Author: claimsbot

1-26. (canceled)
27. A storage medium comprising a security feature, comprising
a substrate (1,4,10),
at least one functional layer (2,5,11),
at least one first feature written in the at least one functional layer (2,5,11) which is observable in reflection,
at least one second feature written in the at least one functional layer (2,5,11) which is observable in transmission, and
wherein at least the one first feature is individualized and wherein the at least one second feature has a diffractive structure.
28. The storage medium as claimed in claim 27,
wherein the at least one first feature and the at least one second feature are written as microstructurings in the functional layer (2,5,11).
29. The storage medium as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the at least one first feature and the at least one second feature are written alongside one another in the functional layer (2,5,11).
30. The storage medium as claimed in any of claims 27,
wherein the at least one first feature and the at least one second feature are written in at least partly overlapping fashion in the functional layer (2,5,11).
31. The storage medium as claimed in any of claims 27,
wherein the at least one first feature is embodied as a relief structure in at least one reflective functional layer of the storage medium.
32. The storage medium as claimed in any of claims 27,
wherein the at least one first feature which is observable in reflection is embodied as a structure having a different optical density.
33. The storage medium as claimed in any of claims 27,
wherein the at least one first feature observable in reflection is a reflectively diffractive structure or a structure observable reflectively by means of brightness modulations.
34. The storage medium as claimed in claim 33,
wherein the reflectively diffractive structure is observable by means of different brightnesses modulation andor colors.
35. The storage medium as claimed in claim 33,
wherein the reflectively diffractive structure is a micro-image, in particular a metallically lustrous micro-image.
36. The storage medium as claimed in any of claim 27,
wherein the at least one feature which is observable in reflection is embodied as a reflectively diffractive information content or information content that can be observed reflectively by means of brightness modulations.
37. The storage medium as claimed in claim 36,
wherein the reflectively diffractive information content is a computer-generated hologram.
38. The storage medium as claimed in claim 36,
wherein the information content observable reflectively by means of brightness modulations is one of a micro-script, a micro-image or a barcode.
39. The storage medium as claimed in any of claim 27,
wherein the at least one feature observable in transmission is embodied as a structure having a different optical density, in particular as an at least partly perforated reflective functional layer.
40. The storage medium as claimed in any of claims 27,
wherein the at least one first feature which is observable in transmission is embodied as a transmissively diffractive structure or structure that can be observed transmissively by means of brightness modulators.
41. The storage medium as claimed in claim 40,
wherein the transmissively diffractive structure is a diffraction pattern.
42. The storage medium as claimed in claim 40,
wherein the transmissively diffractive structure is observable by means of brightness modulations with a micro-image, in particular a gray-scale image.
43. The storage medium as claimed in any of claims 27,
wherein the at least one feature observable in transmission is embodied as a transmissively diffractive information content or information content that can be observed transmissively by means of brightness modulations.
44. The storage medium as claimed in claim 43,
wherein the transmissively diffractive information content is a computer-generated hologram.
45. The storage medium as claimed in claim 43,
wherein the information content that can be observed transmissively by means of brightness modulations is a micro-script or a barcode, in particular in the form of a gray-scale image.
46. The storage medium as claimed in any of claims 27,
wherein at least one first features is a level-one security feature, and the at least one second feature is a level-two or level-three security feature.
47. A method for producing a storage medium comprising a security feature as claimed in claim 27, comprising the steps of
providing at least one first feature observable in reflection which is written in at least one functional layer of the storage medium,
providing at least one second feature observable in transmission which is written in the at least one functional layer of the storage medium,
wherein at the at least one first feature is individualized, and
wherein the at least one second feature is written as a diffractive structure.
48. The method as claimed in claim 47, wherein the at least one first feature and the at least one second feature are written as micro-structuring into the functional layer.
49. The method as claimed in claim 47, wherein the at least one first feature and the at least one second feature are written alongside one another in the functional layer.
50. The method as claimed in any of claims 47, wherein the at least one first feature and the at least one second feature are written in at least partly overlapping fashion in the functional layer.
51. The method as claimed in any of claims 47, wherein the at least one first feature and the at least one second feature are written into the functional layer by means of a lithographic process.
52. The method as claimed in claim 51, wherein, by altering at least one process parameter pulse duration of the laser pulses, energy of the laser pulses, number of laser pulses per structure to be written and temporal laser pulse separation, differently effective structures (Type 1a, Type 1b, Type 2, Type 3) are written into the at least one functional layer.
53. The storage medium as claimed in any of claims 32,
wherein the at least one first feature which is observable in reflection is embodied as an at least partly perforated reflective functional layer.
54. The storage medium as claimed in claim 33,
wherein the micro-image is a metallically lustrous micro-image.
