37th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120229852 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a data interpreting unit configured to interpret a printing condition of an entirety of a printing job when starting the printing job, and a job control unit configured to determine whether an occurrence of an error for the print job is predicted based on the interpretation of the printing condition of the entirety of the printing job by the data interpreting unit, and terminate the printing job when the occurrence of an error is predicted based on the interpretation of the printing condition of the entirety of the printing job by the data interpreting unit and store data of the printing job in an memory area. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229853 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus is connectable to a print server in which a print job is stored. A determination unit of the image forming apparatus deletes a print job stored in the print server and determined to be not executable by the determination unit on condition that an instruction to delete the print job is input to an input unit. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229854 | PRINT DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PRINT DRIVER, AND CONTROL DEVICE - A media processing device executes a printing process that prints data created by a desired software program on the label side of a medium, and a write process that writes data to the medium, in a continuous operation. A production command step commands executing a media production process. An image data acquisition step acquires image data produced by a desirable application when triggered by the production command. A print data generating step generates print data from the image data. A data acquisition step acquires data used in the write process when triggered by the production command. A data output step links and outputs the print data and the write data to the media processing device. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229855 | SERVICING A PRINT REQUEST FROM A CLIENT SYSTEM - A method and associated system for servicing a print request from a specific client system of a plurality of client systems. A network connection between the specific client system and at least two printer server systems is set up response to receiving the print request from the specific client system. Client-specific information from a client profile is read from database accessible to each printer server system. At least one best-suited printer of the at least two printers is ascertained to be used for servicing the print request, utilizing the client-specific information, printer server information from a server profile, and printer information from a printer profile. The print request is serviced by the at least one best suited printer. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229856 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING START, AND START CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: a memory unit that stores therein apparatus information on each function to be executed; and a control unit that reads the apparatus information stored in the memory unit to execute given control based on the apparatus information that is read; the image forming apparatus forming an image on a recording medium. The apparatus information is written sequentially and collectively for each function in the memory unit. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229857 | MOVING LABELS IN GRAPHICAL OUTPUT TO AVOID OVERPRINTING - A method for rendering a drawing, including: identifying fixed objects (FOs) having footprints within the drawing; identifying moveable objects (MOs) having locations within the drawing associated with the footprints; identifying, within a coarse pixel array (CPA), coarse pixels corresponding to the footprints; setting the coarse pixels corresponding to the footprints to an occupied status; selecting a MO having a first location; identifying a first set of coarse pixels in the CPA corresponding to a first frame of the MO; determining that at least one coarse pixel of the first set of coarse pixels is in the occupied status; generating a second location for the MO; identifying a second set of coarse pixels in the CPA corresponding to a second frame of the MO; setting the second set of coarse pixels to the occupied status; and rendering the drawing by placing the MO at the second location on a page. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229858 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOUBLE-SIDED PRINTING OF A SERIES OF SHEETS - A method and a system for double-sided printing of a series of sheets is provided. First printing data for being printed onto a first surface of the series of sheets are provided. The first printing data comprise a plurality of first subsets, each first subset for being printed onto one sheet. Second printing data for being printed onto a second surface of the series of sheets are provided. The second printing data comprise a plurality of second subsets. Each second subset is associated with a respective first subset. A first print is printed in dependence upon the first printing data onto the first surface of the series of sheets. A second print is printed in dependence upon the second printing data onto the second surface of the series of sheets. The first print is scanned and first print data in dependence thereupon are provided. The second print is scanned and second print data in dependence thereupon are provided. For each sheet the first print data and the second print data are processed to determine if the second print data are associated with the respective first print data and data indicative thereof are stored in a database. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229859 | PATTERN GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A pattern generating apparatus includes a setting unit, an identifying unit, and a generating unit. The setting unit sets a pattern area on a recording medium. The identifying unit identifies a position of the pattern area, which is arranged in a plane having a predetermined size with a specified position in the pattern area located at or substantially at a center of the plane, in the plane. The generating unit generates a pattern into which the identified position is coded. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229860 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ON WHICH COMPUTER PROGRAM HAS BEEN RECORDED - An information processing apparatus includes a print appearance acquisition unit configured to acquire print appearance information including information for integration printing; a group generation unit configured to generate one or a plurality of groups by grouping the plurality of objects; a page number calculation unit configured to calculate the number of pages targeted for reduction for reducing the print sheets without producing any blank page area on the print sheets, when the integration printing is performed, on the basis of the number of pages of the plurality of pages to be assigned on each of the print sheets by the integration printing and the number of pages of the document data; and a page reduction unit configured to reduce the total number of pages by moving the groups on the basis of the print appearance information and the number of pages targeted for reduction. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229861 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus, which performs printing using a cyan ink, a magenta ink, a yellow ink, and two kinds of black inks, includes an image data acquisition section configured to acquire image data representing an image targeted for printing; a black line specification section configured to specify a black line included in the image on the basis of the image data; a printing control section configured to perform control so as to, along with performing printing of the black line by using the two kinds of black inks, perform printing with respect to pixels forming at least one portion of the black line so as to overlap the two kinds of black colors, and perform printing of a portion other than the black line by using at least one of the cyan ink, the magenta ink, the yellow ink, and the two kinds of black inks. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229862 | PRINT APPARATUS - A print apparatus includes an edge detector using attribute information, a screen processor which binarizes each pixel included in image data with a screen processing, a pulse width converter which converts each pixel included in the image data to pulse width data in accordance with an input gradation value, and an output unit which outputs pulse width data from either of the screen processor or the pulse width converter for each pixel. The output unit outputs the pulse width data from the pulse width converter for an edge pixel and outputs the pulse width data from the screen processor for a non-edge pixel. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229863 | IDLE COLOR SEPARATION ALGORITHM - An algorithm to control a printer wherein the separation set that is created for each print job is stored and managed in a storage unit within either the printer of the device that transmits the print job to the printer. The stored image separations are ranked or prioritized based on the frequency with which a particular job is printed. When the printer goes into an idle mode, such as between print jobs, the algorithm executes a re-separation or recalculates of each of the stored separation sets in descending order of the popularity of the separation set. The recalculation then accounts for changes or updates in the printing conditions thereby making it likely that the most popular separation set has been refreshed with current density compensation data. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229864 | PRINTING DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, PRINTING DATA GENERATING METHOD, AND PRINTING DATA GENERATING PROGRAM - A printing data generating apparatus acquires image data; classifies, upon causing a printer to execute a printing process for printing a line in an N-th main scanning operation between lines printed in (N−1)-th or earlier main scanning operations and printing a print unit formed with a plurality of lines by performing Nmax main scanning operations, pixels on the plurality of lines into groups based on the image data such that each group includes the pixels that are to be printed in the same main scanning operation; identifies, among the groups, the group with the highest ink usage for printing the pixels of the group based on the image data; and generates, based on the image data, printing data for causing the printer to print an image represented by the image data by printing the pixels of the group with the highest ink usage in the Nmax-th main scanning operation. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229865 | METHOD OF HALFTONING AN IMAGE - A method of halftoning an image wherein a source file that represents the image in the form of a first pixel array, in which at least one input colour value that is given by a first number of bits is assigned to each pixel, is electronically processed to compute an output file in the form of a second pixel array in which at least one output colour value that is given by a second number of bits, said second number being smaller than the first number, is assigned to each pixel of the second pixel array, wherein the processing is performed in a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). | 2012-09-13 |
20120229866 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DENSITY DETECTING METHOD - An image forming apparatus performs pseudo gradation processing using dithering, and includes an image carrier; a plurality of light-emitting element arrays arranged in a main-scanning direction and including a plurality of light-emitting elements; an image forming unit performing lighting control of the arrays and forming a pattern image on the image carrier; a detecting unit detecting a density of the pattern image; a position detecting unit detecting a position in the main-scanning direction of the detecting unit with respect to the light-emitting element arrays; a determining unit that, based on the detected position, determines whether the detecting unit is positioned at a proper detection position with respect to the pattern image on which noise has no effect; and an operation control unit that, when the detecting unit is positioned at the proper detection position, performs an image density detection operation on the pattern image using the detecting unit. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229867 | CODED IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A system capable of processing an coded image stores first information including information indicating output time when an image has been output from an output apparatus and information indicating a user who has instructed the output apparatus to output the image in association with second information including information indicating an original output apparatus has output a source image of the image, information indicating output time when the source image has been output from the output apparatus, and information indicating a user who has instructed the original output apparatus to output the source image. The system searches for a coded image to acquire first information, and then displays the second information. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229868 | METHOD OF READING DOCUMENT IMAGE DATE - In a method of reading document image data scanned by a scanner apparatus, upon receipt of a scan start command from the data reception apparatus, memory areas are set for storing image data in a data storage section of the data reception apparatus to set a reading condition; a scan start command is transmitted to start reading operations; the scanner apparatus is instructed to transmit the image data, to receive and store the image data in the data storage section; the image data is transferred to the data reception apparatus in response to a data transferring request command from a host apparatus; a document end signal received from the scanner apparatus is transmitted to the data storage section; and subsequent original document sheets are fed based on available status of the data storage section, without transmitting another scan start command. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229869 | OPTICAL READING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AN OPTICAL READING DEVICE - An optical reading device has an optical reading unit having optical elements disposed in a line that reads a medium; a storage unit having a ring buffer formed in the storage space; and a control unit that writes scanned data read by the optical reading unit to the ring buffer, reads the scanned data written to the ring buffer, and transfers the scanned data that was read. The control unit also manages positions in the ring buffer for writing and reading the scanned data using a write pointer denoting the position for writing the scanned data to the ring buffer, and a read pointer denoting the position of scanned data that has not been read. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229870 | Panoramic Image Preparing Method And Three-Dimensional Laser Scanner - A panoramic image preparing method comprises a step of setting a measurement range | 2012-09-13 |
20120229871 | Image Processing Apparatus, an Image Processing Method, A Medium on Which an Image Processing Control Program is Recorded, an Image Evaluation Device, an Image Evaluation Method and a Medium on Which an Image Evaluation Program is Recorded - A method for image processing image data having a plurality of picture elements. While scanning the image data, a scanned picture element is determined to be sampled or not according to a plurality of sampling methods until the scanned picture element is displaced to a next picture element (to be scanned) of the image data. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229872 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTERIZED AUTHENTICATION OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - A computerized method for authenticating documents having VIZ sections, the method comprising capturing an image of a document to be authenticated from a scanner and enhancing the captured image, and using a processor for identifying and cropping a VIZ section in the image. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229873 | APPARATUS WITH CAPABILITY OF DETECTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE - Since, for detecting a two-dimension code added to a document, the detection processing is performed by checking the four corners of the read image, if the user specifies an A3 size as a reading size of an image in the copy of an A4-size document, the two-dimensional code is not detected. When the document size detected by the copying machine differs from the reading size of the image specified by the user, the processing for the two-dimensional code detection is performed checking the four corners of the region of the document size detected by the copying machine. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229874 | AUTOMATIC ADDRESS FIELD IDENTIFICATION - A method for automatically determining a position of an address field on a document comprising:
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20120229875 | READING DEVICE WITH SHORTCUT READ FUNCTION - In some embodiments, a reading device is provided with a shortcut read mode in which a user can instruct the reading device of the type of document (e.g., invoice, package label, newspaper, etc.) that is to be read so that the device can more efficiently find and read back to the user desired (target) information from the document. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229876 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SIGNALS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A signal processing apparatus and method for processing N-dimensional signals where N is an integer not smaller than 4 are disclosed. The signal processing apparatus includes a memory unit that stores reference values corresponding to combinations of each component of the N-dimensional signals; the memory unit has (M+1)×2 | 2012-09-13 |
