23rd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140153055 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing method includes receiving image data including a color lookup table, and rendering the image data without referring to the color lookup table for each pixel when a combination of color values defined in the color lookup table is a predetermined combination. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153056 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method includes dividing a first image into regions according to content of the first image; generating a second image by converting a gradation of pixels of the first image into a gradation of pixels expressible in an image forming apparatus for each region; generating a piece of simulation information of a result of the image forming/outputting process based on the second image and nozzle characteristic information of the image forming apparatus; calculating an error between the first image and a third image for each of the regions, the third image being obtained by converting the piece of simulation information with the gradation of pixels of the first image; and deciding one of the second images as rendering information used to cause the image forming apparatus to perform an image forming/outputting process, based on the calculated errors between the first image and the third images. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153057 | Image Processing Apparatus and Computer Readable Storage Medium Stored With Control Program of Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus ( | 2014-06-05 |
20140153058 | SCANNER CALIBRATION CORRECTING FOR FOREIGN MATTER DEBRIS - Devices and methods calibrate an optical scanner by having the scanner scan a calibration surface. The scanner includes a lens causing a distortion of items scanned. During the calibration process, such devices and methods perform a compensation process to remove the distortion from signals output by the scanner when performing the scanning to identify at least one surface irregularity on the calibration surface. After performing the compensation process, the devices and methods adjust the calibration process (using the processor) to apply correction for pixels affected by the surface irregularity. Then, after adjusting the calibration settings, such devices and methods finalize the calibration process and store the scanner settings, again using the processor. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153059 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING DIVISION PRINTING OF DOCUMENT, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A facsimile apparatus which is improved in user friendliness for a user to print a document received by facsimile communication and is capable of performing division printing of the document. A sheet size of sheets on which the received document is to be printed is determined. In a preview process, when a document to be printed according to a determined sheet size is to be divided so as to be printed on a plurality of sheets, a preview image of the document in which a position where the document is to be divided is indicated is displayed on a display section. Further, in the preview process, the preview image is displayed on the display section by changing the position where the document is to be divided according to designation of the sheet size by a user. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153060 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - This invention provides a mechanism for doing print settings for a plurality of designated images by an intuitive operation. To achieve this, when a touch operation of a user for a plurality of images displayed on a screen has been detected, a display device according to one aspect of this invention displays a setting screen to set the print conditions of the plurality of images, and controls printing of the plurality of images in accordance with the print conditions set using the setting screen. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153061 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a receiver that receives sheet identification information included in information images printed onto sheets scanned by a scanner, a detector that detects that a scanning operation by the scanner is an operation indicating that a plurality of sheets are a sequential sheet group, and a unifier that, when the detector detects an operation indicating the sequential sheet group, unifies information corresponding to the plurality of sheets that is respectively indicated by the plurality of sheet identification information received by the receiver during the scanning operation. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153062 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SCANNING PAPER MEDIA - A system for scanning paper media includes at least one microprocessor and a scanner connected to the microprocessor. The scanner is configured to simultaneously scan two or more printed pages using nuclear magnetic resonance and wherein the scanner is configured to send a three-dimensional data set to the microprocessor representing the printed pages. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153063 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A signal processing apparatus includes a pulse signal producing section configured to produce image creating signals for image formation in response to image data by using an image processing clock corresponding to each pixel of the image data; a measuring section configured to measure a difference between an actual value and an ideal value of a signal width of the image creating signal at the time of measurement; and a processing section configured to correct the image data so as to cancel the difference at the time of an actual action. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153064 | SCAN PROJECTION DEVICE AND SCAN CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A scan projection device and a controlling method are projected. The scan projection device comprises a light source module, a scanning module and a scan driving device. The light source module is for providing an image beam. The scanning module has a first direction scanning frequency and a second direction scanning frequency. The first direction scanning frequency is 2N+1 times of the second direction scanning frequency, wherein N is an integer. The scanning module is for projecting the image beam towards a particular direction and scanning a projection surface. The scan driving device controls the scanning module to scan the projection surface back and forth along a scan trace at the first direction scanning frequency and the second direction scanning frequency. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153065 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: a conveyer configured to convey a sheet; a first introducing part configured to introduce a first-type sheet toward the conveyer; a second introducing part configured to introduce a second-type sheet different from the first-type sheet toward the conveyer; a cover configured to be displaced between an open state, in which the second introducing part is opened, and a closed state, in which the first introducing part is opened and the second introducing part is closed; an image processor configured to perform image processing according to a sheet conveyed by the conveyer; and a controller, wherein in a case where the cover is in the closed state, the controller performs a first setting process to set a first image processing condition corresponding to image processing according to the first-type sheet. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153066 | DOCUMENT SCANNING SYSTEM WITH TRUE COLOR INDICATOR - Disclosed are systems, methods, and/or apparatus to scan a document and capture the true color of the scanned document. In one embodiment, a document scanning system may include a base element having a document placement deck, one or more supporting elements coupled to the base element, and one or more lighting elements coupled to the one or more supporting elements. In addition, the document scanning system may comprise a polychromatic color chart comprising a true color indicator element. In another embodiment, a document scanning system may include a base element, a neck element, a doublet of lighting arms, a docking head, and an image capture device. In this embodiment, the base element may comprise a document placement deck and a polychromatic color chart positioned on the document placement deck. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153067 | SCANNER FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING OBJECT TO BE SCANNED AND SCANNING METHOD USING SAME - A scanner for automatically detecting a scan target includes a transparent scan region configured to support the target, an image sensor including a light source for irradiating light toward the scan region and a light receiving element array for sensing the incident light through the scan region, a drive unit configured to linearly move the sensor across the scan region, and a control unit that controls the sensor and the drive unit. The control unit controls the light source of the sensor and the drive unit such that the sensor moves to a detection position and then the array senses the incident light through the scan region with the light source turned on and off. The control unit compares output signals of the array obtained by turning on and off the light source and automatically determines, based on the comparison, whether the target is placed in the scan region. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153068 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - The instant application discloses an apparatus including an image forming unit and an image reading apparatus. The image forming unit may be disposed adjacent to the base wall of the image reading apparatus. The image reading apparatus may include a base member including the base wall and a peripheral wall protruding orthogonally from the base wall to define an accommodation region; a movable member configured to reciprocate between one end portion of the accommodation region and another end portion of the accommodation region; a reading unit supported by the movable member; a cable having a first extending portion, a curve portion, and a second extending portion; and a contact reduction portion configured to reduce contact of the second extending portion of the cable with a side wall of the peripheral wall. Various embodiments of the contact reduction portion are also disclosed. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153069 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus includes a main body and a reading unit. The reading unit includes: a document table; a lower supporting member that supports the document table from below; an upper supporting member that contacts an upper side of the document table and clamps the document table with the lower supporting member; and a reading device. The main body includes an exterior member arranged in a position adjacent to the upper supporting member when the reading unit is in a close position. One of the upper supporting member and the exterior member includes an abutting portion and the other includes an abutted portion so as to configure a positioning mechanism for establishing positioning of a relative position between the upper supporting member and the exterior member in an up-down direction. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153070 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes an image reading unit for reading an image of a document at a reading position, a document feeding unit for discharging the document via the reading position, an abnormality detection unit for detecting a feeding abnormality, and a reading determination unit. The reading determination unit determines that the reading of the image of the fed document by the image reading unit is complete in a case where it is determined that a fed document, which is being fed by the document feeding unit, is not a final document, and it is detected that the leading edge of the fed document has reached the reading position, and when it is detected that the leading edge of the subsequent document has reached the reading position without the abnormality detection unit detecting any abnormality. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153071 | OPTICAL SWITCH AND OPTICAL LOGIC DEVICE - Provided are an optical switch and an optical logic device. The optical switch includes a plate having a nanometer-sized thickness, a first slit formed in the plate, through which a first light passes, a second slit formed in the plate, separately from the first slit, through which a second light selectively passes, a plurality of first grooves formed on a first side of the first slit, between the first slit and the second slit, and a plurality of second grooves formed on a second side of the first slit, opposite the first side. The first light and the second light may have a phase difference and a focusing of the first light is turned on/off by controlling the second light. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153072 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICES - An image display device may include a varifocal optical element that condenses a light beam emitted from a light source and scans a projection surface with the light beam from the varifocal optical element. The varifocal optical element may include lenses located side by side in a direction orthogonal to their optical axes that are in parallel with each other; an orthogonal plane mirror that reflects the beam that passes through one of the lens to the other lens; and an actuator that moves the orthogonal plane mirror in parallel along the optical axes of the lenses. The displacement of the actuator may be controlled based on the scanning angle. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153073 | IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD AND MEMS IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection method and a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) image projection apparatus are provided. The image projection method controls a MEMS scanning mirror swinging around a first swing axis to project an image light beam. The image projection method includes following steps. A resonance frequency and a damping coefficient of the MEMS scanning mirror at swinging are measured to calculate a first amplitude scale and a first maintaining period, and a periodic wave signal is generated accordingly. The periodic wave signal is output to the MEMS scanning mirror for controlling the MEMS scanning mirror to swing, and a swing speed error thereof is recorded. By adjusting the first amplitude scale and the first maintaining period, the periodic wave signal is also adjusted, and the corresponding swing speed error is recorded. According to the recorded swing speed errors, the corrected periodic wave signal is generated for controlling the MEMS scanning mirror. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153074 | MOEMS APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An apparatus is formed from a double active layer silicon on insulator (DSOI) substrate that includes first and second active layers separated by an insulating layer. An electrostatic comb drive is formed from the substrate to include a first comb formed from the first active layer and a second comb formed from the second active layer. The comb drive may be used to impart a tilting motion to a micro-mirror. The method of manufacturing provides comb teeth exhibiting an aspect ratio greater than 1:20, with an offset distance between comb teeth of the first and second combs that is less than about 6 μm. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153075 | OPTICAL SIGNAL MODULATION | 2014-06-05 |
20140153076 | METHOD FOR REDUCING GLARE FROM LIGHT SOURCES THROUGH WINDSCREENS - A method of reducing glare may include sensing a first light source with a second vehicle, and sensing a second light source with a first vehicle and oscillating a first light source ICF between a substantially opaque state and a substantially clear state on a first schedule. A second windscreen ICF may be oscillating between the substantially opaque state and the substantially clear state on a second schedule different from the first schedule. A position of the light source may be sensed and an eye position of the occupant estimated. An intersecting region of the selectively-darkenable ICF, which is located substantially along a line from the position of the light source to the eye position, is calculated. The intersecting region of the ICF is darkened, such that a reduced amount of light from the light source passes through the intersecting region. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153077 | OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE AND BIAS VOLTAGE CONTROL METHOD - An optical modulation device including: bias power supplies that output a signal having a bias voltage corresponding to the null point of an optical modulation unit to the optical modulation unit; and synchronous detection circuits that determine whether an intensity of a QAM signal at a drift non-occurrence time where no drift occurs in the bias voltage becomes larger or smaller than the intensity of the QAM signal at a drift occurrence time where a drift occurs in the bias voltage, adjust the bias voltage to maximize the intensity of the QAM signal when determining that the intensity of the QAM signal at the drift non-occurrence time becomes larger than the intensity of the QAM signal at the drift occurrence time, and adjust the bias voltage to minimize the intensity of the QAM signal when determining that the intensity of the QAM signal at the drift non-occurrence time becomes smaller than the intensity of the QAM signal at the drift occurrence time. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153078 | SIMULATION METHOD FOR AN OPTICAL MODULATOR - A simulation model is for an optical modulator that may include an optical phase shifter in a semiconductor material structure between two sections of an optical waveguide. The semiconductor material structure may include one of a P-N and P-I-N junction in a plane parallel to an axis of the optical waveguide. The model may include a diode configured to characterize an electrical behavior of the one of the P-N and P-I-N junction such that a change in a global refractive index of the optical phase shifter is expressed, by a coefficient, based upon an amount of charges in the one of the P-N and P-I-N junctions and raised to a power. The coefficient and the power may be empirical values based upon the semiconductor material and a wavelength. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153079 | Electrowetting Device - An electrowetting device includes: a liquid-confining member including a base and an electrode unit supported on the base, the liquid-confining member defining an inner chamber; a first liquid of a magnetic ink disposed in the inner chamber; and a second liquid of a polar material disposed in the inner chamber and immiscible with the first liquid. The first and second liquids contact each other to define a liquid-liquid interface therebetween. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153080 | TWISTING BALL DISPLAYS COMPRISED OF THIXOTROPIC LIQUID AND BICHROMAL BALLS CHARGED WITH ELECTRET DIPOLES - This invention generally relates to the use of dipole charged balls having differently coloured hemispheres (bichromal balls) in twisting ball displays comprising a pair of planar addressing electrodes and the space between these electrodes that is filled with a thixotropic liquid into which has been dispersed a plurality of electrically charged and optically anisotropic rotatable elements. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153081 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHODS - Methods, systems and apparatus for manipulating electromagnetic radiation such as laser beams. A method and apparatus for correcting magnification chromatic aberration utilises one or more dispersive lenses such that long wavelength components are magnified less than short wavelength components. A telecentric relay is preferred to achieve this aim. Further, the use of polarisers to block the undesired zeroth order components of diffraction emanating from acousto-optic deflectors (AODs) is disclosed. Furthermore, specific designs of AOD including narrow transducer AODs which produce a diverging acoustic wave and AODs having two transducers and a selection switch are disclosed. Further, the invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for allowing the wavelength of radiation to be changed, for providing a user selectable degree of compensation, for providing a scanning and/or a pointing system and for providing a compact system that does not require telecentric relays between adjacent acousto-optic deflectors. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153082 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A DISPLAY - A method of displaying an image includes alternating an active state of each of a plurality of light sources. The light sources each generate a light beam when active. The alternating includes deactivating an active light source before an output of a light beam from the active light sources falls below a first predetermined threshold. The alternating further includes activating a deactivated light source only after an output of the inactive light source reaches a second predetermined threshold. The method further includes receiving each of the light beams at a spatial light modulator. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153083 | RIN REDUCED OPTICAL SOURCE FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY - A relative intensity noise (RIN)-suppressed light source is provided that includes a light source that produces an incoming light. A semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) arrangement receives the incoming light and provides a significant reduction in the RIN as its output. The SOA arrangement includes one or more SOAs in saturation that behave like a high pass filter for the amplitude of the incoming light. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153084 | DEVICE AND PASSIVE METHOD FOR THE COHERENT COMBINATION OF TWO AMPLIFIED AND/OR SPECTRALLY BROADENED OPTICAL BEAMS - A method and passive device for the coherent combination of two amplified and/or spectrally broadened optical beams using at least one bidirectional optical component (A1, A2), the device includes an amplitude division ring interferometer having optical splitting and recombining elements disposed so as to receive an incident optical beam (S | 2014-06-05 |
20140153085 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BINARY FOCUS IN NIGHT VISION DEVICES - Focusing devices and methods for controlling a focal position of an objective lens assembly in a night vision optical device are provided. The focusing device includes an objective lens assembly positioned at a first or second focus position from an imaging device and a binary focus controller, coupled to the objective lens assembly, configured to translate the objective lens assembly relative to the imaging device to either the first or second focus position. The objective lens assembly is translated to either the first or second focus position in response to an orientation of the night vision optical device. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153086 | POLYIMIDE OPTICAL ARTICLES HAVING SELECTIVE TRANSMITTANCE PROPERTIES - An article comprises a lens having a width of 0.1 millimeters to 100 millimeters, a length of 0.5 millimeters to 500 millimeters, and a thickness of 0.2 millimeters to 5 millimeters; which transmits more than 60% of light having a wavelength of 760 nanometers to 2500 nanometers. The lens comprises a polymer and a colorant component. The lens is transparent and dimensionally stable at a wall thickness of 0.2 millimeters to 5.0 millimeters and remains transparent and dimensionally stable after being (a) exposed to a precondition of 60° C./60% relative humidity for 120 hours and (b) then subjected to a lead free solder test having a peak temperature of 260° C. for up to 30 seconds. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153087 | Optical Device - An optical device with a first sub-assembly and a second sub-assembly. The first sub-assembly has: an input lens for collimating illuminating light, the input lens having an optical axis, an output lens for focusing collimated light received from a sample, the output lens having an optical axis which is offset and substantially parallel with the optical axis of the input lens, and a first support piece which houses and supports the input lens and the output lens. The second sub-assembly has: an input filter for filtering the collimated illuminating light, an output filter for filtering the collimated light received from the sample, and a second support piece which houses and supports the input filter and the output filter. The first and second support pieces are joined together by a liquid-tight joint. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153088 | SLIDER FOR SLIDING INTO THE OBSERVATION BEAM PATH OF A MICROSCOPE - The invention relates to an optical assembly that can be interposed into the observation beam path of a microscope, comprising a first mount. In the first mount, a stack of optical elements for a polarization optical, differential interference contrast method, is arranged to facilitate a first observation method. The stack comprises, inter alia, a polarizer, polarization-optical shearing elements, and an analyzer. The analyzer is arranged in the stack with regard to its polarization direction in a predetermined orientation relative to the polarization direction of the polarizer. The stack of optical elements in the first mount is arranged such as to be interchangeable. Further, the assembly comprises at least one additional mount for receiving optical elements for at least one additional observation method. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153089 | DEVICE FOR FOCUSING A MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE ON A SAMPLE - A device for focusing a microscope objective on a sample accurately with a high spatial resolution. The device has a positioning unit having a main body, an objective holder movably supported on the main body and adapted to hold the microscope objective, and an actuator for moving the objective holder along the optical axis of the microscope objective. The objective holder holds the microscope objective only at a front portion of the microscope objective facing the sample. The positioning unit includes one or more lever arms, each of which coupled at its one end via a first flexure bearing to the main body and at its other end via a second flexure bearing to the objective holder. The main body of the positioning unit is attached to a stage that carries the sample. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153090 | PROJECTION SYSTEM - The present application provides a projection system by which constraints placed on space use of a user can be reduced. The projection system includes: a projector and a screen. The screen includes a first film for transmitting image light incoming from the projector and a second film for transmitting the image light transmitted through the first film. A pattern for refracting or reflecting the image light toward the second film is formed on a light entrance face of the first film receiving the image light. The incident angle of the image light entering the first film is not less than 20 degrees. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153091 | GLASS ENCAPSULATED POLYMERIC LENTICULAR SYSTEM FOR AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A lenticular system for autostereoscopic display devices in which a transparent polymeric lenticular array is embedded between two glass sheets and the gap between the polymeric lenticular array and the outer cover is filled with a transparent polymeric filling having a refractive index different than the refractive index of the polymeric lenticular array to reduce glare. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153092 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A stereoscopic image display and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The stereoscopic image display includes a display panel, a polarizing plate positioned on a display surface of the display panel, a patterned retarder film positioned on the polarizing plate, and a pattern layer positioned between the display surface of the display panel and the polarizing plate. The pattern layer has a pattern groove provided with an air layer therein. The pattern groove has a wide lower part contacting the display surface of the display panel and a narrow upper part contacting the polarizing plate. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153093 | OPTICAL FILTER - Provided are an optical filter and a stereoscopic display device. The exemplary optical filter may be applied to the stereoscopic display device to observe a stereoscopic image in a wide viewing angle without the loss of brightness. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153094 | CARBON NANOTUBE SHEET AND POLARIZER USING SAME - The present invention relates to a carbon nanotube sheet, and to a polarizer using same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a carbon nanotube sheet, and to a polarizer using same, the carbon nanotube sheet comprising: a substrate; and a carbon nanotube layer derived from a carbon nanotube forest and wound on the substrate, wherein the carbon nanotube layer is composed of 5 or more layers. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153095 | POLARIZING PLATE HAVING PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE LAYER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a polarizing plate having pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, including a polarizer, a transparent protective film placed on at least one surface of the polarizer, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer placed on a surface of the transparent protective film on a side where the polarizer is not placed. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed from pressure-sensitive adhesive including acryl-based polymer including alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit and aromatic ring structure-containing (meth)acrylate monomer unit. The transparent protective film has an absolute value of photoelastic coefficient of 50×10 | 2014-06-05 |
20140153096 | RESIN COMPOSITION, OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM USING THE SAME AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM - A resin composition containing a specific cellulose-based resin and a specific fumaric acid diester polymer in a specific blending ratio or containing, as the resin component, a specific cellulose-based resin and a specific fumaric acid diester polymer in a specific blending ratio and containing the resin component and an additive having an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or the like in a specific blending ratio. An optical compensation film can be produced using the resin composition. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153097 | SPACE VARIANT POLARIZATION CONVERTER - This patent describes an optical element, which converts incident linearly or circularly polarized visible light into radially or azimuthally polarized light beam. The polarization converter is a single optical element, produced by direct laser writing technique in an optically transparent substrate. Direct laser writing based on ultra-short pulsed laser radiation forms form birefringence self-assembled nanogratings in optically transparent material, such as fused silica. The period of gratings is smaller than wavelengths of a visible light. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153098 | OPTICAL FILTER AND OPTICAL MODULE HAVING OPTICAL FILTER - An optical filter includes a first substrate, a first mirror formed on the first substrate, a second substrate coupled to the first substrate, the second substrate including a concave portion, a second mirror formed on the concave portion and facing the first mirror, and an electrode formed on the second substrate and around the second mirror. The first substrate includes a plurality of first hinge portions and a plurality of second hinge portions inside the plurality of first hinge portions. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153099 | OPTICAL MEMBER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided are an optical member having abrasion resistance and transparency and a method of producing the optical member. The method of producing the optical member includes coating a coating material containing hollow particles and a solvent on a substrate and further coating a coating material containing a binder and a solvent to form a film in which the binder lies between the hollow particles; and then drying the film. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153100 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device includes a window panel including a display area and a non-display area including a first non-display area and a second non-display area and a display panel including a pixel area generating an image to be displayed in the display area and a non-pixel area surrounding the pixel area. The window panel includes a window glass, decoration printed layers disposed on the window glass in the first and second non-display areas, and a light-blocking printed layer disposed on the window glass and the decoration printed layers to cover the decoration printed layers in the first non-display area and having a black color. A boundary line corresponding to a boundary between the display area and the non-display area is an inner surface of the light-blocking printed layer and the display area corresponds to the pixel area at the boundary line. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153101 | Eye Shielding Apparatus - In one aspect, eye shielding apparatus are described herein. In some embodiments, an eye shielding apparatus comprises an eye shield, a strap, and an arm connecting the eye shield to the strap, wherein the strap is operable to couple the eye shielding apparatus to an optical instrument. In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a secondary strap attached to the eye shield, wherein the secondary strap is operable to secure the eye shield to the side of the optical instrument. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153102 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted display suitable for being disposed in front of at least one human eye is provided. The head-mounted display includes a transmissive type display, a focal length adjusting lens, and a compensation lens. The focal length adjusting lens is located between the human eye and the transmissive type display. The focal length adjusting lens refracts an image displayed by the transmissive type display, so that the image is formed on a retina of the human eye. The transmissive type display is located between the compensation lens and the focal length adjusting lens. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153103 | DUAL AXIS INTERNAL OPTICAL BEAM TILT FOR EYEPIECE OF AN HMD - An eyepiece includes a display module for providing display light, a concave end reflector, and a viewing region including a partially reflective surface to redirect at least a portion of the display light out of an eye-ward side of the eyepiece along an emission path. The partially reflective surface is obliquely angled with an offset from 45 degrees relative to the eye-ward side to cause the emission path to have a first oblique angle in a horizontal dimension relative to a first normal vector of the eye-ward side. The concave end reflector is tilted such that a second normal vector from a center point of the concave end reflector is obliquely angled relative to a top or bottom surface of the eyepiece to cause the emission path to have a second oblique angle in a vertical dimension relative to the first normal vector of the eye-ward side. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153104 | Fabrication of Lenses Using High Viscosity Liquid - A method for fabricating millimeter and sub-millimeter size lenses using a high viscosity curable liquid, such as epoxy. The method comprises dispensing a predetermined volume of the curable liquid onto a substrate. The curable liquid preferably has a viscosity higher than 100 cps. Additionally, to reduce spherical aberration, the curable liquid can be cured upside down to leverage the effects of gravity. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153105 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - In a zoom lens in which a first lens group having a negative refractive power and a second lens group having a positive refractive power are disposed in order from the object side and zooming is performed by moving the first lens group and the second lens group, the first lens group is formed of four lenses and the object side surface of the second lens in the first lens group is made concave on the object side in the paraxial region. When the paraxial radii of curvature of the object side surface and the image side surface of the second lens are taken as r | 2014-06-05 |
