20th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 16 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100123892 | LAYOUT METHOD - The location of one of a series of construction points at an indoor construction site is established using a robotic total station and a handheld device. Construction data is inputted into the handheld device with the construction data defining a plurality of construction points at the construction site. One of the plurality of construction points is selected with the handheld device. Data regarding the selected construction point is then transmitted wirelessly from the handheld device to a robotic total station. The robotic total station generates a beam of laser light, and directs the beam of laser light from the robotic total station to the construction point. The construction point is defined by x and y coordinates, and by an assumed z coordinate. The actual z coordinate is that of a point on a horizontal surface, such as a ceiling or floor, having the same x and y coordinates. Through an iterative process, the location of the construction point is established. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123893 | Laser distance measuring device - The laser distance measuring device of the present invention comprises an emitting part having a laser generating device with a first spectral bandwidth arranged on an emitting optical path and a collimating lens. The emitting part also has an optical filter with a second spectral bandwidth which is less than the first spectral bandwidth. The laser distance measuring device also has a receiving part having a photoelectric receiving and conversion device to receive the measuring beam reflected by the object to be measured and convert it into an electric signal. Using the optical filter, most of the unneeded portions of the laser beam emitted from the laser are filtered out so that the useful proportion of the measuring beam of the laser beam is improved and the ranging capability of the laser distance measuring device under a bright or strong light environment is enhanced. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123894 | LASER DISTANCE-MEASURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - A distance-measuring apparatus is disclosed. The distance-measuring apparatus includes: an emitter, emitting a light to be measured toward a target, a receiver, receiving a reflected emitted light; a reflector, reflecting the emitted light to the receiver; a condensing lens, condensing the reflected emitted light, reflected by the target to the reflector; a driving module, adjusting the inclination angle of the reflector; and a control unit, controlling the driving module to rotate according to a result of comparing the intensity of the emitted light received by the receiver and a predetermined value. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123895 | Optoelectronic sensor - An optoelectronic sensor ( | 2010-05-20 |
20100123896 | Method and Apparatus for Measuring the Birefringence Autocorrelation Length in Optical Fibers - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining the birefringence autocorrelation length of a fiber in a non-destructive manner. The PMD of an optical fiber is measured over a first optical spectrum. A Faraday rotation angle is measured over a second optical spectrum. The birefringence autocorrelation length is determined from the measuring of the PMD and the Faraday rotation angle.) | 2010-05-20 |
20100123897 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING OPTICAL REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENTS - We disclose measurement systems and methods for measuring analytes in target regions of samples that also include features overlying the target regions. The systems include: (a) a light source; (b) a detection system; (c) a set of at least first, second, and third light ports which transmit light from the light source to a sample and receive and direct light reflected from the sample to the detection system, generating a first set of data including information corresponding to both an internal target within the sample and features overlying the internal target, and a second set of data including information corresponding to features overlying the internal target; and (d) a processor configured to remove information characteristic of the overlying features from the first set of data using the first and second sets of data to produce corrected information representing the internal target. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123898 | Optical Displacement Gage - An optical displacement gage includes the phase determining unit includes a relative phase deciding unit to decide a relative phase of the frequency component within a range of 360 degrees, an absolute phase computing unit to compute an absolute phase by combining the relative phase based on the decision result by the relative phase deciding unit and the past decision result by the relative phase, and a phase reference updating unit to update a reference point of the absolute phase based on a reset instruction, and the displacement amount deciding unit decides the displacement amount based on the absolute phase. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123899 | DETECTOR SYSTEM WITH AN OPTICAL FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR MAKING SUCH A SYSTEM - The invention relates to a system and method for positioning and passively aligning at least one optical component as close as possible to an electromagnetic radiation detector. This system comprises supporting wedges ( | 2010-05-20 |
20100123900 | Plasmon resonance sensing apparatus and sensing system thereof - A plasmon resonance sensing system includes a light source, a waveguide component and a photon detector. The light source provides an incident light. The waveguide component has a tubular internal wall and a noble metal nanoparticle layer disposed on the tubular internal wall and contacted with a desired testing matter. The waveguide component is made of a light transmitting material for guiding the incident light to have an interaction with the noble metal nanoparticle layer. The photon detector detects an emergent light exiting the waveguide component after the interaction of the noble metal nanoparticle layer with the desired testing matter. The system further includes a first optical fiber installed between the light source and the waveguide component for transmitting the incident light to the waveguide component, a lens and a second optical fiber. The lens collects and transmits the emergent light to the photon detector through the second optical fiber. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123901 | Solid State Gyrolaser with Controlled Optical Pumping - The general field of the invention is that of gyrolasers comprising at least one ring-shaped optical cavity comprising at least three mirrors, a solid state amplifying medium pumped by a laser diode whose optical emission power is determined by a current supply source, the cavity and the amplifying medium being such that two so-called contra-rotating optical modes propagate in opposite directions to each other within the said optical cavity, the gyrolaser being a class B gyrolaser, the gyrolaser also comprising means of measuring the difference in optical frequency existing between the two optical modes. The gyrolaser comprises means of measuring the total optical power circulating in the optical cavity and first means of control of the current delivered by the supply source in such a way as to maintain the total optical power substantially constant in a narrow spectral band centred on the relaxation frequency of the laser. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123902 | Method for Determining the Dynamic Range of Volume Holographic Memories - A method for measuring a saturated photorefractive index and a recording time constant to correct the precision includes measuring the diffraction efficiency as a function of time for both phase matching and phase mismatching. The saturated photorefractive index and the recording time constant are verified by substitution into a theoretical formula derived from the Coupled Wave Theory. Thus, the method allows a precise determination of the dynamic range of volume holographic memories and thus their storage capacities. The same procedure can also apply to photopolymers. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123903 | OPTICAL SCANNING PROBE - An optical scanning probe is provided and includes a housing, a diaphragm disposed in the housing, a rotor, a conduit, an optical fiber module, and a reflector disposed on the rotor, wherein the diaphragm and the housing forms a chamber. The rotor is movably disposed in the chamber and has several fans. The conduit is disposed in the housing to conduct fluid into the chamber, thus impelling the fans and the rotor. The optical fiber module is disposed in the housing and through the diaphragm to transmit a light beam. The reflector rotates with the rotor and reflects the light beam for 360° scanning. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123904 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE - This invention provides an optical measurement device enabling a highly accurate measurement with respect to a measuring target object in which an inclined surface or a curved surface exists at one part of the surface or a tilted measuring target object. The light shielding portion is configured to define an incident angle range with respect to a light receiving center axis of a diffuse reflected light. In other words, a maximum angle formed by the advancing direction of the diffuse reflected light and the light receiving center axis when the diffuse reflected light passes through the opening of the light shielding portion is defined by the diameter of the opening. The light projecting portion projects a light projection beam so that a converging position on the light receiving center axis is included within a range of the light shielding portion on the light receiving center axis for the component converged by the lens portion of the light projection beam (i.e., reflected light beam) specular reflected at the surface of the measuring target object. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123905 | LOCALIZATION SYSTEM AND LOCALIZATION METHOD - A localization system includes: n+1 number of luminescent devices, where n is an integer greater than or equal to one; and a position measurement device moving in each direction of n number of axes, wherein the luminescent device includes a luminescent unit, the luminescent unit emitting a light for measurement having an intensity that varies at a predetermined time cycle, the luminescent unit also emitting a light for identification including an information representing a position of the luminescent device, the luminescent unit emitting the light for measurement and the light for identification in synchrony with a phase of those emitted by another luminescent device; and the position measurement device includes a light reception unit, a position obtaining unit, a phase computation unit, a standard luminescent device selection unit, a phase difference computation unit, and a position computation unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123906 | FACSIMILE MACHINE WITH MULTIPLE LINES AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus is equipped with a facsimile machine having two or more lines, including a paper feeding unit; an image forming unit; and a discharging unit, wherein if first facsimile information is received through a first line of the two or more lines, the paper on which an image of the first facsimile information is formed is discharged passing through the paper feeding unit, a paper transporting path and the discharging unit in turn, and if second facsimile information is received through a second line of the two or more lines, the paper on which an image of the second facsimile information is formed is discharged passing through a paper returning path, the paper transporting path and the discharging unit in turn after the image of the second facsimile information has been formed. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123907 | Handheld scanner and system comprising same - A handheld scanner system and method is disclosed. The depicted embodiment is a mouse scanner system operable to scan a document. In this embodiment, the mouse scanner system includes a scanner built into a computer mouse and a scanner software application operating on a computer. The scanner includes a positioning system operable to output position indicating data and an imaging system operable to output captured image data. The data is sent to the scanner software application where a feedback image is constructed and displayed on a display in real-time or near real-time to allow the user to view what areas have been scanned. The scanner software application also constructs an output image that can be printed, saved or communicated. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123908 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIEWING AND PRINTING DOCUMENTS INCLUDING ANIMATED CONTENT - Most documents that are in use today embed or link to animated content. Presently, a large percentage of online content is hypertext markup language (HTML) and many HTML documents embed animations. The aforesaid online content is amenable to printing. However, embedding animated content in a document will lead to information loss when the document is printed. Users cannot print the animations or the videos embedded in documents. Therefore, there is provided a method and system for automatically finding animated content embedded in documents such as web pages, slide presentations, word processing documents, and PDF documents, that are being displayed to a user, replacing the animated content by a printable version, such as a keyframe, and a unique code, and assigning each animation a URL, to allow the users to retrieve the animations via a website on computer displays or mobile devices as they read the printed document. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123909 | Device and method for driving liquid-drop ejection head and image forming apparatus - An OFF timing of a drive waveform is set to be concentrated on a position of the drive waveform where a long time with substantially no voltage fluctuation can be ensured, and a pulse present before the position timewise is sequentially selected and applied to a pressure generating element. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123910 | COLOR CONVERSIONS IN THE REAL DOMAIN - Methods and systems herein provide for color conversion in the real domain from an input color space to an output color space using a color conversion table that includes color values defined in the output color space corresponding to color values in the input color space, a table of scaling factors, and a conversion engine operable to group the real domain image data into blocks of pixels. The conversion engine, for each block of pixels, converts a color value in the block of pixels from the input color space to the output color space according to the color conversion table, computes differences between the color value and color values of pixels in the block, scales the computed differences according to the table of scaling factors, and adds the scaled differences to the converted color values to convert the pixel color values to the output color space. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123911 | PRINT COLOR MANAGEMENT - In one embodiment, computer readable instructions for: displaying together in a single display a group of user selectable icons each representing a discrete color scheme for printing an image; and then, in direct response to a user selecting one of the icons, displaying a color preview of the image as the image will appear when printed with the selected color scheme. In another embodiment, computer readable instructions for: allowing a user to select a color scheme, which selects a first color profile; allowing the user to select a printer, which selects a second color profile; identifying a third color profile for a display device; transforming image source data into image print data using the first and second color profiles; transforming the image print data into image display data using the second and third color profiles; and displaying the image on the display device using the image display data. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123912 | PANTOGRAPH METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS BASED ON UCR/GCR - The disclosure provides pantograph methods, apparatus and systems. Specifically disclosed is a method of rendering a pantograph including defining a foreground region associated with a pantograph, defining a background region associated with the pantograph, and applying a first UCR/GCR strategy to the background region and a second UCR/GCR strategy to the foreground region, whereby the foreground region is less discernable after the pantograph is rendered with a printing device relative to a reproduction of the rendered pantograph. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123913 | IMAGE PRINT SYSTEM AND IMAGE PRINT DEVICE - When a recording medium ( | 2010-05-20 |
20100123914 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a determination unit determining, based on a pixel value of a prescribed background color area in image data obtained by inputting a printed image, and based on information regarding a color of a toner used in printing the image, whether or not the background color of the image corresponds to the color of the toner. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123915 | Color Adjustment Apparatus, Image Forming Apparatus, And Computer-Readable Recording Medium - A color adjustment apparatus comprises an input unit for receiving an input operation, a color adjustment display segment for displaying orthogonal coordinate systems between a pre color adjustment hue axis and an adjustment target axis indicative of a degree of adjustment of a hue, saturation, or lightness and an adjustment line indicative of a relationship between before color adjustment and after color adjustment on the orthogonal coordinate systems, an adjustment line changing unit for changing the adjustment line in response to an operation by the input unit, and a color adjustment unit for adjusting a hue, saturation, and lightness of a target image in correspondence with the adjustment line changed by the adjustment line changing unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123916 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus that can transmit an image outputted after the execution of a workflow as well as an attribute information file including attribute information suitable for an external system as a transmission destination to the external system. An attribute information management unit manages attributes required by the external system when the image data is transmitted to the external system. A workflow execution unit executes a workflow as a sequential processing in which a plurality of functions of the image processing apparatus are combined. An attribute value setting unit sets attribute values for the attributes required by the external system when the communication unit transmits the image data to the external system. An external system interconnection unit causes the communication unit to transmit the image data output from the workflow execution unit to the external system with reference to the attribute values set by the attribute value setting unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123917 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus allocates a value of page attribute to each page included in a job according to a job attribute set to the job in an intermediate code format that corresponds to data to be printed generated by an application. If a combining instruction is issued to combine a plurality of jobs whose specific job attributes in which only one attribute value can be allocated to one job are allocated different attribute values, the apparatus processes the intermediate code format data so that printing is performed according to the allocated page attribute values. The apparatus then generates a combined job and transmits the generated combined job as print data to the printing apparatus. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123918 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image forming apparatus which is connected to a storage unit for storing a plurality of image data so as to form an image using image data selected by a user from the plurality of image data stored in the storage unit, the image forming apparatus including: a display unit which displays a screen; an exclusion candidate image extracting unit which extracts exclusion candidate image data as a candidate excluded from image formation with a predetermined condition from image-formed image data out of the image data stored in the storage unit; an exclusion image selection reception unit which displays the extracted exclusion candidate image data by the display unit and receives selection of image data excluded from image formation by the user; an exclusion image setting unit which sets the selected image data as exclusion image data excluded from image formation; and a formed image selection reception unit which displays image data excluding the image-formed image data and the set exclusion image data from the plurality of image data stored in the storage unit on the display unit and receives selection of image data for image formation by the user, when an image forming instruction is received from the user. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123919 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which, when storing image data generated from a read original document in a connected detachable storage device, when the storage cannot be continued, associates the image data which is not stored with authentication information and stored the image data in a storage section included in the image forming apparatus. When a detachable storage device is newly connected, and authentication information is entered, the image forming apparatus determines whether image data associated with the entered authentication information is stored in the image forming apparatus. If it is determined that such image data is stored in the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus controls the stored image data to be stored in the newly-connected storage device. On the other hand, if it is not determined that such image data is stored in the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus controls the stored image data not to be stored in the newly-connected storage device. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123920 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a push scan of a web services on devices (WSD) scan service, an information terminal apparatus performs a registration request to receive a service from a reading apparatus. A name of the information terminal apparatus is included in the registration request command, and a user can select the name of the information terminal apparatus as a destination of scan data when executing the push scan from the reading apparatus. However, at this point of time, a user name which is logging on the information terminal apparatus cannot be recognized. For this reason, a requisition command of an operation start request is issued to the information terminal apparatus on a network before the information terminal apparatus as a destination of image data is selected through a display unit of the reading apparatus. Therefore, a log-on user name extracted from a command including the log-on user name transmitted from the information terminal apparatus can be displayed on the display unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123921 | PRINTER CAPABLE OF REFUSING RECEIPT OF PRINTED MATERIALS SENT FROM AN UNINTENDED SOURCE - A printer ( | 2010-05-20 |
20100123922 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SET-POINT SHARING AND PURCHASING - A method and a system for operating one or more printers, including: a first database for managing and storing first content within the system; a second database for managing and storing second content within the system; and at least one network connection for connecting the first database and the second database for allowing the first content and the second content to be shared between the first database and the second database; wherein at least one of the first content or the second content include at least one or more printer profiles. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123923 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF TRANSFERRING IMAGE DATA, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus includes a storage section to store compressed data obtained by compressing image data, an output image memory having a deployment area in which the compressed data transferred from the storage section are deployed, a transferring control section to control transferring of the compressed data from the storage section to the output image memory, an expansion section to obtain the compressed data deployed in the deployment area of the output image memory to expand the obtained compressed data, and a print engine to which the expanded data are supplied. In the mage forming apparatus, the transferring control section controls the transferring of the compressed data to be transferred from the storage section to the output image memory based on capacity of the deployment area of the output image memory and a size of the compressed data. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123924 | Data communication device, communication control method, and program - A data communication device includes: a communication execution unit that executes serial communication of an asynchronous type; a bit variance detection block that detects a variance between bits in communication data which the communication execution unit receives from a remote communicating party; a timer that measures a low-level pulse width which is a low-level pulse duration and which is determined with the position of the variance between bits detected by the bit variance detection block; and a control unit that performs transmission speed recognizing processing on the communication data according to the low-level pulse width measured by the timer, wherein based on the confirmation that the low-level pulse width is a low-level pulse width equivalent to a bit width compatible with low-speed communication data, the control unit recognizes the transmission speed for the communication data as a low speed. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123925 | Print device, print system, and method for print operation - A print device according to the present disclosure having a print part for a print operation an image of a print data on a medium includes a memory part configured to memorize a unit price of the medium, and an analysis part configured to analyze whether or not a medium cost determined from the unit price of the medium memorized in the memory part exceeds a predetermined cost, and to create preview data of a print result when the medium cost determined from the unit price of the medium exceeds the predetermined cost. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123926 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The image forming apparatus determines the type of page description language or file format of received print data even if the image forming apparatus is not capable of handling the type of page description language or file format of the received print data. According to the determined result, the image forming apparatus performs control to process the print data or not to process the print data. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123927 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for performing wireless communication with an image processing apparatus includes a specifying unit configured to designate, out of a plurality of directories stored in the information processing apparatus, an opened directory before performing wireless communication with the image processing apparatus, a receiving unit configured to receive image data from the image processing apparatus by performing the wireless communication, and a control unit configured to control the image data received by the receiving unit to be stored in the directory designated by the specifying unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123928 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a reliability determining section which determines, with respect to each of the plurality of document images, reliability of coincidences of respective predetermined directions with a first reference direction, the first reference direction being a predetermined direction which points on a basis of an upward direction of or a downward direction of the information image; and a display control section (i) which divides the plurality of document images into groups so that document images, having a same direction whose reliability value is the highest, belong to a same group, and (ii) which causes a display device to display preview images for the respective groups, each of the preview images indicating at least one document image in each of the groups. In a case where one group contains a plurality of document images, a preview image containing the plurality of document images is displayed. With this arrangement, a user can easily check page orientation of the plurality of document images. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123929 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus has a function of printing pieces of image data to be printed arranging on one printing paper sheet. In a preview display screen of the image processing apparatus, when a specific piece of image data is selected by a user' s operation from a plural piece of image data, the specific piece of image data is displayed being distinguished. Pieces of image data in the same shooting orientation as that of the specific piece of image data are searched for and their display is similarly varied. At this time, when rotation of the images is selected using a dialogue, the orientation of the pieces of image data is rotated at once by 180°. Thereby, the orientations of pieces of image data shot in a portrait-like posture may easily be adjusted to be same and their images may be printed according to this preview display. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123930 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A technique is provided that enables efficient determination of the executability of a workflow while considering changes in processing target data that are sequentially processed in the workflow. A workflow management apparatus includes: a processing result acquisition unit which acquires information about processed data that is processed in a processing unit of plural processing units; an execution condition acquisition unit which acquires information about an execution condition of processing in a processing unit located downstream from the processing unit for which the information about the processed data is acquired by the processing result acquisition unit; and an executability determination unit which determines whether or not the processed data with its information acquired by the processing result acquisition unit can be processed in a processing unit located downstream from the processing unit in which the processed data is processed, on the basis of the information about the execution condition acquired by the execution condition acquisition unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123931 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a video controller unit that receives image information to convert the image information into an image signal for image formation, an engine controller unit that controls image formation, a laser driver unit that emits a laser beam, and a plurality of signal lines that connect the video controller unit, the engine controller unit, and the laser driver unit to each other, wherein the laser driver unit detects the laser beam emitted from the illumination element and generates a horizontal synchronization signal which is electrically transmitted via any one of the plurality of signal lines and used as the reference of an image writing timing in response to the detection. Among the signal lines, a signal line for transmitting the image signal or a control signal electrically and a signal line for electrically transmitting the horizontal synchronization signal are used as a common signal line. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123932 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus capable of preventing unauthorized printing while reducing manager's work load. IP addresses of host computers for which printing should be permitted are registered beforehand in a print permission list. When a print job is received, whether the IP address of a host computer from which the print job has been transmitted is present in the list is determined. If the IP address is not present, the received print job is not printed but stored. Subsequently, when the print job is selected and a print instruction is given, printing is executed. If the print instruction has once been given to the stored print job, the IP address of the host computer is added to the list. Subsequently, printing is executed without any print instruction when a print job is transmitted. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123933 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS,IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS,METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system capable of executing a processing flow in a destination image processing apparatus without retransmitting the processing flow from a source image processing apparatus to the destination image processing apparatus when the version of the destination image processing apparatus is upgraded. The source image processing apparatus analyzes whether or not the processing flow is executable by the destination image processing apparatus before transmitting the processing flow, and if it is unexecutable, the source image processing apparatus performs alternate configuration of an inexecutable setting based on the analysis result. The source image processing apparatus transmits the processing flow including the alternate setting to the destination image processing apparatus. If the destination image processing apparatus fails in executing the processing flow, the destination image processing apparatus executes the processing flow based on the alternate setting included in the received processing flow. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123934 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing system includes an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmits to the image processing apparatus, a job and storage location information indicating a storage location of base data of data included in the job, collectively. Receiving the job and the storage location information, the image processing apparatus records the job and the storage location information in a memory, with interconnections between them. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123935 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - A document processing apparatus reads document data and carries out a preflight check. In the preflight check, the content of the document is interpreted page by page to determine resources that are needed for output. Then, it is determined for each page whether the resources needed for output are available in a printing system. If a resource that is not available is needed, a warning is issued for the page. If the resources are available, intermediate data for a printed output is generated for the page. Then, a result of the preflight check is output. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123936 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus and control method thereof and a storage medium that stores its control program capable of generating a code image with the optimum device in accordance with the amount and/or contents of the information to be encoded, and/or considering the load of the equipment. The information processing apparatus is electrically connected to an image processing apparatus, and includes: a deciding section for deciding on whether to generate a code image by encoding information or to issue a command for causing to generate the code image by encoding the information; and a processing section for generating, when the deciding section decides to generate, the code image by encoding the information and transmitting it to the image processing apparatus, and for transmitting, when the deciding section decides to issue, the command to the image processing apparatus. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123937 | Image Processing Controller and Printing Apparatus - Provided is an image processing controller for controlling a line head having a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a non-linear shape, the image processing controller including: a plurality of memory regions which stores raster data; an acquiring section which acquires the raster data; a writing control section which sequentially distributes the acquired raster data to the plurality of memory regions so as to be stored therein; and a reading control section which reads each raster data from the plurality of memory regions and sends the read raster data to the line head so as to control a light emitting state of the light emitting elements, wherein the writing control section determines an address on the memory region storing each raster data in accordance with a resolution in the sub-scanning direction and an arrangement pattern of the light emitting elements arranged in the line head. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123938 | WEB PAGE DISPLAY CONTROLLER, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WEB PAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus ( | 2010-05-20 |
20100123939 | DUPLEX DOCUMENT SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A duplex document scanning apparatus and method thereof are described. The duplex document scanning apparatus includes a first image sensor, a second image sensor, a switch module, a data conversion unit, and a scanning control device. The first image sensor senses the first analog image signal and the second image sensor senses the second analog image signal. The switch module switches the first image sensor and the second image sensor to select the first analog image signal and the second analog image signal. The data conversion unit converts the first and second analog image signals to generate first and second digital image signals. The switch control module of scanning control device generates a switch signal to control the switch module. The scanning control device has a switch control unit and processes the first digital image signal and a second digital image signal. The switch control unit generates a switch signal for controlling the switch module and the switch module simultaneously outputs the first analog image signal and the second analog image signal to the data conversion unit during a signal period of the switch signal. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123940 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a reading unit which reads a document image, a detecting unit which detects a document direction representing whether a sub-scanning direction in reading the document image is a short side or a long side direction of an original document, a designating unit which designates, as a copying function, a form for copying the document image on a sheet, an editing unit which edits the read document image as an image corresponding to the designated copying function, a copying unit which copy the edited image on the sheet, and an acquiring unit which acquires a sheet direction representing whether a conveying direction of the sheet conveyed to the copying unit is the short side or the long side direction of the sheet. The editing unit executes processing on the document image on the basis of the document direction, the sheet direction, and the designated copying function. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123941 | Method and apparatus for capturing the image of bound documents such as books using digital camera - There is disclosed an image capture apparatus that facilitates fast, easy and convenient image capture of the two apposing pages of hard to scan bound documents such as thick books. The image capture apparatus has special design features that conveniently and properly positions bound documents to enable capturing distortion-free images without damage to the binding. In one preferred embodiment the invention facilitates the use of a digital image capture module such as a digital camera or digital video camera in performing an equivalent function to a flatbed scanner in recording digital images. In another preferred embodiment the invention facilitates the use of a regular camera in recording photographic images of the bound document. In yet another preferred embodiment the invention facilitates the use of a flatbed scanner in recording digital images. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123942 | ESTABLISHING ONE-DIMENSIONAL TRANSFORMS - One-dimensional color transforms are automatically calculated by identifying at least one device-independent color space curve, at least one device-dependent color space curve and at least one association amongst the curves. Depending on the motivation for creating the one-dimensional transform, different curves, associations and calculations can be used to generate the transforms without obtaining additional device measurements or iteratively adjusting transform values. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123943 | MULTILAYER REFLECTOR, AUTHENTICATION CARD, BAR CODE LABEL, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AND AUTHENTICATION REGION FORMING SYSTEM - Provided is a multilayer reflector about which a complicated step is not required when the molecular alignment of a retardation film is partially relaxed to form a latent image of authentication information, and about which the latent image is not made visible by the generation of unevenness in the surface. A multilayer reflector | 2010-05-20 |