20120229877 | OPTICAL POWER SWITCH (OPS) - The present invention is generally related to the field of optical systems and/or lens attachments, and more specific to an optical system and/or lens attachment providing a switchable Optical Power Switch (OPS) controllably switchable between different states. A soft transparent material ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229878 | ERECTING EQUAL-MAGNIFICATION LENS ARRAY PLATE, OPTICAL SCANNING UNIT, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE WRITING DEVICE - An erecting equal-magnification lens array plate includes: a first lens array plate provided with a plurality of first lenses arranged on a first surface and a plurality of second lenses arranged on a second surface; and a second lens array plate provided with a plurality of third lenses arranged on a third surface and a plurality of fourth lenses arranged on a fourth surface. The first and second lens array plates are stacked. An intermediate light-shielding member provided with a plurality of intermediate through holes is between the first lens array plate and the second lens array plate. The intermediate through hole is formed such that the hole diameter is progressively smaller in a tapered fashion away from the second surface toward the third surface. A plurality of V grooves are formed in an area between adjacent second lenses on the second surface. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229879 | MIRROR CASCADE FOR BUNDLING A PLURALITY OF LIGHT SOURCES AND A LASER-SCANNING MICROSCOPE - A mirror cascade for the adjustment-free bundling of a plurality of light sources to be coupled into the beam path of a laser scanning microscope, comprising a beam combiner housing in which the mirror cascade is located, wherein the beam combiner housing can be either mounted directly on a scanning head of a laser scanning microscope and has a direct optical connection thereto or can be mounted on a microscope housing and has an optical connection thereto or is directly arranged in the scanning head. The invention further relates to a laser scanning microscope with such a mirror cascade. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229880 | OPTICAL COMPONENT SYSTEM - The subject of the invention is a mechanical device for inserting one out of a multitude of optical components (such as filters) in an optical path and changing the angle of incidence between the incoming light and the selected optical component independently of the optical component selection. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229881 | PIEZOCHROMIC DEVICE - The current invention relates to a piezochromic device wherein said device exhibits a reversible change in appearance initialed by an external applied force and then reverts back to its original appearance over a set relaxation time when the external force is removed. In one embodiment, a device comprising a transparent or semi-transparent cover layer and a magnetic layer, wherein between the cover layer and the magnetic layer is a liquid medium containing magnetically alignable pigments. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229882 | REARVIEW ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicular rearview assembly with a mirror element having a curved or rounded edge on the first surface that is fully observable from the front of the assembly, a complex peripheral ring, and a user interface with switches and sensors that activate and configure pre-defined function(s) or device(s) of the assembly in response to the user input applied to the user interface. The mirror element is supported by a hybrid carrier co-molded of at least two materials, a portion of which is compressible between the housing shell and an edge of the mirror element. The peripheral ring may include multiple bands. Electrical communications between the electronic circuitry, the mirror element, and the user interface utilize connectors configured to exert a low contact force, onto the mirror element, limited in part by the strength of adhesive affixing the EC element to an element of the housing of the assembly. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229883 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A microscope apparatus includes a laser beam source for emitting a laser beam, an objective lens for irradiating a sample with the laser beam, a phase-modulating spatial light modulator placed between the laser beam source and the objective lens at a position optically conjugate with a pupil position of the objective lens, and a beam diameter variable unit placed between the laser beam source and the phase-modulating spatial light modulator for varying a beam diameter of the laser beam incident to the phase-modulating spatial light modulator. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229884 | CHARGED PARTICLES - Disclosed is a composition comprising a charged particle of volume 5 nm | 2012-09-13 |
20120229885 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY MEDIUM AND PREPARING METHOD THEREOF - An electrophoretic display medium and preparing method thereof. The electrophoretic display medium comprises: negatively or positively-charged pigment particles; neutral pigment particles with colors different from the charged pigment particles; and low-polar and/or non-polar dispersing solvent. The method of preparing the electrophoretic display medium comprises: synthesizing neutral pigment particles; synthesizing charged pigment particles; and preparing electrophoretic display medium. The method of synthesizing the neutral pigment particles comprises: mixing together pigment particles, macromonomers, coupling-agents and chain-initiators for polymeric reaction in the solvent, and reacting at a temperature of 30-120° C. for 4-48 hours. The method is applied to many kinds of inorganic oxides, inorganic salts and complex inorganic salt pigments. This method fundamentally avoids agglomeration caused by attraction of positively and negatively-charged electrophoretic particles, greatly enhancing display performance. The steps of synthesizing particles are simple and the preparing procedure of the electrophoretic medium is simplified, making the whole process simple and highly efficient. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229886 | TUNABLE OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB GENERATOR - An optical device comprising a tunable optical frequency comb generator. The comb generator includes an interferometer, and an optical feed-back loop waveguide and an electronic controller. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229887 | OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE - A method for controlling a variation in gain in an optical amplifier stage and an optical amplifier. The optical amplifier stage includes a pumping device for providing pumping power and a control unit for determining a change in an input power of the optical amplifier. The method includes the steps of determining a change in an input power of the optical amplifier, adjusting a pumping power of the pumping device to a first power level for a predetermined period of time and adjusting the pumping power of the pumping device to a second power level. The second power level is able to drive the amplifier gain to a predetermined gain value after the change in the input power occurred. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229888 | DEVICE FOR AMPLIFYING AND/OR TRANSPORTING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - The invention relates to a laser device ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229889 | REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER, LASER APPARATUS, AND EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION SYSTEM - A regenerative amplifier according to one aspect of this disclosure is used in combination with a laser device, and the regenerative amplifier may include: a pair of resonator mirrors constituting an optical resonator; a slab amplifier provided between the pair of the resonator mirrors for amplifying a laser beam with a predetermined wavelength outputted from the laser device; and an optical system disposed to configure a multipass optical path along which the laser beam is reciprocated inside the slab amplifier, the optical system transferring an optical image of the laser beam at a first position as an optical image of the laser beam at a second position. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229890 | Optical Devices and Method of Counting Optical Pulses - An optical device comprises an optical device stage, which comprises an optical input, an optical AND gate, an optical flip-flop and an optical output. The optical input is arranged to receive an optical input pulse at an input wavelength. The optical AND gate comprises a first input arranged to receive a part of said optical input pulse, a second input arranged to receive at least a part of a flip-flop optical output signal, and an output. The optical AND gate is arranged to generate an AND gate optical output pulse dependent on said flip-flop optical output signal. The optical flip-flop comprises a first input arranged to receive a further part of said optical input pulse, a second input arranged to receive a said AND gate optical output pulse, and an output. The optical flip-flop is arranged to generate said flip-flop output signal at a flip-flop output wavelength. At least a part of the flip-flop output signal is provided to said output. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229891 | PLASMONIC DARK FIELD AND FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY - Plasmonic condensers for generating surface plasmon at an evanescent wave surface can include a substrate layer, a metal layer comprising the evanescent wave surface; and a media layer disposed between the metal layer and the substrate layer. The media layer can be active or passive and can include a source of radiation that interacts with the metal layer to create surface plasmons that are not substantially optically detectable as far field radiation until an interfering object is brought into proximity with the evanescent wave surface. When an interfering object such as a sample or specimen is brought into proximity with the evanescent wave surface, it causes coupling of at least some of the surface plasmons into propagating radiation detectable by an objective lens. Systems, methods, and the like are disclosed, as are features of a plasmonic meta-materials illuminator. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229892 | INFRARED OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM - Provided is an infrared optical lens system including: a first lens having negative refractive power; and a second lens having positive refractive power, wherein the first lens and the second lens are disposed in this order from an object side to an image side. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229893 | MULTI-LAYER OPTICAL FILMS - Multi-layer optical film ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229894 | Method and apparatus for managing optical non-uniformities in seaming processes - Methods to substantially reduce or eliminate optical non-uniformity across an interface may also substantially improve the strength and ease of seam manufacturing, including joining substrates. The methods may include managing optical non-uniformities at least by broadening a region over which a change in optical loss may occur and/or by maintaining a substantially constant average optical loss across an interface. The methods may also include forming a seam that substantially reduces the appearance of optical non-uniformities at the seam, which may include maintaining approximately constant average loss in the vicinity of the seam by substantially controlling reflectivity in the vicinity of the seam, in which substantially controlling reflectivity in the vicinity of the seam may include employing a backer treated to minimize optical reflectivity over a range of angles. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229895 | SCREEN - A screen on which an image according to light incident thereon is displayed includes a plurality of lens trains on a light-exiting surface from which the light exits, and the plurality of lens trains are provided along a plurality of virtual reference lines extending in respective predetermined directions. Each of the lens trains is formed of a plurality of lens elements from which the light exits. At least some of the plurality of lens elements that form any of the lens trains are so disposed that the lens elements are shifted from the reference line along which the lens train extends. The screen can suppress degradation of a displayed image. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229896 | LENTICULAR ARRAY INTENDED FOR AN AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC SYSTEM - The invention relates to a lenticular array intended to be placed in front of a screen so as to carry out autostereoscopic viewing and comprising lenticules separated by a spacing P and extending in a longitudinal direction and which are joined together via a longitudinal principal join line, characterized in that each micro-lens is comprised of at least N′ contiguous plane faces which are joined together via a longitudinal secondary join line with N′ greater than or equal to 2, each plane face defining in cross-section perpendicular to the said longitudinal direction a straight segment, and in that the ends of the said straight segments are situated on a circular arc centred on a point O situated in the mid-plane of the said micro-lens, or else on a portion of parabola, hyperbola or ellipse with focus (F) situated in the said mid-plane (MP). | 2012-09-13 |
20120229897 | Achromatic Phase Retarder with Anisotropic Layered Structure - A phase retarder including a transparent substrate; and at least a symmetrical or pseudo symmetrical film stack stacked on the transparent substrate, the symmetrical or pseudo symmetrical film stack having odd numbers of thin film, the odd numbers of thin film having an intermediate thin film located at the center of the symmetrical or pseudo symmetrical film stack and at least one thin film located respectively on two sides of the intermediate thin film, and, with respect to the central thin film, properties of the thin films located respectively on two sides of the intermediate thin film are symmetrical or pseudo-symmetrical, there is at least one anisotropic thin film in the symmetrical or pseudo symmetrical film stack. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229898 | SECURITY MARKINGS IN RETROREFLECTIVE SHEETING - Retroreflective sheeting includes a first portion of prismatic retroreflective sheeting having a first cube corner structure that creates a first visual feature in the retroreflective sheeting and a second portion of prismatic retroreflective sheeting having a second cube corner structure that differs from the first cube structure and that creates a second visual feature in the sheeting. The second visual feature in the retroreflective sheeting forms a security mark. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229899 | PAVEMENT MARKINGS, REFLECTIVE ELEMENTS, AND METHODS OF MAKING MICROSPHERES - Presently described are retroreflective articles, such as pavement markings, that comprise transparent microspheres 0 partially embedded in a binder (e.g., polymeric). Also described are microspheres (e.g., glass-ceramic), methods of making microspheres, spheres, as well as compositions of glass materials and compositions of glass-ceramic materials. The microspheres generally comprise lanthanide series oxide(s), titanium oxide (TiO | 2012-09-13 |
20120229900 | FIXED FOCUS LENS - A fixed focus lens includes an M group that is disposed at a center of the optical system and has a positive refractive power; an F group that is disposed farther on the image plane side than the M group, has a negative refractive power, and is moved along the optical axis during focusing; a V group that is disposed farther on the object side than the M group, has a negative refractive index, and is moved in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis during vibration control; and an FC group that is disposed farther on the object side than the V group and has a positive refractive power. The V group is configured by a single lens element, and during focusing, at least the FC group and the M group are fixed. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229901 | LENS HOLDER DRIVE APPARATUS, AND CAMERA EQUIPPED THEREWITH - Provided is a small, low-profile lens holder apparatus. A lens holder apparatus includes: a lens holder to which a lens section can be attached; a first drive section that moves the lens holder in a first direction along the optical axis; a second drive section that moves the lens holder in a second direction and/or third direction that are perpendicular to the optical axis and differ from each other; a supporting section that includes a base disposed in a position spaced from the lens holder and a supporting member that supports the lens holder so as to be able to move in the second direction and/or third direction; and a position detection section that is disposed on the supporting section in order to detect a position in the second direction and/or third direction of the lens holder with respect to the base. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229902 | Zoom Lens System, Imaging Device and Camera - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having negative optical power; a second lens unit having positive optical power; a third lens unit having negative optical power; and a subsequent lens unit containing at least a fourth lens unit, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, intervals between the individual lens units vary and the fourth lens unit is fixed relative to an image surface, and wherein the conditions: vd | 2012-09-13 |
