Hitachi Maxell, Limited

Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi Maxwell, Ltd.

Akito Sakemoto

Toshinori Sugiyama

Norio Ohta

Katsusuke Shimazaki

Masafumi Yoshihiro

Osamu Ishizaki

Satoru Ohnuki

Kunio Mizushima

Kazuko Ishitsuka

Hideo Fujiwara

Akira Miyake

Hiroyasu Otsubo

Masaki Yamazaki

Hitoshi Watanabe

Shigeru Nakamura

Takashi Sugiyama

Masahiro Ojima

Tsuyoshi Maro

Hideo Daimon

Tsugihiro Doi

Yasunori Kanazawa

Nobuhiro Umebayashi

Osamu Inagoya

Hiroshi Maruyama

Takehiro Takahashi

Zenji Tsutsumi

Satoru Onuki

Hitoshi Nagatani

Nobuhiro Umebayshi

Tetsuhiko Sambei

Akihiko Soya

Provided is portable photography device capable of appropriately control an on/off state of a light source during photography, and reliably carrying out photography by a camera of a portable terminal when the light source is on. The portable photography device includes a smartphone with a camera, and a lens module including LEDs, having different wavelengths, a conversion lens, and light source control unit. The smartphone includes light on/off detection unit that detects the on/off state of each of the LEDs, photography control unit that controls photography by the camera, and display control unit that associates a photographed image taken by the camera with the LEDs, for display on the screen of the smartphone. As a result, it is possible to appropriately control the on/off state of the LEDs, during carrying out photography and reliably photographing skin with the camera of the smartphone.

Lens module and portable photography device

A biometric information acquisition apparatus includes: a light guide that guides a light beam through a plurality of light reflective surfaces; and an image pickup unit that receives the light beam output from the light guide and captures a subject image. The light guide includes an input surface that receives the subject image and is provided at a front surface side; a first light reflective surface that is opposed to the input surface and is provided at a back surface side; and a second light reflective surface that extends in a thickness direction of the light guide. A subject image can be acquired within a desired range by employing the light guide, while suppressing an increase in size of the biometric information acquisition apparatus.

Biometric information acquisition apparatus, biometric authentication apparatus, light guide, and image acquisition apparatus

An imaging module for biometrics authentication comprises: a light source irradiating a living body with light capable of passing through the living body; a prism having an incidence surface including an incidence area for taking in light emerging from the living body, two or more reflecting surfaces for reflecting the light taken in through the incidence area, and an outlet surface for outputting the light reflected by the reflecting surfaces; and a camera module including a lens for focusing the light emerging from the outlet surface of the prism and an image pickup device for converting the light focused thereon by the lens into an electric signal and outputting the electric signal.

Imaging module for biometrics authentication, biometrics authentication apparatus and prism

An image acquisition apparatus acquires an image indicating an intensity distribution of infrared light. The image acquisition apparatus includes a conductive thin film, a dielectric layer placed on the thin film, a base to support the thin film and the dielectric layer in this order on a principal surface, a light source to emit light to an interface between the thin film and the base, and an image pickup device to receive light reflected on the interface between the thin film and the base.

Image acquisition apparatus, conversion apparatus and image acquisition method

It is an object of the invention to supply an optical communication device and an optical communication module that are provided with a substrate, a vertical waveguide that is formed in the substrate and that is for transmitting light in a thickness direction of the substrate, a horizontal waveguide that is formed in the substrate and that is for transmitting light in a planar direction of the substrate, and a light bending portion for optically coupling the vertical waveguide and the horizontal waveguide. The substrate is a laminated body including a first substrate in whose surface a groove is formed and in which a reflective mirror is disposed on at least one end of the groove, and a second substrate layered to the surface of the first substrate in which the groove is formed and in which a through hole located in opposition to the portion of the groove in which the reflective mirror is disposed is formed. The horizontal waveguide includes a cavity formed by the groove and a reflective film that covers the wall surfaces of the cavity, and transmits light through its cavity. The vertical waveguide include a cavity formed by the through hole and a reflective film that covers the wall surfaces of the cavity, and transmits light through its cavity. The light bending portion includes the reflective mirror, and due to reflection at the surface of the reflective mirror, the light transmission direction is changed from the thickness direction to the planar direction of the substrate or from the planar direction to the thickness direction of the substrate.

