Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130207257 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - At least a part of a heat radiation member ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130209081 | APERTURE CONTROL DEVICE AND CAMERA - An aperture control device includes: an aperture first driving member that controls an aperture of a diaphragm through which light flux passes; an aperture second driving member that drives the aperture first driving member; a motor that drives the aperture second driving member; a detection device that detects start of movement of the aperture first driving member caused by the aperture second driving member driven by the motor; and a motor control device that controls an aperture value of the diaphragm by controlling a rotational amount of the motor after the detection device detects the start of movement of the aperture first driving member. | 08-15-2013 |
20130209083 | IMAGING DEVICE AND LENS BARREL - An imaging device comprises a lens barrel having an optical system with an adjustable focal point, and has a first state can focus relative to an imaging face, and a second state can not focus relative to the imaging face, a changing unit for changing the lens barrel from the second state to the first state when the imaging unit is activated, a discriminating unit which discriminates whether the state of the barrel is the first state or the second state, and a control unit which, at a time of activating the imaging unit, changes the lens barrel to the first state by the changing unit if it is discriminated that the state of the barrel is the second state, and which maintains the first state if it is discriminated that the state of the barrel is the first state. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211777 | FLUID GAUGES COMPRISING MULTIPLE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SENSORS - The subject fluid gauges measure actual position of a workpiece relative to a target position. A gauge body that is positionable relative to the workpiece and that includes multiple differential-pressure (DP) sensors has a measurement channel and respective reference channels. Each DP sensor measures, over a respective individual dynamic pressure range, a differential pressure established by a respective fluid flow in the measurement channel relative to a fluid flow in a respective reference channel. The dynamic pressure ranges of the DP sensors substantially overlap each other. A controller is connected to and monitors the DP sensors. The controller is configured to select, for obtaining a differential pressure indicative of the position of the workpiece, a DP sensor sensing the smallest magnitude of DP. | 08-15-2013 |
20130215403 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus and method exposes a substrate via a projection optical system and liquid. A liquid immersion member having a lower surface and a recovery port at its lower surface side supplies liquid to form a liquid immersion region below the projection optical system and recovers the liquid via the recovery port. First and second tables, on which a substrate is mountable, are positionable opposite to the lower surface of the liquid immersion member. A drive system moves the first and second tables below the projection optical system relative to the liquid immersion member to replace one of the tables positioned opposite to the lower surface of the liquid immersion member with the other of the tables, whereby the liquid immersion region is transferred from the one to the other of the tables while the liquid immersion region is maintained below and in contact with the projection optical system. | 08-22-2013 |
20130221548 | CARBON THIN FILM, MOLD FOR MOLDING OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT - A ta-C thin film ( | 08-29-2013 |
20130221930 | POWER SYSTEM HAVING A BATTERY UNIT THAT CALCULATES CUMULATIVE WORK VOLUME VALUE - A camera includes: a battery unit on which a battery is mounted, that can be detachably loaded into the camera and supplies power to the camera; and a function unit that executes camera functions, wherein: as a function of the camera is executed, the function unit transmits information related to the executed function to the battery pack; and the battery unit has a storage unit in which the information related to the camera function is stored. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222912 | IMAGING DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE - An imaging device comprising a light transmissive member | 08-29-2013 |
20130224894 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF DISPLAY ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A manufacturing apparatus of display element which forms highly reliable drive circuits or thin-film transistors on a flexible substrate, a manufacturing method, and a highly reliable display element are provided. A display element ( | 08-29-2013 |
20130226334 | MULTIPLE-POINTS MEASUREMENT - A stacking apparatus that stacks chip assemblies each having a plurality of chips disposed continuously with circuit patterns and electrodes, includes: a plurality of stages each allowed to move arbitrarily, on which the chip assemblies are placed; a storage unit that stores an estimated extent of change in a position of an electrode at each chip, expected to occur as heat is applied to the chip assemblies placed on the plurality of stages during a stacking process; and a control unit that sets positions of the plurality of stages to be assumed relative to each other during the stacking process based upon the estimated extent of change in the position of the electrode at each chip provided from the storage unit and position information indicating positions of individual chips formed at the chip assemblies and controls at least one of the plurality of stages. | 08-29-2013 |
20130271805 | ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, VARIABLE CAPACITOR, MICRO SWITCH, METHOD FOR DRIVING MICRO SWITCH, AND MEMS TYPE ELECTRONIC ELEMENT - An electronic element includes a fixed portion, and a movable portion which is movable with respect to the fixed portion and which is provided to generate a spring force to make restoration to a predetermined position. The fixed portion is provided with a first driving electrode and a first signal electrode. The movable portion is provided with a second driving electrode and a second signal electrode. An electrostatic force is generated between the first driving electrode and the second driving electrode by a voltage applied therebetween so that the electrostatic force resists against the spring force; and the first and second driving electrodes and the first and second signal electrodes are arranged so that the electrostatic force is generated in a direction in which a spacing distance between the first and second signal electrodes is widened. | 10-17-2013 |
20130278910 | PROJECTION OPTICAL ASSEMBLY, PROJECTION OPTICAL ASSEMBLY ADJUSTMENT METHOD, EXPOSURE DEVICE, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An embodiment is a projection optical assembly capable of controlling aberration variation due to irradiation with light at a low level. The projection optical assembly for forming an image of a first surface on a second surface, using light of a predetermined wavelength is provided with a correction member to generate an aberration in a tendency opposite to a tendency of the aberration generated in the projection optical assembly by irradiation with the light of the predetermined wavelength. The correction member is a light transmissive member having an absorption loss of not less than 2% for the light of the predetermined wavelength. For example, at least one of a base material of the correction member and a thin film on the base material has the absorption loss of not less than 2% for the light of the predetermined wavelength. | 10-24-2013 |
20130298415 | FORM MEASURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MEASURING FORM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR SETTING MEASUREMENT AREA - There is provided a form measuring apparatus which is configured to perform measurement of a surface form of a surface of an object to be inspected having a three-dimensional shape, the form measuring apparatus including: a detecting section which performs detection of the surface form of the surface of the object having the three-dimensional form; and an area-setting section which sets, as a measurement area, an adjacent area adjacent to a designated area, based on form information of a form of the designated area. | 11-14-2013 |
20130314679 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND EXPOSURE METHOD - A projection objective includes at least four curved mirrors, which include a first curved mirror that is a most optically forward mirror and a second curved mirror that is a second most optically forward mirror, as defined along a light path. In addition, an intermediate lens element is disposed physically between the first and second mirrors, the intermediate lens element being a single pass type lens. The objective forms an image with a numerical aperture of at least substantially 1.0 in immersion. | 11-28-2013 |
20130321823 | FORM MEASURING APPARATUS, STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, SCANNING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MEASURING FORM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR MEASURING FORM - There is provided a form measuring apparatus including: a light generator configured to generate a light; a projector configured to scan the measuring object with the light by changing an irradiation direction of the light generated by the light generator; a controller configured to control the light generator to periodically change an intensity of the light generated by the light generator, and to change an amplitude of the intensity change of the generated light according to the irradiation direction; an imager configured to take an image of the measuring object; and a measuring portion configured to calculate the three-dimensional form of the measuring object based on the image of the measuring object. | 12-05-2013 |
20130342907 | LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A lens system having, in order from an object, at least a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, and second to fourth lens groups G2 to G4, wherein the first lens group G1 includes a front portion lens group G1a, and a rear portion lens group G1b which is disposed to an image side of the front portion lens group G1a with an air distance therebetween, and performs focusing by shifting the rear portion lens group G1b in the optical axis direction, and the fourth lens group G4 includes, in order from the object, a negative lens and a positive lens (cemented negative lens L41), a negative lens L42, and an aperture stop S, and is fixed in the optical axis direction with respect to an image plane I upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state. | 12-26-2013 |
20140009671 | ACCESSORY, CAMERA, ACCESSORY CONTROL METHOD, ACCESSORY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CAMERA CONTROL PROGRAM - Provided is an accessory which is capable of communicating with a camera, including an illumination light emitting section that emits illumination light, a nonvolatile memory that stores light-emittable time information indicating the longest time for which the illumination light emitting section is capable of continuously emitting the illumination light, and an accessory control section that transmits the light-emittable time information stored in the nonvolatile memory to the camera. | 01-09-2014 |
20140132087 | THREE AXIS LINEAR ACTUATOR | 05-15-2014 |
20140152972 | ORIENTATION INDEPENDENT FOCUS MECHANISMS FOR LASER RADAR - Focus arrangements for laser radar and other applications provide compensation of orientation-dependent gravitational forces. A linear stage can be preloaded and provided with balanced linear encoders so that gravitational force induced pitch, yaw, and roll can be reduced, detected, or compensated. Alternatively, movable focus elements can be secured to actuator driven spring assemblies that are controlled to compensate orientation-dependent gravitational forces. | 06-05-2014 |