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Apparatus for rapidly transferring data between a central processing unit (CPU) of microcomputer apparatus and floppy disc drives, includes a floppy disc controller for interfacing the floppy disc drives with the CPU and generating an interrupt request status signal indicating whether a command has been executed and a data request status signal indicating whether data is to transferred between the floppy disc controller and the CPU, the CPU generating command signals in response to these status signals; a data bus connecting the CPU to data access lines of the floppy disc controller; a bidirectional buffer interposed between the data bus and the data access lines for gating the data between the floppy disc controller and the CPU through the data bus and for gating the interrupt request status signal and data request status signal through the data bus to the CPU in response to gating signals; first and second gate circuits for gating the status signals to the buffer in response to the gating signals; a NOR gate for supplying gating signals to enable the buffer in response to the command signals; and an OR gate for supplying gating signals to enable the first and second gate circuits in response to the command signals, whereby rapid data transfer is achieved without using a direct memory access controller.
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Radio receiving apparatus for receiving signals in plural frequency bands. Plural signal processing channels are provided, each channel being associated with a respective frequency band and each being tunable to different frequencies within its associated band to derive information signals when tuned to broadcast frequencies. Depending upon which of the signal processing channels is tuned to a broadcast frequency, a controllable switch connects that channel to an output circuit so as to supply the derived information signals thereto. A pulse generator generates intermittent pulse signals when the tuning condition of at least one of the signal processing channels is changed. These pulse signals are used to sample the tuning condition of that signal processing channel to determine if that channel is tuned to a broadcast frequency. A switch control circuit controls the switch to connect to the output circuit the particular signal processing channel which is tuned to a broadcast frequency.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve stable focus servo control in an optical recording system using a pulse laser beam as a laser beam for recording.SOLUTION: A pulse laser beam for recording is irradiated, and separately from this, a first CW laser whose optical axis is inclined is irradiated for focus servo control. Since the optical axis of the first CW laser beam is inclined with respect to the pulse laser beam at this time, only reflected light of the first CW laser beam can selectively be received. This can effectively suppress influence given by the pulse laser beam during focus servo control, and consequently, focus servo control during recording can be performed in a stabler manner in an optical recording system using a pulse laser beam for a recording laser beam.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an objective lens having a better image height characteristic, in an optical drive device which performs recording/reproduction on an optical recording medium having a bulk recording layer and which performs a spherical aberration correction and a tilt correction through a lens tilt.SOLUTION: When a third-order spherical aberration variation (λrms) corresponding to an error of a condensed position of laser light with respect to a predetermined reference layer position set inside a recording layer is denoted by ΔSA, a lens tilt angle (radian) is denoted by Ltilt, a third-order comatic aberration variation (λrms) generated by the lens tilt angle Ltilt is denoted by ΔCA, and their relationship is given by "ΔCA/Ltilt=α*ΔSA," an objective lens is designed such that a value of α is a value in an allowable difference range which has an ideal value indicated by "α=-6.32×NA" as a reference and is a value in the allowable difference range set based on the third-order comatic aberration variation ΔCA and a Marechal criterion aberration when the third-order spherical aberration variation ΔSA is the maximum and the lens tilt angle is the maximum.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a biometrics authentication system having a small and simple configuration and implementing both of biometrics authentication and position detection. SOLUTION: The biometrics authentication system 1 includes a near-infrared light source 10, a cover glass 11, a microlens array 12, a light-receiving element 13, an image processing section 14, an authentication section 15, a position detection section 16, a light source driving section 181, a light-receiving element driving section 182 and a control section 19. When a living body 2 on the upper part of the cover glass is irradiated with light from the near-infrared light source 10, the light with which the living body 2 is irradiated is condensed by the microlens array 12, and then is sensed by the light-receiving element 13. Consequently, light-sensing data of the living body 2 is obtained. The image processing section 14 generates disparity image data, on the basis of the light-sensing data. The authentication section 15 performs biometrics authentication, on the basis of the disparity image data. The position detection section 16 performs position detection. The biometrics authentication and the position detection are performed by the same light source and detection optical system. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an input/output device displaying a high-resolution two-dimensional image and detecting a position of an object in a three-dimensional space though the input/output device is thin in thickness. SOLUTION: An input/output panel 10 of the input/output device 1 is installed with a lens substrate 12 having flat parts 12a and microlens parts 12b at a display face side of a display part 11. The display part 11 is mixedly disposed with display areas 11A and imaging areas 11B. Among them, the display area 11A is disposed opposite to the flat part 12a of the lens substrate 12, and the imaging area 11B is disposed opposite to the microlens part 12b of the lens substrate 12. An image displayed in the display area 11A is transmitted through the flat part 12a of the lens substrate 12 as image light. In the imaging area 11B, while information in an advance direction of light rays is held, imaging data D1 of a finger 100 are acquired. Based on the imaging data D1, a position (x, y, z) of the finger 100 is detected, and outputted as position data Dout. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus for increasing the number of image receiving areas of an imaged pixel. SOLUTION: The imaging apparatus includes: an imaging lens section 11 having an aperture diaphragm 10; a microlens array 12 composed of a plurality of microlenses two-dimensionally arranged; an image sensor 13 producing imaging data, based on received light; and an image processing section 14 for applying predetermined image processing to the imaging data obtained from the image sensor 13. The aperture portion 10A of the aperture diaphragm 10 of the imaging lens 11 is in a square or regular hexagonal shape. Since an image received by the image sensor has the square or regular hexagonal shape, in the image sensor, a plurality of images are easily formed more densely than when a conventional aperture diaphragm having a circular aperture portion is used. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simultaneously correct the third-order components and fifth-order components of spherical aberration generated due to differences (including difference errors) in thickness of a cover layer to excellently correct aberration even in an optical system in which high-order aberration occurs. SOLUTION: An objective lens 3 is provided, which condenses light on the recording surface of an optical recording medium and is used in an optical pickup device which makes recording and/or reproduction. The third-order and fifth-order spherical aberrations, which occur due to differences (thickness errors inclusive) in thickness of the cover layer 11 of an optical recording medium 10, are defined as SA3(C) and SA5(C), respectively, and the third-order and fifth-order spherical aberrations, which occur due to the magnification aberration of the objective lens, are defined as SA3(L) and SA5(L), respectively. When the third-order spherical aberration SA3(C) of the cover part of the optical recording medium is completely corrected with the third-order spherical aberration SA3(L) which occurs due to the magnification aberration of the objective lens, the objective lens 3 is formed so that a conditional expression -0.035 COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image pickup device capable of switching image pickup modes. SOLUTION: A relative distance between a micro lens array 12 and an imaging device 13 is changed depending on whether heat is supplied from heat supply parts 19A and 19B to bi-metallic strips 18A and 18B. When the heat is supplied, the micro lens array 12 is displaced to the opposite side with respect to the imaging device 13 along an optical axial direction, so that an incident light from an image pickup lens 11 is refracted in the micro lens array 12 and is converged on the imaging device 13. When the heat is not supplied, the micro lens array 12 and the imaging device 13 stay approximate to each other, so that the incident light is not refracted but reaches the imaging device 13 as it is. Image pickup modes can be switched between an image pickup mode for applying prescribed image processing to image pickup data obtained by converging the light on the imaging device 13 and an image pickup mode for obtaining the image pickup data by having the incident light reach the imaging device 13 as it is. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an objective lens apparatus which attains reduction of thickness and can handle recording mediums of three different kinds of formats, and to provide an optical pickup device, an optical disk driving apparatus, and a method of driving objective lenses thereof. SOLUTION: The objective lenses 21, 22 and 23 for a BD, a DVD and a CD corresponding respectively to the three disk formats are provided individually. Thus, the objective lenses 21, 22 and 23 can be held by a lens holder 26 while the positions of the focusing directions of the respective objective lenses 21, 22 and 23 are varied relatively according to their working distances. When the respective objective lenses 21, 22 and 23 are held respectively at optimal positions in the focusing directions, the objective lens apparatus whose thickness is reduced is obtained. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT