Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080211955 | Camera Modules With Lens Drive Device - A camera module has a plurality of lenses aligned along an optic axis that receive and transmit light from a scene being imaged by the camera module. At least one lens is mounted on a platform which is movable along the optic axis and is moved by action of a piezoelectric motor. Optionally, at least one lens is mounted on a second platform which is movable along the optic axis. The second platform may be driven by a second piezoelectric motor or moved by action of the first platform. | 09-04-2008 |
20080259466 | Platform Transport Systems - A transport system for moving and positioning an object comprising: a tube ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080273243 | Device, System and Method of Retro-Modulating Safety Signs - A traffic safety system may be affiliated with an object to be seen from a distance and may be located within a traffic area. The traffic safety system may comprise a retroreflecting mechanism, enabling to switch between reflecting mode and non retroreflecting mode at certain frequency, thereby creating a flickering effect. | 11-06-2008 |
20100084945 | CONTROLLABLE COUPLING FORCE - Apparatus for coupling a piezoelectric motor to a moveable body, the motor having a coupling surface for coupling to the moveable body, the apparatus comprising: at least one elastic element that provides at least a portion of a coupling force for pressing the coupling surface of the piezoelectric motor to the moveable body; and at least one shape memory component that is controllable to change shape and/or phase; wherein the at least a portion of the coupling force provided by an elastic element of the at least one elastic element changes responsive to changes in shape and/or phase of the at least one memory component. | 04-08-2010 |
20100096535 | POSITION SENSOR - A position sensing device (PSD) comprising: a light source that provides light responsive to current that it receives; a power source that provides current to the light source through a load line; a photodetector that receives an amount of light from the light source that is a function of position of the light source relative to the photodetector; and an integrated circuit comprising an I/O port connected to the light source and having a plurality of selectable states; wherein different selectable states determine different values for the load line and therefore current provided to the light source. | 04-22-2010 |
20100097498 | ZOOM CAMERA CONFIGURATIONS - A camera having an optic axis and comprising: a lens having a lens optic axis; a platform to which the lens is mounted; a guide track to which the platform is mounted and along which the platform is moveable; wherein the guide track is rotatable between a first position in which the optic axis of the lens substantially coincides with the camera optic axis and a second position in which the lens optic axis does not coincide with the camera optic axis. | 04-22-2010 |
20100176689 | PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS - Apparatus for transmitting motion to a moveable body comprising: a first bar having ends; two articulated arms, each comprising first and second arms connected at a joint having an axis about which the first and second arms rotate, wherein the first arms are of equal length, the second arms are of equal length and the second arm of each articulated arm is connected to a different end of the bar at a joint having an axis about which second arm and bar rotate; a mount connected to the first arm of each articulated arm at a joint having an axis about which first arm rotates; a second bar coupled to each articulated arm at a joint having an axis about which the second bar rotates; and a piezoelectric motor coupled to the first bar controllable to apply a force selectively in either direction along the bar's length; wherein, the joints are configured so that all the axes are substantially parallel and the first arms are parallel and the second arms are parallel for all rotations about the axes. | 07-15-2010 |
20120002852 | Advanced Digital Pathology and Provisions for Remote Diagnostics - The present invention discloses a method for detecting and identifying pathologies in a magnified captured image. The method comprising the step of: performing macro image analysis for identifying abnormal and normal segments of the captured image, performing conversion of colored images to gray scale image, performing segmentation of the gray scale colored biopsy by applying two segmentation levels, merging the image results of the coarse level and the fine level segmentations by expanding the coarse image to fit scale of the fine image and identifying pixels having the same value at both levels, performing comparison between object's properties and characteristics appearing in abnormal segments and object's properties and characteristics appearing in normal segments, and calculating the deviations of each property between the abnormal segments and the normal segments and ranking objects based on the calculated deviations of each property and characteristic. | 01-05-2012 |