39th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090237723 | ELECTRIC APPARATUS - When an accepting unit is removed from a main unit, a situation of the main unit is detected whether belonging to waiting situations, operation situations, malfunction situations, or the like. A display part then displays images in accordance with the detected situations. The display part is arranged on the accepting unit that is removable from the main unit. Therefore, it is possible to change images displayed on the display part in accordance with the situations of the main unit at the time when the accepting unit is removed. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237724 | PRINT SETTING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINT SETTING PROCESSING METHOD - A print setting processing apparatus includes a functional information acquisition unit configured to acquire functional information which is set for each of a plurality of printer drivers, a classification unit configured to classify the functional information into a common item applicable to the plurality of printer drivers and a specified item applicable to at least a part of the printer drivers and display the classified functional information, a generation unit configured to generate integrated functional information including the common item and the specified item, and a transfer unit configured to transfer the integrated functional information to the printer drivers. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237725 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus capable of being remotely controlled by an information processing apparatus via a network includes a request transmission unit configured to transmit a remote control request to the information processing apparatus via the network, a detection unit configured to receive changing information for changing a setting value for the image processing apparatus from the information processing apparatus via the network and detect a content of the change of the setting value based on the changing information, and a display unit configured to display a message for prompting an operator of the image processing apparatus to determine whether to permit changing of the setting value according to the content of the change of the setting value detected by the detection unit. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237726 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, OPERATION RECORDING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire log data recording operation of the image forming apparatus, a first storage unit configured to store the acquired log data in a volatile memory, a calculation unit configured to calculate a total size of the log data stored in the volatile memory, a determination unit configured to determine whether the calculated total size of the log data has reached a threshold value, a second storage unit configured to store the log data from the first storage unit when the total size of the log data in the first storage unit has reached the threshold value, and a changing unit configured to change the threshold value according to an operation state of the image forming apparatus. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237727 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus including an input information acquiring unit configured to acquire entry information entered in defined areas of an input sheet as image information. The apparatus also includes a data format information acquiring unit configured to acquire corresponding areas of a format sheet as image information. The apparatus also includes a correlating unit configured to correlate the entry information entered in the defined areas of the input sheet and the corresponding areas of the format sheet. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237728 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus communicable with an image processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus including a transmission unit configured to transmit a job that requests execution of image processing, a switching unit configured to automatically switch a transmission destination of the job to the image processing apparatus during a communication with the image processing apparatus, and a unit configured to revert the transmission destination of the job, after completion of the communication with the image processing apparatus, to a setting before the transmission destination of the job was switched by the switching unit. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237729 | PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND NETWORK SYSTEM - A peripheral device includes a connection portion which is connectable to an information processing device and a storage medium. The connection portion is configured to allow data transfer between the storage medium and the information processing device. The peripheral device further includes a function execution portion that performs a function according to data transferred from the information processing device. The peripheral device still further includes a detection portion that detects a state of the data transfer between the function execution portion and the information processing device. Moreover, the peripheral device includes a notification portion that notifies the information processing device that the storage medium is not connected to the connection portion, irrespective of whether the connection state of the storage medium to the connection portion is connected or not, when the detection portion detects a start of the data transfer between the function execution portion and the information processing device. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237730 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS - When multiple printing apparatuses which perform tandem printing have been decided, icons of the respective printing apparatuses are displayed on a screen and the number of print copies which has been allocated to each printing apparatus is displayed. A user can see the setting contents at a glance. When the user performs an operation of changing a size of the icons, the display of the number of print copies is changed. Depending on the size of the icons, the number of print copies is changed. In this way, the user does not need to perform operations many times for confirming and setting the tandem printing, and the user can confirm the setting in the tandem printing easily. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237731 | Printing System, Printer and Driver Program - A printing system includes: a printer which generates bitmap data from received print data to perform printing for each predetermined range, generates an intermediate code from the print data to generate the bitmap data from the intermediate code when the print data is expressed by a printer control language, and generates the bitmap data from the intermediate code when the print data is expressed by the intermediate code; and a host device which transmits the print data to the printer to issue a print request. When the printer receives the print data expressed by the printer control language and memory shortage occurs during the generation of the intermediate code, the printer notifies the host device of the memory shortage. The host device receiving the notification generates the intermediate code of the predetermined range in which the memory shortage occurs, and transmits the generated intermediate code as the print data to the printer. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237732 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD, PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE PRINT DATA PROCESS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEMORY MEDIUM - Display control is made so as to obtain an optimum setting picture plane in accordance with a change in designation of an outputting method of a distribution printing, a multiple-address printing, an automatic substitute printing, or the like without allowing the user to be conscious thereof. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237733 | System For Delivering Greeting Using Interactive Form - A system is provided for delivering a greeting using an interactive form. The system has means for generating print data to include an interactive element associated with the delivery of the greeting card and an identity indicative of the interactive element, and means for transferring the generated print data to a printer. The printer is responsive to the received print data to print the form with the interactive element and coded data encoding the identity coincident with the interactive element such the interaction with the printed interactive element using a sensing device enales sensing of the coded data. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237734 | Methods and Systems for Print-Data Rendering - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for generating rendered data for printing. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237735 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method includes storing image data in a storage unit; setting a common region in the storage unit, the common region including an input image data storage region and an output image data storage region; sequentially storing the image data that is compressed at a preset compression ratio in the input image data storage region; sequentially expanding the image data stored in the input image data storage region; temporarily storing the expanded image data in the output image data storage region; and controlling allocation of the input image data storage region and the output image data storage region in the common region. In an embodiment, the allocation of the input image data storage region and the output image data storage region in the common region may be determined depending on the compression ratio of the sequentially inputted image data. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237736 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus including an image retrieving unit that retrieves image information of a revision document, which includes revision information having area definitions and position numbers corresponding to each of the area definitions. The apparatus also includes a re-positioning instruction image retrieving unit that retrieves image information of a re-position instruction sheet, which includes the position numbers in locations different from the locations of the area definitions corresponding to each of the position numbers of the revision document. A position number recognizing unit is also provided, which recognizes the position numbers in the re-positioning instruction image as re-positioning instructions. A re-positioning unit of the image processing apparatus then re-position each of the area definitions of the revision document based on the repositioning instructions recognized by the position number recognizing unit. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237737 | Print Control Apparatus and Program - A print control apparatus is provided. The print control apparatus includes: a storage unit which stores web page information which is received, in response to search key information transmitted to a server of a search engine, from the server; and a print controller which controls printing of web page information. The storage unit further stores transition information indicating a transition state from the web page information received in response to the search key information transmitted to the server to the web page information to be printed. The print controller includes: a first extracting unit which extracts search key information from the transition information; and a combining unit which combines the web page information to be printed and the extracted search key information. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237738 | Image processing system, image processing method, and storage medium - A color conversion is performed to convert a data of a pixel of black in an object as determined to be a mask into a pixel data of composite black, and convert a data of a pixel of black in an object as not determined to be any mask into a pixel data of composite black or real black, and a set of pixel data of an object as color-converted is operated and processed as a source. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237739 | Image Forming Apparatus and Method of Controlling the Same - An image forming apparatus embeds second class data that is different from sheet to sheet in first class data that is common throughout a printing operation. First and second unfolding sections unfold the first and second class data to image data. An image carrying body image examination section compares image data unfolded by the second unfolding section and picked up image data unfolded by the first unfolding section and prepared by an image carrying body image pickup section, and an intermediate transfer body image examination section compares image data unfolded by the second unfolding section and picked up image data unfolded by the first unfolding section and prepared by an intermediate transfer body image pickup section. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237740 | Method for Obtaining Correction Values and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A method for obtaining correction values, includes: forming, on a medium, a correction pattern in which a plurality of dot rows extending along a predetermined direction are lined up in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction; obtaining a correction-pattern reading density of each of the dot rows of the correction pattern together with a standard-pattern reading density of a standard pattern, by reading the correction pattern together with the standard pattern; and obtaining a density correction value that is used in correcting a density of an image, for each of the dot rows, based on the correction-pattern reading density, with respect to a target density that is set based on the standard-pattern reading density. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237741 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD OF THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine an abnormal state of the image forming apparatus, a storage unit configured to store information indicating a state of the image forming apparatus, and a plurality of output units configured to output the stored information by different output methods. The image forming apparatus also includes a display unit configured to display information regarding each of the plurality of output units, and a selection unit configured to select an output unit designated by a user using the displayed information. The image forming apparatus outputs the stored information using the selected output unit. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237742 | Interface circuit for utilizing a facsimile machine to a PC as a scanner or printer - Apparatus for interfacing a conventional facsimile machine with a PC enabling the use of the facsimile machine as a scanner or printer. A first switch assembly selectively couples the PC modem and facsimile machine either to independent telephone lines in a normal mode or to one another in a scan print mode. A manually operated switch assembly is depressed for a brief interval sufficient to activate a ringing circuit which converts DC power from a small battery source to a 20 Hz sine wave of 90 volt amplitude and applies the sine wave signal to the PC to cause the PC or facsimile to enter into a scan or print mode, respectively. The manually operable switch is then released to apply a constant current to the facsimile machine to simulate an off-hook condition. A facsimile machine start button is then operated to start the facsimile machine which scans documents provided therein and transmits the scanned data in a conventional facsimile transmission format or activate the PC to transmit a fax in conventional facsimile transmission format to utilize the facsimile machine as a printer. The PC may be equipped with a suitable software program for converting non-graphic, i.e. such as word-type information into a binary format suitable for use in word processing applications and may store the data in a memory for subsequent use. An automatic circuit may be provided to initiate a scanning or printing mode responsive to receipt of a unique number received from either the facsimile machine or the PC, thus eliminating the need for switches. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237743 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - When data of large capacity compared with the capacity of a recording medium used for storing a backup is divided into sections of data and backed up on recording media, a unit configured to divide data and generate sections of the data in order to record the data on recording media, the sections having an order, and a unit configured to generate representative images for each of the recording media, on which the sections of the data are recorded, are provided. Representative images assigned to a certain recording medium include a representative image generated using one of the sections of the data to be recorded on the certain recording medium and a representative image generated using at least one of a previous section and a next section of the data regarding the section of the data, whereby the relationship between the recording media can be easily recognized. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237744 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ELIMINATING CONVEYANCE FAILURE, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ELIMINATING CONVEYANCE FAILURE - An image forming apparatus is disclosed that forms an image based on a control signal from an image processing controlling unit that processes input image information into image data. The apparatus includes a carriage that moves in a main scanning direction in accordance with the control signal; a conveyance unit that conveys a recording medium in a sub-scanning direction; an output detection unit that detects motor outputs of the carriage at any plural points when the carriage moves at a constant speed; and a jamming determination unit that compares an average value of the motor outputs of the carriage between the plural points with a predetermined tolerance to determine a conveyance failure. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237745 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - During a sheet-through operation, for a first original, a shading operation is performed to acquire white data and a light-quantity measuring operation is performed to acquire a reference value. For subsequent originals, only the light-quantity measuring operation is performed to acquire a subsequent light quantity. If the reference value and the subsequent light quantity differ greatly, the shading operation is performed at this time point to acquire new white data. The sheet-through operation is not stopped when the shading operation is not performed and the sheet-through operation is stopped when the shading operation is performed. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237746 | ROS Deskew Mechanism - In a color marking assembly, a series of ROS units are aligned above a photoconductive surface. These units have inboard and outboard mounts connecting them to this assembly. The inboard mounts are attached to a first side of the ROS, and the outboard mounts are attached to a second side of the ROS unit. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237747 | Image reader, light guide used for the same, and method of making light guide - An elongate light guide includes a light incident portion provided at an end in the longitudinal direction of the guide, a light reflecting portion extending in the longitudinal direction, a light emitting portion extending in the longitudinal direction for emitting linear light, and a scatterer for scattering the light entering through the light incident portion. For instance, the scatterer is provided as a grained portion formed at least part of the reflecting portion. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237748 | Document reader - A document reader includes an image sensor. The image sensor is movable in a secondary scanning direction and rotatable about a rotational axis extending in a primary scanning direction, and obtains image information from a region facing a light-receiving surface. Rotation of the image sensor is controlled based on distance information about a distance between a document surface and a platen in such a manner as to make an image distance fall within a depth-of-field range of the image sensor. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237749 | Dynamic Set-Point Servo Control - A method and system for controlling a scanning system for a paper machine is disclosed. The scanning system includes a first scanner having a first sensor head and a second scanner having a second sensor head and positioned downstream of the first scanner. Proportional integral derivative control maintains the first and second scanners on their corresponding trajectory arrays. The second scanner tracks the same location of the sheet as the first scanner and the first trajectory array is recalculated at each execution cycle. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237750 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a plurality of light sources to illuminate a document; an illumination optical system to guide light to a reading target area having a length and a width; a document illuminating device to illuminate the entire document; an image forming optical system to form an image from light reflected from the document; and a sensor provided in an image forming section of the image forming optical system to read the image of the document. The illumination optical system includes a concentration section to control light diffusion, and a reflection section. The reflection section includes at least two integrally configured reflection surfaces, in which a sine value of an angle of reflected light from at least one reflection surface is positive, while a sine value of an angle of reflected light from the rest of at least one reflection surface is negative. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237751 | DOCUMENT SIZE DETECTOR - A document size detector sets an amount of light to be emitted from a light source for document size detection in accordance with the amount of disturbance light detected by the CCD, switches on the light source so as to make the light source emit the set amount of light, and detects the size of a document placed on a platen. Therefore, erroneous detection of a document size is prevented and glare that a user is subjected to when the size of a document placed on the platen is detected is reduced. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237752 | Front feed document imaging device input tray - The invention claimed is a novel front feed document imaging device input tray which accommodates varying types and widths of media by providing front feed capability in a single tray attachment, and which tray can pivot out of the way of the document path by virtue of torsion springs when the user wishes to alternate media types. The input tray may be locked into position depending upon the user's requirements. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237753 | Office machine with both platform-type scanning mode and feeder-type scanning mode - An office machine with both platform-type scanning mode and feeder-type scanning mode. The office machine includes a reciprocally movable scanning module arranged on upper side of the office machine for scanning documents placed on a platform. The office machine further includes a sheet-feeding path positioned under a bed. The sheet-feeding path has at least one position where the documents passing through the sheet-feeding path can be scanned by the scanning module. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237754 | Automatic Document Feeder and Image Reading Device - There is provided an automatic document feeder, comprising: a document tray; an output tray; a first rotating body that ejects the document to the output tray; a second rotating body that ejects the document to the output tray; a reversing mechanism that reverses a carrying direction of the document which passed the reading portion to carry again the document to the reading portion; a sinking mechanism that sinks the document into a position between a bottom of a document already stacked on the output tray and a surface of the output tray; and a switching mechanism configured to switch between a first motion of carrying the document to the first rotating body and a second motion of carrying the document to the second rotating body, in accordance with whether the reversing mechanism is activated. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237755 | DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - A device, apparatus, and method of controlling operation of scanning performed by an optical scanning device are disclosed such that the color images are not shifted in the sub-scanning direction even when thinning processing is performed. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237756 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image processing device provided with an acquiring unit and a generating unit. The acquiring unit acquires invisible image data of an invisible image subject to forming on a recording medium with invisible coloring material and acquires source image data of a source image subject to forming on the recording medium with visible coloring material. The generating unit generates corrected-image-data of the source image data corrected according to the absorption wavelength characteristics of the invisible coloring material, such that the color of overlapping regions where both the invisible image and the source image are superimposed when formed on the recording medium approximates to the color of regions corresponding to the overlapping regions in the source image. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237757 | IMAGE-PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image-processing system for printing an image based on original image data. The storing unit stores at least one look-up table in association with at least one printing condition. The at least one look-up table is used to convert a color value in original image data into a limited color value that limits a total quantity of ink to be used in printing. The detecting unit detects, as a printing condition, at least one of a type of color material and a type of recording medium which are used for printing operation. The converting unit converts the color value data into the limited color value by using a look-up table that is assigned with a printing condition corresponding to the detected printing condition. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237758 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A BINARY HOLOGRAM ON A MANUFACTURED PRODUCT, AND OPTICAL LENS WITH A BINARY HOLOGRAM PRINTED THEREON - A method for printing a binary hologram on a manufactured product comprises the provision of a stamp with a pattern corresponding to the hologram ( | 2009-09-24 |