Optical communication device and laminated optical communication module

On a surface of a transparent substrate,having a preformat pattern,formed thereon are laminated a first recording layer,in which a recording state exists in one different magnetic field region of an applied external magnetic field and a second recording layer,in which two recording states exist in magnetic field regions different from that for the first recording layer. As required, dielectric layers,and,, a reflecting layer,and a protection layer,can be laminated. The 4-valued recording of information becomes possible by assigning information signals &ldquo;1&rdquo;, &ldquo;0&rdquo;, &ldquo;3&rdquo;, and &ldquo;2&rdquo; to H,, H,, H,and H,, respectively.

Magneto-optical recording medium capable of recording multiple value signals

An optomagnetic recording and reproducing system has been developed which demonstrates superior performance when used with multilayer recording substrates. The system features an optical head and magnetic head disposed opposite to each other on different sides of the recording substrate. The novel magnetic head can either incorporate a number of independently driven subheads, or alternately it can be constructed by placing multiple independently driven windings on a single head. Biasing of the magnetic head can either be performed externally using an external magnet or by providing a bias with one of the windings or sub-heads. The resulting optomagnetic recording and reproducing system is suitable for multi-valued recording of an optomagnetic recording medium.

Magnetic head capable of generating multi-stepped external magnetic

Magneto-optical recording medium having a plurality of magnetic layers

Optical information recording/reproducing system including novel

An optical information recording/reproducing apparatus includes signal recording means for recording a signal on a film. The signal is recorded by raising the temperature of the film with a writing laser beam. A signal reproduction apparatus reproduces the signal by irradiating the film with a reading laser beam. There is an optical system provided in common to both the writing laser beam and the reading laser beam. The signal recorded on the film is reproduced substantially simultaneously with the recording of the signal in order to allow for confirmation of the signal that has been recorded. A modulating circuit is provided for modulating the intensity of the writing laser beam with a frequency of at least twice as high as the maximum frequency of the signal to be recorded.

Optical information recording/reproducing apparatus

A magnetic recording medium suitable for high density recording comprising a non-magnetic substrate and a magnetic layer which contains a non-magnetic binder and ferromagnetic powder dispersed therein formed on said substrate, the coercive force of the magnetic layer being from 1,400 to 2,000 oersteds, the residual magnetic flux density being at least 1,100 gausses and a thickness of the layer being at least 0.5 .mu.m, which effectively works when it is used together with a magnetic head, a part of which near a magnetic gap, made of a magnetic material having saturation magnetic flux density of at least 7,000 gausses and which has a magnetic gap length of 0.15 to 0.4 .mu.m.

Magnetic recording medium

A magnetic disc which comprises a non-magnetic support substrate and a magnetic layer thereon consisting of a magnetic coating comprising ferromagnetic powder, a binder, an aliphatic acid ester having a melting point not higher than 10.degree. C. and an aliphatic acid ester having a melting point from 15.degree. to 60.degree. C., the magnetic coating having improved lubricity and durability.

Magnetic disc

In a magnetic head carriage assembly which includes a head carriage for mounting a magnetic head for slidably contacting with a rotating magnetic disc and a clamper for mounting a clamp shoe disposed to oppose the magnetic head and biased toward the head carriage, there is provided a pivot for confining the movement of the clamp shoe in a direction perpendicular to the direction of rotational plane of the magnetic disc and a cantilever spring for mounting the magnetic head on the carriage or clamper.

Assembly for stably mounting magnetic head on carriage

In a recording disc cartridge having a recording disc rotatably supported by a hub assembly in a disc case, the hub assembly is formed by a hub body and a reinforcing metal plate laid on one of the surfaces of the hub body so as to prevent thermal deformation of the recording disc due to deformation of the hub body.

Recording disc cartridge having an improved hub assembly

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Akito Sakemoto