55. The storage medium as claimed in any of claim 55,
wherein the at least one feature observable in transmission is embodied as a structure having a different optical density, in particular as an at least partly perforated reflective functional layer.
56. The storage medium as claimed in claim 42,
wherein the micro-image is a gray-scale image.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method of manufacturing a motor for a power tool comprising:
providing an armature configured to be coupled to a shaft, the armature including,
a yoke, and
a first tooth and a second tooth that extend radially outward from the yoke to define a slot between the first tooth and the second tooth, each of the first tooth and the second tooth having an inner end adjacent the yoke and an outer end opposite the inner end;

coupling a first wire guide member to the outer end of the first tooth;
coupling a second wire guide member to the outer end of the second tooth;
winding wire into the slot;
after winding wire into the slot, compressing the wire radially into the slot;
uncoupling the first wire guide member from the first tooth; and
uncoupling the second wire guide member from the second tooth.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein winding wire into the slot includes winding wire radially past the outer end of the first tooth and the outer end of the second tooth.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein compressing the wire radially into the slot includes guiding the wire radially into the slot using the first wire guide member and the second wire guide member.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the outer end of the first tooth and the outer end of the second tooth define a slot opening therebetween, wherein guiding the wire radially into the slot includes guiding the wire through the slot opening using the first wire guide member and the second wire guide member.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein uncoupling the first wire guide member includes sliding the first wire guide member off of the first tooth, and wherein uncoupling the second wire guide member includes sliding the second wire guide member off of the second tooth.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein coupling the first wire guide member to the outer end of the first tooth includes directly coupling the first wire guide member to the outer end of the first tooth, and wherein coupling the second wire guide member to the outer end of the second tooth includes directly coupling the second wire guide member to the outer end of the second tooth.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein coupling the first wire guide member includes sliding the first wire guide member onto the first tooth, and wherein coupling the second wire guide member includes sliding the second wire guide member onto the second tooth.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein compressing the wire radially into the slot includes pushing a slot wedge into the slot to compress the wire radially into the slot.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein compressing the wire radially into the slot includes molding the wire into the slot to compress the wire radially into the slot.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein compressing the wire radially into the slot includes encapsulating the wire into the slot to compress the wire radially into the slot.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein uncoupling the first wire guide member includes machining the first wire guide member, and wherein uncoupling the second wire guide member includes machining the second wire guide member.
12. The method of claim 1, further comprising, after compressing the wire radially into the slot, pivoting a tip of the first tooth and a tip of the second tooth to cover at least a portion of the slot radially past the wire.
13. A method of manufacturing a motor for a power tool comprising:
providing an armature configured to be coupled to a shaft, the armature including,
a yoke, and
a first tooth and a second tooth that that extend radially outward from the yoke to
define a slot between the first tooth and the second tooth, each of the first tooth and the
second tooth having an inner end adjacent the yoke and an outer end opposite the inner end;
winding wire into the slot;
after winding wire into the slot, winding wire radially past the outer end of the first tooth and the outer end of the second tooth; and
after winding wire radially past the outer end of the first tooth and the outer end of the second tooth, compressing the wire radially into the slot.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the outer end of the first tooth and the outer end of the second tooth define a slot opening therebetween, wherein compressing the wire radially into the slot includes compressing the wire through the slot opening.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein compressing the wire radially into the slot includes guiding the wire into the slot using a first wire guide member coupled to the first tooth and a second wire guide member coupled to the second tooth.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising uncoupling the first wire guide member from the armature and uncoupling the second wire guide member from the armature.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein compressing the wire radially into the slot includes pushing a slot wedge into the slot to compress the wire radially into the slot.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein uncoupling the first wire guide member includes machining the first wire guide member, and wherein uncoupling the second wire guide member includes machining the second wire guide member.
19. A method of manufacturing a motor for a power tool comprising:
providing an armature configured to be coupled to a shaft having an axis of rotation, the armature including,
a yoke, and
a first tooth and a second tooth that extend radially outward from the yoke to define a slot between the first tooth and the second tooth, each of the first tooth and the second tooth having an inner end adjacent the yoke and an outer end opposite the inner end;

winding wire into the slot;
after winding wire into the slot, compressing the wire radially into the slot while guiding the wire into the slot using a first wire guide member and a second wire guide member;
uncoupling a first wire guide member from the first tooth; and
uncoupling a second wire guide member from the second tooth.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein uncoupling the first wire guide member includes machining the first wire guide member, and wherein uncoupling the second wire guide member includes machining the second wire guide member.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the first wire guide member is formed by a tooth tip of the first tooth, wherein the second wire guide member is formed by a tooth tip of the second tooth, and wherein uncoupling the first wire guide member includes machining the first tooth, and wherein uncoupling the second wire guide member includes machining the second tooth.
