33rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110199631 | AUTOGRAPH SYSTEM - Apparatus for use with a plurality of marks and by a user is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a storage facility, an interface facility and a delivery facility. The storage facility, in use, is in receipt of mark data records, each of said mark data records being representative of a respective one of said plurality of marks. The interface facility is adapted to permit said user to identify: a selected one of said plurality of marks; and a destination. The delivery facility is adapted to, using the mark data record of the selected mark, deliver a copy of the selected mark to the destination. The destination can be an e-mail address, the copy can be delivered by means of an electronic file and the mark can be a signature. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199632 | FACSIMILE DEVICE AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FACSIMILE PRINTING - It is intended to provide a facsimile device and a program product for facsimile printing capable of surely making a user know receipt of an irregular e-mail such as an error mail or the like, without requiring extra volume of memory, while preventing waste of paper. When an e-mail is received, there is detected whether a printing mode is set or a not-printing mode is set for a body part of an e-mail in # | 2011-08-18 |
20110199633 | Halftone bit depth dependent digital image compression - Image processing methods and systems wherein a compression strategy for a digital image is determined using a halftone bit depth. In one aspect of the invention, an imaging node comprises a processor, a storage element communicatively coupled with the processor and a print engine communicatively coupled with the processor, wherein under control of the processor the imaging node compresses a digital image in accordance with compression optimization information obtained using a halftone bit depth, stores the compressed digital image in the storage element, retrieves the compressed digital image from the storage element, decompresses the compressed digital image, color converts the decompressed digital image, halftones the color converted digital image and transmits the halftoned digital image to the print engine whereupon the digital image is printed. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199634 | PRINTING - A method of printing comprising: storing a plurality of sets of linearization data ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199635 | Printing Method Using Multiple Processors - A method of converting data for printing using a computer is disclosed herein. The computer comprises a first processor having first memory associated therewith and second processor having second memory associated therewith. The method includes converting at least a portion of a page in a printer defined language to a display list using the first processor; transferring the display list to the second memory; converting the display list to at least one bit map using the second processor; and transferring the bit map to the first memory. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199636 | IMAGE COMBINING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING POSITIONS OF IMAGES - An image combining apparatus, which is connected with a white-board device, and an image projecting device, includes an image outputting section for outputting the projective image data to the image projecting device, an operation section for designating any position on a projected image, an image processing section for generating projective image data for displaying a mark, a memory section for memorizing the coordinate positions of two or more standard points, and an image inputting section for receiving the scanned image data from the white-board device, wherein the image processing section obtains the coordinate positions of the certain marks when the two or more standard points have been designated, the image processing section makes correspondence with the coordinate positions of the certain marks and the coordinate positions of the two or more standard points respectively, whereby the image processing position recognizes the position of the projected image on the viewing surface. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199637 | OPERATION CONSOLE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE - An operation unit of an image forming apparatus having a plurality of operation modes, allowing accurate and easy input by the user requesting switching of display to a screen image allowing selection of an operation mode, includes: a pilot lamp, a touch-panel display, and hardware keys including a power key, an energy-saving key and a home key. The home key that switches the display on the touch-panel display to an operation mode selecting screen image (home screen image) when pressed is provided closer to the touch-panel display than other hardware buttons. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199638 | OPERATION CONSOLE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE - An operation console used in relation to an apparatus as an object of control operated by a user operation includes: a display device having a display area for displaying information to the user; an input device for the user to input a request; and a display control device displaying, if a request for displaying specific information on said display device is input through the input device, the specific information on the display device. The input device includes a plurality of operation buttons for inputting a plurality of requests, corresponding to respective requests, arranged in the vicinity of the display area. Among the plurality of operation buttons, an operation button corresponding to the request for displaying the specific information is provided closest to the display device. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199639 | OPERATION CONSOLE PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF OPERATION METHODS FOR ONE COMMAND, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE, AND METHOD OF OPERATION - In an image forming apparatus including a touch-panel display allowing a touch operation and a gesture operation, in order to enable easy customization of print setting screen image, a CPU of the image forming apparatus executes a program including: the step of displaying the print setting screen image in the custom-set display mode; upon detection by a user input, analyzing an input trajectory; if a request for changing preview display is made by a gesture, storing an icon mode with larger preview area as a custom-setting; and changing the preview on the print setting screen image displayed in the icon mode. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199640 | PRINTING APPARATUS, SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A printing apparatus, which is capable of making effective use of the extended setting set up once without performing the extended setting each time, and is capable of improving user's convenience. A printing apparatus is connected to an information processing apparatus that instructs printing execution, is connected to a server via a network, and executes printing according to a print job generated by the information processing apparatus. A request unit requests an extended print setting from the server when receiving a request of the extended print setting that extends a predetermined basic print setting from the information processing apparatus. A holding unit holds extended print setting information showing the extended print setting corresponding to the printing apparatus received from the server in response to the request. A sending unit sends the extended print setting information held by the holding unit to the information processing apparatus. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199641 | Received document input and output device and input and output method of received document - A received document input and output device connected to a network and using a plurality of communication protocols, the document input and output device communicating documents in various data forms with a plurality of information devices, includes a storing part configured to store the documents received via a communication part; a printing part configured to print the documents; a setting part configured to set management information; and a periodic implementation part configured to control the parts processing the document based on the management information and an output of a clock part configured to count day and time. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199642 | PRINTING SYSTEM, JOB PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system includes a receive controller that enables by using a user interface unit an input of an instruction during performing of first print processing with a print apparatus, and an operation controller that enables the print apparatus to perform check processing before completion of the first print processing in the case where the instruction is input, the check processing being second print processing by using print data which is used in the first print processing, the operation controller enabling the print apparatus to continue the first print processing after the second print processing. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199643 | PRINTERS AND PRINTER SYSTEMS HAVING CELLULAR INPUT/OUTPUT - A method includes receiving, with a printer, a cellular communication from a cellular device that provides an indication of a resource that is to be printed by the printer; accessing, with the printer, a network via which the resource can be retrieved; using the indication to retrieve the resource via the network; and printing the resource. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199644 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An image forming system has an image forming apparatus which has a printing unit which can perform a printing process of data of a storage unit which can store data of a plurality of jobs and which has a conveying unit which can convey a sheet from the print unit to a sheet processing device which can perform sheet processing, including at least a gluing process, for sheets from the printing unit, the system comprising: a controller adapted to permit a predetermined process related to the gluing process when the job to be processed is a job which meets a predetermined condition, and to inhibit the predetermined process related to the gluing process when the job to be processed is not a job which meets the predetermined condition, thereby overcoming obstacles to realization of an image forming system capable of a gluing process. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199645 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is a problem that operability is not considered for an image forming apparatus in which multiple web applications are installed. An information processing apparatus determines, upon occurrence of an error during execution of a job instructed through a first web application among the web applications, whether or not a first screen corresponding to the first web application is displayed in the frontmost side on the display screen of the display unit and controls a display unit so that when it is determined in the determining step that the first screen is displayed in the frontmost side, the display unit displays a first error screen for notification of the error in the frontmost side, and when it is determined in the determining step that that the first screen is not displayed in the frontmost side, the display unit does not display the first error screen in the foreground. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199646 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus may execute a process defined in a job ticket. The image processing apparatus includes a holding unit to hold a job ticket defining a plurality of processes. A display control unit of the image processing apparatus performs control to display, on a display unit, pieces of information about the plurality of processes defined in the job ticket held in the holding unit. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199647 | WOVEN PATTERN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND WOVEN PATTERN IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a woven pattern image processing apparatus includes: a woven-pattern-image-generation-area designating unit configured to arbitrarily designate one or plural woven pattern image generation areas in one page of a print sheet; a woven pattern image pattern memory configured to store at least a sign string appearing pattern and a copy prohibition pattern as woven pattern image patterns; a woven-pattern-image selecting unit configured to select the woven pattern image patterns to be stored in the woven pattern image pattern memory and selectively set the selected woven pattern image patterns in the woven pattern image generation areas; and an image control unit configured to combine, in the areas designated by the woven-pattern-image-generation-area designating unit, the woven pattern image patterns selected by the woven-pattern-image selecting unit with printing data of a document image to be printed in the one page of the print sheet. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199648 | CONTROL PROGRAM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, which makes it possible to establish the register mark printing function easily and securely to print the register mark under the condition in conformity with the page arranging mode. The apparatus includes: a display section that displays a page-arranging function setting screen from which a page arranging mode is settable, and a register-mark printing function setting screen from which a kind and a printing condition of the register mark are settable; a storage section that stores a table in which the page arranging mode and the printing condition are correlated with each other; and a setting control section that specifies the printing condition of the register mark, corresponding to the current page arranging mode, while referring to the table stored in the storage section, to display the printing condition above-specified onto the register-mark printing function setting screen as a default printing condition. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199649 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING VALUE DOCUMENTS - The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for processing value documents. A value document is input to the input opening of an apparatus for value-document processing and transported using a transport system of the apparatus to an image sensor which senses a partial image of the value document. A contour of the front partial area is ascertained from the sensed partial image and checked. If the check of the contour of the front partial area yields a fault, the value document is rejected. Faulty or faultily transported value documents can thus be recognized and transported back to the input opening at a very early time. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199650 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS,IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus performs filtering on block image data that is a predetermined region of original image data using a filter having a main scanning width of N and a sub-scanning width of M. Using a register that can shift image data in a plurality of directions, the image processing apparatus processes pixel data columns in a sub-scanning direction included in the block image data in the following manner. The pixel data columns are processed in the sub-scanning direction and a direction opposite to the sub-scanning direction alternately for each of the pixel data columns, and the pixel data columns are also processed in the order in which the columns are aligned in a main scanning direction. This makes shorter the filtering processing time of the image processing apparatus that performs processing on a block-by-block basis. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199651 | SCAN SOLUTION SYSTEM - A document data producing part produces document data in which first meta data is embedded based on a document template and a data source; a printing part prints the document data in a paper document; a scanning part obtains a scanned image from scanning the paper document after predetermined processing is carried out thereon after the printing, and obtains various sorts of information provided at the time of the scanning as second meta data; and a processing part carries out predetermined processing according to the paper document with reference to the document template, based on the first meta data obtained decoded from the scanned image and the second meta data obtained at the time of scanning. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199652 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE, IMAGE-READING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE ILLUMINATING DEVICE, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE IMAGE-READING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an illuminating device including a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in a line, the illuminating device illuminates an irradiation target by irradiating the irradiation target with light that is emitted from the light-emitting elements via a first and a second optical paths. In the illuminating device, a light diffusing portion for diffusing light is provided in one of the first optical path and the second optical path, and an irradiation light amount of said one of the first optical path and the second optical path in which the light diffusing portion is provided is larger than an irradiation light amount of the other optical path. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199653 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a conveying unit for conveying documents one by one, a first reading unit for optically reading the conveyed document through a first transparent member provided at a first reading position on a conveying path in the conveying unit, a first cleaning unit for cleaning the first transparent member provided at the first reading position, a second reading unit for optically reading the conveyed document through a second transparent member provided at a second reading position on the conveying path in the conveying unit and on a downstream side of the first reading position, and a second cleaning unit for cleaning the second transparent member provided at the second reading position. The second cleaning unit is higher in cleaning ability than the first cleaning unit. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199654 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An ADF defines a document feed path inclined downwardly from above a document platen. Feeding means is disposed downstream of a first reading glass plate and accommodated in a downwardly protruding portion. The protruding portion is accommodated in a dent portion of an image reading unit. The feeding means includes a feeding guide having a downstream side serving as a supporting point and an upstream side supported at the supporting point for pivotal movement about an axis parallel with the widthwise direction of the document feed path. The feeding guide is exposed out of the feeding means on the document platen side. When the ADS is closed while a document is in a state of extending off the document platen onto the dent portion, the upstream side of the feeding guide is pressed up by the document to move into an upper position. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199655 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A image reading apparatus includes a first conveyance unit which is configured to convey a document to a reading position of a platen while pinching the document, a second conveyance unit arranged on a downstream of the platen and configured to convey the document, an upstream rotary member arranged between the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit and configured to come into contact with the document at a position on an upstream of the reading position, and a downstream rotary member arranged between the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit and configured to come into contact with the document at a position on a downstream of the reading position, wherein a gap between the platen and the upstream rotary member is set smaller than a gap between the platen and the downstream rotary member. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199656 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE AND FACSIMILE MACHINE - An object of the present invention is to prevent a sheet tray from opening against the user's will when a cover is in an open state without adding a complicated mechanism. In a facsimile machine ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199657 | LASER DRIVING DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND LASER DRIVING METHOD - A laser driving device that drives a semiconductor laser based on a light-emitting signal includes an expansion circuit that expands a pulse width of the light-emitting signal based on a known difference between the pulse width of the light-emitting signal and a lighting pulse width of the semiconductor laser when the semiconductor laser emits light according to the light-emitting signal, and a driver that outputs a driving signal to the semiconductor laser according to an output signal of the expansion circuit. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199658 | System and method for synchronizing a spatial light modulator with a pulsed laser to record a hologram at the repetition rate of the pulsed laser - A system and method that synchronizes a spatial light modulator (SLM) with a pulsed laser to record a hologram at the repetition rate of the pulsed laser for applications including holographic displays and data storage. The color channel capability of a SLM is utilized to effectively increase the write throughput when the pulsed laser repetition rate LR exceeds the SLM's image refresh rate R. The hogels are encoded on the color channels and concatenated to form a sequence of color images such that the write throughput is equal to the repetition rate LR up to a maximum of N*R. The invention effectively extends the capability and continued viability of existing inexpensive SLMs. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199659 | EXPOSURE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - There is provided an exposure device including: a light-emitting element array in which plural light-emitting elements are arrayed in a predetermined direction; and a hologram element array in which plural hologram elements are multiplex-recorded, in correspondence with the plural light-emitting elements, at a recording layer that is disposed above the light-emitting element array such that collected-light points, that are formed on a surface to be exposed by converging of diffracted lights that exit due to illumination of lights from the plural light-emitting elements, are aligned in the predetermined direction, and such that intersection points between optical axes of reference lights and optical axes of signal lights that record the plural hologram elements respectively are not aligned in the predetermined direction. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199660 | Hologram recording medium - A hologram recording medium includes: a hologram recording layer; and a light scattering layer, wherein a material having a reflection characteristic different from that of a main material forming the light scattering layer is arranged in the light scattering layer. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199661 | COCKPIT FOR AN AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a cockpit for an aircraft, particularly for a helicopter, with transparent extensions ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199662 | FOCUSING ELEMENT, FOCUSING ELEMENT ARRAY, EXPOSURE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - There is provided a focusing element including: a light-generating element that generates light in a pre-specified wavelength range and emits diffuse light; and a hologram element in a recording layer disposed at a light emission side of the light-generating element, the hologram element being recorded by wavelength multiplexing with light of plural wavelengths selected from the wavelength range of the light-generating element, and the hologram element being illuminated with the diffuse light from the light-generating element and emitting diffracted light that converses at a pre-specified focusing point. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199663 | Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus - An optical scanning device of opposed scanning type, includes: a plurality of light sources, being arranged substantially symmetrically about a rotating deflection unit; a group of pre-deflection optical elements including optical elements that make the light beams incident on the rotating deflection unit; and scanning optical systems which are distributed to right and left with the rotating deflection unit as an axis of symmetry, wherein optical elements of the respective scanning optical systems are arranged substantially symmetrically about the rotating deflection unit, wherein a plurality of rib structures are arranged on respective areas of an optical housing substrate, the areas extends from the respective light sources to a vicinity of the rotating deflection unit, and the plurality of rib structures are arranged asymmetrically in the right and left optical systems with the rotating deflection unit as the axis of symmetry. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199664 | Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus - An optical scanning device includes: a light source; a polygon scanner that deflects a light beam output from the light source; and various types of optical elements for focusing the light beam deflected by the polygon scanner onto a desired position on a surface to be scanned, wherein a hole or a thin-walled portion that is provided on an arrangement surface of an optical housing on which the polygon scanner and an optical element having power in a sub-scanning direction are arranged, wherein the hole or a thin-walled portion extends along a main-scanning direction, and is provided near to the optical element having power in the sub-scanning direction between the polygon scanner and the optical element having power in the sub-scanning direction. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199665 | ELECTROCHROMIC ORGANIC COMPONENT - An organically based electrochromic component, e.g. for the production of displays and/or state indicators produces at least two colors. For the first time, two colors can be switched according to the voltage by using a dye system of 4,4′-bipyridinium salts. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199666 | Active matrix electrochromic device array and method of manufacturing the same - An active matrix electrochromic device array and a method of manufacturing the active matrix electrochromic device array may include a first substrate including a pixel electrode corresponding to each of the pixels, and an electrochromic layer; a second substrate including a counter electrode and a reflective layer arranged on the counter electrode, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are coupled to each other having a distance therebetween by a partition wall supporting the first substrate and the second substrate; and the partition wall isolates a space between the first substrate and the second substrate with respect to each of the pixels, thereby preventing or reducing an electrolyte filled in the space from being diffused toward a neighboring space. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199667 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING A DISPLAY DEVICE - Methods and apparatus for providing lighting in a display are provided. In one embodiment, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) is provided that includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of interferometric modulators. The interferometric modulators include an optical stack coupled to the transparent substrate, a reflective layer over the optical stack, and one or more posts to support the reflective layer and to provide a path for light from a backlight for lighting the display. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199668 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY ON A BACKPLATE - A MEMS-based display device is described, wherein an array of interferometric modulators are configured to reflect light through a transparent substrate. The transparent substrate is sealed to a backplate and the backplate may contain electronic circuitry fabricated on the backplane. The electronic circuitry is placed in electrical communication with the array of interferometric modulators and is configured to control the state of the array of interferometric modulators. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199669 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING INTERFEROMETRIC OPTICAL MODULATORS AND DIFFUSERS - Various embodiments include interferometric optical modulators comprising a substrate layer having a thickness between about 0.1 mm to about 0.45 mm thick and a method for manufacturing the same. The interferometric modulator can be integrated together with a diffuser in a display device. The thin substrate permits use of a thicker diffuser. The thinner substrate may increase resolution and reduce overall thickness of the inteferometric modulator. The thicker diffuser may provide increased diffusion and durability. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199670 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHT ENHANCEMENT FILM OF THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A light enhancement film provided in the disclosure includes a substrate and an optical microstructure having a plurality of hexagonal cylindrical lenses inseparably arranged on a surface of the substrate in accordance with a honeycombed arrangement. Each of the hexagonal cylindrical lenses has different cross-sectional areas that are gradually narrowed from the surface of the substrate in a direction away from the substrate, and every two adjacent lenses have a gap therebetween. Furthermore, a display device having the light enhancement film is provided as well. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199671 | METHODS FOR DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS USING DIELECTROPHORETIC FORCES - A dielectrophoretic display has a substrate having walls defining a cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface. A fluid is contained within the cavity; and a plurality of particles are present in the fluid. There is applied to the substrate an electric field effective to cause dielectrophoretic movement of the particles so that the particles occupy only a minor proportion of the viewing surface. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199672 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER - An optical amplifier includes a first amplification medium to receive light obtained by combining signal light input into an input port and the excitation light generated by a light source; a second amplification medium disposed between the first amplification medium and an output port; a loss medium to receive the signal light separated from light output from the first amplification medium; a variable optical attenuator that is disposed on a path that bypasses the loss medium, and to receive the excitation light separated from the light output from the first amplification medium; a first photodetector to detect power of light separated from the signal light transmitted from the second amplification medium; and a controller to control the amount of attenuation for the variable optical attenuator or output power of the light source so that signal light power per wavelength of the signal light becomes closer to a target value. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199673 | INTEGRATED OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE USING THE SAME - An integrated optical device includes a plurality of semiconductor lasers which emit different wavelengths of laser light, a comparator circuit which compares voltages across terminals of the respective plurality of semiconductor lasers, and outputs a signal depending on the comparison result, a light-receiving element which outputs a photocurrent depending on the amounts of laser light emitted from the plurality of semiconductor lasers, and a current mirror circuit which switches between amplification and attenuation with respect to the photocurrent output from the light-receiving element based on the signal output from the comparator circuit, and outputs a monitor signal. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199674 | LAMINATE THAT SCREENS INFRARED RADIATION, IS TRANSPARENT TO VISIBLE LIGHT, AND HAS AN OPTICAL WINDOW THAT ALLOWS INFRARED LIGHT TO PASS, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF - A laminate adapted to filter out infrared radiation, yet transparent to visible light. The laminate further comprises an optical window that is permeable to infrared radiation. A method of manufacturing the laminate is also described. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199675 | System for Guiding Optical Elements - The present invention relates to a system for guiding optical elements, in particular lenses, along an optical axis of a microscope, in particular a stereomicroscope, or of a macroscope, said guide system including at least one guide rod ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199676 | Confocal microscope - A confocal microscope ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199677 | OPTICAL SIGHT - An optical sight is provided and may include a housing, at least one optic supported by the housing, and an illumination device associated with the at least one optic that selectively supplies the at least one optic with light. The illumination device may include a first fiber associated with a first light source and a second fiber associated with a second light source. A coupler may join the first fiber and the second fiber and may supply the at least one optic with light from at least one of the first light source and the second light source. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199678 | SCREEN UNIT - A screen unit includes: a screen member; a first support member which supports one end of the screen member; a second support member which supports the other end of the screen member; a stretching and contracting device which expands the screen member; and a tensioning member disposed on the side opposite to the side where the screen member is provided with respect to the stretching and contracting device to apply tension in a direction substantially parallel with the direction from the first support member to the second support member. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199679 | Stereoscopic Illumination System for Retroreflective Materials - A system and method of illuminating a portable object even when the object is otherwise well illuminated by ambient light. Retroreflective material is provided on the exterior of the portable object. The retroreflective material may be pigmented to absorb most light and reflects only light within a predetermined frequency range. An illumination assembly is provided that contains a first light source and a second light source. The first light source and the second light source are positioned a short distance apart so that they produce stereoscopic beams of light. Each of the stereoscopic beams of light is monochromatic. Furthermore, the frequency of each of the stereoscopic beams of light falls within the predetermined frequency range. When the stereoscopic beams of light strike the retroreflective material, it shines even in bright ambient light. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199680 | EYEWEAR WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEWING CAPABILITY - Eyewear having three-dimensional (3D) viewing capability is disclosed. The 3D eyewear can include eyeglasses and an eyewear attachment configured to attach to the eyeglasses. The eyeglasses can have lens elements that include linear polarizers, and can be worn by the user without the eyewear attachment during everyday use. The eyewear attachment can include auxiliary lens elements that include quarter-wave plates oriented such that auxiliary lens elements of the eyewear attachment and the lens elements of the eyeglasses cooperate to function as circular polarizers. One lens pair can function as a circular polarizer configured to filter out right-handed circularly polarized light, and the other lens pair can function as a circular polarizer configured to filter out left-handed circularly polarized light. Thus, when the eyeglasses are worn with the eyewear attachment attached thereto, they can function as 3D eyewear to present right-eye and left-eye images, which are displayed using oppositely oriented circularly polarized light, to the respective right or left eye of the wearer. In some embodiments, the auxiliary lens elements can removably attach directly to the lens elements of the eyeglasses. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199681 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device having no less flexibility even in the case where a plate, such as a polarizing plate, is provided to the display cell with the distortion of the image being controllable, and the display device has a display cell DC on which an image can be displayed and a plate (PP | 2011-08-18 |
20110199682 | BEAM COMBINER - The present invention provides a small and light beam combiner to be mounted in a micro-projector. The combiner includes a splitting film, a polarization rotator, and an edge filter film. The polarization rotator is next to the splitting film to rotate a polarization angle of a polarized light. An angle between the splitting film and the polarization rotator is about 45 degrees. The edge filter film is coated on the polarization rotator that the polarization rotator is between the splitting film and the edge filter film. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199683 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECORRELATION OF SPATIALLY AND TEMPORALLY COHERENT LIGHT - A method and apparatus for decorrelating coherent light from a light source, such as a pulsed laser, in both time and space in an effort to provide intense and uniform illumination are provided. The techniques and apparatus described herein may be incorporated into any application where intense, uniform illumination is desired, such as pulsed laser annealing, welding, ablating, and wafer stepper illuminating. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199684 | BLACK MATRIX, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A black matrix formed on a substrate includes four layers formed by stacking a first film, a second film, a third film, and a fourth film in this order, each film being made of a transition metal oxide and a silicon oxide. A relationship of refractive index of the first film=refractive index of the third film2011-08-18 | |
20110199685 | OPTICAL DEVICE, SUN SCREENING APPARATUS, FITTING, WINDOW MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes a shaped layer, an optical function layer, and an embedding resin layer. The shaped layer has a structure forming a concave section. The optical function layer is formed on the structure, and partially reflects incident light. The embedding resin layer is made of energy beam curable resin, the embedding resin layer having a first layer having a first volume, and a second layer formed on the first layer, the second layer having a second volume, the concave section being filled with the first layer, a ratio of the second volume to the first volume being equal to or larger than 5%, the structure and the optical function layer being embedded in the embedding resin layer. In the optical device, at least one of the shaped layer and the embedding resin layer has light transmissive property, and an entrance surface for the incident light. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199686 | Light Diffusion Cell For Laser Light, Light Source Device And Image Display Device Using Same - The present invention relates to a light diffusion cell for laser light where in a transparent cell in which a liquid can be sealed, a fine particle dispersion in which fine particles having an average particle size of 100 nm or more and 1.5 μm or less are colloidally dispersed in a liquid medium transmitting light, a same light diffusion cell comprising a reflection mechanism recursively using reflection light of incident light, a laser light source device comprising said light diffusion cell and a semiconductor laser light source and an image display device comprising said light diffusion cell or said laser light source device, and said light diffusion cell significantly reduce or remove speckle noise of semiconductor laser light. In addition, said light diffusion cell has an easy constitution, occupies a smaller volume and can be easily incorporated in any type of image display device using laser light. Therefore, it is possible to significantly reduce or remove speckle noise without large-sizing of an image display device using laser light or a higher cost-up. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199687 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF FLAT OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND ELEMENTS THUS OBTAINED - The process according to the invention is based on the simultaneous ion exchange of two ions having an almost identical mobility with the ions of a glass substrate, at least one of the aforementioned two ions being used in the form of an enamel. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199688 | PLASTIC LENS, AND MOLDING METHOD AND MOLDING MOLD THEREFOR - Provided is a plastic lens molded with a mold includes: an optical surface formed of an incident/output surface in a rectangular shape formed in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis; a long side surface portion that is a side surface in a longitudinal direction adjacent to the optical surface; at least one positioning reference portion as a positioning reference for positioning the plastic lens with respect to another member, formed on the long side surface portion; a gate-side short side surface portion with an injection port for a resin formed therein; an anti-gate side short side surface portion positioned on an opposite side of the gate-side short side surface portion; and a deflection suppressing shape portion in one of a convex shape and a concave shape formed on the anti-gate side short side surface portion. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199689 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - The optical system includes first (positive) and second (negative) lens units arranged in order from an object side to an image side, and an aperture stop disposed further on the image side than the second lens unit. The first lens unit includes at least one first optical element satisfying φGH>0.0, υdGH<39.5 and ndGH>1.70. The optical system satisfies 0.65<|φ | 2011-08-18 |
20110199690 | PROJECTION LENS UNIT FOR PICO-PROJECTOR - There is provided a projection lens unit for a pico-projector which comprises a lens array, a color composition prism, a cover glass and an image panel, the projection lens unit characterized in that: the lens array includes 1 | 2011-08-18 |
20110199691 | PHOTOGRAPHIC LENS OPTICAL SYSTEM - A lens optical system including, in a sequence from an object to an imaging device on which an image of the object is formed; a first lens having a a positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having a a positive refractive power; and a fourth lens having a negative refractive power and an incident surface facing the object is concave and an exit surface facing the imaging device has an inflection point. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199692 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection optical system includes: a refracting optical section composed mainly of a plurality of lenses disposed in order from a reducing side, and having positive power; a first reflecting optical section having a concave reflecting optical surface; and a second reflecting optical section having a convex reflecting optical surface, wherein the projection optical system satisfies the following conditional expression, denoting a focal length of a total system combining the refracting optical section, the first reflecting optical section, and the second reflecting optical section as F, and a focal length of the refracting optical section as FL: | 2011-08-18 |
