Minolta Company, Ltd.

Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha

Matsushita Electronics Corporation

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc.

Nihon Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd.

Hiroyuki Okada

Sadafusa Tsuji

Kenji Tsuji

Shuji Izumi

Kunio Kawamura

Michihiro Iwata

Masaaki Chikasaki

Manabu Inoue

Yasuaki Serita

Wataru Kamisaka

Masaaki Nakai

Dai Shintani

Yoshihiro Tanaka

Shinji Tominaga

Ikushi Nakamura

Yuji Matsuda

Hidekazu Nakajima

Hiroshi Ueda

Nobuyuki Taniguchi

Hiroshi Ootsuka

Yasuhiro Okamoto

Toshio Norita

Yoshiaki Hata

Junichi Tanii

Kohtaro Hayashi

Shinya Matsuda

Masayuki Ueyama

Yoshito Tanaka

Koichi Kamon

Katsuyuki Nanba

Shigeru Wada

Takashi Matsuo

Ryuichi Yoshida

Kazuchika Sato

Makoto Miyazaki

Toshihito Kido

Koh Hayama

Masayuki Ikemura

Yasuo Hawai

Masaji Asaumi

Kenji Ishibashi

Takeo Hoda

Hiromu Mukai

Akihiko Fujino

Takashi Okada

Takeshi Hashimoto

Takashi Kondo

Takehiro Katoh

Akira Kosaka

Yasushi Tanijiri

Reiji Seki

Toshihiro Hamamura

Takashi Kobayashi

Kazuhiro Shibatani

Tsutomu Ichikawa

Minoru Kuwana

Tetsuro Kanbara

Yasumasa Sugihara

Kazuhiro Joten

Yukari Maeda

Yoshitaka Mayumi

Kiyoshi Nishitani

Akira Shiraishi

Kozo Maeda

Osamu Hatamori

Takeshi Yamawaki

Yasuyuki Deguchi

Koichi Satake

Kazuyoshi Mizushima

An insulating layer forming material and an insulating layer forming paste capable of forming an insulating layer on a metallic substrate without the filler and glass reacting or warpage occurring even when repeatedly fired at 850&#xb0; C. or higher are provided. The insulating layer forming material containing a lead-free glass composition and an &#x3b1;-quartz filler contains 17.0-40.0 wt. % of the &#x3b1;-quartz filler and 60.0-83.0 wt. % of the lead-free glass composition. The &#x3b1;-quartz filler has an average particle diameter (D) of 1.0-3.5 &#x3bc;m and a specific surface area of 2.5-6.5 m/g. The lead-free glass composition includes no BOand comprises a composition, in mol %, of 40.0-60.0% SiO, 0.5-10.0% AlO, 20.0-45.0% MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, 5.0-23.0% ZnO, and 0-10.0% LiO+NaO+KO.

Insulating layer forming material, insulating layer forming paste

A shake detecting apparatus includes a shake detecting sensor for outputting signals resulting from shake given to the shake detecting apparatus. In the case of application, for example, to an image pickup apparatus, the shake detecting sensor detects camera shake given to the image pickup apparatus. The shake detecting apparatus further includes an first integrating section for integrating the signals outputted from the shake detecting sensor, a second integrating section for integrating outputs of the first integrating section, and a correcting section for correcting the outputs of the first integrating section using outputs of the second integrating section after the lapse of a specified period following a specified timing.

Shake detecting apparatus, shake correcting apparatus and image pickup apparatus

A PWM signal generating circuit that generates a PWM signal having a period controlling portion for slightly fluctuating a period of the PWM signal; and a duty controlling portion for changing a duty of the PWM signal by changing a duty ratio in the period fluctuated by the period controlling portion.

Method of controlling the duty of a PWM signal, PWM signal generating circuit, and image forming apparatus using same

A three-dimensional input apparatus for generating data specifying the shape of an object by receiving the light from the object is disclosed. The detection light is irradiated toward the object by a projector so as to scan a virtual surface. An image sensing device detects the light reflected from the object. A controller thins out data and outputs it to the image sensing device in a direction corresponding to the main scanning direction of the virtual surface of the image sensing device. The controller also controls the image sensing device such that the light-receiving signal is repeatedly read on a line along the direction of movement of the received detection light in an effective area constituting a part of the image sensing surface thereby to read the light-receiving signal in the effective area.

Three-dimensional input apparatus and image sensing control method

A driving controller is adapted for controlling driving of a plurality of driving units physically connected with one another, at least one of which includes a driving member frictionally engaged with a driven member. It is detected whether the driven member is being driven at a predetermined time. The unit including the driving member and another driving unit are driven at a predetermined timing when the detecting circuit detects the driven member is not driven at the predetermined time. The driven member and the driving member can be easily released from an adhered state.

Driving controller and method for driving plural driving units and image sensing apparatus

A image shift correcting device to prevent the user's erroneous recognition while ensuring the accuracy of the AF processing even when a hand shake occurs in the photographing preparation period, is provided with: a image capturing element for performing image capture; exposure controlling element for repeating an exposure for obtaining image data and non-exposure in a predetermined cycle in the image capturing element; image shift correcting element for correcting a shift of a subject image in the image capturing element; and controlling element for performing the correction by the image shift correcting element when the exposure for obtaining image data is performed.

Image shift correcting device, image capturing device, and digital camera using same

In a piezoelectric actuator, a first driving signal amplified a predetermined sine wave is applied to a piezoelectric device in a direction parallel to a polarization direction thereof. A second driving signal having a negative phase with respect to the first driving signal which is amplified the sine wave is applied to the piezoelectric device in a direction opposite to the polarization direction. Thus, the piezoelectric device is driven by a driving signal amplified the first or second driving signal double. Voltages of the first and second driving signals are much smaller than a voltage of inversion of polarization of ceramic thin plates constituting the piezoelectric device.

Discharging circuit for a piezoelectric device

A digital camera employs an image sensor with color filters that correspond to individual pixels of the sensor. Image data detected by the sensor is recorded, together with data regarding the alignment of the color filters. The image data and the recorded alignment data are transmitted to a device external to the camera, where the image data is interpolated to produce complete color data for each pixel of the image. The complete color data is used to display the image. By means of this technique, the camera only needs to store and transmit the original image data, rather than interpolated complete image data. In addition, various interpolation processes can be employed in the external device, according to the particular desires of the user.

Digital camera

Disclosed are an information processing apparatus and an identifying method therefor that are used on a network. With preferential use of the identifier of a network card, the degree of demountability of that is the lowest, there is produced an identifier of the information processing apparatus. As a result of this, it is possible to minimize the changing of the identifier of the information processing apparatus.

Information processing apparatus and for-use-on-main-apparatus-body identifier production method therefor

A solid-state image sensor includes a photocell array for accumulating signal charge for each pixel in accordance with progress of exposure, and a read circuit for reading out information on the accumulated signal charge from the photocell array. With an insulating structure between its input and output, an amplifier in the read circuit generates an output signal without resetting the accumulated charge in the photocell. Information on the accumulated charge is read out at different exposure times while signal charge is accumulated during exposure, and a plurality of image signals can sequentially be obtained without destroying the information.

Digital camera and control method thereof

Piezoelectric actuator

An electronic camera is provided with an image pickup unit in a casing at a position opposite to an opening of the casing. The image pickup unit includes an image pickup device and an optical system. The electronic camera is further provided with a rotating mechanism for rotating the image pickup unit, a changer for changing over a photographing possible state and a photographing impossible state, and a controller for controlling the rotating mechanism to rotate the image pickup unit into a target position in response to the changer.

Electronic camera and image processing system

In a piezoelectric actuator, a first driving signal amplified a predetermined sine wave is a applied to a piezoelectric device in a direction parallel to a polarization direction thereof. A second driving signal having a negative phase with respect to the first driving signal which is amplified the sine wave is applied to the piezoelectric device in a direction opposite to the polarization direction. Thus, the piezoelectric device is driven by a driving signal amplified the first or second driving signal double. Voltages of the first and second driving signals are much smaller than a voltage of invention of polarization of ceramic thin plates constituting the piezoelectric device.

Actuator and driving apparatus thereof

A driving apparatus includes an electromechanical conversion element that expands and contracts through the application of a drive voltage, the electromechanical conversion element includes a first end and a second end. The apparatus further includes a support member that is fixed to the first end of the electromechanical conversion element in a direction of expansion or contraction of the electromechanical conversion element; a drive member that is fixed to the second end of the electromechanical conversion element in the direction of expansion or contraction; an engaging member that engages with the drive member with a friction force; and a drive circuit that drives the electromechanical conversion element. The drive circuit generates a rectangular waveform drive voltage and applies the rectangular waveform drive voltage to the electromechanical conversion element to cause the electromechanical conversion element to expand and contract at different speeds to thereby move the support member and the engaging member relative to each other.

Driving apparatus and method of using same

In an impact actuator, a piezoelectric device is driven by providing a relatively large difference between the charging time for charging the piezoelectric device in the direction of polarization and the charging time in the reverse direction of polarization. Owing to the elasticity of the piezoelectric device and a driving member, an expansion speed becomes different from a contraction speed, so that a driven member engaged with the driving member by a friction force can be moved relative to the driving member.

Impact actuator and equipment using the impact actuator

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Sakai, Japan

Hiroyuki Okada