Abstract: A method of manufacturing a magnetic head, and a magnetic head manufacturing apparatus, are provided, which make it possible to post mount a slider to a suspension even when the suspension and an actuator block are assembled together in advance, thus preventing the slider from being destroyed due to ESD or the like. First, a plurality of opposing suspensions are pushed open, forming a gap having a prescribed height between distal ends of the suspensions to which the slider is to be attached. Both side surfaces of the slider are then gripped by pressing surfaces formed on a gripping mechanism. An ABS of the slider is made to contact a horizontal regulating surface formed on the gripping mechanism, thus regulating the horizontal attitude of the slider. The slider, which is gripped by the gripping mechanism, is then inserted into the gap. A rear surface of the slider is attached to the distal end of the suspension through a connecting member.

Abstract: A pallet main body is provided with a block holding member which presses a positioning surface of an actuator block against a block reference surface formed in the pallet main body, and a movable arm. An insertion member, which can be inserted between a plurality of opposing suspensions, is formed at a distal end of the movable arm. As a suspension to which a slider is to be attached contacts a first contact surface formed on the side in contact with this suspension, a distal end of the suspension to which the slider is to be attached is held at a prescribed height from the block reference surface, thereby forming a gap between this suspension and a suspension opposed to this suspension.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a magnetic head with which bonding of a slider and a suspension can be performed by taking an ABS pattern, which determines flying characteristics, as a reference, with no special fabrication required on the slider or the suspension. The method relates to a method of manufacturing a magnetic head for attaching a slider, on which an air bearing surface (ABS) is formed, to a suspension. A surface of the slider on which the ABS is formed is photographed, and the ABS and an engraved region formed within the ABS are identified from the photographed image. Then, a reference that serves as a guide in attaching the suspension is computed, and the slider is attached to the suspension based on the reference. It thus becomes possible for positive pressure and negative pressure that occur in the ABS to be well balanced centered about the suspension, making it possible to stabilize flying attitude and electrical characteristics.

Abstract: A solder bonding method and a solder bonding device are provided, in which solder is melted, and heating of electrode portions is performed by irradiating laser light to an inner side of a region where electrodes portions are provided, making the temperature difference between the electrode portions and the melted solder smaller to improve the wettability of the solder and increase bonding reliability. The solder bonding method and the solder bonding device perform bonding of the electrode portions that are formed on an object to be bonded by melting the solder. After supplying the solder onto the electrode portions before melting, a laser is irradiated to the solder and to the electrode portions in the periphery of the solder. The solder melts, and the electrode portions are heated. The wettability of the solder with respect to the electrode portions thus improves, and the reliability of an electrical connection between the electrode portions can be increased.

Abstract: Provided are a solder ball bonding method and a solder ball bonding device for performing bonding of a plurality of electrode portions formed on objects to be bonded by melting solder balls. The solder balls are suctioned by using a plurality of suction nozzles that follow the electrode portions of the objects to be bonded, and conveyed onto the electrode portions. A laser irradiation portion that is positioned above the suction nozzles is then moved in a direction along which the suction nozzles are arranged, while the solder balls are irradiated with laser light passing through suction openings of the suction nozzles by using the laser irradiation portion. Accordingly, it is possible to melt the plurality of solder balls on the electrode portions by using only a single laser irradiation portion.

Abstract: After introducing a solder ball from a hopper into a receiving hole of a ball separator, the ball separator is slid between blocks, and the solder ball is sent out to a portion outside of the blocks. By suctioning the solder ball from within a projected region on a lower block which is situated inside of the receiving hole at a time when the solder ball is taken into the receiving hole and surrounds a rolling trajectory of the solder ball that has been taken into the receiving hole, the solder ball is forcibly introduced into the receiving hole.

Abstract: A work piece pickup method is for sucking and holding a work piece attached on an adhesive sheet by means of a suction collet that is disposed above the work piece attached on the adhesive sheet in such a way as to be movable up and down for sucking and holding the work piece and a suction member that is disposed below the adhesive sheet in such a way as to be movable up and down so as to detach and transfer the work piece. The mothod comprises a sheet suction process for sucking and holding a lower surface of the adhesive sheet corresponding to the work piece by the suction member, and a work piece suction process for sucking and holding the work piece by the suction collet under a state in which the suction collet and the work piece are in a positional relationship spaced from each other so as to detach the work piece. A pickup apparatus and a mounting machine operate in accordance with the above method.

Abstract: A hydraulic pressure generating apparatus includes a hydraulic oil feed line for feeding hydraulic oil with high pressure from an oil tank to a hydraulic pressure control system of a generator by an oil feeding pump unit, a hydraulic oil return line for returning drain oil from the hydraulic pressure control system to the oil tank, and a circulation line for circulating and purifying the hydraulic oil of the oil tank by a circulating pump unit. In such apparatus, the hydraulic oil is flame resistant hydraulic oil which is hardly deteriorated by direct heating, and the flame resistant hydraulic oil is heated by a heater disposed in the oil tank.

Abstract: A focus detecting apparatus includes a first object distance measuring zone located above a center portion of the finder field of view, second and third object distance measuring zones located on opposite sides of the center portion of the finder field of view, first, second and third automatic focusing optical systems for converging luminous fluxes of objects to be photographed in first, second and third object distance measuring sensors on which the luminous fluxes of the objects in the first, second and third object distance measuring zones are converged by the associated first, second and third automatic focusing optical systems.

