03rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120013932 | PRINT PLUG-IN ISOLATION - In embodiments of print plug-in isolation, a print system input can be received at a print system, and the print system input can be redirected from the print system to an isolation module that isolates one or more print plug-ins from the print system. The print system input can be processed at the isolation module with the one or more print plug-ins to generate print plug-in output, and the print plug-in output can then be communicated back to the print system from the isolation module. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013933 | METHOD FOR OPERATING PRINTING PROCESS - A method for operating a printing process on a printer is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: a) installing a software application into a computer; b) operating a printer connected to the computer to browse files thereof through the software application; c) selecting a file to be printed; d) placing a printing command for the file from the printer to the computer; and e) executing a printing task from the computer to the printer. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013934 | FEATURE ENABLEMENT WITHIN A PRINTER - In one embodiment, an apparatus that removably connects to a first printer is validated, the validating including comparing first data stored within the apparatus to second data stored within the first printer. A first feature is enabled within the first printer utilizing third data stored within the apparatus. The apparatus is restricted such that the apparatus is no longer operable to enable the first feature within a printer other than the first printer. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013935 | IMAGE DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE DEFECT INSPECTION SYSTEM, IMAGE DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image defect inspection apparatus includes a supply unit, an acquiring unit, an inspection unit and an adjustment unit. The supply unit supplies a test image corresponding to an inferred image defect regarding an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording material, to the image forming unit to form the test image on the recording material. The acquiring unit acquires a scanned image obtained by scanning the recording material on which the test image is formed. The inspection unit compares the scanned image acquired with the test image and inspects as to whether or not the inferred image defect is in the scanned image. The adjustment unit adjusts a value of a setting item which is defined as an adjust target regarding the inferred image defect, so as to enhance detectability of the inferred image defect in the inspection. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013936 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A device management apparatus is connected to an image forming apparatus via a first network. The device management apparatus includes a sending unit that sends identification information of the device management apparatus; a monitor unit that periodically acquires status information from the image forming apparatus in response to a request to execute a first process sent by the image forming apparatus that has received the identification information, and records the status information in a storing unit; a diagnosing unit that diagnoses fault prediction of the image forming apparatus based on the status information in response to a request to execute a second process sent by the image forming apparatus from which the status information is acquired; and a transferring unit that transfers, to a remote monitor device via a second network, report information including diagnosis results obtained by the diagnosing unit. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013937 | COMPENSATION FOR FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION IN A PACKET SWITCHED NETWORK - Communication network components can be synchronized for facsimile transmissions in the communication network. The synchronization may compensate for variations in transmission rates among the different network components or different paths taken by portions of the facsimile transmission. The synchronization may involve modulating an adaptive jitter buffer or an effective packet rate to compensate for clock skew that may occur between network components. The compensation to obtain synchronization can be achieved to avoid causing interruptions or distortions in the facsimile transmission data. By applying the compensation at specific points or intervals in a facsimile transmission, synchronization can be achieved to obtain an overall quality improvement in facsimile transmissions in a packet switched network. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013938 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, HARDWARE ACCELERATOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed is an image processing device to generate printing data based on intermediate language data, comprising: a memory to store the intermediate language data and the printing data; a hardware accelerator to perform rendering processing to generate the printing data from the intermediate language data read from the memory; and a control section to input a memory address of the intermediate language data stored in the memory to the hardware accelerator, wherein at least one of the hardware accelerator and the control section obtains a plurality of rendering regions corresponding to ranges to which the rendering processing is performed based on the intermediate language data, and produces a comprehensive rendering region comprehending the rendering regions based on a correlation between the plurality of rendering regions, and wherein the hardware accelerator generates the printing data corresponding to the comprehensive rendering region to transfer the generated printing data to the memory. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013939 | Printing Objects Using a Rolling Buffer - An electronic architecture for an imaging data path allows for printing on objects that are unevenly spaced. The architecture uses a rolling image buffer into which images are copied. A hardware trigger can optionally be used in conjunction with the rolling image buffer to prevent any printing mismatches that could otherwise be caused by a software delay. The trigger relates the physical location of the object to a virtual location in the image buffer. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013940 | PRINT DOCUMENT CONVERSION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A print document conversion apparatus includes plural software-based conversion units and a controller. The plural software-based conversion units perform a software-based conversion process for converting print document data described in a page description language into page image data having a bitmap image format. Each of the software-based conversion units requests a hardware-based image processing apparatus to execute specific image processing in the software-based conversion process, and generates the page image data including a result of the image processing in response to the request. The controller activates an additional software-based conversion unit that performs the software-based conversion process when there is a possibility that a state where at least one of the software-based conversion units waits for the hardware-based image processing apparatus to complete the image processing occurs. The controller controls the number of additional software-based conversion units not to exceed a predetermined upper limit. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013941 | Dedicated SMS and wireless telephony communication device and method - A method and device for operating a mobile communications system includes a text message receiver and a printer for printing text messages. The method includes the steps of: | 2012-01-19 |
