10th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150062646 | SHEET MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF SHEET MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A sheet management apparatus includes a storing unit, an obtaining unit, and a setting unit. The storing unit stores a combination of first attribute information and second attribute information of sheets. The obtaining unit obtains, from the storing unit, the second attribute information stored in combination with the first attribute information, based on the first attribute information of sheets used in a job. The setting unit sets the second attribute information obtained by the obtaining unit, as attribute information of sheets stored a sheet holding unit. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062647 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PRINT SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system may include at least an image processing device, a receiving unit, a specifying unit, an acquiring unit, and an adjusting unit. The receiving unit receives a print request and identification information. The specifying unit specifies a queue corresponding to an image forming device based on the identification information. The acquiring unit acquires the number of jobs stored in the specified queue. The adjusting unit adjusts the number of print services depending on whether the number of acquired jobs is equal to or larger than a predetermined value for the number of jobs set in the identification information and depending on whether the number of print services that process the jobs stored in the queue is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value for the number of print services set in the identification information. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062648 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to an external device. The external device receives a selection of image data through plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data and prints an image. The image forming apparatus accepts a selection indicating whether a communication between the external device and the image forming apparatus is performed either by a first or second communication system method. The image forming apparatus performs sending and/or receiving the image data with the address by the first communication system method when the first communication system method is selected, and performs sending and/or receiving the image data with the address by the second communication system method when the second communication system method is selected. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062649 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus determines whether information indicating a creator of environment setting information described in the environment setting information is the same as information indicating a user of an application, and if it is determined that the information indicating a creator of the environment setting information is not the same as the information indicating a user of the application, imports the environment setting information in a state where a path to a folder to be used by the creator included in the environment setting information is unusable. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062650 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DRAWING STAMP ON RECORDING SHEETS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes pane information calculating portion, stamp drawing information calculating portion, and stamp drawing portion. Pane information calculating portion calculates pane information including recording sheet number information and drawing position information that indicate recording sheet number of recording sheet and drawing position in recording sheet at which an image of each page of obtained print data is to be formed. Stamp drawing information calculating portion calculates stamp drawing information including recording sheet number information and drawing position information that indicate recording sheet number of recording sheet and drawing position in recording sheet at which predetermined stamp is to be drawn in correspondence with pane information calculated by pane information calculating portion. Sstamp drawing portion draws predetermined stamp at drawing position in recording sheet indicated by stamp drawing information calculated by stamp drawing information calculating portion. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062651 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus includes a storing unit, an obtaining unit, a determining unit, and a setting unit. The storing unit stores property information and a size of a sheet used in image adjustment printing, and also stores property information and a size of a sheet not used in image adjustment printing. The obtaining unit obtains a size of a held sheet. The setting unit sets sheet property information such that when the determining unit determines that the printing apparatus is in the state in which it is allowed to perform the image adjustment printing, the setting unit reads out, from the storing unit, the property information of the sheet that is used in the printing for the image adjustment and that has a size consistent with the size obtained by the obtaining unit, and the setting unit sets the read property information as property information of the held sheet. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062652 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one image group including at least one image; a creating unit configured to create a layout candidate by laying out images included in an image group that has been acquired by the acquisition unit; an evaluating unit configured to evaluate the layout candidate created by the creating unit, based on individual evaluation of each of the images in accordance with a feature of a subject in the images that have been laid out in layouts; and an output unit configured to output the layout candidate created by the creating unit, at a predetermined output size. The feature of the subject in the images includes a size of the subject in the image identified by an output size of the layout candidate output by the output unit. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062653 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one image group including at least one image; a creating unit configured to create a plurality of layout candidates, by selecting at least one image from an image group acquired by the acquisition unit, and arranging the at least one selected image; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the layout candidates created by the creating unit; a deciding unit configured to decide a presentation order of a plurality of selected layout candidates, based on evaluation results from the evaluation unit; and a presenting unit configured to present layout candidates in the presentation order decided by the deciding unit; wherein the deciding unit decides the presentation order so that the presentation order is different from an order of evaluation values from the evaluation unit, based on the evaluation results of the evaluation unit. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062654 | RECORDING DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM, RECORDING DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording data generation apparatus is provided that generates recording data in CMYK form including color information related to CMYK values and color information other than the CMYK values based on image data in RGB form including color information related to RGB values and transparency information related to transparency degree. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062655 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING VARIABLE SEQUENCE DATA, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The present application discloses a method and a system for automatically generating variable sequence data. The method comprises: acquiring a customized ary set by a user for generating variable sequence data, and characters included in the customized ary; converting the characters included in the customized ary into a character array; acquiring relevant parameters of the variable sequence data set by the user; pre-processing the relevant parameters; and generating the variable sequence data according to the character array and the pre-processed relevant parameters. According to the present invention, it is able for a user to automatically generate the desired variable sequence data. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062656 | IMAGE DATA GENERATION METHOD, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, IMAGE DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording apparatus | 2015-03-05 |