20140153106 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - In a zoom lens in which a first lens group having a negative refractive power and a second lens group having a positive refractive power are disposed in order from the object side and zooming is performed by moving the first and the second lens groups, the first lens group is formed of a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens, a third lens having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens having a positive refractive power. Then, when the focal length of the second lens, the focal length of the entire system at the wide angle end, the focal length of the first lens group, and the focal length of the second lens group are taken as f | 2014-06-05 |
20140153107 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a negative refractive power; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, provided in this order from an object side. Magnification is changed by moving the first lens group and the second lens group. The first lens group includes a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens, a third lens having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, provided in this order from the object side. The zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional formulae. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153108 | VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A variable-magnification optical-system substantially consists of a first-lens-group having positive-refractive-power, a second-lens-group having negative-refractive-power, a third-lens-group having negative-refractive-power, a fourth-lens-group having negative-refractive-power, an aperture-stop, and a fifth-lens-group having positive-refractive-power in this order from an object-side along an optical-axis. The second-lens-group, third-lens-group and fourth-lens-group move when magnification is changed from a wide-angle-end to a telephoto-end. The first-lens-group substantially consists of a 1f-th lens-group having negative-refractive-power, a 1m-th lens-group having positive-refractive-power and a 1r-th lens-group substantially consisting of a 1r1-th lens having positive-refractive-power with its strong convex-surface facing the object-side, a biconvex 1r2-th lens and a convex meniscus 1r3-th lens with its convex-surface facing the object-side, and the 1r-th lens-group having positive-refractive-power as a whole in this order from the object-side. The 1f-th lens-group substantially consists of a concave meniscus-lens with its convex-surface facing the object-side and a negative-lens in this order from the object-side. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153109 | Zoom Lens - A zoom lens includes a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group and a fourth lens group, all of which are arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens group is with positive refractive power and includes a first lens that is with negative refractive power and a second lens that is with positive refractive power. The second lens group is with negative refractive power. The third lens group is with positive refractive power and includes a third lens front group that is with positive refractive power and a third lens rear group that is with positive refractive power. The fourth lens group is with positive refractive power. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153110 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes: a first lens group having a negative refractive power; and a second lens group having a positive refractive power, provided in this order from an object side. Magnification is changed by moving the first lens group and the second lens group. The first lens group includes a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens, a third lens having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, provided in this order from the object side. The zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional formulae. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153111 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens substantially consists of a first lens group having a negative refractive power and a second lens group having a positive refractive power arranged in order from the object side; that changes magnification by moving the first lens group and the second lens group; and wherein the first lens group is configured by a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens, a third lens having a negative refractive power, and a fourth lens having a positive refractive power, arranged in order from the object side. The zoom lens satisfies a predetermined conditional expression. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153112 | LENS BARREL - The present lens barrel is provided with a cylindrical moving frame and a cylindrical cam frame disposed on the inner periphery of the moving frame. The cylindrical moving frame has a first cam follower and a second cam follower. The first cam follower projects radially from the inner peripheral surface or the outer peripheral surface. The second cam follower projects radially further from the top of the first cam follower. The cylindrical cam frame is disposed on the inner periphery or the outer periphery of the moving frame, and has a first cam and a second cam on the outer peripheral surface side or the inner peripheral surface side. The first cam engages with the first cam follower, and has a cam surface only on the image plane side in the optical axis direction. The second cam is formed on the bottom surface of the first cam, and engages with the second cam follower. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153113 | IMAGE CAPTURING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY - An image capturing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface. The third lens element has negative refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with positive refractive power has a convex image-side surface. The sixth lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface of the sixth lens element are aspheric, and the sixth lens element has at least one inflection point on the image-side surface thereof. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153114 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens which can be very compact and thin, corrects various aberrations properly and provides a small F-value and a wide view angle at low cost. In the imaging lens, designed for a solid-state image sensor, arranged in the following order from an object side to an image side are: a first positive (refractive power) lens with a convex object-side surface; a second positive lens; a third positive lens; a fourth positive lens; and a fifth negative lens with a concave image-side surface. None of these lenses is joined to each other and all the lens surfaces are aspheric. The object-side and image-side aspheric surfaces of the fifth lens have a pole-change point in a position other than a point of intersection with an optical axis. A diffractive optical surface is formed on one of three surfaces from the first lens image-side surface to the second lens image-side surface. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153115 | PHOTOGRAPHING LENS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A photographing lens and an electronic device including the same are provided. The photographing lens includes a first lens, a second lens, a meniscus third lens, a meniscus fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The first lens has a positive refractive power and an object side lens surface that is convex toward the object side. The second lens has negative refractive power and an image side lens surface that is convex toward the image side. The meniscus third lens has a positive refractive power and an image side lens surface that is concave toward the image side. The meniscus fourth lens has a positive refractive power and an image side lens surface that is convex toward the image side. The fifth lens has a negative refractive power and an image side lens surface that is concave toward the image side around an optical axis. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153116 | IMAGING LENS - An imaging lens includes a first lens having negative refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a stop; and a fourth lens having positive refractive power arranged in the order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has an image plane-side surface having a positive curvature radius. The second lens has an image plane-side surface having negative curvature radius. The third lens has an image plane-side surface having a negative curvature radius. The fourth lens has an object-side surface having a positive curvature radius and an image plane-side surface having a negative curvature radius. The first lens has a specific focal length and a specific Abbe's number to satisfy specific conditional expressions. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153117 | PHOTOGRAPHING LENS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided are photographing lenses and an electronic apparatus. The photographing lenses include a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens; a fourth lens, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power. The first to sixth lenses are sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side, and an image-side surface of the sixth lens is concave toward the image side in a region around an optical axis. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153118 | SUPERWIDE-ANGLE LENS SYSTEM - A superwide-angle lens system includes a positive front lens group and a negative rear lens group, in that order from the object side, wherein the negative rear lens group serves as a focusing lens group that is moved in the optical axis direction when focusing on an object at infinity to an object at a finite distance. The following condition (1) is satisfied: | 2014-06-05 |