20090237759 | Display system for reproducing medical holograms - The invention relates to a display system for diagnostic image systems for reproducing three-dimensional medical images. The display system has at least one holographic projection facility that is connected to the diagnostic image system. The projection device reproduces a hologram of the three-dimensional medical images in an examination or intervention room. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237760 | Holographic storage system with multiple reference beams - Holographic storage system with multiple reference beams An apparatus for reading from and/or writing to holographic storage media is described, and more specifically an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to holographic storage media with two or more reference beams that overlap inside the holographic storage medium for reading and/or writing a single hologram. The two or more reference beams are mutually incoherent during reading and/or writing. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237761 | Direction of Optical Signals by a Movable Diffractive Optical Element - A method and apparatus particularly useful for telecommunications applications, such as switching (Add/Drop), multiplexing and demultiplexing, is disclosed. The method commences by directing a source of input optical signal(s) ( | 2009-09-24 |
20090237762 | HOLOGRAM MEDIA READING APPARATUS - A hologram media reading apparatus including a reference light source, a stop with gray level aperture, and an optical sensor is provided. The reference light source is disposed on one side of a hologram medium, and capable of emitting a reference light beam. The reference light beam is transmitted to the hologram medium. The stop with gray level aperture and the reference light source are disposed on the same side or opposite sides of the hologram medium. The stop with gray level aperture has a light transmissive region, an opaque region, and a transmittance gradually varying region. The opaque region surrounds the light transmissive region. The transmittance gradually varying region surrounds the light transmissive region. A part of the reference beam from the hologram medium passes through the stop with gray level aperture and is transmitted to the optical sensor. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237763 | User Interaction with Holographic Images - User input is facilitated through gestural inputs with displayed two and three-dimensional objects using a holographic device and film that displays a static, digitally generated, three-dimensional, autostereoscopic, full-parallax, real image and a digital projector that displays dynamic images. A system includes computer-detectable tags mounted on a user-wearable glove, and on a base plate that holds the holographic device. The system determines the locations of the tags, and calculates a location of a feature of the image based on the locations of the tags. The system also determines the location, pose, and gestural motion of the input device based on the location of the tags. The system further calculates a distance and direction between the input device and the feature of the image. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237764 | OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING DEVICE AND DIAPHRAGM DEVICE CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING LIGHT QUANTITY DISTRIBUTION - An optical beam scanning device of the present invention has a light source, a deflection reflecting surface for deflecting to scan light from the light source on a recording medium, and a diaphragm device which is provided between the light source and the deflection reflecting surface, and the diaphragm has an opening section formed by a nonplanar light shielding section. The light shielding section makes light shielding quantity of the light from the light source in a vertical scanning direction different in positions in a horizontal scanning direction and in a light advancing direction. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237765 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A LIGHT-SHEET - The invention is directed to an optical arrangement with a light source for emitting a light bundle and with optical elements for transforming this light bundle into the shape of a light sheet, particularly suitable for illuminating individual planes of a three-dimensional specimen in selective plane illumination microscopy (SPIM). According to the invention, means are provided for varying the cross section of the light sheet, for varying the length of the light sheet and/or for influencing the direction in which individual beam components extending within the light sheet are directed to the specimen substance. This makes it possible to adapt the geometry of the light sheet to the illumination requirements for observing one and the same specimen plane with a plurality of different objectives and, if required, to reduce shadows occurring within the observed specimen plane as a result of the illumination. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237766 | SURFACE LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS EMITTING LASER LIGHT - A surface light emitting apparatus capable of providing uniform illumination while efficiently using a laser light. The apparatus comprises a light source section that includes at least one light source which emits laser beam; an optical element section that includes at least one diffractive optical element section that modifies a wavefront of the laser beam emitted from the light source section by diffraction action; and an optical guiding section that guides from an incidence surface of the optical guiding section the laser beam emitted from the diffraction optical section and emits the laser beam from a radiation surface of the optical guiding section. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237767 | PREDISTORTION USING FPGA - Predistortion logic for an optical communications laser or optical modulator, includes predistortion logic embodied in a field programmable gate array (FPGA). A first analog to digital converter (ADC) provides a representation of an RF signal at an input of the FPGA. A digital to analog converter provides a representation of an output of the FPGA to a laser or modulator. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237768 | Method and System for Laser Amplification Using a Dual Crystal Pockels Cell - A system for laser amplification includes a dual-crystal Pockels cell which is used to control emission of laser pulses from an ultra-fast laser. The Pockels cell is constructed to enable adjustment of the rotational orientation of one crystal relative to the other crystal. The rotational orientation of one or both crystals in the Pockels cell is adjusted to control sidebands in the laser pulse. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237769 | DISPLAY ELEMENT - A display element comprising an electrolyte layer containing silver or a compound containing silver in a chemical structure thereof and a porous white scattering layer between opposed electrodes, and carrying out driving operation for the opposed electrodes to induce silver dissolution and deposition, wherein the porous white scattering layer is structured of at least 2 layers and an average particle diameter of main component particles forming a first layer is larger than that of main component particles forming a second layer, provided that a porous white scattering layer adjacent to the electrode is designated as the first layer and a porous white scattering layer, located on a side farther than the first layer when viewed from the electrode, is designated as the second layer. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237770 | OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING GATE INSULATOR WITH MODULATED THICKNESS - Provided is an optical device with improved phase shift and propagation loss of light without decreasing the dynamic characteristics of the optical device. The optical device includes a first semiconductor layer which is doped with a first type of conductive impurities and has a uniform thickness; a gate insulating layer which has a ? shape and is formed on a portion of the first semiconductor layer and has a thin center portion; and a second semiconductor layer which covers an upper surface of the gate insulating layer and is doped with a second type of conductive impurities opposite to the first type of conductive type impurities. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237771 | FARADAY ROTATOR - A Faraday rotator having a magnet member constituted of a first magnet standing magnetized in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis and taken toward the optical axis, a second magnet standing magnetized in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis and taken against the optical axis, and a third magnet disposed between these magnets and standing magnetized in the direction parallel to the optical axis and taken toward the first magnet from the second magnet. A through-hole (hollow spaces) inside which a Faraday element is disposed, is provided through the center of these magnets and, where the length of the first magnet and that of the second magnet in the optical-axis direction are both represented by L | 2009-09-24 |
