| ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD. Patent applications |
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| 20120112369 | SILICON STRUCTURE HAVING BONDING PAD - A silicon structure includes a silicon substrate having an electric element; a wiring conductor and a bonding pad, connecting the electric element and an external circuit; a protective layer disposed on the silicon substrate; and a pad opening pattern provided in the protective layer to exposed the bonding pad, wherein a probe mark position and a wire bonding position differ, without increasing the size of the bonding pad in plan view. A substrate exposure part, which is not covered with the protective layer, is provided at part of an outer edge of the bonding pad disposed inside the pad opening pattern in the protective film, and the wiring conductor is not exposed through substrate exposure part. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112368 | MEMS SENSOR PACKAGE - An MEMS sensor package includes an MEMS sensor and a driving IC that controls driving of the MEMS sensor, which are fixed onto the same mounting surface made of a given package material, wherein an MEMS sensor mounting area and a driving IC mounting area are set on the mounting surface, a die attach metalized layer is formed on a package material of the driving IC mounting area, the driving IC is mounted on the die attach metalized layer, and the MEMS sensor is mounted on a package material of the MEMS sensor mounting area. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120104520 | MEMS SENSOR - An MEMS sensor includes: a functional layer having a sensor section; a wiring substrate disposed facing the functional layer and having a conduction pathway for the sensor section; a first metal layer provided on the surface of the sensor section which faces the wiring substrate; and a second metal layer provided on the surface of the wiring substrate which faces the sensor section, wherein the first and second metal layers are joined to each other, a space is formed between a movable portion of the sensor section and the wiring substrate, and a stopper which is composed of a third metal layer being the same film as the first metal layer formed on the functional layer side and a contact portion formed on the wiring substrate side which come into contact with each other is formed between the functional layer and the wiring substrate. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120098551 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING INPUT APPARATUS - An input device includes a sensor member that detects input position information; and a protective member that protects the sensor member, wherein the protective member includes a window-shaped light-transmissive region transmitting light in the thickness direction, a transparent substrate having an input surface on a first surface, and a decorative layer disposed on a second first of the transparent substrate. The decorative layer is stacked on the transparent substrate so as to surround the light-transmissive region, and an inclined section is provided at the inner edge of the decorative layer; the transparent filler is stacked on the second surface of the transparent substrate to cover the light-transmissive region and the inclined section; and the sensor member and the protective member are bonded together with the adhesive layer disposed on the transparent filler and the decorative layer. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120078571 | GEOMAGNETISM SENSING DEVICE - An X-axis sensor, a Y-axis sensor, and a Z-axis sensor that detect a geomagnetic vector are provided, and the direction of the geomagnetic vector is sought on a spherical coordinate from the detection output of each sensor. A reference axis is determined in the spherical coordinate, a hypothetical central point is sought on the reference axis depending on data of two coordinate detection points, a perpendicular line to a plane that includes vectors from the hypothetical central point to the respective data is sought from the cross product of the vectors, an axis that is parallel to the perpendicular line and passes through an origin is set to be a calculated rotational axis, and movement centered around the calculated rotational axis is specified. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078562 | GEOMAGNETIC SENSING DEVICE - A controller includes a calibration unit, an offset error correcting unit, an operation unit, and the like. The calibration unit obtains a reference point of an output of a magnetic sensor, and performs offset correction. The offset error correcting unit is capable of performing operation processing for both the correction of a major offset error and the correction of a minor offset error by using a radius (the magnitude of a geomagnetic vector) of a virtual circle or a virtual sphere, appropriately and easily correcting the offset error with a small amount of operation, and reducing the burden to the controller. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120069420 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device of this embodiment includes a first insulating substrate having a display surface; a first resistive layer disposed on a surface of the first insulating substrate, the surface being opposite the display surface; a first electrochromic layer disposed on a surface of the first resistive layer; an electrolyte layer disposed on a surface of the first electrochromic layer; and a plurality of first electrodes connected to the first resistive layer. In the display device, a voltage is applied to the plurality of first electrodes so that a voltage gradient is generated in an in-plane direction of the first resistive layer. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120062977 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a pair of insulating substrates facing each other, electrochromic elements, and an electrolyte layer. A plurality of electrodes constituting the electrochromic elements are disposed on an inner surface of one of the insulating substrates so as to be spaced from each other. One of the insulating substrates is formed of a flexible member whose outer surface is an input operation surface. A pair of counter electrodes of an input element are disposed between the pair of insulating substrates, the counter electrodes being spaced from the electrodes of the electrochromic elements when viewed in plan. An input operation is performed by bringing the counter electrodes close to each other or bringing the counter electrodes into contact with each other through pressing of the input operation surface. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120056761 | ROTATION INPUT DEVICE - In a rotation input device, a planetary carrier, connected to an operation knob, rotatably supports a planetary gear which meshes with an outer teeth row provided for a sun gear, to which an output shaft is secured, and also meshes with an inner teeth row provided for an outer gear. A plunger provided for the sun gear is in elastic contact with a recess cam provided for the outer gear. A solenoid unit prevents rotation of the outer gear in accordance with an output of a magnetic sensor which faces a magnet provided for the output shaft. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056402 | SIDE STAND SWITCH AND SIDE STAND DEVICE - A side stand switch includes a case member having a fixed contact; and a rotor body having a moving contact that can come into contact with the fixed contact, mounted by tightening a securing bolt, and turned together with a side stand bar with respect to the case member. The rotor body has an engagement pin inserted therein and to be inserted into an engagement hole formed in the side stand bar. A width of the engagement pin in the turning direction of the rotor body is larger at a base portion inside the rotor body than at a tip portion protruding from the rotor body. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120055249 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR - A physical quantity sensor includes an anchor portion, a movable portion displaceable in a height direction, a supporting portion rotatably connected to the anchor portion and the movable portion, and a detection portion. The supporting portion includes a first connection arm connecting the anchor portion and the movable portion to each other and a leg portion extending from the anchor portion in a direction opposite to the first connection arm, the leg portion being displaced in a direction opposite to a displacement direction of the movable portion when the supporting portion rotates. A stopper surface is disposed at a position to which a distal end portion of the leg portion is contactable when the leg portion is displaced in the direction opposite to the displacement direction of the movable portion. Displacement of the movable portion is restricted when the distal end portion of the leg portion contacts the stopper surface. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120044013 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE-TYPE INPUT DEVICE - An electrostatic capacitance-type input device includes X driving electrodes and Y driving electrodes on an operation face operated by a finger. A correction electrode and a correction detection electrode are provided to be opposed at a place which is not affected by the finger operating the operation face. Driving voltage is sequentially applied to the X driving electrodes by an X driving unit, and the voltage is also applied to the correction electrode. An input detection signal for detecting a contact position of the finger and a correction detection signal obtained from the correction detection electrode changed on the basis of environmental changes are detected by the same detection unit, and the correction detection signal and the input detection signal are corrected in a data processing unit. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120038495 | OPERATION FEELING IMPARTING TYPE TRACKBALL DEVICE - A trackball device includes a friction plate rockably supported having opening in which a top portion of the sphere is exposed, as a brake unit applying braking force (friction force) to the sphere, and an actuator capable of driving the friction plate to a lower side. When the friction plate is driven by the actuator, the circumference portion of the opening of the friction plate is pressed to be in contact with the sphere from an upper side. A supporting member rotatably holding the sphere includes a plurality of supporting small spheres contacts the sphere at a point and a base member in which the supporting small spheres is arranged to be dispersed in the circumferential direction. The base member rockably supports the friction plate. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120032786 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device includes a tag and a magnetic member. The tag communicates with an external device by radio, and the magnetic member is provided on the side opposite to the external device so as to face the tag. The magnetic member is formed to have a laminated structure that includes a high-μ′ layer and a low-μ′ layer. The high-μ′ layer is provided on the tag. The low-μ′ layer is provided so as to be more distant from the tag than the high-μ′ layer. A real part μ′ of complex relative permeability of the low-μ′ layer is lower than a real part μ′ of the complex relative permeability of the high-μ′ layer, and the thickness of the low-μ′ layer is larger than the thickness of the high-μ′ layer. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032673 | MAGNETIC SENSOR - First magnetoresistive effect elements and second magnetoresistive effect elements and are formed on the same substrate. A pinned magnetic layer of each of the first magnetoresistive effect elements has a three-layer laminated ferrimagnetic structure including magnetic layers. A pinned magnetic layer of each of the second magnetoresistive effect elements has a two-layer laminated ferrimagnetic structure including magnetic layers. The magnetization direction of the third magnetic layer of each of the magnetoresistive effect elements is antiparallel to the magnetization direction of the second magnetic layer of each of the second magnetoresistive effect elements. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032564 | POLYMER ACTUATOR DEVICE - A polymer actuator device includes an electrolyte layer, a pair of electrode layers that are provided on both surfaces of the electrolyte layer in a thickness direction of the electrolyte layer, a polymer actuator that is bent when a voltage is applied between the pair of electrode layers, and terminal parts that apply a voltage to the polymer actuator. The polymer actuator includes a deformable portion and a supported portion. A conductive porous member is interposed between a first electrode layer, which is positioned on the side of the supported portion of the polymer actuator corresponding to a negative electrode, and the terminal part. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120026012 | DRIVER VISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SYSTEM - A driver vision support system includes a camera configured to capture primary image data, a control apparatus configured to perform viewpoint conversion on the primary image data to create secondary image data from the viewpoint of the driver and prepares left A pillar image data corresponding to the left A pillar from the viewpoint of the driver right A pillar image data corresponding to the right A pillar, and at least one image display apparatus configured to display a first part of the secondary image data corresponding to the left blind spot area and the left blind spot adjacent area along with the left A pillar image data that is transparently superimposed and a second part of the secondary image data corresponding to the right blind spot area and the right blind spot adjacent area along with the right A pillar image data that is transparently superimposed. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026011 | DRIVEER VISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SYSTEM - A driver vision support system includes a camera configured to capture primary image data, a control apparatus configured to perform viewpoint conversion on the primary image data to create secondary image data from the viewpoint of the driver and prepares left A pillar image data corresponding to the left A pillar from the viewpoint of the driver right A pillar image data corresponding to the right A pillar, and at least one image display apparatus configured to display a first part of the secondary image data corresponding to the left blind spot area and the left blind spot adjacent area along with the left A pillar image data that is transparently superimposed and a second part of the secondary image data corresponding to the right blind spot area and the right blind spot adjacent area along with the right A pillar image data that is transparently superimposed. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120014076 | CARD-TYPE ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT MODULE - An SD card ( | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013697 | APPARATUS FOR IMAGE FORMATION - To provide a thermal recording medium, which can realize easy maintenance, does not produce wastes such as cartridges, and can realize easy control of recording sheets, and an apparatus and method for image formation. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A high-temperature color development capsule ( | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120008266 | OPERATION DEVICE - Mobile equipment includes an operation panel disposed in an opening of a case. The operation panel includes electrode layers that constitute a position detector. The operation panel and an internal member inside the case are provided with respective electrode layers that are opposite each other and constitute a press detector. An elastic member that supports the operation panel has a fixed portion secured to the case, a support portion configured to support the operation panel, and an elastic repulsive portion. When the operation panel is pressed, the magnitude of a reaction force against the pressing force can be adjusted to an appropriate level primarily by buckling or bending of the elastic repulsive portion. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007593 | MAGNETIC SENSOR PACKAGE - In a magnetic chip package including a metal thin film, which is constituted of a metal material containing a magnetic body and is disposed on a surface of a plastic substrate opposite to the side a sensor chip is fixed, a demagnetizing field is generated in the metal thin film in a direction orthogonal to the direction of a magnetic field detected by a magnetic sensor. Specifically, the metal thin film is formed of plural metal thin sub-films, each metal thin sub-film having a rectangular shape with a length orthogonal to the direction of the magnetic field detected by the magnetic sensor larger than a width parallel to the direction of the magnetic field, and each metal thin sub-films are aligned at predetermined intervals in a direction parallel to the direction of the detected magnetic field. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007476 | ACTUATOR ELEMENT AND INPUT APPARATUS - An actuator element includes a first element unit configured to have one end being a fixed end and the other end being a free end and bends when voltage is applied, and a second element unit configured to have a shorter element length than the first element unit, have one end connected to the first element unit and bend in the opposite direction to the first element unit when voltage is applied and may support the first element unit. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20110307536 | DIGITAL FILTER - The digital filter is connected to an upstream analog unit, changes bit data outputs corresponding to analog computation results every N clock pulse, operates in accordance with a clock in synchronization of the analog unit, and removes noise from the bit data output from the analog unit, the digital filter including an Nth-order sinc filter having a cascade of N sinc filters, each acquiring a moving average of a sample, and a moving average filter having a tap number of K connected to the output of the Nth-order sinc filter. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110294421 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system according to the present invention includes a transmitter | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110294420 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system includes a transmitter that applies an electric field, obtained by modulating an information signal for wideband communication, to a transmission medium. The transmitter includes a transmission electrode, a transmission circuit that outputs the information signal for the wideband communication, and a first band controller that controls a band of the information signal for the wideband communication. When the transmission medium is in contact with the transmission electrode and the transmission medium and the transmission electrode are capacitively coupled to each other, the first band controller performs control to provide a band that is necessary for a receiver to perform demodulation for the wideband communication, and when the transmission medium is not in contact with the transmission electrode, the first band controller performs control to provide a narrower band than the band that is necessary for the wideband communication. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292298 | INPUT TUNING CIRCUIT OF TELEVISION TUNER - In an input tuning circuit, during reception of a television signal in the UHF band, a second tuning circuit unit is tuned to the UHF band by turning on a first switching diode, and a first tuning circuit unit is made to operate as a trap circuit in a frequency range lower than the UHF band by turning on a second switching diode. As a result, the transmission characteristics of the second tuning circuit unit become narrow and interference characteristics are improved. In addition, since a dedicated trap circuit need not be separately provided, an increase in cost is limited to a minimum and an increase in size is prevented. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110284353 | PUSH SWITCH - A push switch includes an operating slider, an actuator with a sliding member, a return spring, a housing, a main body in which the operating slider, the actuator, and the return spring are supported by the housing, a heart cam mechanism (including an engagement pin and a cam groove) incorporated in the main body, an operating knob which caps the operating slider, and a fixed contact provided for a circuit board such that the sliding member is allowed to be brought into contact with and separated from the fixed contact. When the operating slider is moved upward or downward, the actuator is driven to be laterally slid. The housing is snap-fitted to an outer casing (upper casing) holding the circuit board. A space is provided between the housing and the circuit board. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110266892 | VIBRATION GENERATING DEVICE - A vibration generating device includes a coil wound around an outer peripheral surface of a core, a vibrator vibrating due to a magnetic field generated by the coil, a magnetic field forming unit having a pair of magnets oppositely disposed at both surfaces of the vibrator so that the same polarities face each other or one magnet disposed at one side surface of the vibrator, and an elastic support member for supporting the vibrator so that the vibrator is capable of freely vibrating, wherein a vibrating direction of the vibrator is set to be parallel to a fixed surface of the device, by means of a magnetic flux generated by the magnetic field forming unit. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110261134 | THERMAL HEAD - A thermal head includes an insulating head substrate, one or a plurality of driver ICs, a plurality of heat generating elements that is arranged on the head substrate in a main scanning direction, a plurality of individual electrodes that is provided on the head substrate at one ends of the respective heat generating elements and connects the respective heat generating elements to the driver ICs, and a common electrode that is provided on the head substrate at the other ends of the respective heat generating elements so as to be common to the heat generating elements. Capacitance adjustment portions, which adjust capacitance difference between the respective individual electrodes so that the capacitance difference is reduced, are formed at a wiring pattern of the individual electrodes. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110229666 | INJECTION-MOLDED BODY - An injection-molded body according to the present invention includes a tubular body portion, an airtight seal surface formed on a peripheral surface of the body portion near one end of the body portion, and a plurality of undercuts disposed at positions around the peripheral surface of the body portion that are closer to the end than the airtight seal surface is. The undercuts prevent a seal member mounted on the airtight seal surface from falling off, in which a clearance is formed between a peripheral wall and the undercuts. The peripheral wall defines an inner hole of the body portion, and the clearance accommodates deformation of the undercuts in radial directions. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110221551 | LEVER OPERATION DEVICE - A lever operation device includes a movable support member that supports a base portion of an operation lever such that the base portion is pivotable along a first operation plane, a housing that supports the movable support member such that the movable support member is pivotable along a second operation plane that is orthogonal to the first operation plane, an actuator holder attached to the base portion such that the actuator holder is rotatable along the second operation plane, a first actuator retained by the actuator holder, and a second actuator retained by the movable support member. The housing is provided with a first cam surface and a second cam surface on an inner wall surface thereof, the first actuator and the second actuator being in elastic contact with the first cam surface and the second cam surface, respectively. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221435 | MAGNETIC SENSOR AND MAGNETIC BALANCE TYPE CURRENT SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME - A magnetic sensor includes a magnetoresistance effect element and a hard bias layer. The magnetoresistance effect element is configured to have a striped form which has a sensitivity axis in a predetermined direction, and configured to have a structure in which a free magnetic layer, in which magnetization varies with respect to an external magnetic field, a non-magnetic layer, and a fixed magnetic layer, in which the magnetization is fixed, are laminated. The hard bias layer is disposed in a longitudinal direction of the striped form, disposed outside of the magnetoresistance effect element to be separated from the magnetoresistance effect element. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110220480 | IN-VEHICLE INPUT DEVICE - An in-vehicle input device includes a housing including a supporting member; an operating knob including a shaft hole (supported part) and supported by the supporting member in such a manner that the operating knob rocks; and a switch (a moving contact of a bulge and a fixed contact of a main substrate) operated by rocking the operating knob, wherein the operating knob has a notch defining an opening intersecting with a rocking axis on a first side intersecting with the rocking axis, and wherein a rotary knob, which is an operating (second operating knob) corresponding to another switch, is disposed in the notch. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110219895 | LEVER OPERATION DEVICE - A rotating knob is rotatably attached to an outer peripheral portion of an operation lever. The rotating knob has a lead thread portion on the inner surface thereof, and the lead thread portion meshes with external teeth of a ring gear. Internal teeth of the ring gear mesh with speed-increasing gears, and permanent magnets are fixed to the speed-increasing gears. A circuit board is arranged in the operation lever so as to extend along the axial direction thereof, and magnetic sensors mounted on the circuit board are opposed to the permanent magnets at positions close thereto. Accordingly, the operation position of the rotating knob can be detected by the magnetic sensors. The gears, the circuit board, etc., are supported by a support case and a cover case to form a switch unit. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110219564 | WIPER ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE AND WIPER ATTACHMENT METHOD - A wiper holder to which a wiper is attached has an attachment surface including a positioning boss configured to position the wiper by being passed through a positioning hole in the wiper, a positioning protrusion configured to position a first edge of the wiper, and a swage boss configured to receive a second edge of the wiper. The first edge of the wiper contacts the positioning protrusion to position the first edge of the wiper and the wiper is secured to the wiper holder by the swage boss being swaged while the positioning boss is passed through the positioning hole in the wiper and the second edge of the wiper being received by the swage boss. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110204883 | SWING TYPE INPUT APPARATUS - A swing type input apparatus includes a housing, an operation knob rotatably supported by the housing, and a detecting unit detecting an angle of rotation of the knob. The detecting unit includes a circuit substrate intersecting the rotation center line of the knob, a magnetic sensor on an extension of the circuit substrate, a magnet holder driven by and rotated with the knob, a magnet held by the magnet holder such that the magnet intersects the rotation center line and is close to and faces the magnetic sensor, and a magnetic shield case which covers the magnet and the magnetic sensor and is a boxy assembly of first and second shield cases. The boundary between the first and second shield cases is positioned so as not to overlap the magnet. A bent grounding tab in the second shield case is electrically connected to a grounding conductor of a sub substrate. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110203910 | SWITCH APPARATUS - A switch apparatus includes first, second, third, and fourth movable contacts held by a slider and sliding on a circuit board in conjunction with the rotational operation of an operation knob, and a belt-like common fixed contact, an auto fixed contact, a down fixed contact, and an up fixed contact provided on the circuit board. The auto fixed contact, down fixed contact, and up fixed contact are distributed on a straight line parallel to the common fixed contact. The third and fourth movable contacts are normally in sliding contact with the common fixed contact. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110180648 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICE AND THERMAL TRANSFER LINE PRINTER USING THE SAME - An intermediate transfer medium conveying device conveys an intermediate transfer medium by a drive force of one DC motor, in a normal feed direction where the intermediate transfer medium is wound on a winding reel and in a reverse feed direction where the intermediate transfer medium is wound on a feeding reel. The intermediate transfer medium conveying device includes a winding shaft that drives the winding reel during normal feed where the intermediate transfer medium is conveyed in the normal feed direction, a feeding shaft driving the feeding reel during reverse feed where the intermediate transfer medium is conveyed in the reverse feed direction, transmission means for normal feed that transmits a drive force of the DC motor to the winding shaft during the normal feed, and transmission means for reverse feed that transmits a drive force of the DC motor to the feeding shaft during the reverse feed. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110169770 | ANTENNA EMBEDDED INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE DEVICE - An antenna embedded input device includes an insulating substrate disposed along a sensing surface, measurement electrodes provided in the insulating substrate and detecting a touch of an object on the sensing surface, an antenna provided in the insulating substrate so as to surround the measurement electrodes and transmitting or receiving a balanced signal, a grounding terminal provided in the insulating substrate, and a grounding conductor connecting an electric midpoint of the antenna to the grounding terminal. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110147186 | SWITCH DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SNAP ACTION MECHANISM - A switch device includes a housing having a receiving portion; an operation member that receives a pressing operation; a plurality of fixed contact points provided in the receiving portion side by side at predetermined intervals; a plurality of movable contact points having contact point portions that come into sliding contact with the fixed contact points; and a snap action mechanism that drives the movable contact points when the operation member is pressed to a predetermined position. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110133992 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - In an antenna apparatus, two pattern antennas are arranged side by side in an area close to a ground conductor layer on a surface of a dielectric substrate, in such a manner as to be formed substantially line-symmetrical with each other. Each of the pattern antennas includes a radiation element having a feed coupler, a mutual coupler, and a feed element fed by a high frequency circuit unit. An open end of the radiation element is located near the ground conductor layer. The feed element and the feed coupler are capacitively coupled with each other, whereby the radiation element is excited. At the excitation, the mutual couplers that extend substantially in parallel with and close to each other are capacitively coupled with each other, and hence, polarization planes of the electric fields radiated from the radiation elements can be made orthogonal to each other. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110133728 | ANGLE SENSOR - An angle sensor includes: a magnet mounted in a rotatable rotation body so as to be rotatable with the rotation body; a circular yoke extending in a circular shape so as to surround an outer circumferential surface of the magnet around a rotation shaft of the magnet and having a notched portion in a part thereof in an extension direction of the circular yoke; and a magneto-resistive effect element disposed in the notched portion and detecting a direction of a magnetic field generated in the notched portion. A rotation angle of the magnet matches a direction of a magnetic field applied to the GMR element. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110095942 | WIRELESS SENSOR APPARATUS - A wireless sensor apparatus includes first and second polarization antennas whose polarization surfaces of radiation waves are mutually orthogonal, a first mixer circuit connected to the first polarization antenna and configured to input a first reception signal received by the first polarization antenna, a second mixer circuit connected to the second polarization antenna and configured to input a second reception signal received by the second polarization antenna, a signal generation circuit configured to generate pulse signals fed to the first and second polarization antennas and also supplied to the first and second mixer circuits, and a differential amplification circuit configured to perform a differential amplification on a mixed output obtained by mixing the first reception signal and the pulse signal by the first mixer circuit and a mixed output obtained by mixing the second reception signal and the pulse signal by the second mixer circuit. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095936 | WIRELESS SENSOR APPARATUS - A wireless sensor apparatus controls, in a case where wireless waves are radiated by feeding pulse signals generated by a signal generation circuit to antennas, an operation timing of the signal generation circuit and a path from the signal generation circuit to the antennas in such a manner that after a prior pulse signal is fed to the antenna and simultaneously supplied to a mixer circuit, at a proximate timing which does not overlap with a pulse width of the prior pulse signal supplied to the antenna and the mixer circuit, a next pulse signal is fed to the antenna and simultaneously supplied to a mixer circuit. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110090150 | INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device includes a touch pad that detects a touch position of a finger, at least two button operation units that are provided around the touch pad, a pad signal processing unit that processes a detection signal from the touch pad to generate a pad signal and processes a detection signal from the button operation units to generate a button signal, a stick pointer that is provided at a position farther away from a user than the touch pad and detects an operation in the tilting direction, a stick signal processing unit that processes a detection signal from the stick pointer to generate a stick signal, and, an operation signal generating unit that receives the pad signal, the button signal, and the stick signal. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090069 | VARIABLE OPERATION SENSATION INPUT DEVICE - A variable operation sensation input device includes: an operation member slidable along a plane including first and second directions perpendicular to each other; a first driving member including a first engagement portion driven by sliding movement of the operation member in the first direction; a second driving member including a second engagement portion driven by sliding movement of the operation member in the second direction; a first motor connected to the first driving member via a first power transmission section; a second motor connected to the second driving member via a second power transmission section; a first detection section detecting a movement state of the operation member in the first direction; a second detection section detecting a movement state of the operation member in the second direction; and a control section controlling a driving of the motors on the basis of outputs of the first and second detection sections. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110086595 | TRANSCEIVER AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A transceiver includes a transmitting/receiving electrode that comes into contact with or is capacitively coupled to a human body, serving as a transmission medium, a receiving mechanism connected to the transmitting/receiving electrode, and a transmitting mechanism connected to the transmitting/receiving electrode. Upon signal transmission, the receiving mechanism is open-circuited as viewed from the transmitting/receiving electrode to allow the impedance on the transmitting mechanism side as viewed from the transmitting/receiving electrode to match that of the human body. Upon signal reception, the transmitting mechanism is open-circuited as viewed from the transmitting/receiving electrode to allow the impedance on the receiving mechanism side as viewed from the transmitting/receiving electrode to match that of the human body. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110072995 | PRINTER HAVING DETACHABLY MOUNTED PLATEN ROLLER - A printer includes a platen roller that is detachably supported on a support section that is formed in a frame, and a head unit that is supported on the frame and can be moved in a direction in which the head unit is brought into pressure-contact with the platen roller, The printer also includes a regulating member that is movably supported on the frame, and the regulating member has a regulating section that regulates a shaft of the platen roller to deviate from the support section and a pressing section that is arranged on the opposite side to the regulating section, with the head unit interposed therebetween. A first plate spring that presses the head unit against the platen roller and a second plate spring that presses the pressing section so as to bias the regulating member in a direction in which the regulating section can regulate the shaft are provided in an area on the opposite to the platen roller, with the head unit interposed therebetween. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110045262 | BONDED MEMBER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A microchip plate made such that polymer substrates made, in particular, of a cycloolefin polymer (COP) or a cycloolefin copolymer (COC) can be appropriately bonded to each other and a process for producing the microchip plate are provided. A microchip plate ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20100319556 | LABEL PRINTER - A label printer includes a tray, a tray transport means, a print mechanism, a disk holding mechanism, a disk release mechanism, a carriage transport means and a control means. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100304671 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC FIELD COMMUNICATION - A casing contains a circuit substrate. A signal electrode for transmitting and/or receiving an electronic field signal is arranged on a first surface side of the casing. The signal electrode is electrically connected to a conductor, which is an apparatus component, of the circuit substrate. A battery and a reference electrode having an electric field reference potential, which are apparatus components, are arranged on the second surface side of the casing. The sum (Cst) of a capacitance between the signal electrode and the transmission medium and a capacitance between the apparatus component and the transmission medium generated while the first surface is facing the transmission medium is approximately equal to the sum (Cgt) of capacitances between the apparatus components and the transmission medium generated while the second surface is facing the transmission medium. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100288615 | KEYBOARD DEVICE - A keyboard device includes: a plurality of arranged key tops; a support mechanism which supports each of the key tops so as to be elevatable; a membrane switch which outputs a switch signal when the key top moves down with an operation of the support mechanism performed upon pressing the key top; and an illumination mechanism which includes a light source and a light guiding member, and propagates light of the light source to the inside of the light guiding member so as to illuminate the key top, wherein the light guiding member is provided with a plurality of groove portions provided in the course of a path of the light and changing a light advancing direction, and wherein the light reaches the key top by the groove portions. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100283753 | INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device an embodiment of the present invention includes an input pad having an input face; a detection unit configured to detect an indicator touched on the input face; and a control unit configured to display content on a display device based on an input signal obtained from the detection unit. Herein, the control unit includes a processing unit configured to scroll the display content based on an input signal; and a determination unit configured to detect the movement speed of the indicator so as to be compared with a preset threshold value for determination. The processing unit has a first operation processing module and a second operation processing module for scrolling the display content. The display content is scrolled using one of the first operation processing module and the second operation processing module, based on a determination result from the determination unit. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100271482 | IMAGING ELEMENT UNIT - An imaging element unit includes an imaging element configured to include an imaging surface having a plurality of R pixels, G pixels and B pixels, and an infrared cut filter configured to be placed in a position immediately in front of the imaging surface, wherein the transmittance characteristics of the infrared cut filter is determined so that an RGB combined relative sensitivity which is a combined value of unique sensitivities of the R pixels, the G pixels and the B pixels and a relative sensitivity of the imaging surface determined by the transmittance characteristics of the infrared cut filter show each of the following sensitivities with the respect to each of the following wavelengths longer than 600 nm. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271301 | INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device includes an input pad; a detector which detects a position of an indicating object coming into contact with the input pad; and a processor which controls a display state of an image displayed on a display on the basis of an input signal obtained from the detector, wherein an input surface of the input pad is provided with a detection region for detecting a specific input operation, and wherein when the processor receives the input signal corresponding to the specific input operation given from the indicating object onto the detection region, the processor rotates the image. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100270866 | MAGNETIC COUPLING TYPE ISOLATOR - A magnetic coupling type isolator includes: a magnetic field generator for generating an external magnetic field by an input signal; a magnetoresistive element for detecting the external magnetic field and converting the detected magnetic field into an electric signal, the magnetoresistive element being electrically insulated from the magnetic field generator and positioned in a location capable of being magnetically coupled so as to be overlapped with the magnetic field generator as seen in a top plan view; first and second shield films overlapped with the magnetic field generator and the magnetoresistive element as seen in a top plan view; and a third shield film disposed to surround the magnetoresistive element. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100270865 | MAGNETIC COUPLING TYPE ISOLATOR - A magnetic coupling type isolator includes: a magnetic field generator for generating an external magnetic field by an input signal; a magnetoresistive element for detecting the external magnetic field and converting the detected magnetic field into an electric signal, the magnetoresistive element being electrically insulated from the magnetic field generator and positioned in a location capable of being magnetically coupled so as to be overlapped with the magnetic field generator as seen in a top plan view; and first and second shield films overlapped with the magnetic field generator and the magnetoresistive element as seen in a top plan view, wherein a distance between the magnetoresistive element and the second shield film is set to 8 to 100 μm. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100265714 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A laser light source device includes a light source unit that emits laser light, an optical axis adjusting unit that adjusts an optical axis of the laser light, and a mounting member on which the optical axis adjusting unit is mounted. The optical axis adjusting unit includes an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the positions of a lens in X- and Y-axis directions. The adjustment mechanism includes an X-axis moving part that is movable in the X-axis direction, a Y-axis moving part that is moved together with the X-axis moving part in the Y-axis direction, X-axis adjusting means that is provided at the X-axis moving part and adjusts the position of the lens in the X-axis direction, and Y-axis adjusting means that is provided at the Y-axis moving part and adjusts the position of the lens in the Y-axis direction. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100261389 | CONNECTION APPARATUS - There is provided a connection apparatus for an electronic component which is able to conveniently and rapidly perform attachment and detachment of a relay board without touching elastic contact points. The relay board is integrally formed by stacking a first cover, a relay sheet and a second cover. The relay board may be handled by picking up holding target sections which are formed on opposite end parts of the first cover without touching spiral contacts (elastic contact points). Further, when hold members are pivoted to be set in an open state by manipulating manipulation sections, the relay board may be mounted on a bottom surface of an mounting section, and when the hold members are pivoted to return to a hold state, the holding target sections are held by claw sections. Accordingly, the relay board can be conveniently and rapidly mounted and detached. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100260975 | RESIN BONDING METHOD BY PHOTOIRRADIATION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN ARTICLE, RESIN ARTICLE PRODUCED BY THE SAME METHOD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING MICROCHIP, AND MICROCHIP PRODUCED BY THE SAME METHOD - A resin bonding method according to the present invention is a resin bonding method for bonding a first resin and a second resin including (I) a step of irradiating spaces containing oxygen molecules with vacuum ultraviolet light having a wavelength of 175 nm or less, the spaces being in contact with surfaces of the first and second resins; and (II) a step of, after the irradiation, subjecting the surfaces to temperature rise while the surfaces are in contact with each other, to bond the first resin and the second resin together with the surfaces serving as bonding surfaces. In the step (I), the surfaces of the first and second resins may be further irradiated with the vacuum ultraviolet light. In this case, a light amount of the vacuum ultraviolet light having reached the surfaces is preferably, for example, 0.1 J/cm | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259495 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a coordinate input member which has a predetermined area and detects a position touched with an indicator, and a detection member which detects that the coordinate input member has been pressed. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100251834 | LOAD SENSOR - A load sensor includes a base substrate having two holes as two fixing portions to a frame member as a detection object, a pair of strain detecting elements provided on a surface of the base substrate, and input-output terminals provided on the surface of the base substrate. The strain detecting elements are arranged in a region that is between the holes and is opposite the input-output terminals with respect to at least one of the holes. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100238256 | PRINTER AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING CONVEYING DISTANCE OF RECORDING SHEET - A printer includes printing unit provided on a conveying path of a recording sheet and sheet feed unit provided on the downstream and upstream sides of the printing unit in a conveying direction of a recording sheet. The printer includes a platen roller, a first sheet feed roller, a second sheet feed roller, a first branch transmission gear group, a second branch transmission gear group, and thrust amount adjusting unit. A tooth trace of one of the gears of each of the first and second branch transmission gear groups has an inclination angle with respect to an axial direction, and the first and second branch transmission gear groups are formed of first and second idler gears including inclined gear portions of which inclined directions of tooth traces are the same as each other. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100231680 | THERMAL HEAD - A thermal head includes: a head substrate including a plurality of heating elements arranged in a row; and a heat dissipation member supporting the head substrate, wherein heat from the heating elements is transferred to the heat dissipation member through the head substrate, a surface of the heat dissipation member opposing the head substrate is provided with a heat accumulation adjusting groove which has a recessed shape along the arrangement direction of the row of the heating elements, and both edge portions of the surface of the heat dissipation member in a width direction of the heat accumulation adjusting groove come in contact with a rear surface of the head substrate opposing the heat dissipation member, the width direction being perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the heating elements. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100230265 | DRIVE UNIT - A switch section includes a common terminal connected to a terminal at one end of each of a pair of motors, a first terminal connected to a terminal at the other end of one of the motors and a second terminal connected to a terminal at the other end of the other of the motors, and three-contact switches each including one common contact and two switching contacts. In the switch section two switches corresponding to one direction selected from the up and down directions form a switch group, at least one switch corresponding to the other direction selected from the up and down directions is provided, two switches corresponding to one direction selected from the left and right directions form a switch group, and at least one switch corresponding to the other direction selected from the left and right directions is provided. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100230181 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes: a first electrode which is positioned on a support side; a second electrode which is positioned on an operation side so as to face the first electrode with a distance therebetween and which moves closer to the first electrode due to an operation pressure; a first capacitance detection unit which detects a change in electrostatic capacitance from a change in potential or current of the second electrode when a human finger has been moved closer to the second electrode; and a second capacitance detection unit which detects a change in electrostatic capacitance from a change in potential or current of the first electrode when the second electrode has been moved closer to the first electrode. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100224901 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light-emitting device includes an n-type semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, a light-emitting layer formed on the n-type semiconductor layer, a p-type semiconductor layer formed on the light-emitting layer, and an electrode layer formed on the p-type semiconductor layer. A through hole is formed in the electrode layer and filled with a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is composed of a dielectric material having a dielectric constant such that the wavelength λ | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100216318 | ROTATING CONNECTOR ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE - An attachment structure is provided for attaching a stator member of a rotating connector to a bracket fitted into a steering column while being positioned. The bracket is provided with engaging recess grooves having first and second reference surfaces each orthogonal to each other, which are arranged along the axial direction of a steering shaft, and the stator member is provided with engaging protrusions respectively inserted into the corresponding engaging recess grooves. An elastic tongue piece for elastically urging the engaging protrusions on the first reference surface is formed in the engaging recess groove. Elastic tongue pieces for elastically urging the engaging protrusions on the second reference surfaces are formed on the engaging protrusions. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100202731 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical waveguide includes a cladding film and a core formed integrally with the cladding film. The core includes a light guide portion formed on one surface of the cladding film, a light input portion, and a light output portion, the light input portion and the light output portion being formed in through-holes formed in the cladding film. A mirror surface is respectively formed at a connecting portion between the light guide portion and the light input portion and a connecting portion between the light guide portion and the light output portion. In manufacturing the optical waveguide, the cladding film is brought into close contact with a surface of a mold, the surface having a recessed groove thereon, and a UV-curable resin is injected under pressure through one of the through-holes opened in the cladding film into the recessed groove. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201644 | INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - When a finger is moved in a circle along a curved path after being moved along a linear path in a first function region of an input surface of an input pad, vertical scrolling is continuously performed. When the finger is moved in a circle along another curved path after being moved along another linear path in a second function region, horizontal scrolling is continuously performed. By inverting the circling direction by an operation of the finger, the scrolling direction is switched to the reverse direction. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100184373 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile phone includes a display unit for visually confirming the information and an input unit for inputting the information. The display unit includes a display element, and the input unit includes an operation button. The mobile phone contains an electrode pair formed of a human side electrode and an external electrode for human body communication inside the casing. The mobile phone has the external electrode disposed around the display unit, and the human side electrode disposed around the input unit. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100176973 | INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An input device with a hollow portion therein at a neutral position includes a return member capable of self-returning to the neutral position upon deformation, a magnetic member movable in three mutually-orthogonal axial directions accompanied with the deformation of the return member, and a plurality of magnetic sensors individually detecting the position of the magnetic member in the three axial directions with respect to the neutral position. The three-dimensional operation of the magnetic member may be easily detected by a simplified structure and the magnetic member is located with high accuracy. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100170722 | LOAD DETECTING DEVICE, SEAT, AND LOAD SENSOR - A load detecting device includes: a load sensor which outputs a signal in response to a load; and a plurality of tensile members which support the load sensor in a state where the load sensor is tensioned in multiple directions and stretch the load sensor in the multiple directions by receiving the load, wherein the load sensor outputs a signal in response to the load received by the plurality of tensile members on the basis of tensile forces of the plurality of tensile members. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100166369 | CROSS-TYPE LIGHT GUIDE - With the width d of the incidence-side light guide portion of a first light guide and the width d of the incidence-side light guide portion of a second light guide, the width W | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165659 | PLANAR LIGHT GUIDE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A planar light guide includes recesses formed in the upper and lower surfaces thereof. The recesses in the lower surface are perpendicular to the recesses in the upper surface. In a state in which light sources emit light into the planar light guide, when an X-direction driving mechanism is driven and the planar light guide is deformed in the X directions, the recesses in the upper surface are opened, so that the lower surface side can perform surface emission of light. When a Y-direction driving mechanism is driven and the planar light guide is deformed in the Y directions, the recesses in the lower surface are opened, so that the upper surface side can perform surface emission of light. By selectively driving the X-direction driving mechanism or the Y-direction driving mechanism, the position from which light is output, the amount of light, or the direction of light can be changed. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100141250 | MAGNETIC SENSOR MODULE - In a magnetic sensor module, using die-bond resin as a joining material, a Z-axis magnetic sensor is mounted onto a substrate having a wire formed on its principal surface. The Z-axis magnetic sensor having electrode pads formed on its bottom surface is tilted by 90 degrees and mounted onto the substrate. Therefore, the electrode pads are positioned at a side surface thereof. A joining material accommodation area which the die-bond resin can fill is provided at the surface of the Z-axis magnetic sensor opposing the principal surface of the substrate. This joining material accommodation area has a grooved structure. At the surface of the Z-axis magnetic sensor opposing the principal surface of the substrate, the grooved structure is provided at an end portion near the wire formed on the substrate. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100140651 | DIFFRACTION GRATING LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - The present invention provides a diffraction grating light-emitting diode in which the external quantum efficiency is improved by appropriately setting the period of holes when the holes are two-dimensionally periodically formed. A light-emitting diode is configured by laminating, on a sapphire substrate, an n-type GaN layer, an InGaN/GaN active layer, a p-type GaN layer, and a transparent electrode layer. Further, a large number of holes are two-dimensionally periodically formed in the transparent electrode layer, the p-type GaN layer, the InGaN/GaN active layer, and the n-type GaN layer so as to extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to these layers. Assuming that the non-radiative recombination rate is v | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100118560 | CAPACITANCE-TYPE SENSOR - A plurality of detection electrodes, connection electrodes, and wires are integrally formed on one surface of a light guide to produce a capacitance-type sensor integral with the light guide. The electrodes are partially formed on a curved portion of the light guide. A resin layer allows an outer case and the light guide to be tightly secured to each other. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100104275 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device for zooming and shutter releasing includes a shutter release button; a pressing protrusion; a tact switch located on a substrate and configured to be pressed when the shutter release button is pressed downward; a rotary member rotatably supported at the periphery of the shutter release button; a magnet configured to be rotated in association with rotation of the rotary member, the magnet having a through hole at the center thereof, the pressing protrusion supported to extend through the through hole; and a magnetic sensor located at a position to face the through hole in the height direction and configured to detect a rotational magnetic field that is generated by the magnet because of the rotation of the rotary member, the tact switch and the magnetic sensor arranged side by side on the substrate. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100097246 | INPUT DEVICE AND KEYBOARD DEVICE HAVING ILLUMINATION FUNCTION - An input device includes a plurality of manipulation portions; an input function portion manipulated by the manipulation portions to perform an input function; a light guiding sheet facing the rear side of the plurality of manipulation portions; and a light source applying light into the light guiding sheet, wherein a rear surface opposite to a front surface of the light guiding sheet facing the manipulation portions is provided with a plurality of concave portions which is depressed to the inside of the light guiding sheet, wherein each concave portion has a circular opening and an inner surface which is a smooth concave curve surface, and wherein light propagated through the inside of the light guiding sheet is reflected by the inner surface toward the inside of the light guiding sheet, and the light is applied from the front surface of the light guiding sheet to the manipulation portions. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100090689 | POSITION DETECTION MAGNET AND POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS - A position detection apparatus includes a position detection target member, a magnet that moves in accordance with movement of the position detection target member, and a plurality of magnetic detectors provided on a surface opposite a movement plane of the magnet. A flat yoke is provided on the reverse face of the magnet. The magnetic polarity of a peripheral side part of the magnet is opposite to the magnetic polarity of a center part thereof. The peripheral side part is formed at a regional range that can be defined on the basis of a predetermined distance(s) measured from a side edge of the yoke. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100079135 | MAGNETIC DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME, AND ANGLE DETECTING APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS, AND MAGNETIC SWITCH EACH INCLUDING THE MAGNETIC DETECTING DEVICE - In a magnetic detecting device, conductive patterns are formed on a substrate in a surrounding region outside chips, except for a region between the chips. Inner connection pads formed on each of the chips are wire-bonded to their corresponding conductive patterns, so that the chips are electrically connected to each other. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079134 | POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS USING MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT - A circular surface of a magnet is magnetized to an N-pole, and a back surface is magnetized to an S-pole. A detection unit moves in an X-Y plane at a position apart from the surface of the magnet. An X-direction detection element and a Y-direction detection element are installed in the detection unit. Both the X-direction detection element and the Y-direction detection element are magnetoresistive effect elements each having the bias magnetic field in a B-direction applied to a free magnetic layer directed perpendicular to the surface of the magnet. Each bias magnetic field is stabilized both in the X-direction detection element and the Y-direction detection element such that the detection unit accurately provides position detection output values in the X- and Y-directions. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100066359 | MAGNETIC DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL PRODUCT - An integrated circuit is provided with two output terminals and a mode switch circuit which includes a pair of switch terminals. The mode switch circuit is allowed to switch the output mode between the 1-output mode for outputting the (+) magnetic field detection signal and the (−) magnetic field detection signal from the output terminal, and the 2-output mode for outputting the (+) magnetic field signal from the output terminal as one of the output terminals, and the (−) magnetic field detection signal from the output terminal as the other output terminal in accordance with the shortcircuit state or the non-shortcircuit state between the switch terminals. The switch terminals are exposed on the surface of the device, and the shortcircuit state and the non-shortcircuit state may be externally adjusted. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100060268 | ANGLE SENSOR - A magnet which is attached to a rotary body and which is rotatable together with the rotary body; an annular yoke which extends annularly to surround an outer peripheral surface around a rotary shaft of the magnet and in which a notch portion is formed in a part in the extending direction; and a hall element which is disposed in the notch portion and which detects the strength of a magnetic field in the radial direction of the magnet and detects the strength of a magnetic field in the rotation angle direction perpendicular to the magnetic field in the radial direction of the magnet are provided. The angle of rotation of the magnet is calculated on the basis of signals corresponding to the magnetic field strengths in the radial direction and rotation angle direction detected by the hall element. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100055501 | TUNNELING MAGNETIC SENSING ELEMENT - A tunneling magnetic sensing element includes a laminate in which a pinned magnetic layer having a magnetization direction pinned, an insulating barrier layer, and a free magnetic layer having a magnetization direction variable with an external magnetic field are laminated in order from below. The insulating barrier layer is made of Mg—O. The free magnetic layer has a soft magnetic layer and an enhanced layer disposed between the soft magnetic layer and the insulating barrier layer to have a spin polarization ratio higher than the soft magnetic layer. An insertion magnetic layer made of one selected from Co—Fe—B, Co—B, Fe—B, and Co—Fe is inserted into the soft magnetic layer in a direction parallel to the interface of each layer constituting the laminate, and the soft magnetic layer is divided into multiple layers in a thickness direction through the insertion magnetic layer. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100055452 | TUNNELING MAGNETIC SENSING ELEMENT INCLUDING MGO FILM AS INSULATING BARRIER LAYER - A tunneling magnetic sensing element includes a laminate in which an underlayer, a seed layer, an antiferromagnetic layer, a pinned magnetic layer, an insulating barrier layer, and a free magnetic layer are laminated in order from below. The insulating barrier layer is made of Mg—O. The underlayer is made of Ti, and the seed layer is made of one selected from a group consisting of Ni—Fe—Cr and Ru. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053734 | LENS UNIT - A lens unit includes at least three lenses that are laminated and received in a lens barrel. The lenses include a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens that are laminated from the side of an object in this order. The first lens includes a first contact face that is formed at an outer peripheral portion thereof and comes in contact with the second lens, and a first opposite surface that is formed at an inner peripheral portion of the first contact face, is spaced from the second lens, and faces the second lens. The second lens includes a second contact face that is formed at a position closer to the center of the second lens than the first contact face and comes in contact with the third lens, and a second opposite surface that is formed at an outer peripheral portion of the second contact face, is spaced from the third lens, and faces the third lens. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100045764 | RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device presses a thermal head, where heating elements are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a transport direction of the print medium, against a printing surface of the print medium at a printing portion on a transport path of a print medium transported by a transport means, controls the flow of current selectively applied to the heating elements, and performs desired printing at a printing area on the printing surface. The print medium has a shape having portions where the contact lengths of the printing surface coming in contact with the heating elements in a width direction orthogonal to a transport direction of the print medium are different in the transport direction. A pressing load of the thermal head is frequently adjusted according to the contact length of the printing surface of the print medium. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100029203 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus includes a transmitter configured to supply an information signal as an electric field to a transmission medium; a receiver configured to detect the electric field through the transmission medium to acquire the information signal; an insulating casing that accommodates at least one of the transmitter and the receiver; and a filling member that is arranged at least one of between the casing and the transmitter and between the casing and the receiver. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026632 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A reflective display portion includes indication and background portions. A first reflective layer is formed on the indication portion, and a second reflective layer is formed on the background portion on an outer surface of a translucent sheet. Each of the indication and the background portions has a different reflectance value. A light limiting layer is formed on an inner surface of the sheet at an inner side of the second reflective layer so as to reduce a difference of a light transmittance between the indication portion and the background portion. When the external light reflects, the indication portion and the background portion of the reflective display portion are observable owing to the difference of the light reflectance. The light from the light emitting display portion transmits the indication and background portions such that the display content of the light emitting display portion is observable. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100009628 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A data communication system includes a transmission medium such as a human body for transmitting an information signal via an electric field, a mobile device including a sender for imparting the electric field in which the information signal is modulated to the transmission medium, a stationary device including a receiver for detecting the electric field via the transmission medium and demodulating the electric field into the information signal, a floor cover arranging the stationary device and also being contacted by the transmission medium, in which the floor cover has a communication area contacted by the transmission medium where a data communication is performed between the mobile device and the stationary device, and the communication area is in a state of being electrically floating with respect to the floor cover. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100009101 | PRINT SHEET - A print sheet which is transported by transporting means and inserted between a thermal head and a platen which are disposed to oppose to each other in a printing unit of a printer, which is to be used for printing, includes: a chamfered portion to decrease the sheet thickness of at least one surface of the front and rear surfaces and which is formed at the end portion in the supply direction of the printing unit. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007605 | POINTING DEVICE - A pointing device includes an operation body that operates a cursor moving on a display screen, a detection unit that detects an operating force applied to the operation body, a cursor control unit that generates cursor movement data according to the operating force, a communication control unit that outputs the cursor movement data to the outside, and a central control unit that controls the operation of the units. The cursor control unit includes a cursor-speed determining unit and a recording unit. The cursor-speed determining unit determines cursor moving speed in an X-Y plane direction by a predetermined reference function from an operating force in an X-Y plane direction and an operating force in a perpendicular z axis direction perpendicular to the X-Y plane direction that are detected by the detection unit. The recording unit stores the reference function. The cursor-speed determining unit changes the reference function in accordance with the magnitude of the operating force in the perpendicular Z axis direction, and determines the cursor moving speed in the X-Y plane direction by the changed function. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100003917 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system according to the present invention includes a transmitter for applying a transmission signal to a human body as an electric field, and a receiver for receiving the transmission signal by detecting the electric field via the human body. The receiver includes a reception electrode which faces the human body, a resonance circuit formed of a resonance inductor and a resonance capacitor, and a coupling capacitor for capacitively coupling the reception electrode and the resonance circuit. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100003870 | CONTACT SHEET AND CONNECTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A support portion of an elastic contactor is located in a fixed region surrounded by a plurality of openings on a contact sheet. The support portion extends over the substantially entire fixed region and along the outer rims of the surrounding openings. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20090315966 | THERMAL HEAD - A thermal head includes a substrate; a plurality of driver ICs configured to be arranged in a main scanning direction; a heater element configured to include a heat storage layer, a heating resistor layer which is made of a plurality of pairs of effective heating portions, and an electrode layer which is patterned to supply electricity to the heating resistor layer; and a protective layer configured to cover a surface of the heater element, wherein the folded electrode is formed by adjusting an area thereof such that a heat distribution of each heating resistor becomes uniform. In such a thermal head, the number of manufacturing processes or the cost does not increase and a heat distribution becomes uniform, so that a good printing result having good a degree of gloss and image can be obtained. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090305056 | THERMAL HEAD - A thermal head has three-layer structure that includes a heat insulating layer on which heating elements are formed, a heat radiating layer that is provided under the heat insulating layer, and a heat storing layer that is provided under the heat radiating layer. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090293295 | AZIMUTH CALCULATION PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC COMPASS - An azimuth calculation program is a computer-executable program that performs an azimuth calculation using output of a magnetic sensor. The azimuth calculation program includes a first step of generating one triangle in three-dimensional space using three output values of a magnetic sensor unit, a second step of determining a circumcircle of the triangle, and a third step of performing an azimuth calculation using center coordinates of the circumcircle and output values of the magnetic sensor. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090293294 | SENSOR CHIP, DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DETECTION DEVICE - A detection device includes an X-axis magnetic sensor, a Y-axis magnetic sensor, and a Z-axis magnetic sensor each having a sensing axis for detecting a geomagnetic azimuth and a sensor controlling semiconductor. The magnetic sensors are selected from those fabricated from the same wafer, each having the same structure, and directly mounted on the circuit substrate by directing the respective sensing axes of the magnetic sensors at different predetermined angles. Electrodes of the magnetic sensors for conducting the sensor controlling semiconductor are located in a parallel row at one side of the sensing surface. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090289918 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a plurality of X scan electrodes, a plurality of Y scan electrodes, and common detection electrode forming capacitance with the X scan electrodes and the Y scan electrodes. In the cycles, a second driving signal is supplied to the same Y scan electrode, and in each of the cycles, a first driving signal is sequentially supplied to the X scan electrodes. Two positions touched by fingers are detected from detection current to be obtained by the detection electrodes. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090284496 | CAPACITIVE MOTION DETECTION DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE USING THE SAME - When a motion in the X-axis direction is detected, first electrodes are set as drive electrodes, and second electrodes are set as detection electrodes. A switching circuit performs switching so as to electrically connect a drive circuit to the first electrodes, electrically connect a first detection circuit to one of the second electrodes, and electrically connect a second detection circuit to the other second electrode. In a motion detection circuit in which connections are established in this manner, the drive circuit drives the drive electrodes, and then the position of an object to be detected in the X-axis direction is obtained from the difference between capacitances detected by the first and second detection circuits at this time. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284465 | CAPACITIVE MOTION DETECTION DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE USING THE SAME - When the mode is switched to a motion detection mode, using a changeover switch, the mode is switched to the motion detection mode by pressing the changeover switch. In this mode, motion detection is performed by moving a hand in an area to be operated. When the mode is switched from the motion detection mode to a normal mode, the hand is moved away from the area to be operated, or the changeover switch is again pressed. Moreover, when the hand is distant from a capacitive sensor, it is determined that a motion input operation is being performed. When the hand is close to the capacitive sensor, it is determined that no motion input operation is being performed, and thus the motion detection mode is changed. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090280657 | CARD CONNECTOR MECHANISM AND CARD ADAPTER HAVING THE CARD CONNECTOR MECHANISM - [Object] To provide a low-profile card connector mechanism and a card adapter having the card connector mechanism. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090275221 | CARD CONNECTOR - A card connector includes a housing which allows a card to inserted thereinto, and a plurality of terminal members which is arranged in the housing, and is respectively connectable to a plurality of external connections provided on the bottom face of the card. The plurality of terminal members is composed of first terminal members which are arranged on an inner bottom face of the housing, are provided side to side along an insertion direction of the card, and are connectable to first external connections of the plurality of external connections of the card which are provided on the side of a rear end of the card, and second terminal members which are connectable to second external connections of the plurality of external connections of the card which are provided on the side of a front end of the card. The card connector also includes a driving member which is able to displace the first terminal members which are provided on the inner bottom face of the housing, and located nearer to an insertion slot of the card when the card is inserted in a direction apart from the second external connections of the card. The driving member is provided with a grounding portion which is located nearer to the insertion slot of the card than the first terminal members. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273931 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND INPUT UNIT WITH ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A recess portion is formed in a substrate to accommodate a light emitting element so as to be sealed with a sealant. A light guide layer formed of a thin transparent resin film is fixed onto the substrate via an adhesive layer to realize an illuminating device with a thin structure. The light emitted from the light emitting element is irradiated into the light guide layer via the sealant and the adhesive layer. The light fully reflecting on the boundary surfaces between the light guide layer and the adhesive layer, and between the light guide layer and the air layer passes inside the light guide layer. Then the light which has not fully reflected leaks outside from the surface of the transparent resin film which forms the light guide layer. This makes it possible to illuminate the surface of the illumination device | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090268006 | LINE THERMAL PRINTER - A line thermal printer includes a platen roller and a line thermal head including a plurality of heating elements. The heating elements are disposed to face the entire area of a recording sheet in a width direction of the recording sheet and selectively generate heat. The recording sheet is interposed between the platen roller and the line thermal head. The line thermal printer performs printing at the interposed position on the recording sheet by the selective generation of heat of the heating elements while the recording sheet is moved. The line thermal printer includes a foreign material blocking member. The foreign material blocking member is disposed upstream of the interposed position to come in contact with an upper surface of the recording sheet, and prevents foreign materials, which are placed on the upper surface of the recording sheet, from being moved toward the interposed position. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090263995 | CARD ADAPTER - A card adapter mounted on a card connector in a state where a card is held is provided. The card adapter includes an adapter body guided by a guide member which guides a separate card different from the card when being mounted to the card connector, and mounted on the card connector so as not to come into contact with contact terminals for the separate card; and a holding portion making the card held by the adapter body in a state where a rear end of the card is made to protrude from a rear end of the adapter body. The holding portion includes an ejection mechanism ejected by once pressing the card held by the adapter body toward the deep side. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090263094 | Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090263027 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing method, extraction points are set inside the draw line as the region with less luminance change relative to the periphery, and extraction points are set on the background outside the draw line in a sample image such as a letter and a number. Pixel data of the extraction points are used to obtain the normalization correlation coefficient with respect to the target image in the determination region. As the template data are generated using pixel data of two groups of the extraction points with clear contrast in the luminance difference therebetween, the true image to be determined as being the same as the template image is detected accurately through the calculation for a short period of time. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262466 | MAGNETIC SENSOR AND MAGNETIC ENCODER USING SAME - Soft magnetic material elements are provided on both sides of each of magneto-resistance effect elements with a spacing therebetween. As a result, an external magnetic field generated from a magnet can be pulled to above a substrate on which the magneto-resistance effect element is provided, thereby making it possible to amplify the external magnetic field to be applied to the magneto-resistance effect element to more than in the related art. Since a bias magnetic field is applied to a free magnetic layer, a magnetic sensor is resistant to a disturbance magnetic field. Moreover, since the external magnetic field applied to the magneto-resistance effect element can be amplified, even if the bias magnetic field is applied to the free magnetic layer, the magnetic detection sensitivity can be apparently improved to more than in the related art, thereby increasing the output. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090251830 | MAGNETIC DETECTOR - Magnetoresistive elements each have a layered structure including a pinned magnetic layer having a magnetization direction pinned in one direction, a free magnetic layer with magnetization being variable by an external magnetic field, and a nonmagnetic material layer arranged therebetween. Assuming that a center distance between a N-pole and a S-pole of a permanent magnet is λ, the magnetoresistive elements connected in series are arranged in a direction parallel to a relative movement direction with a center distance λ arranged therebetween. Interfaces in the layers of the layered structure of each of the magnetoresistive elements are orthogonal to a facing surface of the permanent magnet, and are in the relative movement direction. The pinned magnetic layers of the magnetoresistive elements have magnetization directions, all the magnetization directions are orthogonal to the relative movement direction in a plane parallel to the interfaces. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090250154 | METHOD FOR BONDING METALLIC TERMINALS BY USING ELASTIC CONTACT - A connection electrode that is formed of solder on an electronic component side and a tip portion of an elastic contact contact each other at a contact portion. Regarding the elastic contact, a resistive layer is formed in the tip portion, and the tip portion is placed in a clearance of an induction coil. When a predetermined high-frequency current is passed through the induction coil, electromagnetic induction causes the resistive layer to generate heat. Solder that forms the connection electrode is melt, and flows onto the tip portion of the elastic contact. Thus, the tip portion of the elastic contact and the connection electrode can be strongly bonded together at the contact portion that is a single point therebetween. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090248352 | MOTION SENSING PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC COMPASS WITH MOTION SENSING PROGRAM - A motion sensing program for executing a motion sensing based on at least a biaxial output of a magnetic sensor, which includes the steps of determining with respect to execution of the motion sensing based on the output of the specific biaxial output of the magnetic sensor upon its rotation in a predetermined direction, and identifying the rotating direction when execution of the motion sensing is determined. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244905 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE WITH ILLUMINATION FUNCTION HAVING THE SAME - In an input device with an illumination function including an illumination device having light-emitting diodes, strip-like light-guide plates that distribute light emitted from the light-emitting diodes to the side surfaces other than a light-incident surface, and a planar light-guide plate that is provided with a plurality of through-holes and laterally propagates light incident from the strip-like light-guide plates and emits the light from through-holes, the planar light-guide plate is provided with strip-like light-guide-plate providing grooves at portions where the through-holes are not provided, and the strip-like light-guide plates are provided in the strip-like light-guide-plate providing grooves such that the side surfaces of the strip-like light-guide-plate providing grooves and the side surfaces of the strip-like light-guide plates face each other. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090231857 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE - A recess is formed in a substrate. A bare chip, i.e., a light-emitting diode, is installed in the recess and connected to conductive members on the substrate with leads. A light-guiding layer composed of a light-guiding elastomer is disposed on the surface of the substrate. A light-guiding cover layer is bonded on the surface, and the bare chip and the leads are embedded in the elastomer. Light emitted from the bare chip passes through the light-guiding elastomer and is guided along the surface of the substrate to an illumination portion. Since the bare chip and the leads are embedded in the elastomer, failures such as disconnections of the leads under application of external force are suppressed. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090229893 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a plurality of X scanning electrodes and a common detection electrode that forms capacitances together with the X scanning electrodes. A first driving signal is sequentially supplied to the X scanning electrodes, and a second driving signal is supplied to the X scanning electrodes other than the X scanning electrodes adjacent to the X scanning electrode supplied with the first driving signal. It is possible to detect two X scanning electrodes simultaneously approached by the fingers by detecting a current generated in the detection electrode when the first driving signal P and the second driving signal N are supplied. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090219594 | HOLOGRAM REPRODUCING DEVICE AND HOLOGRAM REPRODUCING METHOD - Disclosed is a hologram reproducing device and a hologram reproducing method capable of reading hologram data at a high speed with low power consumption. When a predetermined voltage is applied to some of the signal electrodes and the scanning electrodes arranged in a matrix, a pixel disposed at an intersection of the signal electrode and the scanning electrode is set as a transmission region, and reproduction light emitted from a hologram recording medium passes through a light control member through the transmission region and is then incident on a light receiving unit. Then, hologram data is reproduced. It is possible to switch the reproduction light passing through the light control member only by changing a combination of voltages applied to the signal electrode and the scanning electrode. Therefore, it is possible to improve the read speed of hologram data. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090201429 | TELEVISION TUNER - In the television tuner, between an input part of a VHF tuning circuit | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090197453 | CONNECTOR FOR CARD - A connector for a card includes first contact terminals that come in contact with first outer connection parts of a card to be fitted, and second contact terminals that come in contact with second outer connection parts of the card. Contact parts of the first contact terminals that come in contact with the first outer connection parts, and contact parts of the second contact terminals that come in contact with the second outer connection parts are formed to face directions orthogonal to each other. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090189342 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus including a printing unit that contacts or separates a thermal head with or from a platen using the driving force of a UD motor, one or more sheet feed units that include sheet feed rollers which are rotated forward or backward by the driving force of an LF motor transmitted through a transport gear group and pressure rollers which are supported between a pair of roller supporting members and are urged by elastic members to come into pressure contact with the sheet feed rollers, and are provided on an upstream side and a downstream side of the printing unit in a transport path of a recording sheet, a pressure release mechanism including a cam shaft that is rotatably provided so as to tilt the pair of roller supporting members of the sheet feed units against the urging force of the elastic members and separates the pressure rollers from the sheet feed rollers, and a pressure release gear group that transmits the driving force of the LF motor to the cam shaft of the pressure release mechanism, the driving force of the LF motor being transmitted to the pressure release gear group and the transport gear group. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090168130 | HOLOGRAM RECORDING METHOD AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE - A recording medium is stacked on a master recording body, to which reference beams are applied each at an incident angle. The interference between diffracted beams diffracted in the data storage sections of the master recording body and the reference beams in the recording medium occurs such that the data are transferred to the recording medium. The use of plural compact light sources for emitting the reference beams allows the recording device to be compact while reducing the power consumption. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167467 | DOUBLE-TUNING CIRCUIT OF TELEVISION TUNER - In a double-tuning circuit including a primary tuning circuit having a first inductor and a first variable capacitive element connected in parallel and a secondary tuning circuit having a second inductor and a second variable capacitive element connected in parallel, a fixed part of a copper-foil pattern is connected to a connection point at which the double-tuning circuit is connected to an input terminal of a frequency mixing circuit, and a tip part of the copper-foil pattern extends to near the first inductor, whereby a trap circuit for attenuating an image frequency component is formed. A pattern is formed between a ground-side terminal of the first inductor and the ground, and a capacitor is connected between a connection point at which the first inductor is connected to one terminal of the pattern and a ground-side terminal of the second variable capacitive element. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090147409 | MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT, MAGNETIC SENSOR, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT - The thickness of an antiferromagnetic layer (IrMn) and the thickness of a nonmagnetic interlayer (Cu) are adjusted so as to be within the area surrounded by boundaries a to f on the graph of | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147193 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel including a pair of substrates being disposed so as to oppose to each other and having electrodes and alignment films formed respectively on the opposing surfaces thereof, and liquid crystal layer in which nematic liquid crystal encapsulated between the pair of substrates is aligned in the horizontal direction to be at substantially 0° in twist angle by giving a pretilt in a predetermined direction by the alignment film, a polarizing plate(s) being arranged on the front side and back side of the liquid crystal panel and being set in direction of polarization to provide a black level when a drive voltage to be applied between the electrodes is brought into an OFF state, and optical compensating means disposed between the polarizing plate(s) and the liquid crystal panel for performing optical compensation for the liquid crystal layer. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090141613 | HOLOGRAM APPARATUS - A light-shielding member having a pinhole filter is disposed at a boundary between reference light emitted from a light source and reproduction light output from a holographic recording medium. The reproduction light passes through a pinhole formed on the pinhole filter and enters a light-shielded space in which a photodetector member is disposed. The pinhole is disposed at a position of a beam waist BW at which the beam diameter is at a minimum. Therefore, the photodetector member is prevented from detecting light other than the reproduction light. The pinhole filter includes the transparent substrate as a base material, and therefore blocks dust from entering the light-shielded space. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090141612 | HOLOGRAM REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND HOLOGRAM REPRODUCING METHOD - Almost all regions of a liquid crystal element | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090128614 | HEAD MECHANISM OF THERMAL PRINTER - A head mechanism of a thermal printer includes a platen roller rotatably supported by a housing, and a thermal head arranged at a front end of a head bearing member the front end of which is adapted to be rotatable about a rear end supported by the housing, and arranged to face the platen roller, and is constructed such that, during recording, a sheet provided for recording is sandwiched between the platen roller and the thermal head, and an electric current is selectively applied to heat-generating elements arranged in the thermal head, thereby obtaining desired recording. The thermal head and the platen roller are arranged to form a gap with a dimension smaller than the thickness of the sheet provided for recording during non-recording. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128510 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes an operation surface, a first detection means, a second detection means, an operation signal generating means, and a transmission means. The operation signal generating means generates an operation signal used to perform a first operation on a screen where a detection result of the first detection means has been reflected, if the duration of the detection, which is performed at the same contact position by the first detection means, is shorter than a predetermined time. The operation signal generating means generates an operation signal used to perform a second operation on the screen where a detection result of the second detection means has been reflected, as long as the detection is continued at the same contact position, if the duration of the detection, which is performed at the same contact position by the first detection means, reaches the predetermined time. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090127777 | SHEET FEED MECHANISM OF PRINTER, AND PRINTER - A sheet feed mechanism of a printer includes a sheet feed roller arranged so as to be rotatable about an axis in a direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction in plan view such that its apex is made to face a sheet conveying path on the downstream side in the sheet conveying direction, a sheet pressure-contact member arranged to be capable of pressing a sheet against the sheet feed roller, and a sheet trailing end guide portion having a guide surface which gradually guides a trailing end of the sheet released from abutment on the sheet feed roller toward the downstream in the sheet conveying direction. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090116745 | INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device includes an input member having an input pad and a detecting section that detects a position where an indicator touches the input pad and a processing section that inputs a character or a figure on the basis of an input signal obtained from the input member, a document tool board and a handwriting tool board are displayed on a display screen and an input locus display region where a locus drawn with the input pad is displayed and a character display region where a character or a symbol recognized from the locus is displayed are displayed when a document tool and a handwriting tool are started by a processing operation of the processing section, and the character or the symbol displayed in the character display region is transferred to the document tool by a predetermined operation. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090116146 | RECORDING-MEDIUM DRIVING DEVICE - When a medium casing is properly inserted, a first pair of projections and a second pair of projections are passed through between a first bottom surface and a second bottom surface of a chassis in the moving direction and are thus prevented from coming into contact with the first and second bottom surfaces, thereby allowing for smooth insertion of the medium casing. In contrast, when the medium casing is inserted improperly from its wrong end, one of the projections on the lower surface of the medium casing comes into abutment with the second bottom surface of the chassis near the opening. Accordingly, an improperly inserted medium casing can be prevented from being inserted any further at an early stage of the insertion process. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115407 | MOVABLE BODY POSITION DETECTING DEVICE - Disclosed is a technique for detecting the failure of a device without depending on A computer. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090110017 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor light-emitting element includes a semiconductor layer including a light-emitting layer, a refractive index gradient layer provided on a light extraction surface of the semiconductor layer, and a holding substrate bounded to an outer surface of the refractive index gradient layer with an adhesion layer interposed therebetween. A refractive index of the refractive index gradient layer is changed continuously or stepwise in a film thickness direction such that a semiconductor-layer-side refractive index is substantially equivalent to a refractive index of the semiconductor layer and a holding-substrate-side refractive index is substantially equivalent to a refractive index of the holding substrate. The refractive index gradient layer is formed by vapor plating. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109188 | INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device includes an input member having an input pad and a detecting section that detects a position where an indicator touches the input pad and a processing section that controls a display state on a display screen on the basis of an input signal obtained from the input member, and while an input tool for drawing at least one of character, symbol, and figure is being displayed on the display screen, the processing section displays a limited frame having a predetermined area on the display screen so as to overlap the input tool, and writes movement locus of the indicator touching the input pad within the limited frame and transfers the movement locus to the input tool such that at least one of the character, symbol, and figure is input to the input tool when the indicator touches the input pad. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090097379 | HOLOGRAM DEVICE - In a hologram device, a reflecting mirror is provided on a light path of reproduction light, the reproduction light is oriented in a direction parallel to an optical recording medium, and, then, a light-receiving member receives the light. Since the light-receiving member need not be provided in a thickness direction, even if a light path length is increased, the hologram device can be made thin. In addition, by using the reflecting mirror having a very small area, it is possible to restrict crosstalk even without a pinhole. Further, a light-receiving device is accommodated in a housing, and the reproduction light is incident upon the interior of the housing through a transparent cover, so that it is possible to prevent entry of dust. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090091895 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT MODULE - An electronic circuit module includes a circuit substrate whose two opposite side surfaces are provided with cutout portions; and a box-shaped cover body made of a metallic plate and having two claw segments individually disposed within the cutout portions, the cover body being attached to the circuit substrate so as to cover the top surface thereof. The circuit substrate has notches extending linearly inward beyond the opposite ends of each cutout portion from the corresponding side surface of the circuit substrate. The opposite ends of each claw segment in the width direction thereof are disposed facing linear sections of the corresponding notches within the corresponding cutout portion. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090090004 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board having a substrate composed of an insulation material, a via hole formed in the substrate, and a via land formed around the opening of the via hole on a surface of the substrate includes processes of measuring deformation of the substrate having the via hole formed therein, calculating a position where the via land is to be patterned on the basis of the deformation of the substrate measured in the measurement process, and patterning the via land at a position corrected on the basis of the value calculated in the calculation process. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090086371 | RECORDING-MEDIUM DRIVING DEVICE - When a medium casing is moved deep into a device, a reference guide pin with a greater length provided in a driving-device body is first inserted into a first positioning hole of the medium casing and a subsidiary guide pin is subsequently inserted into a second positioning hole. This implies that the medium casing is guided deep into the device on the basis of the reference guide pin having a greater diameter. Therefore, even when the medium casing is inserted in a displaced state in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction, such displacement can be compensated for gradually with the movement of the medium casing. This ensures proper connection between a plurality of external terminals of the medium casing and a plurality of connector pins of the driving-device body. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090081821 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - A semiconductor layer is provided on a surface of a sapphire substrate, the sapphire substrate having smooth surfaces. A support substrate is mounted on an electrode formation surface of the semiconductor layer. A surface portion of the semiconductor layer is melted, and the sapphire substrate is separated from the semiconductor layer at an interface between the sapphire substrate and the semiconductor layer, thereby exposing the semiconductor layer. While the surface portion of the exposed semiconductor layer is melted, the holding substrate with projections/depressions or stripe grooves is pressed against the surface portion of the semiconductor layer, so that the projections/depressions or stripe grooves formed in the holding substrate are transferred onto the surface portion of the semiconductor layer. The support substrate is separated from the semiconductor layer at an interface between the semiconductor layer and the support substrate. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090079296 | ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR - When a mover during moving is displaced in a direction (X2 direction) perpendicular to a moving direction, between a deformation pattern portion formed in stator-side electrodes of a stator and a deformation pattern portion formed in mover-side electrodes of the mover, a restoring force trying to return the mover toward a direction (X1 direction) opposite to the X2 direction acts on the mover. This makes it possible to prevent the mover from displacement, and consequently to provide an electrostatic actuator improved in the linear movability toward the moving direction. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090074498 | RIBBON CASSETTE STRUCTURE INTEGRATED WITH PAPER FEED TRAY AND PRINTER USING THE RIBBON CASSETTE STRUCTURE INTEGRATED WITH PAPER FEED TRAY - A ribbon cassette structure integrated with a paper feed tray includes a ribbon cassette that includes a pair of bobbin receiving units and is integrated with a paper feed tray. One of the pair of bobbin receiving units that are connected to each other, and the paper feed tray are pivotally connected to each other so as to be opened or closed between an open state where the one of the pair of bobbin receiving units and the paper feed tray are mostly separated from each other, and a closed state where the one of the pair of bobbin receiving units and the paper feed tray come in contact with each other. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073724 | INPUT DEVICE WITH ILLUMINATION FUNCTION - An input device having an illumination function includes a wiring board having a predetermined wiring pattern thereon containing a fixed contact point, a light-emitting diode, a planar light-guide plate for guiding emission light from the light-emitting diode in a direction along a surface, a metal dome serving as a movable contact, and a cover sheet having an actuator thereon to be used to press the metal dome. The wiring board is manufactured of a white translucent material. The planar light-guide plate includes a plurality of prism grooves arranged in stripes on the surface thereof, and on a predetermined portion thereof a through-hole for housing the metal dome. An air layer is arranged between the prism bearing surface of the planar light-guide plate and the cover sheet. The metal dome | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090070057 | CALIBRATION PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC COMPASS - The object of the present invention is to provide a calibration program and an electronic compass that make it possible to calibrate the output of a magnetic sensor with a small amount of computation while a user does not notice the execution of calibration. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090059760 | RECORDING-MEDIUM DRIVING DEVICE - [Object] To provide a recording medium that is strong in deformation, easy to handle, excellent in portability, and inexpensive, and a recording-medium driving device thereof. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059372 | OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZER - Disclosed is an optical image stabilizer having a low sliding load, a smooth operation, and a small thickness. When a lens holder and an X slider are moved in the X direction, small balls roll between the side surface of the lens holder and the inner surface of a frame of a Y slider, thereby reducing a sliding load therebetween. When the lens holder and the Y slider are moved in the X direction, small balls roll between the side surface of the lens holder and the inner surface of the frame of the X slider, thereby reducing a sliding load therebetween. Therefore, it is possible to achieve an optical image stabilizer having low power consumption, a smooth operation, and high responsibility. In addition, the thickness of the lens holder is equal to or smaller than the sum of the thicknesses of the X slider and the Y slider overlapped with each other. Therefore, it is possible to achieve an optical image stabilizer having a small thickness. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090052300 | HOLOGRAM INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND HOLOGRAM INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE - [Object] To provide a hologram information recording medium and a hologram information recording/reproducing device capable of accurately reproducing data multiplexed on the recording medium irrespective of the influence of the external environment and so forth. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090052123 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A ROTATION UNIT - A rotation unit is supported to a device main body unit so as to rotate about a rotation supporting point. The rotation unit is rotated from a closure posture close to the device main body unit until a rotation limit position at 180 degrees. A magnet is fixed to the rotation unit at a position away from the rotation supporting point, and the device main body unit is provided with a detector capable of distinctly detect magnetic fields in two directions. When the rotation unit is rotated from the closure posture at a predetermined angle, a first open detection output is obtained form the detector and a display unit provided to the rotation unit is turned ON. The rotation unit is further rotated and when a second open detection output is obtained from the detector, the display content of the display unit is switched to be turned upside down. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051357 | MAGNETIC DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A magnet is contained in a display housing and is supported by a slidable operating member. A control housing contains a magnetoresistance effect element. Slidable shifting of the operating member causes an external magnetic field in a positive (+) direction and an external magnetic field in a negative (−) direction to enter the magnetoresistance effect element from the magnet at different timings, thereby changing the electric resistance of the magnetoresistance effect element. Accordingly, when the operating member is slidably shifted, a switching operation between predetermined modes is performed on the basis of a change in the resistance of the magnetoresistance effect element. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051353 | POSITION DETECTOR INCLUDING MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENTS - A circular top surface of a magnet is magnetized to the N-pole, and a back surface thereof is magnetized to the S-pole. A detector moves within the X-Y plane at positions located away from the top surface of the magnet. A pair of X-direction detecting elements and a pair of the Y-direction detecting elements are provided in the detector. In the X-direction detecting elements, the directions of a bias magnetic field provided to free magnetic layers are opposite to each other. When the detector moves in the Y direction, a decrease in the sensitivity of one of the X-direction detecting elements is compensated for by an improvement in the sensitivity of the other element. This also applies to the Y-direction detecting elements. Accordingly, position detection outputs of the X direction and the Y direction can be accurately obtained from the detector. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090045810 | MAGNETIC DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A magnetic detecting device includes a first and a second magnetoresistive element, and a first and a second fixed resistor connected in series to the first and the second magnetoresistive element, respectively. The first and the second magnetoresistive element each include a pinned magnetic layer and a free magnetic layer with a nonmagnetic conductive layer in between. The first and the second magnetoresistive element have the same layer structure except that the nonmagnetic conductive layers have different thicknesses. The thicknesses of the nonmagnetic conductive layers are set so that a positive interlayer coupling magnetic field acts between the free magnetic layer and the pinned magnetic layer of the first magnetoresistive element and a negative interlayer coupling magnetic field acts between the free magnetic layer and the pinned magnetic layer of the second magnetoresistive element. The first and the second fixed resistor have the same layer structure. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090040661 | TUNNELING MAGNETIC SENSING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - An insulating barrier layer including a lower insulating layer composed of Al—O and an upper insulating layer composed of CoFe—O and disposed on the lower insulating layer is formed on a second pinned magnetic layer. A free magnetic layer is formed on the insulating barrier layer. According to this structure, a high rate of change in resistance (ΔR/R) and a low RA (element resistance R×element area A) can be achieved. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090021924 | GUIDE MEMBER, CONNECTION BOARD HAVING GUIDE MEMBER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF GUIDE MEMBER - Object A connection board is provided in which multiple external contacts of an electronic component and multiple spiral contacts on a board are arranged to highly accurately face each other, and the external contacts are actively guided to the spiral contacts, so as to reliably provide individual connections therebetween. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090015135 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A semiconductor light emitting element which is primarily composed of GaN and which emits blue light is provided with a fluorescent layer, and the fluorescent layer includes fluorescent particles formed of a YAG fluorescent substance. By synthesis between yellow light emitted from the fluorescent particles and the blue light, white light is obtained. Fine particles, such as silica, adhere to the peripheries of the fluorescent particles forming the fluorescent layer, and between the particles, air layers are formed. The air layers each function as a heat insulating layer and can suppress an increase in temperature of the fine particles when an environmental temperature is increased. Hence, luminous efficiency of the fluorescent particles is not likely to vary, and the change in luminescent color can be suppressed. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090012733 | OFFSET CORRECTION PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC COMPASS - When an external magnetic field is applied to a sensor unit | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009163 | MAGNETIC SENSING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC COMPASS USING THE SAME - Positive and negative bias magnetic fields are applied to a sensor unit | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090001970 | MAGNETIC ENCODER - A magnetic encoder is provided, in which a large output voltage (a large amplitude) is obtained so that the magnetic encoder can have a strong resistance to external noise and so that malfunction can be prevented. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20080303672 | VALVE-INTEGRATED TRANSPONDER - A valve-integrated transponder includes an air valve and a casing that are integrated with each other, and is disposed within a tire. The air valve is press-fitted to a valve hole in a wheel rim. The casing houses a substrate having a detecting element mounted thereon, an inverse F antenna element, a supporting member, and the like, and is provided with a partition-like reinforcement rib. The reinforcement rib extends along an extension of an axis of the air valve and is loosely fitted in a recessed slot of the supporting member. The antenna element supported by the supporting member has a substantially line symmetrical shape where a pair of radiation conductors symmetrically extend away from each other. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303652 | VALVE-INTEGRATED TRANSPONDER - A valve-integrated transponder includes an air valve and a casing that are integrated with each other, and is disposed within a tire. The casing houses a substrate having a detecting element mounted thereon, an inverse F antenna element, and a supporting member. The antenna element has a substantially line symmetrical shape where a pair of radiation conductors extend away from each other. A longitudinal direction of the substrate is substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the air valve, and a lateral direction of the substrate is inclined relative to a well of a wheel rim. The two radiation conductors of the antenna element disposed on the substrate are inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the substrate, so as to be disposed substantially in parallel to the well that extends at the inner side of the transponder as viewed in the radial direction of the tire. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080297183 | PROBE CARD HAVING COLUMNAR BASE PORTION AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A probe card includes a flat plate-shaped wiring board, a columnar base portion, and a thee-dimensional spiral contactor. The base portion is interposed between a wiring pattern of the wiring board and the bottom of the contactor. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080293263 | CONTACT MADE OF CERAMIC AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A contact of the invention includes a spring portion and a conductive portion. The spring portion is formed on the surface of a wiring substrate of a probe card, using ceramic. The conductive portion is formed thinly so as to cover at least the surface of the spring portion that faces the bump. Thus, as one of the features of a manufacturing method of the contact, the spring portion is formed at room temperature by an aerosol deposition method. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291642 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT MODULE INCLUDING CHIP MOUNTED TO MULTI-LAYER WIRING PLATE IN FLIP CHIP MANNER - The invention provides an electronic circuit module capable of reliably mounting a chip to a multi-layer wiring plate in a flip chip manner. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080285918 | OPTICAL COUPLING ELEMENT AND OPTICAL COUPLING UNIT - An optical coupling element disposed between an optical fiber and an optical element that face each other and optically coupling these two facing components includes a substantially cylindrical optical coupling portion whose opposite end surfaces respectively face the optical fiber and the optical element; and a projection projecting radially from a periphery of the optical coupling portion and being located closer towards one of the opposite end surfaces with respect to a center position therebetween. A diameter of the optical coupling portion at a position corresponding to a first end surface of the projection is substantially equal to a diameter of the optical coupling portion at a position corresponding to a second end surface of the projection. The periphery of the optical coupling portion includes periphery surfaces tapered from the positions corresponding to the first and second end surfaces of the projection respectively towards the opposite end surfaces. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080276474 | MAGNETIC AZIMUTH DETECTING DEVICE - A magnetic azimuth detecting device is easily reduced in size. Three or more magnetic sensors | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080268207 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE-ABSORPTION MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE - An electromagnetic wave-absorption multilayer substrate has an electromagnetic wave-absorption sheet which includes a soft magnetic alloy powder and a binding agent and two insulating substrates which have facing surfaces facing the electromagnetic wave-absorption sheet and which are pressure-bonded thereto. In addition, one of the insulating substrates has a plurality of holes formed in the facing surface. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080224565 | ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR - An electrostatic actuator includes a stator having a plurality of convex shaped electrodes formed on a surface of a base material, where the surface serves as a counter surface, and a mover disposed so as to face the stator, where the mover has a plurality of convex shaped electrodes formed on a surface of a base material and the surface serves as a counter surface. A side surface of each of the convex shaped electrodes of the stator faces a side surface of a corresponding one of the convex shaped electrodes of the mover. Planar electrodes are formed on at least one of the counter surface of the stator and the counter surface of the mover in a portion other than a portion where the convex shaped electrodes are formed, and the planar electrodes face end surfaces of the convex shaped electrodes formed on the other counter surface. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080212209 | OPTICAL LENS DEVICE SOLDERABLE TO SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL LENS DEVICE - A method of manufacturing an optical lens device includes the steps of forming a lens barrel into the shape of a quadrangular prism having corners that have a shape having a radius of curvature or that are chamfered, and installing a lens into the lens barrel; disposing in parallel a plurality of the lens barrels in which a plurality of the lenses are installed; masking the lens at one side face of each lens barrel disposed in parallel, and the vicinity of the lens; and depositing a gold layer by sputtering on the one side face of each masked lens barrel, including the corners. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080211343 | ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR AND METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR - [Object] To provide an electrostatic actuator having a simple structure including a reduced number of systems that supply driving voltages and a method for driving the electrostatic actuator. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080202730 | LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a liquid cooling system in which an inlet hole and an outlet hole that are located at both ends of a circulating flow passage opened onto a heat-radiating sheet having the circulating flow passage between a pair of heat-conductive metal plates that are superimposed on each other, a pump having a discharge port and a suction port that communicate with the inlet hole and the outlet hole installed on the heat-radiating sheet, a heat-generating element set on the heat-radiating sheet via a heat spreader, and used as a heat-receiving area, and the circulating flow passage having a heat-absorbing flow passage located in a lower face of the heat spreader and a heat-radiating flow passage located in the heat-radiating area other than the heat spreader and having a sufficiently larger length than the flow passage length of the heat-absorbing flow passage. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080199627 | CATALYTIC TREATMENT METHOD, ELECTROLESS PLATING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR FORMING CIRCUIT USING ELECTROLESS PLATING - A catalyst layer which enables an electroless plating method to be carried out can be formed by an inexpensive and simple process without using palladium. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080199332 | PIEZOELECTRIC PUMP AND PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR - Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a piezoelectric pump having: a piezoelectric vibrator whose periphery may be fluid-tightly sealed; and a pump chamber and an air chamber that may be formed on front and rear sides of the piezoelectric vibrator. The piezoelectric vibrator may include: a main shim that may be formed of a conductive thin metal plate; a plurality of piezoelectric element layers that may be formed on the main shim; and an intermediate shim that may be formed between the plurality of piezoelectric element layers and may be made of an elastic metal material having mechanical recovery. The piezoelectric vibrator may be vibrated to perform a pumping operation. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080199331 | PIEZOELECTRIC PUMP - Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a piezoelectric pump having: a piezoelectric vibrator including a main shim that may be formed of a conductive thin metal plate and a piezoelectric element layer that may be formed on the main shim; and a pair of ring-shaped support members that may support front and rear sides of a circumferential portion of the piezoelectric vibrator such that a pump chamber and an air chamber formed on the front and rear sides of the piezoelectric vibrator may be fluid-tightly sealed. The ring-shaped support members may support both sides of a circumferential portion of the piezoelectric element layer of the piezoelectric vibrator, and the piezoelectric vibrator may be vibrated to perform a pumping operation. | 08-21-2008 |