20120013942 | Network Printer - A network printer includes a communication unit for carrying out transmission/reception of data via a network and a recording unit for printing out received print data. The communication unit includes a priority level determination unit, when second print data is accepted during reception of first print data, for determining priority between the first and second print data, and a first persistent connection control unit for executing a persistent connection control that prohibits a transmission source of print data determined as lower priority data from transmitting the print data while a session is being connected with the transmission source, and for permitting a transmission source of print data determined as higher priority data to transmit the print data. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013943 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus sends an information processing apparatus an image processing function selected from image processing functions that the image forming apparatus has and an image processing function selected from image processing functions that the information processing apparatus has, and receives a result that is determined by the information processing apparatus according to a conflict determination condition. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013944 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - Print data containing a plurality of contents is input, and it is determined whether printing of each of the plurality of contents contained in the input print data is permitted. The user is notified of the determination result before an instruction to print the print data. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013945 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DATA NOTIFICATION AND PRINTING METHOD BY IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: a fax receiving unit capable of receiving facsimile data; a printing unit which prints the facsimile data received by the fax receiving unit; a fax data storage unit in which, if the facsimile data received by the fax receiving unit is secure fax data, this secure fax data is stored; and an addition detecting unit which detects that a removable network addition device is connected to the apparatus. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013946 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In tandem printing, in accordance with a printing process executed in one printing apparatus, the printing process in the other printing apparatus is automatically changed. The first printing apparatus inputs a third print job including a first print job and a second print job. An image is formed on the basis of the first print job, and on the basis of a result of the image formation, a page with a change amount in the characteristic of a recording medium after printing at a predetermined threshold value or more is detected. The second print job in which the information is changed in accordance with the change amount in the characteristic of the detected page is transmitted to the second printing apparatus. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013947 | PRINT DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS, PRINT DATA RECEIVING METHOD AND PRINT DATA RECEIVING PROGRAM - A print data receiving apparatus for receiving pint data from an external, equipped with a first arithmetic unit for controlling at least a first storage device for storing the print data, and a second arithmetic unit for issuing an activation command to the first arithmetic unit and controlling a second storage device for temporarily storing the received print data when the print data is received from the external under a power saving mode that stops operation of the first arithmetic unit. The second arithmetic unit consumes less power than the first arithmetic unit and controls receiving speed of the print data in such a manner as to cause a free space of the second storage device to be used up when an activation of the first arithmetic unit is completed. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013948 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A client computer | 2012-01-19 |
20120013949 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus determines a color range based on a dot counting value of a number of colors smaller than a number of colors subjected to thinning processing. Thus, even if the number of ink colors subjected to the thinning processing is great, a processing load of the determination of the color range can be reduced. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013950 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING GRADATION LEVEL OF IMAGE - An image processing apparatus includes a first generation portion that generates a first low-gradation image by performing a first process on an input image to reduce the number of gradations of the input image, a second generation portion that generates a second low-gradation image by performing a second process on the input image to reduce the number of gradations of the input image, a density detector that detects a density of the input image, a determination portion that determines, based on the density, a ratio at which the first low-gradation image and the second low-gradation image are blended together, and a mixing portion that blends the first low-gradation image and the second low-gradation image in accordance with the ratio. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013951 | IMAGE-READING CONTROLLING METHOD AND SCANNING APPARATUS USING SUCH METHOD - An image-reading controlling method and a scanning apparatus using such method are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. First, a user profile is selected. Next, a computer terminal is notified that a user profile has been selected. Then, a scan command is received from the computer terminal, and an image-reading job is executed in response to the scan command. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013952 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING SCANNED IMAGE - An image scanning apparatus includes: an image scanning unit that includes plural light emitting elements and a light receiving portion receiving light emitted from the light emitting elements and reflected on a document and scans an image on the document; a light quantity information acquiring unit that acquires light quantity information on the quantity of light received by the light receiving portion while causing the light emitting elements to irradiate a reference member with light; a correction unit that corrects the scanned image, based on the light quantity information; and an abnormality detecting unit that detects abnormality of the light emitting elements. If the abnormality detecting unit detects the abnormality, the light quantity information acquiring unit acquires new light quantity information while causing the light emitting elements to irradiate the reference member with light and the correction unit corrects the scanned image, based on the new light quantity information. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013953 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method for image processing in which an area of a platen on which a document is placed is read and the platen image is processed includes extracting an object included in the platen image, detecting an area of the object and inclination of the area of the object with respect to the platen image, determining the minimum rectangular area which includes the area of the object, and is surrounded with four sides parallel to four sides of the platen image respectively, comparing an extent to which a pixel group constituting an edge of each area includes pixels constituting an edge of the platen image between the area of the object and the minimum rectangular area, and determining a minimum rectangular area as the area of the document if a pixel group includes a larger number of pixels based on the comparing or if the inclination is small. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013954 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method in which the image of a document is extracted from an image including the image of the document on a document positioning table, acquired by a line sensor scanning the document placed on the document positioning table while illuminating the document from the upstream side or the downstream side of the scanning includes extracting the edge of the image on the document positioning table to set a provisional document area based on the edge, detecting a bright area where light incident on the line sensor is excessive, at the illuminated edge on the upstream side or the downstream side in the scanning direction from the image of the provisional area, and determining the area of the document by removing the area where light is excessive from the provisional area. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013955 | IMAGE READER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CORRECTING IMAGE DATA - The ratio between first reference data which is acquired by scanning the surface of a white member in a state where the size of a gap is substantially equal to that when a document is scanned and second reference data which is acquired by scanning the surface of the white member in a state where the size of the gap is smaller than that when the document is scanned is calculated as a reference data ratio, and the reference data ratio is stored. In generating shading data for correcting image data of each document, the reference data ratio being stored is multiplied by third reference data which is acquired by scanning the surface of the white member in a state where the size of the gap is substantially equal to that when the document is scanned, thereby generating shading data. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013956 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE RECORDINGMETHOD - An image recording device includes a conveying part that conveys a medium along a conveying path, a first medium support part that supports a region of the medium positioned in an image recording area on the conveying path and heats the region, a second medium support part disposed in an upstream area from the image recording area on the conveying path, and supports an upstream region of the medium positioned in the upstream area and heats the upstream region, and a temperature control part that controls a temperature of the first medium support part and a temperature of the second medium support part so that the temperature of the second medium support part corresponding to the upstream region is lower than the temperature of the first medium support part corresponding to the region. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013957 | DOCUMENT READING DEVICE WHICH INCLUDES AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT CONVEYING MECHANISM AND READS PLURAL DOCUMENTS ONE BY ONE - A digital multi function peripheral includes a scanner for reading an image in a document read position; a document retaining cover for being able to change an opening and closing state between a state in which the scanner is closed and a state in which the scanner is opened, and conveying a document to the scanner when the scanner is closed; a registration sensor for detecting a leading end portion and a rear end portion of the document conveyed by the document retaining cover; and a controller for determining the opening and closing state of the document retaining cover based on a state of the leading end portion and the rear end portion of the document in the image read by an IR module at a time when a predetermined time frame elapses since a detection state of the registration sensor changes. Therefore, the opening and closing state of the conveyance unit for conveying the document can accurately be detected. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013958 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS - A document reading apparatus includes a document positioning plate configured to position a document, a carriage configured to move a light source along the document positioning plate, a reading unit configured to read an image of a document illuminated by a light source of the carriage, a white reference member provided in the displacement range of the carriage, an input unit configured to input a reading start instruction for a document, and a control unit configured to move the carriage along the document positioning plate in response to a reading start instruction input via the input unit. The control unit moves the carriage to a first position at which the white reference member is provided, cause the reading unit to read the white reference member, moves the carriage to a second position that is an acceleration start position for accelerating toward the reading start position of the document positioning plate, and waits for a reading start instruction input from the input unit. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013959 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes: an acquiring unit that acquires original image data and a first color conversion profile associated with the original image data; an editing unit that edits the original image data by using the first color conversion profile to generate edited image data; a preparing unit that prepares a second color conversion profile different from the first color conversion profile in a first case where the editing unit generates the edited image data having a data size smaller than that of the original image data, wherein a data size of the second color conversion profile is smaller than that of the first color conversion profile; and a storage control unit that, in the first case, stores the edited image data and the second color conversion profile in a memory while being associated with each other. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013960 | Holographic or diffraction device - A holographic or diffraction device responsive to interrogation, the device comprising an image-former and an image-concealer; wherein the image-former is adapted such that light reflected from or transmitted through it forms a combination of overt and covert holographic images; wherein the image-concealer acts to attenuate the overt holographic image of the combination of images, making the overt holographic image become not visible and a covert holographic image become visible, and wherein the attenuation of the overt holographic image by the image-concealer is alterable responsive to interrogation. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013961 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided an exposing device including a light emitting element array of light emitting elements arrayed in a row along a predetermined first direction; a hologram recording layer in which hologram elements are multiplex recorded such that each of the hologram elements corresponds to one of the light emitting elements and diffracts an emission beam from the light emitting element and converges the light onto a light exposure plane, such that a focused beam spots are formed on the light exposure plane in a row along the first direction; and a first transmission control section, disposed at the light incident side of the hologram recording layer, provided with a structure in which light blocking sections and light transmitting sections are alternately arrayed along a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and selectively transmitting in the second direction light passing along the optical path of the reference beam. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013962 | Two-dimensional surface normal slow-light photonic crystal waveguide optical phased array - Methods and devices for optical beam steering are disclosed including coupling a laser light into an apparatus comprising a first substrate; an array of air core photonic crystal waveguides; columnar members etched around each air core waveguide; a pair of metal electrodes around the columnar members; a trench around the pair of metal electrodes surrounding each air core photonic crystal waveguide; a second substrate coupled to the first substrate comprising electrical interconnection lines; and a holographic fanout array comprising a third substrate; a photopolymer film coated on the third substrate; a hologram written in the photopolymer film configured to couple the laser light into the third substrate; and an array of holograms recorded in the photopolymer film configured to couple a portion of the laser light into the waveguides; and passing a current through the electrodes to induce a refractive index change in the first substrate to control the phase of the portion of the laser light that passes through each waveguide. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013963 | HOLDER FOR A HOLOGRAPHIC GRATING - An adjustable holder ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120013964 | PLASTIC ARTICLE, METHOD OF SHAPING PLASTIC ARTICLE, AND OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE HAVING PLASTIC ARTICLE - A plastic article is formable by using a metal die having a cavity to accommodate melted resin therein at a given pressure. The plastic article includes a transfer face to which is transferred a face shape of the metal die, a projection disposed at least one face other than the transfer face, an incomplete transfer face having a concave shape disposed at the same face on which the projection is disposed, formed by an incomplete transfer of a face shape of the cavity of the metal die, and an incomplete transfer face having a convex shape disposed at least one face other than the transfer face. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013965 | METHOD FOR UTILIZING PROPERTIES OF THE SINC(X) FUNCTION FOR PHASE RETRIEVAL ON NYQUIST-UNDER-SAMPLED DATA - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for simulating propagation of an electromagnetic field, performing phase retrieval, or sampling a band-limited function. A system practicing the method generates transformed data using a discrete Fourier transform which samples a band-limited function f(x) without interpolating or modifying received data associated with the function f(x), wherein an interval between repeated copies in a periodic extension of the function f(x) obtained from the discrete Fourier transform is associated with a sampling ratio Q, defined as a ratio of a sampling frequency to a band-limited frequency, and wherein Q is assigned a value between 1 and 2 such that substantially no aliasing occurs in the transformed data, and retrieves a phase in the received data based on the transformed data, wherein the phase is used as feedback to an optical system. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013966 | ELECTROCHROMIC MATERIAL AND ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An electrochromic compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: | 2012-01-19 |
