33rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100207793 | IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM - In general, a method includes comparing a first input signal with a second input signal to produce an output signal. The first input signal corresponds to an amount of light detected by a sensor, and the second input signal corresponds to an aggregated value of the output signal. The method may also include aggregating the output signal in a digital accumulator and converting a digital signal from an output of the digital accumulator to an analog signal. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207815 | Handheld Electronic Apparatus and Method Thereof - A handheld electronic apparatus includes a positioning module, a sensing module, a constellation database, and a processing module. The positioning module generates location information associated with the handheld electronic apparatus according to a satellite signal received by the handheld electronic apparatus. The sensing module detects a vertical tilted angle and a horizontal observing direction associated with a positioned state of the handheld electronic apparatus. The processing module retrieves corresponding real-time constellation information from constellation data stored in the constellation database according to timing information, the location information, the vertical tilted angle, and the horizontal observing direction. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207823 | ANTENNA APPARATUS INCLUDING MULTIPLE ANTENNA PORTIONS ON ONE ANTENNA ELEMENT - An antenna apparatus is provided with two feed ports respectively provided at positions on an antenna element, and the antenna element is simultaneously excited through the two feed ports so as to simultaneously operate as two antenna portions respectively associated with the two feed ports. The antenna apparatus is further provided with a slit provided between the two feed ports, for changing a resonant frequency of the antenna element and producing isolation between the feed ports at a isolation frequency, and provided with matching means for shifting an operating frequency of the antenna element from the changed resonant frequency to the isolation frequency. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207827 | Apparatus and Method for Measuring Antenna Radiation Patterns - An antenna radiation pattern measurement device that measures a radiation pattern of an AUT by using a source antenna includes a control unit, an analysis unit, and a measurement unit. The control unit controls driving of the source antenna and the AUT. The analysis unit measures an electric field value from a radio frequency (RF) signal that is transmitted from one of the source antenna and the AUT and received by the other antenna. In addition, the measurement unit controls the control unit and the analysis unit and measures a radiation pattern of the AUT by using the electric field value. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207830 | PLANAR ANTENNA HAVING MULTI-POLARIZATION CAPABILITY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - The planar antenna apparatus may include a planar, electrically conductive, patch antenna element having a geometric shape defining an outer perimeter, and a pair of spaced apart signal feedpoints along the outer perimeter of the planar, electrically conductive, patch antenna element and separated by a distance of one quarter of the outer perimeter to impart a traveling wave current distribution. The outer perimeter of the planar, electrically conductive, patch antenna element may be equal to about one operating wavelength thereof. The apparatus may provide dual circular or dual linear polarization. The planar patch element may relate to a full wave loop antenna as a compliment. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207838 | Antenna structure - A structure of an antenna is disclosed. The antenna comprises a flexible antenna, a first foam material, a second foam material, a cover plate and a housing. The first foam material and the second foam material together enwrap the flexible antenna. The cover plate and the first foam material match correspondingly. The housing matches with the second foam material, and the housing is joined with the cover plate. The strength of the cover plate and the housing are enhanced respectively by the first and the second foam material to prevent bending and distortion. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207855 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND DISPLAY PANEL ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME - A circuit board includes a capacitor and a circuit substrate. The capacitor is mounted on the first insulation layer, and a first conductive layer is disposed between the first and second insulation layers. A plurality of first holes is disposed extended through the first conductive layer, and has a mesh pattern to decrease the spread of vibration generated by the capacitor. A third insulation layer is disposed in the first holes, and the third and first insulation layers may include the same material. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207856 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An array substrate includes a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The first pixel electrode includes first branch electrode portions and second branch electrode portions. The first branch electrode portions are disposed in a first area of a unit pixel area and are substantially parallel to a first side of the unit pixel area. The second branch electrode portions are disposed in a second area of the unit pixel area and are substantially parallel to a second side of the unit pixel area. The second pixel electrode includes third branch electrode portions disposed between the first branch electrode portions and fourth branch electrode portions disposed between the second branch electrode portions. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207858 | LCD Pixel Design Varying by Color - A liquid crystal display (LCD) having a plurality of pixels is provided. In one embodiment, the pixels of the LCD each include common and pixel electrodes formed on an insulating layer, and a liquid crystal layer responsive to electric fields generated by the electrodes. The plurality of pixels may include two or more sets of pixels each configured to transmit light of a different color, and the pixel electrodes of one set of pixels may be configured differently from those of another set. In other embodiments, the sizes of the pixels may differ. Various additional devices and methods are also provided. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207863 | PIXEL CIRCUITRY FOR DISPLAY APPARATUS - A pixel circuitry for a display apparatus is provided herein. The pixel circuitry includes a first storage element, and a switching element composed of a plurality of switches. The first storage element has a first terminal receiving a pixel signal and a second terminal coupled to a first voltage. The first storage element is used for storing the pixel signal. The switching element includes a first switch and a second switch respectively conducted in response to a first signal and a second signal. Each of the first switch and the second switch has an input terminal coupled to a data line and an output terminal coupled to the first storage element. The cooperation of the first switch and the second switch has benefit of delivering the pixel signal without influence of body effect. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207881 | Apparatus for Remotely Controlling Computers and Other Electronic Appliances/Devices Using a Combination of Voice Commands and Finger Movements - An apparatus for remotely operating a computer using a combination of voice commands and finger movements. The apparatus includes a microphone and a plurality of control elements in the form of touch-sensitive touchpads and/or motion-sensitive elements that are used to operate the computer and to move an on-screen cursor. At least one touchpad is used to selectively switch between a command-mode of operation in which the computer interprets spoken words as commands for operating the computer and any software applications being used, and a text-mode of operation in which the computer interprets spoken words literally as text to be inserted into a software application. The apparatus is ergonomically designed to enable it to be easily worn and to enable a user to operate a computer from a standing, sitting or reclining position. The apparatus can be used to operate a computer for traditional computing purposes such as word processing or browsing the Internet, or for other purposes such as operating electronic devices such as a television and/or other household appliances. The apparatus eliminates the need for a keyboard and a mouse to operate a computer. In addition, the apparatus cart be used as a telephone. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207882 | Haptic Trackball Device - In an aspect, an electronic device includes a housing; a manipulandum positioned in the housing, wherein the manipulandum is moveable in at least one rotary degree of freedom in response to a user moving the manipulandum; a sensor coupled to the manipulandum, the sensor outputs sensor signals associated with the movement of the manipulandum in the at least one rotary degree of freedom by the user's direct contact; a processor coupled to the sensor and configured to output one or more activating signals based on the sensor signals; a first actuator coupled to the manipulandum, wherein the first actuator outputs a contact force to the manipulandum upon receiving a first activating signal; and a second actuator positioned within the housing and separate from the first actuator, wherein the second actuator outputs an inertial force to the housing upon receiving a second activating signal. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207898 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THE EMBEDDED DRAWING DATA BASED ON FLASH IMAGE - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and the method for generating embedded drawing data based on flash imagery, which is capable of generating a multimedia message or a flash image that is various, active and interesting, by connecting the movement so as to move the object which is designated according to the arbitrary drawn trace, while drawings or writings that are drawn with pen on the touch screen can be seen again. It has an effect in that it is able to deliver amusement and information by communicating between mobile terminals, by transmitting to other mobile terminals through a wire net and a wireless net, by sending or using e-mail, and by uploading to the internet board. A mobile terminal according to the present invention includes an input unit that receives one or more among a shape change request signal or a location change request signal with respect to one of either an image, a redrawing object, or a stamp displayed on a display unit of the mobile terminal from a user; a controller that manufactures the scene in which one of either the image, the redrawing object, or the stamp changes according to one or more among the shape change request signal or the location change request signal with a flash image; and a memory unit that stores the flash image transformed by the controller. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207904 | TARGETING IN A STYLUS-BASED USER INTERFACE - Aspects of the invention provide virtual hover zones. When a user lowers a hovering stylus while remaining within a hover zone, cursor control is modified to be more easily controllable by the user. If the user pauses the stylus in mid-air before lowering the stylus, and if the stylus remains within the hover zone, then upon touchdown the cursor may be moved to the projection of the location where the stylus was paused. Any action that may be taken in response to the touch down may be sent to the projection location as well. Also provided are cursor control zones. A dampening zone may be used to provide dampened cursor movement feedback in response to movement input provided by a pointing device. Also, a dead zone may be used to prohibit cursor movement in response to movement input provided by the pointing device. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207915 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus. The plasma display apparatus comprising a plasma display panel having a display area for displaying images and a non-display area disposed at an outer side of the display area, comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The first electrode is formed on the display area and the non-display area of an upper substrate. The second electrode forms a pair with the first electrode and is formed in the display area. The third electrode is electrically insulated from the second electrode and formed in the non-display area. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207918 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An LCD device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207938 | SIMULTANEOUS THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY AND COLOR TEXTURE ACQUISITION USING SINGLE COLOR CAMERA - A system for simultaneous real-time three-dimensional geometry and color texture acquisition. The system includes a system processor for generating at least three phase shifted black and white fringe patterns with a phase shift of 2 π/3, a light projector adapted to project the fringe patterns onto an object, the projector being electrically connected with the system processor, and a color camera for capturing the fringe patterns to generate at least three raw fringe images. The fringe images are used to calculate a black and white texture image which is further converted to a color image by employing a demosaicing algorithm. The fringe images are also used to calculate a wrapped phase map that is further processed to generate a continuous unwrapped phase map by employing a phase unwrapping algorithm and the unwrapped phase map is converted to co-ordinates using calibrated system parameters for point-by-point three-dimensional shape measurement. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207943 | MODULAR SHADER ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD FOR COMPUTERIZED IMAGE RENDERING - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique rendering an image pixel within a graphics image with multiple shaders in a single rendering phase using a modular shader architecture. A user specifies how geometric objects, light sources, and various types of rendering operations in a graphics scene are associated. A rendering application provides computational infrastructure for rendering operations that includes finding an intersected object for each pixel of a target graphics image. The modular shader architecture includes a means for efficiently developing and incorporating custom shader modules for use by the rendering application. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207948 | Tessellating Elements - The tessellating elements are in sets and comprise (a) at least one curve element comprising a semi-circle of diameter x; (b) at least one wave element having a perimeter which is three-sided, including a first side which is straight and of length x, a second side which comprises a concave curve forming a semi-circle of diameter x, and a third side which comprises a convex curve forming a quarter circle of radius x; (c) at least one corner element having a perimeter which is three-sided, including two sides of length x at right angles to one another and a third side which is concave and comprises a quarter circle of radius x; and, optionally, (d) one or more lozenge elements having at least one shaped face with a perimeter comprising two arcuate edges, each said arcuate edge having a radius of curvature x. The elements have a wide range of applications, from building tiles and children's toys, to screen-filling of computer screens or the like. In use, the elements are laid on a surface in a space-filling manner with straight edges abutting straight edges of adjacent elements, and convex curved edges abutting concave curved edges of adjacent elements. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207954 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY APPARATUS - There are provided a display apparatus, a display system and a control method of the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a display unit; an image processing unit which processes an input image signal for display through the display unit; and a controller which determines whether the image signal corresponds to a two-dimensional (2D) image or a three-dimensional (3D) image and adjusts, if it is determined that the image signal corresponds to the 3D image, a brightness level of an image to be displayed differently from a brightness level corresponding to the 2D image. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207966 | DRIVING METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A driving method for a liquid crystal display apparatus, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pixel electrode and a counter electrode, and that controls a transmitted light in the liquid crystal layer by dividing a single frame period into multiple subfield periods and applying an on/off binary data signal between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode in each subfield period. When a counter electrode potential applied to the counter electrode is used as a reference and a voltage higher than the reference is taken as a positive-polarity voltage and a voltage lower than the reference is taken as a negative-polarity voltage, the data signal is converted to the positive-polarity voltage and negative-polarity voltage alternately and cyclically every a cyclical period having subfield period or every several subfield periods. Further, the length of half the cyclical period is no less than 1.6 ms. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207970 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of subpixels respectively having switching elements and arranged in a matrix, a plurality of gate lines connected to the subpixels via the switching elements and transmitting a gate signal for turning on or off the switching elements, and a plurality of data lines connected to the subpixels via the switching elements and transmitting a data voltage. The respective subpixels are located in areas defined by two adjacent gate lines and two adjacent data lines, which are uniquely connected to a pair of gate line and data line, and at least one of the subpixels is connected to the different gate lines or the data line positioned at opposite side with respect to the other subpixel of the same row. In this case, a pair of subpixels adjacent above and below are connected to the gate line therebetween or the gate lines positioned at opposite side each other. In this way, any inversions for each color can be performed without changing conventional driving ICs. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207989 | LIGHT-SCATTERING DROP DETECTOR - A drop detector has a light-source and a light detector. The light-source is configured to scatter light off two or more substantially currently ejected drops. The light detector is configured to substantially concurrently sense, respectively at two or more different spatial locations, the light scattered off the two or more substantially currently ejected drops. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207990 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a carriage, and a damping mechanism. The carriage includes an image forming mechanism and moves back and forth in a main scan direction. The damping mechanism generates an impact to suppress vibration caused by movement of the carriage. The damping mechanism suppresses vibration during at least one of acceleration and deceleration of the carriage, and is inactive during movement of the carriage at a constant speed. The damping mechanism suppresses vibration when acceleration of the carriage equals or exceeds a predetermined threshold acceleration. The damping mechanism includes a suppression member and a mass member that strikes the suppression member. The suppression member is at least one of a shock absorber and an elastic member. Shock absorbing characteristics of the shock absorber and elasticity of the elastic member are variable. | 2010-08-19 |
20100207996 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND FIELD GENERATING UNIT - There is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid from an aperture of a nozzle plate toward a recording material while reciprocating over the recording material and a platen that supports the recording material from a rear face thereof to position the recording material at a position facing the nozzle plate in a direction in which the liquid is ejected. The liquid ejecting apparatus further includes: a first electrode being provided on the platen side between the liquid ejecting head and the platen; a second electrode being provided on the liquid ejecting head side between the liquid ejecting head and the platen; and a potential difference generating section of which one end is connected to the first electrode and the other end is connected to the second electrode and that generates a potential difference between the second electrode and the first electrode. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208010 | LIQUID JET RECORDING HEAD AND LIQUID SUPPLY METHOD - A liquid jet recording head includes liquid discharge ports, pressure chambers, and a substrate which has the discharge energy generating element, a liquid chamber for storing a liquid supplied to the pressure chamber, a pair of paths which are separated from the liquid chamber, and a liquid supply port communicating with the liquid chamber. A liquid inlet port communicating with one path of the pair of paths and a liquid outlet port communicating with the other path of the pair of paths are opened on one surface of the substrate. A liquid flow path for discharging the liquid from the liquid chamber to the pressure chamber via the liquid supply port, and a liquid flow path for circulating the liquid from the one path to each pressure chamber via the liquid inlet port, and further from each pressure chamber to the other path via the liquid outlet port are provided. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208014 | INK CARTRIDGE COMPRISING WEAKLY ACIDIC NAPHTHALOCYANINE INK FORMULATION - An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer contains an aqueous ink formulation. The ink formulation comprising an IR-absorbing naphthalocyanine dye of formula (II): | 2010-08-19 |
20100208016 | CARTRIDGE APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRINTING - A cartridge apparatus for supplying materials to a three-dimensional printing system is provided. The cartridge apparatus may include a cartridge, a data storage device to record data relating to a material contained within the cartridge and a reader to read data from the data storage device and transmit the data to a controller of the printing system. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208037 | IMAGE DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND IMAGE CAPTURING AND DISPLAYING SYSTEM - An image displaying system includes an image processor and a display unit. The image processor moves and/or deforms a first radiographic image and a second radiographic image that has been captured after the first radiographic image such that the first radiographic image and the second radiographic image are aligned. The display unit displays the first radiographic image and the second radiographic image that have been aligned, allows one of the first and second radiographic image to be viewed by the right eye, and allows the other of the first and second radiographic image to be viewed by the left eye. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208038 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION - A method of image acquisition and data pre-processing includes obtaining from a sensor an image of a subject making a movement. The sensor may be a depth camera. The method also includes selecting a plurality of features of interest from the image, sampling a plurality of depth values corresponding to the plurality of features of interest, projecting the plurality of features of interest onto a model utilizing the plurality of depth values, and constraining the projecting of the plurality of features of interest onto the model utilizing a constraint system. The constraint system may comprise an inverse kinematics solver. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208043 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A 3D EFFECT ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of operating a digital video device to create an effect of a three-dimensional image comprises loading a left image into a frame buffer prior to displaying the left image on a display of the digital video device. The method additionally comprises writing a right image, displaying the right image to a right eye of a viewer, powering on a backlight to allow the right eye of the viewer to view the right image, powering off the backlight, loading a subsequent right image into the frame buffer prior to displaying the subsequent right image, writing the left image to the display, displaying the left image to a left eye of the viewer, powering on the backlight to allow the left eye of the viewer to view the left image and powering off the backlight. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208046 | Stereoscopic optical system, and optical apparatus for stereoscopic measurement, stereoscopic measurement apparatus and stereoscopic observation apparatus each using the same - A stereoscopic optical system includes, at a distal end of an insertion part of an endoscope, a two-path forming optical system for forming two paths of rays involving a parallax, an image forming optical system for forming images out of light travelling along the respective paths of rays in the two-path forming optical system onto a common region, and an image sensor arranged at an image forming position of the image forming optical system. The stereoscopic optical system is further provided with a time-division path switching means that is capable of switching between the two paths of rays in a time-division manner so that only light coming from either one of the two paths of rays formed by the two-path forming optical system enters the image forming optical system. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208052 | MICROSCOPE DEVICE AND PROGRAM - A user operates an operating section to cause a motorized stage to move, and observes and checks an entire sample that is disposed on the motorized stage. When the motorized stage is stopped for a predetermined reference time or longer, a controller recognizes the position where the stage is stopped as a position for time-lapse observation, and records as observation position information that observation position. After observation of the entire sample, the controller sequentially moves the motorized stage to the observation positions indicated by the observation position information, on the basis of the recorded observation position information, whereby the user observes the sample at each observation position and decides on a final observation position. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208064 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING VIDEO STORAGE ON A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - A system and method for managing video storage on a video surveillance system is disclosed. The system calculates an importance score for a video segment based on a weighted average of multiple scores corresponding to the video event. The multiple scores include an event correlation score correlating a video event with a plurality of other video events, an abnormality score indicating the abnormality of the observed event, a user entered score, a score relating to the number of times a specific location was visited by a moving object, the amount of times a video has been retrieved, and a predicted future storage space. The importance score may be used to determine a video retention operation, such as retaining the video event, purging the video event, reducing the video quality of the event, or storing the video in mix-reality format. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208066 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes an AFE circuit which repeatedly fetches an object scene image in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal outputted from an SG. An image-data processing circuit cuts out an object scene image belonging to a cut-out area, out of the object scene image fetched by the AFE circuit, and performs an output process on the cut-out object scene image. A CPU changes a size of the cut-out area in a direction opposite to a fluctuating direction of a magnitude of a frequency of the vertical synchronization signal. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208078 | HORIZONTAL GAZE ESTIMATION FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING - Techniques are provided to determine the horizontal gaze of a person from a video signal generated from viewing the person with at least one video camera. From the video signal, a head region of the person is detected and tracked. The dimensions and location of a sub-region within the head region is also detected and tracked from the video signal. An estimate of the horizontal gaze of the person is computed from a relative position of the sub-region within the head region. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208085 | DIGITAL CAMERA FOR PROCESSING AND PRINTING IMAGES - A digital camera for processing and printing an image is provided having an image sensor for capturing image data from images sensed at an auto exposure setting, an image processor for processing the image to produce processed data, a printer for printing the processed data, and an interface for receiving a cartridge having postcard media and memory storing information regarding a size of each postcard. The image processor produces the processed data using the auto exposure setting and the information regarding the size of each postcard read from the cartridge memory. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208098 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit to acquire image data, an integration unit to calculate a white balance integration value, a first calculation unit to calculate a still image white balance control value, a second calculation unit to calculate a histogram white balance control value, and a histogram processing unit. The second calculation unit calculates the histogram white balance control value by converting a white balance control value which is used in white balance processing on the image data acquired by the imaging unit in an electronic view finder (EVF) mode to the still image white balance control value, and the histogram processing unit adjusts color balance of the image data acquired by the imaging unit using the calculated histogram white balance control value and performs the histogram processing in parallel with calculation of the white balance integration value. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208113 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid state imaging device | 2010-08-19 |
20100208128 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND CAMERA BODY - A camera system having a camera body and an interchangeable lens is made more convenient to use. A camera system | 2010-08-19 |
20100208136 | Television operative to download new functional applications via an external software module and to execute the same without additional hardware - A television includes a control section, an interface and an external software module. The control section includes a processor and an internal memory that is in communication with the processor. The internal memory stores original program instructions for use by the processor to operate the television in accordance with the original program instructions. The interface is accessible exteriorly of the television and is in communication with the control section. The external software module is connectable to the interface and stores additional application program instructions that are downloadable to the control section when the external software module is connected to the interface. The downloaded additional application program instructions enable the television to function in a manner differently than any of the original program instructions. A method for adding new application program instructions to a television is also described. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208141 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE INCLUDING DEFINITION ENHANCEMENT - Image processing devices include a color extractor circuit configured to extract color information from input image data, a color shifter circuit configured to color shift the input image data according to the extracted color information and a definition enhancement circuit configured to detect a color difference from the color-shifted image data and to unsharp mask filter the color-shifted image data according to the detected color difference. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208152 | 2D/3D switchable integral imaging systems - An integral imaging system may include a lens unit. The lens unit may include a first substrate; a second substrate; a first electrode on the first substrate; a second electrode on the second substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; and an array of nanostructures protruding from the first substrate into the liquid crystal layer. The first and second electrodes may be configured to apply one or more voltages to the array of nanostructures. When the one or more voltages are applied to the array of nanostructures, one or more electric fields may be formed between the array of nanostructures and the second electrode, varying an arrangement of molecules in the liquid crystal layer and forming a refractive index distribution in the liquid crystal layer. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208156 | TFT-LCD ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An embodiment of the invention provides a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) array substrate comprising: a gate line and a data line that intersect with each other to define a pixel region; and a pixel electrode and a thin film transistor formed in the pixel region. The thin film transistor comprises: a gate electrode connected with the gate line; a semiconductor island positioned above the gate electrode; and a source electrode and a drain electrode that are formed on the semiconductor island. A surface of the semiconductor island contacting with the source electrode and the drain electrode comprises ohmic contact regions subject to a surface treatment and a region of the semiconductor layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode is covered with a barrier layer. Another embodiment of the invention provides a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) array substrate. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208168 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can reduce the number of cables so as to prevent the occurrence of the brightness irregularities. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight. The backlight includes an LED substrate on which a plurality of LEDs are mounted, a reflection sheet which is arranged on the LED substrate, a diffusion plate which is arranged in a spaced-apart manner from the LED substrate, side supports which support the diffusion plate at end portions of the LED substrate, connectors which are provided for electrical connection with an external device, and electronic parts which are electrically connected with at least one of these LEDs. The connectors and the electronic parts are mounted on the LED substrate below the side supports. The side supports exhibit higher light reflectance than the connectors and the electronic parts. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208177 | LAMINATED OPTICAL FILM, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a laminated optical film capable of contributing to thinning of each of a liquid crystal panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus and of simplifying its manufacturing steps, and a method of manufacturing the laminated optical film. The laminated optical film is used in a liquid crystal display apparatus and arranged on a viewer side of a liquid crystal cell. The laminated optical film includes: a polarizer; and a retardation layer which is arranged on one side of the polarizer, has a refractive index ellipsoid showing a relationship of nx>ny=nz, and has an in-plane retardation value Re[590] of 90 to 190 nm. An angle formed between an absorption axis of the polarizer and a slow axis of the retardation layer is 5 to 85°. The retardation layer is formed of a liquid crystal material, and the retardation layer is arranged to be closer to the viewer side than the polarizer is. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208185 | BEAM SHAPING DEVICE - A beam shaping device ( | 2010-08-19 |
20100208188 | Display Device and Method for Fabricating the same - A display device includes an array substrate, a display medium layer, a transparent layer and a sealant. The array substrate has a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The display medium layer is disposed on the array substrate and located in the first region. The transparent layer with an upper surface is disposed on the display medium layer. The upper surface has a display region and a predetermined sealing region surrounding the display region. The sealant is formed on the array substrate and located in the second region. Also, the sealant surrounds the transparent layer and the display medium layer and covers the predetermined sealing region of the transparent layer. In addition, a method for fabricating the display device is also provided. Since the sealant surrounds the transparent layer and the display medium layer and covers the predetermined sealing region of the transparent layer, the packaging performance of the above display device may be improved. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208195 | VARIABLE FOCUS LIQUID FILLED LENS MECHANISM - A mechanism allows for changing the optical strength of a liquid-filled lens having a cavity filled with fluid. A reservoir contains additional fluid and is in fluid communication with the cavity, and the mechanism draws fluid from the reservoir into the cavity or pulls fluid from the cavity back into the reservoir, whereby a change in the amount of fluid within the lens cavity changes the lens's optical strength. A membrane seals the reservoir, and a plunger impinges upon the membrane. A movement device, such as a barrel screw or lever, moves the plunger in a controlled manner toward the membrane to increase pressure within the reservoir and thereby force fluid out of the reservoir into the lens cavity, and away from the membrane to decrease pressure within the reservoir and thereby withdraw fluid from the lens cavity and into the reservoir. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208207 | AUTOMATIC DIRECT GAZE DETECTION BASED ON PUPIL SYMMETRY - The present invention provides a system and methods for direct gaze detection based on pupil symmetry. The system and methods work by first finding the user's eyes in a video camera image and measuring the symmetry of the pupil region. If this pupil region is close to round, the invention determines that the user is looking nearly directly or close to directly at the camera, or has direct gaze at the camera. This technique handles both eye motions and head motions (e.g., the gaze may shift with or without the head being turned). | 2010-08-19 |
