Abstract: An elevator assembly includes a first bracket, a second bracket, a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod. The second bracket is slidably disposed on the first bracket. The first connecting rod has a first pivot end and a first sliding end. The first pivot end is pivoted to the first bracket and provided with a first gear portion, and the first sliding end is slidably disposed on the first bracket and connected to the second bracket. The second connecting rod has a second pivot end and a second sliding end. The second pivot end is pivoted to the first bracket and provided with a second gear portion, the second sliding end is slidably disposed on the second bracket and connected to the second bracket, and the first gear portion and the second gear portion are engaged with each other.

Abstract: Solid-state stress sensors are presented herein. A sensor system may include a substrate, a first layer of sensing material disposed on a first surface of the substrate and at least two electrodes forming an electrode pair. The at least two electrodes may include a first electrode and a second electrode. The first and second electrodes may be offset from each other in a direction substantially parallel to the first surface. The sensing material may be a piezoelectric material and the sensor system may be configured to generate an output signal in response to shear stress experienced by the sensing material.

Abstract: A camera mount comprising: a sliding mount component comprising: a sliding base; protrusions protruding outward from a bottom surface of the sliding base; and a sliding mount component locking mechanism; and a rail mount component comprising: a rail base; and a rail mount component locking mechanism; wherein the sliding mount component is configured for insertion into the rail mount component, and wherein the sliding mount component is connected to the rail mount component by the sliding mount component locking mechanism forming a connection with the rail mount component locking mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus and methods for determining the position of an elongate structure. A number of magnetic field sensors arranged at fixed spacing, each sensor being arranged to sense a magnetic field of a remote structure induced by the Earth's magnetic field in at least two orthogonal directions. In use, the magnetic field sensors are arranged remotely of an elongate structure having a longitudinal axis, such that the magnetic field sensors are spaced in a lateral direction relative to said longitudinal axis. An angular spacing for the magnetic field sensors about the longitudinal axis is determined according to the magnetic field readings in the two orthogonal directions and a distance between one or more of said magnetic field sensors and said elongate structure is determined based on said angular spacing determination.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring a secondary power device, for accurately checking a state of the secondary power device, and an electronic system including the apparatus are provided. The method of monitoring a secondary power device includes: setting a first reference parameter by using a voltage of at least one capacitor of the secondary power device; setting a second reference parameter by using the voltage of the at least one capacitor and the first reference parameter; and setting a reference level for checking of the state of the secondary power device by using the second reference parameter, wherein the reference level is used in checking of the state of the secondary power device.

Abstract: Provided is a camera module capable of selectively capturing an image in a first photographing direction or in a second photographing direction opposite to the first photographing direction. The camera module includes: a reflection part that is movable between a first location, at which light incident from a side located in the first photographing direction is reflected in a direction perpendicular to the first photographing direction, and a second location, at which light incident from a side located in the second photographing direction is reflected in a direction perpendicular to the first photographing direction; and a light reception part configured to capture an image by converting the light, which has been reflected by the reflection part, into an electrical signal, wherein, during the movement of the reflection part, the thickness of the reflection part can be constantly maintained in the first photographing direction.

Abstract: The pixels counting unit divides an area in a main-scanning direction of a recording material on which image formation is performed into a plurality of areas 1 to n based on a width that is a length in the main-scanning direction of the recording material, and measures a pixels count with respect to each area among the plurality of areas 1 to n defined by dividing the area in the main-scanning direction of the recording material.

Abstract: A device for measuring through-flow processes of fluids. The device includes an inlet, an outlet, a flow housing in which a fluid flows, a drivable displacement meter in the flow housing, a bypass line which bypasses the drivable displacement meter, a pressure difference sensor in the bypass line and in the flow housing, an evaluation and control unit which controls the drivable displacement meter based on a pressure difference existing at the pressure difference sensor, and a cooling channel in the flow housing which has a coolant flow therethrough.

Abstract: The disclosure provides simple, low-cost but accurate systems and related methods for on-die temperature sensing typically using calibration and without the need for precision voltage references. In some implementations, the system utilizes two user selectable temperature sensing elements and two user selectable DACs to provide a digital code for the sensed temperature. In some implementations, the two sensing elements can be used to calibrate against each other. For example, calibration can be useful to account for silicon local/global variation. Typically, one of the temperature sensors is diode-based, while the other is resistor-based. However, those of skill in the art will recognize that, in accordance with the disclosure, more than two sensors can be provided that can be calibrated against one another.

Abstract: A control method of a semiconductor device includes inspecting an electrical property of a current detection circuit in the first semiconductor chip, writing information on a correction equation obtained on the basis of an inspection result in a memory circuit of the second semiconductor chip, and correcting, with the second semiconductor chip, a detection result obtained by the current detection circuit on the basis of the information on the correction equation.