20150062657 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE - An image formation apparatus includes: a data generation unit configured to generate image data based on image formation data giving an instruction to print an image including image regions, the image data indicating pixel values of the image regions; and an image formation unit configured to form the image on a recording medium based on the image data generated by the data generation unit. The data generation unit generates the image data such that a boundary between one of the image regions and an image region adjacent to the one image region is highlighted, if the pixel value of the one image region and the pixel value of the adjacent image region are approximate to each other. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062658 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a multi-value image as an obtained image; and a control device configured to: convert the obtained image into a first binary image; determine whether the first binary image is a blank paper image, on the basis of the first binary image; and output a binary image, the binary image outputting including: outputting the first binary image in a case where it is determined that the first binary image is not the blank paper image; and not outputting the first binary image in a case where it is determined that the first binary image is the blank paper image. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062659 | Raster Image Processor With Printhead Profile Compensation for a Multi Level Digital Printing Machine - A system and method of calibration, screening, and compensation is presented for multiple gray-level digital presses. Unequal quantization of the input range is employed with compensated overlapping of sub-ranges. Multiple instances of bi-level screening algorithms, tone modification functions, and a recombination algorithm are employed to produce calibrated screening on individual tone ranges. The method works with any bi-level screening algorithm and devices with any number of gray-levels. Quality imaging results from high detail, high tonal accuracy, low screening noise, and lack of printed artifacts. Dynamic re-calibration is facilitated. The elimination of the constraint of evenly spaced gray-levels also has advantages of cost and yield for both print head fabricators as well as digital press manufacturers. Multiple implementations of the system and method are given for both hardware and software embodiments of the invention. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062660 | FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, a file management apparatus for managing a file name of a file of an image information includes a title name extraction section configured to extract a plurality of different individual title names, a combined title name generation section configured to combine the plurality of individual title names extracted by the title name extraction section to generate a combined title name, an individual title name selection section configured to select one individual title name from the plurality of individual title names extracted by the title name extraction section, a file name determination section configured to select processes which determine the combined title name generated by the combined title name generation section as a file name or processes which determine the individual title name selected by the individual title name selection section as a file name and add the determined file name to the original image information. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062661 | POSITION DETECTING APPARATUS, AND LENS APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A position detector, includes: a scale having first and second patterns having respective first and second period; a detector array including elements each detecting energy intensities based on the patterns; a generator configured to generate first and second signals having phases different from each other obtained based on the patterns respectively; and a deriver deriving a position of the array relative to the scale based on the signals, wherein the scale is movable relative to the array; the deriver derives a reference position as a detection element array position relative to the scale based on the signals, performs a first process to derive a array position relative to the scale by a array displacement relative to the reference position is derived based on the first signals, and performs a second process in which a relative array position is derived based on the position derived by the first process. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062662 | ORIGINAL READING APPARATUS WITH DETECTING DEVICE FOR DETECTING EXISTENCE OF ORIGINAL - In an original reading apparatus, a conveying mechanism and a reading device start a conveying operation and a reading operation to acquire a read image when a detecting device detects an existence of an original. The read image is acquired in a first direction and has a prescribed width in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The first direction corresponds to a conveying direction of the original. A control device determines whether or not the read image includes an overall solid region with a single color. The overall solid region has: a length in the first direction longer than or equal to a prescribed length; and a width in the second direction equal to the prescribed width. When the read image includes the overall solid region, the control device outputs a signal indicative of incorrect detection of the existence of the original due to external light. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062663 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus reads an original to acquire image information, processes the acquired image information, and determines whether or not to form the processing result on the original. Upon determining to form the processing result on the original, the image forming apparatus forms the processing result on the original, and upon determining to not form the processing result on the original, the image forming apparatus forms the processing result on a sheet other than the original. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062664 | SCANNER - A scanner identifies a document size on the basis of the intensity of light outputted in a photometric condition different from a first photometric condition, by photometric units provided to a position subject to determination that is a position excluding a position where light of an intensity not less than a first threshold value is received in the first photometric condition, among a plurality of positions to which the photometric units are provided. The first photometric condition is a condition where a document cover is open and a light-emitting unit is not emitting light. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062665 | Facsimile Device Performing Off-Hook in Preset Specified Number of Rings without Ring Apparatus - A facsimile device includes a main control unit and a sub-control unit. The first main control unit is configured to count a number of rings in a call signal sent from a public-line network and to put the facsimile device off-hook when the count value reaches a preset specified number of rings in the normal mode, and to suspend the count and off-hook functions in the energy-saving mode. The sub-control unit is configured to detect an incoming call signal and cause the main control unit to recover. The main control unit is configured to: calculate the number of rings in an incoming call signal in an elapsed time required from when the sub-control unit detects the incoming call signal until the main control unit recovers to the normal mode; and use the calculated number of rings to count the number of rings in an incoming call signal. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062666 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE THEREOF AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing method includes scanning a document, separating a text region from the scanned document and detecting symbols included in the text region, calculating feature values of the detected symbols, selecting a representative value from the calculated feature values, and converting the symbols having the feature values other than the representative value into a preset color or form. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062667 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a housing, a first guide, a second guide, a first conveyor, and a reader. The first guide provides a first path between a first opening and a second opening. The second guide provides a second path between a third opening and a junction where the first path intersects the second path. The first conveyor includes first and second drive rollers, first and second driven rollers, first and second springs. The first drive roller is disposed inside a path, which includes at least the second path, between the third opening and the second opening, while the second drive roller is disposed outside the path. The first spring biases the first driven roller toward the first drive roller with a first biasing force (F | 2015-03-05 |
