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US-6,104,560 Method and apparatus for data reproducing in disk storage system
In a data reproducing device using a read channel of a PRML system, during a period of a continuous reproducing operation mode for continuous reproduction...
US-6,104,559 Head position detecting method and disk device
A noise component is eliminated from a servo signal recorded on a recording medium and read by a head. A number of times that a noise eliminated servo signal...
US-6,104,558 System and method of encoding an index mark into a servo address
A system and method for encoding a servo address in a disk drive system having at least one disk for storing data is disclosed. A servo address associated with a...
US-6,104,557 Magnetic disk reproduction with offset compensation for thermal asperity
A magnetic disk reproducing apparatus for reproducing data recorded at an arbitrary position on a rotating disk by a head includes a level detecting unit for...
US-6,104,556 Wide write disc certification process, apparatus and article of manufacture
A disc certification process, apparatus and article of manufacture for improved testing efficiency employs a testing head having a write element and a read...
US-6,104,555 Method and device for duplicating an initial program of a hard disk drive
A device for copying programs installed on an original hard disk drive into duplicating hard disk drives is disclosed. The storage area of an original HDD is...
US-6,104,554 Projection television lens assembly
A projection television lens system having a device that distorts for telescopically adjusting an A/B assembly, the tubular member that carries the A and B lens...
US-6,104,553 Image-forming lens
An image-forming lens, of the retro-focus type, having only two lens elements is disclosed. By making the object-side of the first lens element, in order from...
US-6,104,552 Vehicular rearview mirror assembly with forward vision optical system
An exterior rearview mirror for vehicles incorporates a forward vision improving system allowing improved visibility of the opposite roadway forward of the...
US-6,104,551 Zoom lens apparatus
A zoom lens apparatus moves the first lens group and the second lens group by rotating a zoom cam cylinder with cam grooves formed thereon. A plurality of...
US-6,104,550 Control method for zoom lens camera and zoom lens camera
A control method for a zoom lens camera which includes a focal length detection mechanism which detects the focal length divided into a finite number of steps;...
US-6,104,549 Zoom lens device with zooming position detector
A zoom lens device has a zooming position detector consisting of a code plate and a brush device. The code plate is mounted to a front face of a shutter unit...
US-6,104,548 Zoom lens
A zoom lens has, in succession from the object side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power, and...
US-6,104,547 Zoom lens and optical apparatus having the same
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit of positive refractive power, a second lens unit of negative refractive...
US-6,104,546 Athermalized focal length extender for a zoom lens having a split rear image-forming group
An extender lens group removably incorporated in a zoom lens equipped with a temperature compensating feature for increasing the prim-lens focal length to...
US-6,104,545 Gradient index lens component and image pickup apparatus using the gradient index lens
A gradient index lens component composed of a single radial type gradient index lens element which has planar surfaces on both side and a positive refractive...
US-6,104,544 Exposure apparatus
A projection optical system of the present invention has a first lens group G.sub.1 being positive, a second lens group G.sub.2 being negative, a third lens...
US-6,104,543 Eyepiece optical system
An eyepiece optical system includes the first lens group constituted by a negative single meniscus lens element having a convex surface on the side of a user's...
US-6,104,542 Wide-angle eyepiece lens with large eye relief
Wide-angle eyepiece lenses for a microscope are disclosed. A representative lens comprises, from the object side to the eye side, a first lens group with...
US-6,104,541 Collimator lens and optical scanning apparatus using the same
A collimator lens comprises, successively from a parallel luminous flux side, a positive lens, a cemented lens made of negative and positive lenses, a positive...
US-6,104,540 Decentered optical system
An optical system capable of correcting aberrations due to three-dimensional decentration by using a rotationally asymmetric surface having no plane of symmetry....
US-6,104,539 Decentered prism optical system
A decentered prism optical system suitable for use as an ocular optical system used in combination with an objective optical system and favorably corrected for...
US-6,104,538 Passive panoramic viewing systems
Systems for affording panoramic forward, side, rear and underneath views to operators of a wide range of transportation means for facilitating safe manoeuvering...
US-6,104,537 Image-forming optical system having a decentered optical element in a first lens group
An image-forming optical system, e.g. a variable-magnification optical system, using a compact decentered optical system capable of providing a clear image of...
US-6,104,536 High efficiency polarization converter including input and output lenslet arrays
A lenticular polarization converter for polarizing a beam of unpolarized light is described. The polarization converter includes an input lenslet array, a...
US-6,104,535 Laser irradiation apparatus and method
Where an object is irradiated and scanned with laser beams that have been shaped into a linear shape and are moved in their width direction, a cylindrical lens...
