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20090026267 | INDICIA READING TERMINAL PROCESSING PLURALITY OF FRAMES OF IMAGE DATA RESPONSIVELY TO TRIGGER SIGNAL ACTIVATION - There is described a decodable indicia reading terminal which in one embodiment can capture and process a certain (e.g., a first) and a subsequent (e.g., a second) frame of image data, wherein the certain and the subsequent frames have different imaging attributes. In one embodiment the attributes between certain and subsequent frames are differentiated in that the certain frame represents light incident on pixels of a first image sensor and the subsequent frame of image data represents light incident on pixels of a second image sensor spaced apart from the first image sensor. Additionally, or in the alternative, the attributes between certain and subsequent frames can be differentiated in that the first frame represents light incident on an image sensor under a first illumination profile and the subsequent frame represents light incident on pixels of an image sensor under a second illumination profile. In one embodiment imaging attributes of a frame subject to decoding are maintained constant for each frame subject to processing during a time that a trigger signal remains active. In one embodiment the certain and subsequent frames can be processed to yield partial decoding results and the partial decoding results can be combined to form a complete decoding result. | 01-29-2009 |
20090039167 | Indicia reading terminal having spatial measurement functionality - There is provided in one embodiment an indicia reading terminal that can execute a spatial measurement mode of operation in which the indicia reading terminal can determine a dimension of an article in a field of view of the indicia reading terminal and/or determine other spatial information. In determining a dimension of an article, an indicia reading terminal can utilize setup data determined in a setup mode of operation and/or data determined utilizing the setup data. | 02-12-2009 |
20090072038 | INDICIA READING TERMINAL HAVING MULTIPLE SETTING IMAGING LENS - An indicia reading terminal can include a multiple setting imaging lens assembly and an image sensor having an image sensor array. In one embodiment, an indicia reading terminal in an active reading state can cycle through a set of different lens settings, expose pixels of an image sensor array during an exposure period when each new lens setting is achieved, and attempt to decode decodable indicia represented in frames of image data captured corresponding to each exposure period. In one embodiment, movement of an imaging lens assembly lens element can be provided with use of a hollow stepper motor. | 03-19-2009 |
20100133345 | INDICIA READING TERMINAL HAVING PLURALITY OF OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES - There is described an indicia reading terminal having an image sensor array including a plurality of pixels, a first optical assembly for focusing imaging light rays onto a first set of pixels of an image sensor array and a second optical assembly for focusing imaging light rays onto a second set of pixels of the image sensor array. The indicia reading terminal can be adapted to process image data corresponding to pixels of the image sensor array for attempting to decode a decodable indicia. | 06-03-2010 |
20110017829 | APPARATUS AND METHOD COMPRISING DEFORMABLE LENS ELEMENT - An apparatus comprising a deformable lens element can be provided wherein a deformable lens element can be deformed to change an optical property thereof by the impartation of a force to the deformable lens element. | 01-27-2011 |
20110073878 | LED ARRAY PACKAGE COVERED WITH A HIGHLY THERMAL CONDUCTIVE PLATE - A light source includes a substrate, a light emitting diode on the substrate, and a phosphor layer over the light emitting diode. A plate is on the phosphor layer. An attachment member is coupled to the plate and is configured to conduct heat away from the plate. | 03-31-2011 |
20110174880 | INDICIA READING TERMINAL HAVING MULTIPLE SETTING IMAGING LENS - An indicia reading terminal can include a multiple setting imaging lens assembly and an image sensor having an image sensor array. In one embodiment, an indicia reading terminal in an active reading state can cycle through a set of different lens settings, expose pixels of an image sensor array during an exposure period when each new lens setting is achieved, and attempt to decode decodable indicia represented in frames of image data captured corresponding to each exposure period. In one embodiment, movement of an imaging lens assembly lens element can be provided with use of a hollow stepper motor. | 07-21-2011 |
20140168787 | APPARATUS AND METHOD COMPRISING DEFORMABLE LENS ELEMENT - An apparatus comprising a deformable lens element can be provided wherein a deformable lens element can be deformed to change an optical property thereof by the impartation of a force to the deformable lens element. | 06-19-2014 |
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20090109573 | DISK DRIVE AND HEAD SLIDER - Embodiments of the present invention provide a head slider that suppresses accumulation of lubricant droplets on an air-bearing surface due to a backflow, and thus improves reliability of a disk drive. According to one embodiment, a lubricant droplet being adhered to a head slider and accumulated thereon, which are caused by extremely low flying height of the head slider, are prevented from falling onto a recording medium. When velocity of a recording medium at a position where the head slider faces the recording medium is assumed to be v, step depth δ | 04-30-2009 |
20100053816 | HEAD-SLIDER, HEAD-ARM ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE HEAD-SLIDER, AND HARD-DISK DRIVE INCLUDING THE HEAD-ARM ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE HEAD-SLIDER - A head-slider which is configured to fly above a magnetic-recording disk. The head-slider includes a disk-facing side, which faces the magnetic-recording disk. The disk-facing side includes a plurality of surfaces including at least: a step bearing surface; a rail surface, which protrudes toward the magnetic-recording disk and is configured to exert a positive pressure; a deep-recessed surface, which is formed deeper than the step bearing surface and is configured to exert a negative pressure; an extended lateral surface, which is formed at substantially a same depth as the step bearing surface and disposed outside the deep-recessed surface in a width direction of the head-slider; and, an extended rear surface, which is formed at substantially the same depth as the step bearing surface and disposed at a trailing edge of the head-slider, and contiguous with the extended lateral surface. | 03-04-2010 |