20150062668 | LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light irradiation device includes: a light source to output diffused light; and a light guide member to guide the diffused light to an irradiation point. The light guide member includes an incidence surface which the diffused light enters, a first emission surface to emit the entered diffused light, while further diffusing the entered diffused light with a first diffusion characteristic to emit the diffused light at a first diffusion angle, and a second emission surface to emit the entered diffused light, while further diffusing the entered diffused light with a second diffusion characteristics to emit the diffused light at a second diffusion angle. The second diffusion angle provided by the second diffusion characteristic is smaller than the first diffusion angle provided by the first diffusion characteristic. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062669 | LIGHT SOURCE FOR EXPOSURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a light source for exposure including: a circuit section which includes plural pixel circuits arranged in one direction, a scanning circuit which outputs a scanning signal, a scanning line which supplies the pixel circuits with the scanning signal; light-emitting elements connected to the pixel circuits; and data lines which supply a lead wire with a data signal via the pixel circuits, wherein a data line group including the plural data lines, a light-emitting element group including the plural light-emitting elements, and the circuit section are arranged in this order in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the plural pixel circuits are arranged. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062670 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSOR UNIT, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An illumination apparatus includes: a rod-like light guide member that directs light emitted from a first light source and a second light source from an emission surface to an illuminated body while propagating the light by reflection surfaces; and a light blocking member including a second surrounding portion slidably covering another end of the light guide member, wherein the second surrounding portion includes: a light blocking portion protruding toward one end of the light guide member and covering the emission surface of the light guide member; and a cut-out portion adjacent to the light blocking portion and exposing the reflection surface of the light guide member. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062671 | READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A reading device includes an original glass plate, a scanner, a support portion, a towing portion, a guide portion, and an engagement portion. The towing portion is configured to tow and move the support portion in a predetermined direction. The guide portion is configured to guide a direction of movement of the support portion and the scanner caused by the towing of the towing portion. A center of mass of the scanner and the support portion is positioned at a midpoint between contact portions provided at both ends of the scanner and coming into contact with the original glass plate. The guide portion is disposed under the center of mass of the scanner and support portion. The towing portion is secured to the support portion or the engagement portion at a point on a vertical line passing through the center of mass of the scanner and support portion. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062672 | Image Scanning Apparatus - An image scanning apparatus is provided with a housing having a first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet, which are spaced from each other. A width of the first inlet is wider than that of the second inlet. A first guide is defined in the housing, connected to the first inlet and the outlet and has first and second guide surfaces opposing each other. A second guide is defined in the housing, connected to the second inlet and a confluence position, and has third guide and fourth guide surfaces opposing each other. The confluence position is defined in the second guide surface, the third guide surface is defined on the second guide surface side of the second inlet side with respect to the confluence position, a driven roller exposing from the third guide surface, and a scanning unit arranged between the confluence position and the outlet. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062673 | COLOR SEPARATION APPARATUS, COLOR SEPARATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A color separation apparatus comprising: a target value acquisition device; a dot threshold data acquisition device which acquires dot threshold data including information on a threshold for each of the dots for converting the continuous-tone image data into binary image data for each of the color materials; a print profile acquisition device which acquires a print profile showing correspondence between a device signal value and a value of a color system in the printer; and a color separation device which allows the printer to calculate candidates of the device signal value on the basis of the target values of colors acquired by the target value acquisition device and the print profile, and determines a device signal value for reproducing colors corresponding to the target values from among the candidates of the device signal value on the basis of the dot threshold data and the print profile. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062674 | COLOR SEPARATION APPARATUS, COLOR SEPARATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A color separation apparatus comprising: a target value acquisition device; a dot threshold data candidate selection device; a print profile acquisition device which acquires a print profile showing correspondence between device signal values and color system values in the printer for each of the candidates of dot threshold data; and a color separation device which allows the printer to calculate candidates of the device signal values on the basis of the target values of colors acquired by the target value acquisition device and the print profile, and determines dot threshold data for reproducing colors corresponding to the target values on the basis of the candidates of dot threshold data and the print profile from among the candidates of dot threshold data, as well as determines device signal values for reproducing colors corresponding to the target values from among the candidates of device signal values. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062675 | DYNAMIC APERTURE HOLOGRAPHY - Methods and systems for performing dynamic aperture holography are described. Embodiments include a method of recording multiple holograms in a photosensitive recording medium, wherein multiple signal beam angular apertures used to record the multiple holograms differ from each other. The multiple signal beam angular apertures can facilitate using a larger range of reference beam angular apertures. The multiple holograms are typically multiplexed, and embodiments of dynamic aperture holography enable packing the multiplexed holograms more densely in the recording medium. Embodiments include dynamic aperture holography systems having monocular objective lens architecture. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062676 | DRIVING DEVICE OF ROTATING POLYGONAL MIRROR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DRIVING DEVICE - A driving device of a rotating polygonal mirror which stops supply of a driving current or reduces output of the driving current in a state where the driving current is supplied to a driving motor, and detects a period of an FG signal based on a detected waveform output from a detection element in the state where the driving current is stopped. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062677 | MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT - A micromechanical component and a method for producing a micromechanical component are described. The component has: a frame; a plate spring that is connected to the frame and that has a front side and a rear side facing away from the front side; a mirror element that is situated on the front side of the plate spring and is connected to the front side of the plate spring in such a way that the mirror element is suspended on the frame so as to be capable of displacement; and at least one piezoelectric strip that is connected to the rear side of the plate spring; the plate spring being elastically deformable through the application of an electrical voltage to the at least one piezoelectric strip in order to displace the mirror element. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062678 | MULTI-LASER PROJECTION DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING PRODUCTION METHOD - A multi-laser projection device includes: a plurality of first assemblies, each including a fixed assemblage of a respective laser diode and an associated first collimator lens; a second assembly that forms a fixed assemblage of a beam combiner and a respective second collimator lens that is fastened on an entry surface of the beam combiner and that appertains to a respective laser diode; and a deflection unit. The plurality of first assemblies, the second assembly, and the deflection unit are mounted in a common housing so as to be adjusted to one another. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062679 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The light source body of an optical scanner includes a main frame and a disc portion. The main frame is formed into a cylindrical columnar shape so as to irradiate the light beams from a front end thereof. The disc portion protrudes radially outward from a rear end side of the main frame. A side plate of the housing have a through-hole. The side plate includes a support member installed on the outer surface. The support member has an arc surface formed to extend along a edge portion of the through-hole. A pressing member is configured to press the disc portion of the light source body against the arc surface of the support member in such a state that the front end of the main frame is inserted into the through-hole and that an end surface of the disc portion makes contact with the side plate of the housing. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062680 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCANNING A BEAM OF ULTRA-SHORT PULSE LIGHT - An embodiment of a scanning optical system comprises: an optical source providing a beam of pulsed light of ultra-short pulse duration; a deflector for deflecting the beam through a scan angle; a lens system including a focusing objective for focusing the deflected beam; a dispersion compensating device for reducing dispersion-related distortion of a pulse of the beam by the lens system, the dispersion compensating device including a deformable, dispersive mirror and an actuator device for the mirror; and a controller for controlling the actuator device to change a shape of the mirror in accordance with the scan angle. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062681 | METHOD FOR ADAPTING THE PARAMETERS OF A CONTROLLER FOR MICROMECHANICAL ACTUATORS, AND DEVICE - A method for adapting the parameters of a controller for micromechanical actuators, including the following steps: acting on the micromechanical actuator with a test signal which has a step, detecting a test signal response of the micromechanical actuator to the test signal, identifying an absolute position of at least one mode in the detected test signal response, and adapting at least one of the parameters of the controller based on the identified absolute position of the at least one mode. Moreover, a corresponding device is described. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062682 | CORRECTION OF OPTICAL ELEMENTS BY CORRECTION LIGHT IRRADIATED IN A FLAT MANNER - The disclosure relates to a correction light device for the irradiation of optical elements of an optical arrangement, in particular a lens, such a microlithography lens having a correction light, which include at least one correction light source and at least one mirror arrangement that deflects the light from the correction light source in the beam path to the optical element such that at least part of at least one surface of at least one optical element of the optical arrangement are irradiated in a locally and/or temporally variable fashion. The correction light strikes the surface of the optical element at a flat angle such that the obtuse angle between the optical axis of the optical arrangement at the location of the optical element and the correction light beam is less than or equal to 105°. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062683 | OPTICAL DEFLECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical deflection device includes a mirror having a reflection face for deflecting light that enters the reflection face; and a support member to support the mirror including a torsion bar having one end being continuously connected to the mirror; a beam being continuously connected to another end of the torsion bar; and a plurality of piezoelectric elements disposed on the beam including a first piezoelectric element and a second piezoelectric element. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062684 | CONTROLLER FOR ACTUATING A MICROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR, ACTUATING SYSTEM FOR ACTUATING A MICROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR, MICRO-MIRROR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTUATING A MICROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR - A controller for actuating a micromechanical actuator, including a first signal input which is designed to receive a reference signal, a second signal input which is designed to receive a measuring signal which denotes a recorded response by the micromechanical actuator to a control signal, a first controller element which is designed to filter and/or to attenuate predefined frequency modes and/or predefined frequency components in the received reference signal and to output a filtered and/or attenuated reference signal, a second controller element which is designed to modify the received measuring signal in order to minimize the quality of the first mode of the received measuring signal and to output a modified measuring signal, a third controller element which is designed to minimize the deviation between the filtered and/or attenuated reference signal and the received measuring signal and to output a minimized reference signal, a fourth controller element which is designed to modify the bandwidth of the received measuring signal and to subtract it from the minimized reference signal, which makes up the control signal. Furthermore, a corresponding actuating system, a corresponding micro-mirror system and a corresponding method are described. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062685 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTUATED MICROSHUTTER - The invention relates to an electromagnetically actuated microshutter comprising: a moveable plate that can rotate about an axis, connected to a stationary frame by two arms aligned on both sides of the plate to said axis, and comprising on its periphery a conductive loop and below the assembly formed by the stationary frame and the moveable plate, a group of magnets having distinct magnetic orientations, arranged in such a manner so as to create, with respect to the moveable plate, a lateral magnetic field, in the plane of the frame, oblique in relation to the axis of rotation. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062686 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SELECTIVELY ABSORBING STRUCTURE - An apparatus is described that selectively absorbs electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus includes a conducting surface, a dielectric layer formed on the conducting surface, and a plurality of conducting particles distributed on the dielectric layer. The dielectric layer can be formed from a material and a thickness selected to yield a specific absorption spectrum. Alternatively, the thickness or dielectric value of the material can change in response to an external stimulus, thereby changing the absorption spectrum. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062687 | NANOCRYSTAL-POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE - Described is an electrochromic nanocomposite film comprising a solid matrix of an oxide based material, the solid matrix comprising a plurality of transparent conducting oxide (TCO) nanostructures dispersed in the solid matrix and a lithium salt dispersed in the solid matrix. Also described is a near infrared nanostructured electrochromic device having a functional layer comprising the electrochromic nanocomposite film. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062688 | MULTI-PANE ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOWS - Window units, for example insulating glass units (IGU's), that have at least two panes, each pane having an electrochromic device thereon, are described. Two optical state devices on each pane of a dual-pane window unit provide window units having four optical states. Window units described allow the end user a greater choice of how much light is transmitted through the electrochromic window. Also, by using two or more window panes, each with its own electrochromic device, registered in a window unit, visual defects in any of the individual devices are negated by virtue of the extremely small likelihood that any of the visual defects will align perfectly and thus be observable to the user. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062689 | DISTRIBUTED CMOS DRIVER WITH ENHANCED DRIVE VOLTAGE FOR SILICON OPTICAL PUSH-PULL MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATORS - Disclosed are structures and methods for CMOS drivers that drive silicon optical push-pull Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZMs) with twice the drive voltage per interferometer arm as with prior art designs. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062690 | ADDITIVE FOR IMPROVING OPTICAL PERFORMANCE OF AN ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - The present invention is directed to an electrophoretic fluid which comprises uncharged or lightly charged neutral buoyancy particles. The resulting fluid can improve not only image stability but also contrast ratio of a display device, without significantly affecting the switching speed. The present invention is also directed to an electrophoretic display comprising display cells filled with the electrophoretic fluid. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062691 | TUNABLE OPTICAL METAMATERIAL - A tunable metamaterial has a two dimensional array of resonant annular ring elements; and a plurality of voltage controllable electrical tuning elements disposed in or adjacent openings in each of said ring elements, each of said voltage controllable electrical tuning element ohmically contacting portions of only one of said ring elements. The voltage controllable electrical tuning elements may comprise highly doped semiconductor tunnel diodes, or the charge accumulation layer at the semiconductor/insulator interface of a metal-insulator-semiconductor structure, or nanoelectromechanical (NEMs) capacitors. The tunable metamaterial may be used, for example, in an optical beam steering device using the aforementioned tunable optical metamaterial in which a free-space optical beam is coupled into a receiving portion of a plane of the optical metamaterial and is steered out of a transmitter portion of the plane of the optical metamaterial in controllable azimuthal and elevational directions. The tunable metamaterial additionally has other applications. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062692 | REDUCING THERMAL DEPENDENCE OF AMPLIFIER GAIN - Devices and methods for lessening a thermal dependence of gain profile of an optical amplifier are disclosed. An optical beam is split in two sub-beams with a thermally variable power splitting ratio. One sub-beam travels a longer optical path length than the other. When the two sub-beams are recombined, they interfere with each other, causing the throughput to be wavelength dependent. An amplitude of this wavelength dependence is thermally variable due to the thermally variable power splitting ratio. The thermally variable power splitting ratio and the optical path length difference are selected so as to offset a thermal variation of a spectral gain profile of an optical amplifier. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062693 | HIGH-POWER LIQUID-COOLED PUMP AND SIGNAL COMBINER - Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to a high-power liquid-cooled pump and signal combiner and methods thereof for fiber optic applications. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a pump and signal combiner capable of conveying several kilowatts of pump laser power for kilowatt class rare-earth doped fiber amplifiers without suffering thermal damage. In one embodiment of the present invention, a high-power, heat dissipating optical fiber device comprises a section of optical fiber configured to propagate light, a cooling chamber, substantially encapsulating the optical fiber, and a fluid within the cooling chamber having a refractive index selected to control the interaction and propagation of the light in the fluid. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062694 | Organic Compound, Anisotropic Optical Film and Method of Production Thereof - The present invention is related to 6,7-dihydrobenzimidazo[1,2-c]quinazolin-6-one derivatives of the general structural formula (I), the anisotropic optical film based on these derivatives with phase-retarding properties for displays, and method of producing thereof: | 2015-03-05 |
20150062695 | INFRARED FILTER - An infrared filter includes a transparent substrate, and an infrared-filtering multilayer film. The infrared-filtering multilayer film is coated on the transparent substrate, and the infrared-filtering multilayer film includes a plurality of the first kind of film layers, a plurality of the second kind of film layers, a plurality of the third kind of film layers and a plurality of the fourth kind of film layers, wherein the four kinds of film layers are arranged in order of gradient refractive indexes. At least two kinds of film layers are made of composite materials. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062696 | MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM - A magnification optical system forms an enlarged image of an object. It includes a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups; and a mirror train including a curved mirror, arranged in this order from an object side, a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of a conjugate surface on the object side, and a second focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side by different amounts from those of the first focus structure. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062697 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An intermediate image is formed inside a light guide member by a projection lens or the like, whereby a small optical system having a wide viewing angle and high performance is provided. At least one curved surface among curved surfaces forming an optical system is an opposite-sign curvature curved surface having an opposite-sign curvature point different in curvature depending on direction, whereby the optical system is placed in a satisfactory aberration correction state. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062698 | Diffusing Collection Lens for Direct Coupled High Power Microscopy Illumination Systems - A high power microscopy illumination system is disclosed, including a solid state illumination source. A diffusing collection lens having a diffusing surface is configured to collect and diffuse light emission from the solid state illumination source. An emitting surface is disposed substantially opposite the diffusing surface. An optical coupling element couples the light emission from the diffusing collection lens emitting surface along an optical axis to an optical output. The diffusing collection lens provides improved uniformity of illumination with direct coupling, without significant power loss. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062699 | OPTICAL UNIT AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An optical unit includes a condensing lens which condenses light from an object; a pupil splitting polarization separation element which separately outputs two linearly polarized light beams of which polarizing directions are different from the condensed light using a left eye polarization separation region and a right eye polarization separation region which are formed by having a pupil splitting line which is orthogonal to an optical axis as a border; a polarizing direction conversion element which converts polarizing directions of the two linearly polarized light beams which are output from the pupil splitting polarization separation element; and a rotation driving unit which rotates the pupil splitting polarization separation element and the polarizing direction conversion element in an optical axis rotational direction. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062700 | VOLUMETRIC-IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A volumetric-image forming system comprises an optical image-forming means | 2015-03-05 |
20150062701 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF COMPENSATION MEMBER - There is provided a display device including a lens which guides light from a light source to a display surface, and a compensation member, having an inside surface opposite to a lens surface of the lens divided into a plurality of two-dimensional regions, in which a direction of an advance axis or a delay axis is controlled for each of the regions. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062702 | PHASE DIFFERENCE FILM LAMINATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHASE DIFFERENCE FILM LAMINATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHASE DIFFERENCE FILM - A phase difference film layered body is obtained by stretching a film before stretching, the film before stretching including: a P1 layer formed of a resin p1 containing polyphenylene ether having a positive intrinsic birefringence value and a polystyrene-based polymer having a negative intrinsic birefringence value and having a syndiotactic structure; and a P2 layer disposed in contact with the P1 layer and formed of a resin p2 containing an acrylic resin or an alicyclic structure-containing polymer. In the resin p1, the weight ratio of (the content of the polyphenylene ether)/(the content of the polystyrene-based polymer) is 35/65 to 45/55. A method for producing the phase difference film layered body and a method for producing a phase difference film using the phase difference film layered body are also provided. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062703 | STRENGTHENED PLATE FOR TOUCH DEVICE - A protective plate adapted for portable touch device with a touch screen includes a transparent plate; an opaque layer printed on a peripheral surface of the transparent plate and having an opening defined therethrough; and an adhesive layer printed on a free surface of the opaque layer and able to be selectively pasted on the touch screen to prevent from pollution. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062704 | Optical Article Comprising a Precursor Coating for An Antifogging Coating and a Temporary Layer Rendering Same Suitable for Edging - The present invention concerns an optical article comprising a substrate, at least one of the main surfaces of which is coated with a first coating comprising, at its surface, silanol groups and, in direct contact with this coating, a second coating which is a precursor for an antifog coating, the second coating being formed by deposition, on the first coating, of at least one compound A having:
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20150062705 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE OPTICAL FILM AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A pressure-sensitive adhesive optical film of the present invention comprises: an optical film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer placed on at least one side of the optical film, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an equilibrium moisture content ratio (a) of 0.5% by weight or less, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer shows a displacement amount (b) of 600 μm or less in one hour at 23° C., when a tensile shearing stress of 500 gf is applied to an adhesion area of 10 mm×10 mm having a thickness of 25 μm, and the equilibrium moisture content ratio (a) and the displacement amount (b) satisfy the relation: b<1036.4×e | 2015-03-05 |
