Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080297869 | OSCILLATOR DEVICE AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR OSCILLATION SYSTEM OF OSCILLATOR DEVICE - An oscillator device includes an oscillation system having at least one oscillator configured to oscillate, the oscillation system having a plurality of natural oscillation modes with a plurality of frequencies which frequencies are mutually in a relationship of integral-number ratio, a driving system configured to drive the at least one oscillation system, and a drive control system configured to control the driving system, wherein the drive control system applies to the driving system a driving signal in the form of a rectangular pulse based on combining a plurality of rectangular pulse signals corresponding to the plurality of natural oscillation modes, respectively. | 12-04-2008 |
20080316560 | OPTICAL DEFLECTOR - The optical deflector includes a deflector, a vibration detector, a driving signal generator, a modulation timing signal generator, and a deflection detector. The deflector has a vibrational system having a movable body with a light deflecting member, and deflects light from a light source by the movable body. The vibration detector detects the vibration condition of the vibrational system of the deflector. The driving signal generator generates a driving signal for driving the vibrational system of the deflector. The modulation timing signal generator generates a modulation timing signal as the reference time for regulating the amount of light from the light source. The deflection detector detects the deflection condition of light deflected by the deflector. The driving signal generator generates the driving signal based on information of the vibration condition detected by the vibration detector, and the modulation timing signal generator generates the modulation timing signal based on information of the deflection condition detected by the deflection detector. | 12-25-2008 |
20090051992 | OSCILLATOR DEVICE, OPTICAL DEFLECTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed is an oscillator device that includes an oscillating system having a first oscillator, a second oscillator, a first torsion spring for connecting the first and second oscillators each other, and a second torsion spring being connected to the second oscillator and having a common torsional axis with the first torsion spring; a supporting system for supporting the oscillating system; a driving system for driving the oscillating system so that at least one of the first and second oscillators produces oscillation as can be expressed by an equation that contains a sum of a plurality of time functions; a signal producing system for producing an output signal corresponding to displacement of at least one of the first and second oscillators; and a drive control system for controlling the driving system on the basis of the output signal of the signal producing system so that at least one of amplitude and phase of the time function takes a predetermined value. | 02-26-2009 |
20090067019 | SWING MEMBER DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SWING MEMBER DEVICE - A swing member device comprises a swingable part supported by a supporting part to be swingable around a torsional axis on a supporting base in at least one intrinsic oscillation mode: the swing member device having a temperature-raising unit for raising the temperature of ambient atmosphere in the region of swing motion of the swingable part, the temperature-raising unit raising the temperature of the ambient atmosphere to enable decrease of an influence of an unsteady dragging force caused by the ambient atmosphere. | 03-12-2009 |
20100007933 | MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT USING THE MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS - An apparatus includes an oscillatory system having first and second movable bodies, and first and second elastic support portions, a driving portion having a permanent magnet, and a drive controlling portion. The oscillatory system has at least two characteristic oscillation modes of first and second resonance frequencies. The drive controlling portion supplies a driving signal to the driving portion so that the movable body of the oscillatory system is swingingly rotated. The swinging rotation is performed such that a sum of time periods wherein the angular displacement of the movable body changes in one direction is different from a sum changes in its opposite direction. The drive controlling portion includes a waveform adjusting portion for adjusting the driving signal. | 01-14-2010 |
20100085618 | OSCILLATOR DEVICE, OPTICAL DEFLECTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An oscillator device including an oscillation system with oscillators and torsion springs, a driving member for driving the oscillation system, and a drive control member for supplying a driving signal to the driving member, the oscillation system having at least a first oscillation mode and a second oscillation mode, the second oscillation mode having an angular frequency approximately n-fold the angular frequency of the first oscillation mode where n is an integer, the driving member driving the oscillation system so that it simultaneously oscillates in the first and second oscillation modes, wherein a natural angular frequency calculating member calculates the natural angular frequency of the second oscillation mode based on an output signal from a photodetector, being outputted at a timing whereat the reflection light passes over the photodetector. | 04-08-2010 |
