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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160116140 | LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A light-emitting apparatus that improves the use efficiency of emission light from light-emitting elements by an optical element for light collection and improves the light-emitting intensity in front of the apparatus without increasing the size of the apparatus, and its manufacturing method are provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes light-emitting elements, a substrate on which the light-emitting elements are mounted in a mounted region and a pair of electrodes for supplying power to the light-emitting elements is arranged around the mounted region, a sealing resin that contains a phosphor excited by emission light from the light-emitting elements and seals the light-emitting elements on the mounted region, and an optical element that is placed to cover the sealing resin with a lower end in contact with a flat region between the pair of electrodes and the sealing resin on the substrate and collects light emitted from the light-emitting elements through the sealing resin. | 04-28-2016 |
20160113077 | LED DRIVE CIRCUIT - An LED drive circuit includes a rectification circuit configured to rectify an alternating-current voltage that is input via a dimmer circuit, a delay circuit having a switch, and a light emitting unit including an LED array including LEDs connected in series, wherein the delay circuit turns on the switch when a predetermined time elapses after the alternating-current current is input, and the rectification circuit and the LED array are directly connected when the switch is on. | 04-21-2016 |
20160018078 | LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A light-emitting apparatus is provided which can improve the reflectance of light in the emission wavelength region of the LED. The light-emitting apparatus includes a mount board constituted by a metal support, a circuit board provided with an opening and fixed onto the mount board, a multi-layered film containing silver as a light-reflecting material, the multi-layered film being stacked on the mount board exposed in the opening, exclusive of a portion of the mount board onto which the circuit board is fixed, and an LED element mounted on the multi-layered film. | 01-21-2016 |
20160002562 | LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION FOR TIMEPIECE AND TIMEPIECE - [Problem] To provide a lubricating oil composition for a timepiece, said composition being excellent in wear resistance and extreme pressure properties. [Solution] The lubricating oil composition for a timepiece according to the present invention contains a lubricant component (A) containing a base oil (A1), at least one antiwear agent (B) selected from a neutral phosphate ester (B-1) and a neutral phosphite ester (B-2), and an antioxidant (C), and is characterized in that the total acid number of the composition is not more than 0.8 mgKOH/g, the antiwear agent (B) is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 15 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the lubricant component (A), and the antioxidant (C) is contained in an amount of 0.01 to 3 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the lubricant component (A), and the neutral phosphate ester (B-1) is represented by the following general formula (b-1) and the neutral phosphite ester (B-2) is represented by the following general formula (b-2). | 01-07-2016 |
20150382420 | LED DRIVE CIRCUIT - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an LED drive circuit that is capable of ameliorating insufficient lighting and improving power utilization efficiency. This LED drive circuit is an LED drive circuit wherein the number of LEDs that are turned on varies in accordance with the voltage of a commercial alternating-current power supply, the LED drive circuit being characterized by having an LED row in which multiple LEDs are connected in series, a current detection resistor for detecting a current that flows in the LED row, a bypass circuit that is connected to an intermediate connection part of the LED row, and a current-limiting circuit that is connected to an end of the LED row, wherein the bypass circuit includes a first current-limiting component, the current-limiting circuit includes a second current-limiting component, the first current-limiting component is controlled on the basis of a voltage across the ends of the current detection resistor or a voltage that is obtained by dividing the voltage across the ends of the current detection resistor, and the second current-limiting component is controlled by the divided voltage that is obtained by dividing the current detection resistor. | 12-31-2015 |
20150364451 | LED LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - An LED light emitting device with good color mixing property is provided. The LED light emitting device including a rectangular substrate having a short-side and a long-side and a first LED element, a second LED element and a third LED element that are mounted on a surface of the substrate and emit light with wavelengths different from one another, wherein the first LED element and the second LED element are mounted on the substrate so that a first distance from the short-side to a mounting position of the first LED element in the long-side direction of the substrate and a second distance from the short-side to a mounting position of the second LED element in the long-side direction are the same. | 12-17-2015 |
20150345763 | LIGHTING DEVICE INCLUDING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - In accordance with a first aspect of the present inventive subject matter, a lighting device includes light-emitting elements arranged in lines that are extended in parallel with one another, the light-emitting elements being divided into groups each including the same number of light-emitting elements, a first connecting electrode is disposed adjacent to one end portion of the lines extended, a second connecting electrode is disposed adjacent to another end portion of the lines extended, and the light-emitting elements within each group are electrically connected in series with one another by metallic wires and electrically connected in series to the first connecting electrode and to the second connecting electrode. The groups each include the same number of light-emitting elements that are electrically connected in parallel between the first connecting electrode and the second connecting electrode. | 12-03-2015 |
20150338639 | PHASE MODULATION DEVICE AND LASER MICROSCOPE - A phase modulation device corrects wave front aberrations generated by an optical system including an objective lens disposed on an optical path of a light flux. The phase modulation device includes a phase modulation element which includes a plurality of electrodes, and modulates the phase of the light flux in accordance with a voltage applied to each electrode, and a control circuit which controls the voltage to be applied to each electrode. The control circuit controls the voltage to be applied to each electrode in such a manner that the light flux is imparted with a phase modulation amount in accordance with a phase modulation profile having a polarity opposite to the polarity of a phase distribution to be determined according to a relational equation representing a relationship between a numerical aperture of the objective lens and a ratio between third-order spherical aberration and fifth-order spherical aberration. | 11-26-2015 |
20150337233 | LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION FOR TIMEPIECE AND TIMEPIECE - [Problem] To provide a lubricating oil composition for a timepiece, said composition being excellent in durability. [Solution] The lubricating oil composition for a timepiece according to the present invention contains a lubricant component (A) containing a base oil (A1), at least one antiwear agent (B) selected from a neutral phosphate ester and a neutral phosphite ester, and an antioxidant (C), and is characterized in that the total acid number of the composition is not more than 0.8 mgKOH/g, the antiwear agent (B) is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 15 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the lubricant component (A), the antioxidant (C) is contained in an amount of 0.01 to 3 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the lubricant component (A), and the composition contains a diphenylamine derivative (C-1) represented by the following general formula (c-1) and a hindered amine compound (C-2) represented by the following general formula (c-2) as the antioxidants (C). | 11-26-2015 |
20150311403 | LED LIGHTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide an LED lighting apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same that can improve the bonding strength between an aluminum substrate and a printed wiring substrate. An LED lighting apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same, the LED lighting apparatus includes an aluminum substrate, a plurality of reflectivity-enhanced layers formed on the aluminum substrate, an LED device bonded on said plurality of reflectivity-enhanced layers, a printed wiring substrate bonded onto a region on the aluminum substrate other than a region where the plurality of reflectivity-enhanced layers are formed, a wire for connecting between the printed wiring substrate and the LED device, a frame member formed so as to surround said LED device, and a phosphor resin deposited over a region inside the frame member. | 10-29-2015 |
20150241847 | HAIRSPRING MATERIAL FOR MECHANICAL TIMEPIECE AND HAIRSPRING USING THE SAME - [Problem] To provide a hairspring material for a mechanical timepiece, a variation in Young's modulus of which can be made smaller than that of conventional ones. [Solution] The hairspring material for a mechanical timepiece of the present invention comprises an alloy which contains 37.5 to 39.5% by mass of Ni, 9.2 to 9.9% by mass of Cr, 0.35 to 0.55% by mass of Ti and 0.6 to 0.9% by mass of Be, based on the total amount of the alloy, and contains a remainder including Fe and unavoidable impurities, said alloy being an alloy containing, as the unavoidable impurities, C (carbon), Mn in an amount of more than 0% by mass but not more than 0.5% by mass and Al in an amount of more than 0% by mass but less than 0.03% by mass, the amount of said C (carbon) being limited to not more than 0.03% by mass. | 08-27-2015 |
20150227134 | PORTABLE MANIPULATION COMMAND INPUT DEVICE AND APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH MANIPULATION COMMAND INPUT DEVICE - A portable manipulation command input device, including a sub-console panel attachable to and removable from an automatic lathe apparatus main unit, and includes an input unit to receive input of a manipulation command to the automatic lathe apparatus main unit, a display unit to display information on the automatic lathe apparatus main unit, and a radio communication unit to communicate with the automatic lathe apparatus main unit. The sub-console panel includes a detection unit and a control unit formed with the automatic lathe apparatus main unit. The detection unit includes a radio ID tag and a radio ID reader detecting the sub-console panel being placed within a predetermined range of the automatic lathe apparatus main unit. Depending on a detection result by the detection unit, the control unit allows or restricts manipulations of the automatic lathe apparatus main unit, and allows display of the information even when restricting the manipulations. | 08-13-2015 |
20150226641 | COMBUSTION PRESSURE SENSOR - A combustion pressure sensor is formed of a ring-shaped cylindrical body. The combustion pressure sensor detects combustion pressure in a combustion chamber of an engine by being attached to an outer periphery of a tip of a functional component attached to the combustion chamber. The cylindrical body forms sealed space sealed with a ring-shaped diaphragm on one side and with a ring-shaped support member on an opposite side. The sealed space is defined by an external cylindrical member and an internal cylindrical member coaxial with each other. The diaphragm has a ring-shaped pressure receiving part formed on a side near the combustion chamber to receive pressure from outside and a ring-shaped transmitting part formed on a rear surface of the diaphragm. A pressure transmitting member and a pressure detecting element are provided in the sealed space. Tight abutting contact is formed between the transmitting part of the diaphragm and the pressure transmitting member, between the pressure transmitting member and the pressure detecting element, and between the pressure detecting element and the support member. | 08-13-2015 |
20150155460 | LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS - A light-emitting apparatus that can produce white light that appears crisper by controlling light-emitting devices of different colors using a simplified wiring configuration is provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes a plurality of blue-emitting devices as blue-emitting semiconductor light-emitting devices, a plurality of green-emitting devices as green-emitting semiconductor light-emitting devices, and a sealing resin through which is dispersed a red phosphor that emits red light by absorbing blue light from the plurality of blue-emitting devices and green light from the plurality of green-emitting devices as pump light, the sealing resin covering the plurality of blue-emitting devices and the plurality of green-emitting devices, wherein the plurality of blue-emitting devices and the plurality of green-emitting devices are connected in series with each other. | 06-04-2015 |
20150124455 | LED MODULE - Provided is an LED module that can be easily manufactured while maintaining good reflective characteristics even when a plurality of LED elements and other electronic components are packaged on a circuit substrate. This LED module is characterized by having: a sub-mounting substrate for packaging a plurality of LED elements; a module substrate for packaging an electronic component other than the plurality of LED elements, the sub-mounting substrate being mounted on the module substrate; a dam material disposed on the module substrate and surrounding a mounting part of the sub-mounting substrate; and a cover member for covering top faces of the plurality of LED elements, the cover member being filled into an inside region of the dam material; the reflectance of a surface of the sub-mounting substrate being set higher than the reflectance of a surface of the module substrate. | 05-07-2015 |
20150114889 | METHOD OF SEPARATING WORKPIECES FROM CHIPS - There is provided a workpiece separation apparatus permitting input of a mixture of workpieces and chips stably within a flow current and separating them accurately and efficiently. The workpiece separation apparatus includes an input cylinder inserted within a separating container, and a fluid supplying means arranged so as to supply fluid to the separating container from a part lower than a lower end of the input cylinder, and configured such that the fluid overflows and flows out of the upper end of the separating container due to a flow current generated within the separating container, and such that the level of the fluid rises up in the input cylinder and the fluid does not flow out of the upper end of the input cylinder, but is maintained substantially in a resting state and at a level above the level of the upper end of the separating container. | 04-30-2015 |
20150091029 | LED LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an LED light emitting apparatus, which has both the high reliability with respect to connection of the LED elements, and improved light extraction efficiency. This LED light emitting apparatus includes a mounting substrate having an element mounting region, in which a reflection layer is formed; a plurality of LED elements mounted in the element mounting region; a pair of facing electrodes, which have gold plating layers formed thereon, respectively, which are provided around the element mounting region, and which are connected to the LED elements by wire bonding; and a sealing frame, which is disposed around the element mounting region so as to cover the pair of facing electrodes. The inner circumference of the sealing frame is provided at a position where the inner circumference of the sealing frame covers the outer circumference of the reflection layer. | 04-02-2015 |