20120013967 | ELASTOMERIC DEVICE FOR TUNABLE IMAGING - An optical micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) structure is provided. The structure includes an elastomer membrane, a plurality of polymer fibers attached to the elastomer membrane, an array of detectors operatively connected to the plurality of polymer fibers at a first end of the plurality of polymer fibers, and a microlens array operatively connected to the plurality of polymer fibers at a second end of the plurality of polymer fibers. A method of manufacturing an optical MEMS structure is provided. The method includes forming a hollow PDMS chamber in which PDMS fibers extend from top to bottom using a lost wax molding process. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013968 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Disclosed is an electrophoretic display (EPD) device capable of implementing colors with high brightness. Each sub-pixel implement colors with driving color particles, white particles and black particles, and the EPD device has an enhanced contrast ratio due to black particles. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013969 | SPD FILMS AND LIGHT VALVE LAMINATES WITH IMPROVED DURABILITY - A moisture-resistant suspended particle device film comprising a cured suspended particle device emulsion having a plurality of uncrosslinked droplets of a liquid light valve suspension distributed throughout the cured emulsion; first and second glass or plastic sheets located outwardly from and sandwiching the cured emulsion, wherein located on an inner aspect of each sheet, adjacent the cured emulsion, is a thin, transparent, electrically conductive coating , the coating serving as an electrode to permit passage of an applied electric field through the cured emulsion; and a moisture-resistant barrier located around an entire outer peripheral edge portion of the film, wherein the barrier is comprised of a barrier material that eliminates or at least reduces passage of moisture from outside the film into the cured emulsion, thus preventing development of a light-frame pattern in the film that would otherwise be caused by the moisture. The disclosure also discloses forming a laminate comprising the above-described film, as well as methods of forming such films and laminates. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013970 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - An electrophoretic display device in which a barrier defining a unit pixel is directly formed on a first substrate and the unit pixel is filled with an electrophoretic material, and a fabrication method thereof are provided. A barrier surrounding a display area is formed on a non-display area and a sealant is filled between the barrier and a partition wall to facilitate an attachment of first and second substrates. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013971 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVED ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY PERFORMANCE - The invention is directed to methods and compositions useful for improving the performance of electrophoretic displays. The methods comprise adding a conductive filler in the form of nanoparticles and having a volume resistivity of less than about 10 | 2012-01-19 |
20120013972 | SINGLE-LAYER REFLECTIVE DISPLAY UTILIZING LUMINESCENCE - A reflective display device has multiple display pixels. Each pixel has at least three color sub-pixels disposed side-by-side for three primary colors respectively. At least one color sub-pixel has a light shutter with adjustable transmission, a luminescent layer containing a luminescent material that emits light of a selected color, and a mirror for reflecting light corresponding to that selected color. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013973 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DISPLAY - A display has colorants in fluid-filled cells. The display has front and back surfaces, and each cell extends to at least one surface of the display. The cells at least partially overlap so that for at least a portion of the front surface, a line perpendicular to the front surface passes through more than one cell. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013974 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A display device ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120013975 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AND TRANSMISSION LOSS MEASUREMENT METHOD - An optical amplifier that amplifies signal light with Raman amplification in the Raman amplification medium. The optical amplifier includes a light source that supplies pump light into the Raman amplification medium, a first detector that detects input power of the pump light to be input to the Raman amplification medium, a second detector that detects output power of the pump light output from the Raman amplification medium, and a processor operable to calculate transmission loss of the pump light in the Raman amplification medium by comparing the input power with the output power, and calculate transmission loss of the signal light in the Raman amplification medium based on the transmission loss of pump light corrected based on a wavelength of the signal light and a wavelength of the pump light. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013976 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY - A stress-reduced reflective optical element for a working wavelength in the soft X-ray and extreme ultraviolet wavelength range includes a first multilayer system ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120013977 | REAR PROJECTION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION AND APPLICATION - The invention concerns a rear projection system in the form of a table consisting of at least one glass panel which has a diffusion coating containing hollow glass balls, whereas the hollow glass balls are arranged in a transparent or translucent binder matrix on the lower or upper surface of the glass panel and is illuminated from below with at least one projector having a projection field and that at least one projection image can be viewed by an observer at an observation angle of at least 176 degrees. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013978 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE FILM FOR AN ORIENTATING TREATMENT IN A PHOTO-ORIENTABLE LAYER - The present invention relates to a pressure sensitive adhesive film for an orientating treatment of a photo-orientable layer, a laminated film, a method for preparing an optical filter or a stereoscopic image display device. In the present invention, the pressure sensitive adhesive film for an orientating treatment in a photo-orientable layer which can minimize the generation of the un-orientated regions, and can form the orientated pattern having high degrees of accuracy, and the preparation method for an optical filter using the pressure sensitive adhesive film are provided. Further, the present invention can provide the optical filter and the stereoscopic image display device having excellent performance. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013979 | PROCESS FOR APPLYING A LAYERED STRUCTURE ON A LENS - This invention relates to an improvement for applying a layered structure onto a convex surface of a lens. After thermoforming the layered structure, a curvature direction of the layered structure is inverted. The structure is then applied on the lens surface by continuously pushing the structure against the lens surface, starting from a contact point between a convex surface of the structure and the convex surface of the lens. The curvature direction of the layered structure is then inverted again, so that it recovers the curvature direction that resulted from thermoforming. Stresses within the layered structure are then reduced, and the structure can be assembled with the lens without defects. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013980 | APPARATUS FOR CONFORMING A PLANAR FILM ON AN OPTICAL LENS, METHOD FOR FUNCTIONALIZING AN OPTICAL LENS BY MEANS OF SAID APPARATUS, THE OPTICAL LENS SO-OBTAINED - The present invention relates to an apparatus for confirming a functionalized flexible planar film on an optical lens. The apparatus according to the invention may also be used in a process of functionalization of an optical lens. As a factor of the functionalization that one wishes to introduce into said optical lens and the nature of the functionalized flexible planar film used, the functionalization process is a process of gluing, transfer, or molding of a functionalized flexible planar film onto an optical lens. The implementation of each of these respective processes makes it possible to obtain a functionalized optical lens, said functionalization being adhered, transferred, or molded using a functionalized flexible planar film. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013981 | PHOTOCHROMIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS - An optical element has a substrate material having a pattern of cavities formed on a surface and a substantially transparent seal layer disposed against the surface. A photochromic or electrochromic material is sealed by the substantially transparent seal layer within the cavities formed in the surface. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013982 | Optical Retardation Film and Method of Production Thereof - The present invention relates generally to the field of organic chemistry and particularly to the optical retardation films for liquid crystal displays. The present invention provides an optical film comprising a substrate having front and rear surfaces, and at least one solid retardation layer on the front surface of the substrate. Said solid retardation layer comprises rigid rod-like macromolecules comprising n organic units of the first type having general structural formula I and | 2012-01-19 |
20120013983 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a transparent active element array substrate and a color display layer. The transparent active element array substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The color display layer disposed on the first surface of the transparent active element array substrate. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013984 | JACKET AND HEAD-MOUNTED OPTICAL SYSTEM - A loss of cleanliness of hands is prevented even if a user manipulates optical units by directly grabbing them. Provided is a sterilizable jacket ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120013985 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING OPTICAL PROXIMITY EFFECTS - A system provided with a first projection objective including at least one optical proximity correction (OPC) filter having a filter function adapted to a particular pattern. The first projection objective and a second projection objective in the system have, for the particular pattern, to which the filter function of the optical proximity correction (OPC) filter is adapted, at least essentially the same imaging properties. The first projection objective differs from the second projection objective with respect to optical imaging properties for the particular pattern when the optical proximity correction (OPC) filter is not present in the first projection objective. An associated method is also disclosed. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013986 | OPTICAL DISPLAY WITH OPTICAL MONOLITH - An optical device includes an optical monolith having inclusions for diffusing light. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013987 | LIGHT SCATTERING SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A light scattering sheet includes: a transparent support; and a light scattering layer on the transparent support, the light scattering layer having a phase-separated convexo-concave structure formed by spinodal decomposition of a solution containing two or more resin materials capable of phase-separation from each other are dissolved in a solvent. In the light scattering layer, the phase-separated convexo-concave structure is formed into a sea-island structure of two or more resin materials including a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer, and a plurality of domains constituting the islands have random shapes mainly having a string shape, and a transmitted image definition measured according to JTS K 7374 using an optical comb having a width of 2.0 mm is 10% or more and less than 25%. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013988 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY HAVING A PANORAMIC FIELD OF VIEW - A head mounted display (HMD) capable of a panoramic field of view. a concave image source is optically coupled in series to a first hemispherical lens, a second hemispherical lens, and a spherical mirror. Each of the concave image source, the first and second hemispherical mirrors, and the spherical mirror are optically concentric. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013989 | META MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a meta material and a method of manufacturing the same. The meta material comprises: a substrate; at least one conductive nano pattern patterned on the substrate and having a size with a negative refractive index in a predetermined electromagnetic wavelength band; and a dielectric layer covering the conductive nano patterns. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013990 | ZOOM LENS - The zoom lens of the present invention includes a variable focus lens and a stop. The variable focus lens is disposed on the light incident side of the stop, and where a distance from a first surface to an image plane of the zoom lens is defined as T | 2012-01-19 |
20120013991 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising a first lens unit having positive optical power, a second lens unit having positive optical power, a third lens unit having positive optical power, a fourth lens unit having negative optical power, and at least one subsequent lens unit; an interchangeable lens apparatus; and a camera system are provided. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013992 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A zoom lens comprising, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. The second and third lens units are configured to move in an optical axis direction for a magnification variation, and the first lens unit is configured to move in the optical axis direction to reduce an image-plane fluctuation associated with the magnification variation. Expressions −0.83≦f | 2012-01-19 |
20120013993 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS APPARATUS AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A zoom lens system comprising: a first lens unit having positive optical power; a second lens unit having positive optical power; and at least one subsequent lens unit, wherein the zoom lens system has an image blur compensating lens unit which moves in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, at least the first lens unit moves along the optical axis at the time of zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit, the second lens unit or a third lens unit which is located closest to the object side in the at least one subsequent lens unit moves along the optical axis at the time of focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition, and the condition: 0.10<|m|/(f | 2012-01-19 |
20120013994 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. A distance between consecutive lens units of the first through fourth lens units varies for zooming. The first lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative lens and a positive lens whose surface on the object side has a convex shape. In the zoom lens, a focal length f | 2012-01-19 |
