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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179613 | Image pickup lens, image pickup apparatus and portable terminal The image pickup lens includes a first positive lens (focal distance: f1) having the convex surface facing the object side, a second negative lens having the concave surface facing the image side, a third positive lens (focal distance: f3) having the c... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175449 | Driving device, driving mechanism, and image sensing apparatus A driving device is adapted to drive a driven member, and includes a driving member, and a linear shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator. The driving member has a displacement output portion which is movable in a first axis direction, and a displacement input portion for... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174608 | Drive unit and drive module A drive unit and drive module which use a shape memory alloy as a drive source to move a driven member, and which can drive at a high speed, independently of the ambient temperature and the position of the driven member. The timing of moving the driven member is con... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170364 | Image processing method, image processing device, and image processing program An image processing method includes the steps of: obtaining image data formed by signals of a plurality of pixels expressing a color image; discriminating a photographic scene of an image from the image data; determining a gradation correction method based on a resu... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169878 | Optical pickup apparatus, objective optical element and optical information recording reproducing apparatus An optical pickup apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first light source for emitting a first light flux; a second light source for emitting a second light flux; a third light source for emitting a third light flux; and an objective optical elem... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159735 | Laser projector A two-dimensional image is displayed on a screen (SC) by scanning the screen (SC) two-dimensionally with light beams from a laser light source (1) that are deflected to orthogonally-intersecting first and second scanning directions by means of a mirror (10... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159123 | Light emitting device, light-emitting module, lighting apparatus, and image projection apparatus In a light emitting module arranging therein a plurality of LEDs, each LED includes: an LED chip; and an anode connected to the LED chip. The anode includes: a support surface supporting the LED chip; and an extending part extending with respect to the support surfa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158218 | Process for producing optical film, optical film, polarizer, and liquid crystal display Provided is a method for producing an optical film which suffers neither flatness deterioration nor film breakage and is free from problems concerning undulating undulation and partial light leakage. The process for optical film production comprises laminating a cel... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154979 | Objective lens and optical pickup apparatus Disclosed is an objective lens used for an optical pickup apparatus to perform writing and/or reading of an optical information recording medium, comprising an antireflective film on a surface of a light source side, wherein a light flux of wavelengths including a w... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154649 | Optical unit and image pickup apparatus utilizing electrostrictive drive elements An optical unit is provided which is characterized by compact configuration, high performance and minimized noise, and which has a drive element to drive a lens cone holding an image pickup optical system, and has the same outside diameter as the lens cone, wherein ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153284 | Method for fabricating a glass substrate, method for fabricating a magnetic disk, and magnetic disk A method for manufacturing a glass substrate which has a uniform and minute pattern of stripes formed on the surface thereof by ultraprecision polishing, and which allows the recording capacity of a magnetic disk to be increased, includes an inspecting step before t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149523 | Image pickup lens, image pickup apparatus and mobile terminal An image pickup lens relating to the present invention is a lens for forming an image of a subject onto a photoelectric converter of a solid-state image pickup element. The image pickup lens includes, in order from an object side thereof: an aperture stop; a first l... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149284 | Imaging unit having a shake correction unit An imaging unit having: an image pickup element for imaging a subject; a camera shake correction unit for correcting camera shake by moving the image pickup element, wherein the camera shake correction unit includes a stage which carries the image pickup element; an... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142864 | Cellulose ester pellets, cellulose ester film, manufacturing method of cellulose ester film, polarizing plate, and liquid crystal display The present invention can provide cellulose ester pellets, a cellulose ester film, a manufacturing method thereof, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display which minimize a manufacturing load, a facility load and an environmental load, each being given by eva... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142690 | Optical component molding apparatus and method thereof A molding machine includes a fixed mold and a movable mold. The molding machine is a so called micro molding machine which provides less than 150 KN of the mold clamping force for clamping the fixed mold and the movable mold. A positional shift length between both m... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141386 | Method for fabricating a glass substrate for an information recording medium, and magnetic disk using the same A method for fabricating a glass substrate containing SiO2 as a main ingredient thereof for an information recording medium which ensures removal of abrasive or foreign mater adhered to the glass substrate without complicating a cleaning step, involves, a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138564 | Image sensor unit and image sensor apparatus An image sensor unit includes a fixed substrate, a movable substrate, an actuate section including an actuator for moving the movable substrate against the fixed substrate, an image sensor having an imaging surface on a front surface of the image sensor, and at leas... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134601 | Lens barrel having camera shake corrector and photographing apparatus equipped therewith A camera shake corrector includes: a first moving member that holds an image sensor or a prescribed lens and is capable of moving in a first direction; a first motor that moves the first moving member; a second moving member that holds the first moving member and is... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130455 | Image pickup lens, image pickup unit, and mobile terminal An image pickup lens includes, in order from an object side thereof: a first lens in a meniscus shape having a positive refractive power and including a convex surface facing the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power and including a concave s... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125873 | Objective lens for optical pickup device, and optical pickup device Provided is an objective lens for an optical pickup apparatus. The objective lens collects diffracted light generated by an optical path difference giving structure onto the information recording surface of an optical information recording medium as a spot and suppr... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123998 | Injection molding method and injection molding die An injection molding method for a plate-shaped resin substrate, wherein a through-hole whose diameter gradually becomes smaller from one surface to the other surface is provided thereon and fine flow path that connects to the through-hole is provided on the other su... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121011 | Optical element, aberration correcting element, light converging element, objective optical system, optical pickup device, and optical information recording reproducing device An optical system for use in an optical pickup apparatus comprises a first optical surface having a superposition type diffractive structure including a plurality of ring-shaped zones which are formed concentrically around an optical axis, wherein each ring-shaped z... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119266 | Magnetic recording medium substrate, magnetic recording medium, method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium substrate, and method for manufacturing magnetic recording medium Provided are a magnetic recording medium substrate whereupon a magnetic layer can be regularly formed in a recording area, a magnetic recording medium and a method for manufacturing the magnetic recording medium substrate. A plurality of recording areas wherein the ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116174 | Near field light generating device, optically assisted magnetic recording head, optically assisted magnetic recording device, near field optical microscope and near field light exposure apparatus Disclosed is a near field light generating device comprising a first medium layer which transmits light from a light source. This near field light generating device generates near field light by using light irradiating a plasmon probe through the first medium. This ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113667 | Projection optical system A projection optical system satisfies a conditional formula: 0.01 | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113017 | Method for cleaning a glass substrate, method for fabricating a glass substrate, and magnetic disk using same A method for cleaning a glass substrate which ensures removal of abrasive and other foreign matter without making a cleaning step complicated involves cleaning the glass substrate by scrubbing using two or more types of cleaning liquid having different Si element el... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113014 | Method of manufacturing glass substrate for recording medium, glass substrate for recording medium, recording medium and holding jig Provided is a method of manufacturing a glass substrate efficiently via prevention of foreign matter adhesion to a glass substrate as to chemical strengthening. Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a glass substrate for a recording medium possessing the step of co... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111602 | Objective lens, optical pickup device, and optical disk drive Provided are an optical pickup apparatus and an objective lens which can record and/or reproduce information for discs with different recording densities and can realize simplification of the structure of themselves and reducing cost. When the expression (1) is sati... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111471 | Imaging lens, imaging device, and portable terminal The imaging lens includes, in order from the object side, a first lens having positive refractive power, a second lens having positive refractive power, and a third lens having negative refractive power. The first lens is provided with a substrate portion which is a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110128 | Method of manufacturing an anti-glare anti-reflection film Disclosed is an anti-glare anti-reflection film having a low haze and reduced in unevenness and dazzle. The film contains a thermoplastic resin film and at least a hard coat layer and an anti-reflection layer provided on a first surface of the thermoplastic resin fi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100561 | Light source unit A light source unit includes a light source element; an optical-waveguide-formed element in which an optical waveguide is formed; a prism for turning back a light flux emitted from the light source and guiding the light flux toward an incident end of the optical wav... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098564 | Objective lens for optical pickup apparatus, objective lens unit for optical pickup apparatus and optical pickup apparatus using the same The present invention relates to an objective lens, an objective lens unit and an optical pickup apparatus. The objective lens is provided for an optical pickup apparatus recording or reproducing information by converging a light flux with a wavelength λ1 em... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098562 | Objective lens comprising a diffraction structure for distributing light in to light of different diffraction orders, optical pickup device, and optical information recording or reproduction apparatus having same An objective lens includes a diffraction structure for distributing much of a quantity of an incident light beam into two diffracted lights having different diffraction orders from each other, wherein recording or reproduction of information on an optical disk is pe... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097188 | Method of manufacturing optical film A method of producing and optical film, comprises the steps of: mixing a resin and grains, heating a mixture of the resin and the grains and kneading the heated melted mixture, thereby preparing a mixture material of the resin and the grains; dissolving the mixture ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096148 | Method for fabricating a glass substrate, magnetic disk, and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating a glass substrate containing SiO2 as a main ingredient thereof and having a uniform and minute pattern of stripes formed on the surface thereof by ultraprecision polishing includes a step of inspecting whether or not, at the topmo... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8089711 | Engaging member, lens driving mechanism, imaging apparatus, and manufacturing method of engaging member In an engaging member 1 which holds a contact member 8 made of metal and having two contact surfaces 9 which form a recess 6 for receiving a shaft member 5 so as to be slidably displaceable on the shaft member 5 in accordanc... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088831 | Cellulose ester film, method for producing cellulose ester film, polarizing plate using the same, and liquid crystal display Disclosed is a cellulose ester film which is suppressed in volatilization of components during film formation, while having high surface flatness, high durability after saponification and good adhesion to a polarizer. Also disclosed is a method for producing such a ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086032 | Image processing device, image processing method, and image pickup apparatus An illumination component extractor is operable to extract an illumination component from input image data by: performing a smoothing process a certain number of times to generate a plurality of smooth image data having resolutions different from one another from th... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077585 | Condenser lens for an objective lens system An objective lens system for an optical pickup apparatus, includes in order from an object side: a first lens group having negative paraxial power P1 (mm−1); and a second lens group having positive paraxial power P2 (mm−1 | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077583 | Optical element, aberration correcting element, light converging element, objective optical system, optical pickup device, and optical information recording reproducing device An optical system for use in an optical pickup apparatus comprises a first optical surface having a superposition type diffractive structure including a plurality of ring-shaped zones which are formed concentrically around an optical axis, wherein each ring-shaped z... | 12/13/2011 |