20110058275 | DISK DRIVE INCLUDING HEAD-SLIDER CONFIGURED TO SUPPRESS LUBRICANT DROPLET ACCUMULATION - A disk drive. The disk drive includes a disk and a head-slider. The head-slider includes an air-bearing surface. The air-bearing surface includes a trailing-edge rail surface, an inner trailing-edge pad, and an outer trailing-edge pad. The pad surface of the outer trailing-edge pad includes a straight outer edge slanting outward; and, the angle of the outer edge with respect to the longitudinal direction of the head-slider is β | 03-10-2011 |
20150092292 | MAMR HEAD WITH RECESSED STO - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) head. The MAMR head includes a main pole, a trailing shield, and a spin torque oscillator (STO) disposed between the main pole and the trailing shield. The STO is recessed from an air bearing surface. | 04-02-2015 |
20150124353 | MAGNETIC HEAD FOR MICROWAVE ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a MAMR head. The MAMR head includes an STO and an embedded contact sensor (ECS). The STO and the ECS are electrically connected in series and are connected to the same terminals. During operation, the current applied to the STO is controlled with respect to a change in resistance of the ECS. | 05-07-2015 |
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20100323466 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LAMP WITH PHOSPHOR COATED RELECTOR - A light emitting apparatus includes a lamp reflector having phosphor, wherein the lamp reflector further includes an aperture, and an LED light source arranged with the lamp reflector to excite the phosphor and to emit light through the aperture of the lamp reflector. | 12-23-2010 |
20110169431 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Omnidirectional Illumination Using LED Lighting - A light-emitting device capable of generating omnidirectional light utilizing a reflector is disclosed. The light-emitting device, in one aspect, includes a light emitting diode (“LED”) package, a light reflector, and a shell. The LED package, which is mounted on a plate, generates a forward light cone by converting electrical energy to optical energy. The light reflector can be formed with various different shapes that can be placed adjacent to the LED package. A function of the light reflector is to redistribute at least a portion of the forward light cone whereby the overall light illuminated by the light-emitting device complies with LM79 specifications. The shell is used to enclose the LED package and the light reflector and configured to illuminate light in omnidirectional radiation in response to the forward light cone. | 07-14-2011 |
20120012864 | LED ARRAY PACKAGE WITH A COLOR FILTER - A light source includes a substrate, a light emitting diode on the substrate within a cavity, a plate over the cavity, a phosphor layer on the plate, and a color filter on the plate between the phosphor layer and the cavity. | 01-19-2012 |
20120012865 | LED ARRAY PACKAGE WITH A HIGH THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE PLATE - A light source includes a substrate, a light emitting diode on the substrate, and a plate supporting member attached to the substrate and surrounding the light emitting diode to form a cavity. In addition, the light source includes a plate on the plate supporting member such that a distance between the plate and the substrate is approximately less than or equal to 1 mm. Furthermore, the light source includes a phosphor layer on the plate opposite the cavity. | 01-19-2012 |
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20100131762 | SECURED COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR WIRELESS MESH NETWORK - A secured communication method for Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) in the field of network technology includes initial authentication request, authentication negotiation process of the authentication server and encrypted data communication via pre-shared key and other valid Mesh Point (MP) in the WMN in order to implement the functions of the WMN. The present invention not only meets the new needs of the WMN dynamic self-organization, but also provides the security performance almost the same as the IEEE 802.11 standard requirements. The present invention is easily applied into WMN upon IEEE 802.11 links, and furthermore, the architecture disclosed in the present invention is quite simple and easy to implement with full compatibility and flexibility. | 05-27-2010 |
20100254364 | RATE-ADAPTIVE METHOD FOR WIRELESS MESH NETWORK - This invention relates to a rate-adaptive method for wireless mesh network in areas of wireless networking technology. In the invention, each node in the wireless mesh network broadcasts probe packets and meanwhile receives probe packets from its neighboring nodes, and maintains a rate priority table in time based on the sending success ratio of probe packets, and then sets up a new dynamic probe queue according to this rate priority table, selectively sending all the probes with rates that are listed in the rate priority table or close to them, and the automatic rate selection is accomplished by decisions on probes' sending success ratio. This invention can adapt to the changes of the network conditions very well, and reduce the influence of route broadcast and convergence on network throughput as much as possible, and at the meantime, it takes the changes in network topology into account, thus is very suitable for conditions with a complex spatial distribution of electromagnetic waves. | 10-07-2010 |
