28th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110170133 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE AND METHOD OF AUTHENTICATING DOCUMENT - An image forming apparatus includes a communication interface unit to receive print data, a detection unit to detect a plurality of areas having a predetermined size from among print areas of the input print data, a controlling unit to generate a predetermined message as a plurality of image patterns, an embedding unit to embed the generated plurality of image patterns in the plurality of detected areas, and a printing unit to print the print data in which a plurality of image patterns are embedded. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170134 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a log memory, an analysis unit, a determination unit, an extraction unit, and an output unit. The log memory stores error logs. The analysis unit analyzes an error content based on the logs stored in the log memory. The determination unit determines whether or not a notification of the error analyzed by the analysis unit is sent. The extraction unit extracts a log regarding the error for which the notification is sent, from the log memory, if the determination unit determines that the notification of the error is sent. The output unit outputs an error notification to which the log extracted by the extraction unit is attached. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170135 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A client personal computer having a hierarchical structure and processing a variable data printing (VDP) document to which metadata can be added includes a UI unit for receiving an instruction to mutually associate a layer of a template corresponding to the VDP document, a print setting editing unit for setting a print setting to the layer of the template according to the instruction, a job ticket output unit for outputting a job ticket including a correspondence relation between the print setting and the VDP document and the print setting, and a VDP job output unit for adding, to the print data, metadata for mutually associating the print setting described in the output job ticket and the layer of the VDP document corresponding to the layer of the template to which the print setting has been set. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170136 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CERTIFYING AND AUTHENTICATING CORRESPONDENCE (II) - Described herein is a method and system for certifying contents of a correspondence sent from a sender to a recipient. The method comprises: receiving by an information processor over a communication network an electronic file from a sending workstation associated with the correspondence; receiving over the communication network recipient information that represents the recipient of the correspondence; generating a formatted electronic document from the electronic file, the formatted electronic document including coded information for identifying the electronic document; storing a copy of the formatted electronic document in a database; outputting the formatted electronic document as a physical document; delivering the physical document to the recipient; and retaining the copy of the electronic formatted document stored in the database as a certification of the contents of the correspondence as embodied in the physical document sent to the recipient. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170137 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printer receives changes to printing conditions by a user when executing reprinting. The printer selects whether to execute reprinting based on application data held in a host computer, or execute reprinting based on printing data held in the printer. If the printer selects executing of reprinting based on application data, the reprint request is sent to the host computer. If the printer selects executing of reprinting based on printing data held in the printer, reprinting is performed based on printing data held in the printer. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170138 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus that can provide an online support service is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a user operation data retaining section for retaining user operation data in which contents of user's operation performed by a user is recorded, an input section having a help key for instructing start of execution of an online support function, and a support data retaining section for retaining information about a support connecting destination to be connected in the online support. When recognizing pressing of the help key, the image processing apparatus refers to the user operation data so as to gain at least a part of the contents of the operation performed until a time point of the pressing, selects the support connecting destination according to the gained user operation contents with reference to the support data retaining section so as to request connection of communication with the selected support connecting destination. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170139 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CHARGING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CHARGING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus stores therein a use charging table that shows a charging condition with respect to use of the image processing apparatus and a cooperative job charging table that shows a charging condition with respect to execution of a cooperative job. In the case where a received job is an apparatus job to be executed only by the image processing apparatus, the use charging table is read. Charging processing is performed based on the read charging table, and a remaining amount is calculated. In the case where a received job is a cooperative job to be executed by the image processing apparatus and a service providing apparatus cooperatively with each other, the cooperative job charging table is read, and charging processing is performed with reference to the read cooperative job charging table as necessary. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170140 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an automatic update determination unit that stores update information for updating a record level among layers included in print data, a layered metadata change unit that acquires a key included in metadata in the print data and a value corresponding to the key, generates a change screen that can receive an instruction relating to grouping processing of the metadata, performs grouping processing on the metadata based on the instruction relating to grouping processing received via the change screen, determines based on the update information whether the record level needs to be changed by the grouping processing, and changes the record level when it is determined that the record level needs to be changed. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170141 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus quantizes multi-level image data of n colors, where n≧2, by performing an error diffusion processing. The image processing apparatus includes: a dot arrangement determining unit that determines either one of an essential dot count and an essential recording material amount when the multi-level image data of n colors is converted into multi-level image data of m colors, where n>m≧1, by the error diffusion processing; and a color arrangement determining unit that performs the error diffusion processing on each color component of the multi-level image data of n colors, calculates either one of a dot count and a recording material amount for each color component, and determines an arrangement of either one of the dot count and the recording material amount for each color component within a range of a corresponding one of the essential dot count and the essential recording material amount determined by the dot arrangement determining unit. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170142 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus for converting input image data into output image data for an image forming apparatus configured to output an image with the use of coloring material, which includes a unit configured to perform a coloring-material usage amount reduction process of converting the input image data into the output image data such that an amount of the coloring material used for color-printing the input image data becomes a target coloring-material usage amount defined based on a monochrome-printing coloring-material usage amount required for monochrome-printing the input image data. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170143 | Method and apparatus for controlling color registration sensors - A method and apparatus for controlling registration sensors are provided, in which a transfer unit transfers an electrostatic latent image onto a printing medium, at least one registration sensor senses image alignment errors by irradiating light to the transfer unit to sense reflected light, a sensor data storage unit stores characteristics data of the respective registration sensors, and a sensor control unit controls the registration sensors based on the characteristics data of the respective registration sensors, wherein the registration sensors are placed into the transfer unit. Accordingly, time for performing an algorithm of color registration can be reduced, and registration can be achieved correctly in a short time, irrespective of a set frame of the image forming apparatus. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170144 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING - Proposed is the use of a document widget for representing a property of a document. The document widget comprises: a human-readable portion for interpretation by a user; and a machine-readable portion representing the document property. By comprising information about a property of a document, a document widget may be processed in accordance with an optical recognition process so as to identify the document widget and enable extraction of the document property. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170145 | Secure Document Creation with a Multi-Function Apparatus - In a method of creating a secure document with a multi-function apparatus, identity information of a user is obtained. The identity information is converted into a security feature, which is created to enable the user's identity information to be retrievable directly from the security feature. In addition, the security feature is printed onto the document with the multi-function apparatus. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170146 | Print Cartridge Output Sample - A system and method print an output sample including print cartridge characteristic information. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170147 | OPTICAL READER, CONTROL METHOD OF OPTICAL READER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical reader is provided. A transport section is capable of transporting a medium which is a reading target in forward and backward directions along a transport path. An optical reading section is installed in the transporting path. The optical reading section optically reads the medium which is transported by the transport section. A control section sets a transport direction of the medium at the time of reading of the medium on the basis of a position of the medium before or when the reading of the medium is started and a reading position of the optical reading section such that a transport distance of the medium until the reading of the medium is completed is shortened, and controls the transport section and the optical reading section. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170148 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH FACSIMILE FUNCTION, FACSIMILE TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire instruction information for transmitting transmission target data by facsimile; a determining unit configured to determine, when the acquiring unit acquires the instruction information, whether information concerning a transmission destination is set; and a display unit configured to display, if the determining unit determines that information concerning a transmission destination is not set, a dialog for causing a user to set a transmission destination, the dialog including only items relating to information concerning transmission destinations. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170149 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING SYSTEM - A conveying device, comprising: a linear conveyance route on which a sheet-like medium is linearly conveyable; a bent conveyance route that is branched from the linear conveyance route and on which the medium is conveyable in a bent manner; a switching member provided at the branched portion and movable into a bent conveyance position for guiding the medium to the bent conveyance route and into a linear conveyance position for guiding the medium to the linear conveyance route, according to a force acting from the medium at a time of coming in contact with the medium; and a variable pressurizing unit configured to make a force acting on the medium from the switching member in the linear conveyance position smaller than a force acting on the medium from the switching member in the bent conveyance position. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170150 | Optical Reading Device, Control Method for an Optical Reading Device, and Computer-Readable Recording Medium Storing a Control Program for an Optical Reading Device - Unintended image inversion is prevented when an optical reading device processes images captured by an optical reading device that uses a linear image sensor having the photodetectors arrayed in a line. An optical reading unit has a linear image sensor with photodetectors arrayed perpendicularly to the transportation direction of the recording medium S to be scanned, optically reads the conveyed recording medium by means of the linear image sensor, and sequentially outputs the detection values of the photodetectors from an end of the linear image sensor. A gate array and CPU generate scanned image data based on the detection values read by the optical reading unit, add thereto information describing the relationship between the scanning sequence of the photodetectors of the linear image sensor and the pixel order of the scanned image data, and output to another device. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170151 | OPTICAL READING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR AN OPTICAL READING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When optically scanning a medium, scanning can proceed immediately even if the size of the medium is unknown. Before or when an optical reading device starts scanning to read all of a recording medium, the CPU | 2011-07-14 |
20110170152 | MEASURING METHOD, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method for measuring a deviation in timing of start of writing in scanning lines is implemented by an optical scanning device that scans a surface to be scanned with light beams from light-emitting elements having first and second light-emitting elements which are arranged so as to be displaced from each other in a direction corresponding to a direction of the scanning lines. The method includes: detecting timing at which light from the first light-emitting element is received by a light receiving element, as a first time, the light receiving element outputting a synchronization detecting signal before start of writing; detecting timing at which light from the second light-emitting element is received by the light receiving element, as a second time; and obtaining the deviation in timing for the second light-emitting element with respect to the first light-emitting element based on a difference between the first and second time. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170153 | COMPUTER-GENERATED HOLOGRAM FOR RECONSTRUCTING A FULL-COLOR IMAGE WITH HIGH RESOLUTION AND ITS FABRICATION METHOD - A computer-generated hologram that is capable of reconstructing a full-color image and achieving a high resolution is provided. A recording plane of the hologram is divided by a multiplicity of parallel sections in the horizontal direction to define a multiplicity of areas. Amplitude information and phase information corresponding to different wavelengths which vary periodically in a direction traversing the multiplicity of areas, is recorded in the recording medium. Information about the same portion of the original image is recorded in individual points belonging to the same area, and information about another corresponding portion of the original image is recorded in individual points belonging to another area. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170154 | SCANNER MOTOR - Disclosed herein is a scanner motor. The scanner motor includes a rotating shaft which is axially supported and rotatable, and a bearing which has the shape of a hollow cylinder. The bearing includes a hydrodynamic bearing portion provided on the upper portion of the bearing to rotatably support the rotating shaft, and an oil impregnated sintered bearing portion provided on the lower portion of the bearing. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170155 | SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ELEMENT, SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ARRAY, OPTICAL SCANNER DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed surface-emitting laser element includes an emission region configured to emit a laser beam and a high reflectance region including a first dielectric film having a first refractive index and a second dielectric film having a second refractive index differing from the first refractive index where the first dielectric film and the second dielectric film are stacked within the emission region to provide high reflectance. In the surface-emitting laser element, the high reflectance region is formed in a region including a central portion of the emission region and is configured to include shape anisotropy in two orthogonal directions in a plane in parallel with the emission region. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170156 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - An optical scanning device includes: a reflection part which is configured to scan a light beam by swinging; a drive part which is configured to generate a drive waveform for swinging the reflection part; a waveform information storage part which is configured to store a plurality of waveform informations used for the generation of the drive waveform; a drive waveform setting part which is configured to select one waveform information from the plurality of waveform informations, and is configured to set the drive waveform; and a detection part which detects an amount of ringing which is superimposed on swinging of the reflection part, wherein the drive waveform setting part sequentially supplies the plurality of waveform informations stored in the waveform information storage part to the drive part, and selects the waveform information with which the amount of ringing detected by the detector becomes smaller than a predetermined value. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170157 | MOVING STRUCTURE AND MICRO-MIRROR DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a moving structure, stability of swing motion of a moving plate is increased by enhancing tensional rigidity or flexural rigidity while restraining torsion rigidity of the hinge units. The hinge units of ladder shape with honeycombed portions are formed by twin supporting rods and crosspieces bridged between the twin supporting rods so as to support the moving plate rotatably. The tensional rigidity or the flexural rigidity is increased while restraining the torsion rigidity of the hinge units by the honeycombed portions of the hinge units. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170158 | OPTICAL SHUTTERING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is an optical shuttering device and a method of manufacturing the same. Device includes a roll-up blade that stays in a rolled-up state while no driving voltage is applied thereto and flattens to shutter a light-transmitting region when a predetermined driving voltage is applied to the roll-up blade. The roll-up blade may be provided as a single roll-up blade or as a plurality of roll-up blades such that the roll-up blade(s) shutters a a portion or the entirety of the light-transmitting region. The roll-up blade may be formed as a thin layer made of a single opaque, conductive material. As a single-layered structure, the roll-up blade may spontaneously roll up due to a stress gradient that is made in a thickness direction of the roll-up blade, and as a multi-layered structure, the roll-up blade may spontaneously roll up due to differences in mean stress of the multi layers. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170159 | LIGHT LIMITING WINDOW - A passive optical power limiting window comprising a transparent optical input element, a transparent optical output element, and a power-limiting element disposed between these input and output elements for transmitting optical light from these input elements to these output elements, these optical power-limiting elements comprising an optical-limiting solid mixture containing particles of at least one material that produces reversible thermal changes in response to light above a predetermined optical power level, thereby changing the optical transmission properties of these power-limiting elements. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170160 | OPTICAL IMAGE SHUTTER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An optical image shutter having a transparent electro-optical crystal formed on a transparent amorphous substrate and a method of manufacturing the optical image shutter. The light image shutter is created by forming a buffer layer using a material having a similar crystalline structure to an electro-optical crystal, on a transparent amorphous substrate such as glass, and forming an electro-optical thin film layer such as the electro-optical crystal on the buffer layer. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170161 | NESTED MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR - An apparatus includes an optical splitter, an optical intensity combiner, first and second Mach-Zehnder interferometers, and first and second drive electrodes. The first Mach-Zehnder interferometer connects a first optical output of the optical intensity splitter to a first optical input of the optical intensity combiner. The second Mach-Zehnder interferometer connects a second optical output of the optical intensity splitter to a second optical input of the optical intensity combiner. The first drive electrode is located between and connected to a pair of semiconductor junctions along first internal optical arms of the Mach-Zehnder interferometers. The second drive electrode is located between and connected to a pair of semiconductor junctions along second internal optical arms of the Mach-Zehnder interferometers. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170162 | PRINTED DISPLAY SYSTEMS BASED ON POROUS SUBSTRATES - The present disclosure provides for printed display, a method of manufacturing a printed display, and a system incorporating a printed display having a porous substrate The printed display includes a porous substrate structure, a first functional layer, a second functional layer, and an electrolyte layer percolated within the porous substrate structure The porous substrate structure may be disposed between the first functional layer and the second functional layer The display may include a third functional layer disposed over or under the first functional layer Alternatively, the display may include a fourth functional layer disposed over the second functional layer. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SPATIAL TAILORING OF LASER LIGHT USING TEMPORAL PHASE MODULATION - Laser systems and methods for providing an output light beam having a target spatial pattern are provided. A light generating module generates an input light beam, whose spectral profile is then tailored by imposing thereon a controllable phase modulation. The obtained spectrally tailored light beam is dispersed, using at least one spatially-dispersive element to provide an output light beam having a spatial profile which is a function of the spectral profile of the spectrally tailored light beam, The phase modulation is selected in view of the spectral profile of the input light beam and of the dispersion characteristics of the at least one spatially-dispersive element so that the spatial pattern of the output light beam matches the target spatial pattern therefor. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170164 | TUNABLE THIN-FILM FILTER - An optical filter is provided, including a first plurality and second plurality of alternating first and second material layers, where the first plurality of layers is at a first angle to incident light and has a cut-on edge, and the second plurality of layers is at a second angle to the incident light and a cut-off edge; where polarization splitting of the first plurality of layers at the cut-on edge and polarization splitting of the second plurality of layers at the cut-off edge do not exceed approximately 1 percent for any first and second angle between approximately 0 and 40 degrees; and the s-stopband wavelength of the second plurality of layers is approximately less than or equal to the cut-on edge wavelength, which is less than the cut-off edge wavelength, which is approximately less than or equal to the s-stopband wavelength of the first plurality of layers. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170165 | FLUID DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A CENTRAL RESERVOIR - The invention relates to a display device based on the use of fluids for visualizing information. In order to ensure simple exchangeability of fluids, the invention provides a central fluid reservoir which may be utilized in combination with a fluid display device of any desired design. For this purpose, the central fluid reservoir is coupled to the fluid display elements, which can be refilled with the colored fluid. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170166 | DEVICE FOR MODULATING LIGHT WITH MULTIPLE ELECTRODES - Improvements in an interferometric modulator that has a cavity defined by two walls. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170167 | METHOD FOR MODULATING LIGHT WITH MULTIPLE ELECTRODES - Improvements in an interferometric modulator that has a cavity defined by two walls. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170168 | ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE WITH OPTICAL FUNCTION SEPARATED FROM MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL FUNCTION - In certain embodiments, a microelectromechanical (MEMS) device includes a movable element over the substrate and an actuation electrode. The movable element includes an electrically conductive deformable layer and a reflective element mechanically coupled to the deformable layer. The reflective element includes a reflective surface. The actuation electrode is under at least a portion of the deformable layer and is disposed laterally from the reflective surface. The movable element is responsive to a voltage difference applied between the actuation electrode and the movable element by moving towards the actuation electrode. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170169 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrophoretic display device including: a first substrate; a second substrate that is disposed so as to face the first substrate; an electrophoretic device that is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of first electrodes that are formed so as to overlie the electrophoretic device side of the first substrate; and a second electrode that is formed on the electrophoretic device side of the second substrate so as to face the plurality of the first electrodes. The second electrode has light reflectivity. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170170 | SWITCHABLE GLAZINGS - A switchable film assembly having remote electrical connections comprises an active layer between first and second electrically conductive layers. The active layer has an optical transmission which changes upon projecting an electric field therethrough. An electrical connection connects the film to a power supply and can comprise a remote electrical connector region provided remote to the first and second electrically conductive layers, such upon connecting the film assembly to the power supply, an electrical field may be projected through at least a portion of the switchable film assembly thereby changing the optical transmission of the active layer. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170171 | OPTICAL DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYED SIGNAL DEMODULATOR - A phase-shift keyed signal demodulator is disclosed including a filter positioned to receive an input beam, a first photodiode positioned to receive light reflected from the filter, and a second photodiode positioned to receive light transmitted through the filter. A difference between outputs of the first and second photodiodes is interpreted to determine a data value encoded in the input beam. In another embodiment N filters receive inputs from a splitter and include transmission functions offset from one another. N pairs of photo diodes receive the transmitted and reflected beams from each filter and a decoder converts the outputs of the pairs of photodiodes to one or more data symbols. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170172 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A wavelength conversion laser device includes a laser light source which emits a laser beam, two reflective surfaces which reflect therefrom a laser beam, a wavelength converter provided between the two reflective surfaces, which converts a laser beam into a wavelength-converted laser beam, and condensing optics which condense the laser beams to be injected between the two reflective surfaces, wherein at least one of the two reflective surfaces has a curvature for reflecting a laser beam to be re-injected into the wavelength converter between the two reflective surfaces repeatedly while forming multi paths of laser beams injected into the wavelength converter at different incident angles, and the condensing optics are arranged to disperse beam waists of the laser beams in the wavelength converter, which reciprocate between the two reflective surfaces. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170173 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A wavelength conversion laser has: an exciting LD | 2011-07-14 |
20110170174 | DOPED LOW-TEMPERATURE PHASE BARIUM METABORATE SINGLE CRYSTAL, THE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND WAVE CHANGING ELEMENTS THEREFROM - The present invention relates generally to the field of synthetic crystal, and more particularly, this invention relates to doped low-temperature phase barium metaborate single crystal, growth method and frequency-converter. Molten salt method was adopted. The single crystal completely overcome the shortcomings of BBO with strong deliquescence, almost no deliquescence; its frequency doubling effect and optical damage threshold has improved greatly compared with the BBO; its hardness increased significantly, the single crystal with Shore hardness of 101.3 and Mohs hardness of 6, however, BBO with Shore hardness of 71.2 and Mohs hardness of 4. From the UV-Vis region transmittance curves tests, the cut-off wavelength of the single crystal is 190 nm, wavelength of absorption onset is 205 nm. BBSAG is widely applied in the fields of laser and nonlinear optics, and in terms of frequency-converter of ultraviolet and deep-ultraviolet due to its excellent properties better than BBO. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170175 | PROCESSING FOR A WINDOW FILM HAVING QUALITY CONCERNS - In the fabrication of window films which provide solar control or other wavelength selectivity or provide safety and security, any window film which fails to satisfy required visual quality standards for its intended purpose is instead directed to a printing process which enables its use for an alternative purpose. Typically, the original purpose is one of providing uniform optical properties across the window to which the film is applied. The alternative purpose is one in which optical properties are non-uniform, since visible subject matter or patterning is printed on the window film to allow the film to be applied to windows for a decorative, privacy or informative purpose. A particularly suitable method of applying the visible subject matter or patterning is to utilize inkjet printing techniques. A particularly suitable ink is an ultraviolet-curable ink. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170176 | METAL BASED COATING COMPOSITION AND RELATED COATED SUBSTRATES - A coated substrate is disclosed. The coated substrate includes a substrate and a coating composition over the substrate comprising at least one metal based layer selected from tungsten, chromium, tantalum, molybdenum, aluminum, niobium, and mixtures and alloys thereof; and mixtures and alloys of cobalt and chromium; and at least one dielectric layer including Si | 2011-07-14 |
20110170177 | MOLDING FOR OPTICAL PURPOSES, PARTICULARLY FILTER RING OR LENS HOLDER - The invention relates to a molding for optical purposes ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110170178 | STEREOMICROSCOPE - A stereomicroscope includes a microscope main body and a camera for assistant. The microscope main body includes therein an objective optical system, a zoom optical system and an eyepiece optical system. The camera for assistant is detachably mounted to the microscope main body. The microscope main body provides to a main operator a pair of optical images including a certain binocular disparity as viewed from an observation direction of the main operator. The camera for assistant provides to an assistant a pair of electron images including a certain binocular disparity as viewed from an observation direction of the assistant. The observation directions of the main operator and the assistant cross at a certain angle. The camera for assistant outputs the pair of electron images into a stereo viewer which is separated from the microscope main body. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170179 | STEREOSCOPIC MICROSCOPE - A microscope or stereomicroscope for representing an object that can be placed on an object plane of the stereomicroscope provides at least one pair of optical paths and comprises at least one deflection element with a reflecting surface and a representation system containing several optical elements. The optical elements include a plurality of lenses. In addition, the optical elements are configured in such a way that pupil planes of the optical representation paths intersect the reflecting surface of the deflection element or are located at a distance from said reflecting surface less than 1.5 times the diameter of one of the reflecting surfaces along the optical representation paths on the closest lens of the plurality of lenses. An alternative embodiment provides a stereomicroscope with a particularly compact construction, in which at least one pair of optical representation paths is reflected on a first, second, third, and fourth reflecting surface. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170180 | ELECTROSTATIC DEFORMABLE MIRROR USING UNITARY MEMBRANE - A deformable mirror for an adaptive optical system employs a thin membrane stretched over a plurality of electrostatic electrodes providing local controlled deformation to the membrane. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170181 | MICROSCOPE AND LAMPHOUSE - A microscope includes an illuminating unit that includes an excitation light source emitting an excitation light, and a phosphor receiving the excitation light and emitting illumination light in a specific wavelength range. The illuminating unit illuminates a specimen with the illumination light. The microscope also includes an observation unit for observing the specimen illuminated by the illuminating unit. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170182 | DEVICE FOR HOLDING AND POSITIONING A SAMPLE RELATIVE TO A MICROSCOPE LENS - An arrangement for holding and positioning a sample in the detection area of the objective of a microscope, the detection area being located in a chamber which is filled with an immersion liquid. This arrangement includes (1) a sample holder to which the sample is affixed so as to lie upon a point P in a coordinate system X, Y, Z, coordinate Z being defined by the optical axis of the microscope objective and the coordinate origin laying within the detection area, (2) a device by which the position of point P can be varied within the coordinate system X, Y, Z, wherein the range of variation comprehends the detection area, and (3) a device for rotating the sample affixed to the sample holder around point P, wherein a straight line G which encloses with coordinate Z an angle α whose size can be changed is the axis of rotation. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170183 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - An autostereoscopic display includes a display panel, a lenticular lens assembly, a driver, a number of camera modules, and a controller. The lenticular lens assembly includes an array of cylindrical lenses and is rotatably hung above the display panel. The driver is configured for driving the lenticular lens assembly to rotate about an axis that is substantially parallel to the lengthwise direction of the cylindrical lenses. The camera modules are arranged beside the display panel and oriented at different angles. The controller is configured for controlling the camera modules to take images in sequence and controlling the driver to rotate the lenticular lens assembly to an orientation at the same angle as a corresponding camera module when the display panel plays an image taken by the camera module. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170184 | Microreplicated Film for Attachment to Autostereoscopic Display Components - Microreplicated light redirecting films suitable for use in autostereoscopic displays and backlights are made to incorporate at least one nanovoided layer whose interface with another layer forms an embedded structured surface of the light redirecting film. The nanovoided layer includes a polymer binder and optional nanoparticles, and may have a refractive index less than 1.35 or 1.3. The light redirecting films may be adapted for attachment to one or more other components of an autostereoscopic display, such as a display panel and/or a light guide of a backlight. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170185 | Three-dimensional glasses and three-dimensional display apparatus - Three-dimensional (3D) glasses and a 3D display apparatus are provided. The 3D display apparatus includes a backlight unit comprising a first light source unit for irradiating a first spectrum of light and a second light source unit for irradiating a second spectrum of light. The apparatus includes a polarization switch for selectively converting the polarization of incident light, and for reducing eye fatigue by providing a plurality of view images to each eye using a pair of glasses that each have a color filter and a birefringent device. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170186 | POLARIZING ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZING ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A polarizing element includes: a substrate; a plurality of reflection layers that is arranged in a band shape at a predetermined interval on the substrate; dielectric layers that are formed on the reflection layers; and inorganic micro-particle layers that are formed on the dielectric layers by inorganic micro-particles having shape anisotropy in which a length of a diameter of the micro-particles in an arrangement direction of the reflection layers is longer than a length of a diameter of the micro-particles in a direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction of the reflection layers and has convex portions toward a side of a first adjacent reflection layer and a side of a second adjacent reflection layer. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170187 | POLARIZING ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZING ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A polarizing element includes: a substrate; a plurality of reflection layers that is arranged in a band shape at a predetermined interval on the substrate; dielectric layers that are formed on the reflection layers; and absorption layers on the dielectric layers that have convex portions disposed toward a side of a first adjacent reflection layer and a side of a second adjacent reflection layer. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170188 | MONOLITHIC POLARIZING DIFFRACTIVE STRUCTURES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A monolithic polarizing diffractive structure includes a system having at least two parallel continuous planar surfaces, a diffractive pattern on one of the at least two parallel continuous surfaces, the diffractive pattern including at least two diffractive elements integral with the one of the at least two continuous surfaces, the at least two diffractive elements defining a monolithic diffractive pattern, and a polarizing pattern on one of the at least two parallel continuous surfaces. The polarizing pattern includes at least two polarizing elements, each polarizing element corresponding to a respective diffractive element, the at least two polarizing elements outputting polarizations rotated with respect to one another, the at least two polarizing elements defining a monolithic polarizing pattern. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170189 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRIVACY ENHANCEMENT - A privacy-enhancement system includes a window that includes a first polarized filter and a media display that includes a second polarized filter. A polarization axis of the first polarized filter and a polarization axis of the second polarized filter are not parallel to one another. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170190 | Fog Resistant Mirror - The present development is a fog-resistant mirror. The mirror comprises a glass plate having a reflective surface on one side and an anti-fog coating on the opposing side. In a preferred embodiment, the anti-fog coating comprises two material layers: a primer coat layer applied directly to the glass plate, and a top coat applied to the primer coat layer, wherein the top coat comprises a chemical material known to resist fogging. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170191 | FOGLESS MIRROR - In one embodiment, a mirror comprising a squeegee and a slot for receiving the squeegee blade is used in steamy environments. The mirror may include a reservoir to be filled with hot water to prevent the mirror from fogging. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170192 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes an electro-optic reflective element, a photo sensor and a light concentrator. The electro-optic reflective element has a front substrate with a first surface and a transparent second surface electrically conductive coating disposed on a second surface, and the electro-optic reflective element has a rear substrate with a third surface transflective metallic reflector disposed at a third surface thereof. The photo sensor is disposed behind a fourth surface of the rear substrate and operable to detect light passing through the transflective metallic reflector and the electro-optic reflective medium disposed between the second and third surfaces. The light concentrator is disposed between the photo sensor and the fourth surface of the rear substrate, and the light concentrator receives light passing through the transflective metallic reflector of the electro-optic reflective element and concentrates light onto a light sensing surface of the photo sensor. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170193 | RETROREFLECTIVE ARTICLES IN THE FORM OF GARMENTS, FIBERS AND FILAMENTS - Retroreflective articles are provided in the form of garments, fibers and filaments made with retroreflective elements that each include a solid spherical core ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110170194 | OPTICAL SHEET AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical sheet and a display device including the optical sheet are disclosed. The optical sheet includes a plurality of layers disposed on an observer side relative to an image source and capable of controlling light from the image source and transmitting the light to the observer side. At least one layer of the plurality of layers is an optical functional layer which includes: light transmissive portions having a trapezoidal cross section and arranged in parallel along a sheet face to be capable of transmitting the light; and light absorbing portions having a wedge-shaped cross section and arranged in parallel between the light transmissive portions to be capable of absorbing the light. The front transmittance x and the diffuse reflectance y of the optical functional layer satisfy a predetermined relationship. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170195 | IMAGING LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING IMAGING LENS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGING LENS - An optical system includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group G | 2011-07-14 |