20110199693 | Method and Apparatus for Scaled Up Reproduction of Detailed Features - Producing a scaled multiple parallax compound lens is accomplished by providing an insect eye having multiple ommitidia and creating a polymer mold of the insect eye. A casting is then created from the polymer mold with an expandable polymer which is then linearly expanded to provide a form for creating a second polymer mold. A second casting is then created from the second polymer mold. Duplication of the process can be accomplished for further scaling up of the compound lens with the final casting created using a durable polymer having appropriate optical properties for the lens. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199694 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE - A lens driving device has a carrier, a coil, an upper spring, a lower spring, a yoke, a magnet, and a lower member. The carrier is cylindrical and has a hollow part along a vertical direction so that a lens can be carried. The coil is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the carrier. The upper spring is arranged over the carrier, and fixed to the yoke. The lower spring is arranged below the carrier. The yoke is formed into a box shape having a side wall and an opening on the lower side, and arranged around the carrier. The magnet is arranged in the yoke so as to be opposed to the coil. The lower member is arranged below the yoke. The lower member has a projection part connected to the yoke. The projection part is inserted between an inner surface of the side wall of the yoke and an outer surface of the magnet and connected to the yoke. Thus, the yoke and the lower member can be connected such that space for the magnet to be arranged in the yoke is less affected. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199695 | OBJECTIVE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - An objective comprises: a first group including a plurality of lens groups arranged at a predetermined interval; a second group composed of a single lens-group; a pressing ring which is screwed in, the pressing ring being for fixing the first group; and an outer frame accommodating the first group, the second group, and the pressing ring, wherein the outer frame includes a first hole at a position facing the second group. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199696 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical system includes a housing, a lens assembly, and a piezoelectric actuator assembly. The lens assembly includes a lens unit having at least one lens, and a lens frame that supports the lens unit and moves in the housing. The piezoelectric actuator assembly includes a base plate coupled to the housing, an elastic plate coupled to the base plate and including a protrusion protruding from a first surface of the elastic plate, a piezoelectric element coupled to a second surface of the elastic plate wherein the piezoelectric element vibrates when receiving electricity and transmits the vibration to the elastic plate, and a moving portion that supports the lens frame. The moving portion has a first end supported by the protrusion of the elastic plate and a second end slidably coupled to the base plate. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199697 | LIGHT DIRECTING FILM AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A light directing film includes a structured major surface with a plurality of microstructures extending along a first direction. Each microstructure has a first region and a second region different from the first region, a substantially constant height in the first region and a non-constant maximum height in the second region greater than the substantially constant height in the first region, and a same lateral cross sectional shape in the first region and the second region. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199698 | Color filter, method of fabricating the same and liquid-crystal display device - A color filter includes a transparent support, a first color layer formed on the support, which includes stripe-shaped first color pixel formation sections and second-and-third color pixel windows arranged at predetermined intervals along a first direction, respectively, a second color layer formed to overlap with the first color layer, in which the second color layer having stripe-shaped second color pixel formation sections and first-and-third color pixel windows arranged at predetermined intervals along the first direction, respectively, and a third color layer having island-shaped third color pixel formation sections apart from each other. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199699 | FREQUENCY-BASED APPROACH FOR DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF HARD-DISC DEFECT REGIONS - In a hard-disc drive read channel, frequency-based measures are generated at two different data frequencies (e.g., 2T and DC) by applying a transform, such as a discrete Fourier transform (DFT), to signal values, such as ADC or equalizer output values, corresponding to, e.g., a 2T data pattern stored on the hard disc. The frequency-based measures are used to detect defect regions on the hard disc and/or to classify defect regions as being due to either thermal asperity (TA) or drop-out media defect (MD). | 2011-08-18 |
20110199700 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE - A process for producing a magnetic recording medium which can increase significantly yield and productivity is provided. Such a process for producing a magnetic recording medium includes a resist layer forming step which includes an immersing step of immersing a part of a non-magnetic substrate | 2011-08-18 |
20110199701 | SKEW ACTUATOR TO SERVO TRACK ZERO REFERENCE - A servo detection system for detecting servo tracks of a longitudinal tape. In a read/write head, two servo read heads are spaced laterally on a first head module, and a servo read head is on a second head module spaced longitudinally from the first module. A method comprises initially sensing a tape servo track with one servo read head of the first module and the servo read head of the second module to determine skew misalignment of the servo track. A zero reference value is stored representing the determined skew misalignment. The detection system switches from the one servo read head of each module, to the two servo read heads of the first module, and employs the stored value to position the read/write head in the zero skew position. The two servo read heads are then employed to read two servo tracks to identify the data band and to control skew. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199702 | LOCATING A HEAD ELEMENT OF A TAPE STORAGE DEVICE USING SERVO INFORMATION IN A DATA TRACK - To locate an access head element of a head assembly for a tape storage device, a storage tape having a data track that contains servo information is provided. The data track further contains data. The servo information that is in the data track is used to determine a position of the access head element. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199703 | MAGNETIC-TAPE DRIVE AND MAGNETIC-TAPE HEAD COMPATIBLE WITH MULTIPLE TAPE FORMATS - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the design and implementation of backward-compatible magnetic tape drives ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199704 | ABS WITH A LUBRICATION CONTROL DAM FOR HARD DISK DRIVES - A method and apparatus for controlling lubrication in hard disk drives. Hard disk drives often include lubrication on the disks to protect the disks from incidental contact with the head slider. Embodiments of the invention include lubrication control surfaces or dams on the air bearing surface (ABS) of the head slider. The dams redirect air flow on the ABS and/or redirects excess lubrication that migrates from the disk to the head slider. By redirecting excess lubrication, the lubrication control dams remove and/or store the lubrication and avoid failure that may occur as a result of the lubrication interfering with the ABS or the read/write elements of the head. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199705 | DISK DRIVE ACTUATOR INERTIAL LATCH WITH MOMENT OF INERTIA AND MAGNETIC ATTRACTION PRODUCT RELATIONSHIP - According to one embodiment, a disk drive includes a carriage supporting a head configured to perform information processing for the recording medium, and a latch mechanism configured to latch and hold the carriage in a retracted position when an external force acts on the disk drive with the carriage being in the retracted position. The latch mechanism includes a latch member pivotable around an central axis between a latchable range and a released position. The latch member is configured to pivot in a latching direction within the latchable range before the engaging portion of the carriage starts to move when a rotational impact externally acts in a direction to pivot the carriage toward the information processing position with the carriage and the latch member being located in the retracted position and the latchable range, respectively. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199706 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF DISK DRIVE DEVICE FOR CLEANING SUBASSEMBLIES AND DISK DRIVE DEVICE PRODUCED BY SAID PRODUCTION METHOD - A production method of a disk drive device includes: an assembling process of assembling a subassembly by incorporating at least a bearing unit in a hub in a clean room; a pouring process of pouring a lubricant in the bearing unit; a cleaning-liquid discharging process of discharging a cleaning liquid to the hub; a cleaning-liquid intake process of taking in the cleaning liquid discharged to the hub; and a sealing process of sealing the subassembly in a seal-material. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199707 | PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY GROUND FAULT DETECTION METHOD FOR UTILITY-SCALE GROUNDED SOLAR ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING SYSTEMS - Various methods and apparatus are described for a photovoltaic system. In an embodiment, a hybrid grounding circuit as well as a ground fault monitoring circuit are in the inverter circuitry with its switching devices that generate three-phase Alternating Current (AC) voltage. The three-phase AC voltage is supplied to a utility power grid interface transformer, where a primary-side common node of the Utility Power grid interface transformer is connected to Earth ground. Each inverter has 1) its own set of isolation contacts to connect as well as isolate this particular inverter from the utility grid interface transformer, and 2) control components in the ground fault monitoring circuit for controlling operation of the isolation contacts based off a presence of the ground fault detected by the ground fault monitor circuit for that inverter. The inverter circuit receives a DC voltage supplied from its own set of ungrounded Concentrated PhotoVoltaic modules. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199708 | LEVEL CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE EMPLOYING THE LEVEL CONVERSION CIRCUIT - In a level conversion circuit mounted in an integrated circuit device using a plurality of high- and low-voltage power supplies, the input to the differential inputs are provided. In a level-down circuit, MOS transistors that are not supplied with 3.3 V between the gate and drain and between the gate and source use a thin oxide layer. In a level-up circuit, a logic operation function is provided. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199709 | SENSOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND SENSOR CONTROL METHOD - A sensor control apparatus ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199710 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes, a high side drive circuit for controlling the high side power device and including a circuit load, a low side drive circuit for controlling the low side power device, a VCC terminal connected to the low side drive circuit and for supplying a VCC potential to the low side drive circuit, the VCC potential serving as a power supply potential to the low side drive circuit, a bootstrap diode connected at its anode to the VCC terminal and at its cathode to the high side drive circuit and used to produce a VB potential serving as a power supply potential to the high side drive circuit, and means for turning off the circuit load before the VB potential becomes lower than the VCC potential. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199711 | TEMPERATURE PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An electronics system includes an electronic device, a power source and a temperature control switch. An actuator having a shape memory alloy is attached to the temperature control switch and moves the temperature control switch between an open position preventing a current flow between the power source and the electronic device, and a closed position permitting current flow between the power source and the electronic device. The shape memory alloy transforms shapes upon the ambient temperature falling below a low critical temperature or rising above a high critical temperature to move the temperature control switch into one of the closed position to permit current flow to the electronic device or the open position to prevent current flow to the electronics device respectively. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199712 | Degaussing Apparatus with Highly Uniform Magnetic Field - Generation of an intense magnetic field to erase high coercivity magnetic media uses delivery of energy to a degaussing cavity. To conserve energy storage and delivery requirements and to obtain a desired magnetic strength generally uniformly within the cavity, strategic placement of supplemental turns at ends of the magnetic field generating coil wound around the cavity can promote uniformity. Construction of at least cavity ends from an adequate quantity of magnetically soft ferrous material can also promote uniformity. A combination of both approaches is possible. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199713 | HIGH-FREQUENCY DEVICE AND WIRELESS IC DEVICE - A high-frequency device includes a wireless IC chip and a board which is coupled to the wireless IC chip and electrically connected to radiator plates, and an inductor and/or a capacitance are provided as a static electricity countermeasure element in the board. The inductor is connected in parallel between the wireless IC chip and the radiator plates, and its impedance at the frequency of static electricity is less than an impedance of the wireless IC chip. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199714 | ION GENERATOR - A maintenance operation of an ion generator can be easily performed. A device main body has an inner case and an outer case, and the inner case having a support block and an air supply pipe is inserted into the outer case. An opposite electrode is detachably mounted in the support block from a front side of the device main body, and a discharge needle unit is detachably mounted from a reversed direction thereto. The discharge needle unit has a holder, in which the discharge electrode is provided, and a sleeve, which forms an ion generating space between the opposite electrode and the sleeve, is detachably mounted in the holder. Air supplied from an outside is supplied to the ion generating space via a flow path in the air supply pipe. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199715 | IMPROVED METAL-ON-METAL CAPACITOR WITH DIAGONAL FEEDLINE - A design for an improved metal-on-metal capacitor design is described. The design includes a substantially diagonal feedline ( | 2011-08-18 |
20110199716 | ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITANCE DEVICE - The present application is directed to electric double layer capacitance (EDLC) devices. In one aspect, the present application is directed to an electrode comprising an activated carbon cryogel having a tunable pore structure wherein: the surface area is at least 1500 m2/g as determined by nitrogen sorption at 77K and BET analysis; and the pore structure comprises a pore volume ranging from about 0.01 cc/g to about 0.25 cc/g for pores having a pore diameter of 0.6 to 1.0 nm. In another aspect, the present application is directed to an Electric Double Layer Capacitor (EDLC) device comprising an activated cryogel. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199717 | ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENT AND A SWITCHGEAR PROVIDED THEREWITH - An electric power distribution arrangement having an electric conductor for carrying a high voltage, a first pair of bodies provided on opposite sides of the conductor as seen in a first direction cross-wise to a longitudinal axis of the conductor, and a second pair of bodies provided on opposite sides of the conductor as seen in a second direction cross-wise to the longitudinal axis. The bodies of the first and second pair of bodies are arranged to be electrically disconnected from the conductor, and the spacing between the bodies of the first pair is larger than the spacing between the bodies of the second pair. At least one of the bodies of at least one of the first and second pair comprises a second current conductor, and at least one of the bodies of at least one of the first and second pair comprises a wall element of an encapsulation inside which the conductor is arranged. In a region in which the conductor is surrounded by the first pair and second pair, the conductor has a substantially oval or substantially elliptical shaped outer periphery, and the cross section of the conductor has a larger dimension in the first direction than in the second direction. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199718 | Electronic Device Housing with Pivoting and Sliding Portions - An electronic handset device includes a panel pivotally coupled to a base housing portion wherein the panel is pivotal between closed and opened configurations relative to the base housing portion. A movable housing portion is slidably coupled to the panel and is pivotal in unison with the panel. A user interface on the panel is concealed by the movable housing portion when the movable housing portion slides to a closed configuration relative to the panel, and the user interface is exposed when the movable housing portion slides to an opened configuration relative to the panel. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199719 | TELEVISION STAND - A display device may be mounted on a stand. The stand may present a display screen of the display device at an angle in which it is easy for the user to view the display screen. The desired tilt angle of the display screen may vary depending on where it is positioned, and where it is viewed from. The present invention provides a stand in which the tilt angle of a display device can be changed between at least two different angles. The display device is securely mounted to the stand at all tilt angles. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199720 | LID SEALING STRUCTURE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - A lid sealing structure is provided that includes a housing, a lid, and a waterproof gasket. The housing defines an interior space with an opening and includes a sealing portion that encircles the opening and provides access to the interior space. The lid is configured to cover and uncover the opening. The waterproof gasket includes a base portion, a first contact portion, and a second contact portion. The base portion is mounted to the lid, and the first and second contact portions extend from the base portion and arranged to contact the sealing portion. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199721 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - An electronic device includes a front portion comprising a housing, a display exposed by a front of the housing, and a slider plate clamped to a back of the housing. The electronic device also includes a base comprising an input device on one surface thereof, the base being slidingly engaged with the slider plate to slide the base between a closed position in which the input device is disposed between the front portion and the base and an open position in which the input device is exposed for use, and functional components disposed in at least one of the front portion and the base, the functional components comprising memory and a processor coupled to the memory and the display. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199722 | DUAL COMMUNICATION FOB ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN INSERT WITHIN A BASE - A dual communication fob assembly provided with an attachment area for a ring or a chain and including in combination: an insert including a first contactless communication device; and a base with a pocket in the base for holding at least a part of the insert when inserted therein, and being provided with a second contactless communication device which is electrically separate from the first contactless communication device. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199723 | DISPLAY UNIT - A display unit has a metal fitting that has a minimum-required shape and size for maintaining the physical strength and electrical performance of the display unit. Parts other than the metal fitting are formed of a resin chassis frame. The resin chassis frame, lighter and thinner than a metal chassis, is adopted, because an insulating space can be eliminated while maintaining the safety and durability. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199724 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided. The display device includes a display module including an upper glass which forms a front exterior of the display device and is used for displaying images, and a back cover making contact with the upper glass and covering the display module. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199725 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is provided. The display device includes a front panel forming a front exterior of the display device and transmitting images therethrough, a back cover forming a rear exterior of the display device and comprising an edge portion making contact with a backside of the front panel, and a display module accommodated in a space formed by the front panel and the back cover. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199726 | Reconfigurable Computer - A portable computer system is provided having a base unit and a detachable display unit. The display unit includes a support structure movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The support structure can help support the display unit when mounted on the base unit, standing alone, or both. Mechanical engagement tabs can also help support the display unit. A wireless communications link can convey information between the base and display units. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199727 | TABLET COMPUTER CASE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Tablet computer cases and associated methods are disclosed and described. In one embodiment, a clam shell keyboard case may include a tablet panel with a hollowed out bed defined by a recessed back surface and a raised perimeter edge extending around the recessed back surface. The perimeter edge can have an internal shape and size substantially matching a shape and size of an external perimeter edge of a tablet computer to be held in the hollowed out bed. The tablet panel can be hingedly coupled to a keyboard panel having a keyboard. When a tablet computer is held in the hollowed out bed of the tablet panel, the keyboard can be used for input and/or control actions with respect to the tablet computer. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199728 | ENCLOSURE FOR DEMANUFACTURING - An enclosure for an electronic device is described. In one implementation, an enclosure for an electronic device comprises a top wall operably connected to a bottom wall via side walls, a front wall operably connected to a rear wall via the side wall, a locking mechanism operably connected to the side walls, and a mechanism for operably connecting an internal component to the enclosure, wherein the mechanism is operably connected to at least one of the walls of the enclosure. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199729 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PLUG CONNECTOR THEREOF - An electronic device includes a circuit module with a circuit board, and a plug connector with a supporting base, several terminals, and an outer shell. The terminals are disposed at the supporting base, and connected to the circuit board. The outer shell surrounds the supporting base, and has two parallel horizontal plates. Two extending plates are extended from a front surface of one of the horizontal plates. A slot is formed among that horizontal plate and the two extending plates. Via these arrangements, the out shell of the plug connector has the slot, so that the deformation of the outer shell is more easily caused. Thus, even if the assembly tolerance between the plug connector and the socket connector is deviated, the force for plugging or unplugging the plug connector would not be too abnormal. That is because the outer shell can be easily deformed to compensate for the deviation. | 2011-08-18 |
20110199730 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes the following: a heat dissipation chamber that is formed by liquid tightly separating the inside of s main unit case with a partition, has an inlet air vent and an outlet air vent in the partition, and includes a heat dissipation portion; a cooling fan that is located in the heat dissipation chamber; an inlet that is provided in the main unit case to introduce outside air into the heat dissipation chamber through the inlet air vent; and an outlet that is provided in the main unit case to exhaust an air flow sent from the cooling fan to the outside through the outlet air vent. An air channel that extends from the inlet air vent through a side wall of the main unit case to communicate the heat dissipation chamber with the inlet is liquid tightly sealed from the internal space of the main unit case with a sealing wall. A plurality of plate-shaped ribs are provided in the air channel so as to extend in a flow path direction and arranged in a lateral direction of the inlet air vent. The rigidity of the main unit case can be ensured sufficiently while maintaining the liquid tightness between the inside of the main unit case and the heat dissipation chamber. | 2011-08-18 |