20150090084 | PROCESSING MACHINE - A main spindle ( | 04-02-2015 |
20150072138 | RIGID DECORATIVE MEMBER HAVING WHITE RIGID COATING LAYER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A rigid decorative member of the present invention is a rigid decorative member comprising a base and a rigid coating layer laminated on or above the base, wherein the rigid coating layer comprises a reaction compound of raw metal, in which a metal M1 and a metal M2, and in addition, selectively a metal M3 are combined, and of a non-metallic element selected from one or two or more of nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen, or comprises an alloy in which a metal M1 and a metal M2, and in addition, selectively a metal M3 are combined; the metal M1 is selected from one or two of Mo and W; the metal M2 is selected from one or two or more of Nb, Ta, and V; and the metal M3 is selected from one or two or more of Cr, Ti, Hf, and Zr. | 03-12-2015 |
20150048390 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a double-sided light emitting type semiconductor light emitting device that can be easily fabricated even if a semiconductor light emitting element is flip-chip mounted, and to provide a fabrication process for the same. The semiconductor light emitting device has a plurality of lead frames, a plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements connected to the plurality of lead frames, and a covering member that covers the plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements. The semiconductor light emitting device is characterized in that the edge of one lead frame among the plurality of lead frames is disposed in close proximity to the edge of another lead frame so as to form a gap, and the plurality of semiconductor light emitting elements are flip-chip mounted on the front surface and rear surface of the one lead frame and the other lead frame so as to straddle the gap. | 02-19-2015 |
20150048147 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LASER LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - The present invention is a laser light source device having: a silicon substrate having a first flat surface and a second flat surface which is formed at a position lower than the first flat surface by a level difference in the thickness direction; a first junction having a microbump structure comprising Au formed on the first flat surface; a second junction having a microbump structure comprising Au formed on the second flat surface; a first optical element and a second optical element for emitting laser light, which are joined to the first junction by a surface activation technique; a reflective member for reflecting the laser light from the first optical element toward a multiplexer, the reflective member being joined to the second junction by the abovementioned technique; and a multiplexer for directly receiving the laser light from the second optical element and multiplexing the laser light from the first optical element and the laser light from the second optical element, the multiplexer being joined to the second junction by the abovementioned technique; a configuration being adopted whereby the distance between the first optical element and the reflective member is different from the distance between the second optical element and the multiplexer, and the length of the optical path from the first optical element to the multiplexer is equal to the length of the optical path from the second optical element to the multiplexer. | 02-19-2015 |
20150034039 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FITTED WITH COMBUSTION PRESSURE DETECTION DEVICE - An internal combustion engine fitted with a combustion pressure detection device includes: an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber, a pressure detection device having a housing, a diaphragm, and a detection member, and having a shoulder part. The diaphragm is provided on the front end side of the housing and the detection member arranged inside the housing and behind the diaphragm, allowing it to detect the pressure working via the diaphragm. Also provided is a second seal member in a ring shape that seals the opening in the combustion chamber and the housing in the shoulder part of the housing in the pressure detection device. | 02-05-2015 |
20140362577 | OPTICAL INTEGRATED DEVICE - The invention is directed to the provision of an optical integrated device wherein provisions are made to be able to mount components on a substrate with high accuracy and high packing density without having to heat the components. The optical integrated device includes a substrate, an optical device optically coupled to a first device, and an electrical device mounted on top of the optical device or on top of a second device, wherein the optical device is bonded to the substrate by surface activated bonding via a first bonding portion formed from a metallic material on the substrate, and the electrical device is bonded to the optical device or the second device by surface activated bonding via a second bonding portion formed from a metallic material on the optical device or the second device. | 12-11-2014 |
20140348463 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACUTURING THE OPTICAL DEVICE - The invention provides an optical device and an optical device manufacturing method wherein provisions are made to be able to precisely align an optical fiber relative to a substrate without heating the substrate and to maintain the optimum alignment condition for an extended period of time. More specifically, the invention provides an optical device manufacturing method which includes the steps of forming a first metallic film on a portion of a substrate, forming a second metallic film on a portion of the outer circumference of an optical fiber, and bonding together the first metallic film and the second metallic film by surface activated bonding, and an optical device manufactured by such a manufacturing method. | 11-27-2014 |
20140347608 | OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device ( | 11-27-2014 |
20140313724 | LIGHTING DEVICE INCLUDING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In accordance with an aspect of the present inventive subject matter, a lighting device includes light-emitting elements that are mounted in a circular mounting area to be directed in a same direction in the circular mounting area between a first connecting electrode and a second connecting electrode disposed on a substrate, the light-emitting elements are divided into groups each including the same number of light-emitting elements, the light-emitting elements within each group are electrically connected in series with one another by metallic wires and electrically connected in series to the first connecting electrode and to the second connecting electrode. The groups each include the same number of light-emitting elements that are electrically connected in parallel between the first connecting electrode and the second connecting electrode. As another aspect of the present inventive subject matter, a method of manufacturing a lighting device is disclosed. | 10-23-2014 |
20140293402 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE - A laser light source ( | 10-02-2014 |
20140293302 | PRINTER - A printer includes a recording unit that executes on a recording medium, a recording operation under a sublimation transfer scheme; a conveying unit that using a protrusion roller having protrusions protruding toward an outer periphery and abutting a first surface of the recording medium, conveys the recording medium to a recording position for the recording operation; a pseudo recorded image data producing unit that produces pseudo recorded image data that includes pseudo pixels obtained by correcting a density of each predetermined pixel that is determined corresponding to an arrangement pattern of the protrusions on the protrusion roller and is determined from among pixels to be recorded in a second area that excludes a first area that is in contact with the protrusions, on the first surface of the conveyed recording medium; and a recording control unit that controls the recording unit based on the pseudo recorded image data. | 10-02-2014 |
20140220714 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - The invention is directed to the provision of a method for manufacturing a semiconductor light-emitting element that eliminates the need for preparing a plurality of different fluorescent sheets. The method for manufacturing the semiconductor light-emitting element containing an LED die includes the steps of arranging the LED die on a fluorescent sheet containing a fluorescent substance and adjusting the amount by which the LED die is depressed into the fluorescent sheet so that the semiconductor light-emitting element has a desired color emission. | 08-07-2014 |
20140211463 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING CHROMATICITY OF LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting device having a temperature compensation function implemented with simple circuitry, and a method of temperature compensation in such a light-emitting device. More specifically, the invention provides a light-emitting device and a method of temperature compensation using a light-emitting device, wherein the light-emitting device includes a substrate, a first LED chip which is arranged on the substrate, and which has a characteristic such that Δx and Δy, each representing an amount of displacement on an xy chromaticity diagram, both are negative as temperature rises, and a second LED chip which is arranged on the substrate, and which has a characteristic such that Δx and Δy, each representing an amount of displacement on an xy chromaticity diagram, both are positive as temperature rises. | 07-31-2014 |
20140202294 | MACHINE TOOL AND MACHINING METHOD - A machine tool includes a main spindle ( | 07-24-2014 |
20140197741 | LED LIGHTING APPARATUS - When an LED lighting apparatus which is a lighter load than an incandescent lamp or halogen lamp is connected to a dimmer, a malfunction may occur. The invention prevents the occurrence of such malfunction without defeating the purpose of low power consumption of the LED lighting apparatus. More specifically, the LED lighting apparatus includes a rectifier circuit, a light-emitting circuit connected to the rectifier circuit and containing a single or a plurality of LEDs in which current begins to flow when an output voltage of the rectifier circuit exceeds a threshold voltage, and a bypass circuit having a bypass path for making the current flow to the rectifier circuit without passing through the light-emitting circuit, and a detecting unit for detecting the current flowing through the light-emitting circuit, and wherein when the current detected by the detecting unit exceeds a predetermined value, the bypass circuit shuts off the current flowing through the bypass path. | 07-17-2014 |
20140161387 | OPTICAL DEVICE - The invention is directed to the provision of an optical device in which provisions are made to form a gap between an optical waveguide and a substrate without having to form a groove or the like in the substrate and to prevent any stress from being applied to an optical element even when it is heated by a heater for temperature adjustment. More specifically, the invention provides an optical device includes a substrate, an optical element with an optical waveguide formed in a surface thereof that faces the substrate, bonding portions formed on the substrate at positions that oppose each other across the optical waveguide, a heater, formed on at least one of the optical element and the substrate, for heating the optical waveguide, and a micro bump structure formed from a metallic material, wherein the optical element is bonded to the bonding portions via the micro bump structure in such a manner that a gap is formed between the optical waveguide and the substrate. | 06-12-2014 |
20140156056 | MACHINE TOOL CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a machine tool control device which reduces a processing burden of calculating a thermal displacement amount, avoids decrease in processing speed, and increases accuracy of machining a workpiece. | 06-05-2014 |
20140152172 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND LIGHTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - In a first aspect of the present invention, a light-emitting diode includes a light-emitting element with a p-n junction, a first light-transmitting member including a phosphor and sealing the light-emitting element, and first and second covers disposed on opposite surfaces of the first light-transmitting member. It is disclosed that the first and second covers extend over edges of the opposite surfaces of the first light-transmitting member. In a second aspect of the present invention, a first cover disposed on a first parallel surface of a first light-transmitting member can be greater in thickness than a second cover. In some embodiments, it is disclosed that a second light-transmitting member with higher diffusion coefficient than the first light-transmitting member disposed in contact with a first perpendicular surface of the first light-transmitting member. | 06-05-2014 |
20140146533 | LIGHT SOURCE AND LIGHTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - In a first aspect of the present inventive subject matter, a light source includes a substrate that includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and light-emitting elements arranged in an area and divided into groups each including a same number N of light-emitting elements that are electrically connected to one another in series in each group of the groups and that are electrically connected in series to the first electrode and to the second electrode of the substrate, and the light-emitting elements include a first light-emitting element that is configured to start emitting light when a voltage applied to the light-emitting elements exceeds a first voltage value, and the light-emitting elements except the first light-emitting element are configured to start emitting light when the voltage exceeds a second voltage value that is higher than the first voltage value. Also, a lighting device including the light source is disclosed. | 05-29-2014 |
20140132849 | OPTICAL DEVICE, PROJECTOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING SUPPORT APPARATUS - A light source unit ( | 05-15-2014 |
20140132086 | MACHINE TOOL AND DRIVE REGULATION DEVICE FOR SAID MACHINE TOOL - A drive regulation device for a machine tool that stops driving of a motor when a door ( | 05-15-2014 |
20140127665 | LEARNING APPARATUS - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a learning device capable of increasing a learning effect by utilizing the operation of the subconscious mind during sleep. Provided is a learning device comprising: a time counting means; a time setting means which sets a question posing time of a question to be presented to a user; a question posing means which poses the question on the basis of the setting made by the time setting means; and a presenting means which, prior to the question posing time of the question, presents to the user in advance a content relating to the question posed by the question posing means. | 05-08-2014 |