22. The method of claim 19, further comprising,
coupling a first wire guide member to the outer end of the first tooth; and
coupling a second wire guide member to the outer end of the second tooth.
23. The method of claim 19,
wherein providing the armature includes providing the armature wherein a tooth tip defines the outer end of the first tooth and a tooth tip defines the outer end of the second tooth,
wherein a slot fill area of the slot is defined as a cross-sectional area of the slot radially inward of the tooth tip of the first tooth and radially inward of the tooth tip of the second tooth taken perpendicular through the axis of the shaft,
wherein a wire fill area is defined as the total cross-sectional area of the wire within the slot fill area, and
wherein a slot fill percentage is defined as the slot fill area divided by the wire fill area, the method further comprising, winding the wire into the slot and compressing the wire into the slot to achieve a slot fill percentage of at least 70 percent.
24. The method of claim 23, further comprising, winding the wire into the slot and compressing the wire into the slot to achieve a slot fill percentage of at least 80 percent.
25. A power tool comprising:
a shaft configured to drive a tool element, the shaft rotatable about an axis;
an armature coupled to the shaft, the armature including,
a yoke,
a first tooth that extends radially outward from the yoke, the first tooth including an inner end adjacent the yoke and a tooth tip that defines an outer end of the first tooth opposite the inner end, and
a second tooth that extends radially outward from the yoke to define a slot between the first tooth and the second tooth, the second tooth including an inner end adjacent the yoke and a tooth tip that defines an outer end of the second tooth opposite the inner end; and

wire wound around the armature and disposed within the slot,
wherein a slot fill area of the slot is defined as a cross-sectional area of the slot radially inward of the tooth tip of the first tooth and radially inward of the tooth tip of the second tooth taken perpendicular through the axis of the shaft;
wherein a wire fill area is defined as the total cross-sectional area of the wire within the slot fill area;
wherein a slot fill percentage is defined as the slot fill area divided by the wire fill area; and
wherein the slot fill percentage is at least 70 percent.
26. The power tool of claim 25, wherein the slot fill percentage is at least 75 percent.
27. The power tool of claim 26, wherein the slot fill percentage is at least 80 percent.
28. The power tool of claim 27, wherein the slot fill percentage is at least 85 percent.
29. The power tool of claim 25, further comprising,
a first wire guide member coupled to the tooth tip of the first tooth and configured to guide the wire into the slot during compression of the wire; and
a second wire guide member coupled to the tooth tip of the second tooth and configured to guide the wire into slot during compression of the wire.

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a screen information storage unit configured to store screen information of a home screen that displays a user interface component list including an application user interface component for accessing an application;
a screen generating unit configured to generate the home screen based on the screen information;
a display unit configured to display the home screen generated by the home screen generating unit;
an image generation control unit configured to issue an instruction to generate a general-purpose image of a document when a request for scanning the document is issued while the home screen is displayed; and
an image processing unit configured to generate the general-purpose image based on image data obtained from scanning the document upon receiving the instruction to generate the general-purpose image from the image generation control unit.
2. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the image processing unit generates a preview image of the general-purpose image;
the screen generating unit generates a job execution screen including the preview image; and
the display unit displays the job execution screen including the preview image.
3. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein
the screen generating unit identifies a relevant user interface component that is relevant to the general-purpose image and includes the relevant user interface component in the job execution screen.
4. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein
the user interface component list includes a macro user interface component for accessing a macro that includes a setting value pre-registered in the application; and
when the macro user interface component is selected while the job execution screen is displayed, the image processing unit generates a macro preview image from the general-purpose image, the macro preview image representing an edited image resulting from applying the setting value of the macro.
5. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:
a screen control unit configured to determine whether the scanning of the document has started;
wherein the user interface component list includes a macro user interface component for accessing a macro that includes a setting value pre-registered in the application;
the screen control unit determines whether the scanning of the document has started when the macro user interface component is selected;
when the screen control unit determines that the scanning of the document has started, the image generating unit generates a macro preview image from the general-purpose image, the macro preview image representing an edited image resulting from applying the setting value of the macro; and
when the screen control unit determines that the scanning of the document has not started, the display unit displays an operation screen of the application that designates the setting value of the macro.
6. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein
when an instruction is issued to cancel a job related to the general-purpose image, the screen control unit sends a request to the image generation control unit to delete the general-purpose image and instructs the screen generating unit to generate the home screen.
7. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein
when the request for scanning the document is for scanning at least two documents, the image generation control unit issues the instruction to generate the general-purpose images of the documents;
the image processing unit generates reduced preview images of the general-purpose images of the documents upon receiving the instruction to generate the general-purpose images from the image generation control unit;
the screen generating unit generates the job execution screen including the reduced preview images of the documents; and
the display unit displays the job execution screen including the reduced preview images of the documents.
