are repeatable and stable regardless of the location of incidence of the optical beam within the respective regions, and phase changes at high modulation rates are possible. The method and apparatus can be used to modulate a phase difference of a pair of coherent optical beams such as in an interferometric fringe projection system. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340734 | DRIVING METHODS FOR COLOR DISPLAY DEVICES - The present invention provides driving methods for electrophoretic color display devices. The backplane system used for the driving methods is found to be simpler which renders color display devices more cost effective. More specifically, the driving method comprises first driving all pixels towards a color state by modulating only the common electrode, followed by driving all pixels towards their desired color states by maintaining the common electrode grounded and applying different voltages to the pixel electrodes. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340735 | COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a color display device in which each pixel can display four high quality color states. More specifically, an electrophoretic fluid is provided which comprises four types of particles, dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture. The fluid may further comprise substantially uncharged neutral buoyancy particles. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340736 | COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE WITH COLOR FILTERS - The present invention provides a multicolor display device which can display high quality color states. More specifically, an electrophoretic fluid is provided which comprises three or four types of particles and color filters are placed on the viewing side of the display device. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340737 | COLOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - The present invention is directed to a color display device wherein each of the display cells is filled with an electrophoretic fluid comprising two types of charged pigment particles dispersed in a colored medium. Multiple colors of high quality may be achieved by the present invention. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340738 | COMPONENTS AND METHODS FOR USE IN ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS - A front plane laminate useful in the manufacture of electro-optic displays comprises, in order, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer, a layer of an electro-optic medium in electrical contact with the electrically-conductive layer, an adhesive layer and a release sheet. This front plane laminate can be prepared as a continuous web, cut to size, the release sheet removed and the laminate laminated to a backplane to form a display. Methods for providing conductive vias through the electro-optic medium and for testing the front plane laminate are also described. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340739 | OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPTICAL MODULE - An optical amplification device includes: an optical module that outputs an amplified light; and a controller that makes the optical module emit a light when an emission command is input into the controller, wherein the controller cancels an inputting of the emission command until a predetermined time passes, when a protection for forbidding a light emission of the optical module is canceled. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340740 | INFRARED SHIELDING FILM - To obtain an infrared shielding film, which is produced at low costs, whose surface area can be enlarged, which suppresses visible color unevenness by reducing the reflectivity unevenness in the visible light region, and which has highly robust optical reflection characteristics with respect to the variation in film thickness. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340741 | FILM MIRROR, FILM MIRROR MANUFACTURING METHOD, FILM MIRROR FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION, AND REFLECTION DEVICE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATOR - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a film mirror having a high reflectivity for efficiently concentrating solar light and having excellent weather resistance, and to provide a method for manufacturing the film mirror, a film mirror for photovoltaic power generation, and a reflection device for photovoltaic power generation. This film mirror of the present invention is a film mirror | 2014-11-20 |
20140340742 | RING ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR A MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE, AND MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE - The invention relates to a ring illumination device ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340743 | Unknown - A rod lens that includes a rod-shaped lens unit made of a rod-shaped lens element or a plurality of lens elements cemented to one another, wherein, on the circumferential face thereof, the lens unit includes at least one axially magnetized magnet arrangement. The invention also relates to an endoscope with a lens arrangement, which includes at least a first and, arranged adjacent to the first, a second rod lens, and to a method for assembling such an endoscope. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340744 | OBJECTS FABRICATED WITH INTEGRAL AND CONTOURED REAR PROJECTION SUBSTRATES - A three dimensional (3D) object with a rear projection (RP) surface. The 3D object includes an RP element, which behaves as an RP substrate or surface. A structural portion of the 3D object has a first thickness, and the RP element has a second thickness that is less than about one half of the first thickness. The RP element is formed of a translucent white plastic for example, such that it is translucent to provide an RP element integrally formed with an adjacent structural element which is opaque with or without additional coating or treatment. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340745 | 3D LENTICULAR DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - This invention relates to a method of making a three dimensional image display and to the three dimensional image display. A lenticular array is laminated to a substrate for mounting to a registration riser for positioning the substrate and lens over a display, such as a television display. The lenticular lens is positioned to align the lenticular lens for viewing a 3D image on the play while the registration riser is sized to place the lenticular lens over the display focused on the display face. The substrate having the attached lens is attached to the registration riser which is removably attached to the display. The riser allows the precise registration of of the lens to be attached to the display without direct bonding to the display for ease in manufacture and removal and replacement. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340746 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present application discloses a display device including a display portion for displaying a composite image of left and right images to be viewed by left and right eyes by using display elements arranged in a matrix. The display portion defines first and second element groups for displaying the left and right images, respectively. The first element groups include first and second height group situated at first and second vertical positions, which is different from each other. The second element groups include first and second adjacent groups horizontally adjacent to the first and second height group, respectively. The first and second adjacent groups include first and second adjacent elements adjacent to the first and second height groups, respectively. The first adjacent element emits different light in a luminescent color from the second adjacent element. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340747 | DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display including a display panel and a switchable retarder is provided. The switchable retarder disposed on a light path of a polarized image having a first polarization provided by the display panel and includes a first substrate, first electrode stripes, second electrode stripes, and a retardation medium. The first electrode stripes and the second electrode stripes are disposed between the display panel and the first substrate, and are electrically independent from each other. A retardation region is defined by each first electrode stripe and one second electrode stripe. The retardation medium is located at a side of the first electrode stripes and at a side of the second electrode stripes, and is controlled by an electric field in the corresponding retardation region such that each retardation region provides a retardation. Accordingly, the polarized image having the first polarization is transformed into the polarized image having a second polarization. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340748 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING COLOR OF POLARIZING FILM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An apparatus for controlling a color of a film includes a dyeing bath to dip a washed PVA film in an aqueous iodine solution and an aqueous potassium solution and then dye the PVA film therewith, a complementary bath to dip the PVA film in an aqueous potassium solution and then dye the PVA film therewith, a device oven to dry the PVA film having the oriented iodine and potassium, a 4-stage oven to dry the PVA film dried in the device oven, and a central controller to predict a color value of the polarizing film. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340749 | Display apparatus - In a display apparatus, image light emitted from an image forming device is incident on an image light incidence portion of a light guide member after being diffracted by a second diffractive optical element, and emitted from an image light emission portion after moving forward in the light guide member. The image light emitted from the image light emission portion is diffracted by a first diffractive optical element and reaches the eyes of an observer. On a position where unnecessary external light is made incident on the light guide member, an external light noise reduction element which has a polarizing member and the like is provided. For this reason, even when the unnecessary external light is made incident on the light guide member, it is possible to inhibit the unnecessary external light from reaching the eye of the observer. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340750 | Cube Corner Retroreflector For Measuring Six Degrees of Freedom - A target and method of manufacturing the target is provided. The method of manufacturing includes providing the cube cornered retroreflector, the cube cornered retroreflector including a first, second and third planar reflectors. Each planar reflector capable of reflecting light, each planar reflector perpendicular to the other two planar reflectors, each planar reflector intersecting the other two planar reflectors in a common vertex, and each planar reflector having two intersection junctions. Each intersection junction shared with an adjacent planar reflector for a total of three intersection junctions within the cube corner retroreflector. The method further including the step of directing ions from a focused ion beam etching (FIBE) device onto the first intersection junction defined by the first planar reflector and second planar reflector. A first material is removed from at least a first portion of the first intersection junction to define a first non-reflecting portion. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340751 | LENS BARREL - The lens barrel includes a first frame body, a second frame body, a support frame, and a retracting lens frame. The second frame body is supported by the first frame body. The support frame is supported by the second frame body and move with respect to the second frame body within a plane. The plane being perpendicular to the optical axis. The retracting lens frame is supported by the support frame and move around a retraction shaft during a transition period between an imaging enabled state and a housed state. The retraction shaft is substantially parallel to the optical axis. The second frame body, the support frame, and the retracting lens frame move in the optical axis direction with respect to the first frame body during the transition period. The first frame body restricts the movement of the support frame within the plane during the transition period. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340752 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT DIFFUSION FILM AND LIGHT DIFFUSION FILM - Provided are a method for producing a light diffusion film, capable of easily regulating the combination of the inclination angles of plural plate-shaped regions in plural louver structure regions, and also capable of efficiently producing a light diffusion film having increased uniformity of the intensity of diffused light in the light diffusion angle region, and an effectively expanded light diffusion angle region; and a light diffusion film thus obtained. Disclosed is a method for producing a light diffusion film having first and second louver structure regions, the method including the following steps (a) to (d):
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20140340753 | ANISOTROPIC LIGHT DIFFUSION FILM - Provided is an anisotropic light diffusion film in which uniformity of the intensity of diffused light in the light diffusion angle region has been increased, and the light diffusion angle region has been effectively expanded. Disclosed is an anisotropic light diffusion film having a first louver structure region and a second louver structure region, in which plural plate-shaped regions having different refractive indices are alternately arranged in parallel along any one direction along the film plane, sequentially from the lower side along the film thickness direction, the anisotropic light diffusion film having an overlapping louver structure region in which the upper end of the first louver structure region and the lower end of the second louver structure region overlap each other. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340754 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes a frame body, a support frame, and a refracting lens frame. The support frame is configured to be supported by the frame body and move within a plane perpendicular to the optical axis with respect to the frame body. The refracting lens frame includes a lens support portion and is configured to retract around a retraction shaft. The frame body includes an opening portion. The opening portion is configured to open outward with respect to the optical axis. The opening portion is configured to house part of the lens support portion during a transition period between an imaging enabled state and a housed state. The support frame includes a light blocking portion. The light blocking portion is provided in front of part of the opening portion in an optical axis direction in order to block light rays. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340755 | ANTI-GLARE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention aims to provide an antiglare film that can be thinned without lowering the hard coat properties and antiglare properties, highly suppress scintillation and white muddiness, and provide display images with a high contrast. The antiglare film includes a light-transmitting substrate and an antiglare layer with surface roughness on one face of the light-transmitting substrate, wherein the antiglare layer contains silica fine particles, organic fine particles, and a binder resin, part of the silica fine particles form agglomerates and the agglomerates are contained in the antiglare layer sparsely and densely, the agglomerates of the silica fine particles are densely distributed around the organic fine particles, and part of the agglomerates densely distributed around the organic fine particles are attached to the surface of the organic fine particles and/or have some of the silica fine particles contained in the agglomerates impregnate the inside of the organic fine particles. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340756 | OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY OPTICAL PROBE SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO REDUCE ARTIFACTS - A system for reducing artifacts produced in images using an optical probe system is provided. The artifacts are reduced by reducing power of secondary beam paths produced by non-Fresnel reflections by at least one of absorption, scattering and rejection of the secondary beam paths. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340757 | MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A mirror assembly includes a mirror pane and a head cap. The mirror pane generally faces a first direction. The head cap has a first region and a second region. The first region generally faces a second direction and the second region generally faces a third direction. The first region and the second region may both be formed from transparent materials. The first region is substantially covered by a first coating having a first reflectance and a first transmittance. The first reflectance is less than one hundred percent and the first transmittance is greater than zero, such that light passes through the first region and the second region and is visible from the interior of the vehicle. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340758 | System and Method for Expansion of Field of View in a Vision System - This invention provides a system and method for expanding the field of view of a vision system camera assembly such that the field of view is generally free of loss of normal resolution across the entire expanded field. A field of view expander includes outer mirrors that receive light from different portions of a scene. The outer mirrors direct light to tilted inner mirrors of a beam splitter that directs the light aligned with a camera axis to avoid image distortion. The inner mirrors each direct the light from each outer mirror into a strip on the sensor, and the system searches features. The adjacent fields of view include overlap regions sized and arranged to ensure a centralized feature appears fully in at least one strip. Alternatively, a moving mirror changes position between acquired image frames so that a full width of the scene is imaged in successive frames. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340759 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - In an optical element, a half mirror layer includes a silver layer, a first dielectric multilayer film that is provided between the silver layer and a first translucent member made of resin, and a second dielectric multilayer film that is provided on the opposite side to the first translucent member with respect to the silver layer. The first dielectric multilayer film includes a first aluminum oxide layer that is in contact with the silver layer, and a titanium oxide layer that is in contact with the first aluminum oxide layer on the first translucent member side. The second dielectric multilayer film includes a zirconium layer (zirconium oxide-based dielectric layer) and a second aluminum oxide layer that is in contact with the zirconium oxide layer, and one of the second aluminum oxide layer and the zirconium oxide layer is in contact with the silver layer. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340760 | BEAM COMBINING DEVICE FOR A LIGHT-SOURCE DEVICE - A beam combining device for combining light from a first light source and light from a second light source of a light-source device for a medical apparatus includes a body made of a transparent material, a face which reflects in at least either a dichroic or polarization-dependent manner and is situated in or on the body, which face is transparent to light having a first spectrum or a first polarization and reflects light having a second spectrum or a second polarization, and a light-entrance face on the body, which light-entrance face is provided and arranged so that light enters the beam combining device through the light-entrance face. At least either the light-entrance face or the face reflecting in a dichroic or polarization-dependent manner is curved. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340761 | BEAM-COMBINER FOR FIBER-DELIVERED LASER-BEAMS OF DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS - A beam combiner for combining laser-beams of different colors along a common path includes a directing-prism for each of the laser-beams and one combining-prism. The directing-prisms are arranged to transmit the laser-beams to the combining-prism. The directing-prisms and the combining-prism are configured and arranged with respect to each other such that the directing-prism transmits the beams along the common path. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340762 | Electroactive Optical Device - An electroactive optical device, in particular an electroactive lens, comprising an optical element ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140340763 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - The imaging lens substantially consists of a negative first lens group in which a biconvex lens, a cemented lens, a plurality of lenses including a positive lens and a negative lens are arranged; a positive second lens group including a cemented lens; a negative third lens group in which a single lens forming a meniscus lens with a convex surface toward the object side or a plurality of lenses constituted in such a manner that the absolute value of the radius of curvature of a lens surface disposed on the most image side is smaller than the absolute value of the radius of curvature of a lens surface disposed on the most object side; and a positive fourth lens group including a positive lens in this order from the object side. This imaging lens is configured in such a manner that conditional expression (1) is satisfied: | 2014-11-20 |
20140340764 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens includes: a positive first lens group; a positive second lens group which moves while focusing; and a third lens group. The first lens group includes a positive lens having a convex surface with a radius of curvature having a small absolute value toward the image side, a positive biconvex lens, a negative lens having a concave surface with a radius of curvature having a small absolute value toward the object side, and a positive lens having a convex surface with a radius of curvature having a small absolute value toward the object side, in this order from the object side. The second lens group includes a positive lens having a convex surface with a radius of curvature having a small absolute value toward the object side. The third lens group includes two positive lenses and one negative lens. The imaging lens satisfies a predetermined conditional formula. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340765 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An optical image capturing system includes five lens elements with refractive power, 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 and a fifth 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 negative refractive power. The fourth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface, and the surfaces of the fourth lens element are aspheric. The fifth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface, wherein at least one inflection point formed on the image-side surface thereof, and the surfaces of the fifth lens element are aspheric. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340766 | IMAGE CAPTURING LENS SYSTEM - An image capturing lens system 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 and a fifth lens element. The positive first lens element has a convex object-side surface at a paraxial region. Both of the positive second lens element and the negative third lens element have a concave object-side surface at a paraxial region and a convex image-side surface at a paraxial region. The positive fourth lens element has a convex image-side surface at a paraxial region. The fifth lens element has a concave image-side surface at a paraxial region, wherein the surfaces thereof are aspheric, and the image-side surface of the fifth lens element has at least one convex shape at an off-axis region. The image capturing lens system has a total of five lens elements with refractive power. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340767 | WIDE-ANGLE IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging lens is composed of a first lens having a negative meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side, a negative second lens, a positive third lens, an aperture stop, a negative fourth lens, and a positive fifth lens disposed in order from the object side. The fourth and the fifth lens are cemented with an interface which is convex on the object side and has an aspherical shape. If the radius of curvature is taken as R9 and the focal length of the entire system is taken as f, the imaging lens satisfies a conditional expression given below: | 2014-11-20 |
20140340768 | IMAGE-FORMING LENS, AND CAMERA DEVICE AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE WITH THE IMAGE-FORMING LENS - An image forming lens consists of from an object side to an image side in the following order: a first group with a positive refractive power; an aperture stop; and a second group with a positive refractive power, wherein the second group includes, from the object side to the image side in the following order, a biconvex lens, a biconcave lens, a negative meniscus lens a convex surface of which faces the image side, a biconvex lens, and a positive meniscus lens a convex surface of which faces the image side. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340769 | SUPER WIDE ANGLE LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING IT - A super wide angle lens substantially consists of a positive first lens group in which a positive first lens, a negative second lens, a negative third lens, a negative fourth lens, a positive fifth lens, a sixth lens unit that is a cemented lens, a seventh lens, an aperture stop, and an eighth lens unit that is a cemented lens are arranged in this order from an object side, a second lens group in which a first lens unit that is a positive single lens or a cemented lens and a second lens unit that is a cemented lens are arranged in this order from the object side, and a third lens group including a positive lens. The super wide angle lens is structured in such a manner to satisfy conditional formula (1): 0.8<(T16+T17)/f<2.5. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340770 | Lens assembly for the motor vehicle; a driver's aid for enhaned visibility while driving - An assembly for the driver of a motor vehicle to mount onto the desired structure in the driver cockpit area such as the overhead sun visor or rearview mirror. The assembly consists of a transparent lens or multiple lenses contained in a holding structure with attachment means for the specified structure meant to be attached there onto. The lens or lenses are designed of a prescription for that driver so as to enhance visually in a clarifying manner a long distant highway object such as an overhead road sign mounted on an overpass or a traffic signal to state just two examples eligible and important for visual enhancement in everyday highway driving. Prescriptions for the lens or lenses will be as various as the driving public is both near and far sighted to certain degrees thereof. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340771 | Lens Barrel - The present invention provides a lens barrel applicable to digital cameras, image pickup devices and cell phones. The lens barrel is small, low-cost and high-performance, and can suppress, by means of a simple mechanism provided in the lens barrel, a variation in the focal position of the lens barrel caused by the change in temperature. The lens barrel comprises a lens group consisting of a plurality of lenses and a lens chamber for holding the lens group. An elastic member is provided between a set of adjacent lenses of the lens group, for urging the set of adjacent lenses in an optical axis direction of the lenses. The space between the set of lenses is increased or decreased by the elastic member, which causes a back focus of the lens barrel to move in a direction opposite to the direction in which the focal position of the lens barrel varies due to thermal expansion or thermal contraction of the lens group and the lens chamber and the change of refractive index of the lens group resulting from a temperature change. Hence, by increasing or decreasing the space in the optical axis direction between the lenses at both ends of the elastic member, the variation in the focal position of the lens barrel is suppressed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340772 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes a first lens, a second lens, a first frame body, a second frame body, and a retracting lens frame. The retracting lens frame is configured to move so that a position of the second optical axis of the second lens changes from a position on the first optical axis of the first lens to a position that is outside the first optical axis, during the transition period between the imaging enabled state and the housed state. A contact portion is formed on the inner peripheral part of the first frame body. A protrusion of the retracting lens frame is configured to engage with and guided by the contact portion during movement of the retracting lens frame. The thickness of a region constituting the side wall of the contact portion is increased over the thickness of the other region toward the inside of the cylindrical part. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340773 | LENS BARREL - The lens barrel includes a support frame and a retracting lens frame. The retracting lens frame is configured to support a lens and move around a retraction shaft with respect to the support frame during a transition period between an imaging enabled state and a housed state. The retraction shaft is substantially parallel to the optical axis. The retracting lens frame includes at least three contact portions. The at least three contact portions is configured to come into contact with the support frame at positions that are different from the retraction shaft. Movement of the retracting lens frame in the optical axis direction is restricted when the contact portions come into contact with the support frame. At least one of the contact portions is provided to the retracting lens frame so as to overlap the lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340774 | LENS BARREL - The lens barrel includes a first planar portion, a barrier front cover, a vane portion, and a lens group frame. The first planar portion is configured to be substantially perpendicular to an optical axis and includes a first opening portion. The barrier front cover includes a second opening portion. The vane portion is configured to move between a first position and a second position. The vane portion is configured to cover the first opening portion and the second opening portion at the first position, and allow the first opening portion and the second opening portion to open at the second position. The lens group frame is configured to support rotatably the vane portion and includes at least one lens. The first planar portion is disposed closer to a subject than the barrier front cover. The first opening portion is formed smaller than the second opening portion. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340775 | LENS HOLDING DEVICE - The present invention provides a lens holding device excellent in an impact resistance. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340776 | LENS DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A lens device, includes: a lens barrel including an operation ring provided to be rotatable about an optical axis; a drive unit including a drive part configured to rotatably drive the operation ring, the drive unit being detachably fixed to a predetermined portion on an outer circumference of the lens barrel, in which the drive unit moves in relation to the lens barrel in a direction of the optical axis to be attached to or detached from the lens barrel, and the operation ring and the drive unit are respectively provided with engaging parts, wherein, when the operation ring is at a predetermined rotation angle about the optical axis, the engaging parts being configured to be engaged with each other during the attachment or detachment of the drive unit in relation to the lens barrel to allow the attachment or detachment of the drive unit. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340777 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes a support frame and a retracting lens frame. The support frame includes a main body portion, a first linking portion and a second linking portion. The first region is configured to dispose the second lens in the imaging enabled state. The second region is formed continuously with the first region. The first linking portion links the second region on one side of the main body portion in the optical axis direction. The second linking portion links the second region on the other side of the main body portion in the optical axis direction. The retracting lens frame is disposed between the first linking portion and the second linking portion in a housed state. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340778 | De-Duplication - A method and apparatus for data de-duplication is disclosed. Use de-duplication engine (DDE) divides data into regions. The DDE processes the regions in a serial fashion. The DDE clears its hash table before processing the first region. Each region is divided into a number of chunks. A hash is generated for each chunk in a region. When a hash for a chunk is not in a hash table, the hash is stored in the hash table and the chunk is stored on media. When the hash is a duplicate of a hash already in the table, the hash and chunk are discarded and a reference to the previously stored chunk is stored to the media. The DDE does not retain all the hashes from all the regions in the hash table at the same time. The DDE only retains the hashes for the current region being processed and N previous regions where N is a positive integer greater than zero. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340779 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS AND DATA STORAGE CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, and a controller are installed. In the magnetic disk, writing is performed in units of band which is a collection of a plurality of adjacent tracks. The semiconductor memory caches data written in the magnetic disk. The controller manages the data cached in the semiconductor memory in units of capacity which is smaller than capacity of the band. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340780 | Method and System for Sliding-Window Based Phase, Gain, Frequency and DC Offset Estimation for Servo Channel - Sliding-window based data processing includes receiving an analog signal, converting the analog signal to a series of digital samples synchronous to a sampling clock, performing a first discrete Fourier transform on a first portion of the series of digital samples, performing a second discrete Fourier transform on a second portion of the series of digital samples, performing a third discrete Fourier transform on a third portion of the series of digital samples, generating a first series of zero phase start values by calculating a zero phase start value based on the first discrete Fourier transform in a sliding-window at a series of time increments across the servo preamble, storing the zero phase start values, and averaging the stored zero phase start values at the end of the servo preamble. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340781 | MICROWAVE-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A microwave-assisted magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus includes a microwave power generator, a microwave magnetic field generating element, and a thin film magnetic head that may record a data signal in high density in a magnetic recording medium that has a high coercivity. A magnetic recording medium, a magnetic head that records information in the magnetic recording medium, a microwave power generator provided independently of the magnetic head, and a differential signal supply unit used to supply microwave power generated by the microwave power generator as differential signals to a microwave magnetic field generating element provided at the magnetic head are included. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340782 | MICROWAVE-ASSISTED MAGNETIC HEAD, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A microwave-assisted magnetic head provides a high-reliability microwave-assisted magnetic head that reduces effective coercivity by giving microwave energy to a magnetic recording medium in an auxiliary manner and writes a data signal, a head gimbal assembly, and a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus. A microwave magnetic field generating element is arranged on a trailing shield side or a reproducing head element side with respect to a main magnetic pole that generates a recording magnetic field for writing a data signal into a magnetic recording medium, the microwave magnetic field generating element having a coil configuration in which a plurality of microwave magnetic field generating lines and a return line are formed by a continuous single line. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340783 | BACK ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE MONITORING CIRCUIT, MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE, MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - A back electromotive force monitoring circuit has a speed detection voltage generator which biases a back electromotive force generated by a voice coil motor with a predetermined reference voltage to generate a speed detection voltage, and a calculator which generates a motor control signal in accordance with the speed detection voltage. The calculator includes a subtracter which subtracts the reference voltage from the speed detection voltage prior to generation of the motor control signal. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340784 | Preventing Damage to Storage Devices within a Storage System Due to Movement of the Storage System - A method implemented in a storage system that has moveable storage devices includes a motion controller receiving movement related data of a storage device from at least one sensor associated with the storage device. The method further includes determining if the received movement related data indicates presence of at least one pre-identified movement related condition that can result in damage to the storage device. In response to the received movement related data indicating at least one pre-identified condition, a park command is issued that triggers the reading head of the storage device to enter a parked state in which the storage device is protected from damage that can occur due to motion of the reading head while the pre-identified condition exists. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340785 | A/D CONVERTER, MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE, MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - An A/D converter has an analog multiplexer stage which selects one of a plurality of first analog signals as a second analog signal, an amplifier stage which amplifies the second analog signal to generate a third analog signal, an A/D conversion stage which converts the third analog signal into a digital signal, and a sequencer which controls those stages. The sequencer performs input switching processing in the analog multiplexer stage on completion of sample hold processing by the A/D conversion stage, when performing a plurality of times of A/D conversion processing sequentially, without waiting for completion of the A/D conversion processing. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340786 | METHOD FOR REDUCING VARIATION RANGE OF SKEW ANGLE OF MAGNETIC WRITING POLE AND MAGNETIC WRITING POLE USING THE METHOD - A method for reducing skew angle variation range in a shingled magnetic recording system, the method including the following steps: 1) determining whether a starting magnetic track is in an inner recording zone; if yes, proceeding to step 2), otherwise proceeding to step 4); 2) using an inner writing corner to start shingled magnetic recording at a starting track; 3) using a shingled magnetic method to write rest magnetic tracks sequentially by the inner writing corner, keeping a writing pole moving in a direction from an inner recording zone to an outer recording zone; 4) determining whether the starting magnetic track is in the outer recording zone; 5) using an outer writing corner to start shingled magnetic recording at the starting track; and 6) using the shingled magnetic method to write the rest magnetic tracks sequentially by the outer writing corner. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340787 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HARD DISK DRIVE THROUGHPUT OPTIMIZATION USING POSITION ERROR SIGNALING - Systems and methods are provided for throughput optimization of a hard disk drive (HDD) using position error signaling (PES) that includes determining a PES for a HDD mounted in a chassis based on a dynamic disturbance. The method also includes calculating a critical parameter of the PES. The method further includes indicating a mechanical design modification of the HDD or the chassis if the critical parameter of the PES exceeds a pre-defined threshold. | 2014-11-20 |
20140340788 | Magnetic Storage Medium Comprised of Magnetic Nanoparticles Contained Within Nanotubes - A magnetic storage medium is formed of magnetic nanoparticles that are encapsulated within nanotubes (e.g., carbon nanotubes). | 2014-11-20 |