20120013995 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, an aperture stop, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power. Each lens unit and the aperture stop move during zooming. In zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, an amount of movement of the aperture stop Mp is set to a suitable amount. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013996 | OPTICAL SYSTEM HAVING FISHEYE ZOOM LENS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system includes, in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. The optical system satisfies: 1.70≦Yt/Yw≦2.5, Y=2×f×sin(θ/2))(85°≦θ≦90°), and 3.45≦bfw/|f1|≦7, where fw is the shortest focal length, ft is the longest focal length, f is an arbitrary focal length that satisfies fw≦f≦ft, θ is an angle between the optical axis and a principal ray of an off-axis light flux incident upon a lens surface closest to the object, Y is a formed image height of a ray incident at the angle θ, Yw is the largest image height at the shortest focal length, Yt is the largest image height at the longest focal length, f1 is a focal length of the first lens unit, and bfw is a back focus at the shortest focal length. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013997 | FISHEYE ZOOM LENS BARREL HAVING MARKS ON ZOOM OPERATION RING - A zoom lens barrel includes a fixed barrel in which a first mark is indicated, and a zoom operation ring in which a second mark is indicated, the zoom operation ring being supported on the fixed barrel. The zoom lens barrel has a focal length region where at least angles of view of a circular fisheye and a full-frame fisheye can be formed, and one of the angles of view of the circular fisheye and the full-frame fisheye is formed for a predetermined image-pickup element size in a focal length where the first mark and the second mark are matched to each other. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013998 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY - This invention provides an optical imaging lens assembly, in order from an object side toward an image side including: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, a second lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, a third lens element with positive refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, a fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave image-side surface, and the two surfaces being aspheric; wherein the optical imaging lens assembly further comprises an aperture stop disposed between an imaged object and the first lens element, and there are four lens elements with refractive power. | 2012-01-19 |
20120013999 | OPTICAL ADJUSTABLE MOUNTS WITH ABSOLUTE POSITION FEEDBACK - Adjustable mounts for optical elements or the like that may include absolute position information feedback. For some embodiments, position data may be generated independent of displacement measurement. Position data feedback may be provided to driver embodiments, such as piezoelectric inertia drivers, by a controller and used to achieve a desired position setting for an adjustable mount. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014000 | LENS AND RELATED LENS MODULE - A lens includes a central optically active part, and a peripheral optically inactive part surrounding the optically active part. The optically inactive part includes a first surface, an opposite second surface, and a side surface connected between the first surface and the second surface. The side surface includes a first support area, a glue guide area, and a second support area in the order written. The glue guide area has a first groove defined therein. The first groove extends from a first side of the glue guide area adjacent to the first support area to an opposite second side of the glue guide area next to the second support area. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014001 | OPTICAL LENS UNIT AND PLASTIC LENS FORMING MOLD AND PLASTIC LENS MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed is an invention that aims to accurately position a lens barrel and an optical lens and form a plastic lens easily with a high-precision forming mold. A plastic lens is formed by filling resin into a cavity surrounded by a fixed mold, a movable mold, and inserts, which are removably incorporated into respective molds. A lens portion and conical surfaces of the plastic lens are formed with the inserts. This provides enhanced forming accuracy by making the conical surfaces and lens portion concentric with each other. When the plastic lens is to be incorporated into the lens barrel, the conical surface of the plastic lens is allowed to be in line contact with the vertical inner circumferential surface of the lens barrel to make the plastic lens concentric with the lens barrel for the purpose of accurate positioning. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014002 | Voice Coil Motor With Pulse-Width Modulation Driver - An apparatus is provided including a voice coil motor (VCM); a lens connected to the voice coil motor; and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) driver connected to the voice coil motor to at least partially control movement of the lens by the voice coil motor. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014003 | ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND OPTICAL SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - An actuator assembly including a slider configured to be slidable along a sliding direction; and a driving force applying unit comprising a plurality of contact portions disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a direction crossing the sliding direction of the slider and for applying force to the slider by vibrating the contact portions. An optical system including a lens assembly comprising a lens unit comprising at least one lens and a moveable lens frame supporting the lens unit; and an actuator assembly as disclosed above. A driving force applying unit including a plurality of contact portions configured to contact the base plate and disposed in the slider to be spaced apart from each other in a direction crossing the sliding direction and configured to apply force to the base plate by vibrating the contact portions. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014004 | LENS BARREL SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A lens barrel support structure is provided that includes a base frame and a lens barrel. The base frame includes a first support portion, a second support portion, a third support portion, and a stopper. The lens barrel includes a substantially cylindrical shape body frame configured to accommodate at least part of an optical system, a first attachment portion fixedly coupled to the body frame and to the first support portion, a second attachment portion fixedly coupled to the body frame and to the second support portion, a third attachment portion fixedly coupled to the body frame and to the third support portion, and a receiver fixedly coupled to the body frame. The receiver and the stopper are disposed spaced apart and define a gap that extends along a first direction parallel to an optical axis of the optical system to allow the receiver to contact the stopper. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014005 | DISPLAY IN THE MIRROR GLASS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION - A display in the mirror glass is proposed, which is established in a simple way by a light module and a structured mirror surface. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014006 | QUASI-PARABOLIC SOLAR CONCENTRATOR AND METHOD - A quasi-parabolic reflector and method are provided for a solar concentrator which produces a unique radiation pattern which is less susceptible to surface defects, less sensitive to target distance irregularities, and having greater uniformity of intensity for PV applications in comparison to that produced by true parabolic reflectors. Cross-sections of the quasi-parabolic reflector include spaced reflective surfaces which have focal areas spaced one from the other about an axis of symmetry. A method for forming petals of a quasi-parabolic reflector includes stamping them into shape using a stamping apparatus with a higher radius of curvature than the finished petal and iteratively testing and stamping the petal until the petal passes or fails a quality and accuracy threshold. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014007 | SEAL AND EXTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A seal of an exterior rear view mirror assembly relative to a body part of a motor vehicle is described, which is formed as one piece, and comprises a sealing pad and a sealing grommet integrally moulded on the sealing pad. The sealing pad covers at least one section of the surface of a minor base of the exterior rear view minor assembly lying on the bodywork side. The sealing grommet serves for sealing at least one feed-through opening, which is provided on the bodywork side for feed-through of the cable harness of the exterior rear view minor assembly. The sealing grommet is formed as an open hollow body on the free end, which is turned away from the sealing pad. A passage opening is provided for the cable harness at the intersection of the symmetry axis of the hollow body with the sealing pad. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014008 | BLIND SPOT MIRROR - A blind spot mirror configured to attach to a face of a side mounted automobile mirror to provide an enhanced view. The blind spot mirror includes a mirror and a mirror housing. The mirror housing includes a plurality of rectangular-column support posts and a plurality of protrusions configured to support the mirror. The blind spot mirror includes a base coupled to a rear surface of the mirror housing. The base includes a flat rear surface configured to couple to a face of a side mounted automobile mirror. The blind spot mirror includes a ball and socket coupling member coupled to the base and the mirror housing. The ball and socket coupling member is configured to functionally pivot the mirror housing about the side mounted automobile mirror. The ball and socket coupling member is disposed substantially off-center on the mirror housing. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014009 | Hat Brim With Rearview Mirrors - Rear view mirrors for use with a brim of a hat. Telescopic arms extend from the brim and are pivotable and swivelable from a central ball joint and have rear view mirrors disposed on the distal ends thereof that are pivotable and swivelable on the ball joints that transition from the distal end of the telescopic arms and the rear view mirrors. The rear view mirrors and telescopic arms are articulated by the user to provide the desired field of vision behind the user. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014010 | DETERMINING A REFERENCE WAVEFORM USED BY A CORRELATOR IN A SERVO CHANNEL - Provided are a method, servo channel, and tape drive for determining a reference waveform used by a correlator in a servo channel. Sequences of servo signal samples are provided from read servo signals read from a servo pattern on a recording medium. A determination is made of a reference waveform based on the sequences of servo signal samples and the reference waveform is forwarded. Interpolated servo signals are generated. The interpolated servo signal samples and the forwarded reference waveform are received to generate correlation output samples. Position and velocity information are calculated from the correlation output samples. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014011 | DISK FILE PREAMPLIFIER FREQUENCY-RESPONSE AND TIME DELAY COMPENSATION - An apparatus including one or more reader circuits, one or more writer circuits, and a loopback channel. The one or more reader circuits may be configured to read data from a magnetic medium. The one or more writer circuits may be configured to write data to the magnetic medium. The loopback channel is coupled between the one or more reader circuits and the one or more writer circuits. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014012 | Varying data reader response - A reader apparatus is disclosed to read data magnetically stored on a storage medium. The apparatus has a sense structure to change resistance in response to a proximity of a stored magnetic field, and a variable magnetic field biasing arrangement to vary an active response length of the sense structure. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014013 | DISK DRIVE WITH VARIABLE INCREMENTED COUNTING OF WRITES TO THE DATA TRACKS FOR MINIMIZING THE EFFECT OF FAR TRACK ERASURE - A hard disk drive (HDD) minimizes the effects of far track erasure (FTE) by counting the number of writes to the data tracks and incrementing counters based on the known effect of FTE on each track. The extent of the FTE effect is determined for each track within a range of tracks of the track being written, and based on the relative FTE effect for all the tracks in the range a count increment (CI) is determined for each track within the range. A counter is maintained for each track. For every writing to a track, a count for each track within a range of the track being written is increased by the CI value associated with the track number within the range. When the count value for a track reaches a predetermined threshold the data is read from that track and rewritten, preferably to the same track. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014014 | DATA RECORDING AND READING DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided is a method for recording data to a tape medium in such a manner as to achieve the easy management of mutually related multiple data pieces. First data and second data continuously received as a file from a higher level apparatus are accumulated in multiple buffer segments in the form of multiple successive data sets. A data structure is determined for each of the accumulated data sets. Management information indicating a result of the determination is added to the data sets, and the data sets and the management information thereof are stored into the tape medium. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014015 | HARD DISK DRIVE HAVING REGIONS CORRESPONDING TO DIFFERENT SPEEDS AT WHICH STORAGE SURFACE ROTATES - A hard disk drive includes a storage surface, a motor, a read/write had, and a number of regions into which the storage surface is divisible. Data is writable to and data is readable from the storage surface. The motor is to rotate the storage surface at a variable speed. The read/write head is to write data to and read data from the storage surface while the storage surface is rotated by the motor. Each region corresponds to a different speed at which the storage surface is rotated for the read/write head to write data to and read data from the region. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014016 | Motor and recording disc driving device - There are provided a motor and a recording disc driving device, which may improve a coupling structure of the motor to enable a magnet provided in a rotor to thereby double as a conventional stopper. The motor may include: a sleeve into which a shaft is rotatably inserted; a sleeve holder including a body part into which the sleeve is inserted, and a flange part protruded from an upper end portion of the body part in an outer diameter direction; a rotor case fastened to an upper end portion of the shaft, and formed such that a cylindrically shaped-rotor main wall is protruded downwardly in an axial direction to receive the flange part; a magnet fastened to a distal end of the rotor main wall so that a part of the magnet is protruded downwardly of the flange part; and a stator fastened to face the magnet, and generating an electromagnetic force. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014017 | SUSPENSION SUBSTRATE, SUSPENSION, HEAD SUSPENSION, HARD DISK DRIVE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUSPENSION SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR TESTING CONTINUITY OF SUSPENSION - A suspension substrate according the present invention includes: an insulating layer; a metallic support layer provided on the actuator element's side of the insulating layer. A wiring layer is provided on the other side of the insulating layer. This wiring layer includes a plurality of wirings and a wiring connection section that can be electrically connected with the actuator element via a conductive adhesive. A conductive connection section extending through the insulating layer and configured to connecting the metallic support layer with the wiring connection section of the wiring layer is provided in the connection structure region. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014018 | POWER AND CONTROL UNIT FOR A LOW OR MEDIUM VOLTAGE APPARATUS - A power and control unit for low and medium voltage applications, operatively couplable to one or more functions of a low or medium voltage apparatus, comprising:
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20120014019 | METHOD OF OPERATING A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - In a method for operating a household appliance having at least one electrical consumer activated by power electronics an actual value representing a temperature loading of the power electronics is determined and compared with a limit value representing a maximum tolerable temperature loading of the power electronics in normal load operation. When the actual value is below the limit value; an overload operation is enabled at least temporarily with a higher power than in normal load operation. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014020 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE ISOLATION OF AN IT-GRID - For monitoring the isolation of an IT-grid with respect to ground, an inverter connecting a direct current side with an alternating current side of the IT-grid and a photovoltaic device on the direct current side of the IT-grid, at least one isolation resistance of the direct current side with respect to ground is monitored for falling below a resistance threshold value while the inverter is running, and additionally a leakage current via the inverter towards ground is monitored for exceeding a current threshold value. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014021 | INTEGRATED ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) DEVICE - A semiconductor device for ESD protection includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type and a well region of a second conductivity type formed within the substrate. The well region is characterized by a first depth. The device includes an MOS transistor, a first bipolar transistor, and a second bipolar transistor. The MOS transistor includes a first lightly doped drain (LDD) region of a second depth within the well region, and a drain region and an emitter region within in the first LDD region. The emitter region is characterized by a second conductivity type. The first bipolar transistor is associated with the emitter region, the first LDD region, and the well region, and is characterized by a first trigger voltage. The second bipolar transistor is associated with the first LDD region, the well region, and the substrate, and is characterized by a second trigger voltage. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014022 | INTEGRATED POWER SUPPLY PROTECTION CIRCUIT WITH FAULT DETECTION CAPABILITY - An electrical circuit to minimize the damage to internal electronics in the event of a lightning strike or power surge that may flow into the unit through the home run cable used to supply power to device loads, for example load cells and weigh terminals. The circuitry can not only protect, but it can also detect and distinguish from several overvoltage and undervoltage conditions that can occur. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014023 | INPUT CAPACITOR PROTECTION CIRCUIT - A MOS-type semiconductor input capacitor protection circuit and system is described. In one embodiment, the system includes a MOS device configured as an input capacitor and configured to receive an input bias voltage. A bias monitor circuit is configured to monitor the input bias voltage and apply a selective capacitor bias voltage to the input capacitor so as to limit the voltage across the input capacitor to a level below a threshold voltage. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014024 | Method of Testing a Structure Protected from Overvoltages and the Corresponding Structure - An electronic device includes an electronic component and a protection circuit configured to protect the component from overvoltages. A control circuit is configured to inhibit a part of the protection circuit in the presence of a test voltage across terminals of the component. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014025 | OVERCURRENT PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention is directed to achieve longer life of a driving element for driving a load without maintaining a stop state of the driving element even in the case where overcurrent occurs in the driving element. An overcurrent protection circuit monitors current flowing in driving elements for driving a load and, in the case where it is detected that the current becomes a predetermined threshold or larger, performs a control for stopping driving of the load only for predetermined protection time in accordance with a detection result. The overcurrent protection circuit counts the number of detection times and changes the predetermined protection time in accordance with the number of detection times. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014026 | PROTECTION SYSTEM HAVING REDUCED ENERGY LET-THROUGH MODE AND ZONE SELECTIVITY - A method and system to protect a circuit having at least a first circuit breaker, and a second circuit breaker arranged directly upstream of said first circuit breaker, said first circuit breaker having configuration settings selectable between a normal mode and an alternate mode, the alternate mode setting including a reduced energy let-thru (RELT) mode setting having a RELT mode trip time delay, by determining if said first circuit breaker is configured in said RELT mode, determining a dynamic delay time for opening said second circuit breaker, wherein said dynamic delay time is based at least in part on said RELT mode trip time delay of said first circuit breaker, and triggering said second circuit breaker to open after said dynamic delay time has elapsed. Additionally, a method and system to protect a circuit having a first circuit breaker arranged directly downstream of a second circuit breaker, said first circuit breaker configured to provide a selectivity trip time-delay, said second circuit breaker having configuration settings selectable between a normal mode and an alternate mode, the alternate mode setting including a reduced energy let-thru (RELT) mode setting having a RELT mode trip time delay, the system comprising a network and at least one control processing unit configured to operatively control said first circuit breaker and said second circuit breaker, said network being communicatively coupled to said circuit, said first circuit breaker, said second circuit breaker and said at least one control processing unit, wherein said at least one control processing unit is configured to determine a dynamic delay time for opening said second circuit breaker if said fault is detected in said circuit, wherein said dynamic delay time is based at least in part on said RELT mode trip time delay of said first circuit breaker, determine if said first circuit breaker is set in said RELT mode, and if so, delay opening said second circuit breaker until after said dynamic delay time has elapsed. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014027 | TRANSIENT VOLTAGE SUPPRESSOR FOR MULTIPLE PIN ASSIGNMENTS - A transient voltage suppressor (TVS) for multiple pin assignments is disclosed. The suppressor comprises at least two cascade-diode circuits in parallel to each other and an electrostatic-discharge clamp element in parallel to each cascade-diode circuit and connected with a low voltage. One cascade-diode circuit is connected with a high voltage, and the other cascade-diode circuits are respectively connected with I/O pins. Each cascade-diode circuit further comprises a first diode and a second diode cascaded to the first diode, wherein a node between the first diode and the second diode is connected with the high voltage or the one I/O pin. The design of the present invention can meet several bounding requirements. It is flexible different pin assignments of TVS parts. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014028 | SURGE ARRESTER HAVING AN OPTICAL FAULT INDICATOR - The invention relates to a surge arrester which, in a housing ( | 2012-01-19 |
20120014029 | Surge Arrester - A surge arrester includes a housing with a tubular insulating body and at least two electrodes. A layer sequence includes at least one electrically conductive or semiconductive layer, at least one electrically conductive layer and at least one insulating layer and is arranged at least in sub-areas on the inside of the insulating body. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014030 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL, SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET, AND METHOD OF OPERATING SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET - In a superconducting coil, a parallel conductor includes a plurality of superconducting wires bundled and wound in a coil. The superconducting wires have at least two connections therebetween. A current source connected to the superconducting wires to form a loop via the superconducting wires and the connection to supply a current in the loop when a quench is detected. A superconducting magnet includes the superconducting coil, a persistent current switch connected to the superconducting coil, and a quench detector configured to detect quench occurring in the superconducting coil. | 2012-01-19 |
20120014031 | SOLENOID CONTROLS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE FOR OBTAINING OPTIMUM BATTERY LIFE - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for controlling energy consumption in a system having a battery and including a controller and one or more solenoids. In accordance with the disclosure, the controller provides a controlling mechanism, such as a control algorithm, that will provide the necessary power to operate the one or more solenoids throughout the range of battery voltage in a manner that optimizes the voltage discharge from the battery and simultaneously maximizes battery life. Further power conservation measures are implemented by using a controller and an associated control algorithm to operate a solenoid throughout the range of battery voltage in a manner that places the discharge of the battery in reduced power consumption operating modes as the capacity of the battery is reduced. | 2012-01-19 |