20090237772 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical element includes a plurality of first beam bodies arranged in a first direction on a first plane and being parallel to each other, and second beam bodies placed between adjacent ones of the first beam bodies and provided parallel to the first beam bodies. The first beam body has side surfaces which face the second beam bodies adjacent thereto and are sloped so that the width in the first direction gradually decreases to the upward direction perpendicular to the first plane, the second beam body has side surfaces which face the first beam bodies adjacent thereto and are sloped so that the width in the first direction gradually increases to the upward direction perpendicular to the first plane, and as viewed in the first direction, the spacing between the first beam body and the second beam body is variable. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237773 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAY AND MATERIALS FOR USE THEREIN - A polyurethane formed from an isocyanate, a polyether diol and a polyester diol, the polyester diol having a molecular weight less than about 2000, or comprising two polyester diol segments connected by a steric hindrance group, each of the polyester diol segments having a molecular weight less than about 2000, the molar ratio of polyether diol to polyester diol being in the range of from about 1:9 to about 9:1. The polyurethane is useful as a lamination adhesive in electro-optic displays, and in components used to form such displays. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237774 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - An electrophoretic display includes an electrophoretic display module including an element substrate, a counter substrate disposed on a display side of the element substrate, and an electrophoretic layer held therebetween; a first protective sheet disposed on a counter substrate side of the electrophoretic display module; a second protective sheet disposed on an element substrate side of the electrophoretic display module so as to face the first protective sheet with the electrophoretic display module disposed therebetween; and a frame member disposed between the first and second protective sheets along the periphery thereof so as to surround the electrophoretic display module. The frame member is integrated with the first and second protective sheets by welding the frame member to the first protective sheet and to the second protective sheet. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237775 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DISPLAY, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electro-optical display includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposing to each other, a display layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a cover layer covering a surface of the second substrate on an opposite side of the display layer. A surface of the display layer disposed on the first substrate is a display face, and the first substrate and the cover layer are bonded with a moisture-proof resin disposed at a sealing region surrounding the display face. The first substrate and/or the cover layer have a groove in the surface that is in contact with the moisture-proof resin, and the groove is filled with the moisture-proof resin. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237776 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS, AND COLOR FILTERS FOR USE THEREIN - A color filter array comprises orange, lime and purple sub-pixels, optionally with the addition of white sub-pixels. The color filter array is useful in electro-optic displays, especially reflective electro-optic displays. A method is provided for converting RGB images for use with the new color filter array. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237777 | ENGINEERED NONLINEAR OPTICAL CRYSTAL COMPOSITES FOR FREQUENCY CONVERSION - Walk-off corrected (WOC) non-linear optical (NLO) components, devices and systems including one or more engineered WOC NLO crystal doublets. Such systems and devices advantageously increase the efficiency of an OPO operation. Devices are applicable to any uniaxial and biaxial NLO crystals in a wide range of wavelengths, e.g., from far ultraviolet to visible to far infrared. Devices employing engineered WOC NLO components according to embodiments of the present invention include any conventional frequency converting architectures. Systems and methods are also provided to unambiguously determine and correct walk-off for any arbitrary uniaxial and biaxial crystal orientation. The correct crystal orientation is also experimentally confirmed. This allows the use of WOC crystal doublet assemblies for a wide range of wavelengths and NLO crystals that until now have not been used because of low efficiency due to walk-off and inability of readily correcting walk-off. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237778 | Monitoring method and apparatus of noise light due to raman amplification and optical communication system using the same - A monitoring apparatus, based on an optical power monitored in photodetectors arranged at input and output ends of a transmission line, in a condition where pump light is supplied to the transmission line at a time of initial startup of an optical communication system, obtains a relationship for the noise light generated due to Raman amplification, between forward direction noise light power and backward direction noise light power, and while in service, converts the backward direction noise light power monitored by the photodetectors at the input ends of the transmission line into the forward direction noise light power in an arithmetic processing section, in accordance with the relationship obtained at the time of the initial startup. As a result the power of noise light generated due to Raman amplification, can be monitored in real time at high speed. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237779 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER - An optical amplifier includes a light source that outputs light having an intensity corresponding to a supplied driving power; a modulator that modulates the light output from the light source in response to an input modulation signal; a Raman amplifier that performs Raman amplification on the light modulated by the modulator using a highly-nonlinear medium; and a driver that supplies the driving power to drive the light source and inputs the modulation signal to the modulator. The driver starts inputting the modulation signal to the modulation unit before the intensity of the light propagating through the Raman amplifier exceeds an intensity value at which stimulated Brillouin scattering occurs in the Raman amplifier. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237780 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL INTEGRATED DEVICE - A semiconductor optical amplifier is provided having polarization independent optical amplification characteristics and a flat gain spectrum over a wide wavelength region. In the semiconductor optical amplifier including a multi-quantum well active layer formed of well layers and barrier layers alternately laminated to each other on an InP substrate, the well layers and the barrier layers each have a tensile strain, and the tensile strain of each of the barrier layers is larger than the tensile strain of each of the well layers. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237781 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER APPARATUS - An optical amplifier apparatus includes an optical amplifier including an amplification medium doped with an active substance, the amplification medium excited in order to amplify light; a semiconductor optical amplifier arranged after the optical amplifier; a driver for supplying a driving current with respect to the semiconductor optical amplifier in order that the semiconductor optical amplifier has an amplification characteristic with respect to an input light, the amplification characteristic including a gain non-saturated region and a gain saturated region; and an input-light level adjuster for adjusting an out put light of the optical amplifier to the input light level of the semiconductor optical amplifier, the input light level being set up between the gain non-saturated region and the gain saturated region. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237782 | Near Infrared Ray Reflective Substrate And Near Infrared Ray Reflective Laminated Glass Employing That Substrate, Near Infrared Ray Reflective Double Layer Glass - In a near-infrared reflective substrate prepared by forming on a transparent substrate a near-infrared reflective film prepared by alternate deposition of low-refractive-index dielectric films and high-refractive-index dielectric films, there is provided a near-infrared reflective substrate characterized in that the transparent substrate is a plate glass or polymer resin sheet, that it is 70% or greater in visible light transmittance defined in JIS R3106-1998, and that it has a maximum value of reflection that exceeds 50% in a wavelength region of 900 nm to 1400 nm. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237783 | BINOCULARS WITH MICROMIRROR ARRAY LENSES - The binoculars of the present invention comprise two optical units; one optical unit for each eye. Each optical unit comprises a first reflective lens element and a second reflective lens element, wherein at least one of the reflective lens elements is a Micromirror Array Lens. The binoculars of the present invention provide focusing and/or zoom functions without or with minimal macroscopic mechanical lens movement. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237784 | Pointable Optical System With Coude Optics Having A Short On-Gimbal Path Length - A coude gimbal structure includes a two-axis gimbal system having an outer gimbal pivotable about a first rotational axis, and an inner gimbal supported on the outer gimbal and pivotable about a second rotational axis which intersects the first rotational axis at an intersection point. A folded afocal three-mirror anastigmat has a positive-optical-power primary mirror, a negative-optical-power secondary mirror, and a positive-optical-power tertiary mirror, and a first flat fold mirror, and a second flat fold mirror. A beam path incident upon the primary mirror is reflected from the primary mirror to the secondary mirror. The tertiary mirror lies on the second rotational axis, the first flat fold mirror redirects the beam path reflected from the secondary mirror to the tertiary mirror, and the second flat fold mirror lies at the intersection point and redirects the beam path reflected from the tertiary mirror along the first rotational axis. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237785 | Microfabricated optical wave plate - A microfabricated optical wave plate comprises a reflective polarizer and a mirror separated by a fixed or variable distance. The wave plate imparts a relative phase delay on polarization components of incident light, thereby transforming the overall polarization of the light. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237786 | Protective Film for Polarizing Plate - A protective film for polarizing plate made by laminating k layers (k is an integer of 2 or more) of thermoplastic resin, in which a refractive index n | 2009-09-24 |
20090237787 | POLARIZING GLASS CONTAINING COPPER AND OPTICAL ISOLATOR - To Provide a polarizing glass with better weatherability than conventional polarizing glasses, affording high long-term reliability without the above-described surface deterioration. To provide an optical isolator employing polarizing glass of improved weatherability, affording good weatherability and high reliability for extended periods. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237788 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR - An optical apparatus includes an optical element disposed on an optical path along which the light flux emitted from a light source travels, and a polarizing element disposed on the light flux emitting-side of the optical element. The polarizing element includes a first prism having a light flux incident-side end surface on which the light flux having emitted from the optical element is incident and an emitting-side inclined surface inclined to the light flux incident-side end surface, and a polarizing element body provided on the emitting-side inclined surface, the polarizing element body transmitting first linearly polarized light out of the light flux having passed through the first prism and reflecting second linearly polarized light polarized perpendicular to the first linearly polarized light toward the first prism. The optical element is integrated with the polarizing element with an interposed adhesive layer formed on the light flux incident-side end surface. The refractive index n0 of the adhesive layer is set to satisfy the following equation: | 2009-09-24 |
20090237789 | TRANSPARENT SHEET - The transparent sheet of the invention is used in a display device which comprises at least one transparent body and a retardation film, where reflection of display light from the display light source onto the transparent sheet forms an image of the display light in the forward field of vision of the observer and renders it visible to the observer, the retardation film being positioned with specified conditions. It is thereby possible to obtain a display device with high display quality and minimal double images. The display device used may be, for example, a HUD for display of information in the forward field of vision of a vehicle, ship or the like. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237790 | RETARDATION FILM - A retardation film composed of a laminated film which comprises a layer A composed of a material having a positive intrinsic birefringence and a deflection temperature under load of Ts(A) and a layer B composed of a material having a negative intrinsic birefringence and a deflection temperature under load of Ts(B), in which a difference between Ts(A) and Ts(B) is 5° C. or more; the retardation film has a stretching temperature T | 2009-09-24 |
20090237791 | TWO-SIDED CORNER-CUBE RETROREFLECTORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a retroreflective sheeting, and methods of formation thereof, the sheeting comprises a body of material, the body having a first surface and a second surface. A plurality of first full-square-sided corner-cube structures are on the first surface of the body, the first full-square-sided corner-cube structures each having three facets that lie along planes that are orthogonal to each other. A plurality of second full-square-sided corner-cube structures are on the second surface of the body, the second full-square-sided corner-cube structures each having three facets that lie along planes that are orthogonal to each other. The body is constructed and arranged to be transparent to incident electromagnetic energy at a range of wavelengths and to have a thickness so that an incident electromagnetic energy ray that is incident at one of the first and second surfaces enters the body, and is redirected by both the first surface and the second surface so that both the first surface and the second surface contribute to retroreflection of the incident electromagnetic energy ray, and exits from the one of the first and second surfaces at which the incident electromagnetic energy ray was incident to emit a retroreflected electromagnetic energy ray of the incident electromagnetic energy ray. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237792 | Driving mechanism and optical equipment - To provide a driving mechanism with which a reduction in size is possible. A driving mechanism comprising: an optical component that is provided to be movable; a first driving member that is movable in a first direction; a second driving member that is movable in the first direction independently of the first driving member; and an abutting portion that is provided at the optical component and abuts against the first driving member and the second driving member, wherein, the optical component is moved by driving force of the first driving member and the second driving member abutting against the abutting portion. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237793 | ACTIVE-ISOLATION MOUNTS FOR OPTICAL ELEMENTS - Disclosed are, inter alia, optical components that include an optical element (e.g., mirror) and at least three active-isolation mounts mounting the optical element to a frame (e.g., optical barrel or optical frame). An active-isolation mount has a non-contacting actuator connecting a respective location on the optical element to the frame and provides movability of the respective location relative to the frame in at least one direction. At least one displacement sensor is associated with each respective location on the optical element. The displacement sensors are sensitive to displacements of the respective locations in at least one respective direction and reference the displacements to an absolute reference. The actuators and sensors are connected to a servo control loop to provide feedback control. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237794 | COLLAPSIBLE LENS BARREL AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT USING THE SAME - A collapsible lens barrel includes a first holding frame ( | 2009-09-24 |