20140104163 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to the provision of an information input apparatus that can change the projection position of an input image by tracking a target object and can detect an information input to the input image. More specifically, the invention provides an information input apparatus includes a projection unit which projects an input image, a projection position changing unit which changes the projection position of the input image, a detection sensor which detects the position of a detection target, and an information detection unit which causes the projection position changing unit to change the projection position of the input image by tracking the position of the detection target detected by the detection sensor, and which detects an information input to the input image based on data supplied from the detection sensor. | 04-17-2014 |
20140086023 | ELECTRONIC WATCH - Provided is an electronic watch capable of surely acquiring a movement start position and a stop position of a hand when the hand moves at high speed such as a case of manual correction by a winding stem or the like, while reducing a load on a CPU. The electronic watch includes: a decode circuit for outputting data corresponding to regions acquired by segmenting a movement range of the hand; and a position information circuit for automatically acquiring region data corresponding to the movement start position of the hand and region data corresponding to the stop position thereof and sending a notification to the CPU when acquiring both the data. In this manner, the CPU can stop until the acquisition of both the data, thereby reducing the load on the CPU. | 03-27-2014 |
20140083388 | CYLINDER INTERNAL-PRESSURE SENSOR FOR ENGINE - A cylinder internal-pressure sensor is provided with a housing unit | 03-27-2014 |
20140076914 | PAPER EJECTOR UNIT AND PRINTER - A paper ejector unit which transports paper printed by a printing mechanism of a printer along a transport path, includes a paper accumulator provided ahead of an end-of-transport path on a downstream side in a transport direction of the paper, the paper accumulator accumulating the paper ejected from the end, a door which opens and closes between a closed condition in which the paper accumulator is separated from an outside and an open condition in which the paper accumulator communicates with the outside, and a door opening and closing controller which maintains the door in the closed condition with no reception of input of an opening operation signal which opens the door, and changes the door from the closed condition to the open condition with reception of the input of the opening operation signal. | 03-20-2014 |
20140056323 | OPTICAL DEVICE - Provided is an optical device capable of bonding each optical part to a substrate with the same applied load by surface activated bonding even if the planar shape sizes of a plurality of optical parts to be mounted on the substrate are different from one another. The optical device includes a substrate, a plurality of optical parts different in planar shape size, bonded to the substrate by surface activated bonding adjacent to one another, and optically coupled with one another, and a plurality of bonding parts provided on the substrate in correspondence to the plurality of optical parts and including metallic micro bumps for bonding each optical part. The total area of the top surfaces of the micro bumps to be bonded to the corresponding optical part of each of the plurality of bonding parts is substantially the same. | 02-27-2014 |
20140055996 | LIGHTING DEVICE - In a first aspect of the present invention, a lighting device includes a substrate that includes a pair of electrodes as a first electrode and a second electrode, groups each including a same number of light-emitting elements that are electrically connected to one another in series in each group and that are arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first light-transmitting member including a first phosphor and covering at least one light-emitting element and a second light-transmitting member including a second phosphor and covering at least one light-emitting element that is uncovered by the first light-transmitting member, the first phosphor in the first light-transmitting member and the second phosphor in the second light-transmitting member being configured to be excited to emit light with emission spectrum different from each other, and the first light-transmitting member being enclosed by the second light-transmitting member. | 02-27-2014 |
20140016440 | RADIO-CONTROLLED WRISTWATCH - Provided is a radio-controlled wristwatch that receives a radio wave including day-related information from a satellite within a global positioning system, in which a cycle number of the day-related information is correctly updated even in a case where a power supply voltage drops. A radio-wave wristwatch ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140015182 | WORKPIECE RECOVERY UNIT - To prevent entrance of swarf or cutting oil from a workpiece recovery opening, in a workpiece recovery unit, a cover | 01-16-2014 |
20140010053 | RADIO-CONTROLLED WRISTWATCH - A radio-controlled wristwatch that determines whether or not illuminance of light irradiating a solar cell is high, using plural criteria but without directly measuring voltage or current. The wristwatch includes: a solar cell; a control circuit which stops operation under a predetermined condition; and an illuminance detection circuit which indicates illuminance of light irradiating the solar cell being higher than a given threshold value. The wristwatch switches the given threshold value between a first and a second value, larger than the first value, starts the control circuit in a stop state when a signal indicating that the illuminance is higher than the first value is output, receives a satellite signal containing time information from a satellite when a signal indicating that the illuminance is higher than the second value is output, and displays time corresponding to the time information contained in the received satellite signal. | 01-09-2014 |
20130342768 | LIGHT MODULATOR ELEMENT AND MICROSCOPE APPARATUSA INCLUDING LIGHT MODULATION ELEMENT - A light modulator element includes a liquid crystal element which has a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules aligned along a first direction, and two transparent electrodes disposed in opposition to each other with the liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, and which controls the phase of linear polarization light and passing through said liquid crystal layer by applying an electric voltage between said two transparent electrodes; a polarizer plate which is disposed between a light source and said liquid crystal element and which has the transmission axis along the first direction or along a direction orthogonal to said first direction; and a rotation mechanism which supports the liquid crystal element and the polarizer plate and which rotates the liquid crystal element and the polarizer plate integrally in one unit with the optical axis of the liquid crystal element as the rotation axis. | 12-26-2013 |
20130334974 | LIGHTING DEVICE - Providing a lighting device wherein provisions are made to be able to provide a sufficiently high dielectric strength while retaining the required heat-sink property even when a module substrate with a plurality of LED elements mounted thereon is reduced in size. A lighting device includes a module substrate on an upper surface of which are mounted a plurality of LED elements, a heat-sink member, having a raised portion, for dissipating heat generated by the plurality of LED elements, and an insulating sheet formed with an opening and interposed between a portion of the lower surface of the module substrate and the heat-sink member, and wherein the raised portion is formed so as to be located via the opening in close proximity to the lower surface of a region where the plurality of LED elements are mounted on the module substrate. | 12-19-2013 |
20130331956 | MACHINE TOOL CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a machine tool control device which does not require an operator to enter the execution order of machining programs before testing a machine tool, enabling easy debugging of the machining programs. | 12-12-2013 |
20130265536 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - The present invention is directed to the provision of a liquid crystal device constructed by sealing a liquid crystal material between substrates, wherein provisions are made to prevent reflections at the sealing, thereby achieving excellent transparency. The liquid crystal device includes a first substrate disposed on a viewing side, a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate, a sealing member disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and sealed by the sealing member, and a muslin structure or moth-eye structure placed between the first substrate and the sealing member. The muslin structure or moth-eye structure serves to form a smooth refractive index gradient between the sealing member and the first transparent substrate, thereby enhancing the transparency of the liquid crystal device. | 10-10-2013 |
20130256201 | WORKPIECE SEPARATION APPARATUS - There is provided a workpiece separation apparatus permitting to input a mixture of workpieces and chips stably within a flow current and to separate them accurately and efficiently. | 10-03-2013 |
20130250388 | SCANNING IMAGE PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF DRIVING SCANNING IMAGE PROJECTOR - A scanning image projector includes a laser light source, an MEMS scanner having a reflecting mirror which vibrates around first and second axes that are orthogonal to each other, and an MEMS control unit having a high speed drive circuit which causes resonant vibration of the reflecting mirror at high speed around the first axis, a low speed drive circuit which causes non-resonant vibration of the reflecting mirror at low speed around the second axis, and an offset drive circuit which offsets a position on the second axis in a non-resonant vibration region where the low-speed vibration is caused by a predetermined amount, wherein the MEMS control unit displays an image in a predetermined display region by drive signals from the high and the low speed drive circuits, and moves a position of the display region in the non-resonant vibration region by an offset signal from the offset drive circuit. | 09-26-2013 |
20130249174 | FIXING DEVICE FOR WORKPIECE IN MACHINE TOOL AND MACHINE TOOL HAVING THE FIXING DEVICE - Wear of a sliding member is prevented or controlled in a portion of the sliding member at a specific angular position (phase) about an axis. A fixing device includes a chuck-actuating claw which rotates with a main spindle, and is displaced to open and close a chuck section, a rubber ring which rotates with the main spindle, and a bobbin (sliding member) which is provided to be movable between a first position and a second position along an axis direction of the main spindle, rotates with the rubber ring in contact with the rubber ring in the first position, rotates with the chuck-actuating claw while displacing the chuck-actuating claw in contact with the chuck-actuating claw in the second position, and does not have contact with both of the rubber ring and the chuck-actuating claw in a partial range between the first position and the second position. | 09-26-2013 |
20130242316 | PRINTER - When a period from the point of time of receipt of instruction information concerning a cutting instruction to the point of time of receipt of instruction information concerning a printing instruction subsequent to the receipt of the instruction information concerning the cutting instruction has reached a prescribed period, a recording medium is cut and conveyed in a reverse direction by a prescribed distance, and then new printing is started. When the period from the point of time of receipt of the instruction information concerning the cutting instruction to the point of time of receipt of the instruction information concerning the printing instruction subsequent to the receipt of the instruction information concerning the cutting instruction has not reached the prescribed period, the recording medium is cut and then new printing is started without convey of the recording medium in the reverse direction. | 09-19-2013 |
20130234609 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE - When a pulsating current is applied to an LED string included in an LED lighting device, and the number of LEDs caused to light up is changed, the LED lighting device is in efficient, since there are LEDs lighting up for a long period of time and LEDs lighting up only for a short period of time. The LED string includes LED string | 09-12-2013 |
20130221864 | LED LIGHTING CIRCUIT, LED ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND LED ILLUMINATION UNIT SOCKET - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an LED lighting circuit, which can normally light an LED even if an alternating current power supply is an electronic transformer, an LED illuminating device, and a socket for an LED illuminating unit. Disclosed is an LED lighting circuit includes a rectifier circuit for rectifying an AC output from an AC power supply, an LED drive unit, which drives the LED by having rectifying output inputted thereto from the rectifying circuit, a reverse current preventing unit, which is provided between the rectifying circuit and the LED drive unit, and a terminal voltage control unit, which reduces the output terminal voltage of the rectifying circuit in the case where the alternating current output from the alternating current power supply is unstable or stopped. Also provided are an LED illuminating device, and a socket for an LED illuminating unit. | 08-29-2013 |
20130204417 | POWER CONSUMPTION OUTPUT DEVICE - To provide a power consumption output device capable of precisely calculating the electricity cost per product manufactured by an apparatus whose power consumption differs in each cycle of operation for manufacturing a product. | 08-08-2013 |
20130184893 | POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND MACHINE TOOL HAVING THE POWER-SUPPLY MANAGEMENT DEVICE - The present invention provides a power-supply management device which can efficiently connect and disconnect power supply to an electric-powered section, and a machine tool including the power-supply management device. The power-supply management device ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130173196 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR - The invention is directed to the provision of a physical quantity sensor that can suppress noise caused by external vibrations, while also suppressing variations in output signal caused by variations in reference voltage. The physical quantity sensor includes an oscillator which converts an externally applied physical quantity into an electrical signal, a reference signal generating circuit which outputs a reference signal; an oscillator circuit which causes the oscillator to oscillate by applying an oscillator signal produced based on the reference signal, and a detector circuit which detects an output signal of the oscillator by multiplying the output signal by the oscillator signal and dividing the reference signal. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171448 | WHITE HARD DECORATIVE MEMBER - In order to provide a white hard decorative member being remarkably enhanced in scratch resistance and abrasion resistance and having a high-quality color impression, and furthermore supply a product capable of freely controlling the color tone, corrosion resistance performance, and etching performance, the white hard decorative member includes a base material having thereon an alloy adherence layer having a high adherence effect, an alloy gradient adherence layer in which the reaction gas content is gradually increased, an abrasion-resistant layer having high hardness, and an alloy color-up gradient layer in which the reaction gas content is gradually decreased, which are formed by using a film of an alloy combining a metal having a high adherence effect to a metal and high brightness, a metal having high film hardness and high corrosion resistance, and a metal for enhancing the corrosion performance. | 07-04-2013 |