20120229903 | Zoom Lens System, Imaging Device and Camera - A zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having negative optical power; a second lens unit having positive optical power; a third lens unit having negative optical power; and a fourth lens unit having positive optical power, wherein in zooming from a wide-angle limit to a telephoto limit at the time of image taking, the first lens unit moves along an optical axis, and wherein the second lens unit, in order from an object side to an image side, comprises: a lens element having positive optical power; a lens element having negative optical power; and a lens element having positive optical power, in which air spaces are included between the individual lens elements; an imaging device; and a camera are provided. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229904 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DIFFRACTION GRATING - A method for manufacturing a diffraction grating having a plurality of grating grooves that extends in parallel in a direction includes a first cutting processing step of moving, in the direction, a work and a cutting tool having a first blade and a second blade relatively to each other, and of forming a first surface of the grating groove in the work through cutting processing using the first blade of the cutting tool, and a second cutting step of moving, in the direction, the work and the cutting tool relatively to each other after the first cutting processing step, so that the first blade does not contact the first surface formed by the first cutting processing step, and of forming a second surface of the grating groove in the work through cutting processing using the second blade of the cutting tool. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229905 | METHOD FOR STRUCTURING A NON-METAL OMNIDIRECTIONAL MULTILAYER MIRROR - A method for structuring an omnidirectional non-metal mirror for any predetermined wavelength or range of wavelengths. The mirror having at least two layers of different non-metal materials, with an elementary matrix associated to each layer, including physical parameters of the layer and parameters of the light passing through the layer. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229906 | Anti-Reflection Optical Element and Method for Manufacturing Anti-Reflection Optical Element - An object of the present invention is to provide an anti-reflection optical element excellent in durability in the environment high-temperature and high-humidity and scratch resistance while maintaining the anti-reflection performance of a concave-convex nanostructure. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229907 | SELECTIVE LIGHT TRANSMITTING WINDOW GLAZINGS AND METHODS OF DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE - Technologies are generally described for designing a window glazing for a particular geographical location. In some examples, a window glazing can be designed to selectively block sunlight from entering the window during summer when it may be desirable to have inside temperatures substantially lower than outside temperatures. The glazing can also be designed to selectively allow sunlight to enter the window during winter months when heat from sunlight may be desirable to raise indoor temperatures. The glazing can be prepared from a transparent material that can allow substantially full transmission of sunlight. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229908 | RECESSED OPTICAL SURFACES - An optics block includes a substrate having first and second opposing surfaces, the substrate being a first material, a plurality of through holes extending in the substrate between the first and second opposing surface, a second material, different than the first material, filling a portion of the through holes and extending on a portion of the first surface of the substrate outside the through holes, and a first lens structure in the second material and corresponding to each of the through holes. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229909 | AUGMENTED VIEW OF ADVERTISEMENTS VIA HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted display (HMD) provides an augmented view of advertisements to an HMD wearer. In some embodiments, when an advertisement is within an HMD wearer's field of view, the HMD may augment the HMD wearer's view of the advertisement to provide additional information and/or to personalize the advertisement to the HMD wearer. In other embodiments, when an advertisement is within an HMD wearer's field of view, the HMD may augment the HMD wearer's view of the advertisement to remove the advertisement from the HMD wearer's view or to replace the content of the advertisement with non-advertising content. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229910 | Apparatus and method for optical isolation - Provided herein is an apparatus for optically isolating a light beam from a laser, comprising an optical isolator configured to isolate a light beam having a beam quality; a reference plane; an output connector disposed at the output of the optical isolator, wherein the output connector is configured with a common collimator interface to connect to a collimator which is capable of being mechanically referenced to the reference plane; a first lens arrangement disposed proximal to a distal end of the output connector, wherein the first lens arrangement is selected to provide an output light beam having a predetermined divergence. The laser can be selected from the group consisting of a fiber laser, a disk laser and a rod laser. Also provided herein are a system, a plurality of lasers, and a method of providing a light beam that has a consistent divergence and distance from a reference plane. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229911 | OPTICAL ELEMENT HAVING INTERNAL INCLUSIONS CONFIGURED FOR MAXIMUM CONVERSION EFFICIENCY - An optical element comprises a body having opposed planar major surfaces with a plurality of open-mouthed inclusions (grooves) formed on its light output surface. Each groove has a closed apex with an included apex angle. The body is formed from a material having an index of refraction of at least 1.3 and an induced absorbance rate ΔAbs/Dose less than or equal to about 0.4. The apex angle is selected such that light incident upon the body is conveyed the light output surface by the mechanism of total internal reflection from the boundary walls of the grooves and/or without retro-reflection toward the incident surface. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229912 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system includes a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group, and a positive third lens group, in that order from the object side, wherein upon zooming from the short focal length extremity to the long focal length extremity, the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group decreases, and the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group increases. The second lens group includes a positive first sub-lens group and a negative second sub-lens group, in that order from the object side. The second sub-lens group is a negative single lens element serving as an image-stabilizer lens group which moves in directions orthogonal to the optical axis to change the imaging position to correct image shake. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229913 | LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A lens system, from an object side to an image side in the following order, at least includes: a fixed object-side lens group that is disposed closest to the object side; a first focusing lens group that moves during a focusing operation and includes a plurality of lenses; a second focusing lens group that moves during a focusing operation and includes a plurality of lenses; a wobbling lens group that has a smaller thickness on an optical axis than the thickness on the optical axis of the first focusing lens group and the thickness on the optical axis of the second focusing lens group, and vibrates in an optical-axis direction; and a fixed image-side lens group that is disposed closest to the image side. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229914 | DUAL FIELD OF VIEW REFRACTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR GEO SYNCHRONOUS EARTH ORBIT - Various embodiments provide an optical system including a first lens group having a plurality of lenses; a second lens group having a plurality of lenses, the second lens group being disposed adjacent the first lens group; a third lens group having a plurality of lenses, the third lens group being disposed adjacent the second lens group; and a detector disposed behind the third lens group. A pupil of the optical system is located external to the first lens group, the second lens group and the third lens group. The second lens group is movable respective to the first lens group and the third lens group so as to convert a configuration of the optical system between a narrow field of view (NFOV) configuration and a wide field of view (WFOV) configuration. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229915 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. A distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit varies during zooming. The first lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative lens and a positive lens of which an object-side lens surface has a convex shape. An Abbe number of a material of the positive lens of the first lens unit, a focal length of the first lens unit, a distance between an image-side lens surface of the first lens unit and an object-side lens surface of the second lens unit at a telephoto end, and focal lengths of the entire zoom lens at a wide-angle end and the telephoto end are appropriately set. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229916 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL ELEMENT MODULE, ELECTRONIC ELEMENT MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DEVICE - The present invention provides an optical element, comprising: a side surface where incident light undergoes diffuse reflection inside the optical element, between the outline of a top optical surface and a bottom optical surface; and an inclined surface for total reflection of diffuse reflection from the side surface, formed at least between the side surface and the bottom optical surface. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229917 | IMAGE CAPTURING LENS ASSEMBLY - An image capturing lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side: the first lens element with positive refractive power, the second lens element with refractive power, the third lens element with positive refractive power, the fourth lens element with refractive power, the fifth lens element with refractive power, and the sixth lens element with refractive power, at least one surface of the sixth lens element thereof being aspheric and having at least one inflection point. By such arrangement, total track length and the photosensitivity of the image capturing lens assembly can also be effectively reduced while retaining high image quality. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229918 | Image Pick-Up Optical System - An image pick-up optical system, in order from an object side to an image side, along an optical axis comprising: the first lens element with negative refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a concave image-side surface, the second lens element with positive refractive power, a bi-convex third lens element with positive refractive power, the fourth lens element with negative refractive power having a concave object-side surface, a plastic fifth lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface and at least one aspherical optical surface. Additionally, the image pick-up optical system satisfies conditions related to shorten the total length and to enhance the ability of wider field of view for use in compact cameras and mobile phones. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229919 | MICRO-LENS MODULE - A micro-lens module including a plurality of lens groups is provided. The lens groups are disposed between an object side and an image side, wherein at least one lens group in the lens groups is composed by a complex lens. The complex lens includes a plurality of lenses, the lenses are adhered to each other, and an index of at least one lens in the lenses is different from indexes of the other lens in the lenses. The provided micro-lens module has an improved imaging quality and a miniaturized size while considering a manufacturing convenience. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229920 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An imaging optical system smaller than conventional systems yet with well-corrected aberrations, comprises five lenses L | 2012-09-13 |
20120229921 | PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A photographic optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive or negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive or negative refractive power, focusing being performed by moving the second lens unit, wherein at least one diffractive optical element and at least one optical element made of solid material are provided closer to the object side than a position where a paraxial chief ray intersects an optical axis, and wherein a focal length obtained by only a diffraction component of the diffractive optical element, a focal length of the optical element made of solid material, a focal length of the first lens unit, and a relative anomalous partial dispersion of a material forming the optical element made of solid material are appropriately set. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229922 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens, although compact, has satisfactorily corrected aberrations. The imaging lens is configured by disposing, in sequence from the object side, a stop (ST); a first lens (L | 2012-09-13 |
20120229923 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE - A lens barrel includes a fixed cylinder, a first rotary cylinder rotatably provided around an axis relative to the fixed cylinder, and a moving cylinder disposed inside of the first rotary cylinder to move integrally with the first rotary cylinder on the axis and rotate around the axis relative to the first rotary cylinder. The moving cylinder includes a front protrusion group of three or more protrusions and a rear protrusion group of two or more protrusions on an outer circumference. The first rotary cylinder includes, in an inner circumference, a first circumferential groove, a second circumferential groove, a first guide having three or more depressions, and a second guide having two or more depressions. The first rotary cylinder and the moving cylinder are coupled with each other by fitting the front and rear protrusion groups into the first and second circumferential grooves, respectively. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229924 | LENS HOLDER AND CAMERA MODULE USING THE SAME - A camera module includes a base board and a lens holder mounted on the base board. The lens holder includes a main body and at least one ventilation portion integrally formed with the main body. The main body includes a top wall and a peripheral wall extending from a peripheral edge of the top wall. The top wall and the peripheral wall cooperatively define an accommodating space. The top wall defines a viewing aperture through the top wall thereof and at least one riser vent positioned adjacent to the peripheral wall. The at least one ventilation portion covers the riser vent, and is made of a waterproof breathable material. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229925 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE - A lens driving device includes a box-shaped yoke, a tubular carrier, a coil, a magnet, and a base. The carrier has a first opening in which a lens can be installed. The carrier is held in the yoke for moving from a top dead point to a bottom dead point. The coil is provided on an outer periphery of the carrier. The magnet is provided facing the coil. The base has a second opening on its bottom, and is provided adjacent to the carrier at a side of the moving direction of the carrier. The base has a tubular protrusion formed protruding upward from an outer periphery of its second opening. The tubular protrusion overlaps with the carrier in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the carrier wherever the carrier moves between the top dead point and the bottom dead point. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229926 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE - The lens drive device is equipped with a first supporting body that holds the lens and is movable in the direction of the optical axis, a second supporting body that holds the first supporting body, a fixed body that holds the second supporting body in a manner enabling movement in directions that are roughly orthogonal to the optical axis direction, a first drive mechanism for driving the first supporting body, a second drive mechanism for driving the second supporting body in a first direction, and a third drive mechanism for driving the second supporting body in a second direction. The first supporting body is supported by the second supporting body by means of first supporting members ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229927 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE, CAMERA MODULE MOUNTED WITH THE LENS DRIVING DEVICE, AND MOBILE TELEPHONE MOUNTED WITH THE CAMERA MODULE - An object of the present invention is to provide a lens driving device that prevents looseness during movement of the holder caused by repeated contact and separation between sliding contact sections and the shaft, with a simple configuration. The lens driving device includes holder ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229928 | DISK STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING HEAD FLYING HEIGHT - According to one embodiment, a disk storage device comprises a controller, a recording module, a read module, and a detector. The controller is configured to control a head flying height with respect to a storage medium to a predetermined value. The recording module is configured to record a measurement signal on the storage medium when the controller controls the head flying height to the predetermined value. The read module is configured to read the measurement signal from the storage medium when the controller controls the head flying height to the predetermined value. The detector is configured to detect the head flying height based on the measurement signal read from the read module. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229929 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC READING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes: a data area where a plurality of first magnetic dots are placed at predetermined positions to record information, the data area being formed on a surface of the magnetic recording medium; a servo area where a plurality of second magnetic dots for specifying the positions of the first magnetic dots are placed at predetermined positions, the servo area being formed on a surface of the magnetic recording medium; and servo address marks being doubly formed in the servo area, and subdivision being performed while boundary positions of second magnetic dots of one of the servo address marks and boundary positions of second magnetic dots of another one of the servo address marks are different from each other in a radial direction. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229930 | SELF-SERVO WRITER WITH ITERATIVE LEARNING CONTROL MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a servo writing system includes: initializing a disk and a head positioned over the disk for writing a servo pattern on the disk; calculating a target velocity profile for writing the servo pattern on the disk; setting a movement profile for operating the disk, the head, or a combination thereof to the target velocity profile; determining a back electromotive force from operating the disk, the head, or a combination thereof according to the movement profile; calculating an actual profile of the movement of the disk, the head, or a combination thereof from the back electromotive force; and adjusting the movement profile by the actual profile to match the actual profile to the target velocity profile for writing the servo pattern on the disk. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229931 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSPORTATION OF TAPE MEDIUM - High performance is obtained without preventing achievement of a target read data rate. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229932 | MAGNETIC HEAD FOR PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING - A magnetic layer for writing incorporates: a pole layer having an end face located in a medium facing surface and a lower yoke layer. A first magnetic layer for flux concentration is connected to the lower yoke layer at a location away from the medium facing surface, and passes a magnetic flux corresponding to a magnetic field generated by a first coil. A second magnetic layer for flux concentration is connected to the pole layer at a location away from the medium facing surface, and passes a magnetic flux corresponding to a magnetic field generated by a second coil. A nonmagnetic layer is disposed between the pole layer and the lower yoke layer. The lower yoke layer is connected to the pole layer at a location closer to the medium facing surface than the nonmagnetic layer. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229933 | HARD DISK DRIVE SLIDER - A hard disk drive system is provided. The hard disk drive system includes a hard disk and at least one slider structure for reading data from and writing data onto the hard disk. The hard disk includes a plurality of layers, and at least a topmost one of the plurality of layers comprises a lubricant layer. The at least one slider structure includes an air bearing surface and one or more structures for forming lubricant reservoirs. The air bearing surface includes a read/write sensor for reading and writing the data from/onto the hard disk. And the one or more structures form the lubricant reservoirs which are fluidically coupled to the air bearing surface to prevent lubricant buildup on the air bearing surface. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229934 | COPPER RESIDUAL STRESS RELAXATION REDUCTION MEANS FOR HARD DISK DRIVE SLIDER GIMBALS - Disclosed are various techniques for reduction of the magnitude of the residual stress in the HDD gimbal circuits, or more specifically, the residual plastic strain. Various trace structures of the gimbal circuits as well as stress suppressors are utilized to achieve the reduction of the residual stress in the circuit. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229935 | Magnetic Element With Increased Scissoring Angle - An apparatus and associated method is presently disclosed for a data sensing element capable of detecting changes in magnetic states. Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to a magnetically responsive lamination that has a spacer layer disposed between a first and second ferromagnetic free layer. The lamination having at least one free layer with a shape feature that increases a scissoring angle between the free layers. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229936 | MAGNETO-RESISTANCE EFFECT DEVICE, AND MAGNETIC RECORDER - According to one embodiment, a magneto-resistance effect device includes: a multilayer structure having a cap layer; a magnetization pinned layer; a magnetization free layer provided between the cap layer and the magnetization pinned layer; a spacer layer provided between the magnetization pinned layer and the magnetization free layer; a function layer which is provided in the magnetization pinned layer, between the magnetization pinned layer and the spacer layer, between the spacer layer and the magnetization free layer, in the magnetization free layer, or between the magnetization free layer and the cap layer, the function layer having oxide containing at least one element selected from Zn, In, Sn and Cd, and at least one element selected from Fe, Co and Ni; and a pair of electrodes for applying a current perpendicularly to a film plane of the multilayer structure. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229937 | HIGH CURRENT DC SWITCHING CONTROLLER WITH FAULT MONITORING - A system includes a control switch and a control module. The control switch is configured to drive current through an electrical load in a closed state, and disconnect the electrical load from a power supply in an open state. The control module is configured to connect to a thermostat switch that operates in one of an open state or a closed state based on a temperature of the thermostat switch. The control module is further configured to control a state of the control switch based on a state of the thermostat switch and detect a fault in the control switch based on the state of the thermostat switch and a voltage across the control switch. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229938 | SAFETY RELAY AND SAFETY-RELATED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A safety-related communication system includes a safety relay with signal inputs of an input signal current circuit that connect the safety relay to a control device for monitoring the input signal circuit. The safety relay also includes at least two load outputs of a load current circuit for connecting to a load. Switching elements are connected in parallel and configured to switch the load current circuit on or off based on an activation signal at the input signal current circuit. A diagnostic device monitors faults in the load current circuit and/or the safety relay. A signaling device connected to the signal inputs provides an impedance for the input signal circuit. The impedance is tuned to the control device during a fault-free state and is detunable upon detection of a fault so as to signal the detected fault to the control device via the input signal current circuit. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229939 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS AND FOR DETECTING PARALLEL ELECTRICAL ARC FAULTS - In one aspect, a method for detecting arc faults with a dynamically-changeable slope threshold is disclosed. The method may include monitoring a current waveform to determine a peak amplitude of a half cycle and a slope at a zero crossing of a half cycle. An arc fault counter may be incremented if the maximum amplitude of the half cycle and the slope at a zero crossing are greater than a preset magnitude threshold level and the dynamically-changeable slope threshold, respectively. In another aspect, a decay of the amplitude of a predetermined number of half cycles of the current waveform is measured and an arc counter is not incremented, even if the conditions would otherwise indicate an arc counter increment, when the decay is above a decay threshold for greater than a predetermined number of half cycles. An arc fault detection apparatus adapted to carry out the methods, and systems including the arc fault detection apparatus are disclosed, as are various other aspects. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229940 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING ESD PROTECTION CAPABILITY - The present invention provides an integrated circuit having a better ESD protection capability and capable of reducing a circuit layout area. The integrated circuit comprises: an internal circuit, a first pad, and at least a first impedance matching unit. The first impedance matching unit is coupled between the internal circuit and the first pad, and the first impedance matching unit comprises: a first switch unit and a first resistance unit. The first switch unit is coupled to the internal circuit, and the first resistance unit is coupled between the first switch unit and the first pad, wherein the first resistance unit has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal is directly electrically connected to the first pad and the second terminal is coupled to the first switch unit. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229941 | SEMICONDUCTOR DIE WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRO-STATIC DISCHARGE DEVICE - A semiconductor die is described. This semiconductor die includes an electro-static discharge (ESD) device with a metal component coupled to an input-output (I/O) pad, and coupled to a ground voltage via a signal line. Moreover, adjacent edges of the metal component and the I/O pad are separated by a spacing that defines an ESD gap. When a field-emission or ionization current flows across the ESD gap, the metal component provides a discharge path to the ground voltage for transient ESD signals. Furthermore, the ESD gap is at least partially enclosed so that there is gas in the ESD gap. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229942 | GATE CIRCUIT - A gate circuit includes a gate resistive element connected at one end to the gate of a power device, an on-switching device connected between a power supply and the other end of the gate resistive element, a first resistive element whose connection to the gate is controlled by a first switching device, a second resistive element whose connection to the gate is controlled by a second switching device, and having a higher resistance value than the first resistive element, excessive current suppression means for turning on the first switching device just when the current in the power device reaches a predetermined value, and turn-off delay means for, after the excessive current suppression means turns on the first switching device, turning off the on-switching device and the first switching device and turning on the second switching device to turn off the power device. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229943 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING A FAULT IN AN AC SUPPLY - A device for detecting a fault in an AC supply comprises a circuit (CT, | 2012-09-13 |
20120229944 | SAFE DISCONNECT SWITCH - A safe disconnect circuit is provided for mitigating the effect of harmful circuit conditions upon a load, such as an integrated power module (IPM). The safe disconnect circuit comprises a switching circuit operative to receive a pulsed input signal, and to detect the presence of a load threatening input signal, e.g. a load control signal, having an amplitude below a preset amplitude threshold and a duration beyond a present duration threshold. The switching circuit is operative to terminate load power in response to detect a presence of the load threatening signal. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229945 | CHARGE/DISCHARGE CONTROL CIRCUIT AND BATTERY ASSEMBLY - There is provided a charge/discharge control circuit and a battery assembly including an accurate overcurrent protecting circuit with low consumption current characteristics. The charge/discharge control circuit comprises a current protecting circuit including: a reference voltage circuit having a reference transistor for detecting overcurrent flowing through a control transistor to turn it on, and a constant current circuit; and a comparison circuit for comparing voltage on the reference voltage circuit with voltage generated by overcurrent flowing through the control transistor, wherein when no overcurrent flows, the electric current flowing through the reference voltage circuit is interrupted to reduce power consumption. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229946 | PROTECTION RELAY - According to one embodiment, there is provided a protection relay. The protection relay includes an input circuit that detects a state of an external device according to whether or not an external input voltage is larger than a preset threshold voltage. The input circuit includes switching unit that is made conductive by a divided voltage obtained by voltage-dividing resistors that divide the external input voltage when the external input voltage is higher than or equal to the threshold voltage, and a photocoupler that is operated by a constant current of a constant current output circuit supplying a constant current and outputs an operation signal to the operation unit when the switching unit is made conductive. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229947 | CHARGING APPARATUS - A charging apparatus that may be applied to a process of bonding a large-sized plate-shaped member as air bubbles is prevented from mixing. A charging apparatus includes a plurality of holding members ( | 2012-09-13 |
20120229948 | Capacitor Used as Insulating Spacer for a High Current Bus Structure - Parallel plate bus structures are commonly used for high-current applications where low inductance is a requirement. Such bus structures are very well suited for inverter topologies used to convert from DC to AC power and a capacitor is needed to minimize ripple on the DC bus. The present invention provides a method of integrating an annular form factor wound film capacitor into a parallel bus structure to provide a compact geometry with minimal inductance. Furthermore, the capacitor acts as the dielectric spacer between the bus plates, which eliminates the need for separate capacitor terminals and provides the lowest possible profile. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229949 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is disclosed a multilayer ceramic capacitor and a method of manufacturing the same. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body having a first side and a second side opposite to each other and having a third side and a fourth side connecting the first side to the second side, a plurality of inner electrodes formed in the multilayer body and having distal edges exposed to the first side or the second side, first and second side members formed on the first and second sides to cover the distal edges of the plurality of inner elecrodes, and outer electrodes formed on the third side and the fourth side to be electrically connected to the inner electrodes. An angle between a virtual line connecting the distal edges of the plurality of inner electrodes and the first side member or the second side member is less than 90° (π/2). | 2012-09-13 |
20120229950 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are disclosed a multilayer ceramic capacitor and a method of manufacturing the same. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a ceramic body having a first side and a second side opposed to each other and having a third side and a fourth side connecting the first side to the second side, a plurality of inner electrodes formed within the ceramic body, and outer electrodes formed on the third side and the fourth side and electrically connected to the inner electrodes. A distance from distal edges of the inner electrodes to the first side or the second side of the ceramic body is 30 μm or less. | 2012-09-13 |
20120229951 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a multilayer ceramic capacitor and a method of manufacturing the same. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body having a first side and a second side opposed to each other and having a third side and a fourth side connecting the first side to the second side; a plurality of inner electrodes formed within the ceramic body and having respective one ends exposed to the third side and the fourth side; and outer electrodes formed on the third side and the fourth side and electrically connected to the inner electrodes. A shortest distance from distal edges of an outermost inner electrode among the plurality of inner electrodes to the first side or the second side is smaller than a shortest distance from distal edges of a central inner electrode to the first side or the second side. | 2012-09-13 |