20090237795 | Anti-Counterfeit Hologram - A microstructure area ( | 2009-09-24 |
20090237796 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An optical device includes a substrate, a plurality of optical elements formed in an element formation region of the substrate, a plurality of lenses formed over the element formation region so as to correspond to the plurality of optical elements, and a protective layer formed so as to cover the plurality of lenses. A holding member is formed on the protective layer in a region outside the element formation region. The holding member holds a bottom surface of a transparent member. A gap between the protective layer and the transparent member is filled with an adhesive. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237797 | Optical Film and Display - An optical film ( | 2009-09-24 |
20090237798 | SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONIC DEVICE - A coating film is provided on an end surface of a semiconductor photonic element including an active layer through which light propagates. The coating film has a two-layer structure including a first layer film and a second layer film arranged in a stacked relation. The thicknesses of the first and second layer films are determined so that the value of the amplitude reflectivity of the coating film is equal to an imaginary number. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237799 | VEHICLE REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - A vehicle rearview mirror system includes a transflective reflective element, an ambient light sensor that senses ambient light and a glare light sensor that senses glare light. A control circuit establishes a reflectance level of the reflective element, and the control circuit is responsive to light detection by at least one of the ambient light sensor and the glare light sensor. A display element is disposed behind the reflective element and operable to display information through the reflective element and viewable through the mirror reflector of the reflective element by a driver of the vehicle when the display element displays information, and substantially non-viewable by the driver of the vehicle when the display element does not display information. A display intensity control adjusts display intensity responsive to a light detection by at least one of the glare light sensor and the ambient light sensor. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237800 | DISPLAY MEMBER - Provided is a display member containing: an display layer which exhibits a structural color and contains spherical bodies and a matrix; and a reflective interface which reflects a light transmitting through the display layer, wherein the reflective interface is made between the display layer and a reflective interface forming layer which is provided in contact with the display layer; and a refractive index of the spherical bodies na, a refractive index of the matrix nb and a refractive index of the reflective interface forming layer nc satisfy the following Formulas (1) and (2): | 2009-09-24 |
20090237801 | Method and Apparatus Providing Concave Microlenses for Semiconductor Imaging Devices - A method and apparatus providing an imaging device with a system of convex and concave microlenses at different levels over an array of photosensors. The concave microlenses redirect leaking light, which is not directed by the convex lenses onto the photosensors, onto the photosensors. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237802 | Lens array, light emitting diode head, exposure device, image forming apparatus, and image reading apparatus - A lens array includes a plurality of lens assembly members with a plurality of lenses and a light blocking member with a plurality of apertures arranged therein. The lens assembly members are arranged so that an optical axis of each of the lenses of one of the lens assembly members is aligned with an optical axis of each of the lenses of another of the lens assembly members. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237803 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY - A display device includes: an image projection section configured to project a light flux including an image toward a head of a viewer; an imaging section configured to image a picture of the viewer; a control section configured to control a projection area and a projection position of the light flux by controlling the image projection section on the basis of the picture; and a target eye detection section configured to detect a one-eye served as a target of the projection position of both eyes of the viewer on the basis of the picture. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237804 | HIGH BRIGHTNESS OPTICAL DEVICE - There is provided an optical device, comprising a display source; a light-diffuser; an imaging optical module, and an output aperture from the optical device characterized in that the light diffuser is an angular, non-uniform diffuser of light for increasing a portion of light emerging from the display source that passes through the output aperture. A method for improving the brightness of an optical display is also provided. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237805 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus - A zoom lens includes first to fourth lens groups arranged in that order from the object side and having positive, negative, positive, and positive refractive powers. The first lens group includes a single first lens having a negative refractive power, a right-angle prism bending an optical path, and a second lens including at least a lens having a positive refractive power in that order from the object side. The second lens group includes a third lens including an aspherical surface and having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power in that order from the object side. The second and fourth lens groups are moved in an optical-axis direction during zooming. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237806 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND AN IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens system is provided that can be used as an optical system for an image pick-up device, which can have improved shading characteristics using multiple lens units, for example three lens units. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237807 | OBJECTIVE LENS FOR ENDOSCOPE - An objective lens for endoscope comprises, in order from an object side, a front lens group having negative refractive power as a whole; a brightness aperture stop; and a rear lens group having positive refractive power as a whole, wherein said front lens group comprises in order from the object side, a first lens having negative refractive power; and a second lens group where a lens surface closest to the image side is convex form directed toward the image side, and it has positive refractive power as a whole; and the following condition (1) is satisfied: | 2009-09-24 |
20090237808 | LENS SYSTEM - A lens system includes a first lens and a second lens formed in turn from an object side to an image side. The lens system satisfies the following conditions: | 2009-09-24 |
