12th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100073628 | Connectiong device for a rimless spectacle - A connection device has a lens and a connecting element. The lens has a non-circular connecting hole defined through the lens near a side of the lens and having a shape. The connecting element may be a temple or a nose bridge of a spectacle, is connected to the lens and has a plug. The plug is securely connected to and held in the connecting hole in the lens and has a non-circular cross section corresponding to the shape of the connecting hole. Accordingly, the plug is easily assembled with the connecting hole in the lens. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073629 | OPHTHALMIC LENSES FOR PREVENTION OF MYOPIA PROGRESSION - The invention provides ophthalmic lenses useful in preventing myopia progression. The lenses of the invention provide substantially constant distance vision power zone in the center of the optic zone surrounded by a zone that provides positive longitudinal spherical aberration. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073630 | TINTED CONTACT LENSES WITH COMBINED LIMBAL RING AND IRIS PATTERNS - The invention provides tinted contact lenses that include a limbal ring that serves to enhance the definition of the wearer's iris resulting in the iris appearing larger to viewer's of the lens wearer. The lens also incorporates additional elements that overlie a portion of the wearer's iris. The lenses of the invention may be used as cosmetic lenses for enhancing or altering an individual's iris. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073631 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING VISUAL ABERRATION - A modified lens and a method of modifying a lens for alleviating visual aberrations such as glare, halos and starbursts from light sources are disclosed. The modified lens comprises an opaque patch containing a transparent area incorporated into a substantially transparent lens. The method of modifying the lens comprises determining the optimum shape, size and placement of the opaque patch and transparent area within the lens for each specific patient and incorporating the opaque patch into the lens. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073632 | STATIC PROGRESSIVE SURFACE REGION IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION WITH A DYNAMIC OPTIC - An ophthalmic lens is presented in which the lens includes a progressive addition region and a dynamic optic. The dynamic optic and the progressive addition region are in optical communication. The progressive addition region has an add power which is less than a user's near viewing distance add power. The dynamic optic, when activated, provides the additional needed optical power for the wearer to see clearly at a near distance. This combination leads to the unexpected result that not only does the wearer have the ability to see clearly at intermediate and near distances, but the level of unwanted astigmatism, distortion, and vision compromise are reduced significantly. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073633 | FUNDUS CAMERA - A fundus camera wherein when a photography start switch is selected, the optical axis of an eye examining section is aligned with the optical axis of an eye by a detection operation of an alignment optical system. After focusing of a fundus image is performed, the eye examining section is moved to a first recording mode position, and a first photograph of the fundus is taken by a stroboscopic tube. Subsequent to taking the first photograph of the fundus, a base length is changed and an alignment position is moved to a second recording mode position so that a second photograph of the fundus is taken. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073634 | Hybrid Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Line Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope - An apparatus for imaging an eye includes a housing and a system of optical components disposed in the housing. The apparatus is capable of operating in a line scanning laser opthalmoscope (LSLO) mode and an optical coherence tomography (OCT) mode. The system of optical components can include a first source to provide a first beam of light for the OCT mode and a second source to provide a second beam of light for the LSLO mode. In the OCT mode, a first optic is used that (i) scans, using a first surface of the first optic, the first beam of light along a retina of an eye in a first dimension, and (ii) descans, using the first surface, a first light returning from the eye in the first dimension to a detection system in the OCT mode. In the LSLO mode, the first optic is used where the second beam of light passes through a second surface of the first optic. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073635 | CONTACT LENS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND FITTING SUCH LENSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The invention is directed to a contact lens design and methods of manufacturing, fitting and using such lenses. The contact lens may be designed for use in a corneal refractive therapy (CRT) program. The lens provides a design which allows proper fitting of a patient, whether for corrective contact lenses or for a CRT program. Due to the rational design of the lenses according to the present invention, a minimal number of lens parameter increments can be identified to cover the range of common corneas. It is therefore possible to provide pre-formed lens buttons or blanks which are easily formed into a final design, thereby simplifying and speeding up the treatment process. Further, any adjustment of the lens design which may be required based upon trial fitting or the like, is easily envisioned and implemented by the fitter. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073646 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A MULTI-COLOUR VOLUME HOLOGRAM, A DOCUMENT WITH SUCH A HOLOGRAM, AND A VOLUME HOLOGRAM MASTER - The invention relates to a method for the production of a multicolor hologram by means of a capture beam, wherein the utilized capture beam ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100073647 | COATING FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND COATING FILM FORMING METHOD FOR IMMERSION LIGHT EXPOSURE - A coating film forming apparatus for immersion light exposure, for forming a coating film including a resist film or a resist film and an additional film on a substrate to be fed to an immersion light exposure apparatus configured to perform a light exposure process through a liquid, includes: one or more coating units configured to apply the resist film or the resist film and the additional film onto the substrate; one or more thermally processing units configured to perform a thermal process necessary for forming the coating film on the substrate; a checking unit configured to check a state of the coating film at an edge portion of the substrate before the immersion light exposure; and a control section configured to use a check result obtained by the checking unit to make a judgment of whether or not the state of the coating film at the edge portion of the substrate is within an acceptable range, and to permit transfer of the substrate to the light exposure apparatus when the state of the coating film is within the acceptable range. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073648 | Masks and Methods of Manufacture Thereof - Lithography masks and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. A preferred embodiment includes a method of generating an assist feature of a lithography mask. The method includes providing a layout for a material layer of a semiconductor device, the layout including a pattern for at least one feature of the semiconductor device. The method includes forming an assist feature in the pattern for the at least one feature, wherein the assist feature extends completely through the pattern for the at least one feature. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073649 | Exposure Apparatus Having An Element To Be Cooled - An exposure apparatus having an element to be cooled and that exposes a substrate to patterned radiation by using the element. A reservoir houses a liquid coolant therein. A first pump, disposed between the reservoir and the element, supplies the coolant from the reservoir to the element. A heater, disposed between the first pump and the element, heats the coolant supplied from the first pump. A jacket receives the coolant from the heater and cools the element. A second pump, disposed between the jacket and the reservoir, reduces a pressure of the jacket and supplies the coolant from the jacket to reservoir. A cooler, disposed between the second pump and the reservoir, cools the coolant supplied from the second pump. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073650 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lithographic apparatus with a cover plate formed separately from a substrate table and means for stabilizing a temperature of the substrate table by controlling the temperature of the cover plate is disclosed. A lithographic apparatus with thermal insulation provided between a cover plate and a substrate table so that the cover plate acts as a thermal shield for the substrate table is disclosed. A lithographic apparatus comprising means to determine a substrate table distortion and improve position control of a substrate by reference to the substrate table distortion is disclosed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073651 | LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A lithography apparatus includes: a light source comprising a first light beam and a second light beam, a photomask, a polarization controlling system positioned between the light source and the photomask, a wafer state for holding a wafer, and a lens positioned between the photomask and the wafer stage. The polarization controlling system diverts the first light beam into a first polarization direction and diverts the second light beam into a second polarization direction, wherein the first polarization direction and the second polarization direction are different from each other. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073652 | MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A drive system drives a movable body, based on measurement results of a first measurement system which measures the position of the movable body in an XY plane by irradiating a measurement beam from an arm member on a grating placed on a surface parallel to the XY plane of the movable body. In this case, because a configuration in which the arm member irradiates a measurement beam on the grating is employed, there is no adverse effect due to the drive of the moving body, unlike the case when an encoder system is arranged on a stage surface plate. Accordingly, it becomes possible to drive the movable body with good precision. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073653 | MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In measurement of a positional information in the XY plane of a fine movement stage held by a coarse movement stage, an encoder system is used including a head which is placed facing a grating placed on a surface substantially parallel to the XY plane of the fine movement stage and irradiates a measurement beam on the grating. Then, the fine movement stage is driven individually or integrally with the coarse movement stage by a drive system, based on the positional information measured by the encoder system. In this case, the head of the encoder system can be placed in proximity to the fine movement stage (the grating), which allows a highly precise measurement of the positional information of the fine movement stage by the encoder system. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073654 | EVALUATION METHOD AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An exposure apparatus includes an original stage mounted with an exposure original having a pattern used for exposure, and an evaluation original having a pattern used to evaluate an optical performance of a projection optical system, a first drive mechanism configured to drive the original stage in a first direction that is a scan direction, and a second drive mechanism configured to drive the evaluation original on the original stage in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a width of the evaluation original in the second direction is smaller than that of the exposure original in the second direction. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073655 | OPTICAL SYSTEM OF A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An optical system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus contains a module, which can be fitted in the optical system and removed from it as a unit. The module contains a cavity which can be completely filled with a liquid and hermetically sealed, and a concavely curved optical surface which bounds the cavity at the top during operation of the projection exposure apparatus. This makes it possible to fill the module outside the optical system. The module can be tilted there so that no air bubble, which prevents complete filling, can form below the concavely curved optical surface. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073666 | IN-LINE PROCESS MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method of using multivariate optical computing in real-time to collect instantaneous data about a process stream includes installing an optical analysis system proximate a process line, the process line being configured to move a material past a window of the optical analysis system; illuminating a portion of the material with a light from the optical analysis system; directing the light carrying information about the portion through at least one multivariate optical element in the optical analysis system to produce an instantaneous measurement result about the portion; and continuously averaging the instantaneous measurement result over a period of time to determine an overall measurement signal of the material. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073667 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Differential Group Delay and Polarization Mode Dispersion - A method and apparatus for measuring at least one polarization-related characteristic of an optical path (FUT) uses an optical source means connected to the FUT at or adjacent a proximal end of the FUT and an analyzing-and-detection unit connected to the FUT at or adjacent its proximal or distal end. The optical source means injects into the FUT at least partially polarized light having a controlled state of polarization (I-SOP). The analyzer-and-detection unit extracts corresponding light from the FUT, analyzes and detects the extracted light corresponding to at least one transmission axis (A-SOP), and processes the corresponding electrical signal to obtain transmitted coherent optical power at each wavelength of light in each of at least two groups of wavelengths, wherein the lowermost (λ | 2010-03-25 |
20100073668 | LENS SCREENING DEVICE - An lens screening device for controlling diameters of lenses within a range from a lower threshold to a upper threshold. The lens screening device includes a number of connecting poles and two screening plates. Each of the screening plates includes a tray and a scraper slidably disposed on the tray and configure for scraping the tray. The tray defines a number of through holes of same diameter therein. The diameter of the through holes in an upper screening plate is larger than that of the through holes in a lower screening plate. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073669 | OPTICAL SENSOR ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a medium without exposing the medium to contamination. The systems and methods employ a novel combination of a small sensor device embedded in a Luer cap and capable of wirelessly transmitting data to a reading device. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073670 | ABNORMAL MEASUREMENT DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INFRARED RADIATION THERMOMETER - A technique for an infrared radiation thermometer used for thermography detects measurement abnormality of the infrared radiation thermometer and estimates the causes of the measurement abnormality such as contamination of an objective lens and a malfunction in a mechanism section of the infrared radiation thermometer. The measurement abnormality detector has a dummy lens | 2010-03-25 |
20100073671 | ALIGNMENT MARK AND DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD - A defect inspection method is disclosed. A first type defect inspection system is used to perform a first defect inspection by aligning to an alignment mark on a wafer as a reference point for the first defect inspection. A fabrication process is performed on the wafer thereafter, and a second defect inspection is performed by using a second type defect inspection system to align the alignment mark on the wafer as the reference point for the second defect inspection. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073672 | SAMPLE POSITIONING STAGE AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A sample positioning stage for positioning a sample to be inspected relative to an optical inspection device. The stage includes a first generally planar body on which a sample to be inspected can be carried and a second body directly coupled to the first body via bearings extending between them which constrain movement of the first body relative to the second body to a first plane that is substantially parallel to the plane of the first body. There is also provided a drive system being selectively operable in a first mode and a second mode. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073673 | CLOSED CELL FOR USE IN SPECTROPHOTOMETERS - A closed cell (1) for use in spectrophotometers, adapted to receive a liquid to be subjected to analysis and an air space or bubble to absorb pressure differentials, wherein the cell (1) includes means to retain the air space or bubble in a predetermined location in the cell. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073674 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A measurement apparatus includes a DOT measurement unit, an AOT measurement unit, and a controller configured to calculate at least one of an absorption characteristic and a scattering characteristic of a test region set in an test object by utilizing one of the DOT measurement unit and the AOT measurement unit, which one has a smaller measurement size. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073675 | ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER - With the measurement unit ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100073696 | Page Expansion And Printing Method - A page expansion and printing method includes the steps of receiving a first page description into a first memory buffer, the first page description having a bio-level black layer and a contone CMYK layer; decompressing the bi-level black layer and the contone CMYK layer in parallel; half-toning the contone CMYK layer to bi-level CMYK; compositing the bi-level black layer over the bi-level CMYK layer to form a printable image; and transmitting the printable image to a second memory buffer for printing by the pagewidth printer. The step of transmitting the printable image to a second memory buffer is performed simultaneously with receiving a subsequent page description in the first memory buffer. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073697 | ELECTRIC CHARGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An electric charging apparatus and an image forming apparatus using the electric charging apparatus, capable of stably discharging electrons and reducing deterioration in an electron discharging member, which includes an electric field forming device including two electrodes facing each other to form electric field therebetween including an electron discharging member provided at a portion of one of the electrodes, where the portion faces the other electrode, to discharge electrons into the electric field, and a voltage applying controller to control voltage applied to the electrodes, wherein the voltage applying controller selects two or more intensities of the electric field. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073698 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing apparatus includes an image information acquiring unit that acquires image information; a line region setting unit that sets a line region in an image indicated by the image information acquired by the image information acquiring unit; and a background correcting unit that corrects an image density of a background portion of the image in a region set to be the line region by the line region setting unit. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073699 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND PRINTING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus capable of reducing a stitch effect, an image forming system including the same, and a printing method thereof. The printing method of the image forming system includes inputting image data to be printed; and, if adjacent first and second objects included in the input image data have different LPIs (Lines Per Inch), emphasizing at least one of boundaries of the first and second objects and printing the image data with an emphasized boundary. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073700 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND INITIALIZATION METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is a printing apparatus which includes a tray for setting a printing medium thereon and performs an initialization process upon turning on the printing apparatus, the printing apparatus including: an abnormal state detecting section which detects an abnormal state upon performing a power-off process; a first information storing section which stores a detection result of the abnormal state detecting section as first information; a tray position state detecting section which detects a position state of the tray; a tray moving section which moves the tray to a normal position in the case where the position state of the tray is abnormal on the basis of a detection result of the tray position state detecting section upon turning on the printing apparatus; a second information storing section which stores the detection result of the tray position state detecting section as second information; | 2010-03-25 |
20100073701 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INDEX GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING INDEX GENERATION PROGRAM RECORDED - An image processing apparatus includes a scanner for reading out documents, a first extraction unit for extracting text contained in document images, a second extraction unit for extracting at least one Web address from the text, a fetch unit for obtaining at least one Web page corresponding to the Web address, a first generation unit for generating a concatenated image by concatenating the document images with the Web page, and a second generation unit for generating an index indicating a corresponding relationship between the document images and the Web page in the concatenated image. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073702 | PRINTER DRIVER PRODUCT, PRINT CONTROL UNIT, PRINT SYSTEM, AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A product of printer driver which operates on an operating system making a computer execute a conversion processing to convert data in electronic document format into data in bitmap format, the printer driver further making the computer execute, an accepting process which accepts from the operating system print target data in electronic document format, a first outputting process which generates, based on the print target data in electronic document format, print data in a command language format capable for interpretation by a printer as a control target and outputs the print data thus generated to the printer, and a second outputting process which requests the operating system to convert the print target data in electronic document format into bitmap data, and outputs print data based on the bitmap data thus converted to the printer, and the first outputting process and the second outputting process are selectively performed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073703 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS CONNECTED TO POWER SUPPLYING DEVICE CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING POWER VIA DATA COMMUNICATION LINE, CONTROL METHOD PERFORMED BY SAME IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM EXECUTED BY SAME IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A message displaying area displays a message “DATA HAS BEEN RECEIVED”, which indicates that a print instruction has been received, as well as a message “CONDUCT AUTHENTICATION”, which urges a user to enter identification information. On the other hand, an input area displays a form in which a “username” and a corresponding “password” are to be entered. Specifically, a display presents an entry screen for identification information, including messages indicating that a print instruction has been received and authentication is required. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073704 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device includes a processor configured to process image data, an image forming unit configured to perform image formation based on the image data processed by the processor, a cover configured to, when being opened, allow an external access to the image forming unit therethrough, a detector configured to detect whether the cover is opened, and an interrupting unit configured to, when determining with the detector that the cover is kept opened for a first time period, interrupt the processing of the image data by the processor. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073705 | PRINT JOB ASSIGNMENT METHOD ALLOWING USER-PRIORITIZATION - An automatic job assignment method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment described. Each print job is processed by comparing the printing requirements of the job with capabilities of the printers to find one or more candidate printers that can satisfy all job requirements. Then, from all such candidate printers, one printer is selected by evaluating real-time conditions of the printers, such as wait time, device status, periodic maintenance (PM) count, operation history, etc., and the print job is submitted to the selected printer. The real-time conditions and the order in which they are evaluated are set by the operator. The process can also be run in an alternative mode where one of the candidate printers is selected based on a pre-defined fixed priority preference. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073716 | Method and Apparatus for Forming a Document Set - A method for forming a document set is described. The document set is formed from rectangular sheets and includes an envelope sheet and at least one insert sheet where the at least one insert sheet and the envelope sheet are selected from a range of industry standard rectangular sizes. The method further includes the steps of printing the envelope sheet with envelope information, the envelope information including a unique code identifier and also printing each of the at least one insert sheets with insert information, the insert information including a unique code identifier and then collating the envelope sheet and the at least one insert sheet to form the document set. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073717 | REAL-TIME SYNCHRONIZATION OF FRONT AND BACK SIDE PRINTING IN DOUBLE-SIDED WEB PRINTING - A system and a method for synchronizing printing of images on both sides of a web in a double-sided web printer includes a method including printing a first image on a first side of the web by a first printing device; printing a second image on a second side of the web, opposite the first side, by a second printing device; sensing a position of the web, relative to the second printing device, by a web position measuring device; real-time communicating an electronic printing position signal, representative for the printing position of the first image on the web, between the first printing device and the second printing device; and printing the second image synchronized to the first image based on the electronic printing position signal and the position of the web relative to the second printing device. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073718 | SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORE PRINTER SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A sales data processing apparatus is connected to another one or more sales data processing apparatuses and a plurality of printers via a communication network. Printer identification information and address information on the communication network is set on each printer. The sales data processing apparatus includes: a communication section to transmit and receive data to and from the printers and another one or more sales data processing apparatuses; a storage section to store a printer network table in which printer identification information and address information, for each printer are associated with one another; an inquiry section to transmit inquiry data for requesting the printer identification, information and address information set on each printer, to each printer; and an update section to update the printer network table when the printer identification information and address information are received from each printer in response to the inquiry data. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073719 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A mechanism for reserving a line for use in facsimile transmission before issuance of a user's instruction to execute facsimile transmission is provided. To accomplish this, when a user has initiated settings for facsimile transmission (step S | 2010-03-25 |
20100073720 | PRINT SYSTEM FOR CONFERENCING AND PRINT METHOD THEREOF - A print system for conferencing includes a plurality of print apparatuses that are provided in a plurality of conference locations and interconnected via a network; a storage that registers in itself, data of conference material and information of prospective attendees from the respective conference locations; and a detector that detects the start of a conference. Each of the print apparatuses obtains and records the registered data of conference material and information of prospective attendees from the conference location where the print apparatus is provided, then prints as many copies of conference material as the number of the prospective attendees, if the start of a conference is detected. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073721 | SCANNER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A scanner, an image forming apparatus including the same, an image processing method of the scanner and a printing method of the image forming apparatus. The image processing method includes acquiring an environment image, acquiring a main scan image by scanning a document on a flatbed, and extracting a document image from the main scan image using the environment image when the document is scanned with the cover in an open position. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073722 | Image forming system and image forming method - An image forming system including an image reading apparatus and a printing apparatus connected to the image reading apparatus through a communication line, in which the image reading apparatus includes a font information acquiring unit which acquires font information indicating a type of a font installed on the printing apparatus, a print data generating unit which generates desired print data by using the font information acquired from the font information acquiring unit, and a print data transmitting unit which transmits the print data generated by the print data generating unit to the printing apparatus, and in which the printing apparatus prints out the desired print data on the basis of the print data transmitted from the print data transmitting unit. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073723 | PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND MULITMEDIA APPARATUS - A printing method and apparatus, a print control method, and a multimedia apparatus are provided. The printing method includes receiving a multimedia file or additional information of the multimedia file from a multimedia apparatus; interpreting the multimedia file or the additional information of the multimedia and obtaining at least one item included in the additional information; and printing the obtained at least one item. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073724 | PLUG-IN SOFTWARE PROGRAM, FUNCTION EXTENSION METHOD, AND FUNCTION EXTENSION DEVICE - A paper size that can be created using an application software program (hereinafter abbreviated as an application) operating on a computer often has a maximum value, and maximum values differ from application to application. Thus, in order to obtain a printout of a size larger than the maximum paper size of an application, cumbersome operations have been needed such as calculating a paper size (including an aspect ratio) while taking the maximum paper size of the application into consideration, setting the paper size in the application, and calculating and setting an enlargement ratio of a printer driver. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073725 | Optimized Printing Of Electronic Documents - Approaches for the optimized printing of electronic documents are provided. The approaches are applicable to a wide variety of contexts and implementations and include generating an estimated processing time for an electronic document and reporting the estimated processing time back to a client device. Generating an estimated time to process includes processing at least a portion of the print data. Further, the approaches include re-ordering a processing queue based on the estimated processing time for the electronic document, and additionally based on an in-queue time for each print data in the processing queue. Further, any user-designated priority may be factored into the re-ordering of print data in the processing queue, or in the alternative, bypass the optimization process entirely. These approaches may be implemented on a printing device, a print server, a client device or any other device capable of utilizing these approaches. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073756 | PATTERNED POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND DEVICES USING THE SAME - In general, in one aspect, the invention features an apparatus that includes a plurality of optical elements arranged to form an image of an object. The elements include a first element comprising one or more regions of a polarizing material, the regions being shaped as one or more visual features, a polarizer, and a mounting assembly including a first mount for the first element and a second mount for the polarizer. At least the first or second mount is rotatable with respect to an optical axis between a first orientation and a second orientation. In the first orientation, the visual features are visible in the image of the object and, in the second orientation, the visual features are not visible in the image of the object. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073757 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND INFLUENCING A LIGHT RAY - An optical arrangement and a related method for operating this optical arrangement are suggested, particularly in microscopes, for use as at least one of a main beam splitter and a beam combiner. One or more light beams can be coupled into the arrangement and at least one of the light beams that were coupled in can be coupled out again after having passed through the optical arrangement. In the path of the coupled in light beams at least one controllable microstructured element is provided, allowing to switch beam paths within the optical arrangement. This allows controlling or influencing the one or more light beams that are coupled out. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073758 | OPTICAL GATING SYSTEM USING MOIRE EFFECT - To provide an optical gating system capable of performing single-shot, parallel, and ultrafast gating equal to or less than a subpicosecond, without depending on coherence. The optical gating system converts signal light to spatial characteristic signal light whose intensity distribution has spatial periodicity, and emits the spatial characteristic signal light to a gate region ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100073759 | Line-like laser beam flux irradiating apparatus - A line-like laser beam flux irradiating apparatus comprising a laser source which emits a divergent laser beam flux, a conversion lens which converts the divergent laser beam flux to a parallel laser beam flux, a first lens which forms a first line-like laser beam flux, a second lens which forms a second line-like laser beam flux intersecting the first line-like laser beam flux, a reflective optical system comprised of a first reflective surface which reflects the parallel laser beam flux toward the first lens and a second reflective surface which reflects the parallel laser beam flux toward the second lens, wherein the parallel laser beam flux is simultaneously guided to the first and second reflective surfaces so as to form a cross-wise line-like laser beam flux is formed on the same plane by the cooperation of the first line-like laser beam flux and the second line-like laser beam flux. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073760 | DELAY-LINE DEMODULATOR - A delay-line demodulator for demodulating a differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK) signal is provided. The demodulator includes two Mach-Zehnder interferometers individually comprising two waveguides having different lengths therebetween and through which a light signal branched from the DQPSK signal propagates, respectively. A phase of the light signal propagating at one of the waveguides is delayed as compared to a phase of the light signal propagating at another one of the waveguides, wherein a divergence amount of polarization is adjusted by driving sets of heaters that are facing each other and sandwiching a half wavelength plate therebetween. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073761 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE PACKAGE - A nonlinear optical device is provided. More specifically, a wavelength conversion device package with less optical loss stabilizes optical alignment under an external environmental change, for example, in a temperature variation by providing a temperature regulating block and a temperature sensor to an optical oscillator and a wavelength modulator and fixing a flexible optical transmitter to the optical oscillator and the wavelength modulator. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073762 | Raman amplifier and control method thereof - A Raman amplifier, at the time of start up or the like, drives a predetermined number of pump light sources among a plurality of pump light sources, in a stable region, and judges a Raman gain in the transmission line, and based on the judgment result, specifies a pump light source to switch on and a pump light source to switch off, among the plurality of pump light sources, and controls the drive state of the pump light sources that are switched on. As a result, the plurality of pump light sources are appropriately driven corresponding to the system requirements so that stable behavior is possible, and constant control of Raman gain can be realized at a high accuracy. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073763 | Adjustable optical signal delay module and method thereof - The present invention relates to an adjustable optical signal delay module, particularly to a module, which adjusts power of an amplified spontaneous emission generated by a semiconductor optical amplifier and reversely feeds the adjusted amplified spontaneous emission back to the semiconductor optical amplifier to vary a group refractive index of the semiconductor optical amplifier and delay the timing of an optical signal, whereby the present invention can replace the pump laser conventionally required by a CPO mechanism. In the present invention, the feedback optical loop comprises a variable optical attenuator, an optical filter, and optical circulators. An user can control the delay timing of optical signals via adjusting optical power in the feedback optical loop. The present invention can decrease the fabrication cost of an optical signal delay module and reduce the volume thereof. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073764 | OPTICAL FILTER FOR DISPLAY, AND DISPLAY AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL PROVIDED WITH THE OPTICAL FILTER - [Problem to be Solved] To provide an optical filter for display which can be easily prepared, which is thin and light, which has excellent electromagnetic wave shielding property and antireflection property, and which scarcely suffers from occurrence of interference fringe. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073765 | Contrast-Enhancing UV-Absorbing Glass and Articles Containing Same - Disclosed are CuX-containing, Nd | 2010-03-25 |
20100073766 | MICROSCOPE SLIDE TESTING AND IDENTIFICATION ASSEMBLY - The present invention is a microscope microscope slide coverslip constructed of a glass or plastic plate having one or more indicia thereon which can be used to uniquely or non-uniquely identify the microscope slide coverslip or the microscope slide to which the microscope slide coverslip is attached and/or provide information therefor. Preferably the indicium, such as a barcode, is machine readable. The microscope microscope slide coverslip may have an adherent surface and a non-adherent surface, the adherent surface having a solvent activated dry adhesive film (adhesive coating) bonded thereto and having an indicium thereon for indicating the adherent side of the microscope slide coverslip. The dry adhesive film of the adherent surface is non-tacky (non-sticky) in its storage or preapplication condition. At use, the adhesive of the adherent side can be activated by a solvent. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073767 | TRANSMISSION SCREEN FOR STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES - A transmission type screen for stereoscopic images having a transmission layer includes an incident surface having a gloss surface, a transmission layer having a refractive index less than 1.55, a transmissivity more than 60%, and an imaging surface having surface particle sizes of 40 to 400 mesh that avoids a hot spot. The imaging surface is formed on the final surface through which images are transmitted, so that the components operate in an organic fashion with respect to each other. The polarization degree of stereoscopic images is maximized thereby increasing the three-dimensional effect and the transmissivity, and enables viewers to view images clearly several times better than with a conventional screen. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073768 | 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method - A two dimensional/three dimensional (2D/3D) switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method. The 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method may selectively display a 2D image and 3D image using two displays, control a display operated as backlight from among the two displays when displaying the 2D image, and thereby may increase a contrast. Also, the 2D/3D switchable autostereoscopic display apparatus and method may output a 2D object and a 3D background using two displays. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073769 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHAPED GLASSES AND VIEWING 3D IMAGES - Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses and spectrally complementary filters disposed on the curved surface lenses configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. The spectrally complementary filters include guard bands to prevent crosstalk between spectrally complementary portions of a 3D image viewed through the shaped glasses. In one embodiment, the spectrally complementary filters are disposed on the curved lenses with increasing layer thickness towards edges of the lenses. The projected complementary images may also be pre-shifted to compensate for subsequent wavelength shifts occurring while viewing the images. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073770 | ROLLED WEB OF OPTICAL FILM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a rolled web of optical film that has an optical orientation axis, which is less displaced from a predetermined angle throughout the entire area of the elongated rolled web, and can be easily produced according to the desired angle of the optical orientation axis, and a method of producing the rolled web of optical film. The rolled web of optical film includes an optical film layer having an optical orientation axis, and an adhesive film web including a release material layer and an adhesive material layer, the optical film layer being laid on the adhesive film web via the adhesive material layer and rolled up into a roll. The optical film layer is made up of plural optical film pieces that are arranged into a substantially elongated shape with end portions of the optical film pieces being adjacent to each other. The optical film pieces are formed by cutting an optical film web having an optical orientation axis, at least along cutting lines that cross the longitudinal direction of the optical film web. The optical film pieces are disposed on the adhesive film web to have the cutting lines oriented parallel to the longitudinal direction of the adhesive film web. Optical orientation axes of the optical film pieces each are oriented at a common angle relative to the longitudinal direction of the adhesive film web. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073771 | LIGHT HOOD DETACHABLE MECHANISM - In order to attach a lens hood | 2010-03-25 |
20100073772 | Lens array unit, optical head and information processing apparatus - A lens array unit includes first and second lens array plates that oppose each other on opposite sides of a support member. Each of the lens array plates supports a set of lenses that are arranged in one direction and that have optical axes extending in a direction perpendicular to the one direction. The bending rigidity of the support member in the direction that the optical axes extend is higher than the bending rigidity of the first lens array plate in that direction. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073773 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display system for vehicle includes an outside information-obtaining section configured to obtain outside information of a moving object; a position-detecting section configured to detect a position of one eye of an image viewer getting on the moving object; and an image-projecting section. The image-projecting section is configured to obtain a position of a target in the outside information obtained by the outside information-obtaining section, to generate a display object on the basis of the obtained position of the target, and to project a light flux including an image having the generated display object toward the one eye of the image viewer on the basis of the detected position of the one eye. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073774 | MAGNIFICATION-VARYING OPTICAL DEVICE - The invention relates to improving optical properties of optical instruments with variable magnification, such as zoom binoculars, reducing the weight thereof, and enabling the user to change magnifications quickly. The invention provides an optical instrument with a focal length-varying lens | 2010-03-25 |
20100073775 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes a negative lens unit having a negative refractive power, at least one positive lens unit having a positive refractive power, an intermediate lens unit including a stop, and at least one reduction side lens unit, in order from a magnification conjugate side to a reduction conjugate side, at least two magnification side movable lens units in the negative lens unit and the at least one positive lens unit, and at least one reduction side movable lens unit in the at least one reduction side lens unit are moved during zooming, and conditions of 0.9<(X | 2010-03-25 |
20100073776 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes a first negative lens group, a second negative lens group, a third positive lens group, an aperture diaphragm, and a fourth positive lens group arranged in this order from an object side. When power varies from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, the first and second lens groups are moved to an image surface along an optical axis and then moved to the object side. The third and fourth lens groups are moved to only the object side along the optical axis. The first lens group includes at least one aspheric lens, and the aspheric lens has an aspheric shape in which a positive refractive power is increased toward the periphery of the lens when a paraxial refractive power is positive and a negative refractive power is decreased toward the periphery of the lens when the paraxial refractive power is negative. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073777 | PHOTOGRAPHIC LENS SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A photographic lens system includes a positive lens element, a positive lens element, a negative lens element having a concave surface facing toward the image, a diaphragm, a negative lens element having a concave surface facing toward the object, a positive lens element which is cemented to the negative lens element, and two or three positive lens elements, in this order from the object. An intermediate negative lens element, having the weakest negative refractive power out of all of the negative lens elements, is provided between the negative lens element having the concave surface facing toward the image and the negative lens element having the concave surface facing toward the object. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073778 | ZOOM LENS, CAMERA DEVICE AND PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT - A zoom lens including, in order from an object side to an image side, a first group having a negative focal length, a second group having a positive focal length, a third group having a negative focal length, a fourth group having a positive focal length, and an aperture stop between the second group and the third group, wherein when changing a magnification from a short focus end to a long focus end, at least the second group monotonically moves from the image side to the object side such that a distance between the first group and the second group decreases, and a distance between the second group and the third group increases, and the third group includes a three-cemented lens having a negative lens, a positive lens and a negative lens in order from the object side. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073779 | LENS SYSTEM - A lens system includes, in order from the object side, a positive refractive power first lens, a negative refractive power second lens, a positive refractive power third lens, and a fourth lens. Wherein the lens system satisfies the following conditions: (1) TTL/f<1.3; and (2) 0.752010-03-25 | |
20100073780 | Lens array unit, optical head and information processing apparatus - A lens array unit includes first lens array plates, second lens array plates and a support member. Each of the first lens array plate has multiple first lenses thereon. Each of the first lenses has a first optical axis that extends in a first direction and the first lenses are arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first. Each of the second lens array plates has multiple second lenses thereon. Each of the second lenses has a second optical axis that extends in the first direction and the second lenses are arranged in the second. The support member has opposite first and second sides. The support member extends in the second direction to support the first lens array plates on the first side and support the second lens array plates on a second side so that each of the first lens array plates opposes a different corresponding one of the second lens array plates. The first lens array plates are arranged on the first side of the support member in the second direction and the second lens array plates are arranged on the second side of the support member in the second direction. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073781 | Manufacturing method for a wafer lens module and the structure thereof - The present invention provides a manufacturing method for a wafer lens module including the steps of providing a plastic material with high thermal resistance, wherein the high temperature plastic material can be used at a reflow temperature above 250° C.; and forming the high temperature plastic material into a wafer lens module integrally. The method can form an integrated wafer lens module and simplify the manufacturing procedures. Furthermore, a wafer lens unit formed by stacking another wafer lens module on the wafer lens module manufactured by the method can have improved optical image quality. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073782 | OPTICAL LENS - Provided is an optical lens including an effective surface on which light is incident; and a rib that extends outward from the effective surface and has barrel contact surfaces on which external forces applied to the outer circumferential surface of the rib act symmetrically with respect to an optical axis of the effective surface. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073783 | FOCUS-ADJUSTABLE OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - A focus-adjustable optical assembly installed in at least one projecting path of at least one light beam is disclosed in the present invention. The focus-adjustable optical assembly comprises a lens fixing disk and a plurality of lenses. The lens fixing disk is made of a light-transmissible material, and formed with a plurality of lens assembling passages. The lenses are rotatably and threadedly assembled to the lens assembling passages along at least one focus-adjustment direction. At least one focusing position of the light beam is adjusted when rotatably adjusting at least one of the lenses with respect to the lens assembling passages. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073784 | LENS MOVING FRAME AND LENS DEVICE - A lens moving frame according to an embodiment of the invention includes a holder portion. The holder portion includes: wall portions having guide holes formed therein; partition walls into which a guide bar is inserted and which are provided near the corresponding wall portions; and lubricant reservoir portions that are provided between the partition walls and the wall portions and have a lubricant filled and stored therein. The lubricant stored in the lubricant reservoir portion is adhered to the guide bar disposed between the partition wall and the wall portion. When the lens moving frame is moved along the guide bar, an extra lubricant is scraped off from the guide bar by the guide holes and opening portions of the partition walls and then stored in the lubricant reservoir portions. Therefore, the amount of lubricant required to smoothly move the lens moving frame is adhered to the guide bar. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073785 | Motor for Driving Lenses - Disclosed is a motor for driving lenses. The motor includes a case, a yoke fixed in the case, a magnet fixed in the yoke, a carrier equipped with lenses and installed in the magnet such that the carrier moves up and down within the magnet, a coil coupled with the carrier, in which the coil cooperates with the magnet to move up and down the carrier, a spring unit including first and second springs having arc shapes and being separated from each other while forming a ring shape as a whole, in which an outer peripheral surface of the spring unit is fixed to the case, an inner peripheral surface of the spring unit is fixed to the carrier to elastically support the carrier, and a lead wire of the coil is connected to the spring unit so that external power is supplied to the coil, a spacer supporting the outer peripheral surface of the spring unit, and a terminal provided on the spacer, in which one side of the terminal protrudes downward by passing through a bottom of the case to make connection with the spring unit and a main PCB of a product. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073786 | Optical Mounting and Optical Component Comprising Said Type of Optical Mounting - The invention relates to an optical mounting comprising a stationary outer mounting and an inner mounting part embodied to receive an optical element. The aim of the invention is to enlarge the adjustment path in the direction of the optical axis of the optical element that is to be mounted, and as a result, obtaining high stability and rigidity that is perpendicular to the optical axis. Also, the invention aims at keeping the space requirements and the manufacturing and mounting costs as low as possible. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073787 | PIEZOELECTRIC-DRIVING OPTICAL LENS - A piezoelectric-driving optical lens is disclosed, which comprises: a lens, having a barrel with a friction ring annularly mounted on the outer wall of the barrel as the outer diameter of the friction ring is larger than that of the barrel; a plurality of piezoelectric stators, arranged surrounding the lens and abutted against the friction ring, for providing a rotation driving force to the lens for focusing or zooming function; and a seat, for receiving the lens and the plural piezoelectric stators; wherein, the plural piezoelectric stators can actuate simultaneously to output a maximum driving torque. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073788 | VOID-CONTAINING RESIN MOLDED PRODUCT, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND REFLECTIVE PLATE - A void-containing resin molded product consisting of a polymer having crystallinity, wherein the void-containing resin molded product has elongated voids whose longitudinal directions are aligned in one direction, wherein the elongated voids satisfy the expression h(avg)>T/100, where h(avg) denotes an arithmetic average of h(i)s which each denote a distance from a surface of the void-containing resin molded product to a center of each of 10 voids whose centers are closer to the surface of the void-containing resin molded product than are centers of any other voids in a cross-section of the void-containing resin molded product that is perpendicular to a direction in which the voids are aligned, the 10 voids being selected from voids in a region defined by one straight line which is parallel to a thickness direction of the void-containing resin molded product and another straight line which is parallel to and distant by 20×T from the one straight line; and T denotes an arithmetic average thickness of the cross-section, and wherein the elongated voids have a ratio L/r of 10 or more, where L denotes an average length of the voids (in μm) in a direction in which the voids are aligned, and r denotes an average length of the voids (in μm) in a thickness direction which is perpendicular to the direction in which the voids are aligned. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073789 | LOW COST MOVEABLE MIRROR - It is an object of the present invention to provide a low cost moveable mirror with 2 axes of movement that is suitable for use in an optical application where a relatively large tip of tilt of a mirror is needed in a known series of positions repeatably and rapidly. This object is achieved by providing a planar structure with 4 bending actuators that can be produced through MEMs based manufacturing. The moveable mirror is flexibly connected to the bending actuators so it can be moved on 2 axes. The bending actuators are designed to have substantial length to increase the angular movement of the mirror. Hard stops are provided to provide repeatable and accurate positioning of the mirror for selected positions. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073790 | Conic of Rotation (CoR) Optical Surfaces and Systems of Matched CoRs - An ultracompact, lightweight, reflective telescope is described which has no loss due to central obscuration for a beam being projected from its focus. The optical surfaces are composed of matched conics of rotation. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073791 | EXTERNAL LIGHT ILLUMINATION OF DISPLAY SCREENS - Apparatus and methods for harnessing external light to illuminate a display screen of an electronic device are provided. The display screen may be illuminated using a light harness, a reflector, a translucent surface, or any combination thereof. The light harness may be cylindrical or hexahedral. The light harness may be coupled to an external light input or a collector. The reflector may be repositioned toward or away from the display screen to reflect external light toward the display screen. The translucent surface may allow external light to pass through it to illuminate the display screen. The translucent surface may protect the rear face of the display screen, or the rear face of the display screen may itself be translucent. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073792 | Make-up Mirror with Airflow Component - The invention disclosed herein is a make-mirror designed to direct airflow to a user's face, and includes a mirror embedded in a housing that encases a fan, and is vented to direct airflow to a user's face. Various embodiments may include lighting, bases, stands, extension arms, components for flush mounting the invention to a wall, electrical wiring, battery adapted power components, and solar power components. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073793 | SPHERICAL MIRROR MOUNT - A spherical mounting assembly for mounting an optical element allows for rotational motion of an optical surface of the optical element only. In that regard, an optical surface of the optical element does not translate in any of the three perpendicular translational axes. More importantly, the assembly provides adjustment that may be independently controlled for each of the three mutually perpendicular rotational axes. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073794 | OPTICAL FILTER FOR COMPENSATING FOR COLOR SHIFT AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An optical filter for compensating for color shift is provided in front of a display panel of a display device. The optical filter includes a background layer and a green wavelength absorption pattern provided with a predetermined thickness on the background layer. The green wavelength absorption pattern absorbs a green wavelength of light. The green wavelength absorption pattern contains a material that absorbs a green wavelength of light in the range of 510 nm to 560 nm, and can also contain a white light absorbing material. A green's complementary color absorbing part absorbs a wavelength of light complementary to green, and contains at least one of a material absorbing a blue wavelength of light in the range of 440 nm to 480 nm and a material absorbing a red wavelength of light in the range of 600 nm to 650 nm. A first thick-film layer, a first thin-film layer, and a second thick-film layer are stacked over one another in the order named. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073795 | FLYING HEIGHT CONTROL DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC HEAD, AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE - A flying height control device controls a flying height of a magnetic head, while preventing unnecessary execution of flying height control when read performance drops. A control circuit, which controls the flying height by controlling the heat power of a heater element of a magnetic head, checks the read performance, detects a drop in read performance, then judges and discerns which the cause of the drop in read performance is in the magnetic head and the magnetic disk, and executes the flying height control by the heat power correction processing when judging that the cause of the drop in read performance is in the magnetic head. Thus unnecessary adjustment while the magnetic disk device is operating is prevented. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073796 | MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR - A device for sensing a magnetic field is described. The device comprises first, second and third leads and a junction between the leads. The junction and leads are arranged in a plane and the junction is configured to exhibit quantum confinement in a direction perpendicular to the plane. The first lead is arranged on one side of the junction and the second and third leads are arranged on an opposite side of the junction. The first lead is configured to limit angle of spread of charge carriers entering the junction so that, when charge carriers flow into the junction from the first lead, the charge carriers form a substantially nondivergent beam. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073797 | STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a target track write module and a test pattern read module. The target track write module performs a write operation on a target track, which is a predetermined track intersecting a test pattern, on a storage medium to which the test pattern is written. The test pattern intersects a plurality of tracks arranged at regular intervals and is continuously arranged over the tracks. The test pattern read module reads the test pattern overwritten by the target track write module. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073798 | Systems and Methods for Compensating Baseline Wandering in Perpendicular Magnetic Recording - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for reducing low frequency loss in a magnetic storage device. For example, a data processing circuit is disclosed that includes a digital filter that receives a series of digital samples and provides a filtered output. The filtered output is provided to a data detector that performs a data detection on the filtered output to create a detected output. A first summation element subtracts the filtered output from the detected output to create an error signal, and a second summation element subtracts the error signal from the filtered output to create a wander basis signal. A baseline correction feedback circuit receives the wander basis signal and provides a wander compensation signal. A derivative of the wander compensation signal is provided as feedback to the digital filter. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073799 | DETECTING CONTACT BETWEEN A SLIDER AND A DATA STORAGE MEDIUM WITHOUT A SEPERATE CONTACT-DETECTION VOLTAGE SOURCE - A circuit includes a slider, a data storage medium and a contact detection circuit electrically coupled to the slider and to the data storage medium. The contact detection circuit is configured to sense an electrical current indicative of contact between the slider and the data storage medium and responsively provide a contact detection output. The electrical current is produced without the application of a separate voltage between the slider and the data storage medium. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073800 | RECOVERING SERVO INFORMATION FROM A SYNCHRONOUS SERVO CHANNEL - Provided are a method, servo channel, and tape drive for recovering servo information from a synchronous servo channel. An interpolator reads samples of a servo signal obtained from a servo reader at a rate of one servo sample per clock interval, to produce up to M interpolated servo samples per clock interval. A first buffer buffers interpolation time instants at which the interpolator generates interpolated servo samples. The interpolated servo samples are buffered in a second buffer and the interpolated servo samples are outputted from the second buffer to a correlator to produce correlation signal samples. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073801 | MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A magnetic recording device includes: a magnetic recording medium including a write-synchronization region and a data region; a correction-value-storage unit configured to store therein a phase-correction value for correcting a phase of the write clock; a reading unit configured to read out a signal from the magnetic recording medium; a write-clock generator configured to generate the write clock based on a write-reproduction signal which is a signal read out from the write-synchronization region by the reading unit; a phase-correction unit configured to correct the phase of the write clock generated by the write-clock generator based on the phase-correction value stored in the correction-value-storage unit; and a data acquisition unit configured to acquire data included in a data-reproduction signal which is a signal read out from the data region by the reading unit based on a clock that is generated by correcting the phase by the phase-correction unit. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073802 | Thermally assisted magnetic head having an asymmetric plasmon antenna and manufacturing method thereof - A thermally assisted magnetic head according to the present invention includes: a medium-facing surface, a main magnetic pole provided on the medium-facing surface, and a plasmon antenna provided on the medium-facing surface in the vicinity of the main magnetic pole, wherein the plasmon antenna is shaped as a triangular flat plate having first, second and third corners, such that the distance from the first corner to the main magnetic pole is shorter than the distance from the second corner to the main magnetic pole and the distance from the third corner to the main magnetic pole, and the interior angle α of the first corner, the interior angle β of the second corner and the interior angle γ of the third corner satisfy relationships α<β, α<γ and β≠γ. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073803 | MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE AND MAGNETIC RECORDING HEAD DRIVE MECHANISM - Provided is a magnetic recording device which can perform high density magnetic recording by simple constitution. The magnetic recording device is provided with a disc driving means for rotating a magnetic disc; a head having a heating section for heating a circular track of the magnetic disc and a recording element for applying a magnetic field modulated by an electric signal to the magnetic disc; and a head driving means for circularly moving the head in the radius direction of the magnetic disc by rotating about a driving shaft. The recording element has a magnetism applying section that traverses any track heated by the heating section in the radius direction of the magnetic disc. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073804 | Thin-Film Magnetic Head Having Microwave Magnetic Exciting Function And Magnetic Recording And Reproducing Apparatus - A thin-film magnetic head having microwave magnetic exciting function includes a write magnetic field production means for producing, in response to a write signal, a write magnetic field to be applied into a magnetic recording medium, and at least line conductor of a microwave radiator of a plane-structure type, formed independent from the write magnetic field production means, for radiating, by feeding there through a microwave excitation current, a microwave band resonance magnetic field with a frequency equal to or in a range near a ferromagnetic resonance frequency F | 2010-03-25 |
20100073805 | FLYING HEIGHT CONTROL DEVICE FOR MAGNETIC HEAD, AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE - A flying height control device controls a flying height of a magnetic head and reports the state of the flying height control of a magnetic disk device to a host, using self monitoring, analysis and reporting functions. A function to control a flying height by controlling the heat power of a heater element of a magnetic head is added to functions of the self monitoring, analysis and reporting. And self recovery of the read performance is performed by correcting the heater power, and the heater power correction state using this function is reported to the host. Before data is lost, processing to avoid data loss can be started, and this function can be implemented simply by adding the heater power correction function since data of the self monitoring, analysis and reporting functions is utilized, thereby enabling easy installation. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073826 | MAGNETIC HEAD HAVING REDUCED COST ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE SHUNT - A method for manufacturing a magnetic head with an electrostatic discharge resistor for preventing electrostatic discharge damage to magnetic head. The electrostatic discharge resistor is formed by a processes that saves manufacturing time and cost by forming resistor in the same deposition and patterning steps used to form the magnetoresistive sensor. However, the resistor includes only a portion of the layers used to form the magnetoresistive sensor, thereby ensuring that the resistor will have sufficient resistivity. | 2010-03-25 |
20100073827 | TMR device with novel free layer structure - A TMR sensor that includes a free layer having at least one B-containing (BC) layer made of CoFeB, CoFeBM, CoB, COBM, or CoBLM, and a plurality of non-B containing (NBC) layers made of CoFe, CoFeM, or CoFeLM is disclosed where L and M are one of Ni, Ta, Ti, W, Zr, Hf, Tb, or Nb. One embodiment is represented by (NBC/BC) | 2010-03-25 |