Abstract: A resistance element includes a first electro-conductive layer that is formed on a substrate and includes a body portion and a protruding portion protruding from the body portion, and the body portion includes a current path from an input portion to an output portion. The resistance element further includes a second electro-conductive layer that is formed on the first electro-conductive layer via an insulating layer by using a material having a lower resistivity than the first electro-conductive layer. The resistance element further includes a connection portion that is provided to the insulating layer at a position corresponding to the protruding portion and includes a contact hole penetrating from the first electro-conductive layer to the second electro-conductive layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring body core temperature includes a light guide. The light guide can be coupled to an earpiece, or it can be a standalone device. The apparatus also includes a sensor positioned at one end of the light guide, and a processor coupled to the sensor. The sensor is operable to sense infrared radiation from an infrared source at the opposite end of the light guide. The processor is operable to determine a temperature of the infrared source at the opposite end of the light guide via a transfer function that correlates a measurement of the infrared radiation observed by the sensor and an effect of radiation of the light guide.

Abstract: A camera mount, assembly, and method for supporting a number of cameras side-by-side along a linear or curvilinear path. The camera mount includes a rigid body having a tab and a coupling flange extending from opposite ends thereof. Tabs and flanges of adjacent mounts are overlapped and coupled via a fastener installed therethrough. A spring washer is installed on the fastener to preload the joint against relative movements, but the mounts are pivotable by hand about an axis formed by the fastener. Angular orientation between adjacent mounts can be defined using a gauge inserted between opposing faces of the mounts. Cameras are disposable on each mount and retained thereon by an elastic band extending over the camera and retained on catches provided on each side of the mount. The assembly of camera mounts is substantially rigid thus requiring few support devices.

Abstract: An electrophotographic apparatus includes a cylindrical electrophotographic photosensitive member, a charging roller that is disposed in contact with the electrophotographic photosensitive member and applies a direct current voltage to charge the electrophotographic photosensitive member, and a driving force transmission that transmits a driving force which causes rotation so that contact portions of the electrophotographic photosensitive member and the charging roller move in the same direction and the peripheral speed of the charging roller is higher than the peripheral speed of the electrophotographic photosensitive member, wherein the undercoat layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains metal oxide and the undercoat layer has a volume resistivity of 1×107 ?·cm or more and 1×1014 ?·cm or less.

Abstract: A developer unit for an electrophotographic image forming device includes a housing having a roll mounted thereon that is configured to supply toner from a reservoir in the housing to a photoconductive drum. The housing extends along an axial dimension of the roll from a front end to a rear end of the housing. A toner inlet port is in fluid communication with the reservoir and formed in an extension from the top of the housing near the front end of the housing. A ramp is positioned on the top of the front end of the housing. The ramp is positioned in front of the extension and vertically below the toner inlet port and is aligned in a side-to-side dimension of the housing with the toner inlet port. The ramp includes an inclined surface that inclines upward as the inclined surface extends rearward relative to the housing.

Abstract: An image-pickup apparatus to which a lens unit that includes an image-pickup optical system including a focus lens is attachable includes an image sensor configured to photoelectrically convert an object image formed via the lens unit that has been attached, and to generate an image signal, and a controller configured to generate information on driving of the focus lens in the lens unit based upon the image signal and to provide focus control, the controller communicating data with the lens unit, wherein the controller transmits information on a driving target position of the focus lens to the lens unit in a first control, and transmits information on a driving direction and driving speed of the focus lens to the lens unit in a second control different from the first control.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes a main assembly, and a cartridge, including an image bearing member, detachably mountable to the main assembly. The main assembly includes an exposure device for exposing a surface of the image bearing member to light, the exposure device including a light emitting surface which emits light toward the surface of the image bearing member, and a fixing device for fixing a toner image transferred on the recording material. The cartridge includes a windbreak portion projecting from the cartridge, and a width of the windbreak portion is wider than a width of the light emitting surface with respect to a longitudinal direction of the exposure device, and wherein the windbreak portion blocks air flow between the fixing device and the exposure device.

Abstract: New optic control systems are provided that manage camera, user or environmental movement and other factors impacting optical and resulting image quality. In some aspects of the invention, a variably, directionally shadable screen and actuating system is provided, which prevents and limits problematic glare for an observation point. In other aspects of the invention, a matrix of specialized pixels creates variably-directed light from a plurality of angle-directable, shiftable sources, which aids in creating virtual, 3-D objects of greater realism than conventional 3-D imaging methods and aid in reducing the appearance of distracting interceding objects (e.g., finger blocking a touch screen). In these aspects, existing images and objects viewed through a screen may be enhanced and overlaid with effects and demonstrative information related to the overlaid images and objects and an environment.

Abstract: Electronic systems, such as printing systems, often use components that have integral memory. The integral memory can be used to store information about the component. In some printing systems this memory includes a portion that stores a value indicative of a print yield. Disclosed is a method and system for allowing the memory to have data indicative of an increased print yield.

Abstract: A multifunction peripheral includes: an apparatus body including an intake opening through which external air is taken in; an axial flow fan configured to send air through the intake opening to an interior of the apparatus body; and a substrate including a temperature sensor placed on one surface thereof facing a first air flow path formed by activation of the blower and a humidity sensor placed on the other surface thereof facing a second air flow path along which a smaller amount of air flow flows than along the first air flow path.