20130170511 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE - A laser light source according to the present invention includes a laser element that outputs a fundamental wave; a wavelength conversion element into which the fundamental wave is input and that converts at least a part of the fundamental wave input therein to a converted wave having a wavelength shorter than the wavelength of the fundamental wave; a waveguide that attenuates a component of the fundamental wave included in an output wave from the wavelength conversion element; and a diffraction grating that is formed on the waveguide and feeds back the fundamental wave output from the wavelength conversion element to lock the wavelength or the frequency of the fundamental wave output from the laser element. The diffraction grating is formed at a position determined taking into account an amount by which the fundamental wave is attenuated in the waveguide. | 07-04-2013 |
20130165800 | ARM-WORN BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR - A method employed in a prior art arm-worn blood pressure monitor to measure the height position of the heart has been an indirect method that merely estimates the position of the heart, and therefore has had the problems that the measurement accuracy and the reliability of the measurement are low, and that the measuring position is awkward and it is difficult to achieve correct position alignment. An arm-worn blood pressure monitor includes a cuff, a microwave transmitting unit for radiating a microwave onto a human subject, a microwave receiving unit for receiving a reflected wave Doppler-shifted relative to the radiated microwave due to a heartbeat of the subject, and a correct position detector for detecting, based on the reflected wave, whether the cuff worn around an arm of the subject is located in a correct position relative to the position of the heart of the subject. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163241 | MOUNTING METHOD OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHTING DEVICE INCLUDING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - In a first aspect of the present invention, it is suggested that a mounting method for mounting light-emitting elements as evenly as possible in a mounting area of a lighting device may permit increased number of light-emitting elements. In a second aspect of the present invention, a lighting device including a substrate with a circular mounting area, a plurality of light-emitting elements configured to be positioned at centers of equal smaller circular areas that are calculated to be equal in size in the circular mounting area, the equal smaller circular areas being equal in size to each other and set as large as possible without an overlapping portion in the circular mounting area, a total area of the equal smaller circular areas being smaller than the circular mounting area, and the light-emitting elements and the equal smaller circular areas being the same in number is suggested. | 06-27-2013 |
20130161662 | LIGHTING DEVICE - In a first aspect of the present invention, a lighting device including a metal plate, an electrical insulation layer that is smaller in size than an outline of the metal plate and arranged on an upper surface of the metal plate, a light-emitting element mounted on the electrical insulation layer, and a first connecting electrode and a second connecting electrode electrically connected to the light-emitting element and arranged on the electrical insulation layer. | 06-27-2013 |
20130155394 | REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASURMENT APPARATUS AND REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASURMENT METHOD - A refractive index measurement apparatus | 06-20-2013 |
20130141891 | LIGHTING DEVICE INCLUDING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - In accordance with a first aspect of the present inventive subject matter, a lighting device includes light-emitting elements arranged in lines that are extended in parallel with one another, the light-emitting elements being divided into groups each including the same number of light-emitting elements, a first connecting electrode is disposed adjacent to one end portion of the lines extended, a second connecting electrode is disposed adjacent to another end portion of the lines extended, and the light-emitting elements within each group are electrically connected in series with one another by metallic wires and electrically connected in series to the first connecting electrode and to the second connecting electrode. The groups each include the same number of light-emitting elements that are electrically connected in parallel between the first connecting electrode and the second connecting electrode. | 06-06-2013 |
20130127328 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A light-emitting device includes a substrate that includes at least a pair of electrodes, an LED element electrically mounted on the substrate, a phosphor plate adhered to an upper surface of the LED element and including an upper surface and a lower surface each having an area larger than that of the upper surface of the LED element, a white resin provided on an upper surface of the substrate and seamlessly covering a peripheral side surface of the LED element and a peripheral side surface of the phosphor plate. A lower surface of the phosphor plate is adhered to the upper surface of the LED element through a transparent adhesive. | 05-23-2013 |
20130099276 | LED LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - An object of the invention is to provide an LED light source device and a manufacturing method for the same that can maintain high reflectance over an extended period of time notwithstanding the interaction between light and heat. More specifically, the invention provides an LED light source device that includes a substrate, an electrode formed on the substrate, a white inorganic resist layer deposited over the substrate so as to cover a surface thereof everywhere except where the electrode is formed, and an LED element connected to the electrode, wherein the white inorganic resist layer contains fine white inorganic particles dispersed or mixed into an inorganic binder, and a method for manufacturing such an LED light source device. | 04-25-2013 |
20130098738 | PRODUCT COLLECTION APPARATUS - A product collection apparatus which provides a product conveyed by a conveyance belt to a rotary table to collect the product includes a conveyance belt to be rotated; a rotary table supported rotatably, linkage unit which links a driving force input unit for conveyance belt which receives driving force to rotate the conveyance belt and a driving force input unit for rotary table which receives driving force to rotate the rotary table, and an actuator which transfers the driving force to the conveyance belt and the rotary table through the linkage unit. | 04-25-2013 |
20130094333 | TIMEPIECE DISPLAY PLATE - A timepiece display plate, while obtaining reflection light having metal texture, allows partial light as a transmissive light to transmit to a solar cell and easily adapt to various types of dial plates. A timepiece display plate ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130093313 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device includes a phosphor plate including an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, a peripheral side surface extending between a peripheral edge of the upper surface and a peripheral edge of the lower surface of the phosphor plate, a light-emitting element including an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, a peripheral side surface extending between a peripheral edge of the upper surface and a peripheral edge of the lower surface of the light-emitting element. The lower surface of the phosphor plate includes a concave that is filled with an adhesive and the lower surface of the phosphor plate is disposed on the upper surface of the light-emitting element. The phosphor plate may contain a first phosphor, and the adhesive filled in the concave that is provided at the lower surface of the phosphor plate may include a second phosphor. | 04-18-2013 |
20130088159 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device includes a mounting area that includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, a first electrode group disposed adjacent to the first end of the mounting area, a second electrode group disposed adjacent to the second end of the mounting area, a plurality of files each in that a plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged in the mounting area to extend from a vicinity of the first end of the light-emitting area to a vicinity of the second end of the mounting area and electrically connected in series with each other of the light-emitting elements in each file. Light-emitting elements included in two or more files can be a light-emitting block to be lighted together through electrodes of the first electrode group and the second electrode group. | 04-11-2013 |
20130076233 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A light-emitting element according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a body including an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and a peripheral side surface extending between peripheral edges of the upper surface and peripheral edges of the lower surface, the peripheral side surface including a front surface and a rear surface opposite to the front surface; a pair of element electrodes as a first element electrode and a second element electrode positioned at the rear surface of the body; and a support disposed at the rear surface of the body between the first element electrode and the second element electrode that are positioned at a lower area of the rear surface of the body. | 03-28-2013 |
20130069525 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element with a pair of element electrodes as a first element electrode and a second element electrode positioned at the lower surface of the light-emitting element; a phosphor plate disposed on the upper surface of the light-emitting element; a first resin covering the lower surface and the peripheral side surface of the light-emitting element with the first element electrode and the second element electrode partly appearing from the first resin; and a second resin provided in the phosphor plate. | 03-21-2013 |
20130069518 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device includes a rectangular substrate, a through-holes that is in a shape of a quarter of circle provided in two corners or four corners of the substrate, a pair of electrodes provided along short sides of the substrate and electrically connected to the through-hole(s) that is adjacently disposed to each of the electrodes. Each of the through-holes is covered by a cover that is in a shape of a quarter of circle. | 03-21-2013 |
20130044489 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE - An object of the present invention is to provide a laser light source that includes a laser element and an optical element that are optically coupled efficiently and directly. A laser light source includes, a laser element which has a ridge part and emits laser light from a light emission part, an optical element which has a waveguide for guiding the laser light that is incident on an incidence part; and a substrate for joining the laser element and the optical element close so as to be optically coupled directly, and, in this laser light source, the laser element and the optical element are joined to the substrate in a state in which a position of the incidence part is shifted a predetermined distance upward or downward with respect to a position of the light emission part. | 02-21-2013 |
20130037847 | LAYERED SUBSTRATE, LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE INCLUDING THE LAYERED SUBSTRATE AND LIGHTING DEVICE USING THE LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - A layered substrate includes a first substrate including an upper surface, a lower surface, a peripheral surface between peripheral edges of the upper surface and the lower surface, and a cut portion cut into the peripheral surface and passing through the upper surface and the lower surface, and a second substrate including an upper surface, a lower surface, and a peripheral surface between peripheral edges of the upper surface and the lower surface, and the lower surface of the second substrate layered on the upper surface of the first substrate and closing the cut portion of the first substrate from above. The second substrate includes a heat conductor that is thermally connected to an element to be mounted on the upper surface of the second substrate, the heat conductor configured to thermally extend to the cut portion of the first substrate. | 02-14-2013 |
20130037202 | ELECTRONIC EYEGLASS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS PRODUCTION METHODS - An object of the present invention is to provide electronic eyeglass and liquid crystal lens production methods that eliminate the need for forming a liquid crystal injection path in the liquid crystal lens, while making provisions so as to be able to sufficiently maintain a prescribed gap between substrates. The electronic eyeglass and liquid crystal lens production methods includes the steps of placing a sealing agent so as to form a closed planar region on at least one of first and second transparent substrates, dropping a liquid crystal material into an inside space enclosed by the sealing agent, bonding the other of the transparent substrates onto the one transparent substrate on which the liquid crystal material has been dripped, and filling a resin into a space created outside the sealing agent. | 02-14-2013 |
20130033186 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Provided is a light-emitting device that aims not to affect a service life and characteristics of light emission by releasing heat from a substrate on that a plurality of LED elements mounted, and the LED elements generate the heat. | 02-07-2013 |
20130022323 | OPTICAL MODULE - On a mounting substrate | 01-24-2013 |
20130016589 | RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECEAANM Takada; AkinariAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Takada; Akinari Tokyo JPAANM Ike; TakujiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Ike; Takuji Tokyo JP - A radio-controlled timepiece includes an oscillator circuit of which an oscillation condition can be varied by an oscillation condition adjustment circuit that adjusts an oscillation frequency, a frequency divider circuit that divides the oscillation frequency and generates a time measurement reference timing signal, a frequency adjustment circuit that adjusts the period of time measurement reference timing signal, a local oscillator circuit that uses the oscillation frequency as a reference frequency and outputs a local oscillation frequency, and a control circuit. The control circuit, when the radio-controlled timepiece is performing reception operations, causes the oscillation condition adjustment circuit to operate whereby the oscillation frequency is adjust to an optimal frequency for the local oscillator circuit and the variation setting value of the frequency adjustment circuit is set such that time measurement reference timing signal has a fixed period for normal operations and for reception operations. | 01-17-2013 |
20130014619 | MACHINE TOOLAANM Tsuyusaki; UmeoAACI SaitakaAACO JPAAGP Tsuyusaki; Umeo Saitaka JPAANM Akimoto; SatoruAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Akimoto; Satoru Tokyo JPAANM Shinohara; HiroshiAACI SaitamaAACO JPAAGP Shinohara; Hiroshi Saitama JP - There is provided a machine tool which holds a large number of tools and capable of performing various kinds of works without replacing the tools, which is easy to operate and which allows faster and accurate operations with less number of movable parts. A front tool post ( | 01-17-2013 |