20100092213 | OSCILLATOR DEVICE, OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE OPTICAL DEFLECTOR - An oscillator device includes an oscillation system, a driving member and a control device, wherein the oscillation system includes a first oscillation movable element, a second oscillation movable element and a support member, the first oscillation movable element being supported by a first elastic supporting element, for torsional oscillation relative to the second oscillation movable element and around an oscillation axis, the second oscillation movable element being supported by a second elastic supporting element, for torsional oscillation relative to the support member and around the oscillation axis, wherein the oscillation system has a first natural oscillation mode of a resonance frequency f | 04-15-2010 |
20100118370 | OSCILLATING BODY APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An oscillating body apparatus comprises an oscillating plate oscillatably supported around a torsion axis by a support portion for a fixing portion and driving the oscillating plate around the torsion axis by a resonance frequency, the oscillating plate having a region forming a groove portion for adjusting a mass of the oscillating plate, and, the resonance frequency being configured to be adjustable by the formation of the groove portion in the region. | 05-13-2010 |
20100214636 | Method of Manufacturing Oscillator Device, and Optical Deflector and Image Forming Apparatus - A method of manufacturing an oscillator device having a fixed member and an oscillation plate supported by the fixed member through a supporting member for oscillation around a torsion axis, the oscillation plate being driven at a resonance frequency around the torsion axis, includes a frequency regulating step based on an extension member for adjustment of a mass of the oscillation plate, for forming the extension member on the oscillation plate and for adjusting the mass of the oscillation plate by cutting a portion of the extension member with the irradiation of a laser beam, an oscillator assembling step for fixing the fixed member to a fixed base, and a driving member assembling step for fixing a driving member for driving the oscillation plate to the fixed base, wherein at least the driving member assembling step is carried out after the frequency regulating step based on the extension member is performed. | 08-26-2010 |
20100259809 | OSCILLATOR DEVICE, OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE OPTICAL DEFLECTOR - An oscillator device includes an oscillation system having first and second oscillators and first and second resilient supporting members, wherein the oscillation system has at least two frequencies of natural oscillation mode around a torsion axis which include a first resonance frequency f | 10-14-2010 |
20100271680 | OSCILLATOR DEVICE, OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE OPTICAL DEFLECTOR - An oscillator device includes an oscillation system having a first oscillator, a second oscillator, a first resilient supporting member and a second resilient supporting member, wherein the oscillation system has at least two frequencies of natural oscillation mode around the torsion axis which include a first resonance frequency f | 10-28-2010 |
20100300208 | CAPACITIVE ELECTRO-MECHANICAL TRANSDUCER - A capacitive electro-mechanical transducer includes a cell, the cell including a first electrode and a second electrode that is disposed opposite the first electrode with a gap therebetween; and a pressure-adjusting unit for adjusting pressure in the gap. | 12-02-2010 |
20110019252 | OSCILLATOR DEVICE, OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An oscillator device includes a supporting member, an oscillation system having plural oscillators and plural torsion springs, a driving device for oscillating the oscillation system, a drive control device for controlling the driving device, an oscillation detecting device for detecting a state of oscillation of an oscillator of the oscillation system, a resonance frequency calculating device for calculating a resonance frequency of the oscillation system based on an output of the oscillation detecting device, and a control parameter adjusting device for adjusting a control parameter of the drive control device, wherein the control parameter adjusting device adjusts a control parameter based on an output of the resonance frequency calculating device. | 01-27-2011 |
20110019256 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OSCILLATOR DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT WITH OSCILLATOR DEVICE BASED ON IT - A method of manufacturing an oscillator device having an oscillator supported relative to a fixed member by a torsion spring for oscillation around a torsion axis and arranged to be driven at a resonance frequency, which method includes a first step for determining an assumed value of an inertia moment weight of the oscillator, a second step for measuring the resonance frequency, a third step for calculating a spring constant of the torsion spring, from the assumed value of the inertia moment weight and the measured resonance frequency obtained at said first and second steps, a fourth step for calculating an adjustment amount for the inertia moment of the oscillator or for the spring constant of the torsion spring, based on the spring constant calculated at said third step and a target resonance frequency determined with respect to the resonance frequency of the oscillator, so as to adjust the resonance frequency to the target resonance frequency, and a fifth step for adjusting the resonance frequency of the oscillator to the target resonance frequency based on the calculated adjustment amount. | 01-27-2011 |