20140153119 | ACCESSORY ADAPTER FOR SIMPLIFIED TARGET ACQUISITION - An accessory adapter is for simplified target acquisition and can be used on or with an imaging optical device, in particular a magnifying imaging optical device. The accessory adapter enables the optical device to be equipped with other high-precision sighting devices for simplified target acquisition. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153120 | ACCURATE AUTO-FOCUS METHOD - An auto focus method includes: assigning searching boundaries L=InitL, R=InitR, and acquiring the resolutions f(L), f(R); defining the focused positions X | 2014-06-05 |
20140153121 | Device and Method to Repel Flying Pests from Unwanted Areas - The present invention provides a device and method to repel flying pests from unwanted areas. The device comprises an optically clear tube containing a clear liquid having suspended therein a plurality of reflective metal reflective flakes. The contents of the tube are tightly sealed with an end cap at either end of the tube, and the end caps have a string attached thereto to allow a user to hang the tube from a support. Incoming light rays which hit the plurality of reflective flakes are reflected to produce outgoing light rays. Flying pests located in the vicinity are attracted to the outgoing reflected light rays and fly away from the device in substantially the same path and the same direction as one or more of the outgoing reflected light rays, and thus away from the area where they are unwanted. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153122 | CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER APPARATUS HAVING MIRROR COATING AND ANTI-SOILING COATING - An anti-soiling coating is provided in a solar collector apparatus. In certain example embodiments, an anti-soiling coating and a mirror coating are provided on opposite sides of a glass substrate of a mirror structure. In certain example embodiments, the anti-soiling coating may be provided on the first/front surface of a solar panel or solar mirror used in a solar collector field. For example, the anti-soiling coating may be provided on the front/first surface of a parabolic trough or dish reflector/mirror for use in a concentrating solar power apparatus. The provision of the anti-soiling coating can protect the maximum output power of the solar collector from dust and/or environmental pollution such as dirt. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153123 | Pipe mountable mirror with bracket - A pipe mountable mirror with bracket has a pipe mounting member with semi-circular surface to engage and to be clamped to an upright support or overhead, horizontal structural member and that has a projecting arm supporting a cylindrical base with a bore therethrough and a non-rotating ring of teeth surrounding the base; a mirror support arm having one end pivotable around the base, and a bore therethrough aligned with the bore through the base, and a ring of teeth that mesh with the teeth surrounding the base and a coiled spring acting to bias the ring of teeth rotable with the arm into meshing engagement with the non-rotable ring of teeth and being adjustable held in mesh by a bolt inserted through the spring and threaded into a nut secured in the cylindrical base, and a threaded shaft projecting from the other end of the mirror arm, a locking nut threaded onto the shaft and an attachment member fixed to a mirror and turned onto the threaded shaft. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153124 | DOOR MIRROR - A door mirror has a frame mounted to a front surface of a door mirror housing and a door mirror storage unit installed at the frame. The door mirror includes an engagement piece formed at the frame and protruding in a direction of an axis of a rotational movement; and a receiving portion formed at a wall portion of the door mirror housing along the direction of the axis of the rotational movement and receiving the engagement piece from one direction of the axis of the rotational movement. The receiving portion is exposed to a front surface of the wall, and a stopping portion extending along the direction of the axis of the rotational movement and facing a front surface of the engagement piece is installed at the receiving portion. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153125 | Adjustable extremely large mirror for a vehicle - The invention is a vehicular mirror assembly for a rectangular shaped mirror typically found on industrial trucks, earthmovers, and dump trucks. The mirror is placed in a holder with two or more pillow block bearings secured on the back of the holder. A circular rod, creating a first axis, extends longitudinally through the pillow block bearings and is swivelly secured to a mounting bracket thereby forming a second axis. A remotely controlled ram is secured to the mounting bracket and proximate to the edge of the holder allowing operator control of the left/right motion around the second axis; a second remotely controlled ram is swivelly secured to the circular rod for up/down adjustment by the operator for movement of the second axis. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153126 | Systems and Methods for Old Data Inter-track Interference Compensation - Systems and methods for data processing, and more particularly to estimating or calculating interference between tracks on a storage medium. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153127 | DISK STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SERVO CONTROLLING - According to one embodiment, a disk storage apparatus includes an interrupt controller and a servo controller. The interrupt controller determines whether or not to carry out servo interrupt processing and holds a number of negative results of the determination. The servo controller includes an internal model configured to calculate an estimated current position of the head. The servo controller corrects a state of the internal model based on the number of negative results of the determination and performs head positioning control based on a result of a calculation of the internal model, if the result of the determination by the interrupt controller is affirmative. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153128 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes a magnetic recording layer formed on a substrate and including magnetic grains and a grain boundary formed between the magnetic grains, the grain boundary includes a first grain boundary having a first thermal conductivity, and a second grain boundary formed on the first grain boundary and having a second thermal conductivity different from the first thermal conductivity, and at least one of the first and second grain boundaries suppresses thermal conduction. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153129 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE HAVING A REDUCING HARDDISK VIBRATION FUNCTION AND REDUCING HARDDISK VIBRATION METHOD - The present application discloses a method to reduce hard-disk vibrations. The method to reduce hard-disk vibrations is for an electrical device having a hard-disk and a speaker, and the method to reduce hard-disk vibrations includes: determining a vibration value of the hard-disk when the speaker outputs an audio signal; | 2014-06-05 |
20140153130 | THERMOELECTRIC VOLTAGE-BASED DIFFERENTIAL CONTACT SENSOR - Approaches for a hard-disk drive (HDD) comprising a head slider comprising a thermoelectric embedded contact sensor. The thermoelectric embedded contact sensor may comprise a first and second conductive lead and a metallic component. The metallic component has a different Seebeck coefficient than the first and second conductive leads. A thermoelectric voltage across the metallic component is used to measure the distance between a head slider and a magnetic-recording disk without supplying an electrical current from a hard-disk drive to either of the first conductive lead or the second conductive lead. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153131 | DISK STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SERVO CONTROLLING - According to one embodiment, a disk storage apparatus includes a servo system. The servo system includes a state observer and performs a seek operation up to a target position with a current position of a head undetermined. The servo system performs the seek operation based on initial values including a temporary position, while allowing the state observer to operate based on the initial values, until the current position is determined. The servo system determines the current position based on the servo data read from the plurality of servo areas by the read module and a result of estimation by the state observer. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153132 | SPINDLE MOTOR AND DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - A base member of a motor includes a base through-hole extending through a bottom portion thereof. Two or more lead wires extending from coils pass through the base through-hole. Thus, as compared with a case where the lead wires pass through different base through-holes respectively, it is possible to reduce the number of the base through-holes. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize or prevent a reduction in the rigidity of the base member. Insulating sheet portions are arranged on the lower and upper surfaces of the base member. Each insulating sheet portion includes an overhang portion which overlaps with the base through-hole when seen in a plan view. The lead wires extending from the coils are led out toward the lower surface of the base member through holes, cutouts, or slits defined in the overhang portion. This makes it possible to easily distinguish the led-out lead wires from each other. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153133 | Write Pole With Shaped Box Shield - A magnetic element may be generally configured as a data writer constructed at least with a write pole positioned within and separated from a box shield by a write gap. The box shield may be configured to maintain at least a separation distance from a first side of a leading edge of the write pole to an opposite second side of the leading edge. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153134 | WRITER WITH PROTRUDED SECTION AT TRAILING EDGE - A writer includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a longitudinal axis defined between the leading and trailing edges, and a transverse axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. A writer region is provided at a protruded section of the trailing edge oriented along the longitudinal axis. A write pole is arranged at the protruded section to write data to two locations spaced apart from one another relative to the transverse axis for a range of skew angles. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153135 | MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING VARIABLE-WIDTH TRACKS AND METHOD OF TESTING SAME - According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic recording apparatus including a head slider including read and write elements, and a magnetic recording medium including magnetically recordable recording tracks with a width L1, a wide land track with a width L2 larger than the width L1 of the recording track, and non-recording sections with a width G1 each provided between adjacent recording tracks. The width L1 of the recording track is smaller than a bottom read width BRW of the read and write elements, and the width L2 of the wide land track is larger than the bottom read width BRW of the read and write elements. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153136 | NOVEL FILL-IN CONTACT LAYER FOR SLIDER AIR BEARING SURFACE PROTECTIVE COATING - A magnetic slider for magnetic data recording constructed by a process that allows for careful control of seed layer and overcoat thickness. The slider is treated by a process that result in surface pits and scratches. A refill layer is used to fill in the pits and scratches, the refill layer being constructed of a material that does not include Si or carbon. An angled ion beam etching can be used to remove portions of the refill layer that extend outside of the pits and scratches. Then, a seed layer comprising Si and a protective layer comprising C are deposited over the surface. Because the refill layer does not contain either of Si or C, the thickness of the seed layer and carbon overcoat can be accurately measured and controlled, without the refill layer being mistaken for seed or overcoat material. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153137 | Magnetic Element with Coupled Side Shield - A magnetic element may be constructed in accordance with various embodiments as a data reader. The magnetic element can have at least a magnetic reader that contacts a top shield and is separated from a side shield on an air bearing surface (ABS). The side shield may be antiferromagnetically coupled to the top shield via a coupling layer disposed between the top and side shields. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153138 | SCISSOR MAGNETIC READ HEAD WITH WRAP-AROUND MAGNETIC SHIELD - A magnetic scissor type magnetic read head having magnetic side shielding for reduced effective track width and having side biasing for improved stability. The read head includes first and magnetic side shields that each include first and second magnetic layers and an anti-parallel exchange coupling layer sandwiched there-between. The magnetic layers of the side shields are anti-parallel coupled with one another such that one of the magnetic layers has its magnetization oriented in a first direction parallel with the air bearing surface and the second magnetic layer has its magnetization oriented in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction and also parallel with the air bearing surface. These magnetizations of the first and second magnetic layers provide a bias field that stabilizes the magnetization of the free magnetic layers of the sensor stack to prevent flipping of the magnetizations of these layers. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153139 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT - According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive element includes a layered structure and a pair of electrodes, the layered structure including a cap layer, a magnetization pinned layer, a magnetization free layer, a spacer layer and a functional layer provided in the magnetization pinned layer, between the magnetization pinned layer and the spacer layer, between the spacer layer and the magnetization free layer, in the magnetization free layer, or between the magnetization free layer and the cap layer and including an oxide, the method including forming a film including a base material of the functional layer, performing an oxidation treatment on the film using a gas containing oxygen in a form of at least one selected from the group consisting of molecule, ion, plasma and radical, and performing a reduction treatment using a reducing gas on the film after the oxidation treatment. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153140 | Overvoltage Protection - A power supply arranged to charge a smoothing capacitance via a resistive element for soft-starting in the event that one or more conditions for normal operation are not complied with is arranged to detect that a voltage across at least part of the smoothing capacitance exceeds an excess voltage threshold and, responsive to the detecting, interrupt charging of the smoothing capacitance via the resistive element for soft-starting. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153141 | SHORT-CIRCUIT DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF HEATING SYSTEM FOR HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY - A short-circuit detecting apparatus and method of a heating system for a high voltage battery that includes a plurality of heaters, a short-circuited detection resistor, an A/D converter, and a Battery Management System (BMS). The plurality of heaters are connected to a high voltage battery to heat the high voltage battery. The short-circuit detection resistor is connected between the heaters to detect whether the heaters are short-circuited. The A/D converter is configured to sense a voltage applied across the short-circuit detection resistor. The BMS is configured to calculate a final operation value using the voltage applied across the short-circuit detection resistor and compare the final operation value with the value of battery pack voltage to detect whether the heaters are short-circuited. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153142 | GROUND FAULT PROTECTION - A robust ground-fault protection system is disclosed which can possess a reduced sensitivity to system noise. In a ground-fault protection system for an electrical machine such as a generator, an injection signal with an injection frequency f | 2014-06-05 |
