Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127101 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS A display control apparatus includes a first displayer. A first displayer displays a first image on a screen. A second displayer displays a second image on the screen. A determiner repeatedly determines whether or not an object exists near the screen. A controller displ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120106584 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a base, a plurality of electrodes arranged along a first direction on an upper surface of the base, a plurality of semiconductor laser devices bonded to respective upper surfaces of the plurality of electrodes, emitting laser ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106312 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE A first laser light source emits first laser light of a predetermined wavelength, and a second laser light source emits second laser light of a wavelength different from the wavelength of the first laser light. Reflected light of the first and second laser light is ente... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120082020 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE An astigmatism element converges laser light in first and second directions to generate focal lines. A spectral element makes propagating directions of light fluxes entered into first through fourth areas different from each other to disperse the four light fluxes from ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069725 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS In an optical pickup apparatus, a major part of an optical path of a laser beam emitted from a first semiconductor laser device and an optical path of a laser beam emitted from a second semiconductor laser device 3 are shared. The first laser beam is transmitted ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069319 | BEAM IRRADIATION DEVICE AND LASER RADAR SYSTEM A beam irradiation device is provided with a laser light source which emits laser light, a mirror actuator which causes the laser light to scan a targeted area, and an emission window through which laser light reflected on a mirror of the mirror actuator is transmitted.... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120052622 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL A method for manufacturing a solar cell (100) includes the steps of: a step of cleaning an exposed region (R2) on a rear surface of an n-type crystalline silicon substrate (10n), wherein the step is carried out subsequent to a step of pattern... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051381 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS This method of manufacturing a semiconductor laser apparatus includes steps of forming a first solder layer on a first electrode, forming a second solder layer with a second melting point on a second electrode through a barrier layer, forming a reaction solder layer wit... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051207 | OBJECTIVE LENS FOR OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE An objective lens for an optical pickup device is provided with a light-source-side lens surface by which laser light is converged, and a disc-side lens surface by which the laser light converged on the light-source-side lens surface is converged. In this arrangement, a... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120051205 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS Provided is an optical pickup apparatus using a reduced number of parts. An optical pickup apparatus (26) of the present invention includes: a laser unit (108) for emitting a laser beam complying with the BD standards; a laser unit (106) for emittin... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044965 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a base having a step portion, a first upper surface on a lower side of the step portion and a second upper surface on an upper side of the step portion, a first semiconductor laser device bonded onto the first upper surface, h... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120037227 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL A method for manufacturing a solar cell (100) includes the steps of removing a resist film (50) and removing a part of an n-type amorphous semiconductor layer (12n).... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033696 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a package having sealed space inside and a semiconductor laser chip arranged in the sealed space. The package has a first member and a second member bonded to each other with an adhesive, a covering agent made of an ethylene-v... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033695 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a package constituted by a plurality of members, having sealed space inside and a semiconductor laser chip arranged in the sealed space, while surfaces of the members located in the sealed space are covered with a covering age... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120031457 | SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE A solar cell (10) provided with connecting wires (351) which are connected to light receiving surface side fine-line electrodes (30A). The connecting wires (351) have expanding portions (BP1, BP2) which expand from the connectio... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120027040 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS In this semiconductor laser apparatus, a first wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in a fourth direction from a first semiconductor laser device and in a first direction from a photodetector, and a second wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in the ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026858 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE An optical pickup device has an astigmatism element which imparts astigmatism to reflected light of laser light reflected on a recording layer, and a spectral element into which the reflected light is entered, and which separates the reflected light. The spectral elemen... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026857 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE An optical pickup device has an astigmatism element which imparts astigmatism to reflected light of laser light reflected on a recording layer, and a spectral element into which the reflected light is entered, and which separates the reflected light. The spectral elemen... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110281382 | NITRIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME A nitride-based semiconductor device includes a substrate constituted by nitride-based semiconductor, a nitride-based semiconductor layer formed on the substrate and constituted by nitride-based semiconductor, formed with a light waveguide extending in a first direction... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110280270 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a semiconductor laser chip and a package sealing the semiconductor laser chip. The package has a concave base portion with an opening provided in an upper surface and one side surface and a sealing member covering the opening,... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110280267 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a semiconductor laser chip and a package sealing the semiconductor laser chip. The package includes a base body made of resin, a first sealing member mounted on an upper surface of the base body and a translucent second sealin... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110280266 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a semiconductor laser chip and a package sealing the semiconductor laser chip. The package has a base portion mounted with the semiconductor laser chip, a sealing member and a window member. The semiconductor laser chip is sea... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279456 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM A projection display apparatus is provided with a main body unit comprised of a light source and a projection element for projecting light emitted from the light source to a projection plane. The projection element is provided in the main body unit. The main body unit i... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277817 | SOLAR CELL MODULE, SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE MANUFACTURING METHOD A solar cell module 100 comprises a light reflection member 12 placed on the light receiving surface of a n-type semiconductor substrate 11 and having a light reflecting surface 12A facing the light receiving surface protection member 2 | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110266915 | POWER GENERATING APPARATUS A power generating apparatus (100) is provided with first substrates (2b, 2c) whereupon a first electrode (3) is arranged on one surface; a second substrate (1a) which includes a second electrode (6) arrange... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110266901 | FLAT TYPE VIBRATION MOTOR A flat type vibration motor realizing strong fastening of a rotor frame and an eccentric weight without welding, that is, a flat type vibration motor provided with a cover case having a tubular part with an opening closed by a stator structure and supporting one end of ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110261033 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE A projection display device includes a light source, an imager which modulates light from the light source, a light-guiding optical part which guides the light from the light source to the imager, a projection optical part which enlarges and projects the light modulated... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110260559 | FLAT VIBRATION MOTOR A flat vibration motor for suppressing deformation of coils even in a reflow at a high temperature, having a stator structure 10 fixing a shaft 1 and having no-core coils C1 and C2; a cover case 20 covered by the stator structu... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110260311 | RESIN MOLDED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF This invention is directed to provide a method of manufacturing a resin molded semiconductor device with high reliability by preventing a resin leakage portion from occurring due to burrs on a lead frame formed by punching. The method of manufacturing the resin molded s... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20120012179 | SOLAR CELL A solar cell, wherein contamination with an undesired impurity is suppressed, and solar cell characteristics are excellent. This solar cell is provided with: a semiconductor substrate having a photoreceiving surface and a back surface; a first semiconductor layer of a f... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120002533 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE A spectral element separates first laser light in such a manner that an area including only signal light as reflected first laser light is formed on a photodetector. The photodetector is provided with a first sensor group which is disposed at an irradiation position of ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110310353 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS A light source device includes: a reference light source that emits reference color component light of a plurality of colors; an excitation light source that emits excitation light for supplemental color component light; a luminous body member including a luminous body ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110298311 | ELECTRIC MOTOR AND MOBILE OBJECT An electric motor includes: a rotor configured to rotate about a rotating shaft; a stator having a coil; and a mold resin configured to mold the stator. The stator includes a bus ring which is provided along a circumferential direction of the stator and which is connect... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110292355 | REFRACTIVE OPTICS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS Disclosed are a projection display apparatus and a projection optics provided in the projection display apparatus. The projection optics has a refractive optics and a reflective optics. In the refractive optics, a lens (non-circular lens) provided on a reflective optics... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110284050 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE Provided is a solar cell module (100) in which the interval ε1 from the core (20A) of the first connecting member 20 to the light receiving surface (10A) is substantially the same as the interval ε2 from the core (20A) ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110258648 | OPTICAL PICKUP SUPPORTING DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Provided is a high-accuracy optical pickup supporting device by fixing guide shafts to a chassis by use of adjustment screws accurately. To this end, in the optical pickup supporting device, an end portion of a second guide shaft for supporting an optical pickup device ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110258647 | OPTICAL PICKUP FEEDING DEVICE AND OPTICAL PICKUP SUPPORTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Multiple regulating portions protruding more than tooth portions of the rack are provided in positions, between which a feed shaft is interposed, in the vicinity of the tooth portions. Each regulating portion has an inclined surface which is opposed to a periphery of th... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110258646 | OPTICAL PICKUP SUPPORTING DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Provided is a low-cost, high-accuracy optical pickup supporting device by simplifying a structure for fixing guide shafts to a chassis. To this end, an optical pickup supporting device includes: a frame-shaped chassis; a first guide shaft and a second guide shaft, two e... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110255392 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE A semiconductor laser emits infrared laser light for CD and red laser light for DVD. A collimator lens and a CD/DVD objective lens have optical axes thereof aligned with an optical axis of the infrared laser light. The CD/DVD objective lens is mounted on a holder to be ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110247673 | SOLAR CELL MODULE In a solar cell module 100, a wiring member 11 includes the first bent portion 11A and the second bent portion 11B formed between the solar cells 10. The second bent portion 11B having a larger distance from the neutral surface ... | 10/13/2011 |