20100208208 | VEHICLE INSTRUMENT PANEL WITH REAR PROJECTION SYSTEM - The present invention relates, generally, to a vehicle dashboard using rear projection system. A vehicle dashboard using rear projection system of the present invention preferably includes: a screen that provides a visual image; a printed circuit board (PCB) that controls the provision of a graphic image to the screen; and an projection system projection system that is controlled by the printed circuit board, and is installed at a rear side of the printed circuit board and irradiates a light to the screen. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208213 | ENTIRE-VISUAL-FIELD PROJECTION DEVICE, AND ENTIRE-VISUAL-FIELD IMAGE SYSTEM - An entire-visual-field projection device which projects image information relating to an entire-visual-field image onto a spherical screen to provide the entire-visual-field image to a viewer positioned inside the screen. The projection device is provided with the spherical screen, a pair of projectors which project the entire-visual-field image onto the screen and are arranged opposite each other with the center of the screen therebetween, and a double-convex mirror for projection which reflects luminous fluxes from the projectors toward the screen and is disposed in the vicinity of the center of the screen. A projection luminous flux from one of the projectors is emitted to one of the convex surfaces of the mirror, and that from the other projector to the other convex surface of the mirror. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208218 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - An optical device includes: a housing; and a reflection member disposed at a predetermined position within the housing, the housing includes a receiving opening through which the reflection member is inserted to be accommodated in the housing, and an attachment unit to which the reflection member is attached, the reflection member includes a front portion which has a reflection area for reflecting supplied light, a back portion positioned on the side opposite to the front portion, and a fixing unit positioned within the surface of the back portion and fixed to the attachment unit, and the fixing unit has an opening into which a position control jig inserted in an attachment direction of attaching the reflection member to the attachment unit through the receiving opening is inserted. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208237 | POLYMERIC SUBSTRATES FOR RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY - The present invention generally provides substrates for use in a variety of analytical and/or diagnostic applications as well as optical systems that employ them, in particular systems based on surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS). In one aspect, the invention provides polymeric substrates having conductive surfaces that exhibit micron-sized, and preferably submicron-sized, structures. In other aspects, methods for fabricating such substrates are disclosed, including a step of irradiating a mold surface with a plurality of short laser pulses to form micron-sized or submicron-sized structures and the mold surface and generating the polymeric substrate by replication from the mold surface. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208250 | Producing method of wired circuit board - A producing method of a wired circuit board includes the steps of applying light from above the wired circuit board toward the wired circuit board, and sensing pattern reflected light which is the light reflected by a conductive pattern, table reflected light which is the light reflected by a support table via an insulating layer exposed from the conductive pattern, and foreign-matter reflected light which is the light reflected by a foreign matter present on the insulating layer to inspect the conductive pattern and the foreign matter based on a contrast therebetween. A reflectance of the table reflected light is in a range of 30 to 70%, and a reflectance of the foreign-matter reflected light is in a range of not more than 10%. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208256 | SENSITIVE EMISSION LIGHT GATHERING AND DETECTION SYSTEM - A luminometer is provided comprising a waveguide sample holder and one or more detectors. The waveguide sample holder may include a hollow region to hold the sample. The waveguide sample holder can be made of material that guides emission light to a bottom end of the waveguide sample holder. One or more detectors may be provided which detect the emission light coming out of the bottom of the waveguide sample holder. A fluorometer/photometer is also provided that comprises a waveguide sample holder, one or more excitation light sources, and one or more optical detectors. The waveguide sample holder has a hollow region to hold the sample. The excitation light is introduced at an angle or perpendicular to one surface of the waveguide sample holder. The waveguide sample holder is made of material that can guide emission light to the bottom end of the waveguide sample holder. There are one or more detectors that detect the emission light coming out of the bottom of the waveguide sample holder. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208263 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING PARTICLES IN A TRANSIENT FLUID - A method for detecting a presence of a particle in a fluid is disclosed. The method includes the steps of directing a beam of electromagnetic radiation into the transient fluid; providing a sensor to detect an intensity of the radiation after passing through at least a portion of the fluid; generating a data representing the intensity detected by the sensor; and analyzing the data based upon a statistical analysis to detect the presence of a particle in the fluid and determine whether the particle is water or a solid particle. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208277 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing apparatus includes a raster data creating unit that creates raster data representing an image including plural types of objects in response to input data representing the image, wherein the raster data includes high resolution raster data of a first pixel density and a low resolution raster data of a second pixel density lower than the first pixel density, and the raster data creating unit sets any one of pixel values of pixels of the high resolution raster data and pixel values of pixels of the low resolution raster data in an image area of objects of a type other than characters based on variation of colors of the image area represented by a plurality of pixels of the first pixel density, which correspond to one pixel of the second pixel density. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208283 | Apparatus, method, system, and computer program product for creating operation definition file, and image forming apparatus - An operation-definition-file creating apparatus includes a setting data file in which setting data of a setting item that is to be set in an MFP is defined. A creating unit creates, on the basis of the setting data, an operation definition file in which an operation for reflecting the setting data in the MFP is described and a saving unit saves the created operation definition file in an external storage medium. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208289 | BAGGAGE TAGGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ADDITIONAL BAGGAGE ROUTING TAG - A baggage tagging system in which information about additional baggage routing is communicated to an airline computer or server, and an additional routing tag including the additional baggage routing data is generated and is attached to a traveler's bags. An initial tag used for air travel is printed at a remote location and attached to the traveler's bags. By utilizing the initial and additional routing tags, the traveler's bags are efficiently routed from the pick-up location to a selected destination. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208291 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus, connectable with plural image processing apparatuses via a network, which performs image processing. UI setting data is received from an another image processing apparatus, and it is determined whether or not a function included in the received UI setting data can be executed by the apparatus itself. If it is determined that the function cannot be executed by the image processing apparatus, a first image processing apparatus which can execute the function is retrieved on the network. Then setting is changed such that the function is substitutionally executed by the first image processing apparatus. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208293 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control method for controlling a communication apparatus used for transmitting a file with efficiency and reliability according to a time required for the conversion processing when a file as a transmission object is converted into transmission data, and the control method includes converting an input file into transmission data, transmitting the transmission data obtained by the conversion processing, measuring a time required for the conversion processing, and controlling the communication apparatus based on the measured time so that, if a file whose time required for the conversion processing is greater than a predetermined value is to be transmitted, communication with the destination is started and the transmission data is transmitted after the conversion processing is executed, and if a file whose time required for the conversion processing is not greater than the predetermined value is to be transmitted, the conversion processing is executed after the communication with the destination is started, and the transmission data obtained by the conversion processing is transmitted. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A situation can occur in which the seating location of a user is moved due to personnel changes within a division or the like, and the user has to use a different nearby image forming apparatus. In such a case, with conventional technology, it is not possible to efficiently transfer the settings information used in an image forming apparatus used before the personnel change to the new nearby image forming apparatus. According to the present invention, when an instruction to register an image forming apparatus is made in an application by the user, settings information set by the user is searched for in the image forming apparatuses that are registered in the application and the image forming apparatuses that were deleted from the application in the past, and they are presented as transfer candidates. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208327 | Pattern generator - The present invention relates to an apparatus for creating a pattern on a workpiece sensitive to radiation, such as a photomask a display panel or a microoptical device. The apparatus may include a source for emitting light flashes, a spatial modulator having modulating elements (pixels), adapted to being illuminated by the radiation, and a projection system creating an image of the modulator on the workpiece. It may further include an electronic data processing and delivery system receiving a digital description of the pattern to be written, converting the pattern to modulator signals, and feeding the signals to the modulator. An electronic control system may be provided to control a trigger signal to compensate for flash-to-flash time jitter in the light source. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208331 | Dispersion, Microcapsule, Electrophoretic Device, Electro-optical Device, and Method of Forming a Dispersion - A method for making an electrophoretic solution includes: | 2010-08-19 |
20100208334 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENTANGLED PHOTONS GENERATION AND MEASUREMENT - Apparatus and method for producing quantum entangled signal and idler photon pairs is provided. The apparatus makes use of a nonlinear optical fiber to generate the entangled photons. The use of an external broad band light source for alignment of any downstream measurement apparatuses is disclosed. One or more polarized output signals can be generated at both the signal and idler wavelengths using the alignment source, allowing the downstream measurement apparatuses to be aligned using classical light. Multiple signal and idler wavelengths can be generated and aligned using such a system. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208339 | MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MICROSCOPE - The invention relates to a method for operating a microscope in which excitation light is focused on, or beamed to, different points of a specimen, in which an intensity of the excitation light is point-specifically varied and in which an intensity of the light reflected by said specimen in at least one spectral range is measured point-specifically and quantitatively. The method according to the invention is characterized in that the intensity and/or a spectral composition of the excitation light beamed to a specific point of said specimen is automatically adjusted by a regulating device on the basis of information previously gained from measured data of said specimen concerning an estimated or actual intensity of the light reflected in the spectral range by said point such that an integral of the intensity of the light reflected in the spectral range by this point during a pixel dwell time is within a predefined value interval. The invention also relates to a microscope. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208347 | MICRO MOVABLE DEVICE AND INTERFEROMETER - A micro movable device includes a movable member, a stationary portion, and connecting portions each connected to the movable member and the stationary portion. The movable member includes a pair of electrodes. The stationary portion includes a pair of electrodes cooperating with the electrodes of the movable member to generate a driving force for translating the movable member in its thickness direction. The connection points at which the respective connecting portions are connected to the movable member are spaced from each other. The electrodes of the movable member are positioned between two mutually spaced connection points, as viewed along the spacing direction of the two connection points. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208353 | OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element includes an optical surface formed by a press molding method, wherein a ray effective portion of the optical surface has formed thereon an antireflection structure including a minute uneven structure, which contains a component different from that of a base of the optical element and has an average pitch of 400 nm or less. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208376 | COMPACT MIRROR - A compact mirror device comprises a casing in which a flat mirror drawer, comprising a mirror, is fully or partially enclosed, a co-operating means on the mirror drawer and casing to enable slidable movement of the mirror drawer relative to the casing to expose the mirror to view, such co-operating means also preventing complete detachment of the mirror drawer from the casing. Magnets of opposing poles situated on both the mirror drawer and the casing securably hold the mirror drawer in a closed position relative to the casing. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208377 | Systems and Methods for Inter-Location Control of Storage Access - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for controlling access to a magnetic storage medium. As one example, a method for controlling access to a magnetic storage medium is disclosed that includes providing a location count indicating a location between a portion of a first servo data sector of a magnetic storage media and a portion of a second servo data sector of the magnetic storage media, and asserting an enable window signal based upon the location count. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208378 | Bit Patterned Media With Embedded Near-Field Transducer - An apparatus includes a recording media including a substrate, a plurality of islands of magnetic material on the substrate, and a non-magnetic material between the islands, a recording head having an air bearing surface positioned adjacent to the recording media, and including a magnetic pole, and an optical transducer, wherein the optical transducer directs electromagnetic radiation onto recording media to heat portions of the recording media and a magnetic field from the magnetic pole is used to set the direction of the magnetization in the heated portions of the recording media, and a plurality of near-field transducers, each positioned adjacent to one of the islands to increase coupling between the electromagnetic radiation and the magnetic material. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208389 | LOAD BEAM, SUSPENSION WITH LOAD BEAM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUSPENSION - A suspension for supporting a magnetic head is provided with a load beam formed of a thin-plate spring. A recess for accommodating a damper is formed in the load beam. The damper is affixed to a bottom surface of the recess. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208393 | IDENTIFICATION AND PROTECTION OF AN AEROSPACE AC-DC POWER SYSTEM IN THE PRESENCE OF DC CONTENT DUE TO FAULTY LOADS - A fault protection system for an AC-DC distribution system detects the presence of DC content at individual loads, isolates the load responsible for the fault from the remainder of the distribution system, and blocks DC content from being propagated from the faulty load to the AC source. The fault protection system includes at least one circuit breaker connected to monitor the AC current provided to the individual electrical load and to detect the presence of DC content indicative of the load being faulty. In response to detected DC content, the circuit breaker trips open to disconnect the electrical load from the AC distribution system to prevent DC content from being propagated to adjacent loads. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208400 | Pad interface circuit and method of improving reliability of the pad interface circuit - The pad interface circuit includes a first stack MOS transistor having a first terminal connected to a pad and a bulk connected to a first supply voltage; a second stack MOS transistor having a first terminal connected to a second terminal of the first stack MOS transistor and a second terminal, a gate terminal, and a bulk that are connected to the first supply voltage; and a voltage level sensing circuit generating a feedback voltage by using a pad voltage applied from the pad. In addition, the feedback voltage is applied to a gate terminal of the first stack MOS transistor. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208414 | NIOBIUM MONOXIDE POWDER, NIOBIUM MONOXIDE SINTERED BODY AND CAPACITOR USING THE SINTERED BODY - (1) A niobium monoxide powder for a capacitor represented by formula: NbO | 2010-08-19 |