20100123944 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - A reproduction apparatus includes: a wavelength-tunable light source that outputs light illuminating a hologram recording medium such that a wavelength is variable; an optical system that illuminates through an objective lens the hologram recording medium with the reference light generated on the basis of light emitted from the wavelength-tunable light source and that includes a power changing section which changes a zoom power of the reference light incident on the objective lens; a temperature detecting section that detects a temperature of the hologram recording medium; and a control section that, when setting the zoom power of the reference light and the wavelength of the wavelength-tunable light source in response to a result of the temperature detected by the temperature detecting section, performs control such that the zoom power of the reference light and the wavelength of the wavelength-tunable light source satisfy a condition | 2010-05-20 |
20100123945 | WAVEFORM CONTROLLER, RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULE, OPTICAL SWITCH APPARATUS, RESPONSIVE ELEMENT AND OPTICAL SWITCH APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - A waveform controller includes a monitor configured to monitor a waveform of an output pulse obtained by the response of a responsive element to a driving signal supplied thereto and a driving waveform shaper configured to shape a waveform of the driving signal based on a monitoring result obtained by the monitor. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123946 | Display Element Comprising a Reflector - The invention relates to a display element for the display of a plurality of a colors and a method for their display. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123947 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A flat panel display includes a first substrate, a thin film transistor formed on the first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a light controller formed on the second substrate, wherein the light controller is electrically connected to the thin film transistor, wherein the light controller includes an opening plate having a plurality of first openings and a light blocker moving horizontally with respect to the opening plate to selectively pass light through the first openings. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123948 | Bragg Mirror and Method for Making Same - In an embodiment, set forth by way of example and not limitation, a Bragg mirror includes a first bi-layer of a first thickness and a second bi-layer of a second thickness which is different from the first thickness. In this exemplary embodiment, the first bi-layer consists essentially of a first high impedance layer and a first low impedance layer, and the second bi-layer of a second thickness which is different from the first thickness, the second bi-layer consisting essentially of a second high impedance layer and a second low impedance layer. Preferably, the first bi-layer is configured to substantially reflect a first wavelength and the second bi-layer is configured to substantially reflect a second wavelength different from the first wavelength. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123949 | OPTICAL AMPLIFYING DEVICE - An optical amplifying device includes a first optical amplifier for amplifying signal light; a second optical amplifier serially connected with the first optical amplifier; an optical device for compensating deterioration of the signal light, the optical device arranged between the first optical amplifier and the second optical amplifier; a variable optical attenuator for attenuating the signal light, the variable optical attenuator arranged between the first optical amplifier and the second optical amplifier; a first automatic level controller for detecting a second amplifier output power and for controlling driving status of the second amplifier in a predetermined output power level; and a first automatic gain controller for detecting an input power of the second optical amplifier and an output power of the second optical amplifier, and for controlling an optical attenuation value of the variable optical attenuator. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123950 | OBJECTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM - An objective optical system includes a first group having positive refractive power and a piano-convex lens with the convex surface facing the image side; a second group having positive refractive power and a lens whose extreme-object-side lens surface is a convex surface facing the object side; a third group having negative refractive power and a lens whose extreme-image-side lens surface is a concave surface facing the image side; a fourth group having positive refractive power and a lens disposed on the extreme object side, whose image-side lens surface is a convex surface facing the image side and a lens disposed on the extreme image side, whose object-side lens surface is a convex surface facing the object side; and a fifth group having positive refractive power and a combined lens formed by joining a convex lens and a concave lens, the joined surface having negative refractive power. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123951 | LOW BACKGROUND FLUX TELESCOPE - A telescope design is disclosed that has at least some of its interior facing surfaces configured with corner reflectors, so that a detector operatively coupled to the telescope views itself, instead of those surfaces. The corner reflectors may be on, for example, interior facing surfaces of a conventional baffle appended to the telescope and/or minor supports or other structures inside the telescope housing that are within the detector's FOV. Likewise, the corner reflectors may be on interior facing surfaces of a baffle that is integrated into the telescope housing. In some such cases, the integrated baffle can be configured as both a baffle and a mirror support. The integrated baffle can be shaped to the F-cone between minors of a given telescope design, and/or configured to minimize or otherwise reduce the total obscuration of the baffle to improve the optical throughput. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123952 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A stereoscopic image display apparatus having a function for tracking at least one observer is provided. The stereoscopic image display apparatus includes a detection and calculation module and a display unit. The detection and calculation module detects the position of the observer to configure N views of a displayed image corresponding to two eyes of the observer, and outputs a control information, wherein N≧4. The display unit receives the control information and generates N view images corresponding to the N views. Each eye of the observer receives at least two view images, and the two eyes respectively receive multiple view images in different views. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123953 | Light Converging Sheet Unit - A light converging sheet unit includes first and second light converging sheets stacked one on top of the other. The first light converging sheet has first light converging micro-prism structures with a first average peak-to-peak distance between adjacent ones of the first light converging micro-prism structures. The second light converging sheet has second light converging micro-prism structures with a second average peak-to-peak distance between adjacent ones of the second light converging micro-prism structures. At least one of the first and second average peak-to-peak distances is not larger than 35 μm. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123954 | KOHLER CONCENTRATOR - One example of a solar voltaic concentrator has a primary Fresnel lens with multiple panels, each of which forms a Köhler integrator with a respective panel of a lenticular secondary lens. The resulting plurality of integrators all concentrate sunlight onto a common photovoltaic cell. Luminaires using a similar geometry are also described. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123955 | PROJECTION LENS SYSTEM AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A projection lens system includes, in order from the magnification side, a negative first lens group and a positive second lens group, and is telecentric on the reduction side. The first lens group includes a first lens formed as an aspheric lens which is disposed closest to the magnification side. The second lens group includes a second lens formed as a positive lens, in or near which an aperture diaphragm is disposed, disposed closest to the magnification side, and an aspheric lens. Between the aperture diaphragm and the aspheric lens of the second lens group, two or more negative lenses and two or more cemented surfaces are disposed. And, 0.102010-05-20 | |
20100123956 | ZOOM LENS AND CAMERA HAVING THE SAME - 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, a reflection unit including a reflection surface for bending an optical path, a third lens unit having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having one of a positive refractive power and a negative refractive power. In the zoom lens, at least the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit move during zooming while the reflection unit remains stationary. In addition, a focal length of the first lens unit and respective focal lengths of the zoom lens at a wide-angle end and at a telephoto end are appropriately set. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123957 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having the negative refractive power, and a fourth lens group having the positive refractive power are included in order from an object side, and variation of magnification from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end is performed by monotonically moving the second lens group toward an image side and compensation of a fluctuation of an image surface resulting from the variation of magnification is performed by moving the third lens group. At least one positive lens having an optical material satisfying a conditional expressions is included in at least one of the first lens group G1 and the fourth lens group. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123958 | Zoom lens and image pickup device - Disclosed herein is a zoom lens formed by arranging a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power in order from an object side to an image side, wherein at a time of varying power from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens group is moved, the second lens group is moved to the object side, and the third lens group is moved to the image side such that an air interval between the first lens group and the second lens group is decreased and such that an air interval between the second lens group and the third lens group is increased. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123959 | Zoom lens and image pickup device - Disclosed herein is a zoom lens formed by arranging a first lens group having a negative refractive power, a second lens group having a positive refractive power, and a third lens group having a positive refractive power in order from an object side to an image side, wherein at a time of varying power from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens group is moved and the second lens group is moved to the object side integrally with a diaphragm such that an air interval between the first lens group and the second lens group is decreased and such that an air interval between the second lens group and the third lens group is increased. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123960 | VOICE COIL MOTOR HAVING HOLES AND SOCKETS FOR RECEIVING POSITIONING MEMBERS - An exemplary voice coil motor includes a housing and a movable unit. A top panel of the housing has two positioning through holes. The movable unit includes a barrel holder, and a coil wrapped around the barrel holder. The barrel holder has two positioning sockets corresponding to the two positioning through holes. Each of two positioning members is fittingly received through one positioning hole and in the corresponding positioning socket, such that the barrel holder is fixed relative to the housing while the positioning members are engaged in the positioning through holes and the positioning sockets. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123961 | Peripheral vision safety system and device - A peripheral vision safety system and device expands peripheral vision of an individual without impeding forward vision. The expanded zone of peripheral vision provides a new level of safety for flaggers and other construction site members by reducing the risk of injury or death from passing vehicles, heavy equipment, and other hazards not in their direct line of sight. A peripheral vision safety device includes a detachable mounting clip for removably securing it to the brim of a safety helmet or cap or other type of head covering. A peripheral vision safety device includes multiple adjustable couplings configured for optimal positioning of the reflector. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123962 | SINGLE-PASS DEFECT DETECTION FOR HARD-DISK DRIVE SYSTEMS - In one embodiment, defects are detected on the face of a hard-disk drive platter. A preamble, a sync mark, user or pseudorandom data, and a data pad are written to every sector on a track of the platter. Inter-sector gaps that separate consecutive sectors are overwritten with a fixed data pattern such that consecutive sectors are in phase lock with one another. After the track has been written, the track is read back and analyzed. Consecutive sectors are analyzed continuously without stopping. The preambles, sync marks, data pads, and overwritten inter-sector gaps are analyzed using suitable flaw-scan techniques. The user or pseudorandom data is analyzed using both data-integrity checks and suitable flaw-scan techniques. This process is repeated for all tracks on the disk, and defect detection is completed when all tracks have been analyzed. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123963 | MAGNETIC STORAGE APPARATUS, HEAD TEST METHOD, AND HEAD TEST APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic storage apparatus configured to write data to and read data from a magnetic medium with a head includes a setting module, a write module, a read module, and a quality measurement module. The setting module sets a plurality of sections divided in the track direction of the magnetic medium and a predetermined reference path along the track direction, and also sets at least one offset for each of the sections such that the offset is different between adjacent sections. The offset is the position of the head with respect to the reference path. The write module writes a first data pattern to the offset set by the setting module and writes a second data pattern to the reference path a predetermined number of times. The read module reads the first data pattern written by the write module. The quality measurement module measures the quality of the first data pattern read by the read module. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123964 | STORAGE DEVICE AND CONTROL DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a vibration correspondence information storage module stores, each time process such as reading and writing is performed, a head performing the process, a vibration amount of the head upon performing the process, and a process retry count in association with one another as vibration correspondence information. A process completion prediction time calculator calculates, upon determining a next execution command from among unexecuted read and write commands, process completion prediction time based on arrival time taken for a scheduled execution head to arrive at a scheduled process position from the current position, and a process retry count associated with the scheduled execution head and a current vibration amount thereof in the vibration correspondence information. A next execution command determining module determines the next execution command based on the process completion prediction time. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123965 | Near-Field Transducers For Focusing Light - An apparatus includes a waveguide shaped to direct light to a focal point, and a near-field transducer positioned adjacent to the focal point, wherein the near-field transducer includes a dielectric component and a metallic component positioned adjacent to at least a portion of the dielectric component. An apparatus includes a waveguide shaped to direct light to a focal point, and a near-field transducer positioned adjacent to the focal point, wherein the near-field transducer includes a first metallic component, a first dielectric layer positioned adjacent to at least a portion of the first metallic component, and a second metallic component positioned adjacent to at least a portion of the first dielectric component. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123966 | MAGNETIC HEAD, HEAD ASSEMBLY AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a magnetic head, a head assembly, and a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus which are capable of effectively detecting thermal asperity. The magnetic head according to the present invention includes a heat-generating resistor, a recording coil, and a resistive element. The heat-generating resistor is adapted to generate heat when power is fed thereto so that the heat generation causes at least a part of the air bearing surface to thermally expand and protrude. The recording coil is adapted to generate a recording magnetic field, and the resistive element is disposed closer to the air bearing surface than the recording coil and connected in series or in parallel with the heater. Thus, the resistive element can share a common wiring with the heater for power feeding, which eliminates the waste of wiring and achieves miniaturization. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123967 | HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING WITH SHAPED MAGNETIC AND THERMAL FIELDS TO MINIMIZE TRANSITION CURVATURE - Devices and methods are provided for heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR). In an illustrative example, a device includes a magnetic write pole having a convex pole tip; a magnetic opposing pole longitudinally displaced from the magnetic write pole; and a thermal-source component disposed proximate to the magnetic write pole and comprising a laterally elongated thermal-source peg disposed proximate to the convex pole tip. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123968 | METHOD OF POSITIONING ELECTROMAGNETIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - According to one embodiment, an electromagnetic conversion element positioning method includes: counting a servo clock for every servo sector radially extending on a recording medium, the servo clock being changed in synchronization with a change in rotation angle of the recording medium; reading magnetic information from spiral servo patterns with an electromagnetic conversion element, the spiral servo patterns being arranged at equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the recording medium, the spiral servo patterns having magnetic materials arrayed along a spiral line maintaining a defined inclined angle with respect to a circumferential line over a predetermined radial region; specifying a position of the spiral servo patterns on the circumferential line based on the read magnetic information; correlating the count value of the servo clock with the specified position; and specifying a radial position of the electromagnetic conversion element based on the correlated count value. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123969 | INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE AND CONTROL CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, an information storage device includes: a head reading user data and a start tag indicating a recording start position of the user data in each sector recorded on a medium, the user data and the start tag being read in order of the start tag and the user data; and a controller controlling the head to read a start tag recorded in a preceding sector arranged at a position to be read before a target sector with a movement of the medium, acquiring information on a recording start position of a user data recorded in the target sector based on the start tag read by the head and a relative positional relation between the preceding sector and the target sector, and controlling the head to read the user data recorded in the target sector. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123970 | DISK DRIVE, METHOD FOR MEASURING CLEARANCE AND METHOD FOR WRITING SERVO PATTERNS - A disk drive. The disk drive includes a plurality of head-sliders, an actuator, a plurality of clearance adjustment sections, and a controller. Each head-slider includes a slider and a magnetic-recording head on the slider for accessing a disk for storing data. The plurality of head-sliders is secured to the actuator that is configured to move the plurality of head-sliders concurrently. Each clearance adjustment section corresponds to each head-slider of the plurality of head-sliders and adjusts a clearance of the corresponding head-slider. In addition, the controller is configured to position the actuator by servo control with a first head-slider selected from the plurality of head-sliders, to change a clearance of a second head-slider different from the first head-slider by controlling a clearance adjustment section of the second head-slider to bring the second head-slider into contact with a disk, and to detect the contact to measure the clearance of the second head-slider. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123971 | RECORDING ELEMENT SUBSTRATE AND RECORDING HEAD INCLUDING RECORDING ELEMENT SUBSTRATE - A recording element substrate includes a recording element array including a plurality of recording elements, a drive circuit configured to drive the recording elements, and a heater located to surround the recording element array as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the recording element substrate and located above or below a capacitive element or a resistive element included in the drive circuit as viewed on a cross section of the recording element substrate. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123972 | INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS, SERVO PATTERN FORMATION CONTROL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information storage apparatus, includes: a recording medium with a first servo pattern having absolute position information and a second servo pattern having relative position information; a record reproducing head; a standard position detector calculating a standard position of the second servo pattern where an absolute position on the recording medium is specified, from a positional relationship between the first servo pattern and the second servo pattern; a head position controller positioning the record reproducing head in a target position on the recording medium, using the absolute position information of the first servo pattern, the standard position, and the relative position information of the second servo pattern; and a record signal generator generating a record signal to record a third servo pattern having absolute position information on the recording medium in the target position by the record reproducing head. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123973 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information storage medium includes a plurality of sectors arranged in a circumferential direction of a disk-shaped substrate, each sector having a servo pattern that is formed on the substrate and in which information indicating a position in a radial direction of the substrate is magnetically recorded, and a plurality of recording dots that is arranged with a predetermined pitch in the circumferential direction of the substrate and in which information is to be magnetically recorded. The servo pattern has a magnetic pattern arranged in the circumferential direction with a pitch having a predetermined integral ratio to the pitch of the recording dots. A recording dot arranged nearest to the servo pattern among the recording dots in each sector is arranged at a position having a constant phase relationship to the pitch of the servo pattern of the sector comprising the recording dots in any of the sectors. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123974 | Hard Disc Drive Counter-Vibration System - One implementation of the present invention may take the form of a system for a hard disc drive counter-vibration device that may absorb rotational vibration or gyration of the hard disc drive module. This mounting device may incorporate at least one soft, plastic sphere and a pair of concave dished surfaces, configured to face each other and maintain the sphere between them. The sphere of the counter-vibration assembly may support the hard disc drive (HDD) while the weight of the HDD may align the dishes with each other and over the sphere. In this manner, the sphere may act as a spring and allow the HDD to vibrate or gyrate without transmitting the mechanical movement to the rest of the HDD assembly or electronic device. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123975 | MOTOR AND DISK DRIVER HAVING THE SAME - A motor and a disk driver having the motor are disclosed. The motor in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a shaft; a boss, which is coupled to one end of the shaft; a bearing, which supports the other end of the shaft such that the shaft can rotate; a holder, which supports the bearing; a stator, which is coupled to the holder; a rotor, which is coupled to the boss and covers the stator; and a ventilation hole, which is formed on a lower surface of the boss such that air flows toward the stator. The motor in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can make the flow of air around a disk stable by forming an air circulation structure, allowing air to flow from the inside to the outside of the motor. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123976 | ARM MOUNTED SHOCK SENSOR AND FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT ROUTING - An actuator for supporting data transfer elements includes an arm, a flexible circuit assembly and a sensor. The flexible circuit assembly includes a stiffener having a mount feature and a turnaround feature. The flexible circuit assembly also includes a flexible cable having a plurality of conductive traces for electrically connecting the data transfer elements to circuitry. The flexible cable has a service loop portion, a mounting portion coupled to the mount feature of the stiffener and a turnaround portion coupled to the turnaround feature of the stiffener. The turnaround portion is configured to couple the mounting portion to the service loop portion. The sensor is in contact with a surface of the arm and is electrically coupled to the flexible cable. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123977 | VERTICAL-CURRENT-TYPE REPRODUCING MAGNETIC HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a vertical-current-type reproducing magnetic head includes a sensor film, an upper shield paired with a lower shield that together flow a current into the sensor film in a thickness direction of the sensor film, and magnetic-domain control magnetic films provided above both sides of the sensor film in a track width direction of the sensor film. The shield is formed via a nonmagnetic adhesion layer including a discontinuous region near the sensor film, and the sensor film contacts the upper shield. In another embodiment, a method includes forming a resist layer, etching a sensor film while using the resist layer as a mask, forming first insulating films, domain-control magnetic films, and nonmagnetic adhesion layers in a stacked manner, lifting-off the resist layer, and forming an upper shield that together with a lower shield flow current into the sensor film in a thickness direction of the sensor film. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123978 | Short circuit and open circuit protection for a boost converter - A boost converter includes a load disconnect switch connected between a voltage input terminal and an inductor, a power switch connected to the inductor by a switching node, a diode connected between the switching node and a voltage output terminal, and an output capacitor connected to the voltage output terminal to provide an output voltage. A protection apparatus is connected to the load disconnect switch, switching node and power switch to monitor the voltage at the switching node and the output voltage to provide open circuit and short circuit protection for the boost converter. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123979 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY PROTECTION SYSTEM, MOTHER BOARD AND COMPUTER - By using switching power supplies a, b, and n, which have detection function of over-current, over-voltage and low voltage, in the case where a short-circuit occurred in a load which is connected to output of a switching power supply, and in the case where a MOSFET of the switching power supply is in a short-circuit state and broken, a main power is forced to be off, and a failure log of the switching power supply is stored in a non-volatile memory unit EEPROM; and also in the case where the main power was turned off and on, even if an abnormal log of the switching power supply logged in the non-volatile memory unit, reclosing of the main power is suppressed and which of the switching power supply occurred failure is notified to the outside. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123980 | Electrical power diagnostic system - An electrical power diagnostic system includes a system housing, a power saw management system, and a user interface. The system housing is electrically connected with the power unit of the power saw, wherein the system housing includes a control panel provided thereon for allowing a user to adjust an operational parameter through the control panel. The power saw management system includes a control processor mounted within the system housing to electrically communicate with the power saw, wherein the control processor is pre-programmed to manage operational parameters of the power saw and supervise actual operation of the power saw machine and the saw blade in such a manner that when abnormal operating condition of the power saw machine is detected, the control processor is adapted to selectively adjust the operational parameters of the power saw machine for stopping the abnormal operating condition from continuously happening. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123981 | Multiple Pole Arc-Fault Circuit Breaker Using Single Test Button - A multiple pole arc-fault circuit breaker includes a first pole assembly, a second pole assembly, a microprocessor, and a single test button. At least one of the first pole assembly and the second pole assembly has a trip mechanism. The microprocessor is electrically coupled to the first pole assembly and to the second pole assembly, and, in response to receiving a single test signal, is operative to perform electrical tests for both the first pole assembly and the second pole assembly. In response to successful completion of the electrical tests, the microprocessor is further operative to actuate the trip mechanism. The single test button is mounted to the housing and includes a single test position which causes the sending of the single test signal for initiating the electrical tests. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123982 | PROTECTIVE DEVICE HAVING A THIN CONSTRUCTION - The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring device that includes a front cover member having a front major surface and a back cover member having a back major surface substantially in parallel with the front major surface. The housing further includes an electrically isolating member disposed between the front cover member and the back cover member such that a front interior region is formed between the front cover member and the electrically isolating member and a rear interior region is formed between the back cover member and the electrically isolating member. The user accessible reset button assembly establishes a plane normal to the major front surface and subdividing the rear interior region into a first rear interior region portion and a second rear interior region portion. The interrupting contact assembly is configured to provide electrical continuity between the plurality of line terminals, the plurality of load terminals and the plurality of receptacle terminals in a reset state. The plurality of line terminals, the plurality of load terminals and the plurality of receptacle terminals are decoupled in a tripped state. A protective electrical assembly includes a sensor assembly coupled to the plurality of line terminals and a solenoid assembly coupled to the interrupting contact assembly. The sensor assembly and the solenoid assembly are substantially disposed in the first rear interior region portion. The sensor assembly includes at least one toroidal transformer having a toroidal axis and the solenoid assembly including a solenoid coil having a solenoid coil axis. The toroidal axis and the solenoid coil axis are substantially parallel to one another. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123983 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND ARC FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER INCLUDING THE SAME - An operational amplifier circuit is for an arc fault circuit interrupter including a current sensor having a secondary and an envelope detector circuit having an input. The operational amplifier circuit includes a band pass filter having an input structured to be electrically interconnected with the secondary of the current sensor and an output; and a rectifier circuit. The rectifier circuit includes an operational amplifier having an input electrically interconnected with the output of the band pass filter and an output, a half-wave rectifier having an input electrically interconnected with the output of the operational amplifier, an output, and a forward voltage between the input and the output of the half-wave rectifier, the half-wave rectifier output being structured to be electrically interconnected with the input of the envelope detector circuit, and a voltage compensation circuit cooperating with the input and the output of the operational amplifier to compensate for the forward voltage. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123984 | ESD PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND CIRCUITRY OF IC APPLYING THE ESD PROTECTION CIRCUIT - A circuitry of an IC is provided, including a pad, an internal circuit, and an ESD protection circuit. The pad transmits or receives a signal and is coupled to a first node. The internal circuit is coupled to the first node for processing the signal. The ESD protection circuit includes an ESD clamping circuit, a first current limiting and shunting unit and a second current limiting and shunting unit. The ESD clamping circuit is coupled to the first node, for clamping an ESD current flowing through the first node. The first current limiting and shunting unit is through the first node coupled to the pad, for limiting the ESD current and shunting part of the ESD current to a first voltage path. The second current limiting and shunting unit is coupled to the first current limiting and shunting unit, for limiting the ESD current and shunting part of the ESD current to a second voltage path. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123985 | Driver With Electrostatic Discharge Protection - Various apparatuses, methods and systems for protecting a driver from electrostatic discharge are disclosed herein. For example, some exemplary embodiments provide a driver, including a buffer, a leakage path blocking transistor connected to an output of the buffer, and an output driver connected to an output of the leakage path blocking transistor. Current from the output driver to the buffer is substantially blocked by the leakage path blocking transistor. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123986 | SHORT CIRCUIT LIMITATION DEVICE IN A LOW VOLTAGE SYSTEM - A device for limiting short-circuit current in a consumer network having at least one supply line with a respective current feed point includes a disconnection point disposed in the at least one supply line so as to provide a first partial line and a second partial line in an event of a short-circuit fault. Each of the first and second partial lines has a respective associated current detector and at least one of the first and second partial lines has at least one current feed aggregate. The device includes a multiphase high-speed short circuiter having a current carrying capacity for short-circuit current intensities in the at least one supply line and a respective power circuit breaker connected in series with the high-speed short circuiter. The respective associated current detector is configured, upon detection of a short circuit in one of the first and second partial lines, to transmit a triggering signal so as to effect a short-circuit switching operation. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123987 | Apparatus for Fault Tolerant Digital Outputs - An output termination board for a safety system is disclosed herein. The termination board provides simplified wiring between the output modules and the remote devices operated by the controller in the system. Redundant output signals are generated within each pair of output modules and combined such that one control signal is sent to each remote device. In addition, a program executing on the controller of the safety system performs a test to determine if each output module is operating normally. If the program detects a fault in either output module, the safety system may alternately shut down according to a fail-safe procedure or continue operating under a fault-tolerant mode of operation. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123988 | Overcurrent Protection Device for a Power Supply Device and Related Power Supply Device - An overcurrent protection device for a power supply device includes a receiving end for receiving a current sensing signal, a compensating current unit coupled to the receiving end for compensating the current sensing signal in order to generate a current sense compensation signal, a first reference voltage generator for generating a first reference voltage, a comparator coupled between the compensating current unit and the first reference voltage generator for comparing the current sense compensation signal with the first reference voltage in order to generate a comparison result, a control unit coupled to the comparator for controlling a power switch of the power supply device according to the comparison result. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123989 | CONNECTION UNIT AND VEHICLE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A connection unit includes a first relay connected between a first electrode of a first battery and a first power feed line towards a vehicle load, a second relay connected between a second electrode of the first battery and a second power feed line towards the vehicle load, a third relay and a current limiting resistor connected in series between the second electrode of the first battery and the second power feed line, a fourth relay connected between an electrode of a second battery having a polarity identical to the polarity of the first electrode and the first power feed line towards the vehicle load, and a conductor line connecting an electrode of the second battery having a polarity identical to the polarity of the second electrode with the second electrode of the first battery. There can be provided a connection unit suppressed in the number of components, suitable for usage in a vehicle incorporating a plurality of power storage devices, and a vehicle incorporating the connection unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123990 | LOW VOLTAGE STARTUP TIMER FOR A MICROCONTROLLER-BASED CIRCUIT BREAKER - A circuit breaker capable of microcontroller-based fault detection having a backup circuit for causing the circuit breaker to trip in response to a microcontroller fault, including a timing circuit powered by a power supply and a microcontroller. The timing circuit is electrically coupled to an SCR that causes the circuit breaker to trip. The timing circuit includes a BJT coupled to the gate of the SCR. The microcontroller has a first output coupled to the timing circuit and a second output coupled to the SCR. The first output is coupled to a node between a resistor and a grounded capacitor in the timing circuit, and the node is coupled to a gate of the SCR and to a base of the transistor. A voltage develops at the node sufficient to cause the gate of the SCR to turn on unless the microcontroller pulls the first high-impedance output to a logic low state. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123991 | BACKUP TRIPPING FUNCTION FOR A CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH MICROCONTROLLER-BASED FAULT DETECTION - A circuit breaker capable of microcontroller-based fault detection having a backup circuit for causing the circuit to trip in response to a microcontroller fault or a failure of a regulated power supply powering the microcontroller. The circuit breaker includes an RC circuit connected to an SCR. The resistor of the RC circuit is connected between the anode and gate of the SCR, and the capacitor is connected between the gate and cathode of the SCR. The microcontroller has a first pin coupled to the RC circuit, which is initially in a high input impedance state. In the event of a microcontroller fault or power supply failure, the capacitor will charge to a voltage sufficient to activate the SCR and trip the breaker. If the microcontroller startup routine is successful, the pin is configured as an output and is pulled low, shorting out the capacitor. | 2010-05-20 |