US-6,104,534 Antireflection coating with electromagnetic wave shielding effect and optical member having the antireflection...
In an optical member having a coating for reducing a ray reflecting on the coating and for reducing an electromagnetic wave incident on the coating, the optical...
US-6,104,533 Viewfinder with diffractive optical element
An optical viewfinder system comprising two optical elements, and a field stop or a reticle, to provide an image of a scene to a viewer, and further comprising a...
US-6,104,532 Real image mode variable magnification finder optical system
A real image mode variable magnification finder optical system is provided with an objective system having a positive refracting power, a correctly erect image...
US-6,104,531 Telescopic sight with variable magnification
A telescopic sight with variable magnification includes an adjusting ring for varying the magnification. The telescopic sight housing and an eyepiece stub are...
US-6,104,530 Transparent laminates and optical filters for displays using same
Transparent laminates which have high transparency and, moreover, excellent electromagnetic shielding characteristics and near-infrared cutting-off ...
US-6,104,529 Optical fiber communication system employing wide band crystal alloy light generation devices
In accordance with the invention, an improved optical communication system employs light-generating devices comprising a phonon-tuned crystal alloy host doped...
US-6,104,528 Optical fiber amplifier for achieving high gain of small signal
An optical fiber amplifier for achieving high gain of a small signal, including a pump laser diode (LD) for applying pumping light to amplify weak incident...
US-6,104,527 High efficiency bandwidth doubled and gain flattened silica fiber amplifier
A broadband light amplifier comprising a pair of signal transmission and amplification arms, one for carrying a short wavelength signal in a short optical...
US-6,104,526 Optical amplifier and a method of controlling the optical amplifier
In the optical amplifier of the present invention, a part of signal light inputted to an input connector is branched out by an optical coupler, whereby its power...
US-6,104,525 Array of thin film actuated mirrors and method for the manufacture thereof
An inventive array of M.times.N thin film actuated mirrors includes an active matrix, a passivation layer, an etchant stopping layer and an array of M.times.N...
US-6,104,524 Optical scanning device
A polygon mirror 36 have reflecting surfaces being arrayed such that the reflecting surfaces each having coatings 38 at both ends thereof and the reflecting...
US-6,104,523 Dual beam double pass raster output scanner
A dual infrared beam raster scanning system has overfilled facets on the rotating polygon mirror and a double pass through a two cylindrical lens element f-theta...
US-6,104,522 Optical scanning apparatus with controlled sag and ghost
An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source, a first optical system which includes a coupling lens for coupling a beam from the light source, a polygon...
US-6,104,521 Scanning optical systems
A scanning optical system includes a light source for emitting a beam of light and a first optical system that changes a cross-sectional shape of the beam into...
US-6,104,520 Laser scanning optical system and image forming apparatus using the same
A laser scanning optical system includes a light source, a polygonal mirror for deflecting a light beam emitted by the light source, and a scanning lens system...
US-6,104,519 Multi-beam exposure unit
This invention has as its object to provide an image forming apparatus which can provide a color image free from any color misregistration with low cost, and a...
US-6,104,518 Scanner provided with accurately parallel optical module and top cover
A scanner includes a bottom cover, a top cover, at least one elastic member, at least one rod, an optical module and at least one spacer. The elastic member is...
US-6,104,517 Secure communications system
A secure communications system which comprises a laser-sending system and a light receiver. The laser light is divided into two beams, one beam is modulated to...
US-6,104,516 Wavelength-changeable light source capable of changing wavelength of output light, optical communication...
In a wavelength-changeable light source of the present invention, a wavelength control is performed using a plurality of control systems when the wavelength of a...
US-6,104,515 Method and apparatus for providing high-order polarization mode dispersion compensation using temporal imaging
A high-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensation arrangement compensates for PMD in an optical signal using a temporal imaging technique. An optical...
US-6,104,514 Dispersion based method of and apparatus for reducing unwanted mixing products on multiplexed optical...
A method of and apparatus for reducing unwanted mixing products on multiplexed optical communications lines, based upon the dispersion characteristics of the...
US-6,104,513 High bandwidth communication system for large buildings
A system and method for large building high bandwidth communication. An interface station is located on or near the building for providing high bandwidth...
US-6,104,512 Method for adjusting the power level of an infrared signal
An electronic device (50) includes an infrared transceiver (510) having adjustable infrared signal intensity capability. The electronic device (50) commences to...
US-6,104,511 Reflector-based off-axis optical system for holographic storage
The holographic storage and retrieval system according to the present invention comprises one convex reflector and one concave reflector having the same optical...
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