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20080213657 | High Capacity Lithium Ion Secondary Battery with Metal Case - The present invention relates to a high capacity lithium ion secondary battery with metal casing, characterized in that each of the positive terminal or negative terminal includes respectively an upper backing plate, an upper insulator and a lower insulator. The upper backing plate and upper insulator are long-circular piece, two or more rivets pass through the concentric holes on the upper arm of a positive or negative electrode tab, the lower insulator, a sealing cover, the upper insulator and the upper backing plate respectively and rivet them as a whole. The lower arm of the positive electrode tab or negative electrode tab is connected to the corresponding positive or negative electrode tab on a battery core body, and the battery core body is comprised of two or more winded cores in parallel connection. The battery is provided with the advantages and effects of good sealing performance, good electrochemistry property, and simple manufacturing process, as well as high security of a pile comprised of plurality of such individual batteries. As a result the useless space in height of battery is reduced and the volumetric specific energy of the same is enhanced. | 09-04-2008 |
20130267890 | HOUSEHOLD MEDICATED-BATH TREATMENT DEVICE - A medicine-bath treatment device includes a central basin having a seat thereabout, at least one fumigation opening and at least one air opening, an inner vessel for holding liquid in fluid communication with the at least one fumigation opening of the basin to provide fumigation steam to the basin from the inner vessel, a spray tube having an inlet in communication with the inner vessel and an outlet in the basin to provide a jet of heated liquid within the basin, and a fan having an outlet in communication with the at least one air opening to provide a stream of heated drying air within the basin. The device also include a heater, a temperature sensor for measuring ambient air temperature, and a controller operably connected to the pump, the fan, and the heater. The controller is operably programmed to automatically adjust at least one of a treatment temperature of the jet of heated liquid, a treatment temperature of the fumigation steam, and a treatment temperature of the heated drying air based on the ambient air temperature. | 10-10-2013 |
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20140268386 | FLY-HEIGHT CONTROL AND TOUCHDOWN DETECTION - An embedded contact sensor (ECS) element for fly-height control and touchdown detection. An embedded contact sensor (ECS) element with a resistance that changes with a temperature change, which senses a clearance change between a head slider and a disk of a disk drive. A resistance measurement section, within said head IC, that determines a value of direct current resistance (DCR) of said ECS element, wherein said value of DCR changes with a temperature change, wherein said temperature change is caused by an air bearing cooling and frictional induced heating at a head disk interface. A resistance slope to fly-height conversion section that dynamically determines a target fly-height value for said head slider over said disk based on changes in said value of DCR. | 09-18-2014 |
20150109699 | HEAT SINK FOR A SPIN TORQUE OSCILLATOR (STO) IN MICROWAVE ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING (MAMR) - In accordance with one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a main pole configured to emit a recording magnetic field for affecting a magnetic medium, spin torque oscillator (STO) device in electrical communication with and positioned above the main pole in a track direction, the STO device being configured to generate a high-frequency magnetic field which is superimposed with the recording magnetic field in order to record data to the magnetic medium when current flows to the STO device, and a heat sink positioned near the STO device, the heat sink being configured to reduce a temperature of the STO device when current flows to the STO device. In another embodiment, a method includes forming a heat sink behind a STO device in an element height direction perpendicular to a media facing surface, and/or on both sides of the STO device in a cross-track direction at the media facing surface. | 04-23-2015 |
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20150022081 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING INTEGRATED NFC ANTENNA - An organic electroluminescent display device having integrated an NFC antenna ( | 01-22-2015 |
20150062459 | TP ON/IN CELL-TYPE THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING INTEGRATED NFC ANTENNA - A thin-film transistor displayer integrated with an NFC antenna, is a TP on/in cell thin-film transistor displayer. The NFC antenna is arranged on a display screen of the thin-film transistor displayer, where the NFC interface is built in an output circuit of the display screen and connected to a control mainboard of the display screen. The display screen and NFC antenna features are combined into one, and the NFC antenna is arranged directly on the thin-film transistor displayer, avoiding problems of signal quality deterioration and reception failure due to wearing of the NFC antenna interface and inaccurate alignment. In addition, a solution is provided for facilitating reception of an NFC signal from a display panel and touch panel of the displayer, or for the case that the NFC signal must be received from the display panel and touch panel of the displayer. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062853 | TOUCH SCREEN HAVING INTEGRATED NFC ANTENNA - A touch screen ( | 03-05-2015 |
20150085344 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING INTEGRATED NFC ANTENNA - The present invention relates to near field communication technology. Specifically, disclosed is an electrophoretic display device having integrated an NFC antenna. The NFC antenna is arranged on a display screen of the electrophoretic display device, where the NFC interface is equipped with an output circuit of the display screen and is connected to a control mainboard of the display screen. The present invention combines the display screen and NFC antenna features into one, and has the NFC antenna provided directly on the electrophoretic display device, thus preventing the problem of signal quality deterioration and reception failure due to wearing of the NFC antenna interface and inaccurate alignment. In addition, a solution is provided for facilitating reception of an NFC signal from a display panel of the display device or for when the NFC signal must be received from the display panel of the display device. | 03-26-2015 |
20150116166 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING INTEGRATED NFC ANTENNA - A thin-film transistor display device having integrated an NFC antenna ( | 04-30-2015 |