20130009816 | SATELLITE RADIO-CONTROLLED WATCH - Provided is a satellite radio-controlled watch, which is capable of holding back a receiving operation when in a posture that does not allow normal reception of a satellite signal, and is capable of performing a receiving operation under conditions varied to suit the type of reference information to be obtained. The satellite radio-controlled watch includes: a reception circuit ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130008291 | MACHINE TOOL - There is provided a machine tool capable of working a workpiece regardless whether it is gripped by a front spindle or a back spindle while guiding a free end side thereof by one guide bushing ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130008002 | MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool is provided with a tool mounting part mounting and holding a tool for working a workpiece, a motor rotating the tool mounting part such that an edge of the tool is inclined with respect to the workpiece, control means holding the tool standby such that the edge of the tool is positioned at a working standby position proximal to a surface of the workpiece and starting a working movement from the working standby position. In the machine tool, the control means includes working standby position correcting means to correct the working standby position to a corrected working standby position according to a diameter d of the tool and a rotational angle θ of the tool mounting part such that the tool does not interfere with the workpiece when the tool is held standby at the working standby position in a rotated state by the motor. | 01-10-2013 |
20120328237 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DEVICE - An object of the invention is to provide an optical device and an optical device manufacturing method wherein provisions are made to be able to substantially prevent misalignment from occurring in an optical element and prevent shifting from occurring in the optical waveguide characteristics of the optical element. The optical device includes a first optical element, a second optical element optically coupled to the first optical element, and a first silicon substrate on which the first optical element and the second optical element are mounted, wherein the second optical element includes a second silicon substrate and a waveguide substrate laminated to the second silicon substrate, and the second optical element is mounted on the first silicon substrate in such a manner that the waveguide substrate faces the first silicon substrate. | 12-27-2012 |
20120319563 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A light-emitting device includes a substrate that includes at least a pair of electrodes, an LED element electrically mounted on the substrate, a phosphor plate adhered to an upper surface of the LED element and including an upper surface and a lower surface each having an area larger than that of the upper surface of the LED element, a white resin provided on an upper surface of the substrate and seamlessly covering a peripheral side surface of the LED element and a peripheral side surface of the phosphor plate. A lower surface of the phosphor plate is adhered to the upper surface of the LED element through a transparent adhesive. | 12-20-2012 |
20120314180 | POLARIZATION CONVERSION ELEMENT - A polarization conversion element includes a phase reversal element and a polarization plane rotation element including a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal layer has a plurality of regions disposed along circumferential direction with the intersection point of the polarization lane rotation element and the optical axis as the center with alignment directions different from each other. When electric voltage in accordance with the wavelength of linear polarization incident on the polarization plane rotation element is applied, each region rotates the polarization plane of the polarization component transmitted by each region, and thereby converts linear polarization to radial polarization. The phase reversal element reverses, among the first and the second annular portions alternately disposed along the radial direction with the optical axis as the center, the phase of light incident on the first annular portion relative to the phase of light incident on the second annular portion. | 12-13-2012 |
20120314147 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS, OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS AND LIGHT IRRADIATION APPARATUS - The microscope apparatus includes a light source which outputs linear polarization having a first wavelength, a polarization conversion element which includes a liquid crystal layer, and by causing linear polarization to pass the liquid crystal layer, converts linear polarization to radial polarization, an objective lens which focuses the radial polarization onto an object surface, a condenser lens which collimates the light reflected from the object surface, a light receiving element which receives light collimated by the condenser lens and outputs signal in accordance with the intensity of light, and a controller which applies electric voltage in accordance with the first wavelength to the liquid crystal layer of the polarization conversion element. The polarization conversion element is disposed in the pupil plane of the objective lens on the light source side. | 12-13-2012 |
20120313135 | MOUNTING BOARD AND STRUCTURE OF THE SAME - A mounting board including a pair of patterned electrodes, a lower surface and an upper surface opposed thereto on which a substrate of an electronic component is to be mounted, a pass-through hole penetrating through the upper surface and the lower surface, and a peripheral side surface that defines the pass-through hole. The pass-through hole includes a plurality of penetrating grooves that are cut into the mounting board and penetrate through the upper and lower surfaces. The plurality of penetrating grooves electrically split the pair of patterned electrodes. The pair of patterned electrodes is partly positioned inside the peripheral side surface, and a connection portion connecting the at least one pair of patterned electrodes and at least one pair of patterned electrodes provided on the upper surface of the substrate of the electronic component is to be disposed inside the peripheral side surface that defines the pass-through hole. | 12-13-2012 |
20120307602 | ELECTRONIC WATCH - When recovering power from a motor driver, a forward voltage across a parasitic diode can reduce the recovery efficiency, and control of a power recovery operation can take an unnecessarily long time. In order to address this problem, the power recovery operation is performed as follows without being affected by a parasitic diode: near a peak position of a waveform of an induced current resulting from free oscillation of a rotor after a drive pulse is output, a recovery pulse having such a level that the rotor does not rotate is output from a terminal different from a motor driver terminal to which the drive pulse was output. Also, by adjusting the width and output timing of the recovery pulse based on a power supply voltage, the power recovery can be optimized for the power supply voltage. | 12-06-2012 |
20120302124 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LIGHT- EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - It is an object to produce a thin light-emitting device in an extremely simple method that does not include a substrate on which a light-emitting element is to be mounted. | 11-29-2012 |
20120300597 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - Lubricating apparatuses ( | 11-29-2012 |
20120254296 | SERVER APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A server apparatus | 10-04-2012 |
20120250313 | PLANAR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A planar light-emitting device includes a first reflecting surface, a rectangular support disposed adjacent to the first reflecting surface, light sources each including a light-emitting surface and disposed along, at least one side portion of the rectangular support, and a lens including a light-receiving surface disposed to face the light-emitting surfaces of the light sources, and configured to introduce light emitted from the light sources into a space that is demarcated by at least the first reflecting surface and the rectangular support. | 10-04-2012 |
20120243825 | OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device ( | 09-27-2012 |
20120204640 | ELECTRONIC WATCH - Provided is an electronic watch capable of, even if an indicating hand having a large moment of inertia is used, accurately determining success and failure of rotation. The electronic watch detects rotation by using a first detection mode determination circuit ( | 08-16-2012 |
20120195546 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A wavelength conversion device includes a base substrate having a transparent electrode on one surface thereof and a ferroelectric single crystal substrate provided with an optical waveguide. The ferroelectric single crystal substrate has an insulating film formed on one surface and is bonded to the base substrate such that the insulating film faces the transparent electrode. | 08-02-2012 |
20120186407 | WORK SUPPLYING APPARATUS - There is provided a work supplying apparatus for automatically and smoothly supplying workpieces having various shapes and sizes from a rear end of a hollow spindle in a machine tool or assembling machine. The work supplying apparatus has a work pushing means for pushing the workpiece held by a holding means into a chuck, and a pusher for pushing and holding the workpiece supplied to a work receiver in the direction of the holding means. | 07-26-2012 |
20120162989 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device | 06-28-2012 |
20120144969 | WORKPIECE AND GRIPPING MECHANISM - There are provided a workpiece and a gripping mechanism capable of shortening the handling time not involved in machining, shortening the overall time required for producing a plurality of finished members, accurately positioning the workpiece even if there is an axial dimension error, lessening waste of a material and reducing the burden of disposal of discharged chips. The workpiece has a shape in which plural raw blanks that become products by material removal are integrally molded. The gripping mechanism comprises a free moving means that relatively and freely moves a gripper and the workpiece, and a positioning means for defining the axial gripping position of the gripper and the workpiece. | 06-14-2012 |
20120128024 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE - In order to improve precision in measuring a deep body temperature by suppressing a heat flux in a plane direction while achieving satisfactory contact between a temperature sensing element and a skin, there is provided a temperature measuring device ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120114013 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE - Provided is a temperature measuring device capable of continuously measuring a body temperature without imposing a load on a subject or a measurer. The temperature measuring device includes: a temperature measuring unit ( | 05-10-2012 |
20120104957 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120099328 | LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE - A light-emitting module of the present invention comprises: a light source in which an LED element is disposed on a substrate and electrodes electrically connected to the LED element are provided on the substrate; a metal plate on which the light source is disposed; lead wires connected to the electrodes directly or via other electrode pattern; and a housing made of resin fixed onto the metal plate and housing the light source therein. Moreover, the housing includes a hole opening above the light source, and includes at least one pair of protrusions that protrude facing one another inside the hole and apply a bias to the light source to press the light source onto a metal plate side. | 04-26-2012 |
20120075870 | LENS MEMBER AND OPTICAL UNIT USING SAID LENS MEMBER - A lens member includes a central axis, a light-incident side including a Fresnel-lens surface provided with a plurality of annular prisms concentrically arranged with respect to the central axis, and a light-exit surface opposite to the light-incident side. The Fresnel-lens surface further includes an annular lens portion that is concentrically arranged with respect to the central axis and that is extended to be longer and wider than the plurality of annular prisms. Provided is an optical unit in which a light source and a lens member are combined, and parts are disposed in a space provided in an outer periphery of the annular lens portion. | 03-29-2012 |
20120068609 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - In a light source device for combining light waves with at least three wavelengths and outputting thus combined light waves, an optical system element and an electrical system element are formed on a semiconductor substrate, thereby eliminating the necessity of optical members such as an optical connector, and saving space to place the optical members as well as reducing arrangement spacing. In addition, the space necessary for wiring in an electrical circuit is reduced. Therefore, an integration degree of each of the elements, the optical system element and the electrical system element, is enhanced. The optical system element and the electrical system element are formed in layers on the same conductor substrate, thereby reducing the area that is required in configuring a parallel establishment of the optical system element and the electrical system element. | 03-22-2012 |
20120045619 | SUBSTRATE PROVIDED WITH OPTICAL STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL ELEMENT USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a substrate provided with an optical structure which can correctly transfer the jagged shape of a mold and guarantee a lens surface that has favorable quality, and provides an optical element which uses such a substrate. A manufacturing method of a substrate, provided with an optical structure, includes applying a curing resin onto the substrate, which has a recessed portion, pressing a mold, having a jagged shape, from an upper portion of the curing resin toward the substrate, and forming an optical structure having the jagged shape by curing the curing resin. The recessed portion is provided to cover the lower portion of the region on which the jagged shape is arranged, so as to retain uncured resin of the curing resin when the mold is pressed toward the substrate. An optical element includes a substrate that is manufactured using the above-described manufacturing method. | 02-23-2012 |
20110316009 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device includes a substrate, and a plurality of light-emitting arrays or light-emitting groups arranged on the substrate. The light-emitting arrays or light-emitting groups include a plurality of LED elements connected in parallel with a pair of adjacent electrodes. The number of the LED elements constituting each of the light-emitting arrays or the light-emitting groups differs in each of the light-emitting arrays or the light-emitting groups. Of the plurality of light-emitting arrays arranged in parallel with each other or the light-emitting groups arranged in a line, the number of the LED elements of the light-emitting arrays or the light-emitting groups positioned inside the substrate is more than the number of the LED elements of the light-emitting arrays or the light-emitting groups positioned outside the substrate. | 12-29-2011 |
20110280512 | OPTICAL DEVICE - In an optical device | 11-17-2011 |
20110267570 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide an electro-optical device that can achieve desired optical characteristics by eliminating the possibility of transparent electrode conduction failure. An electro-optical device includes a first and a second transparent substrate, an electro-optical material provided between first and second transparent substrates, an optical structure provided on the first or second transparent substrate and having a plurality of segmented lens faces ( | 11-03-2011 |
20110261569 | LENS MEMBER AND OPTICAL UNIT USING SAID LENS MEMBER - A lens member includes at least one of the annular prisms including a facet at an edge between an inner annular surface and an outer surface of the at least one of the annular prisms. The prisms with facets may be provided at a central portion of the lens member and the facets are configured to refract light toward a light-exit side of the lens member. | 10-27-2011 |
20110250711 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device includes forming a planar board that includes a plurality of first metallic plates and a plurality of second metallic plates continuously connected by a resin, by use of a positioning frame including a plurality of first concave portions and a plurality of second concave portions, mounting a plurality of light-emitting diode elements on the planar board, and sealing the light-emitting diode elements collectively, thereby producing a plurality of light-emitting devices. | 10-13-2011 |
20110182082 | LASER LIGHT SOURCE - A laser light source includes a laser element that outputs a fundamental wave; a wavelength conversion element to which the fundamental wave is input and that wavelength-converts at least a portion of the input fundamental wave to a converted wave having a wavelength shorter than the fundamental wave; a first waveguide that guides an output wave from the wavelength conversion element; a second waveguide that attenuates and guides a component of the fundamental wave included in the output wave from the first waveguide; a diffraction grating that is formed in the first waveguide and locks a wavelength or a frequency of the fundamental wave output from the laser element by feeding back the fundamental wave output from the wavelength conversion element. | 07-28-2011 |
20110181678 | THERMAL PRINTING MECHANISM, THERMAL PRINTER, AND THERMAL PRINTING METHOD - A thermal printing mechanism includes a head unit having a heating element; an energizing unit that energizes the heating element; and an energizing control unit that controls the energizing unit to energize the heating element for a total energization time set according to a color density of a pixel so that the higher the color density is, the longer the total energization time becomes. The energizing control unit divides the total time period into energization time units, based on printing speed; specifies energization time units for energization so that a sum thereof is equivalent to the total energization time; and performs control so that if the printing speed is lower than a first printing speed, the energization time units appear continuous, and if the printing speed is equal to or higher than the first printing speed, the energization time units do not appear continuous. | 07-28-2011 |
20110173364 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a first opening disposed in a casing; a power source connector disposed opposing the first opening and to which a detachable power supply plug that supplies power from a power supply unit is attached; a second opening disposed in the casing; and a support member by which at least one interface connector among various types of interface connectors for communication with an external apparatus can be attached at the second opening, where the support member covers and hides the power source connector if among the various types of interface connectors, an interface connector having a power supply terminal is attached. | 07-14-2011 |
20110164913 | PRINTER APPARATUS - A printing apparatus | 07-07-2011 |
20110163063 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR - The invention is directed to the provision of a method for manufacturing a crystal oscillator manufacturing method that can achieve a highly precise fine adjustment without applying unnecessary external force to a crystal oscillator, and that can adjust a plurality of crystal oscillators in a collective manner. More specifically, the invention provides a method for manufacturing a crystal oscillator includes a first etching step for forming a prescribed external shape, an electrode forming step for forming an electrode at least in a portion of a surface of the external shape, a leakage amount measuring step for measuring leakage amount associated with leakage vibration of the external shape, and a second etching step for etching the external shape by an amount that is determined based on a measurement result of the leakage amount measuring step so as to adjust balance. | 07-07-2011 |
20110122481 | INTEGRATED DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An integrated device includes an optical element and an electrical element that are implemented on a substrate. The optical element and the electrical element are bonded by surface-activated bonding technology to a bonding portion that is formed on the substrate and made of metal material. | 05-26-2011 |
20110090557 | LASER SOURCE - A laser source includes a laser device configured to emit laser light at a given angle with respect to a normal of an output end face; and an optical device configured to include an optical waveguide that guides and outputs the laser light. The output end face of the laser device is parallel to an input end face of the optical device, and the optical waveguide extends in a direction of θ | 04-21-2011 |
20110019420 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE APPARATUS - An LED light source apparatus comprises a circular base having thermal conductivity, an insulative substrate concentric with the base and including a pass-through hole provided to pass through an upper surface and a lower surface of the substrate, at least one mounting area formed having a central portion of an upper surface of the base exposed from the pass-through hole of the substrate, and a plurality of LED elements mounted on the mounting area and electrically connected to electrodes provided on the upper surface of the substrate, the pass-through hole being formed in a circular shape concentric with the base and the substrate. | 01-27-2011 |
20110019061 | DISPLAY PANEL AND CAMERA - The invention is directed to the provision of a display panel in which, while providing a sufficient gap between two electrodes, the gap is made not easily visible. The display panel according to the invention includes: a first substrate having a first electrode and a second electrode formed on one and the same side thereof; a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate; a gap formed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a backup electrode formed on the first substrate so as to overlap the gap; and a wiring electrode electrically connected to the first or second electrode, wherein the wiring electrode is formed in the same plane as the backup electrode. | 01-27-2011 |
20110018399 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric device has a piezoelectric vibration element mounted in a package wherein the piezoelectric vibration element comprises two stick-like vibration legs; a central leg provided between the two vibration legs; a coupling portion that couples one end of each of the two vibration legs and one end of the central leg; and a protrusion portion that is coupled to another end of the central leg, has a predetermined angle, neither 0 nor 180 degrees, to the length direction of the central leg, and extends into a direction not interfering with the driving legs. In making the piezoelectric device smaller and thinner, this configuration avoids interference between a support point on the central leg, provided for supporting the vibration element, and conductive electrodes, improves insulation between the conductive electrodes, and reduces the generation of short-circuits between the conductive electrodes. | 01-27-2011 |
20100320483 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE APPARATUS - An LED apparatus includes a base having thermal conductivity, an insulative substrate provided on one surface of the base and including electrodes provided on a surface of the substrate, at least one base-mounting area that is an exposed part of the base, exposed within a pass-through hole provided in the substrate, a plurality of LED elements mounted on the base in the base-mounting area and some of the LED elements in a unit electrically connected to the electrodes in series, a plurality of the units are electrically connected in parallel, and a frame disposed to surround the base-mounting area and configured to form a light-emitting area. | 12-23-2010 |
20100310294 | NEAR-END OF ROLL DETECTING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING NEAR-END OF ROLL OF RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PRINTER - To improve precision in identifying the amount that remains of a recording medium, an apparatus includes a paper holder that supports an outer circumferential surface of a recording medium that is biased downward in a vertical direction by the weight of the recording medium, such that a position of a center of the recording medium moves on a straight-line trace, associated with consumption of the recording medium; and a light-reflecting sensor that is provided at a predetermined position at a side face of the paper holder and senses displacement per unit time at a position facing the predetermined position of the recording medium that is rotated by being pulled out of the paper holder, associated with the consumption of the recording medium, where based on the displacement sensed by the light-reflecting sensor, a radius of the recording medium at the time the light reflecting sensor senses the displacement is calculated. | 12-09-2010 |
20100284194 | LENS MEMBER AND OPTICAL UNIT USING SAID LENS MEMBER - A plate-shaped lens member has concentric annular prisms each including an inner annular surface divided from a light-entrance surface of a conventional TIR lens and an outer annular surface divided from a light-reflection surface of the TIR lens in which the light-entrance surface has a concave shape provided in a lower portion of the TIR lens and the light-reflection surface has a convex shape positioned at a peripheral side of the TIR lens to surround the light-entrance surface. The light-entrance surface and light-reflection surface of the bulky TIR lens are Fresnel-ized or divided into a set of concentric annular prisms on a surface of the plate-shaped lens member and positions of divided portions from the TIR lens are efficiently arranged on the surface of the plate-shaped lens member. | 11-11-2010 |
20100265282 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL LIGHT MODULATOR AND VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR EMPLOYING DRIVING APPARATUS - A liquid crystal light modulator | 10-21-2010 |
20100255338 | DECORATIVE PART - [Subject] To provide a decorative part having a hardening layer containing Au on the surface, particularly a gold colored decorative part having gloss and color tone inherent in gold, high brightness and high quality. | 10-07-2010 |
20100253758 | THERMAL PRINTER - When printing is performed by dividing a thermal printer head into segmented blocks, the number of dots to be printed in one line is changed, depending on the case, high-speed printing with a small division number of the segmented blocks, or low-speed printing with a large division number of the segmented blocks. When the division number of the segmented blocks is large and printing is performed at a low speed, paper feeding within one line is performed by multiple pitches to prevent the paper sheet from halting in one line, and energization is performed for each pitch to prevent occurrence of gaps between dots and between lines, by increasing the number of dots to be printed in one line. In the multiple pitches in one line, the ratio of energization amount to be fed in each pitch is changed to reduce a difference in density among pitches in one line. Accordingly, when printing is performed by using segmented blocks of the thermal printer head, even though the division number of the segmented blocks is large and printing is performed at a low speed, printing without generating a gap between dots is possible. | 10-07-2010 |
20100249662 | Biological Signal Measuring Apparatus - A biological signal measuring apparatus that is provided with an oscillatory wave detection means, an oscillatory wave period measuring part, a group memory means that is configured to collect the periodic data and to store the periodic data as a group signal, and a vibration frequency calculation means. The vibration frequency calculation means is provided with a section discrimination part configured to compare the group signal with a predetermined value to carry out a section discrimination, a section memory part configured to store to a plurality of sections, a weight coefficient memory part configured to store a weight coefficient, and an oscillatory wave period weighted average value calculation part. | 09-30-2010 |
20100247221 | PRINTER - A printer includes a fixed blade attached to a cover unit; a movable blade that faces a fixed blade, freely reciprocates relative to the fixed blade when the cover unit is closed and cuts the recording medium together with the fixed blade by overlapping the fixed blade during reciprocation; a movable blade driving motor that causes the movable blade to reciprocate; and a movable blade unit that includes the movable blade, the movable blade driving motor, and an accommodating unit accommodating the movable blade and provided at a printer main body. The printer further includes a mechanism that, when the movable blade protrudes from the accommodating unit and is stopped, widens a space over which the fixed blade and the protruding movable blade face each other before the movable blade driving motor accommodates the protruding movable blade in the accommodating unit, as initiated by operation of a cover opening lever. | 09-30-2010 |
20100247217 | PRINTER - A recording medium accommodating unit | 09-30-2010 |
20100247215 | NEAR-END OF ROLL DETECTING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING NEAR-END OF ROLL OF RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PRINTER - A printer includes a recording medium accommodating unit that holds an outer circumferential portion of a recording medium wound in a roll, a printing unit that prints on the recording medium fed from the recording medium accommodating unit, a first detecting lever that is biased to abut a side aspect of the recording medium and that includes on a tip, a first protrusion that enters a space of a roll-core part in the center of the recording medium when the roll-core part is moved to a predetermined position by the weight of the recording medium as the recording medium is consumed, and a detecting switch that converts an action of the first detecting lever into an electric signal, where the first protrusion is provided on the first detecting lever being rotatable in a direction that the roll-core part moves to be detached from the recording medium accommodating unit. | 09-30-2010 |
20100245743 | LIQUID CRYSTAL FRESNEL LENS - The present invention is directed to the provision of a liquid crystal Fresnel lens that achieves high focusing performance. The liquid crystal Fresnel lens according to the present invention includes a concentrically segmented ring-shaped electrode group, a common electrode disposed opposite the ring-shaped electrode group, a liquid crystal layer provided between the ring-shaped electrode group and the common electrode, a first lens segment region which includes a first plurality of ring-shaped electrodes from the ring-shaped electrode group, and which forms a first retardation distribution by utilizing the first plurality of ring-shaped electrodes, and a second lens segment region which includes a second plurality of ring-shaped electrodes from the ring-shaped electrode group, the second plurality of ring-shaped electrodes being located outwardly of the first plurality of ring-shaped electrodes, and which forms a second retardation distribution by utilizing the second plurality of ring-shaped electrodes, wherein a Fresnel lens-like retardation distribution is formed across the first and second lens segment regions, and the number of the second plurality of ring-shaped electrodes is made smaller than the number of the first plurality of ring-shaped electrodes. | 09-30-2010 |
20100243417 | SWITCH MODULE - A switch module includes a substrate ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100234743 | Cuff for Blood Pressure Meter - It is an object to provide a cuff for blood pressure meter wherein a tightening mechanism and a holding mechanism have structures with good mechanical strength to enable the improvement of durability and a size reduction, fittability to an arm is improved to achieve higher accuracy of a blood pressure measurement, and operability can be improved. | 09-16-2010 |
20100231817 | PHASE MODULATOR AND OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE - An optical modulator | 09-16-2010 |
20100225641 | FERROELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL DRIVING METHOD AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for driving a ferroelectric liquid crystal panel. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a ferroelectric liquid crystal panel having a ferroelectric liquid crystal provided between a pair of substrates, a plurality of scanning electrodes and a plurality of drive electrodes, and a plurality of pixels constituted by intersections between the plurality of scanning electrodes and the plurality of signal electrodes, and a controller for applying driving pulses to the plurality of scanning electrodes and the plurality of signal electrodes. The controller applies to the plurality of pixels first reset pulses, first selection pulses for switching the plurality of pixels, second reset pulses having a voltage or pulse width different from that of the first reset pulses, and second selection pulses having a voltage or pulse width different from that of the first selection pulses and for switching the plurality of pixels. According to the present invention, a clear image can be obtained regardless of threshold unevenness. | 09-09-2010 |
20100214575 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes multiple image printers ( | 08-26-2010 |
20100214521 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL PRODUCTION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal panel wherein provisions are made to effectively prevent the infiltration of gas from an end portion of a liquid crystal cell or from areas near cut portions of the liquid crystal cell, and a method for fabricating such a liquid crystal panel. More particularly, the present invention provides a liquid crystal panel includes a liquid crystal cell which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a sealing member, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first and second transparent substrates and sealed by the sealing member, a planarizing layer formed so as to cover an end portion of the liquid crystal cell, and a gas barrier layer formed on the planarizing layer. The invention also provides a method for producing such a liquid crystal panel. | 08-26-2010 |
20100200543 | CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR PIECE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a crystal oscillator piece in which the cross section of its vibrating tine, while not symmetrical in shape, has a principal axis that is oriented parallel to an X axis to suppress the generation of leakage vibration, and a method for manufacturing such a crystal oscillator piece. More specifically, the invention provides a crystal oscillator piece includes a vibrating tine having an upper surface, a lower surface having a larger width than the upper surface, a first side face, and a second side face, and a balance adjusting groove formed in the vibrating tine, wherein the first and second side faces are formed in sloping fashion so that the width of the vibrating tine gradually increases from the upper surface toward the lower surface, and the balance adjusting groove is formed in accordance with the sloping of the first and second side faces so that at least one of two dynamically perpendicular principal axes passing through a centroid on a cross section taken perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction of the vibrating tine becomes substantially parallel to the upper surface or the lower surface. The invention also provides a method for manufacturing such a crystal oscillator piece. | 08-12-2010 |
20100196685 | WATCH COVER GLASS - The present invention provides a watch cover glass having high hardness and excellent abrasion, and also having flaw resistance and antireflection function even after being used for a long period of time. | 08-05-2010 |
20100190280 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - A manufacturing method of an LED comprises attaching an LED epitaxial wafer (LED wafer) to an expanding tape, dicing the LED wafer on the expanding tape longitudinally and laterally to a certain element size to divide into a plurality of LED elements, expanding the expanding tape to a certain size to form an enlarged expanding tape, placing respective pairs of element electrodes of the plurality of LED elements that are attached to the enlarged expanding tape on respective pairs of electrodes on a printed-circuit board assembly collectively to perform a bonding, and removing the enlarged expanding tape from the plurality of the LED elements. | 07-29-2010 |
20100164818 | Wireless Function Watch - A wireless function watch includes an antenna for receiving a radio wave from outside; a housing for accommodating the antenna; a conductive projecting portion projecting in a planar direction from an inner wall of the housing toward the inside of a watch case; and an opening penetrating the conductive projecting portion vertically so as to improve receiving characteristics of the antenna. | 07-01-2010 |
20100130877 | BODY COMPRESSOR AND BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR - It is an object of the present invention to provide a body compressor and a blood pressure monitor, wherein an overinsertion preventing member is provided to prevent the other end of a band from being excessively inserted in a metal clip when the body compressor is taken off from the upper arm and stored, in order to enable the improvement of operability and the prevention of fluffing of a front cover in the vicinity of one end due to friction. | 05-27-2010 |
20100121205 | BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR - It is an object to provide a blood pressure monitor, wherein the noise caused by the friction of overlapping parts of a cuff can be inhibited during automatic elevation in the cuff pressure, and reliability in the automatic elevation of cuff pressure can be significantly enhanced. | 05-13-2010 |
20100116052 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATOR, AND VIBRATION GYRO - At the frequency of natural vibration with which the driving tines and detection tine of a piezoelectric vibrator resonate, the vibration directions of natural vibrations and the frequency difference between the resonance frequencies are set to reduce the leakage of vibration from the driving tines to the detection tine for suppressing the leakage vibration of the piezoelectric vibrator. In the piezoelectric vibrator, the vibration direction of the driving tines is made orthogonal to the vibration direction of the detection tine, or the frequency difference between the resonance frequency of the driving tines in the in-plane direction and the resonance frequency of the driving tines in the out-of-plane direction is increased sufficiently to suppress the growth of the leakage vibration. This configuration makes the piezoelectric vibrator compact and reduces leakage vibrations. | 05-13-2010 |
20100102878 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR - A physical quantity sensor includes a sensor element for converting a physical quantity applied from outside into an electric signal, a detection circuit for amplifying and detecting an output signal of the sensor element, and an adjusting circuit for adjusting the output signal from the detection circuit to a predetermined signal. The adjusting circuit has an amplifying circuit for amplifying the output signal from the detection circuit and a reference amplification circuit having an amplification ratio linked with the amplifying circuit. With this configuration, it is possible to change the amplification ratio of the amplifying circuit provided in the adjusting circuit in accordance with a power voltage. As a result, it is possible to realize a physical quantity sensor having stable sensor detection sensitivity and highly accurate ratiometric characteristic. | 04-29-2010 |
20100086756 | Decorative Part and Process for Producing the Same - A decorative part and a process for producing the decorative part. A first nitride layer containing at least one metal selected among hafnium, titanium, and zirconium is formed on the surface of a decorative part comprising a soft base made of a material selected among stainless steel, titanium and titanium alloys, brass, etc., and a second nitride layer containing at least one metal which is selected among hafnium, titanium, and zirconium and is different from that in the first nitride layer is formed on the first nitride layer to thereby form a primer layer. A multilayered hardened layer including a gold alloy layer is further formed as a finish layer on the primer layer. | 04-08-2010 |
20100083800 | NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED LATHE WITH GUIDE BUSH, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING WORKPIECE BY USING THE NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED LATHE - Disclosed is a numerically controlled lathe | 04-08-2010 |
20100074635 | PRINTER - A printer for printing a continuous sheet with position detection marks has a mark detection function and a feed amount detection function that are normally enabled. Further, the printer is provided with a mechanism that operates in a sheet feed mode (mark detection mode) that utilizes the mark detection function and a sheet feed mode (feed amount detection mode) that utilizes the set feed amount detection function. If the mark detection function suffers an error, the sheet feed mode is switched from the mark detection mode to the feed amount detection mode, and a printing operation is continued. | 03-25-2010 |
20100053752 | Display Panel and Apparatus Provided with the Same - A display panel is provided with a solar cell, a light transmitting substrate arranged on a side of the solar cell to be seen, and a reflective polarizing plate. An uneven pattern is arranged on at least one surface of the reflective polarizing plate. | 03-04-2010 |
20100039094 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR - A physical quantity sensor | 02-18-2010 |
20100018250 | Decorative Article Having a White Coating - A personal ornament having an ornament base article made of a metal or the like; an underlayer, preferably nickel-free, formed on the base article; and a coloring layer constituted of an abrasion-resistant layer of 0.2-1.5 μm thick formed by dry-plating on the surface of the underlayer and an outermost layer of 0.002-0.1 μm thick formed by dry-plating on the surface of the abrasion-resistant layer. The coloring layer is a white hard coating film of a stainless-steel color which provides superior quality, high resistance to deterioration of appearance by scratching, and a high-quality image like a stainless steel film. | 01-28-2010 |
20100011856 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR - A physical quantity sensor comprises a sensor circuit that converts an externally applied physical quantity to an electrical signal and outputs a detection signal; an adjustment circuit that adjusts the detection signal, which is received from the sensor circuit, to a predetermined signal; and an output circuit that forms an output signal from the signal of the adjustment circuit wherein the sensor circuit and the output circuit are driven by a common power supply voltage. The adjustment circuit comprises a pulse generation circuit that generates a pulse modulation signal based on the power supply voltage; and an amplifier circuit that amplifies the detection signal, which is received from the sensor circuit, with a gain made variable by the pulse modulation signal, wherein the detection sensitivity of the output signal is made variable according to the power supply voltage. This configuration enables the amplifier circuit, provided in the adjustment circuit, to output a sensor output that has high linearity characteristics and, as a result, implements a physical quantity sensor with highly accurate sensor detection sensitivity and allows the physical quantity sensor to have good detection-sensitivity ratiometrics characteristics, high linearity, and desired-characteristic detection sensitivity. | 01-21-2010 |
20100007640 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A scanning electrode driving circuit ( | 01-14-2010 |
20090324448 | CASSETTE AND MEASURING APPARATUS - An object of the invention is to provide a cassette and a measuring apparatus that can filter a sample for the optical measurement of an optically active substance and clean a sample flow channel by using a simple configuration. More specifically, the invention is directed to a cassette which includes a filter for filtering out a measurement interfering component from a sample, a container containing the filter, a cleaning liquid or cleaning agent for cleaning a sample flow channel, and a storage tank for storing the cleaning liquid or cleaning agent, and to a measuring apparatus having such a cassette. | 12-31-2009 |
20090316536 | Clock with Wireless Function - A clock with a wireless function, in which the receiving sensitivity of an antenna is improved and the antenna can reliably receive a prescribed radio wave even in the case in which a watch case or the like made of a conductive metal is used. The clock is provided with an antenna that is stored in a housing to receive an external radio wave, a watch case that configures at least a part of the housing, that has at least one portion electrically conductive, and that is separated into a plurality of parts, and an insulating region disposed between at least two parts among the plurality of parts of the watch case to insulate the two parts one from the other. | 12-24-2009 |
20090308214 | COMBINED PROCESSING LATHE AND ITS TOOL POST | 12-17-2009 |
20090297246 | PRINTER - The present invention provides a printer that prints on a rolled recording paper, cuts the printed recording paper to a predetermined length, and ejects the cut recording paper. The printer includes storage means | 12-03-2009 |
20090288486 | VIBRATION BODY FOR ANGULAR SPEED SENSOR - A vibration body | 11-26-2009 |
20090287096 | Blood pressure meter - In a blood pressure meter ( | 11-19-2009 |
20090268566 | Instrument Display Board and Process for Producing Instrument Display Board - [Problem] An instrument display board is provided which does not need troublesome work for preparing plural plate members, can adopt a great variety of designs, can present a stereoscopic feeling and a high-class feeling, brings about unprecedented color tone variation, metallic texture, brilliancy in the light, etc., is very excellent in high-class feeling and design variation, has excellent appearance quality and therefore can enhance merchantability. A process for producing the instrument display board is provided. | 10-29-2009 |
20090249859 | CATALYTIC COMBUSTION TYPE GAS SENSOR, SENSING ELEMENT AND COMPENSATING ELEMENT FOR THE SAME - A sensing element for catalytic combustion type gas sensor includes: a heat conducting layer ( | 10-08-2009 |
20090244415 | LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL MODULATION ELEMENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL MODULATION ELEMENT - A liquid crystal spatial light modulator for adjusting an optical signal is configured in such a manner that a region of one element is partitioned into two regions so as to perform intensity modulation in one region and phase modulation in the other region. Since the region for performing the intensity modulation and the region for performing the phase modulation can be formed by partitioning one region of the liquid crystal spatial light modulator, only one element allows adjusting functions, both the optical signal intensity modulation and phase modulation. | 10-01-2009 |
20090237380 | Optical Modulation Apparatus - An optical modulation apparatus includes a light irradiation section, a plurality of rectangular pixel electrodes arranged on two lines separately at regular intervals in such a manner that short sides of adjacent pixel electrodes face each other and drive an optical modulation substance; a driver element is disposed below the pixel electrode and drives the pixel electrode; and a pixel electrode connection that electrically connects the pixel electrode and the driver element, wherein the pixel electrode connection is disposed outside the light irradiation section. | 09-24-2009 |
20090232574 | PRINTER - A printer, which prints by repeatedly reciprocating a rolled recording paper and ejects a printed recording paper, has therein a recording paper storage unit in which the recording paper is temporarily stored. The recording paper storage unit has a configuration formed by at least a part of the periphery of the rolled recording paper or a configuration provided in a space between the rolled paper holder and an ejection slot. This configuration eliminates the need for separately providing a configuration in which a recording paper is set aside when printing a long sheet of printed material and, at the same time, makes the printer smaller. | 09-17-2009 |
20090207083 | Antenna and Radio-Wave Receiving Device Provided with Antenna - An antenna that can ensure a sufficient radio receiving level and a radio-wave receiving device on which the antenna is equipped are provided. The antenna includes a columnar magnetic core formed by a ferromagnetic body, a coil portion wound around the magnetic core, a flat-plate state extension portion extended from an end portion of the magnetic core, and a standing portion provided at least on a one-direction face of the extension portion. Such antenna is suitable for installation on a wrist-watch type radio controlled timepiece, particularly requiring a reduction in size and weight. By this arrangement, while the time display dial is more easily viewable, the radio controlled timepiece ensures that a sufficient standard-wave receiving level is provided. | 08-20-2009 |
20090198367 | Work Machining Apparatus Control Program and Work Machining Apparatus Control Device For Executing The Control Program - A control system is provided for each pair of a work fixing part and a work machining part. In each control system, a work receiving program block, a work machining program block and a work discharge program block are provided, and the work machining program block starts on the condition that the work receiving program block ends and the work discharge block program starts on the condition that the work machining program block ends. The work receiving program block is associated with the work supply program of the work supply apparatus, or the work discharge program block is associated with a work transfer program of a work transfer apparatus so that a command is issued to the work receiving program block or the work discharge program block, and a command to perform a cue of the head of the program of each control system is provided at the last part of the control system. | 08-06-2009 |
20090156948 | HEART RATE METER AND HEART BEAT DETECTING METHOD - A heart rate meter includes a heart beat detecting unit for detecting a heart beat waveform of a living body and a signal processor | 06-18-2009 |
20090154301 | Pointer Indication Type Timepiece - A pointer indication type timepiece, wherein three projecting portions ( | 06-18-2009 |
20090133221 | Hinge Device - A case, a coil spring, a sliding disc and a rotational disc are contained, and the following construction is equipped. The case has a positioning recess portion on the inner wall thereof. On the peripheral surface of the sliding disc is provided a projecting portion which is engaged with the positioning recess portion of the case to suppress the rotation thereof with respect to the case. One end face of the sliding disc and one end face of the rotational disc are confronted to each other, and cam portions which are engaged with or separated from each other in connection with the rotation of the rotational disc are formed on both the confronting end faces. The cam portion formed on the sliding disc projects to the outside of the outer peripheral surface of the sliding disc. | 05-28-2009 |
20090129210 | Display Plate for Solar Cell Apparatus and Method of Producing Display Plate for Solar Cell Apparatus - A display plate for a solar cell device provided with a solar cell on the bottom surface side includes a light transmission substrate, a light transmission reflecting plate that is disposed on the bottom surface side of the light transmission substrate, and a decorative member that is disposed on the top surface side of the display plate. The light transmission substrate is provided with a reflecting surface on the bottom surface side or on the top and bottom surface sides of the light transmission substrate. The reflecting surface of the light transmission substrate is made of a prism reflecting surface. | 05-21-2009 |
20090115542 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION OSCILLATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A temperature detection circuit ( | 05-07-2009 |
20090112111 | HEART RATE METER AND METHOD FOR REMOVING NOISE OF HEART BEAT WAVEFORM - A heart rate meter for measuring the heart rate of a living body includes a heart rate variation detecting unit | 04-30-2009 |
20090109274 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Problems, which occur when printing is performed on the surface of a rotating disk using by using a print head arranged in the outer circumferential direction from the center of rotation, are resolved. Light emitting sections performs exposure in synchronism with rotational driving for rotating a medium, and pixels which are adjacent in the circumferential direction of rotation are exposed in a partially superimposed fashion by making the amount of movement in the circumferential direction along which the outermost circumference of the medium moves between exposures smaller than the width in the circumferential direction of the pixels formed by exposure. In a plurality of light emitting sections provided in an optical unit, the quantity of light for exposing a pixel on the inner circumferential side in the radial direction is set to be smaller than the quantity of light for exposing a pixel on the outer circumferential side in the radial direction for the respective exposure positions for the medium. Therefore, difference in the tonal shading caused by superposition is reduced by lowering the density created by each exposure in respect of the pixels on the inner circumferential side in the radial direction where there is a large overlap between exposures. | 04-30-2009 |
20090087634 | Golden Ornament and Process for Producing the Same - A golden ornament includes a base material; a Ti coating film which is formed on a surface of the base material in an atmosphere of an inert gas other than nitrogen and whose Ti atom content is constant in the thickness direction; a TiN gradient coating film which is formed on the Ti coating film and whose N atom content has a gradient in the thickness direction; a TiN coating film which is formed on the TiN gradient coating film and whose contents of Ti atoms and N atoms are constant in the thickness direction; an Au—TiN mixture gradient coating film which is formed on the TiN coating film and whose Au atom content has a gradient in the thickness direction; and an Au—TiN mixture coating film which is formed on the Au—TiN mixture gradient coating film and whose contents of Au atoms, Ti atoms, and N atoms are constant in the thickness direction. The golden ornament may further include an Au coating film or an Au alloy coating film which is formed on the Au—TiN mixture coating film and whose Au atom content is constant in the thickness direction. | 04-02-2009 |
20090074029 | ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER - An electronic thermometer includes a temperature sensing means for sensing a temperature of a part to be measured, and a prediction means for calculating an equilibrium temperature according to the temperature being sensed. The prediction means includes a parameter determination unit for calculating parameters of a prediction function having three parameters to obtain an equilibrium predicted temperature, and an equilibrium predicted temperature calculation means for calculating an equilibrium temperature during a period of the thermal equilibrium time, based on the parameters determined by the parameter determination unit. The parameter determination unit determines parameters held by the prediction function, based on three (or two) sensed temperatures and the measuring times thereof. According to the prediction function, the equilibrium temperature can be predicted with a small number of samplings, and the parameters are determined based on the sensed temperature and the measuring time of the sensed temperature. Consequently, the number of samplings to predict the equilibrium temperature is reduced, as well as solving a problem that the equilibrium temperature may be varied due to an external factor, individual difference, and the like. | 03-19-2009 |
20090026992 | PRINTER AND DC MOTOR SPEED CONTROL DEVICE - In speed control that is performed within a single operating cycle of a printer, three-level control of ON control, OFF control, and chopper control, is performed in place of the two-level control of ON control and OFF control, to effectively suppress speed variations due to load variations within a single operating cycle, even in small printers provided with DC motors having small output torques. In a printer comprising a DC motor | 01-29-2009 |
20090022202 | ELECTRIC THERMOMETER - An electronic thermometer includes a temperature sensing means for sensing a temperature of a part to be measured, a prediction means fro predicting an equilibrium temperature by using the temperature being sensed, and a temperature display means having a temperature display unit. The temperature display means switches the display of the temperature display unit from the predicted temperature predicted by the prediction means to the actual measured temperature sensed by the temperature sensing means, based on a variation state of a peak of the temperature sensed by the temperature sensing means. Accordingly, a variation in displayed temperature is reduced, when the display switching is performed from the predicted temperature to the actual measured temperature, and a determination of the display switching from the predicted temperature to the actual measured temperature can be achieved by a simple circuit. | 01-22-2009 |
20090021766 | PRINT SYSTEM - A print system is provided that has a plurality of printer units for print processing on a print medium basis and that ejects printed materials, printed by the plurality of printer units, according to a pre-set order. Each printer unit includes peak current calculation means that analyzes a load of received print data, calculates a peak current value that will be required for printing the print data based on the load analysis, and sends the calculated peak current value, as well as a print request, to a controller. The controller compares a total current value of the peak current value, which is sent from the peak current calculation means, and a total current consumption value of printer units in print operation with a maximum current setting value stored in the print system and, based on the comparison result, controls whether or not the print request from the printer unit is permitted. | 01-22-2009 |
20090013846 | Sheet Material Cutter and Printer - A fixed blade and a movable blade in which a cutting portion end face of the movable blade is orthogonal to a side surface of the movable blade, and the movable blade is brought into sliding contact with the fixed blade to cut a recording sheet. A cutout groove for forming a cutting residual portion in the recording sheet is formed in the cutting portion of the movable blade. A slant surface or a curved surface is formed at an intersection of the side surface of the movable blade, a cutting portion end face of the movable blade and the inner peripheral surface of the cutout groove. | 01-15-2009 |
20090009579 | Thermal Printer - The thermal printer of the present invention is a thermal printer for printing on a print medium by thermally transferring an ink ribbon by means of a thermal head, wherein the thermal printer comprises a density controller for keeping the print density of the thermal head low in low-temperature control for raising the print density at low temperatures. The density controller comprises a density calculator for calculating a density evaluation value by finding an average gradation value of print data for each of a plurality of dots included in the predetermined region, a comparator for comparing the calculated density evaluation value with a predetermined value, and an adjuster for adjusting, on the basis of this comparison result, the print density in driving and printing with the thermal head to a low value for print data of high gradation exceeding a predetermined gradation value in print data on a printed line when the density evaluation value exceeds a predetermined value. The printing of each dot by the thermal head is controlled on the basis of the adjusted print density. Even if low temperature control is carried out by the thermal head when the ambient temperature is low, the occurrence of ink ribbon wrinkling due to the effect of print density is suppressed. | 01-08-2009 |
20090002331 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display panel having a liquid crystal between two flexible substrates, a light guide sheet of a lighting device capable of emitting lights of a plurality of colors to illuminate the liquid crystal display panel, and a switch sheet which senses a press thereon are stacked in this order so that the switch sheet can be locally pressed from the front surface side of the liquid crystal display panel. A circuit is further provided which causes the lighting device to repeat an illumination period in which only a light of a predetermined color of the lights of the plurality of colors is used, for each of the colors in order, and drives the liquid crystal display panel on an FSC basis in synchronization with the illumination period for each of the colors. | 01-01-2009 |
20080266473 | Liquid Crystal Optical Element - A first electrode of a liquid crystal cell ( | 10-30-2008 |
20080244629 | MEDIUM IDENTIFICATION DEVICE - According to the present invention, during identification of recording medium type, positioning of a recording medium at a measurement position for measuring the recording medium is facilitated, and the number of sensors for measuring the recording medium is reduced. In addition to identifying recording medium type, the top/reverse of the inserted recording medium can also be identified by way of a simple construction. A recording medium identification device, which identifies the type of a recording medium inserted through an insertion slot, comprises a plurality of sensors arranged in a band-like region having a predetermined width, in a depth direction, and a plurality of sensors arranged in a band-like region having a predetermined width, in a width direction. Data of two types of dimensions, combining dimensions of the recording medium in the depth direction and the width direction, is acquired by respectively arranging the a plurality of sensors in two partially overlapping band-like regions arrayed forming an L-shape. A plurality of types of recording media can be identified with increased identification precision by identifying the type of the recording medium based on such combined data of two types of dimensions. | 10-02-2008 |
20080243011 | BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR - The blood pressure monitor | 10-02-2008 |