20100208422 | DETACHABLE MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR MOTHERBOARD - The invention discloses a detachable mounting assembly for a motherboard. The assembly includes an electronic component; a carrier for carrying the electronic component and having a first portion; a base including a recess which is located at a predetermined position corresponding to the carrier on the motherboard and a second portion corresponding to the first portion, magnetically coupled to the first position. The carrier further includes an inserting structure cooperating with the recess to locate the carrier in the predetermined position. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208425 | Solder and Lead-Free Electronic Circuit and Method of Manufacturing Same - An electronic circuit contains a circuit board with conducting tracks to which one or more electronic components with conducting contacts are positioned overlying portions of the conducting tracks and each such electronic component is held in place by a clamp that covers and is contact with the top surface of the electronic components so as to hold their conducting contacts in electrical contact with the conducting tracks of the circuit board. The clamp can include a resilient layer held between the top surface of electronic components and a rigid clamping sheet. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208432 | Thermal Interface Material, Electronic Device Containing the Thermal Interface Material, and Methods for Their Preparation and Use - A thermal interface material includes a thermally conductive metal matrix and coarse polymeric particles dispersed therein. The composite can be used for both TIM | 2010-08-19 |
20100208442 | WIRING BOARD ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A wiring board assembly includes a rectangular plate-shaped wiring board having a plurality of resin insulation layers and conduction layers alternately laminated together to define opposite first and second main surfaces and a plurality of connection terminals arranged on the first main surface for surface contact with terminals of a chip and a rectangular frame-shaped reinforcing member fixed to the first main surface of the wiring board with the connection terminals exposed through an opening of the reinforcing member. The reinforcing member has a plurality of structural pieces separated by slits extending from an inner circumferential surface to an outer circumferential surface of the reinforcing member. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208447 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELD STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONICS HOUSING - An electromagnetic shield structure of an electronics housing includes a terminal having a protrusion for external connection; a substrate having the terminal disposed thereon and electrically connected to the terminal; a housing made of resin, enclosing the substrate and having an opening at a position corresponding to the protrusion of the terminal on a front surface side where the protrusion of the terminal is located; and an electromagnetic shield disposed so as to surround the substrate inside the housing, having an opening at the position corresponding to the protrusion of the terminal, and electromagnetically shielding the substrate. The electromagnetic shield has a bent portion formed on the front surface side for filling a gap between the terminal and the housing. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208454 | LIGHT SHELF ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF INSTALLING THE SAME - Various embodiments provide a modular light shelf assembly in which individual light shelf units are substantially prefabricated. For example, in various embodiments, the assembly includes pre-fabricated support arms that are secured adjacent an interior wall of a building adjacent a window opening. Each of the support arms define at least one channel, and each light shelf includes at least one protrusion extending from each of a first side and a second side of the light shelf. The protrusion on the first side of the light shelf slidably engages the channel of the support arm adjacent the first side of the light shelf, and the protrusion on the second side of the light shelf slidably engages the channel on the support arm adjacent the second side of the light shelf to secure the light shelf between the adjacent support arms. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208472 | Hanger Bar for Recessed Luminaires with Integral Nail - A hanger bar assembly for a recessed luminaire is disclosed. The hanger bar assembly includes a first hanger bar member having a first attachment structure disposed on an end thereof, and a second hanger bar member having a second attachment structure disposed on an end thereof, the second hanger bar member being adjacent to the first hanger bar member. The first and the second attachment structures each include a first wall having a first fastener aperture and a second wall having a second fastener aperture, the first and second fastener apertures being formed about a common central longitudinal axis. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208486 | HIGH INTENSITY PULSED LIGHT SOURCE CONFIGURATIONS - A high-intensity light source configuration has a long lifetime and can be modulated at a high rate. The configuration includes a movable member mounted to an actuator; a light-emitting phosphor region associated with the movable member; an input light source that illuminates the light-emitting phosphor region at a spot that is fixed relative to an emitted light output region; and a light source controller controlling the movable member actuator and the input light source. The input light source (e.g., laser) provides high-intensity input light to the illuminated spot, causing the light-emitting phosphor region to emit high-intensity output light. The light-emitting phosphor region is moved relative to the illuminated spot so as to reduce optical quenching and photobleaching, to thereby extend the life of the light source configuration. The phosphor region may emit broadband light and/or may include respective sub-regions having phosphors that emit respective peak wavelengths. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208488 | LED Lamp Including Light Guide and Method of Reflecting Light Using Same - An LED lamp including a light guide/light pipe, and a method of reflecting light using same, are disclosed. The LED lamp includes a transparent light pipe enclosed in an envelope, where the light pipe has a lower section and an upper section. The lamp also includes an LED in a recess at a lower end of the lower section, and a reflector formed by an indentation in an upper end of the upper section. The lower section may be a compound parabolic concentrator, and the upper section may be a tapered cylinder. The lower section of the light pipe collects light emitted from the LED, the upper section of the light pipe directs the collected light onto the reflector, and the reflector reflects the directed light in a radial direction. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208492 | ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ILLUMINATING APPARATUS - An illuminating apparatus includes: a light source; and a light guide plate guiding a light of the light source. The light source and the light guide plate are fixed to each other to be receded from a region to which the light is emitted from a light emitting surface of the light source and which is opposite to an emitting surface of the light guide plate. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208500 | Detecting Light Load Conditions and Improving Light Load Efficiency in a Switching Power Converter - A switching power converter detects low load conditions based on the ratio of a first peak current value for peak current switching in constant voltage regulation mode to a second peak current value for peak current switching in constant current regulation mode. The power supply load is considered to have a low load if the ratio is lower than a predetermined threshold. Once a low load condition is detected, the switching frequency of the switching power converter is reduced to a level that minimizes switching loss in the power converter. In addition, the switching power converter also adjusts the switching frequency according to the sensed input line voltage. An offset is added to the switching period to reduce the switching frequency of the switching power converter, as the input line voltage is increased. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208509 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to the present invention includes a memory cell array layer including a first line; a plurality of second and third lines that are formed below or above the first line and cross each other; and a plurality of memory cells arranged at each intersection of the second and third lines, the memory cell including a variable resistor and a transistor, which are connected to each other in series between the first line and the third line, the variable resistor being electrically rewritable and storing a resistance value as data in a nonvolatile manner, and the transistor being a columnar transistor having the second line arranged at its side face as a gate. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208514 | Magnetic Memory Cell and Method of Fabricating Same - A magnetic memory cell in which a sensor is magnetically coupled to a magnetic media wherein the separation of the magnetic media from the sensor permits each to be magnetically optimized separate from the other, thus improving defect tolerance and minimizing the magnetic influence of neighboring cells in an array on one another. In an embodiment, the read circuitry is positioned so that no read current passes through the media during a read operation. In an alternative embodiment, processing is simplified but the read current is allowed to pass through the media. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208527 | SELECTIVE APPLICATION OF WORD LINE BIAS TO MINIMIZE FRINGE EFFECTS IN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS DURING ERASE OF NONVOLATILE MEMORY - A memory device comprising an optimization component that facilitates erasing memory cells in a substantially homogeneous electromagnetic field and methods that facilitate erasing memory cells in a substantially homogeneous electromagnetic field are presented. The optimization component facilitates selecting a subset of memory cells to be erased at the same time, such that a memory cell in the subset of memory cells has two neighbor memory cells adjacent thereto that are in the subset of memory, or one neighbor memory cell adjacent thereto when the memory cell is an end-row memory cell. The optimization component facilitates performing a Fowler-Nordheim channel erase to erase the subset of memory cells, and a predetermined voltage potential associated with an erase command is applied to each cell of the subset of memory cells to facilitate reducing fringing effect associated with the electromagnetic fields applied to the cells during the erase. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208534 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - To provide a semiconductor device including a skew detecting circuit activated in a write leveling mode, and an ODT control circuit that activates a terminating resistance circuit connected to a data strobe terminal by using an ODT signal. The ODT control circuit selects a first resistance mode when a dynamic ODT is in an unused state in the write leveling mode, and selects a second resistance mode when the dynamic ODT is in a used state in the write leveling mode. With this configuration, a resistance in a used state of the dynamic ODT and that in an unused state of the dynamic ODT can be reproduced in an actual write operation. Consequently, a more accurate write leveling operation can be performed. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208546 | Activation device - A device for activating a two component reaction system where the two reaction component are in separate containers with one container inside the other. A pressure differential between the pressure in the inner and outer containers is made so the inner container has the higher pressure. The inner container has a line around at least one part of the inner container and extends through the outer container. The line is aligned to tear the container when it is pulled. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208550 | VIBRATION ISOLATION SECTION - According to the present invention there is provided a vibration isolation section for use in a seismic streamer system, the section including:
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20100208552 | ACOUSTIC TELEMETRY STACKED-RING WAVE DELAY ISOLATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A stacked-ring, slow-wave acoustic telemetry isolation system and method for use with tubular assemblies such as drillpipe or production tubing comprising an acoustic wave transmitter, the acoustic isolator behaving such that a “down” wave propagated toward the isolator is reflected back substantially in phase with an “up” wave propagated from the acoustic wave source away from the isolator. The acoustic isolator is similarly effective in reflecting “up” propagating waves originating from below the isolator, hence further protecting the acoustic wave source from possible deleterious interference. It causes substantially all of the emitted wave energy to travel in a chosen direction along the drill pipe, thus aiding the efficiency of acoustic telemetry said pipe. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208557 | Optical Head and Optical Recording Device - An optical head includes: a slider which moves relative to a recording medium while the slider is floating above the recording medium; an optical waveguide which is provided on a side surface of an end portion of the slider and which has the focusing function of forming a light spot on the recording medium; and a light guide optical system that guides a light pencil to the optical waveguide. A light pencil coupling portion which receives the light pencil from the light guide optical system is provided in a surface parallel to a direction in which the light pencil is guided by the optical waveguide; and a reflective surface which deflects the light pencil to the light pencil coupling portion is provided in the light guide optical system. The light pencil coupling portion has the function of correcting aberration resulting from oblique incidence of the light pencil obliquely incident from the light guide optical system. A medium member which has a refractive index of more than one is provided between the reflective surface and the light pencil coupling portion. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208567 | Objective Lens and Optical Pickup Apparatus - An objective lens for an optical pickup apparatus is disclosed that can record and/or reproduce information compatibly for different optical discs with stability regardless of an environmental temperature change, in spite of its simple structure, and provides an optical pickup apparatus employing the objective lens. The objective lens includes: an optical surface which at least includes a central area, a peripheral area, and a most peripheral area. The objective lens is a single lens formed of plastic. The central area includes a first optical path difference providing structure. The peripheral area includes a second optical path difference providing structure. The objective lens further includes an optical path difference providing structure for correcting a temperature characteristic, where the optical path difference providing structure corrects an aberration caused by a temperature change of the objective lens. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208585 | Method and node for providing a resource efficient connection in a communication network - A method, a network node and a program unit for controlling the establishment or modification of a connection in a communication network are disclosed. The connection is to be established or modified between nodes that are adapted to employ a coding scheme selected from a plurality of supported coding schemes having a different demand on a utilization of a network resource. In accordance with the invention an expected demand on a utilization of a network resource associated with employing the at least one of the supported coding schemes is determined, and a node controlling the connection selects the coding scheme to be employed such that the associated expected demand on the network resource utilization is minimized. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208593 | Method and apparatus for supporting network communications using point-to-point and point-to-multipoint protocols - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for interworking a first protocol, e.g., Provider Backbone Bridge Traffic Engineering (PBB-TE), that provides Ethernet carrier-class traffic engineering, with a second protocol, e.g., Virtual Private LAN Service, that emulates local area network (LAN) service. Unicast, multicast, and broadcast transmissions are enabled across an Ethernet aggregation network and an MPLS core network. Dual homing protection and end-to-end traffic engineering with adjustable granularity are also provided. These capabilities are not available with traditional PBB-TE networks or with an interworking between PBB and VPLS that has been previously proposed. Embodiments of the invention terminate a PBB-TE tunnel at a user-facing provider edge (UPE) node and attach instance service identifiers (ISIDs) to different virtual switching instances (VSI)s. As a result, inexpensive Ethernet-only aggregation networks can be designed to interoperate with VPLS with increased reliability and control, benefiting service providers and end users. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208597 | METHOD OF PERFORMING CHANNEL QUALITY REPORT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of reporting of channel quality in a wireless communication system is disclosed. A method of reporting of channel quality in a user equipment, which receives a point-to-multipoint service in a wireless communication system, comprises receiving configuration information for reporting of channel quality from a network, the configuration information corresponding to each of at least one uplink channel, receiving a request message requesting the channel quality from the network, and reporting the channel quality using configuration information corresponding to an uplink channel among the at least one uplink channel. | 2010-08-19 |
20100208600 | Arrangement for a Radio Network and a Method for Granting Data Rates to Users in a Radio Network - The present invention relates to an arrangement ( | 2010-08-19 |