48th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130314752 | EXPOSURE DEVICE, LED HEAD, IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, AND READING APPARATUS - An exposure device includes a first lens plate including first lenses arranged substantially linearly and configured to form an intermediate image being an inverted reduced image of an object, a second lens plate including second lenses arranged substantially linearly in an arrangement direction of the first lenses and configured to form an inverted enlarged image of the intermediate image on a light reception surface, and light emitting elements arranged substantially linearly at pitch PD in the arrangement direction. A shift s in an arrangement pitch between the first lenses in the arrangement direction satisfies 02013-11-28 | |
20130314753 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE INVERTING FOR BOOK COPYING - A method and system for enabling an image production device to copy pages of a book includes determining an orientation of a first scanned page of a book, and modifying an orientation of a second scanned page of the book based on the orientation of the first scanned page. The second scanned page is in sequence relative to the first scanned page. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314754 | IMAGING DEVICE ARRAY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an imaging device array includes a plurality of imaging devices integrally including an incidence surface that converges light in the primary scanning direction, plural reflective surfaces that reflect light from the incidence surface multiple times, and an exit surface through which light that has reflected at the plural reflective surfaces exits the array. At least one of the plural reflective surfaces is formed at the apex of a protrusion that protrudes outwardly from the surface of the array, and the light that is output from the exit surface is imaged at an image point. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314755 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING TEXTUAL INFORMATION - A digital image capture device, comprising an image sensor and an optical system for capturing digital images, and a program memory storing instructions configured to cause a data processing system to implement a method for extracting textual information from a document containing text characters. The method includes capturing plurality of digital images of the document using the image sensor. Each of the captured digital images is automatically analyzed using an optical character recognition process to determine extracted textual data. The extracted textual data for the captured digital images are merged to determine the textual information for the document, wherein differences between the extracted textual data for the captured digital images are analyzed to determine the textual information for the document. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314756 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - To provide an illumination device in which there is no variation in light intensity distribution of the illumination device, and in which illumination spots, particularly light intensity spots, are not prone to occur in a read image in an image reading device, by maintaining a constant gap between a light source and an end face of a light guide. The illumination device includes: a light guide having an end face for taking in light, a diffuse reflecting surface for diffusely reflecting the light taken in from the end face, and a light exit surface for emitting the light that is diffusely reflected at the diffuse reflecting surface towards an irradiation surface. The illumination device further include a reflector having a diffuse reflecting surface that reflects light from the light source toward the one end face of the light guide. The light guide has, at the one end, a flange portion that abuts the reflector, the light source is mounted to a circuit board, and the reflector is held between the flange portion of the light guide and circuit board so as to maintain a predetermined gap between the light source and light guide. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314757 | WAVELENGTH-CHANGEABLE LASER APPARATUS AND TUNING METHOD USING THE SAME - A wavelength-changeable laser apparatus including a laser light source, a collimating lens, a diffraction grating, and a mirror is shown. The laser light source provides a laser light. The collimating lens collects the laser light provided from the laser light source and providing a light that is substantially parallel. The diffraction grating diffracts the light provided from the collimating lens. The mirror reflects the light provided from the diffraction grating back to the diffraction grating, a rotation axis rotatable within a predetermined range of a tuning angle being set therein so that a wavelength of the laser light is changed in a mode hopping form, the minor rotating based on the rotation axis serving as a pivot point. Therefore, a wavelength change speed may be increased and a stability of wavelength change may be improved. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314758 | LIGHT SCANNING MICROSCOPE AND MICROSCOPY METHOD - A light scanning microscope with an illumination module generates several illumination beams and moves them, in each case as a spot, in a predefined region of a sample to excite sample radiation. A detector module for confocal detection of the sample radiation excited by each spot includes a first detector, an imaging lens system, having an optical axis, for imaging the predefined region along an imaging beam path running from the sample as far as the first detector, and a rotatable diaphragm with several pinholes located in a pinhole plane. The diaphragm, upon rotation, may be located at least partially in the imaging beam path for confocal detection. A second detector may be arranged outside of the imaging beam path. A first beam splitter may be arranged in the imaging beam path between the sample and the diaphragm. The beam splitter deflects sample radiation onto the second detector. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314759 | Compact See-Through Display System - An optical system includes a display panel, an image former, a viewing window, a proximal beam splitter, and a distal beam splitter. The display panel is configured to generate a light pattern. The image former is configured to form a virtual image from the light pattern generated by the display panel. The viewing window is configured to allow outside light in from outside of the optical system. The virtual image and the outside light are viewable along a viewing axis extending through the proximal beam splitter. The distal beam splitter is optically coupled to the display panel and the proximal beam splitter and has a beam-splitting interface in a plane that is parallel to the viewing axis. A camera may also be optically coupled to the distal beam splitter so as to be able to receive a portion of the outside light that is viewable along the viewing axis. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314760 | REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - A rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes an electrochromic reflective element having a specularly reflective perimeter layer established at least partially around a perimeter border region of a second surface of a front substrate. The perimeter layer is, at least in part, visible through the front substrate to a viewer when viewing the first surface of the front substrate of the reflective element. The perimeter layer conceals at least a portion of the seal from direct view by the driver of the vehicle. At least one of (a) at least one light source is disposed behind the perimeter layer and emits light that is visible to a viewer viewing the first surface of the front substrate of the reflective element at the perimeter layer, and (b) a light sensor is disposed behind the perimeter layer and senses light that passes through the front substrate at the perimeter layer. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314761 | ELECTRO-OPTIC REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - A reflective element assembly for a vehicular rearview mirror assembly includes front and rear substrates with an electro-optic medium disposed therebetween. An electrical connector has an attachment portion and a wire receiving portion for receiving an electrical wire therein. A flange of the attachment portion is configured to be disposed at a fourth surface of the rear substrate and a tab is configured to extend at least partially across a perimeter edge of the rear substrate. An electrically conductive material is disposed in an uncured state and uncured electrically conductive material flows at least partially through the aperture and is cured to secure the electrical connector at the rear substrate. The wire receiving portion of the electrical connector is configured to receive the electrical wire therein and includes at least one tang that engages the electrical wire when the electrical wire is inserted into the wire receiving portion. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314762 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a flexible display panel with a magnetic pattern, the magnetic pattern including a magnetic substance, a magnetic sensor configured to recognize magnetism of the magnetic pattern and to sense a display area of the flexible display panel in accordance with the magnetic pattern, the display area being variable in a first direction, and a controller connected to the magnetic sensor and to the flexible display panel, the controller being configured to display on the flexible display panel an image corresponding to the display area of the flexible display panel sensed by the magnetic sensor. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314763 | LIGHT GUIDE AND ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS SWITCHABLE BETWEEN BLACK-WHITE MODE AND COLOR MODE - Disclosed herein is a light guide, which includes a light-receiving surface and a light-emitting surface. The light-emitting surface includes a plurality of gratings spaced apart from each other by a spacing interval. Each grating has a number of prisms extending in a predetermined direction. The predetermined direction of at least one grating is different from that of another grating. These gratings cooperate together to allow light in a wavelength range to transmit the gratings, and to restrict light in another wavelength range to transmit the gratings. An electrophoretic display apparatus switchable between black-white mode and color mode is disclosed as well. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314764 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is an electrophoretic display device manufacturing method including bonding a substrate including a pixel electrode and a stacked film including a transparent electrode layer and an electrophoretic display layer, and forming a color filter layer having a pixel pattern corresponding to a pattern of the pixel electrode above a base material surface of the stacked film. The substrate has a region where the electrophoretic display layer is not arranged when the substrate and the stacked film are bonded, a pixel alignment pattern is drawn in the region, and in the forming the color filter layer, the color filter layer is formed while performing alignment using the pixel alignment pattern. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314765 | Metamaterial Devices with Environmentally Responsive Materials - Metamaterial devices with environmentally responsive materials are disclosed. In some embodiments, a metamaterial perfect absorber includes a first patterned metallic layer, a second metallic layer electrically isolated from the first patterned metallic layer by a gap, and an environmentally responsive dielectric material positioned in the gap between the first patterned metallic layer and the metallic second layer. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314766 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION CRYSTAL, AND A LIGHT SOURCE COMPRISING THE SAME - A nonlinear crystal includes a plurality of poled zones implemented in a nonlinear material. The crystal has a first region and a second region. In the first region, the local average of a length of a period of the poled zones substantially increases with increasing distance from an origin. In the second region, the local average of the length of the period of the poled zones substantially decreases with increasing distance from the origin. The origin is located at an end of the crystal. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314767 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FIBER OPTIC PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL FIBER FOR USE THEREIN - A high confinement nonlinear optical fiber is provided along with methods of parametric amplification for use thereof The nonlinear optical fiber may include a plurality of concentric layers which are configured to provide different guiding regimes to low-frequency and high-frequency components through transverse geometry and refractive index profiling, thus reducing waveguide dispersion. The resulting optical fiber provides a parametric device with phase-matching in any spectral region of interest, such that a fiber optic parametric amplifier (FOPA) implementing the optical fiber can amplify in any spectral window of interest. A narrow-band FOPA configured to minimize phase mismatching is also provided for use with the optical fiber, and may be implemented as a light source or a monochromator. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314768 | CONTROL CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - There is provided a control circuit for a transmission system in which signal light transmitted from a transmission-side apparatus via a transmission path to a reception-side apparatus is subjected to Raman amplification by inputting excitation light from the reception-side apparatus to the transmission path. The control circuit includes a first detection unit configured to detect a change amount of an optical loss of the transmission path caused by a state change of the transmission path, a second detection unit configured to detect a backscattered light amount of the excitation light, and a control unit configured to control an intensity of the excitation light input by the reception-side apparatus to the transmission path on the basis of the change amount of the optical loss detected by the first detection unit and the backscattered light amount detected by the second detection unit. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314769 | OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION METHOD - An optical amplification device includes a first optical amplification portion, an intermediate portion and a second optical amplification portion. The first optical amplification portion receives input light including signal light and pump light, generates idler light as wavelength converted light based on wavelengths of the signal light and the pump light, and outputs first output light including signal light, pump light and idler light. The intermediate portion outputs second output light, and includes a demultiplexing portion that demultiplexes the first output light into signal light, pump light and idler light, a multiplexing portion that generates the second output light by multiplexing signal light, pump light and idler light, and a polarization plane adjustment portion that exchanges mutually orthogonal polarization components of idler light. The second optical amplification portion amplifies an intensity of signal light included in the second output light. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314770 | HIGH POWER PLANAR LASING WAVEGUIDE - A planar optical waveguide amplifier includes an active optical waveguide ( | 2013-11-28 |
20130314771 | ARRANGEMENT FOR MOUNTING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR IN AN EUV PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - The invention relates to an arrangement for mounting an optical element, in particular in an EUV projection exposure apparatus, comprising at least one actuator which exerts a controllable force on the optical element; wherein between the actuator and the optical element a mechanical coupling in the form of a pin is embodied in such a way that, relative to the drive axis of the actuator, the ratio of the stiffness of the mechanical coupling in an axial direction to the stiffness in a lateral direction is at least 100; and at least one damping element which brings about a damping of a natural vibration form of the pin in a lateral direction. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314772 | INFRARED-CUT FILTER WITH SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATE AND LENS MODULE INCLUDING THE INFRARED-CUT FILTER - An IR-cut filter includes a substrate and an infrared filtering film. The substrate is made of sapphire, and includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The infrared filtering film covers the first surface of the substrate and increases the reflectivity in relation to infrared light, thus filtering out the infrared light. The infrared filtering film includes a number of first high refraction index layers and a number of first low refraction index layers alternately stacked on the first surface of the substrate. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314773 | PLASMA ION ASSISTED DEPOSITION OF Mo/Si MULTILAYER EUV COATINGS - The disclosure is directed to multilayer Mo/Si coatings for reflective mirrors used in extreme ultraviolet lithographic systems and to a method of making such mirrors using plasma ion assisted deposition (PIAD) techniques. The coating are deposited on a substrate suitable for EUV lithography, and are Mo/Si coating consisting of 40-100 Mo/Si periods, each period consisting on a Mo layer followed by a Si layer. Each of the individual Mo and Si layers is deposited to a specified or target thickness in the range of 2 nm to 5 nm, and the thicknesses are controlled to ±0.1 nm. A plasma from a plasma source is used to densify and smooth the substrate prior to deposition of the coating, and each layer of the coating is plasma densified and smoothed. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314774 | INFLATED TUBULAR SOLAR CONCENTRATORS - A solar collector utilizes an inflated tubular film which concentrates sunlight onto a solar receiver. The film incorporates refractive elements in a pattern which focuses light in one or two dimensions to create foci in the form of lines, spots, or other shapes. The film may be replaceable. The film may include layers of material to optimize optical, structural, thermal, and durability characteristics. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314775 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - This microscope apparatus is provided with the following elements: an objective lens; a CCD that constructs an image of a sample S; an illumination intensity change unit for adjusting an intensity of excitation light; an sensitivity adjustment unit for adjusting a detection sensitivity by the CCD; a galvanometer mirror for changing a light focusing position of excitation light at a pupil position of the objective lens; a storage unit that stores, for each observation method, a predetermined intensity, a predetermined detection sensitivity, and the light focusing position; and a control unit that switches the observation method, reads out the intensity, the detection sensitivity, and the light focusing position according to the observation method based on a synchronization signal synchronized with a frame signal for constructing an image, and controls the illumination intensity change unit, the sensitivity adjustment unit, and the galvanometer mirror. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314776 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, MICROSCOPE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND STEREOSCOPIC MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A variable power optical system used in a parallel stereoscopic microscope apparatus includes a plurality of optical paths in which optical axes are arranged substantially parallel, a plurality of lens groups that change the magnification of a diameter of a luminous flux entering substantially parallel to each of the optical paths to eject the luminous flux as substantially parallel luminous fluxes, and at least two lens groups move along the optical axis in each optical path according to the change in the magnification. At least two lens groups of at least one optical path among the plurality of optical paths move in a direction including a component perpendicular to the optical axis according to the change in the magnification at at least part of a section where the magnification is changed from a high-power end state to a low-power end. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314777 | COLLIMATOR LENS, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND MICROSCOPE - A collimator lens is configured with a double convex single lens formed with a resinous material, for collimating a light flux emitted from a light source. At least one of surfaces of the collimator lens is formed as an aspherical surface. The collimator lens satisfies following conditions: | 2013-11-28 |
20130314778 | MICROSCOPE - A microscope includes a stage that holds an object, an objective optical system that forms an image of the object, a light receiving unit that receives the image of the object, and a driving unit that moves the stage between a first position where the image of the object is taken and a second position that is different from the first position. The stage includes a nozzle from which a gas is ejected. The nozzle is provided such that the gas is ejected from the nozzle toward the objective optical system when the stage is at the second position. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314779 | PARALLAX BARRIER, AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a parallax barrier is to be disposed one side of a display panel in which a plurality of unit pixels is defined and which achieves n views. The parallax barrier comprises a plurality of light-transmitting units and light-blocking units corresponding to said plurality of unit pixels, respectively. n is an integer larger than 2, and one unit pixel corresponding to one light-transmitting unit and m unit pixels corresponding to the light-blocking units are alternately arranged in rows, wherein m is obtained by subtracting 1 from q, which is in turn obtained by dividing n by p, which is a divisor. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314780 | LENS DESIGNS FOR INTEGRAL IMAGING 3D DISPLAYS - Integral imaging 3D films for use with a display panel. The films include a flexible transmissive substrate having a first surface on a viewer side and a second surface for placement on the display panel. Convex lenses are located on the first surface. The second surface is planar for a plano-convex design or has concave lenses registered with the convex lenses for a convex-concave compound lens design. In the plano-convex design, the lens focus is in front of or behind the pixels. In the convex-concave design, the convex and concave lenses combined focus is in front of, at, or behind the pixels. In use the 3D films produce 3D images with motion parallax. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314781 | PATTERNED RETARDER TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING BLACK STRIPS - The present disclosure relates to a patterned retarder type display device having a black strip and a method for manufacturing the same. The present disclosure suggests a patterned retarder type display device comprising: a display panel having a plurality of unit pixel lines disposed in column direction, wherein each unit pixel line includes N (N is one of natural number) pixel lines; a patterned retarder film disposed on the outer surface of the display panel and including unit patterned retarders corresponding to each of the unit pixel lines; and a black strip disposed between two unit patterned retarders on the outer surface of the display panel. The display device according to the present disclosure provides excellent 3D viewing angle and the brightness dropdown caused by the black strip can be reduced. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314782 | Visual Displays and TelePresence Embodiments with Perception of Depth - System and method for a visual display system with a two-way minor, which is between the observation zone and the image display device, positioned at an angle to reflect a backdrop surface that may be wider than the image display device or a backdrop with mirrored sides to extend the visual perception of the backdrop surface. A camera may be included with the visual display system for telepresence applications. The two-way mirror may extend into wall panels on the sides to form a room that appears to extend in depth by the reflection of the wall panels and a backdrop panel. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314783 | POLARIZATION FILM HAVING BLACK STRIP FOR APPLYING TO A PATTERNED RETARDER TYPE 3D DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a polarization film having a black strip for applying to a patterned retarder type 3D display device. The present disclosure suggests a polarization film for a patterned retarder type display device comprising: a polarization base film; a upper base film disposed on a upper surface of the polarization base film; a lower base film disposed on a lower surface of the polarization base film; and a black strip formed one of a upper side of the polarization base film and a lower side of the polarization base film. According to the present disclosure, the 3D display device can be manufactured in the simple processing and can reduce 3D cross-talk problem by having the double black strip structure. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314784 | GRATING-BASED POLARIZERS AND OPTICAL ISOLATORS - Optical polarizers and optical isolators and systems that incorporate the optical polarizers and isolators are disclosed. In one aspect, an optical isolator includes a Faraday crystal with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a first one-dimensional sub-wavelength grating disposed on the first surface, and a second one-dimensional sub-wavelength grating disposed on the second surface. The isolator is to receive a first input beam of light on the first grating and output a polarized first output beam of light through the second grating approximately parallel to the first input beam. The isolator is to also receive a second input beam of light on the second grating and output a polarized second output beam of light through the first grating with the second output beam offset from the second input beam. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314785 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND OPTICAL FILM FORMED BY USING THE SAME - Provided are a resin composition and an optical film formed by using the same, and more particularly, a resin composition including 85 to 95 parts by weight of a matrix copolymer resin including an alkyl(meth)acrylate-based unit, an acryl-based unit containing a benzene ring, and a (meth)acrylic acid unit, and 5 to 15 parts by weight of a polymer resin having a molecular weight range of 150,000 to 1,000,000 and an optical film formed by using the composition. A resin composition according to the present invention may provide a protective film for a polarizing plate having excellent heat resistance and toughness as well as excellent optical properties, and thus, an optical film formed by using the resin composition of the present invention may be used in information electronic devices such as display devices for various applications. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314786 | Azo Compound And Salt Thereof, And Dye-Based Polarizing Film And Polarizing Plate Containing The Same - The present invention relates to an azo compound represented by the following formula (1) [wherein, A represents a naphthyl group having a substituent, R | 2013-11-28 |