20110064470 | LIGHT DEFLECTOR DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light deflector device includes a light deflector having an oscillation system, a driving unit for driving the oscillation system and a drive controlling unit for supplying a drive signal. The oscillation system simultaneously generates a first oscillating motion of a first frequency and a second oscillating motion of a second frequency. The drive controlling unit supplies a drive signal formed by synthetically combining a first signal having the first frequency and a second signal having the second frequency to the driving unit and, at the same time, another drive signal for changing at least the amplitude of the first oscillating motion, the amplitude of second oscillating motion or the relative phase difference of the first oscillating motion and the second oscillating motion to the driving unit in order to correct an offset of scanning light deflected by the light deflector. | 03-17-2011 |
20110116145 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OSCILLATOR DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DEFLECTOR AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT WITH OSCILLATOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing an oscillator device having first and second oscillators being driven at first and second driving resonance frequencies gf1 and gf2, the method including a first step for processing the two oscillators, wherein, when the two oscillators are going to be processed as oscillators having first and second resonance frequencies different from the two driving resonance frequencies with a certain dispersion range, the two oscillators are so processed that the first and second resonance frequencies different from the two driving resonance frequencies become equal to first and second resonance frequencies f1 and f2, respectively, which are included in adjustable resonance frequency ranges, respectively, and a second step for adjusting the first and second resonance frequencies f1 and f2 so that they become equal to the first and second driving resonance frequencies gf1 and gf2, respectively. | 05-19-2011 |
20110198966 | CAPACITIVE ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER - A capacitive electromechanical transducer has at least one cell. The cell includes a first electrode, a movable vibrating portion including a second electrode disposed opposite the first electrode with a space therebetween, and a supporting portion that supports the vibrating portion. In order to regulate the strength of a border portion between the vibrating portion and the supporting portion, a strength regulating portion is provided. | 08-18-2011 |
20110292105 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE CARTRIDGE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A semiconductor device including segments, a power supply pad and conductive patterns is provided. Each segment includes driving units for discharging a liquid. Each driving unit includes a driving circuit and an element driven by the driving circuit to apply discharging energy to the liquid. The conductive pattern includes a first conductive portion connected to the power supply pad, a second rectangular conductive portion, a third conductive portion connected to the driving units, and a connection portion which connects the second and third conductive portions. These conductive portions are elongated in a first direction. In a second direction, a length of the second conductive portion is greater than a length of the first conductive portion. The second conductive portion is connected to the first conductive portion at a first corner and to the connection portion at a second corner diagonal to the first corner. | 12-01-2011 |
20120146454 | CAPACITIVE ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING ITS SENSITIVITY - A technology that makes it possible to adjust, through processing, an output signal sent from a capacitive electromechanical transducer apparatus such as a CMUT upon reception of an elastic wave is provided. | 06-14-2012 |
20120163124 | ULTRASONIC DETECTION DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - Provided is an ultrasonic detection device including: a capacitive electromechanical transducer including a cell that includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed so as to oppose with a space; a voltage source for developing a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electric circuit for converting a current, which is caused by a change in electrostatic capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode due to vibration of the second electrode, into a voltage, in which the capacitive electromechanical transducer provides an output current with a high-pass characteristic having a first cutoff frequency with respect to a frequency, the electric circuit provides an output with a low-pass characteristic having a second cutoff frequency with respect to the frequency, and the second cutoff frequency is smaller than the first cutoff frequency. | 06-28-2012 |
20140002549 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE CARTRIDGE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |