Canon Kaushiki Kaisha Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130292557 | ENCODER AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The encoder includes a scale provided with first and second tracks, a sensor relatively movable with the scale and reading periodic patterns to output periodic signals, and a processor calculating a position in a relative movement direction of the scale and sensor by using the periodic signals. The first track includes first and second periodic patterns whose periods are mutually different, and the second track includes a third periodic pattern whose period is different from that of the second pattern and is an integral multiple or an integral fraction of that of the first periodic pattern. The processor calculates, by using a phase difference between the periodic signals corresponding to the first and third periodic patterns, the position in which a sensor reading error due to a relative displacement between the first and second tracks and the sensor is corrected. | 11-07-2013 |
20120181590 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - A solid-state image pickup apparatus with little or no difference in the dark currents between adjacent photoelectric conversion elements, and that provides a high sensitivity and a low dark current even in a high-speed readout operation, includes a well formed on a wafer, and semiconductor layers formed in the well to constitute photodiodes. A well contact is formed between the semiconductor layers. Element isolation regions are provided between the well contact and the semiconductor layers, and channel stop layers are provided under the element isolation regions. A conductive layer is provided on the element isolation region, and a side wall is provided on a side face of the conductive layer. A distance a between an end of the element isolation region and the conductive layer, a width b of the side wall and a device isolation width c satisfy a relation c>a≧b. | 07-19-2012 |
20080199211 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an apparatus body, a door, a sheet conveyance unit, and a positioning device. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet. The image forming unit is disposed in the apparatus body. The door is provided in the apparatus body so as to be openable and closable. The sheet conveyance unit conveys the sheet to the image forming unit. The sheet conveyance unit is provided in the door. The positioning device positions the door in relation to the apparatus body in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. The positioning device performs positioning of the door in the vicinity of the image forming unit. | 08-21-2008 |