20140153143 | PLUG TAIL SYSTEMS - The present invention is directed to a protective wiring device that includes a rear cover member having a portion substantially defining a line terminal interface region. An electric circuit assembly includes a sensor assembly coupled to a fault detection circuit. A plurality of line terminal interface contacts are disposed in the line terminal interface region, each line terminal interface contact being connected to a termination structure coupled to the rear body member. A conductive pathway is configured to interconnect the termination structure and a corresponding one of the first set of contacts via the sensor assembly. The conductive pathway includes a conductive structure disposed in the rear cover member and mounted to the at least one PCB. The line terminal interface contacts are configured to mate with a removably attachable electrical adapter connected to the plurality of AC power transmitting wires to provide AC power to the electric circuit assembly. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153144 | Industrial Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter - The present disclosure provides an industrial GFCI for control panels and/or industrial machines. The industrial GFCI senses when a fault condition has occurred in an associated circuit or load and quickly disconnect the circuit. In some exemplary embodiments, the industrial GFCI includes a bypass switch, which couples a load directly to a power source, bypassing fault detection. In some exemplary embodiments, the industrial GFCI also includes intelligent filtering, which discriminate between true fault events and false signals caused by environmental noise. Further, the industrial GFCI is manufactured as a part of a control panel or a piece of equipment. In certain exemplary embodiments, the industrial GFCI is manufactured as a portable kit capable of coupling to and decoupling from one or more control panels, machines, etc. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153145 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPEN NEUTRAL PROTECTION CIRCUIT - An open neutral protection method and apparatus including a blocking diode arrangement to prevent connection of power in circuits when the power source has an open neutral. In particular, when more than one branch circuits are connected to a power supply with more than one hot power lines, blocking diodes prevent back feed currents from activating relays connecting the power source to the branch circuits when the power source has an open neutral. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153146 | CONNECTION APPARATUS CIRCUIT AND HIGH VOLTAGE SURGE PROTECTION METHOD THEREOF - A connection apparatus circuit includes an isolation transformer, an impedance matching network, a high-voltage capacitor and a first high-voltage surge protector. The isolation transformer has a first coil and a second coil, wherein the first coil has a first terminal, a second terminal and a center tap. The impedance matching network is coupled between the center tap and a relay terminal. The high-voltage capacitor is coupled between the relay terminal and a ground terminal. The first high-voltage surge protector is coupled between the relay terminal and the ground terminal. When a high-voltage surge exceeds a default value between the first terminal or the second terminal and the ground terminal, the first high-voltage surge protector is conducted to clamp current on the impedance matching network. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153147 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC SUBSTRATE AND COMMON MODE FILTER - A common mode filter is manufactured to include a coil part including an insulation layer and a conductor pattern formed in the insulation layer; and a magnetic substrate coupled to one surface or both surfaces of the coil part. The magnetic substrate includes: an electrostatic absorbing layer made of an electrostatic absorbing material; a magnetic layer provided on one surface or both surfaces of the electrostatic absorbing layer and made of a magnetic material; and an electrode provided between the magnetic layer and the electrostatic absorbing layer and made of a conductive material. Therefore, common mode filter may maintain high efficiency characteristics while preventing an electrostatic discharge phenomenon. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153148 | OVER VOLTAGE PROTECTION FOR A THIN OXIDE LOAD CIRCUIT - An IC includes: a substrate having a thick oxide portion and a thin oxide portion; a load circuit disposed on the thin oxide portion and coupled between a supply node and a virtual supply node; and a current source circuit and protection circuit disposed on the substrate. The current source circuit has an output coupled to the virtual supply node and is operable to provide a voltage at the virtual supply node. The protection circuit includes a sensing portion and a protection portion. The sensing portion is coupled to the virtual supply node and is operable to detect the voltage at the virtual supply node. The protection portion is coupled to the sensing portion and is operable, in response to the sensed voltage, to prevent a difference in voltage between the voltage at the virtual supply node and a second voltage at the supply node from exceeding a maximum voltage. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153149 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR LIMITING OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC STRINGS - A photovoltaic string may include an open circuit voltage limiter that conducts current in one direction to provide a limiter voltage less than an open circuit voltage of the photovoltaic string, and that conducts current in the other direction. One or more open circuit voltage limiters may be connected across the photovoltaic string or across selected groups of solar cells of the photovoltaic string. The limiter voltage may be greater than a maximum power point voltage but less than the open circuit voltage of the photovoltaic string. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153150 | DYNAMIC CURRENT PROTECTION IN ENERGY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - An electric circuit, including an electric load operable from an operating current; an energy storage system providing the operating current at both a first mode and a second mode with the first mode having a first current in a first range of zero to a first particular current value and with the second mode having a second current in a second range of the first particular current value to a second particular current value; and an active protection coupled to the energy storage system, the active protection dynamically reconfigurable between a first mode and a second mode, the first mode applying a first overcurrent protection rating to the operating current when the operating current is operating in the first mode and the second mode applying a second overcurrent protection rating to the operating current when the operating current is operating in the second mode. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153151 | CHARGING AND DISCHARGING CONTROL APPARATUS OF DC LINK CAPACITOR IN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING RELAY AND METHOD THEREOF - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a charging and discharging apparatus of a DC link capacitor in an electric power steering relay, in which the DC link capacitor turning-on the electric, power steering relay includes at least two switching elements charged or discharged by a collector current so as not to relay on an internal temperature, facilitates a circuit design, and meets an electronic control system which applies time constants in a lump using software, and a method thereof. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153152 | ARRESTER - An arrester includes a stacked internal element, a pair of electrodes respectively arranged on both sides of the internal element in a stacking direction, a plurality of FRP rods arranged so as to surround the internal element each having a flat plate shape extending in the stacking direction and including protruding portions in a dumbbell shape with a width increasing from a center side to an end side in an axial direction at a constant inclination angle and then becoming a constant width thereafter, the FRP rods being fixed by the protruding portions respectively being fitted into electrode grooves respectively provided on the electrodes, and an outer cover formed of polymer material and integrally covering at least the internal element, the electrodes, and the FRP rods. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153153 | Systems And Methods For Electrodes And Coupling Structures For Electronic Weaponry - An electronic weapon with an installed deployment unit, from which at least one tethered electrode is launched, provides a stimulus current through a target to inhibit locomotion by the target. The wire tether, also called a filament, conducts the stimulus current. The one or more electrodes, according to various aspects of the present invention, perform one or more of the following functions in any combination: binding the filament to the electrode, deploying the filament from the deployment unit, coupling the electrode to the target, and distributing a current density with respect to a region of target tissue and/or a volume of target tissue. For an electrode that includes a body and a spear, the spear may be implemented with conductive rings or with materials that include integrated conductive and insulative substances (e.g., conductive fibers in insulative composite material). Relatively high electric field flux density at a tip of the spear may be reduced or avoided by practice of the invention. | 2014-06-05 |
20140153154 | MULTI-LAYERED CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - There is provided a multi-layered ceramic electronic component including: a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and having first and second main surfaces, first and second side surfaces, and first and second end surfaces; a first internal electrode having an overlapping region to form a capacitance formation part and exposed to the first and second side surfaces, and including a first lead-out part; a second internal electrode alternately multi-layered with the first internal electrode to be exposed to the first and second side surfaces, and insulated from the first internal electrode, and including the second lead-out part; first and second external electrodes; and insulation layers formed on the first and second side surfaces, the first and second lead-out parts being regions in which the first and second internal electrodes are not overlapped with each other. | 2014-06-05 |