20110170196 | LIGHT-SHIELDING COATING AND OPTICAL ELEMENT - The light-shielding coating contains (a) a resin, (b) a coloring material, (c) inorganic fine particles, and (d) a surfactant and/or an oil. The concentration of Component (d), the surfactant and/or the oil, is higher in the uppermost layer of the coating than in the lower layer. The content ratio of Component (d) is in the range of 10 to 40 weight % relative to the total weight of the light-shielding coating. The optical element features this light-shielding coating. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170197 | Method of Fabricating a Photomask Used to Form a Lens - A method of fabricating a photomask used to form a lens. The method includes the steps of generating mask pattern data for each of a plurality of grid cells constituting a mask pattern for the lens, and fabricating the photomask based on the mask pattern data. The step of generating the mask pattern data includes acquiring data which represents a transmitted light distribution required for the photomask to fabricate the lens, in which the transmitted light distribution includes a quantity of transmitted light in each of the plurality of grid cells, and determining whether to place a shield on each of the plurality of grid cells by binarizing the quantity of transmitted light in each of the plurality of grid cells in order of increasing or decreasing distance from a center of the mask pattern using an error diffusion method. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170198 | BEAM HOMOGENIZER, LASER IRRADIATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention is to provide a beam homogenizer, a laser irradiation apparatus, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, which can suppress the loss of a laser beam and form a beam spot having homogeneous energy distribution constantly on an irradiation surface without being affected by beam parameters of a laser beam. A deflector is provided at an entrance of an optical waveguide or a light pipe used for homogenizing a laser beam emitted from a laser oscillator. A pair of reflection planes of the deflector is provided so as to have a tilt angle to an optical axis of the laser beam, whereby the entrance of the optical waveguide or the light pipe is expanded. Accordingly, the loss of the laser beam can be suppressed. Moreover, by providing an angle adjusting mechanism to the deflector, a beam spot having homogeneous energy distribution can be formed at an exit of the optical waveguide. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170199 | Optical Arrangement for Tracking Detector - A system and method of reducing turbulence sensitivity in a laser spot detector. Embodiments may include using beam splitters, reflectors, and beam deviators. The reflectors may be trihedral reflectors and the beam deviators may be segmented wedge plates having predetermined physical angles and angle directions in each wedge segment designed to produce opposing blurs for each segment of the aperture. A predetermined blur introduced into each line of sight eliminates the need for de-focus, thereby mitigating effects such as centroid shift caused by turbulence or dirty/damaged sensor apertures. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170200 | Systems and Methods for 3-Dimensional Interferometric Microscopy - In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises an optical system with multiple detectors and a processor. The optical system is configured to produce images of an optical source in a first dimension and a second dimension substantially orthogonal to the first dimension at each detector at a given time. Each image from the images is based on an interference of an emission from the optical source in a first direction and an emission from the optical source in a second direction different from the first direction. The processor is configured to calculate a position in a third dimension based on the images. The third dimension is substantially orthogonal to the first dimension and the second dimension. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170201 | PROJECTION LENS WITH HIGH RESOLUTION AND REDUCED OVERALL LENGTH - An zoom projection lens includes, in this order from the screen-side to the SLM-side thereof, a negative lens group and a positive lens group, and satisfies: −2<Φ | 2011-07-14 |
20110170202 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes a negative first lens-group, a positive second lens-group, and a positive third lens-group, sequentially arranged from the object side. The focal length magnification of the zoom lens is changeable by changing a distance between the lens-groups. The first lens-group is composed of a negative first lens, the image side of which is concave, and a positive second lens that is an aspheric plastic lens. The second lens-group is composed of a cemented lens and a meniscus-form fifth lens having a convex surface facing the object side. The cemented lens is composed of a double-convex-form positive third lens and a double-concave-form negative fourth lens. The third lens-group is composed of a positive sixth lens, which is a single lens. Formula (1) about focal length fG2 of the second lens-group and focal length fw of the entire system at wide end is satisfied: | 2011-07-14 |
20110170203 | ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOM LENS - The present invention provides a zoom lens ZL comprising a first lens group G | 2011-07-14 |
20110170204 | Lens Driving Apparatus - Disclosed is a lens driving apparatus. The lens driving apparatus includes a base formed at a center thereof with a first opening; a housing coupled with the base and having a second opening corresponding to the first opening; a yoke installed on the base and including a horizontal plate having a third opening corresponding to the first opening and a vertical plate protruding upward from the horizontal plate; a bobbin movably installed in the yoke and coupled with a lens module; a coil fixedly disposed around the bobbin; a plurality of magnets provided at the vertical plate of the yoke to face the coil; and a spring installed on at least one of upper and lower portions of the yoke to return the bobbin, which has moved up due to interaction between the magnet and the coil, to its initial position. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170205 | Lens Driving Motor and Elastic Member of the Same - Provided are a lens driving motor and an elastic member of the lens driving motor. The elastic member of a lens driving motor, the elastic member includes a first spring and a second spring. The second spring is different from the first spring and disposed together with the first spring on one side of a carrier to support the carrier. A first lead line of a coil and a first external power source are connected to the first spring, and a second lead line of the coil and a second external power source are connected to the second spring to supply power to the coil. Since the carrier can be assembled to other part after a (+) lead line and a (−) lead line of the coil are connected to the first and second springs, respectively, using solder, a process is simple and convenient. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170206 | EXTERIOR SIDEVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - An exterior sideview mirror system includes an exterior sideview mirror assembly including a plano-auxiliary reflective element having a rearward field of view when attached to a side of an automobile. The plano reflective element and the auxiliary reflective element are mounted adjacently at the reflective element assembly in a side-by-side relationship and not superimposed. The plano reflective element and the auxiliary reflective element are supported at a backing plate element. The rearward field of view of the auxiliary reflective element may be different from and angled to the rearward field of view of the plano reflective element. The plano reflective element and/or the auxiliary reflective element may have one of (a) a glass substrate having a surface coated with a metallic reflector coating and (b) a polymeric substrate having a thin glass element applied to a surface thereof and with an opposing surface thereof having a reflecting layer applied thereto. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170207 | EXTERIOR SIDEVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - An exterior sideview mirror system includes an exterior sideview mirror assembly including a plano-auxiliary reflective element having a rearward field of view when attached to a side of an automobile. The plano reflective element and the auxiliary reflective element are mounted adjacently at the reflective element assembly in a side-by-side relationship and not superimposed. The plano reflective element and the auxiliary reflective element are supported at a backing plate element. The rearward field of view of the auxiliary reflective element may be different from and angled to the rearward field of view of the plano reflective element. The plano reflective element and/or the auxiliary reflective element may have one of (a) a glass substrate having a surface coated with a metallic reflector coating and (b) a polymeric substrate having a thin glass element applied to a surface thereof and with an opposing surface thereof having a reflecting layer applied thereto. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170208 | BROADBAND OPTICAL LIMITER BASED ON NANO-GRAPHENE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME - The present invention in one aspect relates to a low-cost, nano-graphene based broadband optical limiter with limiting properties superior to current standards, carbon fullerenes (C | 2011-07-14 |
20110170209 | OXIME ESTER PHOTOINITIATORS - Compounds of the formula I or (I′), wherein R | 2011-07-14 |
20110170210 | Photostructured Optical Devices and Methods for Making Same - A photostructurable ceramic is processed using photostructuring process steps for embedding devices within a photostructurable ceramic volume, the devices including chemical, mechanical, electronic, electromagnetic, optical, and acoustic devices, all made in part by creating device material within the ceramic or by disposing a device material through surface ports of the ceramic volume, with the devices being interconnected using internal connections and surface interfaces. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170211 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BIT DENSITY OF MAGNETIC CARD - A device and a method for controlling a bit density of a magnetic card ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110170212 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING DATA LOSS IN HARD DISK DRIVE - A method of preventing data loss in a hard disk drive comprises detecting a write error, performing a write retry operation upon detection of the write error, and storing write retry information in a non-volatile memory before performing the write retry operation. The write retry information comprises location information and data for a sector to be rewritten in the write retry operation. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170213 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, AND TRANSFER MASTER CARRIER - A burst included in a burst pattern of a magnetic recording medium is a rectangular region. The rectangular region is constituted by a first signal region formed across a plurality of data tracks and is of a shape in which the length in the down track direction gradually increases in the cross track direction, and a second signal region adjacent to the first signal region in the down track direction. The maximum length of the first signal region is an edge of the rectangular region. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170214 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING MAGNETIC TAPE DIMENSIONAL INSTABILITY - Magnetic tape devices encounter read and/or write errors when the tape is not being passed across the head with the proper tension and/or skew angle. According to one embodiment, a system which corrects for these problems comprises a head having an array of at least one of readers and writers, a drive mechanism for passing a magnetic recording tape over the head, a skew-inducing mechanism coupled to the head for adjusting a skew angle of a longitudinal axis of the array relative to a direction normal to a direction of tape travel over the head, and a controller in communication with the head. The system also determines a tape dimensional stability state of the tape and adjust the skew angle away from normal to the direction of tape travel and lowers a tension of the tape across the head if the tape dimensional stability state is in a contracted state. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170215 | ASYMMETRIC DISK CLAMP AND SPINDLE MOTOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING ASYMMETRIC DISK CLAMP - A spindle motor assembly includes a spindle motor, a disk for storing data, the disk being installed on the spindle motor, and a disk clamp for fixing the disk to the spindle motor. The disk clamp includes a hollow formed in a central portion thereof, a coupling portion formed around an external circumference of the hollow and including a plurality of screw insertion holes into which clamp fastening screws to be coupled to the spindle motor are inserted, and a pressing portion formed around an external circumference of the coupling portion to press the disk. The coupling portion includes a first region and a second region that are asymmetrical with respect to each other, the plurality of screw insertion holes are formed in the first region only, and a thickness extension portion or a through hole is formed in at least a portion of the second region. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170216 | MAGNETIC HEAD FOR PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING - A magnetic layer for writing incorporates: a pole layer having an end face located in a medium facing surface; and an upper yoke layer. A first magnetic layer for flux concentration is connected to the pole layer at a location away from the medium facing surface, and passes a magnetic flux corresponding to a magnetic field generated by a first coil. A second magnetic layer for flux concentration is connected to the upper yoke layer at a location away from the medium facing surface, and passes a magnetic flux corresponding to a magnetic field generated by a second coil. A nonmagnetic layer is disposed between the pole layer and the upper yoke layer. The upper yoke layer is connected to the pole layer at a location closer to the medium facing surface than the nonmagnetic layer. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170217 | THERMALLY PROTECTED SURGE SUPPRESSION DEVICE - A thermally protected surge suppression device comprises a housing and a base seat with a mounting plate. The base seat is provided with a surge suppression component and a thermal protection device, and the thermal protection device further comprises a metal bulge electrically connecting to the electrode B of the surge suppression component, a compression spring, a slider provided with an arc extinguishing component movable on the guide-track groove. In normal working condition, the conductive metal member electrically connects to the metal bulge via a low temperature solder. When the surge suppression component fails, the low temperature solder is melt owing to being passed through the power frequency fault current, the conductive metal member is disconnected from the metal bulge, the compression spring pushes the arc extinguishing component to move to obstruct the disconnected gap, and form an airflow to extinguish the electric arc between the conductive metal member and the metal bulge. The present invention provides a safer, more timely and reliable circuit protection. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170218 | Power supply system for an element, among a rotor and a stator of an electric machine, and method for controlling such system - This power supply system for powering an element ( | 2011-07-14 |
20110170219 | Islanded Power System with Distributed Power Supply - An islanded power system with a distributed power supply includes a system abnormality detection unit, which outputs an abnormality detection signal when an abnormality in a commercial system is detected; a breaker, which interrupts a supply of power from the commercial system when the abnormality detection signal is input from the system abnormality detection unit; a status detection unit, which outputs a breaker status signal when the breaker's open state is detected; and an electrical storage device, which compensates a fluctuation in load until a rotating machine generator switches to an islanded operation after the supply of power from the commercial system is interrupted by the breaker by starting the supply of power when the breaker status signal is input. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170220 | RECLOSING SYSTEM FOR POWER TRANSMISSION LINE - There is provided a reclosing system for a power transmission line, which performs high-speed reclosing using protection relays. The protection relays are provided at different terminals of the power transmission line. Each of the protection relays is configured to send the reclosing command to the circuit breaker when a line voltage at the phase with the accident, detected by the metering voltage transformer after the phase with the accident is cut off, falls within an allowable range. The allowable range is determined based on a line voltage assumed at the phase when the phase is normal. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170221 | PTC Device - There is provided a PTC device wherein its PTC element functions appropriately even when the PTC device is used in an environment in which solvent is present. The PTC device includes (1) a polymer PTC component including a polymer PTC element and a first and a second metal electrodes disposed on both sides of the main surface thereof; (2) a lead connected to at least one of the metal electrodes of the polymer PTC component; and (3) a ceramic package having an open-ended space for accommodating the polymer PTC component, said open-ended space having at least one opening that defines the open-ended space. The lead closes said opening in order to isolate the polymer PTC component disposed in said open-ended space from the environment surrounding the ceramic package. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170222 | Method and apparatus for determining an operating voltage for preveting photovoltaic cell reverse breakdown during power conversion - A method and apparatus for preventing photovoltaic (PV) cell reverse breakdown during operation of a PV module. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a first temperature value; and restricting an operating voltage of the PV module based on the first temperature value. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170223 | POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT BRANCH PROTECTION - An apparatus and system are disclosed for protecting a power distribution unit from an electrical fault. A fuse interrupts a flow of electrical current in response to the electrical current rising above a current rating of the fuse. A current sensor measures the amplitude of the electrical current and outputs a current amplitude signal. A relay interrupts the flow of electrical current in response to an OFF signal. A fault module receives the current amplitude signal and sends the OFF signal to the relay in response to the amplitude of the electrical current exceeding a threshold value. The relay, the fuse, and the threshold value are selected so that a switching time of the relay is less than an opening time of the fuse for an amplitude of the electrical current between the threshold value and a maximum fault current value, so that the relay prevents the fuse from opening. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170224 | Determining a Change in the Activation State of an Electromagnetic Actuator - A method determines a change in the activation state of an electromagnetic actuator. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170225 | High Resolution Printing of Charge - Provided are methods of printing a pattern of charge on a substrate surface, such as by electrohydrodynamic (e-jet) printing. The methods relate to providing a nozzle containing a printable fluid, providing a substrate having a substrate surface and generating from the nozzle an ejected printable fluid containing net charge. The ejected printable fluid containing net charge is directed to the substrate surface, wherein the net charge does not substantially degrade and the net charge retained on the substrate surface. Also provided are functional devices made by any of the disclosed methods. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170226 | CAPACITORS ADAPTED FOR ACOUSTIC RESONANCE CANCELLATION - An embodiment of a tunable capacitor can include a plurality of capacitors connected in series where at least two capacitors of the plurality of capacitors share a common electrode where the at least two capacitors are in lateral proximity and a bias that is capable of being applied to the at least two capacitors whereby the at least two capacitors vibrate in opposite phase to each other when the bias and an RF signal is applied to the at least two capacitors. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170227 | Anchor group for monolayers of organic compounds on metal and component produced therewith by means of organic electronics - An anchor group anchors organic dielectric compounds used in the production of organically based capacitors. The capacitors referred to are those that can be produced in a parallel process on a prepeg or other common printed circuit board substrate without additional metallisation on copper. The pre-fabricated capacitor layer can then be built into the printed circuit board, thereby gaining on space and cost for the surface of the printed circuit board. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170228 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITION AND MONOLITHIC CERAMIC CAPACITOR - There is provided a dielectric ceramic composition suitable for, for example, a car-mounted monolithic ceramic capacitor used in a high-temperature environment. It is represented by the composition formula: 100(Ba | 2011-07-14 |
20110170229 | CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A capacitor includes a film previously provided on both sides or one side of a collector by anodizing or the like, further a conductive layer provided on the film, and a polarizable electrode layer as an electrode portion on the conductive layer. Thus, the capacitor suppresses the reaction between a driving electrolyte and the collector after a long time of use because the reactivity between the film previously provided on both sides or one side of the collector and the driving electrolyte is low. Furthermore, since the conductive layer is provided, it is possible to reduce an initial contact resistance on the surface of the collector, and to enhance an effect of suppressing performance deterioration by the film. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170230 | Filtering Capacitor Feedthrough Assembly - A filtering capacitor feedthrough assembly for an implantable active medical device is disclosed. The filtering capacitor feedthrough assembly includes a capacitor having an aperture defined by an inner capacitor surface. The capacitor is electrically grounded to an electrically conductive feedthrough ferrule or housing of the implantable active medical device. A terminal pin extends into the aperture. An electrically conductive split ring sleeve is disposed within the aperture and between the terminal pin and the capacitor. The split ring sleeve includes a first end, a second end, a sleeve length therebetween. A longitudinal slit through the sleeve extends from the first end to the second end. The electrically conductive split ring sleeve mechanically securing and electrically coupling the terminal pin to the capacitor. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170231 | Passive Coupler Between Package Substrate and System Board - A passive device having a portion in the package substrate and a portion in the system board such that the portions of the device are electromagnetically coupled. A transformer including inductors in the package substrate and system board electromagnetically coupled across a space between the substrate and board that is surrounded by solder balls coupling the substrate and board. A capacitor including plates in the substrate and board electromagnetically coupled across a space between the substrate and board that is surrounded by solder balls coupling the substrate and board. A core material can at least partially fill the space between the substrate and board. The solder balls surrounding the space can be coupled to ground. Metal shielding can be put in the substrate and/or board surrounding the device. The metal shielding can be coupled to the solder balls. The metal shielding can be coupled to ground. | 2011-07-14 |
20110170232 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE UNIT AND METHODS FOR FORMING SAME - An electrical storage unit includes a plurality of sets of layers. Each set of layers includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, and a fourth layer. The first layer includes a first electrode and plastic surrounding the first electrode on three sides of the first electrode within the first layer. The second layer includes a first active dielectric and plastic surrounding the first active dielectric on all four sides of the first active dielectric within the second layer. The third layer includes a second electrode and plastic surrounding the second electrode on three sides of the second electrode within the third layer. The fourth layer includes a second active dielectric and plastic surrounding the second active dielectric on all four sides of the second active dielectric within the fourth layer. | 2011-07-14 |