20130314787 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY INCLUDING A GLASS WINDOW - A flat panel display apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a panel configured to display an image and an electrode pattern for touch manipulation disposed over the panel. The apparatus also includes a polarizing film disposed over the electrode pattern; and a window disposed on the polarizing film | 2013-11-28 |
20130314788 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A reflective optical film includes a reflective light-polarizing unit including a multilayer reflective sheet composed of a plurality of polymer films stacked on top of one another. Each polymer film has a thickness, every two adjacent polymer films are two different materials, and the thicknesses of the polymer films are gradually decreased from two outmost sides of the multilayer reflective sheet to a middle of the multilayer reflective sheet. At least one of the polymer films is a birefringence material layer that conforms to the condition of NX≠NY≠NZ, where NX is the index of refraction of light at X direction of the multilayer reflective sheet, NY is the index of refraction of light at Y direction of the multilayer reflective sheet, and NZ is the index of refraction of light at Z direction of the multilayer reflective sheet. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314789 | Optical Apparatus and Method for Expanding an Exit Pupil - A first optical arrangement is configured to couple into an apparatus a first component of a light beam having a wavelength within a first spectral range; a second optical arrangement configured to couple a second component of the light beam having a wavelength within a different second spectral range; a third optical arrangement configured to expand the first component in a first dimension to create an expanded first component; a fourth optical arrangement configured to expand, in a second dimension, the expanded first component to create a further expanded first component, and to output the further expanded first component; a fifth optical arrangement configured to expand the second component in the second dimension to create an expanded second component; and a sixth optical arrangement configured to expand, in the first dimension, the expanded second component to create a further expanded second component, and to output the further expanded second component. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314790 | PATTERNED RETARDER PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a method for manufacturing a patterned retarder plate including a liquid crystal sheet on which a retarding pattern with a λ/4 wavelength by forming a patterned align layer on a photo align layer by performing an align process once. The method for manufacturing a retarder plate according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention can implement the photoalign through a single process during the photoalign process using the mask, thereby reducing the defect rate due to the existing method and reducing the process costs. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314791 | Heated Mirror - The mirror includes a flexible support layer with at least one metallic layer and electrical contacts on the support layer, wherein the metallic layer forms the mirror and contains interruptions smaller than 100 μm, through which metallic layer an electric current applied to the mirror to heat the mirror is evenly distributed along the metallic layer, which has a thickness of about 700 nm or less. The interruptions are so constructed as to avoid hot spots in the metallic layer when heated. The mirror and its heating functions are produced on one production line. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314792 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS - A lens driving apparatus comprises a lens portion having at least one lens ( | 2013-11-28 |
20130314793 | WAVEGUIDE OPTICS FOCUS ELEMENTS - In embodiments of waveguide optics focus elements, an imaging structure includes a waveguide for viewing of an environment that is viewable with the imaging structure. The waveguide transmits light of a virtual image that is generated to appear as part of the environment for augmented-reality imaging or virtual-reality imaging. The imaging structure also includes one or more focus elements that are integrated in the waveguide and switchable to focus the virtual image at a focus depth that approximately correlates to a focal distance of the environment. The focus elements can each be implemented for a different focus depth of the virtual image, and the focus depth is adjustable based on a combination of the focus elements being switched-on or switched-off. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314794 | Tunable Filter with Levered Membrane and Longer Scan Length - A Fabry-Perot tunable filter comprises a membrane device. The membrane device includes a support structure having an optical port. Also, the membrane device has an optical membrane structure separated from the support structure over the optical port. The optical membrane structure includes a center body portion and an outer body potion. Tethers extend radially from the center body portion to the outer body portion of the optical membrane structure. The center body portion has an area that is about equal or smaller than the area of the optical port. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314795 | TUBULAR DAYLIGHTING SYSTEM - An improved tubular daylighting system comprises a plurality of tubular shaft sections connected to a skylight lens for transmitting light through the shaft sections to the interior of a building. Adjoining top and bottom shaft sections have different diameters to enable one to be inserted into the other, the top shaft section having a plurality of tabs, the bottom section having a plurality of slots which register with the tabs of the top shaft section, such that selectively bending the tabs outwardly or inwardly from the shaft wall of the top shaft section through the slots of the bottom shaft section interconnects the top and bottom shaft sections in coaxial alignment. In one embodiment an inverted dome diffuser is mounted below the skylight lens atop the shaft sections to diffuse light entering the shaft sections. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314796 | LIGHT REFLECTION PLATE - There is provided a light reflection plate that can uniformly exhibit high light diffusibility. The light reflection plate includes 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin-based resin and 20 to 120 parts by weight of a coated titanium oxide that is obtained by coating a surface of titanium oxide with a coating layer containing aluminum oxide and silicon oxide. The coated titanium oxide is constituted by primary particles having a particle size of 0.10 to 0.39 μm and agglomerated particles which are formed by agglomeration of the primary particles and have a particle size of 0.4 μm or more. The number of the agglomerated particles in a cross section of the light reflection plate in a thickness direction is 0.1 to 4.5 /900 μm | 2013-11-28 |
20130314797 | IMAGE DEVICE ARRAY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, the imaging device array in an embodiment has plural imaging devices formed integrally, imaging the light that is output from the exit surface imaged at the image point including an incidence surface for the incidence of light, plural reflective surfaces including four reflective surfaces for reflecting the light from the incidence surface, and an exit surface that outputs light that has gone through the plural reflective surfaces, in which the plural imaging devices are arranged as an array, and a surface for ameliorating the propagation of light other than the light reflected from the reflective surfaces to the exit surface is formed on the periphery of at least one reflective surface among the plural reflective surfaces. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314798 | PLASTIC OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A plastic optical element includes a member and covering portions formed on a first surface and a second surface of the member. A projecting portion made of a material out of which the member is made and a material out of which the covering portions are made is formed on a part of a side surface of the member, and the covering portion of the first surface and the covering portion of the second surface are connected to each other through the projecting portion. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314799 | OPTICAL ZOOM LENS ASSEMBLY - This invention discloses an optical zoom lens assembly, sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side along an optical axis comprising: a first lens-group, a second lens-group and a third lens-group. The first lens-group with negative refractive power comprises at least one positive lens, and at least one negative lens. The second lens-group with positive refractive power comprises at least one positive lens, and at least one negative lens. The third lens-group with a positive refractive power comprises at least one aspheric lens. Therein, refractive indexes of the first lens-group, the second lens-group and the third lens-group are small than 1.69. Therefore, the present invention can reduce manufacturing costs and provide good image quality to be applied to cameras, cell phone cameras and other devices. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314800 | PROJECTION ZOOM LENS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection zoom lens having broad angle of view, high zoom ratio, and large back focus while aberrations are corrected satisfactorily, including a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, a positive third lens group, a negative fourth lens group, a positive fifth lens group, and a positive sixth lens group from the magnification side and is telecentric on the reduction side. When zooming, the first and sixth lens groups are fixed while the second to fifth lens groups are moved and the fourth lens group is composed of one negative lens whose magnification side surface has a greater curvature in absolute value than that of the reduction side surface, and the zoom lens satisfies conditional expression (1): −12.02013-11-28 | |
20130314801 | OPTICAL ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - According to various aspects, an optical zoom lens system and a method magnifying an image using an optical zoom lens system are disclosed. In one example, the optical zoom lens system comprises a first lens group including a first focus-tunable lens and a first negative lens, a second lens group, positioned after the first lens group in an optical path, a third lens group, positioned after the second lens group in the optical path, and a fourth lens group, positioned after the third lens group in the optical path, including a second focus-tunable lens and a second negative lens. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314802 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes a first frame and a second frame. The first frame includes a plurality of cam grooves. The second frame includes a plurality of cam followers that engage with each of the plurality of cam grooves, and a gear portion. In this case, if rotational force is transmitted to the gear portion, the second frame moves in the optical axis direction while rotating with respect to the first frame. At least one of the plurality of cam followers is disposed on the image plane side of the gear portion. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314803 | IMAGE CAPTURING OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM - An image capturing optical 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 first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element with positive refractive power has a convex image-side surface. The fourth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, wherein the surfaces of the fourth lens element are aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, wherein the surfaces of the fifth lens element are aspheric, and the fifth lens element has at least one inflection point on the image-side surface thereof. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314804 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens; a fourth lens having negative refractive power; a fifth lens having positive refractive power; and a sixth lens, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens is formed so that a surface thereof on the object side has a positive curvature radius. The second lens is formed so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The fifth lens is formed so that a surface thereof on the object side and a surface thereof on the image plane side have negative curvature radii. Each of the third lens, the fourth lens, the fifth lens, and the sixth lens has refractive power weaker than that of each of the first lens and the second lens. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314805 | Endoscope Objective Optical System - Provided is an endoscope objective optical system that is constituted of, in order from the object side, a positive first group, an aperture stop, and a positive second group, wherein the first group is constituted of a negative first lens whose surface on the object side is flat and a positive second lens; the second group is constituted of a combined lens formed of a positive third lens and a negative fourth lens; and Conditional Expressions (1) to (3) are satisfied. f31, F32, and f are the focal lengths of the third lens, the fourth lens, and the entire system, respectively; and R3 and R4 are the radii of curvature at the object-side surface and the image-side surface of the second lens, respectively. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314806 | MOTOR FOR DRIVING LENSES - Disclosed is a motor for driving lenses. The motor includes a case, a yoke fixed in the case, a magnet fixed in the yoke, a carrier equipped with lenses and installed in the magnet such that the carrier moves up and down within the magnet, a coil coupled with the carrier, a spring unit including first and second springs having arc shapes and being separated from each other while forming a ring shape as a whole, a spacer supporting an outer peripheral surface of the spring unit, and a terminal provided on the spacer, in which one side of the terminal protrudes downward by passing through a bottom of the case to make connection with the spring unit and a main PCB of a product. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314807 | LENS DRIVING MOTOR AND ELASTIC MEMBER OF THE SAME - Provided are a lens driving motor and an elastic member of the lens driving motor. The elastic member of a lens driving motor, the elastic member includes a first spring and a second spring. The second spring is different from the first spring and disposed together with the first spring on one side of a carrier to support the carrier. A first lead line of a coil and a first external power source are connected to the first spring, and a second lead line of the coil and a second external power source are connected to the second spring to supply power to the coil. Since the carrier can be assembled to other part after a (+) lead line and a (−) lead line of the coil are connected to the first and second springs, respectively, using solder, a process is simple and convenient. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314808 | IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup system includes two lens apparatuses each including a movable optical member, a driving unit that drives the movable optical member, and a driving signal generating unit that generates a driving signal for causing the driving unit to drive the movable optical member, a command signal generating unit that generates a command signal to command driving of the movable optical member, a posture determining unit that determines the posture of each lens apparatus, and a master-slave setting unit that sets each lens apparatus, based on the determined posture of the lens apparatus, as one of a master lens apparatus in which the driving signal generating unit generates the driving signal based on the command signal and a slave lens apparatus in which the driving signal generating unit generates the driving signal based on the position of the movable optical member in the other lens apparatus. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314809 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE - The present invention provides a lens drive device including a base member arranged inside a lens barrel, a lens frame holding a lens and provided to be movable with respect to the base member in an optical axis direction of the lens, a voice coil motor for moving the lens frame, and a position detection unit for detecting a position of the lens frame. The position detection unit includes a reflection portion provided to one of the base and the lens frame and including a reflection surface inclined with respect to the optical axis of the lens, and a photoreflector provided to the other of the base member and the lens frame and including a light projecting portion applying light to the reflection surface and a light receiving portion receiving light reflected on a reflection flat surface. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314810 | CAMERA MODULE MANUFACTURING METHOD, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A camera module ( | 2013-11-28 |
20130314811 | SOLAR CONCENTRATOR - A solar concentrator is composed of the cascading of the first light guiding module and a second light guiding module. The solar light is collected and guided simultaneously toward the light propagation destination by the light guiding modules. By cascading the light guiding modules in the direction of guiding, the solar concentrator has thinner thickness than the traditional concentrator and has a zero back focal distance to reduce the assembly cost. The solar concentrator utilizes the optical design concept of coincident image points from both the relay and converging optics such that the optical flux is increased in the cascading light guiding modules while the light propagation direction within the concentrator is maintained. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314812 | MIRROR CONSTRUCTION FOR CONCENTRATED SOLAR SYSTEMS BY FRC AND APPLICATIONS - A building integrated solar mirror for use in a concentrated solar power (CSP) and concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) apparatus comprising a casing filled with fiber reinforced concrete having a reflective film attached to the concave curvature of the said casing, a process for its manufacture and use. The solar mirror characterized in that it forms an integral part of a building and can serve as roof or wall of the building, thus reducing the overall cost of transportation and installation of the said solar mirrors in CSP and CPV systems and also saving the enormous land required for the installation of these systems. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314813 | Method for Manufacturing a Reflector, Preferably for the Solar Energy Field - The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a reflector ( | 2013-11-28 |
20130314814 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC STORAGE APPARATUS - A magnetic recording medium may include an orientation control layer, a lower recording layer, an intermediate layer, and an upper recording layer that are stacked. The lower recording layer may have a coercivity higher than that of the upper recording layer, and the intermediate layer may include a layer including a magnetic material and having a saturation magnetization of 50 emu/cc or higher. The upper recording layer may include columnar crystals continuous with crystal particles forming the intermediate layer in a direction in which the layers are stacked. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314815 | UNDERLAYERS FOR HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING (HAMR) MEDIA - Various embodiments provide for a heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) media comprising: a magnetic recording layer; a barrier layer disposed under the magnetic recording layer; a first underlayer disposed under the barrier layer; and an amorphous seedlayer disposed under the first underlayer. For some embodiments, the recording medium may comprise: a magnetic recording layer including FePt alloy, a CoPt alloy, or a FePd alloy; a barrier layer including MgO, TiC, TiN, CrN, TiCN, β-WC, TaC, HfC, ZrC, VC, NbC, or NiO; a first underlayer including RuAl-oxide, NiAl, FeAl, AlMn, CuBe, or AlRe; or an amorphous seedlayer including a Cr—X alloy, where X comprises Al, B, C, Cu, Hf, Ho, Mn, Mo, Ni, Ta, Ti, V, W, or Ru. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314816 | TRANSDUCER HEAD WITH MULTIPLE READ SENSORS - In order to improve a consistent data track during writing to a storage medium, a plurality of read sensors are affixed to a transducer head. In one implementation, the transducer head includes multiple read sensors placed up-track of the write pole. In another implementation, the transducer head includes at least one read sensor placed up-track of the write pole and at least one read sensor placed down-track of the write pole. Each position of the multiple read sensors relative to the write pole may be unique. One or more read signals of selected read sensors are used to determine the read location and therefore the write pole location relative to the storage medium. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314817 | MAGNETIC HEAD POSITIONING AND DRIVING DEVICE - In a positioning and driving system including a rotating magnetic disk, a magnetic head slider that floats above the surface of the magnetic disk and writes data to and reads data from a track provided on the magnetic disk, an actuator that positions the magnetic head slider in a radial direction of the magnetic disk, and an amplifier that supplies electrical power to the actuator in accordance with the input signal and performs a driving operation, provided is the configuration of an electrothermal actuator driving system that obtains continuous displacement over the entire required operating range with respect to changes in an input voltage by using only one amplifier and that is incorporated into a feedback control system and is suitable for high-speed and high-precision positioning. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314818 | RECORDING HEAD AND DISK DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A recording head includes a main magnetic pole generating a recording magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to a recording medium, a write shield magnetic pole facing a trailing side of the main magnetic pole, a recording coil exciting a magnetic flux in a magnetic circuit, and a spin torque oscillator provided between the main magnetic pole and the write shield magnetic pole. The main magnetic pole includes a trailing side end surface that faces the spin torque oscillator and is tilted toward a leading side of the recording head with respect to the direction perpendicular to the recording medium, and the spin torque oscillator has layers with tilted surfaces that are substantially in parallel with the trailing side end surface. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314819 | Electronic Storage System Architecture - An electronic storage system includes a first cylindrical storage area. The first cylindrical storage area is configured to rotate about an axis. The first cylindrical storage area includes a first storage surface. The storage system further includes a first access head, configured to access information stored on the first storage surface, and a first head arm. The first access head is disposed on the first head arm. A corresponding method, cylindrical storage area, and head access assembly are also provided. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314820 | MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD, MAGNETIC HEAD ASSEMBLY, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/ REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording head includes a main magnetic pole, an auxiliary magnetic pole, and a spin torque oscillator formed between them. The spin torque oscillator includes a main oscillation layer and spin sink layer as an oscillation layer. The spin sink layer contains one of iron and cobalt, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, ruthenium, tantalum, chromium, terbium, gadolinium, europium, dysprosium, and samarium. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314821 | CONDUCTING MEMBER OF DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION AND DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION - A terminal area includes a metal plate, an electrically insulating layer, and a conductor layer. An opening section is formed in the metal plate and the insulating layers A gold plating layer is formed on a surface of the conductor layer inside the opening section. A porous metal layer of a first transition element is formed on a surface of the gold plating layer. Through-holes of the porous metal layer reach the surface of the gold plating layer. An electrically conductive adhesive is provided between an electrode of an actuator element and the porous metal layer. An anchor portion of the electrically conductive adhesive gets into the through holes and is cured. Conductive particles of the electrically conductive adhesive contact the gold plating layer. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314822 | MOTOR PROTECTION RELAY TO OPTIMISE THE MONITORING AND PROTECTION OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR - The invention concerns a monitoring method and system for monitoring an electric motor, comprising: | 2013-11-28 |
20130314823 | Power supply circuit for on board energy source or storage device and particularly for super-capacitor storage unit - A power supply circuit for an on board energy source or storage device, and particularly for a super-capacitor storage unit having a plurality of interconnected super-capacitors and a first and a second terminal, includes a positive bus connecting the first terminal to a positive pole of a DC high voltage feeding source and a negative bus connecting the second terminal to a negative pole of the high voltage feeding source; and means for disconnecting the super-capacitor storage unit from the high voltage feeding source after detecting circulating fault currents due to insulation losses to ground, which include a high speed circuit breaker and a differential relay that are connected in series along the negative bus, between the second terminal and a grounding point, the differential relay generating an activation signal of the high speed circuit breaker in response to the circulation of a fault current. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314824 | PREVENTING ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) FAILURES ACROSS VOLTAGE DOMAINS - An electrostatic discharge (ESD) device implemented within a power domain to mitigate ESD events imparted from another power domain for reducing integrated circuit (IC) failures. A first power domain includes an interface where ESD events are received and an output that can impart ESD event voltages on other components. A second power domain includes an ESD device coupled to the output of the first power domain and a protected IC. In one embodiment, the ESD device includes a floating device with an input terminal coupled to the interface output. By floating the device receiving the ESD event in the second power domain, damaging ESD induced voltages are reduced. Embodiments of the ESD device can be implemented using standard cell libraries to simplify integration. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314825 | SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIER (SCR) CLAMP INCLUDING METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION (MIT) RESISTOR - Aspects of the invention provide for an electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamp. In one embodiment, the ESD clamp includes: a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR); and a trigger circuit for providing a tunable trigger voltage to turn on the SCR, the trigger circuit including a metal-insulator transition (MIT) material. The trigger circuit includes an MIT resistor that includes a width and a length that tunes the trigger voltage to a desired voltage. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314826 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT - An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit, suitable for an input stage circuit including a first N channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistor, is provided. The ESD protection circuit includes an P channel metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor and an impedance device, in which the PMOS transistor has a source coupled to a gate of the first NMOS transistor, and a drain coupled to a source of the first NMOS transistor, and the impedance device is coupled between a gate of the PMOS transistor and a first power rail to perform a initial-on ESD protection circuit. The ESD protection circuit formed by the PMOS transistor and the resistor is capable of increasing the turn-on speed of the ESD protection circuit and preventing the input stage circuit from a CDM ESD event. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314827 | CURRENT DETECTING MECHANISM CAPABLE OF DETECTING GROUND FAULT FOR DIRECT CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER - A current detecting mechanism according to this invention includes a direct current shunt having a plurality of resistor members with high resistivity to output an electric potential difference across the resistor members, proportional to a current flowing through an electric load side terminal, as a voltage signal, and a hall sensor assembly having a pair of magnetic cores installed to face each other with an air gap therebetween, and a hall sensor to output an output voltage according to a magnetic flux induced in proportion to a current flowing through a load side terminal, without being connected with the direct current shunt, of load side terminals. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314828 | FAULT CURRENT LIMITER - A fault current limiter (FCL) for limiting a fault current in a power line during a fault condition. The FCL includes a magnetic coupling circuit for monitoring current in the power line through magnetic coupling; a sensing circuit for sensing the current in the power line and providing a signal indicative of the sensed current; a control circuit receiving the signal indicative of the sensed current in the power line and determining whether the sensed current indicates that the fault condition exists; and high and low impedance paths that are connected in parallel. The high impedance path includes a discharging impedance circuit for limiting the fault current. The low impedance path includes a reactor circuit and a switching unit having an ON state for conducting current through the low impedance path and an OFF state for conducting current through the high impedance path. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314829 | SWITCHING DEVICE - In the present invention, a main switch circuit ( | 2013-11-28 |
20130314830 | Circuit Protection - An apparatus ( | 2013-11-28 |
20130314831 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING AN ELECTRICAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION BOX - A method for protecting an electrical energy distribution box (BODP) equipped with a supply current distribution bar (BDP) intended to be connected between an electrical energy source (G) and loads (Q | 2013-11-28 |
20130314832 | OVERCURRENT PROTECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A POWER SWITCH - An overcurrent protection device comprises a maximum-allowed-current unit and a power switch having a conductive state and a nonconductive state. The maximum-allowed-current unit determines a time-dependent maximum allowed current according to a supply voltage. The power switch assumes the nonconductive state in response to an indication that a current through the power switch is exceeding the maximum allowed current. A method of operating a power switch is also described. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314833 | HIGH PRECISION CLIPPING REGULATOR CIRCUIT - A high precision clipping regulator circuit includes a first protection diode, a second protection diode, a first offset clamp voltage regulator, and a second offset clamp voltage regulator. The first protection diode is configured to conduct when a voltage potential exceeds a first protection voltage magnitude, and is operable to exhibit variations in the first protection voltage magnitude. The second protection diode is configured to conduct when a voltage potential exceeds a second protection voltage magnitude, and is operable to exhibit variations in the second protection voltage magnitude. The first reference and second voltage regulator circuits are configured to determine when the first and second protection voltages vary and, in response thereto, to vary the first and second variable offset clamp voltages so that a difference in voltage across the protection diodes remains substantially constant. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314834 | SEMICONDUCTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A low power consumption semiconductor driving circuit is provided which applies positive and negative bias signals to a semiconductor switching element by using a single power source to perform the switching of the semiconductor switching element. The semiconductor driving circuit is a semiconductor driving circuit for driving the semiconductor switching element. The semiconductor driving circuit includes an internal power source circuit for generating a second voltage from a first voltage supplied from an external power source, and a driver for applying the first voltage or the second voltage between the gate and emitter of the semiconductor switching element in accordance with an input signal inputted from outside to switch on and off the semiconductor switching element. The internal power source circuit is configured to operate in accordance with the input signal. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314835 | ADAPTIVE PROTECTION CIRCUIT MODULE FOR OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER AND ADAPTIVE PROTECTION METHOD THEREOF - An adaptive protection circuit module for an operational amplifier including an over temperature protection circuit and an over current protection circuit is provided. The over temperature protection circuit provides a temperature protection function to power down the operational amplifier when an operating temperature of the operational amplifier increases higher than a first threshold temperature. The over current protection circuit provides a current protection function to limit an output current of the operational amplifier and adjusts the first threshold temperature to a second threshold temperature when the over current protection circuit is enabled. The second threshold temperature is lower than the first threshold temperature. After the first threshold temperature is adjusted to the second threshold temperature, the over temperature protection circuit powers down the operational amplifier when the operating temperature increases higher than the second threshold temperature. Furthermore, an adaptive protection method for the foregoing operational amplifier is also provided. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314836 | Transistor Overcurrent Detection - Circuits and methods for overcurrent fault detection using a debounce timer to qualify the presence of an overcurrent fault based on an overcurrent signal being asserted for at least a predetermined time interval. The debounce timer may be used in conjunction with state-qualified fault sensing and/or blank-time-qualified fault sensing. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314837 | APPARATUS FOR A CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER - An apparatus includes an enclosure; a connector structured to mechanically and electrically engage a power circuit; a transmitter structured to transmit a signal having a frequency substantially greater than a power line frequency to the connector; and a user interface structured to cause the transmitter to transmit the signal to the connector. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314838 | Capacitive Device and Method for Fabricating the Same - A capacitive device includes a first capacitor including a first wiring layer, a first dielectric film, a first conductive layer, a first insulating layer on the first capacitor, a second capacitor on the first insulating layer including a second conductive layer, a second dielectric film, and a third conductive layer, a second insulating layer on the second capacitor, a second wiring layer on the second insulating layer including first and second connection wires, a first via connecting the first wiring layer to the second conductive layer, a second via connecting the third conductive layer to the second wiring layer, a third via connecting the first connection wire to the first conductive layer, and a fourth via connecting the second connection wire to the first wiring layer. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314839 | FILM CAPACITOR ELEMENT, FILM CAPACITOR, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE FILM CAPACITOR ELEMENT - A film capacitor element including a base dielectric film layer | 2013-11-28 |
20130314840 | CONDUCTIVE PASTE FOR INNER ELECTRODE AND MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a conductive paste for an inner electrode and a multilayer ceramic electronic component having the same. There is provided a conductive paste for an inner electrode, including: a conductive metal powder for manufacturing the inner electrode for multilayer ceramic electronic component; an organic binder including at least one selected from a group consisting of acryl-based resin, butyral-based resin, and a cellulose-based resin to disperse the conductive metal powder; and a solvent including eucalyptol. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314841 | Laminated Ceramic Capacitor - A laminated ceramic capacitor that includes dielectric layers stacked adjacent one another to form a laminated body; internal electrodes arranged between the dielectric layers; external electrodes along surfaces of the laminated body and connected to the internal electrodes; and a covering layer covering at least portions of sections of the laminated body between the laminated body and edges of the external electrodes. The external electrodes include a silver-containing layer containing at least Ag as its main constituent. The dielectric layers and the covering layer 30 contain, as their main constituent, a perovskite compound represented by a chemical formula ABO | 2013-11-28 |
20130314842 | THIN FILM CONDENSER FOR HIGH-DENSITY PACKAGING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND HIGH-DENSITY PACKAGE SUBSTRATE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a thin film condenser for high-density packaging, a method for manufacturing the same and a high-density package substrate. The thin film condenser for high-density packaging, includes: a support substrate; a lower electrode formed on the support substrate; a dielectric thin film formed on the lower electrode; and an upper electrode formed on the dielectric thin film. Provided also is a method for manufacturing the same. The high-density package substrate, includes: at least two stacked substrates; thin film condensers embedded in the stacked substrates; an internal connection electrode formed in the stacked substrates and connecting the thin film condensers in series or in parallel; a surface electrode formed on the surface of the outermost substrate among the stacked substrates and connected to the internal connection electrode; and an integrated circuit connected to the surface electrode via a bump. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314843 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC PART AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic part, including: a ceramic element having a plurality of dielectric layers laminated therein; a plurality of first and second internal electrodes each formed on at least one surface of each of the plurality of dielectric layers within the ceramic element, the first and second internal electrodes respectively including first and second lead parts extended therefrom to be exposed through one surface of the ceramic element; and first and second external electrodes formed on one surface of the ceramic element, and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes through exposed portions of the first and second lead parts, respectively, wherein a ratio of a width of the first or second lead part to a width of the first or second external electrode is | 2013-11-28 |
20130314844 | METHOD OF PREPARING REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE FOAM - A method of preparing a reduced graphene oxide foam, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a colloidal suspension of graphene oxide; forming a graphene oxide compact layered film from the colloidal suspension of graphene oxide using flow-directed assembly; and chemically reducing the graphene oxide compact layered film using a chemical reducing agent to form a porous and continuous cross-linked structure that is the reduced graphene oxide foam. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314845 | Method of Improving Electromechanical Integrity of Cathode Coating to Cathode Termination Interfaces in Solid Electrolytic Capacitors - A solid electrolytic capacitor is described which comprises an anode, a dielectric on the anode and a cathode on the dielectric. A conductive coating is on the cathode wherein the conductive layer comprises an exterior surface of a first high melting point metal. An adjacent layer is provided comprising a second high melting point metal, wherein the first high melting point metal and the second high melting point metal are metallurgically bonded with a low melting point metal. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314846 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPACITOR - An electrochemical capacitor includes electrolytic solution, a capacitor element, and a housing. The electrolytic solution contains cations, anions, solvent formed of materials other than lactones, and a lactone component. The capacitor element includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a separator. The negative electrode includes an electrode layer capable of storing the cations, and the positive electrode includes a polarizable electrode layer and confronts the negative electrode. The separator is disposed between the negative and positive electrodes, and they are layered or wound together. The capacitor element is impregnated with the electrolytic solution. The housing accommodates the capacitor element and the electrolytic solution that contains the lactone component in a quantity ranging from 0.001 wt % to 5 wt % (inclusive) relative to the solvent. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314847 | DRAWOUT DISCONNECTING AND ISOLATING MEANS FOR DC APPLICATIONS - A drawout unit that disconnects both polarities of DC current from a DC source, when all poles are used for one of the polarities leaving no pole available to disconnect the other polarity. The drawout unit includes a disconnect device having a four-pole switch, and all four poles are series-connected to the positive (ungrounded) polarity. A separate drawout module with its own housing is connected to the negative (grounded) polarity, and together, the disconnect device and the drawout module are positioned in a cradle with a racking mechanism for racking both the device and the module in and out of the cradle simultaneously, thereby obtaining total isolation of both polarities. In this configuration, the installer has the option to ground the negative polarity, while leaving the positive polarity ungrounded. The drawout module has a through bar conductor that passes the negative polarity of the DC current through the drawout unit. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314848 | POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT AND SERVER CABINET WITH THE POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT - A server cabinet includes a housing and a power distribution unit (PDU). The housing includes a bottom plate defining two first holes, and a top plate defining two second holes. The PDU includes a main body, a top base, a motion member, a resilient member, and a handle. Two first pins protrude down from the main body to be inserted into the first holes. The top base is fastened to the main body. A top of the top base defines two through holes. The motion member is movably received in the top base, and forms two second pins. The resilient member is connected between the main body and the motion member, to bias the motion member to move up, thereby allowing the second pins to extend out of the corresponding through holes and be inserted into the second holes. The handle is attached to the motion member. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314849 | Power Supply System - A power supply system is disclosed which comprises a printed circuit board ( | 2013-11-28 |
20130314850 | SWITCHBOARD AND COOLING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a switchboard including a boards each including an opening portion which is provided in a ceiling surface and configured to exhaust heat, and an intake portion which is provided in a lower portion and configured to taken in cooling air, a fan provided to cover the opening portion of a board of the boards and configured to exhaust air in a horizontal direction to cool the inside of the board, and a duct configured to supply the cooling air from the opening portion of a board not provided with the fan to the inside of the board provided with the fan. | 2013-11-28 |
20130314851 | INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ILLUMINATED DISPLAY ELEMENT - An instrument cluster includes a housing that provides a chamber. A light source is in communication with the chamber. A non-opaque display element is in communication with the chamber and has an exterior surface. An indicium is etched interiorly of the exterior surface without the indicium providing a portion of the exterior surface. The light source is configured to illuminate the indicium. | 2013-11-28 |