| 51st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
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| 20120320395 | PRINT CONTROL WITH INTERFACES PROVIDED IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH PRINTING METHODS - Display control is made so as to obtain an optimum setting picture plane in accordance with a change in designation of an outputting method of a distribution printing, a multiple-address printing, an automatic substitute printing, or the like without allowing the user to be conscious thereof. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320396 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming unit is accommodated in a space defined by a frame body. An image reader is disposed above the image forming unit. A first supporting member is secured between an upper portion of the frame body and a bottom portion of the image reader and configured to support the image reader to the frame body in a cantilever manner. A second supporting member is secured on an upper portion of the frame body and configured to receive a bottom portion of the image reader supported by the first supporting member in a cantilever manner. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320397 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A display device of an image forming apparatus is provided with a display panel, a backlight unit, a storage portion, and a control portion. The display panel is a transmission type display panel and displays display data. The backlight unit emits light to the back side of the display panel. The storage portion stores a plurality of kinds of display data displayed on the display panel and a plurality of kinds of luminance data set up corresponding to each of the plurality of kinds of display data. The control portion reads out from the storage portion the display data to be displayed on the display panel and the luminance data corresponding to the display data, displays the read display data on the display panel, and performs display control for controlling the luminance of the backlight unit based on the read luminance data. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320398 | COPY MACHINE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH CONTROL PROGRAM FOR COPY MACHINE - The copy machine selects either of a first direction in which a long-side direction of the paper matches the writing sub-scan direction and a second direction in which a short-side direction of the paper matches the writing sub-scan direction, with considering, when the paper is fed in the first direction, the number of documents, the number of copies, the time required for a reading process, the time required for an image forming process, and the time the reading process and the image forming process overlap, and with considering, when the paper is fed in the second direction, the number of documents, the number of copies, the time required for the reading process, the time required for a rotation process, and the time required for an image forming process. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320399 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS WHICH PERFORM SKEW FEEDING CORRECTION - An image forming apparatus that performs accurate skew feeding correction of a sheet by taking into account the difference between the amounts of expansion or contraction of the sheet subjected to fixing processing between positions in the lateral direction. A transfer section transfers an image onto a sheet. An image pickup unit acquires first information on the skew of a leading end of the sheet. A correction unit corrects the attitude of the sheet based on the first information. A fixing device fixes the image transferred onto the sheet. An inversion path inverts the sheet upside down. Another image pickup unit acquires second information on the skew of an end of the sheet. Before transferring an image onto a second surface of the sheet, the correction unit corrects the attitude of the sheet based on the second information and the first information. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320400 | GENERATION OF EXECUTABLES FOR A HETEROGENEOUS MIX OF MULTIFUNCTION PRINTERS - A computer-implemented method that includes incorporating an entity specification into a business process in response to an input by a user is described. The entity specification describes an element of a document and is associated with the business process. The computer-implemented method also includes determining a multifunction printer (MFP) from a heterogeneous mix of MFPs for implementation of the business process. The MFP has an associated executable language and a graphical user interface (GUI) specification. The computer-implemented method also includes associating the entity specification with an element of the GUI specification. The computer-implemented method also includes generating, from the entity specification and the business process, an executable that conforms to the executable language and the GUI specification and performs the business process when executed by the MFP. The computer-implemented method also includes deploying the executable to the MFP. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320401 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device may receive a first signal from an external device, the first signal being a signal for establishing a wireless connection between the wireless communication device and the external device according to a specific wireless communication scheme. The wireless communication device may judge whether the first signal includes a first type of information or a second type of information. The wireless communication device may cause a display unit to display a displaying screen indicating the authentication information in a case where it is judged that the first signal includes the first type of information, and cause the display unit to display an inputting screen in which the authentication information is to be inputted in a case where it is judged that the first signal includes the second type of information. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320402 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT SHIFTS TO STATE WHERE QUICK ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of shifting to a state where quick activation thereof can be performed in a shorter time period when a power switch is turned off. When the off operation of the power switch is detected, a first state is stored, and when the on operation of the power switch is detected next, the state of the image forming apparatus is shifted to a second state from which the image forming apparatus can return to the first state. When the state of the image forming apparatus is shifted to the second state, time starts to be measured. When the on operation of the power switch is detected in the second state, the value of the measured time is acquired. The image forming apparatus is caused to return to the stored first state depending on the value of the measured time. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320403 | DEVICE CAPABLE OF READING PLURAL DOCUMENTS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a device that prevents unauthorized copying of a document to which copy inhibition information is added. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320404 | DISPLAYING PRINTER STATUS DURING POWER-OFF USING BISTABLE DISPLAY - Methods and structures respond to activation of a switch (or other similar user input) of a printing apparatus that controls whether a power supply is connected to and supplies power to a processor, a printing engine, and a graphic user interface of the printing apparatus. The graphic user interface comprises a bistable display that continues to show the most recently provided screenshot after the switch disconnects the power supply from the graphic user interface. Further, methods and structures cause, using the processor, the graphic user interface to display status information of the printing apparatus immediately prior to the switch being allowed to disconnect the power supply from the graphic user interface such that the graphic user interface displays the status information after being disconnected from the power supply. Thus, the methods and structures delay, using the processor, disconnection of the power supply from the graphic user interface until the status information is displayed on the graphic user interface. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320405 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR USING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AS A PRINT JOB TICKET - Devices and methods for using an electronic device for a print job ticket. Such an electronic device may include a network interface, a display, and an input device. The network interface may receive an assignment of the electronic device to a print job from a print service provider controller, receive workflow instructions associated with the print job from the print service provider controller, and send job status information associated with the print job to the print service provider controller. The display may display a representation of the workflow instructions and a user-selectable representation of the job status information. The input device may register a user selection of the representation of the job status information. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320406 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PRINT JOB TRACKING - Devices and methods for tracking the status of a print job using electronic devices on a print service provider (PSP) production floor are provided. One such method includes reading a radio frequency identification (RFID) code from an RFID badge assigned to, attached to, and traveling with a print job through production using an electronic device and sending an indication of the RFID code a PSP controller. In response, workflow instructions may be received from the PSP controller. The electronic device may display a representation of the workflow instructions and a user-selectable representation of job status information. When the representation of the job status information is selected, the electronic device may send an indication of the job status information to the print service provider controller. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320407 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PRINT JOB TRACKING USING ASSIGNABLE MOBILE DEVICES - Devices and methods for tracking a print job using an assignable electronic device on a print service provider (PSP) production floor are provided. One such method includes scanning a barcode-enabled job ticket assigned to a print job using a mobile electronic device assigned to a location on a print service provider production floor and sending barcode data from the barcode-enabled job ticket from to a PSP controller. The mobile electronic device may receive workflow instructions associated with the print job from the PSP controller. In addition, the mobile electronic device may display a representation of the workflow instructions. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320408 | VIRTUAL PRINT SHOP MANAGEMENT - A method including: maintaining, at a server, a list of print shops that participate in an external workflow managed by the server; receiving, at the server through a network, an order for a variable data campaign defining a plurality of personalized items for end recipients, said order including text and graphics used in the variable data campaign, identifying information of the end recipients that each receive an item of the variable data campaign, and a mapping specification that specifies which graphics correspond to which text for each item of the variable data campaign; generating, at the server, using the mapping specification, the text and graphics received, and the identifying information of the end recipients, a master file for the items of the variable data campaign, wherein the master file includes, for each of the items, images formed of corresponding text and graphics paired together in accordance with the mapping specification for each of the end recipients of the variable data campaign; assigning, at the server, the variable data campaign to one or more of the print shops that participate in the external workflow; and providing, at the server, the one or more print shops with the master file. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320409 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENT FOR OUTPUT - Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for reducing consumption of paper and other resources in connection with printing, copying, etc, by converting a document suitable for combined-page print, to a combined-page output, even when the user has not specified combined-page output. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320410 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT - Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for monitoring the consumption of paper, toner, energy, other resources, etc., by an information technology device, and for encouraging a user to reduce consumption of such resources when using the information technology device. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320411 | SHARING CONTENT AMONG PRINTERS - In one embodiment, a registry of network-connected printers that are members of a social print group is maintained at a computer system. Content is obtained. A request is received from a first network-connected printer that is a member of the group, the request to provide the content to a second network-connected printer that is a member of the group. The content is provided to the second printer in response to the request. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320412 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming system includes a transmitter apparatus that transmits, to a predetermined storage location of multiple storage locations, identification information identifying a user and image data associated with the identification information, and multiple image forming apparatuses. Each of the image forming apparatuses includes a first storage unit that stores storage information indicating the storage locations, a storage location that is included in the storage locations and stores the identification information and the image data associated with the identification information, a retrieval unit that accesses the storage locations, indicated by the storage information stored on the first storage unit, when the identification information is inputted by the user, and retrieves the image data from the storage location, and an image forming unit that forms an image corresponding to the image data retrieved by the retrieval unit. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320413 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device may execute a response process and a search process with a first operation being performed as a trigger in a first period after the first operation. The response process may include receiving a search signal from a specific external device and sending a response signal to the specific external device in response to the search signal. The search process may include sending the search signal to the specific external device and receiving the response signal from the specific external device. The wireless communication device may communicate a wireless profile with the specific external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the specific external device in a case where the first operation is performed. The wireless communication device may execute the response process in a second period before the first operation is performed. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320414 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The wireless communication device may determine in which of a parent state and a child state the wireless communication device is to operate in a case where the wireless communication device receives a first type of signal, and determine the wireless communication device is to operate in the parent state in a case where the wireless communication device receives a second type of signal. The wireless communication device may send a first wireless profile to a first external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the first external device in a case where the wireless communication device is to operate in the parent state, and receive a second wireless profile from a second external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the second external device in a case where the wireless communication device is to operate in the child state. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320415 | SETTING VALUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SETTING VALUE MANAGEMENT METHOD, SETTING VALUE MANAGEMENT SERVICE APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A setting value management service apparatus which is communicably connected to at least one image forming apparatus and manages configuration data of the image forming apparatus, comprises: a holding unit configured to hold configuration data of the image forming apparatus; an update unit configured to update configuration data held in the holding unit; and a communication unit configured to transmit/receive configuration data of the image forming apparatus to/from the image forming apparatus, wherein the configuration data contains control information about permission of update, and the communication unit transmits, to the image forming apparatus in accordance with the control information, configuration data, update of which is permitted for the setting value management service apparatus, out of configuration data held in the holding unit. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320416 | HIGHLIGHTING IN WEB BASED READING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method is presented for the highlighting of web-based books and text documents. Data is maintained in a database relating to books, chapters, pages, and page portions. Through the use of a user interface, users create highlights to the text documents by adding highlight database items to the database associated with page portions. Highlighted text portions are used to create excerpt documents, to value and price a request to license a portion of a text document, and to perform searches relating to the text document. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320417 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PDL DATA CONVERSION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to receive first PDL data including a first bookmark and a second bookmark from a user, create a first node mapped to a page which is the reference of the first bookmark and a second node mapped to a page which is the reference of the second bookmark, and create second PDL data having a hierarchical structure for the pages by including the first node and the second node. The first bookmark is different from the second bookmark, the first node is different from the second node, and the first PDL data is different from the second PDL data wherein the second PDL data includes the page which is the reference of the first bookmark and the page which is the reference of the second bookmark. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320418 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING FIRST IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SECOND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An image processing system includes a first MFP (Multi-Function Peripheral), a second MFP, and an operation panel. The operation panel is attachable to and removable from each of the first and second MFPs. The first MFP accepts a job. The operation panel includes a storage unit for storing information held by the first MFP and a display unit for displaying information about the job accepted by the first MFP. The second MFP executes the job accepted by the first MFP based on the information stored in the storage unit of the operation panel when the operation panel is removed from the first MFP and attached to the second MFP. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320419 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVER FOR DISTRIBUTING PRINT JOB, METHOD FOR RESUBMITTING PRINT JOB, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A printing system includes a registration portion configured to, when a print job to print an image onto a sheet of paper is executed after specified conditions are modified, store attribute data containing a user identifier and a job identifier into a storage portion, the user identifier being for identifying a user who has given a command to execute the print job, the job identifier being for identifying the print job; a determining portion configured to, when the user identifier is entered, determine whether or not the print job corresponding to the job identifier of the attribute data containing the user identifier can be executed in accordance with the conditions; and a re-execution portion configured to, when the determining portion determines that the print job can be executed in accordance with the conditions, execute the print job once again. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320420 | NON-TRANSITORY PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A non-transitory printing control program product is disclosed. The printing control program product causes a computer to function as a printing data generating unit which generates printing data for normal printing and printing data for trial printing such that the printing data for the normal printing and the printing data for the trial printing are printed by the same printing apparatus, the printing data for the normal printing and the printing data for the trial printing being generated from the same submitted manuscript data; and a printing data management unit which receives the printing data for the normal printing and the printing data for the trial printing and which causes the same printing apparatus to print the printing data for the normal printing and the printing data for the trial printing in accordance with the normal printing condition and the trial printing condition. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320421 | DIGITAL IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR PRINTING A DIGITAL DATA FILE AND A METHOD FOR PRINTING A DIGITAL DATA FILE - A digital image reproduction apparatus includes a receiving device configured to receive a print job including at least one digital data file, a first storing device configured to store the print job, a local user interface enabling an operator to make settings of the print job, a managing device configured to manage settings of the print job, a second storing device configured to store the settings of the print job related to the storage of the print job, and a locking device settable via the user interface and configured to lock at least one setting of the print job to achieve unchangeability of the at least one setting. A method for printing a digital data file on a digital image reproduction apparatus includes locking at least one setting of the digital data file by the operator via the local user interface so as to prevent any inadvertent change thereof. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320422 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING FACSIMILES BASED ON CONTENT - A method for routing a facsimile according to one embodiment includes receiving or generating text of a facsimile in a computer-readable format; routing the facsimile or text thereof to an intended recipient identified by recognizing at least one of a name, an email address and contact information of the intended recipient in the facsimile; analyzing the text of the facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing the facsimile or text thereof to one or more other destinations based on the analysis. A method according to another embodiment includes analyzing a pattern of light and dark areas of a facsimile in a computer-readable format; correlating the pattern to one or more forms; and routing the facsimile to one or more destinations based on the correlation, with the proviso that the analyzing, correlating and routing are performed without optical character recognition. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320423 | PRINTING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH PLURAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING PRINT DATA, PRINTING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing apparatus has a first memory of a high data access speed and a second memory of a low data access speed, the first memory having a small memory capacity and the second memory having a large memory capacity. The printing apparatus has a receiver for receiving print data in parallel from plural host apparatuses, a judging unit for judging whether the first memory is in use, and a storing-process controller for storing the print data in the first memory, when the judging unit determines that the first memory is not in use, and for storing the print data in the second memory, when the judging unit determines that the first memory is in use. The printing apparatus prints the print data of a high priority order on a print medium with use of the first memory. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320424 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To effectively output a job in which a double-sided page and a single-sided page are mixed by using a double-sided conveying path and a single-sided conveying path or the single-sided conveying path, a method for controlling a printing apparatus comprises: specifying a print prediction time in a case where the job is executed by using a first printing process of printing the double-sided page and the single-sided page in the job by using the double-sided conveying path, and a print prediction time in a case where the job is executed by using a second printing process of printing the double-sided page and the single-sided page in the job by switching between the double-sided conveying path and the single-sided conveying path; and executing the job by using, from either the first printing process or the second printing process, the printing process for which the specified print prediction time is shorter. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320425 | CURVILINEAR SOLID FOR INFORMATION INPUT, MAP FOR INFORMATION INPUT, DRAWING FOR INFORMATION INPUT - Problems of dot pattern technology include latitude/longitude information not being able to be acquired from a curvilinear solid. To read coordinate and/or code information from the vicinity of a line segment to acquire information associated with the line segment, it is necessary to define manually an area including the line segment to form the dot-pattern associated with the information in the area In the case where line segments are adjacent, a sufficient area cannot be secured and information cannot be defined accurately for the line segment. Stream dot-patterns which are formed based on a prescribed rule, and which have few moires that are streaky periodic patterns are connected and formed in a belt-like shape. It becomes possible to create an information inputting medium that accurately defines the latitude/longitude and coordinate information on various line segments on the curvilinear solid, the map, the drawing, or the like. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320426 | Intelligent Halftone Mechanism - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes an image processor to selectively rasterize a plurality of objects, and to determine if a size of a first object is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold perform a single-cell halftone process on the first object if the size of the first object is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold and perform a super-cell halftone process on the first object if the size of the first object is greater than the predetermined threshold. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320427 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SCANNER - An image processing method generally includes: obtaining a vanishing point on a curved surface in a two-dimension image; extracting all the straight line segments between a top contour line and a bottom contour line of the curved surface by the vanishing point; removing a perspective distortion to get parallel straight line segments; obtaining the lengths of the straight line segments, obtaining the true width of each of the straight line segments in a three-dimension space and the depth increment of the straight line segments according to the lengths; obtaining the expanded width of each straight line segment according to the true width and the depth increment; obtaining the total expanded width of the curved surface to transform it into a flat surface; transforming image contents on the curved surface onto the flat surface. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320428 | IMAGE TRANSFER IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method for identifying lost individuals comprising the steps of (a) compiling a first individual data contact; (b) storing the first individual data contact sheet information into a computer mediated contact database; (c) compiling a first individual tag identifier; (d) storing the first individual tag identifier into the computer mediated contact database; (e) relating the first individual tag identifier with the individual data contact; and (f) processing the first individual tag identifier onto image transferable media. The invention further comprises a computer data base connected with an emergency dispatch system reuniting the lost individual with a designated caregiver. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320429 | USER FEEDBACK VIA SEE THROUGH PLATEN OVERLAY - A printing system and apparatus assembly that incorporates a transparent platen for supporting and scanning a first image therethrough. The transparent platen includes a translucent display layer having an array of light devices that comprise organic light emitting diodes. A user interface of the system is coupled to the transparent platen with a processor. Based on input and/or data provided at the user interface, an image is displayed through the platen with the display layer. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320430 | OVERHEAD IMAGE-READING APPARATUS IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An overhead image-reading apparatus includes a one-dimensional image sensor having imaging elements arranged in parallel to each other and is configured to change an angle between an optical axis of a light source and a medium to be read during reading of the medium, and the apparatus includes a correcting unit that corrects distortion in a main-scanning direction in read image data of the medium read by the apparatus. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320431 | IMAGE-READING SYSTEM - An image-reading system that includes a plurality of image-reading apparatuses each including a document reading start instructing unit, and an information processing terminal connected to the image-reading apparatuses, wherein each of the image-reading apparatuses includes a detecting unit that detects that a user operates the document reading start instructing unit, a reading unit that reads a document when the detecting unit detects the operation of the user, and an image file transmitting unit that transmits an image file of the document read by the reading unit to the information processing terminal. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320432 | OVERHEAD SCANNER - An overhead scanner includes a main body, a rotation unit supported by the main body and being rotatable around a rotation axis, an imaging unit mounted on the rotation unit and is configured to read a medium placed on a placement surface below the rotation unit, a light source that irradiates the medium with light, a driving unit that moves the rotation unit around the rotation axis toward a placement side, where the medium is placed, and a posture change detecting unit that detects posture change of the main body. When it is determined that the main body falls down based on the posture change detected, while the rotation unit is located at a readable position for reading the medium, the driving unit moves the rotation unit toward the standby position where the rotation unit is located when the imaging unit does not read the medium. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320433 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SCANNER - The image processing method includes: determining an edge map of a foreground object in an image; obtaining candidates for a boundary line from the edge map and determining the boundary line among the candidates for the boundary line, the boundary line defining the boundary of a specific object in the foreground object; and removing the foreground object beyond the boundary line other than the specific object. This method can be applied to removing an image of another object, e.g., hands, etc., in a captured image beyond the boundary of a specific object. With the image processing method according to the embodiments, the boundary of the specific object in the image can be determined accurately to thereby remove another object beyond the boundary and facilitate subsequent other image processing. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320434 | OVERHEAD IMAGE-READING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An overhead image-reading apparatus includes an imaging unit integrally formed with a light source, and a light amount adjusting unit that adjusts a light amount so as to keep luminance of a surface of a medium to be read constant based on a correction value of the light amount corresponding to an object-image distance. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320435 | ILLUMINATING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an illuminating apparatus including a plurality of rows of light source groups each having a plurality of light-emitting elements for irradiating light to an original that are arranged in a main scanning direction, the light-emitting elements in the plurality of rows of light source groups illuminate an irradiated face of the original at the same pitch within the same light source group and at different pitches from each other among the plurality of rows of light source groups. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320436 | IMAGE SENSOR UNIT, IMAGE READER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image sensor unit includes: a light source including a light-emitting surface that emits light; a substantially rod-shaped light guide including a light emitter that linearizes the light from the light source and irradiates a sheet; an image sensor that receives light from the sheet and converts the light into an electric signal; a light condenser focusing the light from the sheet onto the image sensor; a circuit board on which the light source and the image sensor are mounted; and a frame accommodating the light guide, the light condenser and the circuit board. The light condenser and the light emitter of the light guide are disposed substantially parallel to each other. The center line of the light-emitting surface of the light source is disposed nearer the optical axis of the light condenser than the center line of the light emitter. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320437 | IMAGE-READING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image-reading apparatus, includes a variation acquiring unit that acquires a variation of a distance or an angle between a medium to be read and an imaging unit or a light source, and a color shift correcting unit that calculates a color shift between the medium and the imaging unit or the light source based on the variation acquired by the variation acquiring unit and corrects the color shift. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320438 | Scanning Microscope and Method for Light-Microscopic Imaging of an Object - A scanning microscope includes a light source, illumination optics, and a scanning device for moving the illumination focus across a target region and doing so by varying the direction of incidence in which the illuminating beam enters an entrance pupil of the illumination optics. To incline the illumination focus relative to the optical axis of the optics, the scanning device directs the illuminating beam onto a portion of the entrance pupil that is offset from the center of the pupil and, in order to move the illumination focus across the target region, the scanning device varies the direction of incidence of the illuminating beam within said portion. An observation objective is provided which is spatially separated from the illumination optics and disposed such that its optical axis (O | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320439 | OPTICAL REFLECTION ELEMENT - An optical reflection element has a frame, a pair of meandering-shaped vibration elements, a mirror having a reflection surface, and a pair of protective beams. The vibration elements have their respective outer ends supported by confronting portions of an inside of the frame. The vibration elements support the mirror with respective inner ends thereof. The protective beams extend from the respective confronting portions of the inside of the frame toward the mirror with a predetermined space from the vibration elements and in parallel with a vibration axis of the vibration elements. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320440 | Vibrating Mirror Element and Method for Manufacturing Vibrating mirror Element - There is provided a vibrating mirror element capable of inhibiting flexural deformation of a support portion. This vibrating mirror element ( | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320441 | Vibrating Mirror Element - This vibrating mirror element ( | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320442 | APPARATUS FOR PSEUDO-RETURN-TO-ZERO MODULATION - A Pseudo-Return-to-Zero modulator is provided with a narrow pulse clock generator, a modulator driver, and an optical modulator. The narrow pulse clock generator generates a narrow pulse clock of order n, where one of levels occupies half a symbol period and the other level occupies (n−1) plus half a symbol period, n being equal to or more than two. The modulator driver generates an electrical signal in response to binary data and the narrow pulse clock. The optical modulator modulates an optical carrier in response to the electrical signal so that the modulated optical carrier is in a PRZ(n) format. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320443 | BUILDING MATERIAL WITH DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A building material in which an image can be displayed on a transparent plate such as a windowpane is realized using a configuration that is simple and low-cost. A window member ( | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320444 | REARVIEW MIRROR ELEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - A rearview mirror element assembly includes an electrochromic reflective element having a primary viewing region operable to exhibit electrically variable reflectivity, with a specularly reflective mirror reflector established at a third surface of a rear substrate at the primary viewing region. An auxiliary viewing region provides an auxiliary wide angle view of a blind spot to the side of a vehicle when the electrochromic reflective element is used in an exterior rearview mirror assembly mounted at a side of a vehicle. A specularly reflective demarcating layer is established at a second surface of a front substrate of the electrochromic reflective element and, at least in part, is visible through the front substrate to a viewer when viewing the first surface of the front substrate of the electrochromic reflective element. The demarcating layer at least partially traverses the reflective element adjacent the auxiliary viewing region. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320445 | SWITCHABLE TRANSPARENT ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrowetting display device includes an electrowetting display panel and an illumination unit. The electrowetting display panel includes two or more different optical color-converting liquid layers and a plurality of light-shielding liquid layers. The two or more different optical color-converting liquid layers are able to convert the light source generated by the illumination unit into light beams having two or more different colors of desired grey scales. The light-shielding liquid layers can be driven to change the transmittance of display regions so as to implement switch between transparent display mode, non-transparent display mode and semi-transparent display mode. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320446 | COLOR ELECTRONIC PAPER APPARATUS, DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A color electronic paper apparatus includes a display layer, a color resist layer, an anti-ultraviolet layer and a protective sheet. The color resist layer is disposed on the display layer. The anti-ultraviolet layer is disposed on the color resist layer. The protective sheet is disposed on the anti-ultraviolet layer. A manufacturing method of the color electronic paper apparatus and a color electronic paper display are provided herein. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320447 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER, SURFACE EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER, SEMICONDUCTOR LASER MODULE, AND NON-LINEAR OPTICAL DEVICE - There is provided a semiconductor laser that includes a dielectric multilayer mirror ( | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320448 | CHIP-BASED FREQUENCY COMB GENERATOR WITH MICROWAVE REPETITION RATE - A frequency comb generator fabricated on a chip with elimination of a disadvantageous reflow process, includes an ultra-high Q disk resonator having a waveguide that is a part of a wedge structure fabricated from a silicon dioxide layer of the chip. The disk resonator allows generation of a frequency comb with a mode spacing as low as 2.6 GHz and up to 220 GHz. A surface-loss-limited behavior of the disk resonator decouples a strong dependence of pumping threshold on repetition rate. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320449 | STABILIZING RF OSCILLATOR BASED ON OPTICAL RESONATOR - Techniques, devices and systems that stabilize an RF oscillator by using an optical resonator that is stabilized relative to a master RF oscillator with acceptable frequency stability performance. In the examples described, the optical resonator is stabilized relative to the master RF oscillator by using a frequency stability indicator based on two different optical modes of the optical resonator. The RF oscillator to be stabilized is then locked to the stabilized optical resonator to achieve the acceptable RF stability in the RF oscillator. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320450 | FIBER-MOPA APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING PULSES ON DEMAND - A fiber-MOPA includes a seed-pulse source followed by fiber amplifier stages. The seed pulse source delivers signal pulses for performing a laser operation and delivers radiation between the seed pulses to maintain the collective average of the seed pulse power and intermediate radiation power constant. Keeping this average power constant keeps the instantaneous available gain of the fiber amplifier stages constant. This provides that the seed pulse delivery can be changed from one regime to a next without a period of instability between the regimes. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320451 | LARGE MODE AREA OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICES - A very large more area active double clad optical waveguide doped with Nd | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320452 | Thin Films with High Near-Infrared Reflectivity Deposited on Building Materials - Disclosed are solar-reflective roofing and other building materials having high reflectance of near-infrared radiation and high transmission of radiation in the visible light range and a substantial emissivity so as to reduce the heat island effects experienced by the articles while also maintaining an aesthetically pleasing appearance. Also disclosed are related methods for fabrication of such materials. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320453 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - The present invention can realize stable focus tracking in the AF control of a microscope by calculating an evaluation function based on a light intensity signal received in two regions and adjusting the slope of the evaluation function to be constant. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320454 | HEAD-WORN ILLUMINATORS AND MAGNIFIERS WITH OPTICAL REJECTION COATINGS TO ASSIST MEDICAL AND DENTAL PROFESSIONALS - An improved head-mounted optical illuminator or magnifier of the type worn by a medical or dental professional includes an optical coating applied to one or more optical surfaces associated with the illuminator or magnifier, and wherein the optical coating is a rejection coating operative to blocks wavelengths in the green, blue, violet and/or ultraviolet portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, depending upon the embodiment. Short-wavelength coatings (blue/violet/uv) may be applied to the surface of a lens used in a head-worn illuminator, for example to the beam-forming optics. The head-worn illuminator may be an LED illuminator, xenon illuminator, or other high-intensity source. In the case of the green notch filter coatings, these would typically only be applied to a head-worn magnifier, including flip-up and through-the-lens styles. In all embodiments, the optical coating may be a multilayer dielectric coating, a holographic filter, or utilize other optical filter technology. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320455 | Laser Scanning Module Including an Optical Isolator - The present application discloses various implementations of a laser scanning module. In one implementation, such a laser scanning module comprising an optical isolator including first and second linear polarizers, a collimating optics configured to receive light produced by a laser light source and to pass a substantially collimated light beam to the first linear polarizer, and a scanning unit situated to receive light passed by the second linear polarizer. The first linear polarizer is separated from the collimating optics by a first distance less than a second distance separating the second linear polarizer from the scanning unit. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320456 | APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY INTRODUCING CELESTIAL OBJECT, TERMINAL DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPE - A terminal device of an apparatus to automatically introduce a target celestial object includes an input operation section executing a command operation on the apparatus. An image display section indicates a star map image in accordance with a display scale factor. The input operation section includes a rotation command means that executes a rotational driving of the astronomical telescope in a telescope control mode. A scale factor input means executes an input specification of the display scale factor for the displayed star map image, which corresponds to a position on a celestial sphere toward which the astronomical telescope is headed, while a speed of rotation of the astronomical telescope controlled by the rotation command means changes in accordance with a decreasing function of the display scale factor. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320457 | POLARIZATION MODULE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A polarization module including first quarter-wave plates disposed on a polarizer plate and having slow axes inclined to a polarization axis of the polarizer plate by 45 degrees. Second quarter-wave plates are disposed on the polarizer plate alternately with the first quarter-wave plates and have slow axes inclined to the polarization axis of the polarizer plate by 45 degrees but face away from the slow axes of the first quarter-wave plates. Half-wave plates are disposed on the first and second quarter-wave plates and are arranged in a direction that intersects the direction in which the first and second quarter-wave plates are arranged. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320458 | AZICON BEAM POLARIZATION DEVICES - Polarizers and polarizing beam splitter include one or more pairs of axicons that are configured to separate an input beam into a radially polarized component and a tangentially (or azimuthally) polarized component. A second axicon pair can be provided to recombine the tangentially polarized component so as to provide a more uniform beam intensity. The radially polarized component can be reflected or otherwise directed so that one or both the radial and tangential components are available for use. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320459 | ADHESIVE FOR POLARIZING PLATE, POLARIZING PLATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, OPTICAL FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the invention is to provide an adhesive for a polarizing plate that has high adhering strength, makes it possible to prevent a reduction in the light transmittance of a polarizing plate and to suppress the occurrence of knicks, and is less likely to cause a reduction in the light transmittance of a polarizing plate even in a humidified environment while having the above characteristics. The invention is directed to an adhesive for a polarizing plate for use in fixing a transparent protective film on at least one side of a polarizer, the adhesive including a resin solution containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin and a water-soluble silicate. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320460 | COLOR DISTRIBUTION IN EXIT PUPIL EXPANDERS - The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and method for providing color separation in an exit pupil expander system that uses a plurality of diffractive elements for expanding the exit pupil of a display in an electronic device for viewing by introducing a selectively absorbing area or areas in the exit pupil expander. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320461 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An element includes a first resin layer and a second resin layer disposed between a first glass lens substrate and a second glass lens substrate, a boundary surface between the first resin layer and the second resin layer having a diffraction grating shape including a plurality of inclined surfaces and wall surfaces. The second resin layer is composed of a fluororesin in which fine metal oxide particles are dispersed. Since a refractive index distribution easily occurs in this material during curing by application of ultraviolet light, by applying ultraviolet light substantially perpendicular to the inclined surfaces of the diffraction grating shape, a refractive index distribution is formed in the thickness direction perpendicularly to the inclined surfaces. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320462 | Aimer - An aimer is provided. The aimer includes an object lens unit, a body and an eyepiece unit. The body is connected to the object lens unit. The eyepiece unit is connected to the body. The eyepiece unit includes a first pipe, a second pipe, a lens unit and a graduated pattern. The first pipe is connected to the body. The second pipe is connected to the first pipe, wherein the second pipe is rotated to move between a first position and a second position relative to the first pipe. The lens unit is disposed in the second pipe. The graduated pattern is formed on the second pipe. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320463 | AUTO-FOCUS ACTUATOR FOR FIELD CURVATURE CORRECTION OF ZOOM LENSES - A wide field angle camera module that incorporates field curvature correction suitable for an electronic device is described herein. By way of example, the wide field angle camera module comprises micro optical lenses adapted to capture field angles of greater than thirty degrees, and is further adapted to provide field curvature correction for a range of object distances, and for a range of zoom configurations include 1×, 2× and 3× zoom configurations. Furthermore, the field correction can be implemented alone or in conjunction with signal processing that corrects barrel distortion introduced by the micro optical lenses. In particular aspects, the field correction can be automated based on image quality analysis to provide a high quality image for object distances substantially 30 centimeters or larger. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320464 | LENS WITH LAYERED CONCENTRIC STRUCTURES - The lens contains a cup-shaped body with a lens bottom and a lens member extended upward from the lens bottom and forming a 49-degree included angle with the lens bottom. The lens member contains, from bottom to top, a number of layers, each having a number of refraction portions. Each refraction portion contains a number of refraction elements arranged in a concentric manner. According to the inclination angle of the lens member, dimensions of the refraction portions, and the distribution of refraction elements, the lens could be applied to various applications with enhanced coverage range and sensory effect. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320465 | Imaging Lens and Camera Module - Provided is an imaging lens and a camera module, the device including in an orderly way from an object side, a first lens with positive (+) refractive power; a second lens with negative (-) refractive power; a third lens with negative (−) refractive power; a fourth lens with negative (-) refractive power; and a fifth lens with negative (−) refractive power, wherein the lens is concavely formed at an object side surface. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320466 | Lens Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same - A lens device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided, wherein the lens device includes a transparent substrate, a metal layer, a hydrophobic layer and an aspherical lens. The metal layer is formed on the transparent substrate, and the hydrophobic layer is formed on the metal layer. The metal layer has a first opening, such that an area of the transparent substrate corresponding to the first opening is not covered by the metal layer. The hydrophobic layer has a second opening connected to the first opening, and the second opening is larger than the first opening, such that a portion of the metal layer adjacent to a peripheral edge of the first opening is not covered by the hydrophobic layer. The aspherical lens is formed on the area of the transparent substrate and contacts the portion of the metal layer. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320467 | IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an image photographing device capable of being auto-focused while moving a lens barrel in an optical axis direction. The image photographing device includes: a lens barrel having at least one lens; a housing receiving the lens barrel therein so that the lens barrel moves in an optical axis direction; and an impact reducing unit elastically supporting the lens barrel in the case in which the lens barrel deviates from a set movement range, thereby primarily damping the lens barrel before the lens barrel deviates from the movement range to collide with other components positioned at an outer side of the lens barrel. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320468 | Stretched Membrane Solar Collector - An improved solar reflector utilizing a tensioned reflective membrane. The reflector structure includes a membrane attached on the outer surface of a metal strap that is positioned on an end form by means of a curved-face tensioning block. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320469 | VEHICLE MIRROR - A vehicle mirror assembly has a mirror support and a mirror plate fitted on said support and a rear cover enclosing the sides and back of the mirror support and the attached plate. The rear cover is attachable to the mirror support and is able to be securely fastened to the mirror support by a screw threaded fastener accessed from the front of the mirror assembly without removal of the mirror plate. This solves the problem of maintaining the aerodynamic surface of the rear cover and yet having it securely fastened without the need to remove the mirror plate. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320470 | TAPE CLEANER - A tape cartridge library that is equipped with a cleaning device is described. The tape cartridge library essentially includes a plurality of tape cartridges each possessing recording tape media. A plurality of tape drives that read and write data to and from each of the tape cartridges. A tape cleaning drive incapable of transferring data to and from the recording tape media which is independent of the tape drives, the tape cleaning drive disposed entirely within the tape cartridge library. The tape cleaning drive automatically receives one of the tape cartridges and cleans its respective recording tape medium when a predetermined reason for cleaning the tape cartridge is justified. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320471 | ADAPTIVE LATTICE PREDICTIVE FILTER - An implementation of a circuit disclose herein comprises a vibration sensor circuit that generates a sensor signal from a disturbance signal, a lattice filter circuit that decorrelates the sensor signal to generate orthogonal backward prediction errors, and a multiple regression filter that estimates a disturbance correction signal using the orthogonal backward prediction errors. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320472 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS BASED TAPE CLEANING - A tape cartridge library that is equipped with a cleaning device is described. The tape cartridge library essentially includes a plurality of tape cartridges each possessing recording tape media. A plurality of tape drives that read and write data to and from each of the tape cartridges. A tape cleaning drive incapable of transferring data to and from the recording tape media which is independent of the tape drives, the tape cleaning drive disposed entirely within the tape cartridge library. The tape cleaning drive automatically receives one of the tape cartridges and cleans its respective recording tape medium when a predetermined reason for cleaning the tape cartridge is justified. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320473 | MAGNETIC SENSOR HAVING A HARD BIAS SEED STRUCTURE - A magnetic sensor having a novel hard bias structure that provides reduced gap spacing for increased data density. The magnetic sensor includes a sensor stack with first and second sides formed on a magnetic shield. A thin insulation layer is formed over the sides of the sensor stack and over the bottom shield. An under-layer comprising Cu—O is formed over the insulation layer and a hard magnetic bias layer is formed over the under-layer. The use of Cu—O as the under-layer allows the under-layer to be made thinner while still maintaining excellent magnetic properties in the hard bias layers formed thereover. This reduced thickness of the under-layer allows the gap spacing (spacing between the top and bottom magnetic shields) to be reduced, which in turn provides increased data density. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320474 | MICROWAVE ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD THEREWITH - A microwave assisted magnetic head includes a main magnetic pole; a trailing shield, a main coil for causing the main magnetic pole to generate a perpendicular recording field, at least one secondary coil for generating an in-plane alternate-current (AC) magnetic field with a frequency in a microwave band from a magnetic recording gap between the main magnetic pole and the trailing shield, nonmagnetic films formed on magnetic recording gap facing surfaces that are defined by the main magnetic pole and the trailing shield, the main magnetic pole and the trailing shield being configured with first soil magnetic films, and second soft magnetic films formed further on the surfaces of the nonmagnetic films. The second soft magnetic films have larger anisotropy fields than the first soft magnetic films have. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320475 | PERMANENT MAGNET ALTERNATOR MARGIN DETECTOR - A shunt regulated permanent magnet alternator voltage source includes a permanent magnet alternator, a shunt regulator, and a pulse width modulation controller. Also included is a load controller capable of detecting a PMA margin. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320476 | HIGH-VOLTAGE DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED OVER-VOLTAGE PROTECTION AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - The present technology discloses a high-voltage device comprising a high-voltage transistor and an integrated over-voltage protection circuit. The over-voltage protection circuit monitors a voltage across the high-voltage transistor to detect an over-voltage condition of the high-voltage transistor, and turns the high-voltage transistor ON when the over-voltage condition is detected. Thus, once the high-voltage transistor is in over-voltage condition, the high-voltage transistor is turned ON and can dissipate the power from the over-voltage event through its channel. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320477 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN ATTACK IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP - An integrated circuit chip including a plurality of parallel wells of alternated conductivity types formed in the upper portion of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, and a device of protection against attacks including: between the wells, trenches with insulated walls filled with a conductive material, said trenches extending from the upper surface of the wells to the substrate; and a circuit capable of detecting a modification of the stray capacitance formed between said conductive material and a region of the chip. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320478 | OVERCURRENT LIMITING FOR HIGH SIDE SOLENOID SWITCH CONTROLS - An overcurrent protection circuit for a high side solenoid switch includes a primary bias circuit and a secondary bias circuit. The secondary bias circuit is operable to alter a source to gate bias voltage of the high side solenoid switch during an overcurrent. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320479 | PORTABLE DRILLING MACHINE | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320480 | DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP AGAINST ATTACKS - An integrated circuit chip includes: a plurality of parallel wells of alternated conductivity types formed in the upper portion of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; in each well of the first type, a plurality of MOS transistors having a channel of the second conductivity type, and in each well of the second type, a plurality of MOS transistors having a channel of the first type, transistors of neighboring wells being inverted-connected; and a device of protection against attacks, including: a layer of the second type extending under said plurality of wells, from the lower surface of said wells; and regions of lateral insulation between the wells, said regions extending from the upper surface of the wells to said layer. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320481 | Protection System - Devices, systems and methods are provided for protecting electronic circuitry from voltage transients including undervoltage transients in a supply voltage. The device may include a first low voltage isolated transistor coupled in forward bias with respect to a power supply and a second low voltage isolated transistor coupled in series with the first low voltage isolated transistor and in reverse bias with respect to the power supply voltage. The device may further include a resistor coupled between a gate of the first low voltage isolated transistor and the power supply, the resistor configured to limit current flow to the gate of the first low voltage isolated transistor during an overvoltage event. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320482 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit that is efficiently reduced in a noise level is offered. P-channel type MOS transistors M | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320483 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT PROTECTION - Apparatus and methods for electronic circuit protection are disclosed. In one embodiment, an actively-controlled protection circuit includes a detector, a timer, a current source and a latch. The detector is configured to generate a detection signal when the detector determines that a transient signal satisfies a first signaling condition. The timer is configured to receive the detection signal, and to generate a current control signal. The current control signal is provided to a current source, which produces a trigger current at least partly in response to the control signal. The trigger current is provided to a node of the latch, thereby enhancing the conductivity modulation of the latch and selectively controlling the activation voltage of the latch. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320484 | Fire Sentry - The Fire Sentry is a unique Fire Prevention Device. This Device will disengage the Electrical Power to the Cooking Appliance in which it is connected to. This Device will detect Black Smoke from a Stove or other Cooking appliance before it has the chance to combust and create a Fire. Once the Black Smoke has been removed from the Fire Sentry's Sensors the unit can be reset and normal cooking/heating can be resumed. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320485 | LEAKAGE DETECTION PROTECTION CIRCUIT WITH LIGHTNING PROTECTION - An electrical protection circuit comprises a circuit board, an induction coil, a self-exciting coil, a control chip, a silicon controlled rectifier, a rectifier diode, a resistor, a filtration capacitor, a trip coil with iron core, a group of main circuit switches, and a reset button. An analog electric single-pole double-throw switch linked with the reset button comprises a traveling contact lever, a first static contact jaw, and a second static contact jaw. When the reset button is in a tripped or reset state, the traveling contact lever is connected with the second static contact jaw and the switch is in a closed state. When the reset button is pressed down, the traveling contact lever disconnects from the second static contact jaw, contacts the first static contact jaw, then disconnects from the first static contact jaw and returns to the closed state with the second static contact jaw. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320486 | ARC FLASH SYSTEM FOR A POWER CIRCUIT - An arc flash system includes a circuit breaker having separable contacts, an operating mechanism, a trip unit including a sensor sensing current flowing in a power circuit, a trip circuit cooperating with the operating mechanism to trip open the contacts responsive to the sensed current or a first signal, and a communication interface outputting the sensed current, and an interface circuit including a processor having a first output of the first signal, an input of a second signal, and a second output of a third signal, and a communication interface cooperating with the processor to determine and communicate cause of trip information to the trip unit communication interface, input the sensed current, and communicate the sensed current to the processor. A light sensor senses light from an arc flash associated with the power circuit and outputs the second signal. A shorting apparatus shorts the circuit responsive to the third signal. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320487 | Medium Voltage Circuit Breaker - A Medium Voltage circuit breaker which comprises an insulating base frame supporting: a pole assembly having, for each phase, an interruption unit housing a fixed contact and a movable contact reciprocally couplable/uncouplable between an open and a closed position; an actuator to actuate the opening and closing operation of said circuit breaker; and, a control and diagnostic unit comprising a control box having a casing housing a plurality of accessory devices of said circuit breaker. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320488 | SURGE ARRESTER AND GAS-INSULATED ELECTRIC APPARATUS - A surge arrester according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a switching unit connected to a gas-insulated electric equipment in which insulating gas is sealed, and switching a limited voltage of the surge arrester into a limited voltage smaller than a low-temperature critical voltage indicating a withstand voltage generating a dielectric breakdown when the insulating gas is liquefied. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320489 | SURGE ABSORBING CIRCUIT AND ELECTRIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A surge absorbing circuit capable of absorbing surge stably without affecting a signal on a signal line even in the case of a high frequency signal, and an electronic device using the surge absorbing circuit. The surge absorbing circuit includes at least one surge suppression circuit, the at least one surge suppression circuit including, with respect to the same signal line at least: a power supply; a diode connected between the signal line and the power supply; and a power supply line for connecting the diode and the power supply to each other. In each of the at least one surge suppression circuit, a direction of the diode and a voltage of the power supply with respect to the signal line are determined so that the diode is reversely biased. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320490 | Relay Control Circuit - A relay control circuit is disclosed. In one aspect, the relay control circuit is a hybrid of a double winding relay control scheme and a single winding relay control scheme. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320491 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK - An electrostatic chuck for manufacturing a flat panel display is disclosed. In one embodiment, the electrostatic chuck includes i) a base substrate, ii) an insulating layer formed on the base substrate and iii) a conductive layer formed on the insulating layer and electrically connected to a power device. The electrostatic chuck further includes iv) a dielectric layer formed on the conductive layer and comprising an emboss part and a trench part, wherein the emboss part comprises at least one protrusion, and wherein the trench part comprises at least one channel and surrounds the emboss part and v) a cooling gas line extending through the base substrate, the insulating layer, the conductive layer, and the dielectric layer. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320492 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - An apparatus including first and second electrodes separated by an electrolyte, at least one of the first and second electrodes including an actuating substrate configured to undergo reversible deformation during actuation, wherein reversible deformation of the actuating substrate causes a decrease in the internal resistance of the apparatus. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320493 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component and a manufacturing method thereof. The multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a body part including internal electrodes and dielectric layers and having at least one connection surface to which a portion of the internal electrodes are exposed; external electrodes coupled to the connection surface to thereby be electrically connected to the internal electrodes; and protective layers provided on the connection surface so as to shield at least portions of the internal electrodes exposed at the connection surface, wherein a width of an exposed part of the internal electrode shielded by the protective layer has 0.8 to 0.9 of that of an overall width of the internal electrode. | 2012-12-20 |
| 20120320494 | Capacitors Having Dielectric Regions That Include Multiple Metal Oxide-Comprising Materials - Capacitors and methods of forming capacitors are disclosed, and which include an inner conductive metal capacitor electrode and an outer conductive metal capacitor electrode. A capacitor dielectric region is received between the inner and the outer conductive metal capacitor electrodes and has a thickness no greater than 150 Angstroms. Various combinations of materials of thicknesses and relationships relative one another are disclosed which enables and results in the dielectric region having a dielectric constant k of at least 35 yet leakage current no greater than 1×10 | 2012-12-20 |