Abstract: An eye direction detecting apparatus for a camera having a light transferring system for guiding a beam of parallel light rays to an eye of a photographer includes a light receiving system having a light receiving portion on which a first Purkinje image based on specular reflection of a cornea of the eye and reflecting light from a retina of the eye is formed, the light receiving portion generating a light receiving output. The apparatus further includes a processing circuit for detecting the eye direction of the eye based on the light receiving output of the light receiving portion. Further, according to the teachings of the present invention, including an optical member having certain identically inclined surfaces prevents refracted light from forming a ghost image within the light receiving system of an eye direction detecting apparatus.

Abstract: An eye direction detecting apparatus for a camera having a light transferring system for guiding a beam of parallel light rays to an eye of a photographer includes a light receiving system having a light receiving portion on which a first Purkinje image based on specular reflection of a cornea of the eye and reflecting light from a retina of the eye is formed, the light receiving portion generating a light receiving output. The apparatus further includes a processing circuit for detecting the eye direction of the eye based on the light receiving output of the light receiving portion. Further, according to the teachings of the present invention, including an optical member having certain identically inclined surfaces prevents refracted light from forming a ghost image within the light receiving system of an eye direction detecting apparatus.

Abstract: An eye direction detecting method in which eye direction detecting light flux reflected by an eye impinges on a line sensor comprised of a photoconductive bit element array, so that the line sensor generates output signals including a first signal level corresponding to light flux reflected by an iris and a second signal level corresponding to light flux reflected by an eyeground, whereby information on a point of change between the first signal level and the second signal level is used to detect the eye direction, including setting a threshold level between the first signal level and the second signal level, detecting a pair of bit elements which have outputs larger and smaller than the threshold level, determining a first line based on the outputs of the pair of bit elements, obtaining a zero-cross bit element which is located at an intersecting point of the first line with a zero level, determining a second line which has an inclination angle smaller than that of the first line, determining a third line wh

Abstract: A signal processing method for detecting a point of change from a first signal level to a second signal level, outputted from a line sensor having a photoconductive bit element array including setting a threshold level between the first signal level and the second signal level. A pair of bit elements are detected which have outputs that are larger than and smaller than the threshold level. A first line is determined based on the outputs of the pair of bit elements or a pair of bit elements which have a specific relationship to the above-mentioned pair of bit elements. A zero-cross bit element located at an intersecting point of the first line with a zero level is obtained. A second line, which has an inclination angle that is smaller than that of the first line, is determined based on the outputs of the zero-cross bit element and a bit element having a specific relationship to the zero-cross bit element or the outputs of a pair of bit elements having a specific relationship to the zero-cross bit element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an eye direction detecting apparatus. The apparatus has a system for detecting an eye direction and a system for correcting the detected eye direction based upon a difference between a visual axis and an optic axis of the eye.

Abstract: A rendezvous docking optical sensor system for calculating a coordinate position/attitude of chaser and target satellites in accordance with simple calculation equations without performing a complex process such as an image process so as to allow a high-speed calculation process and for realizing a high-reliability system which does not require a high-speed CPU. In the target satellite, a light source is provided which has a function whereby the entire visual field is scanned with a knife edge having edges orthogonal to each other, and in the chaser satellite, a plurality of detectors are provided which form a pattern. Further, there are provided a processing circuit, a computer and a control section which measure the light-transmitting and light-shielding timings of the knife edge so as to calculate and control the coordinate position/attitude of the satellites.

Abstract: An eye direction detecting apparatus for a camera having a light transferring system for guiding a beam of parallel light rays to an eye of a photographer includes a light receiving system having a light receiving portion on which a first Purkinje image based on specular reflection of a cornea of the eye and reflecting light from a retina of the eye is formed, the light receiving portion generating a light receiving output. The apparatus further includes a processing circuit for detecting the eye direction of the eye based on the light receiving output of the light receiving portion. Further, according to the teachings of the present invention, including an optical member having certain identically inclined surfaces prevents refracted light from forming a ghost image within the light receiving system of an eye direction detecting apparatus.

Abstract: An auto optical focus detecting device of a camera comprises a center zone being located in a center of a view finder of a camera body; at least two peripheral zones being located in the view finder, one of the two peripheral zones center zone and the other being located in the left-hand side; the camera body containing a center auto focus optical system and at least two peripheral auto focus optical systems; the center auto focus optical system having a zone corresponding to the center zone, the zone being substantially conjugate with the center zone; the peripheral auto focus optical systems, respectively, having a substantially conjugate zone corresponding to the peripheral zone, each zone being substantially conjugate with the peripheral zone; a photographic lens being attached to the camera body, an exit pupil of the photographic lens being looked through the center zone of the center auto focus optical system, at least two aperture zones being defined on the exit pupil by the at least two peripheral aut

Abstract: An eye direction detecting apparatus having judgment zones in a view finder, each of which includes a focus detecting zone which corresponds to a focus detecting optical system. The apparatus detects a gaze point of a user's eye, judges which judgment zone includes the gaze point, and selects the focus detecting optical system corresponding to the selected zone in which the gaze point is located.

Abstract: An eye direction detection apparatus has a light emitting system, a light receiving system, a detecting circuit, a memory and a circuit for correcting signals stored in the memory. The apparatus detects the eye direction by subtracting an error signal stored in the memory from video signals produced by the detecting circuit.

Abstract: A view finder optical system including a window of an eye piece portion comprising an eye cup having a contact surface, a shape of the contact surface being made so as to incline an axis of the lens with respect to an axis of the eye piece. The shape of the contact surface is curved corresponding to the lens's shape. The contact surface is made so as to conform to a lens of glasses.