8. An image processing method comprising the steps of:
obtaining from a storage unit screen information of a home screen that displays a user interface component list including an application user interface component for accessing an application;
generating the home screen based on the obtained screen information;
displaying the generated home screen;
issuing an instruction to generate a general-purpose image when a request for scanning a document is issued while the home screen is displayed; and
generating the general-purpose image from image data obtained from scanning the document when the instruction to generate the general-purpose image is issued.
9. A computer-readable medium having a program stored thereon that is executable by a computer to cause the computer to execute an image-processing method comprising the steps of:
obtaining from a storage unit screen information of a home screen that displays a user interface component list including an application user interface component for accessing an application;
generating the home screen based on the obtained screen information;
displaying the generated home screen;
issuing an instruction to generate a general-purpose image when a request for scanning a document is issued while the home screen is displayed; and
generating the general-purpose image from image data obtained from scanning the document when the instruction to generate the general-purpose image is issued.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for manufacturing a thin film photovoltaic module comprising:
transferring a substrate into a first chamber of a multi-chamber system, the substrate being optically transparent and having a lateral dimension of at least 1.5 meters, wherein chambers of the multi-chamber system are mechanically coupled with one another;
forming an electrode layer overlying the substrate in the first chamber;
transferring the substrate to a second chamber of the multi-chamber system;
forming a copper (Cu)-bearing material layer overlying the electrode layer in the second chamber;
transferring the substrate to a third chamber of the multi-chamber system;
forming an indium (In) layer overlying the copper-bearing material layer in the third chamber thereby forming a Cu\u2014In composite film;
transferring the substrate comprising the Cu\u2014In composite film to a fourth chamber of the multi-chamber system;
subjecting the Cu\u2014In composite film to a thermal treatment process in the fourth chamber in an environment including sulfur-bearing species;
transforming the Cu\u2014In composite film to a copper-indium-disulfide material; and
forming a photovoltaic absorber layer for a thin film photovoltaic module using the copper-indium-disulfide material.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the substrate comprises one of: soda lime glass, quartz, fused silica, or plastic.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first chamber comprises two or more sputtering targets disposed in series and characterized by resistivity of about 100 ohm-cm to 10 ohm-cm.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the two or more sputtering targets comprise a conductive material selected from a group consisting of molybdenum, tungsten, copper, chromium, aluminum, nickel, and platinum.
5. The method of claim 3 wherein the electrode layer comprises one or more sub-layers and is characterized by a total thickness of between 300 nm to 400 nm.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising patterning the electrode layer prior to transferring the substrate to the second chamber, wherein the patterning comprises forming one or more electrode patterns using a laser ablation technique.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the second chamber comprises a vacuum environment with a pressure of about 6.2 mTorr or lower.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the copper-bearing material layer comprises a copper-gallium alloy.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the third chamber comprises a sputtering target made of material comprising 99.999% pure indium.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the indium layer is formed overlying the copper-bearing material layer using a DC sputtering technique.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the fourth chamber comprises a plurality of heaters configured to perform a rapid thermal annealing of the substrate at a temperature of about 500 degrees Celsius.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the sulfur-bearing species comprise a hydrogen sulfide gas, a sulfur vapor from a solid phase sulfide material, or a deposited sulfur layer overlying the indium layer.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein the thermal treatment process further comprises forming a copper sulfide cap layer over the copper-indium-disulfide material.
14. The method of claim 13 further comprising subjecting the substrate to a dip process for substantially removing the copper sulfide cap layer.
15. The method of claim 1 wherein forming the photovoltaic absorber layer comprises doping the substrate with sodium, boron, or aluminum.
16. A method comprising:
transferring a substrate into a first process chamber of a multi-chamber system, wherein chambers of the multi-chamber system are in process communication with one another such that environmental parameters may be maintained between chambers of the multi-chamber system;
forming a conductive layer over a surface of the substrate in the first chamber;
forming a copper layer over the conductive layer in a second chamber of the multi-chamber system;
forming an indium layer over the copper layer in a third chamber of the multi-chamber system thereby forming a copper-indium composite layer;
exposing the copper-indium composite layer to sulfur-bearing species at a first temperature in a fourth chamber of the multi-chamber system;
forming a copper-indium-sulfide layer; and
forming a cap layer over the copper-indium-sulfide layer.
17. The method of claim 16 further comprising doping the copper-indium-sulfide layer to form an absorber layer.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein the doping comprises exposing the copper-indium-sulfide layer to sodium, boron, or aluminum species.
19. The method of claim 16 further comprising:
transferring the substrate from a first load lock to the first process chamber; and
transferring the substrate to a second load lock from the fourth process chamber,
wherein the first load lock and the second load lock is part of the multi-chamber system.