20150062706 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - There is provided a lens driving device, including: an auto-focusing driving unit disposed between a first frame supporting a lens in an optical axis direction and a second frame having a first gap with respect to the first frame; a camera shake stabilizing unit disposed between the second frame and an outer portion having a second gap with respect to the second frame; a leaf spring connected to the first and second frames to maintain the lens on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis direction, the leaf spring having a free-bent edge portion; and a suspension wire disposed in the optical axis direction, wherein one end of the suspension wire is fixed to the edge portion and the other end is fixed to the outer portion so that the second frame is floated from the outer portion. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062707 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted or helmet-mounted display apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an optical element which in use is disposed in front of the eyes of a user. The optical element comprises a waveguide portion. The apparatus further includes a first light source and a second light source of image-bearing light. The apparatus further includes first diffraction element for propagation of image-bearing light of the first light source through the optical element. The apparatus further includes a second diffraction element for propagation of image-bearing light of the second light source through the optical element. The first light source and the second light source is disposed such that relative angular movement of the first light source and the second light source about an axis of symmetry of the optical element adjusts the inter-pupillary spacing of a first visible image and a second visible image presented to a respective eye of a user. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062708 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, OPTICAL HOUSING, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL HOUSING - An optical filter device includes a wavelength tunable interference filter, a lid having a second opening, a base that forms a receiving space together with the lid, a second glass member that covers the second opening and is bonded to the lid through low melting point glass, and a metal layer provided on the lid. The metal layer is provided outside a line that is separated from the outer peripheral edge of the second glass member by a predetermined distance toward a side away from the second opening and is disposed along the outer peripheral edge of the second glass member in plan view when the lid is viewed from a normal direction with respect to the opening surface of the second opening. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062709 | Opaque White Coating with Non-Conductive Mirror - An opaque cover is provided for a capacitive sensor. The cover includes a transparent substrate, and at least one white coating layer including white pigments disposed over at least one portion of the transparent substrate. The cover also includes a non-conductive minor structure disposed over the at least one white coating layer. The non-conductive minor structure includes a number of first dielectric layers having a first refractive index interleaved with second dielectric layers having a second refractive index. The first and second dielectric layers have dielectric constants below a threshold. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062710 | TRANSPARENT BODY FOR USE IN A TOUCH PANEL AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR APPARATUS - A process for manufacturing a transparent body for use in a touch screen panel is provided. The process includes: depositing a first transparent layer stack over a transparent substrate, wherein said first transparent layer stack includes at least a first dielectric film with a first refractive index, and a second dielectric film with a second refractive index different from the first refractive index, providing a structured transparent conductive film in a manner such that the first transparent layer stack and the transparent conductive film are disposed over the substrate in this order, and wherein the structured transparent conductive film has a sheet resistance of 100 Ohm/square or below, and depositing a second transparent layer stack over the transparent conductive film, wherein said second transparent layer stack includes at least a third dielectric film with a third refractive index, and a fourth dielectric film or a transparent adhesive with a fourth refractive index, wherein the first transparent layer stack, the structured transparent conductive film and the second transparent layer stack are provided in this order. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062711 | DAYLIGHT COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Lighting devices and methods for illuminating the interior of a building with natural daylight are disclosed. In some embodiments, a daylighting apparatus includes a tube having a sidewall with a reflective interior surface, an at least partially transparent light collector with one or more light turning elements, and a light reflector positioned to reflect daylight into the light collector. The one or more light turning elements can turn direct and indirect daylight into the tube so that it is available to illuminate the building. In some embodiments, the tube is disposed between the light collector and a diffuser positioned inside a target area of a building. In certain embodiments, the tube is configured to direct at least a portion of the daylight transmitted through the light collector towards the diffuser. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062712 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS, OPTICAL INSTRUMENT, AND MASTER - An optical element includes an element main body and a plurality of sub-wavelength structures that is provided on a surface of the element main body. The sub-wavelength structures include an energy-ray-curable resin composition, and the element main body is opaque to energy rays for curing the energy-ray-curable resin composition. The surface, on which the plurality of sub-wavelength structures is provided, has a section in which scattered light is generated by scattering incident light, and intensity distribution of the scattered light is anisotropic. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062713 | ANTI-REFLECTION ARTICLE AND METHODS THEREOF - An antireflection article including:
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20150062714 | IMAGE-CAPTURING ASSEMBLY AND ARRAY LENS UNITS THEREOF - A lens module is disclosed. The lens module includes a substrate assembly and an array of lens units. The substrate assembly includes a main body and a supporting layer formed on the substrate assembly. The main body has a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and at least one lateral surface connecting the front surface to the rear surface. The supporting layer has a planar configuration and is formed on the main body. The main body is made of a first material and the supporting layer is made of a second material different from the first material. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062715 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A first diffraction optical element is disposed on a light incident surface of a light guide, a second diffraction optical element is disposed on a light emitting surface of the light guide, and a reflection layer is disposed on an end surface of the light guide. A diffraction grating of the first diffraction optical element and a diffraction grating of the second diffraction optical element has an inclined portion respectively. The inclined portion of the first diffraction optical element and the inclined portion of the second diffraction optical element are inclined in same direction. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062716 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical system of a virtual image display apparatus is configured such that, in regard to a width in a first direction and a width in a second direction at a first surface position, and a width in a first direction and a width in a second direction at a second surface position corresponding to the width in the first direction and the width in the second direction at the first surface position, predetermined conditional expressions are established. With this, in an optical system for an HMD which includes a light guide member having a free-form surface, it is possible to allow video light to be emitted toward eyes in an appropriate state while controlling the light guide of video light accurately and maintaining high performance. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062717 | IMAGING DEVICE, CAMERA SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device, comprising an interchangeable lens having a photographing optical system whose focal length can be varied, comprises a zoom position detection section for detecting a zoom position in accordance with focal length of the imaging optical system, and a lens control section for controlling movement of a focus lens contained in the imaging optical system, wherein the lens control section corrects position that the focus lens is moved to in accordance with the zoom position before movement of the focus lens and zoom position during movement of the focus lens. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062718 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes a first lens group with a diffraction optical element and having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, which are sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side. The second lens group and the third lens group are moved in accordance with zooming between a wide angle end and a telephoto end such that the second lens group is positioned to the object-most side at the wide angle end, and the third lens group is positioned to the image-most side at the telephoto end. At least one of the second lens group and the third lens group includes a negative lens satisfying the conditional expressions: 1.502015-03-05 | |
20150062719 | SHAPE-VARIABLE OPTICAL ELEMENT - Disclosed herein is a shape-variable optical element including: a shape-variable lens; a first electrode unit configured to be connected to the shape-variable lens; a second electrode unit configured to face the first electrode unit; and a deformation part configured to be disposed between the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062720 | FIXED-FOCUS LENS - A fixed-focus lens including a first lens group and a second lens group is provided. The first lens group having a negative refractive power includes a first lens, a second lens and a third lens arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side, in which refractive powers of the first, second and third lenses are negative, negative and positive in sequence. The second lens group having a positive refractive power is located between the first lens group and the image side, and the second lens group includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens and a sixth lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side, in which refractive powers of the fourth, fifth and sixth lenses are positive, negative and positive in sequence. The first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lenses are separated from each other. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062721 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system may include: a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens having negative refractive power; a sixth lens having positive or negative refractive power, an image-side surface thereof being concave toward an imaging surface. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062722 | WIDE-ANGLE LENS - A wide-angle lens is disclosed. The wide-angle lens includes a first lens element L | 2015-03-05 |
20150062723 | MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOF - Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Though controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces and/or the refracting power of the lens elements, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062724 | LENS ASSEMBLY - A lens assembly includes a lens set which includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens arranged in sequence along an optical axis. The first lens has a positive optical power. The second lens has a positive optical power. The third lens has a negative optical power. The fourth lens has a positive optical power, and has an image-side surface, an object-side surface, and a peripheral surface interconnecting the two. At least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces has an inflection point located between the optical axis and the peripheral surface. The lens assembly satisfies 152015-03-05 | |
20150062725 | CATADIOPTRIC PROJECTION OBJECTIVE COMPRISING DEFLECTION MIRRORS AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE METHOD - A catadioptric projection objective has a multiplicity of lenses and at least one concave mirror, and also two deflection mirrors in order to separate a partial beam path running from the object field to the concave mirror from the partial beam path running from the concave mirror to the image field. The deflection mirrors are tilted relative to the optical axis of the projection objective about tilting axes running parallel to a first direction (x-direction). The first deflection mirror is arranged in optical proximity to a first field plane and the second deflection mirror is arranged in optical proximity to a second field plane, which is optically conjugate with respect to the first field plane. A displacement device for the synchronous displacement of the deflection mirrors is provided. The deflection mirrors have different local distributions of their reflection properties in first and second reflection regions, respectively. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062726 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - The imaging lens substantially consists of a first lens having a biconvex shape, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power and a convex surface that faces the object side, a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power, of which at least one of the object-side surface and the image-side surface has at least one inflection point, in this order from the object side; and wherein conditional expression (1A): −0.382015-03-05 | |
20150062727 | LENS AND LENS MODULE - There is provided a lens including: a first surface having a first coupling part formed thereon, the first coupling part having a staircase-shaped cross section; and a second surface having a second coupling part formed thereon, the second coupling part having an angle of inclination with respect to an optical axis. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062728 | Solar Trough Frame, Part and Method - A solar trough frame for holding solar mirrors includes a plurality of chords. The frame includes a plurality of extruded profiles, including chords, chord sleeves, struts, strut end pieces and mirror support pieces, each chord sleeve having at least one chord sleeve fin, each chord sleeve positioned about one of the chords. The frame includes a plurality of struts, at least one of the struts having a strut end piece having at least one strut fin that connects with a chord sleeve fin to connect the plurality of chords. The frame includes a platform supported by the chords and struts on which the solar mirrors are disposed. A chord sleeve for connecting a chord of a solar frame which supports solar mirrors to a strut end piece extending from a strut of the solar frame. A strut end piece for connecting the strut of a solar frame which supports solar mirrors to a chord sleeve of the solar frame. A method for linking a strut of a solar frame which supports solar mirrors to a chord of the solar frame. A method for supporting solar mirrors. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062729 | CATHETERIZATION AID FOR WOMEN - A self-catheterization aid for a woman that comprises a tripod. Mounted to the tripod is a mirror that can be moved and adjusted in various planes. Mounted to the mirror is a battery-powered light. The device enables a woman to appropriately position the self-catheterization device such that the mirror and light is aimed at the urethra area. This enables the woman to clearly see the inlet to the urethra which in turn facilitates self-catheterization. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062730 | Array-Reader Based Magnetic Recording Systems With Quadrature Amplitude Modulation - A magnetic recording system includes an array of analog inputs operable to receive analog signals retrieved from a magnetic storage medium, a quadrature amplitude modulator operable to combine the analog signals to yield a quadrature amplitude modulated signal, a quadrature amplitude demodulator operable to yield a plurality of demodulated signals from the quadrature amplitude modulated signal corresponding to each channel of the array, and a joint equalizer operable to filter the plurality of demodulated signals to yield an equalized output. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062731 | Systems and Methods for Channel Target Based CBD Estimation - Various approaches, methods, systems, circuits and devices for channel bit density estimation. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062732 | Systems and Methods for Two Stage Tone Reduction - Systems and method relating generally to data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for tone reduction in relation to data transmission. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062733 | Method for Reading File Using Plurality of Tape Media - A storage system includes a plurality of tape drives connected, to a host, and a buffer configured to temporarily hold data read from the drives. A mechanism loads a plurality of media on which a file has been written to the plurality of drives so as to mount the plurality of media in the plurality of drives and divides the file into a plurality of data portions in an order. The mechanism determines a medium that takes the shortest time to move from a current position of a read head of a corresponding drive to a beginning position of the file and one or more media from which following data portions of the beginning data portion are to be read. The mechanism executes reading of the following data portions from the next media and temporarily holding of the read following data portions in the buffer of the storage system while reading the beginning data portion of the file from the first medium to the host. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062734 | Systems and Methods for Multi-Level Encoding and Decoding - A storage system includes a storage medium operable to maintain a data set, a read/write head assembly operable to write the data set to the storage medium and to read the data set from the storage medium, a multi-level encoder operable to encode the data set at a plurality of different code rates before it is written to the storage medium, and a multi-level decoder operable to decode the data set retrieved from the storage medium and to apply decoded values encoded at a lower code rate when decoding values encoded at a higher code rate. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062735 | DUAL READER STRUCTURE - Implementations described and claimed herein provide a stacked dual reader with a bottom sensor stack and a top sensor stack wherein the bottom sensor stack and the top sensor stack are mirrored along a down-track direction. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062736 | CACHE DATA MANAGEMENT FOR PROGRAM EXECUTION - Implementations disclosed herein provide for sequential readback of program data in from a cached data region of a storage device. In particular, the disclosed technology provides for storing a sequence of logical addresses associated with execution of a program, the sequence of logical addresses including at least two consecutive logical addresses associated with non-consecutive data blocks in a user data region; writing data corresponding to the at least two consecutive logical addresses to sequential data blocks in a cached data region; determining that a sequence of read commands from a host computer is associated with the data; and reading the data from the cached data region. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062737 | Adaptive Pattern Detection for Pattern-Dependent Write Current Control in a Magnetic Recording System - The disclosure is directed to a system and method of a system and method for determining fundamental bit cell duration of a data record, which can be used for pattern-dependent write (PDW) current control. According to various embodiments of the disclosure, at least a first portion of a data record is fed through a plurality of delay units. A binary output of each delay unit is stored in at least one register when the delay units have received the first portion of the data record. The register contents are then decoded to determine fundamental bit cell duration of the data record based upon the stored binary outputs. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062738 | Systems and Methods for Variable Sector Count Spreading and De-Spreading - Systems and method relating generally to data processing, and more particularly to systems and methods for encoding and decoding information. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062739 | INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND DATA RECOVERY METHOD - An information recording device includes a recording medium with a plurality of data tracks and a controller that stores management information regarding data recorded in a group of adjacent data tracks, the recorded data including first data recorded in a first data track that is partially overwritten by second data subsequently recorded in a second data track that is adjacent to the first data track. The controller recovers management data of the recorded data based on whether or not a sector in the first data track that is adjacent to a sector in the second data track can be read by offset read processing when the sector in the second data track cannot be read by normal read processing. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062740 | TAPE STORAGE SYSTEM - A tape storage medium includes a tape head for reading/writing data from/to a tape storage medium. At least one servo band along a longitudinal extension of the tape storage medium determines positional information. The servo band includes a set of servo tracks having a width extending along the longitudinal extension and arranged next to each other. A total of two different servo patterns are contained in the set of servo tracks. The tape head includes two servo readers. A width of each servo reader orthogonal to the longitudinal extension of the tape storage medium is at least half the width of a servo track. The two servo readers are offset from each other orthogonal to the longitudinal extension by d*wST+n*wST with wST being the width of the servo track, with 02015-03-05 | |
20150062741 | HIGH DENSITY TIMING BASED SERVO FORMAT - A product according to one embodiment includes a magnetic recording tape having opposite ends and at least one servo track, a longitudinal axis of the magnetic recording tape being defined between the ends. The at least one servo track has a plurality of first magnetic bars and a plurality of second magnetic bars. A width of each of the at least one servo track is defined in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the magnetic recording tape between sides of the servo track, the sides of each servo track extending along ends of the first magnetic bars. Lengths of the second magnetic bars between outermost ends thereof are less than the width of the associated servo track. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062742 | QUASI-STATICALLY TILTED HEAD HAVING DILATED TRANSDUCER PITCH - A method according to one embodiment includes reading and/or writing data to a magnetic medium using a head having an array of transducers. An axis of the array is defined between opposite ends thereof, and is tilted at an angle greater than 0° from a line oriented perpendicular to an intended direction of tape travel thereacross during the reading and/or writing. The method further includes at least one of: introducing, by a controller, a timing offset to at least one servo channel to compensate for offset in servo readback signals introduced by the tilt of the head, introducing, by the controller, a timing offset to at least some read channels to compensate for offset in readback signals introduced by a tilt of the head, and introducing, by the controller, a timing offset to at least some write channels to enable writing of transitions that are readable by a non-tilted head. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062743 | DATA MIGRATION FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICE - Migration of data in a data storage device (DSD). A spindle motor of the DSD is controlled to rotate a disk of the DSD to perform at least one operation on the disk and an operational activity level is determined for performing the at least one operation. It is determined whether the operational activity level is greater than a target level, and if it is determined that the operational activity level is not greater than the target level, data is transferred between a solid state memory of the DSD and the disk while the disk rotates. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062744 | CONTROLLING THE TRANSPORT OF A TAPE WITHIN A TAPE TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A control device for controlling tape transport within a tape transport system is disclosed. The control device includes a determination unit, which includes at least a first servo channel and a second servo channel for determining a first lateral position of a tape relative to the head, and for determining a difference between the first and second lateral positions. A computing unit computes a number of unsupported wraps of the tape as a function of the lateral position difference, wherein the number of unsupported wraps corresponds to the number of layers of the tape around the take-up reel having air layers in-between, and computes a spring constant of the tape as a function of the number of unsupported wraps, a radius of the take-up reel and a nominal tape path length. A calibration unit calibrates at least one unit of the tape transport system dependent on the spring constant. | 2015-03-05 |
20150062745 | GRANULAR MEDIA WITH A HIGH-HK ASSIST LAYER FOR MICROWAVE-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING - In one embodiment, a magnetic storage device includes at least one microwave assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) head, each MAMR head including a spin torque oscillator (STO), a magnetic recording medium, a drive mechanism for passing the magnetic medium over the at least one MAMR head, and a controller electrically coupled to the at least one MAMR head for controlling operation of the at least one MAMR head, wherein the magnetic recording medium includes a recording layer positioned directly or indirectly above a substrate and an assist layer positioned above the recording layer, wherein the recording layer includes at least Co, Pt, and an oxide or oxygen, wherein the assist layer is positioned closer to the at least one MAMR head and includes at least Co and Pt, and wherein at least a portion of the recording layer has a smaller anisotropic magnetic field than the assist layer. | 2015-03-05 |