20090237809 | Imaging System and Optical Engine - An imaging system and an optical engine comprising the imaging system are provided. The imaging system in this invention at least comprises a lens assembly, a light valve, and a Fresnel lens. The Fresnel lens is formed with a receiving portion adapted to correspondingly receive at least one portion of the lens assembly and replaces the conventional aspheric lens to focus a light ray onto the light valve. The light valve reflects the light ray into the lens assembly for imaging. Thereby, the Fresnel lens is adapted to decrease the surface area of the receiving portion to eliminate the influence of stray light on the imaging quality and to economize lens material costs. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237810 | Afocal galilean attachement lens with high pupil magnification - An afocal Galilean attachment lens is disclosed, with the lens comprising, along an optical axis, a first lens group with overall negative optical power and a second lens group with overall positive power. The first and second lens groups are arranged to define a Galilean configuration. The lens also has exit and an entrance pupils with respective diameters D | 2009-09-24 |
20090237811 | Objective lens system for endoscope - An objective lens system for endoscope comprising at least a first negative lens element, a second positive lens element, an aperture stop, and a cemented lens component consisting of a third negative lens element and a fourth positive lens element, and being configured so as to satisfy the conditions (2), (5) and (4) or the conditions (2), (3) and (4) which are mentioned below, whereby the lens system corrects lateral chromatic aberration and longitudinal chromatic aberration with a good balance, favorably corrects aberrations such as chromatic aberration and has a compact composition or a short total length. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237812 | Protective Shell for an Electronic Device - A protective shell for an electronic device is adapted to accommodate the electronic device. The electronic device includes a camera lens. The protective shell includes a shell body and a lens device. The shell body is adapted to accommodate the electronic device. The lens device is mounted on the shell body, and includes a plurality of lenses. The lens device is operable to move relative to the shell body such that a selected one of the lenses correspondingly overlaps one side of the camera lens of the electronic device to permit switching among different modes of use, thereby enabling the camera lens to have different functions, such as close-up, filtering, wide-angle, and polarizing functions. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237813 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH MAGNIFYING LENS - A wireless communication device, preferably in the form of a telephone having a housing and an information display screen for displaying information associated with at least wireless communications, wherein the information display screen is positioned on a surface of the housing. A magnifying lens is mounted in a first position with respect to the information display screen for magnifying information displayed on the information display screen. A user can adjust the magnifying lens to a second position that is distally located from the information display screen for magnifying objects distally located from the wireless communication device. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237814 | POSITIONING APPARATUS FOR AN OPTICAL ELEMENT - The present invention relates to a positioning apparatus ( | 2009-09-24 |
20090237815 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a lens driving apparatus. The lens driving apparatus comprises a base, a yoke coupled to the base, having an upper surface formed with a hole, a closed side surface, and an opened bottom surface, a bobbin movably installed in an inner portion of the yoke, a lens module coupled to the bobbin to go in and out the hole according to movement of the bobbin, a magnet fixed to an inner portion of the yoke, a coil fixed to an outer portion of the bobbin while facing the magnets, and springs coupled to the bobbin to provide restoration force to the bobbin. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237816 | Lens Holding Frame, Lens Driving Device, and Imaging Device - An object of the present invention is to provide a lens holding frame which enables a down-sizing, less fluctuation in a sliding motion of the lens in the direction parallel with the optical axis, and excellent durability, a lens driving device, and an imaging device. To achieve the object, the lens holding frame for holding a lens driven for image focusing comprising the main body of a lens frame and a sliding guide device connected to the outer edge of the main body; and the sliding guide device comprising a rack which transmit power transmitted from a driving source via a pinion on the surface are adopted, and are assembled to enable sliding along a guide pole provided in parallel with the optical axis in an outer peripheral part of the sliding motion path of the lens driven for image focusing to focus the image. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237817 | VEHICULAR HOLDING MODULE CAPABLE OF ZOOMING INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON A SCREEN AND RELATED VEHICULAR ELECTRONIC MODULE - A vehicular holding module includes a frame for holding an electronic device, and a display device. The electronic device has a screen. The display device is disposed at a side of the frame for zooming information displayed on the screen. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237818 | VIBRATING ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD, VIBRATING ELEMENT, VIBRATING ACTUATOR, LENS BARREL AND CAMERA SYSTEM - A vibrating element manufacturing method by which adhesion is stabilized and yield is improved, a vibrating element, a vibrating actuator, a lens barrel and a camera system. A vibrating element manufacturing method is provided with a first step of arranging an elastic body on a holding member, a second step of forming an electromechanical transducing element by injection molding on the surface of the elastic body, and a third step of sintering the electromechanical transducing element by heating and bonding the elastic body with the electromechanical transducer element. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237819 | RESILIENT PLATE AND LENS ACTUATOR WITH SAME - A resilient plate includes a plate shaped body. A through hole is defined in the center of the plate shaped body. A plurality of slots is defined in the plate shaped body and the slots cooperatively surrounding the through hole. Each of the slots includes a first substantially straight slot portion, a second substantially straight slot portion and a third substantially straight slot portion. The second substantially straight slot portion interconnects between and substantially perpendicular to the first and second substantially straight slot portions. The slots are oriented about 90 degrees with respect to each other. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237820 | VEHICULAR INTERIOR ELECTROCHROMIC REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY - A vehicular interior electrochromic rearview mirror assembly includes an electrochromic mirror reflective element assembly and a video display disposed behind a transflective mirror reflector of the mirror reflective element assembly. The transflective mirror reflector includes at least one electrically conducting metal layer and is disposed at a third surface of the rear substrate such that a perimeter border region of the third surface is substantially devoid of the electrically conducting metal layer. A third surface electrical conductor disposed at the third surface is in electrical connection with the transflective mirror reflector and may extend from the transflective mirror reflector and from the perimeter seal toward a perimeter edge of the rear substrate. The rear substrate may extend beyond a perimeter edge of the front substrate where the third surface electrical conductor is disposed, and the third surface electrical conductor may be electrically accessible outboard of the perimeter seal. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237821 | REAR MIRROR OF VEHICLE HAVING DISPLAY - A rear mirror of a vehicle having a display includes a seat having a dynamic unit at one side thereof; the dynamic unit being connected to a power source through a power; a body having a display unit; the body being slideable along the seat; one side of the body being installed with a teeth strip engageable with a gear of the dynamic unit; and a mirror body having a mirror surface installed at a front side of the seat. When the body slides inwards, the mirror body can be hidden between the mirror body and the seat; and when the body slides outwards, the mirror body protrudes out of the mirror body. | 2009-09-24 |
20090237822 | Correction and focusing device for a beam - A correction and focusing device for a beam, through the deformation of a mirror, wherein it incorporates a frame supporting the mirror, at least one curve generator applying at least one torque to at least one extremity of the mirror, and correction actuators spaced along the mirror so as to apply stresses to the different zones of the mirror. | 2009-09-24 |