| OMRON CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20120134681 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DRIVE DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DRIVE METHOD, LIGHT TRANSMISSION DEVICE, OPTICAL WIRING MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A semiconductor laser drive apparatus comprises a bias current setting section ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120127668 | POWER MODULE - A power module can prevent damages due to cracking or breakage of an insulating substrate when molding even if a heat plate constituting a power module pre-product is made areally smaller than the insulating substrate, and can also sufficiently satisfy demand for minimization. Specifically, the power module pre-product is sealed by a molding resin layer in a state where externally exposed end portion on one end side in both external connecting terminals and the other surface side of a heat plate are each exposed to the outside. The power module substrate constituting a multilayer substrate body includes an aligning hole, into which an aligning pin is inserted, the pin being included in a lower molding die constituting a molding die with an upper molding die that molds a molding resin layer, so as to position the power module pre-product inside a cavity. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120112049 | MULTI-OPTICAL AXIS PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR - A multi-optical axis photoelectric sensor is provided having a casing that forms an outer shape of each of a projector and an optical receiver. The casing includes a frame body having a front face and two ends opened, a pair of caps to cover both ends of the frame body, and a light transmissive plate to cover the opened front face of the frame body | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120108111 | TERMINAL AND CONNECTOR USING THE SAME - A terminal configured to be pressed into and fixed to a base material has a press-fit fixing portion configured to be pressed into the base material, a branch portion extending from the press-fit fixing portion, a plurality of extension portions that extend from the branch portion in a meandering manner, such that at least one meandering slit is formed thereby, a tip portion integrated with a free end of the extension portion, and a movable contact portion formed on the tip portion that is configured to protrude out of a contacting hole of the base material so as to be taken in and out. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120103655 | OIL RESISTANT ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An oil resistant electronic device is provided for preventing a chemical solution from penetrating a surface of a material and an interface between a cable and a jacket. The oil resistant electronic device does not cause defective connection even under severe conditions. The oil resistant electronic device includes a functioning section, a cable via which an electric signal is transmitted to the functioning section, and a jacket which covers the cable. The jacket is made of a polybutylene terephthalate resin composition containing a thermoplastic elastomer by 10 to 40 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of a polybutylene terephthalate resin, and the jacket covers the cable so as to cover an entire cross-section of at least one end of the cable and an outer layer of the cable by 2.5 mm or more in a lengthwise direction from the at least one end. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120087566 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SURFACE STATE - A surface state inspection apparatus has a lighting device that irradiates an inspection target placed on a stage with light, an imaging device that images the inspection target, and a detection device that detects a surface defect of the inspection target by analyzing a first inspection image obtained by the imaging device. The lighting device is a surface light source that includes a light emission region having a predetermined size and, in the lighting device, portions of light emitted from positions in the light emission region differ from each other in a spectral distribution. The detection device detects a portion in which a hue is different from that of its surrounding portion in the inspection target surface as a flaw. The detection device detects a portion in which the hue is substantially equal to that of its surrounding portion while brightness is different from that of its surrounding portion as a stain. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086950 | SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS AND SHAPE MEASURING METHOD - A shape measuring apparatus that measures a three-dimensional shape of a measuring target has a lighting device that irradiates the measuring target placed on a stage with light, an imaging device that takes an image of the measuring target, a shape calculating device that calculates orientations of normals at a plurality of points on a surface of the measuring target from an image, the image being obtained by performing imaging with the imaging device while the lighting device irradiates the measuring target with the light, the shape calculating device calculating the three-dimensional shape of the surface of the measuring target from the calculation result of the orientations of the normals, a ranging device that measures a distance from a predetermined reference position with respect to at least one point on the surface of the measuring target, and a determination device that determines a spatial position of the three-dimensional shape of the surface of the measuring target, the three-dimensional shape being obtained by the shape calculating device using information on the distance obtained by the ranging device. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120084031 | EQUIPMENT OPERATION STATE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, EQUIPMENT OPERATION STATE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - The invention is directed towards an equipment operation state measurer having a power data acquirer and an operation state determiner. The power date acquirer acquires power consumption of equipment changing according to an operation state of the equipment. Additionally, a cause inputter accepts an input of a stop cause of the equipment from an operator, with respect to a stopped state determined by the operation state determiner, and sets the stop cause of the stopped state based on the input. Also, a computing unit obtains electric energy consumption for each stop cause, by integrating a period during which the stopped state corresponding to the stop cause continues and the power consumption in the period during which the stopped state continues, and is capable of measuring duration of the stopped state and the electric energy consumption for each stop cause of the equipment. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084030 | ENERGY MONITORING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND ENERGY MONITORING PROGRAM - A processing machine processes a work and repeats processes on the work, thereby consuming energy. Within the consumed energy, room for improvement is computed by an energy monitoring device and is referred to as an amount of energy that can be improved. An energy monitoring device includes a power data acquirer that acquires a time-series power data measured by a power meter, a cycle detector that detects a single-cycle power data from the power data acquired by the acquirer, a divider that divides the single-cycle power data detected by the detector into an added-value creating portion and an unproductive portion, and a computing unit that computes an amount of energy consumed in the unproductive portion divided by the divider and defines it as the amount of energy to be improved. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081835 | SURFACE MOUNTING SOCKET FOR ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS AND METHOD FOR SURFACE MOUNTING OF ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS - So as to allow a high capacitance electrolytic capacitor to be surface-mounted and replaced by a new one and thereby increases an effectiveness of repetitive use of an electric circuit used therewith, a socket for a surface-mounting of an electrolytic capacitor, the capacitor having a housing and leads extending from a bottom surface of the housing, includes a support for receiving the bottom surface of the capacitor. The support has a holder for releasably holding a portion of the housing of the capacitor adjacent to the leads; connecting terminals for electrically connecting the leads to a circuit substrate; a recess defined in a top surface of the support for accommodating a deformation of a seal rubber provided at a bottom portion of the housing of the capacitor; and grooves defined in a bottom surface of the support for drawing the connecting terminals. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120078670 | OPERATION INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, MONITORING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MONITORING DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An operation information output device includes: a power data acquirer that acquires time-series data of a physical quantity consumed or generated when production equipment executes a process; a single-cycle detector that detects time-series data of predetermined duration from the time-series data acquired by the power data acquirer, and an operation information acquirer that acquires operation information of the production equipment by use of the time-series data detected by the single-cycle detector, hence it becomes possible to easily calculate and determine detailed operation information. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078404 | CONSUMPTION RATE CALCULATING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONSUMPTION RATE CALCULATING DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An operation information outputter includes a power data acquirer that acquires time-series data of a physical quantity consumed or generated when production equipment executes a process, a single-cycle detector that detects time-series data of predetermined duration out of the time-series data acquired by the power data acquirer, a production-quantity calculator that calculates a production quantity of objects to be produced by the production device in a specific period using the time-series data detected by the single-cycle detector, and a power-consumption-rate calculator that calculates the consumption rate of the physical quantity using the time-series data of the physical quantity for the specific period and the production quantity calculated by the production-quantity calculator, and makes it possible to achieve a consumption rate calculator or the like that easily calculates an energy consumption rate. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120077356 | SOCKET FOR ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS - So as to prevent any reduction of a force for holding an electrolytic capacitor even when an internal pressure is increased and increase an effectiveness of repetitive use of an electric circuit used therewith a socket for electrolytic capacitors has a support for supporting a bottom surface of the capacitor having a housing and leads provided at the bottom surface thereof, the support surface comprising connecting terminals for electrically connecting the leads to a circuit substrate. The support comprises a holder formed therewith for releasably holding a portion of capacitor, adjacent the leads, and a recess formed therein for accommodating deformations of seal rubber provided at the housing of the capacitor. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120077069 | COMPOSITION FOR MANUFACTURING CONTACTS, AND CONTACTS AND CONNECTOR USING SAME - A composition for making a contact contains predetermined amounts of cobalt and sulfur and has a predetermined average particle size. The composition for making the contact includes a nickel-cobalt alloy containing 20% by weight to 55% by weight of cobalt, and 0.002 part by weight to 0.02 part by weight of sulfur with respect to 100 parts by weight of the nickel-cobalt alloy, the composition having an average particle size of 0.10 μm to 0.35 μm. The contact made with the composition may be included in a connector. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120063168 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND FRAME USED THEREIN - In a surface light source device frame, an amount of light that leaks from an outer peripheral surface of the frame can be decreased while a decrease in luminance is suppressed in an emission surface. The frame includes a rectangular frame main body made of a black resin and an auxiliary member made of a white resin. In inner peripheral surfaces of both lateral sides of the frame main body, fitting portions are provided in an end portion on a side farther away from the light source in the frame main body in order to fit the leg portions. The auxiliary member is attached to the inner peripheral surface on the side farther away from the light source in the frame main body while the leg portions are fitted in the fitting portions. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120063167 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND FRAME USED THEREIN - Light that leaks from an outer peripheral surface of a lightguide plate can be reflected and returned to the lightguide plate by a frame, and light that is transmitted through the frame to leak out can be reduced. A reflecting sheet is disposed in a lower surface of the frame, and the lightguide plate and the light source are accommodated in the frame. The frame is formed such that an outer peripheral surface of a rectangular-frame-shaped inside frame portion made of a white resin is covered with a rectangular-frame-shaped outside frame portion made of a black resin. The inside frame portion and the outside frame portion are integrally molded by a two-color molding method. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062522 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING SAME - An information input device is provided which is to make input of information by operating a disk-shaped rotating member. The device includes the rotating member ( | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120045096 | MONITORING CAMERA TERMINAL - A monitoring camera terminal has an imaging portion for imaging a monitoring target area allocated to an own-terminal, an object extraction portion for processing a frame image imaged by the imaging portion to extract an imaged object, an ID addition portion for adding an ID to the object extracted by the object extraction portion, an object map creation portion for creating, for each object extracted by the object extraction portion, an object map associating the ID added to the object with a coordinate position in the frame image, and a tracing portion for tracing an object in the monitoring target area allocated to the own-terminal using the object maps created by the object map creation portion. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044504 | PROFILOMETER, MEASURING APPARATUS, AND OBSERVING APPARATUS - An observing apparatus includes a lighting device for irradiating a surface of a measuring target with light having a first light source distribution, and an imaging section for imaging the surface of the measuring target. Considering a first plane passing through a measurement point, the first light source distribution is set such that: (1) a radiance L | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120032812 | MULTIPLE OPTICAL AXIS PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR - A multiple optical axis photoelectric sensor is provided that stops a control output according to light being obstructed in a detection area. First and second variable signals indicate the duration of an optical axis scan processing for which light entrance detection and light obstruction detection are obtained, respectively. The first and second variable signals are updated according to results of each scan in the optical axis scan processing. When the value of the first variable reaches a predetermined first reference value, and when a final value of the second variable is equal to or lower than a predetermined second reference value, a notification is made that the light obstruction is detected due to a malfunction. As a result of this notification, whether output signal of the sensor is erroneously switched due to a cause other than an object of a detection target can correctly be made. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032690 | PROXIMITY SWITCH - Disclosed is a proximity switch provided with an actuator unit and a sensor unit. The sensor unit is provided with an antenna coil, a transmitting circuit which transmits electromagnetic waves at a constant frequency to the antenna coil, a receiving circuit which detects external signals received by means of the antenna coil, and control circuits. The actuator unit is provided with an antenna coil, a power supply circuit which rectifies an electromotive force generated in the antenna coil, and a signal processing circuit which receives power supply from the power supply circuit, performs frequency-dividing to the signals received by means of the antenna coil, and transmits the signals from the antenna coil after the frequency-dividing. The control circuit of the sensor unit has memory for registering the frequency of the signals transmitted from the actuator unit. The control circuit determines whether the actuator unit is in proximity to the sensor unit or not by checking the received signals detected by means of the receiving circuit with the operations of the transmitting circuit and the frequency registered in the memory. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120030941 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An electronic component mounting device having high productivity while enhancing the electromagnetic shielding effect, and a method for manufacturing the same, including a housing formed by a conductive metal material and electronic components to be mounted inside the housing. The housing is configured by a first box body and a second box body fixed so that respective openings face each other and has a conductive layer stacked through an insulating layer arranged on an outer side of the first box body. The first box body includes a through-hole for retrieving a conductive wire connected to the electronic component to the conductive layer, and the through-hole is arranged at a position covered by the conductive layer. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120027030 | NETWORK TERMINAL, NETWORK SYSTEM, TIME SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD, AND TIME SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM - A network terminal has communication section that communicates with other network terminals connected via a network, time-series data creation section that, at timing set beforehand, creates time information including a correspondence between an identification number of the own network terminal and a current time measured by a timer of the own network terminal and creates time-series data registering the time information, and additional registration section that, when the communication section receives the time-series data transmitted from another network terminal, creates time information including a correspondence between the identification number of the own network terminal and a current time measured by the timer of the own network terminal and additionally registers the time information to the time-series data received this time. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026501 | CURE DEGREE EVALUATION METHOD, CURE DEGREE EVALUATION SHEET, AND CURE DEGREE EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING CURE DEGREE OF ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION - Provided are a method for evaluating a cure degree of an active energy ray-curable resin composition simply, highly accurately, and quantitatively, a cure degree evaluation sheet for use in the method, and a cure degree evaluation system. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025933 | SWITCH AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A switch and an electronic device maintain a power supply ON state until data processing is completed, and automatically turn OFF the power supply after the data processing is completed. The switch includes a rotation operating body that does not receive an operation force from an operating element when OFF operated is arranged inside the operating element. The rotation operating body includes a switch operating portion for turning ON a power supply switch mechanism and a return spring regulating piece for biasing a return spring in an anti-biasing direction. A regulating state of the return spring regulated by the return spring regulating piece is held, where the ON state of the power supply switch mechanism is held with a permanent magnet, and the ON state of the power supply switch mechanism is released by applying a release force on the permanent magnet when the power supply is reset. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120020609 | OPTICAL WIRING ARRANGEMENT AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE - An optical wiring mounted on an electronic device has a light transmission path for transmitting an optical signal. A function layer that reduces friction generated when coming in contact with a structural body in the electronic device to lower than when the light transmission path comes in contact with the structural body, and that bends according to deformation of the light transmission path, is arranged. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019836 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASURING METHOD, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASURING PROGRAM - A three-dimensional shape measuring apparatus measures by analyzing an optical pattern projected to the measurement target, and luminance of the optical pattern. The apparatus includes a mounting stage having a reference plane of a height of the measurement target, a measurement head that projects the optical pattern, to the measurement target and reference plane, to capture images of the optical patterns, and a displacement portion displaces the measurement head in a height direction. A phase computing portion computes a phase of the optical pattern in a certain pixel included in the captured image. A height computing portion computes a height of the measurement target based on the phase, and a feed amount computing portion computes a displacement amount based on the height. The height computing portion computes the height based on the phase and corrects the height based on the displacement amount, thereby computing the height of the measurement target. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019644 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND MONITORING TERMINAL - A monitoring system has a plurality of monitoring terminals communicably connected to each other. Each monitoring terminal has an imaging portion for imaging a monitoring area allocated to an own-terminal, a tracing portion for processing an imaged image of the imaging portion and tracing a target person traveling in the monitoring area, a tracing information creation portion for creating tracing information associating the target person traced by the tracing portion with tracing start time, tracing stop time, and characteristic information of the target person, a tracing information storage portion for storing the tracing information created by the tracing information creation portion, and a tracing information notification portion for notifying the tracing information created by the tracing information creation portion to the other monitoring terminals. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120014122 | HEADLIGHT OPTICAL AXIS ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - The present invention aims to perform optical axis adjustment while a vehicle is stopped only in necessary situations and to avoid unnecessary adjustment, and to further enhance durability. A headlight optical axis adjustment device for adjusting an optical axis of a headlight based on a pitch angle of the vehicle includes an opened/closed state detection section for detecting an open/closed state of an open/close unit where the opened state is when a passenger gets on/out or when a baggage is being loaded/unloaded to and from the vehicle; and an optical axis adjustment permitting section for permitting optical axis adjustment of the headlight based on the pitch angle of the vehicle when the opened state of the open/close unit is detected by the opened/closed state detection section. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120002441 | AREA LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - An area light source device has a diffusion plate and a prism sheet stacked on a light guide plate, and a light source disposed opposite an end face of the light guide plate. Light emitted from the light source is introduced to an inside of the light guide plate from the end face. Area light emission is obtained by outputting the light diffused in the light guide plate from the diffusion plate and the prism sheet through a front face disposed opposite the diffusion plate. The light guide plate includes a light guide section that includes the end face disposed opposite the light source, a light emitting section that is disposed opposite the diffusion plate, and a joining section that joins the light guide section and the light emitting section. The front surface in the joining section includes an inclined surface that is gradually retreated toward a rear surface on an opposite side from the light guide section toward the light emitting section. The front faces of the light guide section and the joining section are covered with a light shielding member. The light shielding member is fixed to the diffusion plate without interposing the prism sheet therebetween. The light shielding member and the inclined surface are arranged to allow air to be interposed therebetween. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002437 | AREA LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - An area light source device has a light guide plate including a light incident end face, a light guide plate main body thinner than a thickness of the light incident end face, and a light introducing unit formed in continuation with the light guide plate main body and so that thickness gradually becomes thinner from the light incident end face side towards the light guide plate main body side, a light source arranged at a position facing the light incident end face, a diffuser plate and one or more prism sheets arranged on a surface on a light emission side of the light guide plate main body, and a light shielding sheet arranged on an upper side of the diffuser plate and the prism sheet in a region excluding a light emitting region of the light guide plate main body. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120000754 | SWITCH - A switch has a housing, a contact mechanism having a movable contact piece disposed in the housing, an operating element that operates the movable contact piece, a spring member of the contact mechanism that operates the movable contact piece to open and close a contact, and a regulating mechanism that suppresses vibration of the spring member arranged at a position contacting the spring member. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110312205 | CONNECTOR - A connector has a base having an opening formed at a front surface, to which a distal end of a flexible printed circuit is inserted, and insertion holes passing from the front surface to a rear surface arranged in a line, a connection terminal inserted into the insertion hole of the base, a support fitting arranged on both side edges of the base in which an elastic temporary holding portion is extended from one end to a first side and a lock long tongue piece is extended to a second side opposite the first side, and an operation lever for supporting a turning shaft portion arranged in a projecting manner from both side end faces on the same axis center at the base so as to be turnable, and including a lock cutout portion so as to communicate to a slit formed along an edge of the side end faces. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110312202 | CONNECTOR - A connector has a base having an opening formed at a front surface of the base, to which a distal end of a flexible printed circuit is inserted, a plurality of insertion holes passing from the front surface to a rear surface arranged in a line at a predetermined pitch, and a fit-in recess at an upper surface of the base, a connection terminal press-fit into the insertion hole of the base from a side, a support fitting assembled to the fit-in recess of the base from an upper side, and including an elastic temporary holding portion capable of engaging a temporary holding cutout portion arranged on both side edges of the distal end of the flexible printed circuit, and an operation lever for supporting a turning shaft portion arranged at both side ends at a bearing of the support fitting in a turnable manner, and driving the connection terminal. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110304784 | AREA LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An area light source device has a first light guide plate, a first light source arranged facing a first end of the first light guide plate, a second light guide plate, and a second light source arranged facing a first end of the second light guide plate, the first light guide plate and the second light guide plate being overlapped to configure a light guide body. The first light guide plate and the second light guide plate are overlapped so that the first end face of the first light guide plate and a second end face positioned on an opposite side of the first end face of the second light guide plate are positioned on the same side. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110293128 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MICROPHONE - A semiconductor device including a package formed by overlapping a cover and a substrate one over the other. A microphone chip is mounted on a top surface of a recess of the cover, and a circuit element is mounted on an upper surface of a recess of the substrate, where the microphone chip is positioned perpendicularly on the upper side of the circuit element. The microphone chip is connected to a bonding pad arranged on the lower surface of the cover by a bonding wire, the circuit element is connected to a bonding pad arranged on the upper surface of the substrate by a bonding wire, and a cover side joining portion conducted to the bonding pad on the lower surface of the cover and a substrate side joining portion conducted t to the bonding pad on the upper surface of the substrate are joined by a conductive material. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110293126 | MICROPHONE - A miniaturized microphone maintaining the properties of a microphone chip and achieving a smaller mounting area. The microphone includes a package which includes a first and second member. At least one of the first second members includes a recess. The microphone also includes a circuit element installed on an inner surface of the first member. Additionally, the microphone includes a microphone chip arranged on a surface on an opposite side of an installing surface of the circuit element. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292661 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - A light guide includes a core made of material having translucency and an optical path conversion mirror for reflecting the signal light from the optical element and converting the optical path of the signal light formed on at least the core. The signal light is transmitted through the core by the reflection at the optical path conversion mirror. The optical path conversion mirror surface has an inclination angle α formed with a bottom surface of the core changing in the X-direction in a cross-sectional shape in which the core is cut at a YZ plane, the Y-direction being an optical axis direction of the optical element, the Z-direction being an advancing direction of the signal light of the light guide, and the X-direction being a direction perpendicular to both the Y-direction and the Z-direction. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110286238 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A light guide plate includes a light introducing portion which is positioned facing a point light source and which confines light, and a light guide plate body which is thinner than a maximum thickness of the light introducing portion and which causes a light exit means to emit the confined light outward. The light introducing portion has an inclined face which is inclined from a portion having the maximum thickness to a surface of the light guide plate body. The inclined face includes a directivity converting pattern for converting a directional characteristic of the light that has entered the light introducing portion. The directivity converting pattern's structure includes a plurality of V-shaped grooves. An inscribed circle of the directivity converting pattern passes through both ends of a light exit window of the point light source. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286237 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A light guide plate is formed of a light introducing part positioned to face a point light source for confining light and a light guide plate body having a thickness smaller than the thickness of an end of the light introducing part on a point light source side and causing the confined light to be output from a light exit surface to outside. The light introducing part has an inclined surface, and a directivity conversion pattern formed on the inclined surface. The directivity conversion pattern is configured by arranging V grooves in parallel to each other, each having a vertical angle of 120°, and each extends in a direction approximately perpendicular to a light incidence end face of the light guide plate. The length of the inclined surface in a inclination direction where part of light incident to the light introducing part enters the inclined surface at least twice. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110284354 | KEY ILLUMINATION SWITCH MODULE AND LIGHT GUIDE SHEET - A key illumination switch module has a cover sheet that includes an adhesive layer in a rear surface thereof, a dome-shaped contact spring whose apex portion is bonded to a rear surface of the cover sheet by the adhesive layer, a board that includes a first fixed contact and a second fixed contact, the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact being switched between a conducting state and an insulated state by the contact spring, a light guide sheet that is disposed on a surface side of the cover sheet. In the light guide sheet, a through-hole is made at a position corresponding to the apex portion of the contact spring. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110280419 | ACOUSTIC SENSOR AND MICROPHONE - An acoustic sensor includes a semiconductor substrate with a back chamber, a conductive diaphragm arranged on an upper side of the semiconductor substrate, an insulating fixed film fixed on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate covering the conductive diaphragm with a gap, a conductive fixed electrode film arranged on the insulating fixed film facing the diaphragm, an extraction wiring extracted from the conductive fixed electrode film, and an electrode pad to which the extraction wiring is connected. The acoustic sensor converts an acoustic vibration to change electrostatic capacitance between the conductive diaphragm and the conductive fixed electrode film. A plurality of acoustic perforations are opened in a back plate including the insulating fixed film and the conductive fixed electrode film. An opening rate of the plurality of acoustic perforations is smaller in the extraction wiring and a region in the vicinity thereof than in other regions. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110278684 | ACOUSTIC SENSOR - A diaphragm for sensing sound pressure faces a back plate including a plate portion and a fixed electrode film to form a capacitance type acoustic sensor. The back plate is opened with acoustic holes for passing vibration, and is arranged with a plurality of stoppers in a projecting manner on a surface facing the diaphragm. The stopper arranged in an outer peripheral area of the back plate has a small diameter, and the stopper arranged in an internal area has a large diameter. Thus, sticking of the diaphragm is prevented, and the diaphragm is less likely to break by impact when the sensor is dropped. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110278683 | ACOUSTIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In an acoustic sensor, a diaphragm arranged on an upper side of a silicon substrate includes a back chamber, and an anchor supports the diaphragm. An insulating plate portion fixed to an upper surface of the silicon substrate covers the diaphragm with a gap. A conductive fixed electrode film arranged on a lower surface of the plate portion configures a back plate. The change in electrostatic capacitance between the fixed electrode film and the diaphragm outputs to the outside from a fixed side electrode pad and a movable side electrode pad as an electric signal. A protective film is arranged continuously with the plate portion at an outer periphery of the plate portion. The protective film covers the outer peripheral part of the upper surface of the silicon substrate, and the outer periphery of the protective film coincides with the outer periphery of the upper surface of the silicon substrate. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110277927 | FILM WAVEGUIDE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FILM WAVEGUIDE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a film waveguide includes the steps of: molding a first clad layer formed with a concave groove for core filling, molding a second clad layer, and laminating the surface formed with the concave groove of the first clad layer and the second clad layer using resin having a flexural modulus of smaller than or equal to 1,000 MPa. The resin contains hydrogen bonding group in a functional group of a precursor and having a refraction index higher than the clad layers, and forming a core in the concave groove by the resin. The lamination and the formation of the core is performed at the same time. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110273174 | MAGNETIC FIELD DETECTION ELEMENT AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION ELEMENT - A magnetic detection element includes a magnetoresistance effect portion composed of a magnetoresistance effect material and a pair of yoke portions. The pair of yoke portions is composed of a soft magnetic material and are respectively arranged so as to be electrically connected to both sides of the magnetoresistance effect portion. The pair of yoke portions guides magnetic flux into the magnetoresistance effect portion. The magnetic detection element also includes a bypass portion, which is composed of a soft magnetic material and is saturated with magnetic flux at lower magnetic field intensity than the yoke portions, and which guides a part of the magnetic flux generated in the yoke portions so as to divert the magnetic flux from the magnetoresistance effect portion. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110266640 | ACOUSTIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An acoustic sensor lengthens the portion of the beam portion not fixed with the anchor without lowering the strength of the beam portion and the supporting strength of the diaphragm. On an upper surface of a silicon substrate, a beam portion made of polysilicon is formed through a second sacrifice layer made of silicon dioxide film on an extended portion of a first sacrifice layer made of polysilicon. The extended portion is formed under a region excluding a distal end of the beam portion. The extended portion is removed by etching from a back chamber arranged in the silicon substrate to form a hollow portion in a region excluding the distal end of the lower surface of the beam portion, and then the second sacrifice layer is removed by etching. The second sacrifice layer remaining on the lower surface of the distal end of the beam portion forms an anchor. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110262007 | SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD - The shape measurement apparatus calculates a characteristic amount for a plurality of points of interest on a surface of a measurement target object, based on an image obtained by image capturing with a camera, calculates an orientation of a normal line based on a value of the characteristic amount by referencing data stored in advance in a storage device, and restores the three-dimensional shape of the surface of the measurement target object based on a result of the calculation. The storage device stores a plurality of data sets generated respectively for a plurality of reference positions arranged in a field of view of the camera, and the data set to be referenced is switched depending on a position of a point of interest. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261520 | INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An input device includes a print substrate having a plurality of electrostatic electrodes arranged on an upper surface at a periphery of a fit-in hole and a rotation operating body turnably assembled by being fitted to the fit-in hole of the print substrate. A rotation plate of the rotation operating body elastically deforms in a plate thickness direction when the rotation plate is pushed, and returns when pushing is released. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110259873 | HOT-AIR SUPPLYING DEVICE AND HOT- AIR SUPPLYING METHOD - A hot-air supplying method that includes: generating, by means of a heat pump, hot air that is at a temperature lower than a desired target hot-air temperature; subsequently heating, by a heater, the hot air having been generated by the heat pump, while controlling the heater the temperature adjuster so as to adjust the temperature of hot air thus heated to the target hot-air temperature. This makes it possible to supply, with reduced energy loss and at low costs, hot air for processing a work, the hot air being necessary in a factory where processing and assembly or the like are carried out. Further, temperature control accuracy is enhanced. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110255660 | X-RAY INSPECTION METHOD AND X-RAY INSPECTION APPARATUS - An X-ray inspection apparatus includes an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, an X-ray detector drive unit, an image acquisition control mechanism for controlling driving of the X-ray detector by the X-ray detector drive unit and acquisition of image data from the X-ray detector, an inspection object drive mechanism for moving an inspection object, an X-ray source control mechanism, and an operation unit. The X-ray source control mechanism causes the X-ray source to output an X-ray based on an instruction from the operation unit. The image acquisition control mechanism moves the X-ray detector to a plurality of image pickup positions aligned in the Y direction based on an instruction from the operation unit. The inspection object drive mechanism moves the inspection object in the Y direction such that the X-ray detector can detect an X-ray transmitted through the inspection object at each image pickup position based on an instruction from the operation unit. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254999 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device has a housing made of a first material having an open region, a first substrate for illumination arranged to cover the open region inside the housing, a second substrate for imaging arranged in parallel to the first substrate inside the housing, and a heat dissipating member made of a second material having a higher heat conductivity than the first material and being attached to a side surface of the housing so as to surround the open region of the housing. A concave is provided at the side surface of the housing, and the heat dissipating member includes a projection that fits to the concave. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110249795 | X-RAY INSPECTION METHOD AND X-RAY INSPECTION APPARATUS - An X-ray inspection apparatus includes an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, an image acquisition control mechanism for controlling acquisition of image data from the X-ray detector, an inspection object drive mechanism for moving an inspection object, an X-ray source control mechanism, and an operation unit. The X-ray source control mechanism causes the X-ray source to output X-rays from focal point positions aligned in the X direction, based on an instruction from the operation unit. The inspection object is divided into a plurality of partial areas. The image acquisition control mechanism acquires a partial image which is an image of an X-ray output from each focal point position and transmitted through each partial area. When acquisition of partial images for all the focal point positions is finished, the inspection object drive mechanism moves the inspection object in the Y direction based on an instruction from the operation unit. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249025 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image is displayed without impairing visibility, even in the case of a screen having a limited size. A display setting unit includes a target image display unit that displays an image of a workpiece on an LCD, an image selection unit that, in accordance with a selection operation, selects all or part of the image of the workpiece displayed on the LCD, a menu display unit that displays a menu image so as to be overlapped with the image of the workpiece in a translucent state, the menu image being made up of a plurality of parts that are partial images for displaying information or receiving an input operation, and a display switching unit that, in accordance with a switching instruction given via the operation unit, switches the size of the area occupied by the menu image on the LCD. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110243299 | X-RAY INSPECTION APPARATUS AND X-RAY INSPECTION METHOD - An X-ray inspection apparatus includes a scanning X-ray source for emitting an X-ray, an X-ray detector drive unit having a plurality of X-ray detectors mounted thereon and being capable of independently driving the plurality of X-ray detectors, and an image acquisition control mechanism for controlling the X-ray detector drive unit and acquisition of image data from the X-ray detectors. The scanning X-ray source emits an X-ray by moving an X-ray focal point position of the X-ray source to each of originating point positions of X-ray emission, which are set for the X-ray detectors such that X-rays are transmitted through a plurality of prescribed inspection areas of an inspection object and enter the X-ray detectors. Image pickup by the X-ray detector and movement of another X-ray detector are concurrently performed in an alternate manner. The image acquisition control mechanism acquires image data, and an operation unit reconstructs an image. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110238429 | TRACE INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING TRACE INFORMATION - The trace information acquisition system acquires trace information about a product manufactured through a plurality of stages and includes storage unit that stores event data sets regarding events performed on the product and acquisition unit that acquires trace information from the event data sets stored by the storage unit. The event data set includes object data related to the event, personnel data related to the event, time data related to the event, positional data related to the event, and status data related to the event, and the event data sets stored at the plurality of stages have a common data format. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110236265 | CHANNEL CHIP AND JIG - A channel chip includes a substrate made of a material capable of transmitting light. The substrate includes a groove to form a channel for allowing a fluid to flow. A film is made of a material capable of transmitting light. The film is bonded to the substrate with a pressure sensitive adhesive agent to seal the groove. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110235384 | POWER CONVERTER AND POWER CONDITIONER - A power converter enhances conversion efficiency from DC power to AC power. A first chopper circuit chops DC voltage from a photovoltaic panel at a system frequency producing a first square-wave whose voltage level changes positively. A second chopper circuit chops the first square-wave at a frequency double the system frequency producing a second square-wave whose voltage level changes negatively and adds the first square-wave and the second square-wave to produce a third square-wave that changes positively and negatively in a sine-wave manner. A third chopper circuit charges and discharges by chopping the third square-wave at a third frequency fixed by timing according to a difference between the third square-wave and a sine-wave voltage. PWM control is performed on the charge and discharge outputs such that the difference is corrected, producing a sine-wave voltage that continuously changes positively and negatively. A spike noise of an output voltage is suppressed. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110233063 | ELECTROFORMING METHOD - A mold is fabricated with a cavity formed in an insulating layer formed so as to be placed on an upper surface of a conductive base material. This mold is disposed in an electrolyte bath to be applied with a voltage, and a metal is electrodeposited on the bottom surface of the cavity to electroform a metal-formed product in the cavity. In this electrodepositing process, when the width of the cavity is taken as W and a vertical height of a head space between an upper opening of the cavity and an upper surface of a metal layer is taken as H, the growth of the metal layer is stopped so that the height H of the head space left above the metal layer satisfies: H≧W/2.85 where 300 μm≦W; H≧W/3.75 where 200 μm≦W<300 μm; H≧W/4 where 100 μm≦W<200 μm; and H≧W/10 where W<100 μm. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110228052 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A three-dimensional measurement apparatus includes a plurality of cameras, a normal calculation unit for obtaining from respective captured images a normal direction serving as a physical feature of a surface of a measurement object, and a corresponding point calculation unit for retrieving corresponding pixels of the images using the physical feature. Using the apparatus, a three-dimensional measurement can be performed on a basis of a parallax between the corresponding pixels. Also, the apparatus transforms the normal direction of each image into a common coordinate system. A parameter of the coordinate transformation may be calculated from a parameter obtained during a camera calibration. This three-dimensional measurement apparatus can measure a three-dimensional shape of a mirror surface object precisely without being affected by differences in positions and characteristics of the cameras. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227710 | RFID TAG, RFID TAG SET AND RFID SYSTEM - Provided is an RFID tag by which the communication distance is not shortened even when wireless communication is performed with a metal object and broadband and high gain are achieved. An RFID tag set and an RFID system are also provided. In an RFID tag ( | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110224927 | ENERGY CONSUMPTION IMPROVEMENT CALCULATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME, AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION IMPROVEMENT CALCULATION PROGRAM - An energy consumption improvement calculation apparatus calculates an amount of room-for-improvement that is an improvable amount of power consumption of at least one target device. A cycle use section of the energy consumption improvement calculation apparatus uses measured values and measurement times of power consumption and a fluctuating cycle of power consumption which fluctuates periodically. The cycle use section includes: a phase determining section for determining a phase of the measurement time with respect to one cycle; a table generating section for calculating a reference value which is an average of plural ones of the measured values measured at measurement times corresponding to the phase and generating a correspondence table between each phase and the reference value; and a subtraction section for subtracting, from a measured value measured at a given measurement time, a reference value corresponding to a phase of the given measurement time and obtained by the phase determining section and the correspondence table. The subtraction result gives the amount of room-for-improvement at the given measurement time. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110224813 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device is provided with a designating operation accepting unit which displays a setting screen on which an image indicating the entire shape of an object appears. The designating operation accepting unit accepts first, second, and third designating operations on the setting screen, and which allows selection of a process item. The first designating operation sets a common process sequence. The second designating operation sets a section-specific process sequence. The third designating operation designates a target section of a section-specific process. The common process sequence includes a process item by which the section-specific process is performed, and through this process item the common process sequence and each section-specific process sequence are associated with each other. Information indicating data in model data, and corresponding to the designated target section is associated with the section-specific process, and is then entered as section specifying information. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110223790 | CONNECTOR - A connector has a base having an opening formed on a front surface side into which a distal end of a flexible print substrate is insertable, and a plurality of insertion holes arranged side by side at a predetermined pitch passing through from the front surface side to a rear surface side, connection terminals respectively including substantially T shape operation pieces respectively having movable contacts formed at first ends in a protruding manner to be pressure-welded to connection portions arranged side by side in the distal end of the flexible print substrate, the connection terminals being adapted to be inserted into the insertion holes, and an operation lever supported on the rear surface side of the base turnably on a turning support point on an upper surface side of the connection terminals. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222832 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing method includes sensing a sound or a frame, in an interested information sensing step, which constitutes a moving image. The sound or frame includes a feature quantity matched with an interested feature quantity. The interested feature quantity is extracted from interested information indicating an item in which a user is interested. The method includes specifying a slot, in an interested scene specifying step, including a reference time point as the interested scene on a reproducing time axis of the moving image. The reference time point is a time of the sound or frame. The sound or frame is sensed in the interested information sensing step. The method includes degrading image quality of a slot, in a low-image quality moving image producing step, except the interested scene specified in the interested scene specifying step in the moving image and producing a low-image-quality moving image of the moving image. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222815 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE - This invention provides an optical transmission module that is of low cost and that can be mounted even in a narrow space. An optical transmission module of the present invention includes a light reception processing section for converting an optical signal transmitted by an optical wiring to an electric signal, a reception side substrate part including an electric wiring for transmitting the electric signal, and a reception side connector section for providing the electric signal to the light reception processing section and the reception side substrate part. The light reception processing section and the reception side connector section are mounted on a same substrate surface of the reception side substrate part, and the reception side substrate part includes a bending portion bent so that the substrate surfaces oppose each other at the back in the normal direction. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222789 | CHARACTER STRING SENSING DEVICE, CHARACTER EVALUATING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, CHARACTER STRING SENSING METHOD, CHARACTER EVALUATION METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Reduction of a processing load, and shortening of a processing time, is realized by performing character string sensing processing on an image. A character string sensing device senses a character string including at least one character from an image. The character string sensing device includes a character information storage unit in which an evaluation value, expressing difficulty of false sensing of the character, is stored in each character. The character string sensing device also includes a search sequence determining unit that determines a search sequence of each character based on the evaluation value of each character included in a keyword input to the character string sensing device as the character string to be sensed. The evaluation value is stored in the character information storage unit. A character search unit searches each character included in the keyword according to the determined search sequence. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222775 | IMAGE ATTRIBUTE DISCRIMINATION APPARATUS, ATTRIBUTE DISCRIMINATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, IMAGE ATTRIBUTE DISCRIMINATION METHOD, ATTRIBUTE DISCRIMINATION SUPPORT APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An attribute of image data can accurately be discriminated. An image attribute discrimination apparatus includes a heterogeneous region extracting unit that specifies a heterogeneous region from image data. The heterogeneous region includes a heterogeneous matter whose attribute is different from that of a content originally produced by the image data. An image attribute discrimination apparatus further includes a scene discrimination unit that discriminates the attribute of the image data based on a feature quantity extracted from a pixel group except each pixel in the heterogeneous region in each pixel of the image data. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222766 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An edge code histogram of a model generated in a model image is registered. A target region with respect to the input image is set. An edge code histogram, for the target region is generated. A relative positional relationship between the edge code histogram of the model and the edge code histogram for the target region is sequentially changed, and a degree of coincidence between the edge code histograms at each relative position is calculated. A possibility that the region that matches the model is contained in the set target region from the sequentially calculated degree of coincidence between the edge code histograms is evaluated. Then a candidate point having a possibility of matching the model in the input image is specified while sequentially changing the position of the target region with respect to the input image and repeating steps above for each target region. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222743 | MATCHING DEVICE, DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, MATCHING DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MATCHING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A high-accuracy matching result is obtained when a condition of a photographed input image differs from a condition of a photographed registration image. A face matching device including the registration face image, in which a person is photographed, and a photographing condition which corresponds to the registration face image are registered in a registration face image database. The face matching device includes a condition detecting unit, a registration face image selecting unit, and a matching unit. The condition detecting unit detects a photographing condition in the input face image which includes the photographed person. The registration face image selecting unit determines and selects the closest of the photographing condition from the input face image with the photographing conditions of the registration face images based on the determined closeness of the photographing condition. The matching unit performs matching using the registration face image corresponding to the selected photographing condition. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222726 | GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A gesture recognition apparatus is caused to correctly recognize start and end of a gesture without use of special unit by a natural manipulation of a user and low-load processing for the gesture recognition apparatus. The gesture recognition apparatus that recognizes the gesture from action of a recognition object taken in a moving image includes: a gravity center tracking unit that detects a specific subject having a specific feature from the moving image; a moving speed determining unit that computes a moving speed per unit time of the specific subject; a moving pattern extracting unit that extracts a moving pattern of the specific subject; and a start/end judgment unit that discriminates movement of the specific subject as an instruction (such as an instruction to start or end gesture recognition processing) input to the gesture recognition apparatus when the moving speed and the moving pattern satisfy predetermined conditions. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222725 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device receives a captured image as input from an image capturing device installed in a conveying mechanism that conveys and tests works. The image processing device causes the image capturing device to capture images a plurality of times at a predetermined time interval. Based on the position of the work detected from the captured image output from the image capturing device by capturing the images at a predetermined time interval and the target position set by the user's operation, the image processing device derives the delay time required for capturing the image at the timing when the work is positioned near the target position, and sets the derived delay time for the image capturing timing of the image capturing device. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222717 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MICROPHONE - The semiconductor device has a simplified structure which includes a package structure in which a member for mounting a semiconductor element is separate from a member including a signal input/output unit. A microphone package is configured with a cover and a substrate. A microphone chip and a circuit element are adhered and fixed to a top surface of a recess formed in the cover. A plurality of bonding pads are arranged on the lower surface of the cover on the outer side of the recess. A bonding wire is connected to the circuit element and the bonding pad. The substrate includes a signal input/output terminal serving as the signal input/output unit, and a connection electrode, conducted with the signal input/output terminal, is arranged facing the bonding pad on the upper surface of the substrate. The substrate, cover, connection electrode, and bonding pad are joined with a conductive member. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222655 | X-RAY INSPECTION APPARATUS, X-RAY INSPECTION METHOD, X-RAY INSPECTION PROGRAM, AND X-RAY INSPECTION SYSTEM - An X-ray inspection apparatus previously acquires and stores a mask thickness in a cream solder printing as a thickness of the solder applied on the board. In a cross-section parallel to a board surface, a range in a height direction is set as an inspection target from the mask thickness of the inspection target board, and the number of cross-sections is specified. The X-ray inspection apparatus measures an area and roundness of the solder in an inspection window for each cross-section. When the minimum values of the area and roundness are not lower than reference values, the X-ray inspection apparatus determines that the soldering of the inspection window is nondefective. When one of the minimum values of the area and roundness is lower than the reference value, the X-ray inspection apparatus determines that the soldering of the inspection window is defective. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222647 | X-RAY INSPECTION APPARATUS AND X-RAY INSPECTION METHOD - The X-ray inspection apparatus and method realize high-speed defect analysis inspection. The processing executed by the X-ray inspection apparatus includes executing high-speed imaging, creating an inspection image by executing reconstruction processing, and performing automatic inspection. If the object has passed automatic inspection, the processing executed by the X-ray inspection apparatus includes displaying inspection results. If the object has failed automatic inspection, the processing executed by the X-ray inspection apparatus includes switching the imaging conditions and performing imaging for defect analysis, creating an image by executing reconstruction processing for defect analysis, and outputting the image for defect analysis. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222324 | CONTROL CIRCUIT, POWER CONDITIONER INCLUDING THE CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM - A power conditioner of a photovoltaic system is configured operate at higher accuracy. A chopper circuit, a capacitor connected in parallel to the chopper circuit, and a control circuit that controls an ON/OFF status of switch elements in the chopper circuit to control charging and discharging of the capacitor are provided. The control circuit includes a measurement control section that measures an inter-end voltage of the capacitor and a control circuit section that performs a predetermined control operation from a measurement output of the measurement circuit section. The measurement circuit section includes a differential amplifier circuit that differentially amplifies the inter-end voltage of the capacitor. The circuit control section calibrates an in-phase component in the output of the differential amplifier circuit as an in-phase error and performs the control from the calibrated output from the differential amplifier circuit. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222319 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A switching power supply includes a first auxiliary power supply for causing a first auxiliary winding of a transformer to induce voltage by ON/OFF control of a switching element connected to a primary winding of the transformer. The voltage induced by the first auxiliary winding charges a capacitor in the first auxiliary power supply. The switching power supply also includes a control circuit for starting and stopping the ON/OFF control of the switching element by comparing a voltage of the capacitor with a first threshold value, an activation circuit for charging the capacitor with voltage from the power supply input to the switching power supply, and a determination unit for determining a lifespan of the switching power supply based on the voltage of the capacitor after the voltage of the capacitor becomes greater than or equal to the first threshold value. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222286 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - To provide a method for manufacturing a plurality of types of illuminating devices having different specifications while reducing cost. A substrate includes a common flexible portion and a plurality of units bendable with respect to the common portion, where the common portion includes a pad that is extended in the horizontal direction in the plane of the drawing and that is arranged for every predefined interval. In the present manufacturing method, a substrate piece is created by cutting the substrate mounted with the light emitting element in a first direction, the common portion in the substrate piece is formed according to the illuminating device to be manufactured, the relative position of the individual portion with respect to the formed common portion is respectively positioned, and the wiring for supplying power to the pad in the substrate piece is formed. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222244 | POWER CONDITIONER DEVICE AND MODULE SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE USING THE SAME - When raising the DC power supplied from a solar cell or a fuel cell by using a DC/DC converter circuit and converting to the AC power by using an inverter circuit, an electronic circuit such as the DC/DC converter circuit and the inverter circuit, and a CPU for controlling the operation of the circuits, may be accommodated within a case body to supply the AC power to a general load, the DC/DC converter circuit and the inverter circuit are mounted on a DC/DC converter circuit mounting substrate and an inverter circuit mounting substrate, which are separately (and independently) mountable for modularization. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222000 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light guide plate has a light incident surface arranged facing a plurality of point light sources arrayed in a line, a light exit surface orthogonal to the light incident surface, and two side surfaces orthogonal to the light incident surface and the light exit surface. Light from the plurality of point light sources introduced from the light incident surface is diffused by a diffusion unit arranged on the light exit surface or a surface facing the light exit surface. The light diffused by the diffusion unit is exited from the light exit surface. A distance between a point light source positioned at an end of the plurality of point light sources and the light incident surface is different from a distance between a point light source not positioned at the end of the plurality of point light sources and the light incident surface. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221951 | IMAGING DEVICE FOR MEASUREMENT PROCESSING - An aspect of the invention provides an imaging device for measurement processing, which comprises: an imaging unit that forms an image; a lens positioned to guide incident light to the imaging unit; and an adjustment mechanism that adjusts the distance between the lens and the imaging unit by moving the lens along the optical axis of the lens, the optical axis extending in a first direction, the adjustment mechanism comprising: a first threaded member having a longitudinal axis extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction, wherein the first threaded member is rotatable around longitudinal axis thereof without moving in the second direction; and a conversion mechanism that converts a rotation of the first threaded member around longitudinal axis thereof into a movement of the lens along the optical axis of the lens. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221884 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, VISUAL SENSOR SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method for processing images from an imaging apparatus installed in a manufacturing line is provided. A first captured image of an object is received. A second captured image of the object is received. The second captured image is captured after the first image. The first captured image to obtain a processed image is processed. The processed image and the second captured image is output in a superimposed state. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221690 | INPUT DEVICE AND POINTING DEVICE - An input device has an operation member, that is configured to be brushed by a finger of a user, and a detection unit for detecting a component of a force acting in a predetermined input direction with respect to the operation member when the user brushes the operation member. The input direction is two directions orthogonal to each other. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221571 | TAG COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, TAG COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND TAG COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM - A tag communication apparatus conducts wireless communication with an RFID tag through a radio wave. The tag communication apparatus includes a data receiver that receives transmit data to be transmitted to the RFID tag, a data compressor that compresses at least a part of the transmit data obtained by the data receiver, and outputs the compressed data, and a transmitter that transmits the compressed data, which is compressed and output by the data compressor, to the RFID tag. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221549 | CONTACT SWITCH STRUCTURE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - A contact switch structure has a touch piece, a movable contact disposed on the touch piece, a fixed contact disposed opposite the movable contact, and a guide unit that is provided in a side region with respect to an operating range of the movable touch piece to control an air flow. The movable contact is opened and closed with respect to the fixed contact by operating the movable touch piece. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221548 | SEALED CONTACT DEVICE - A sealed contact device has a plate-like yoke having a center hole therein, a closed-ended cylinder having an opening edge portion that is integrated with a lower-surface edge portion of the center hole of the plate-like yoke to form a sealed space, an annular flange having an outer peripheral edge portion that is integrally welded to an upper surface of the plate-like yoke, a ceramic case having a lower end surface that is brazed to an upper surface of the annular flange, an electromagnetic unit disposed in an outer periphery of the closed-ended cylinder, a movable iron core that reciprocates in the closed-ended cylinder based on excitation and demagnetization of the electromagnetic unit, a movable shaft having a first end fixed to the movable iron core, a movable contact of a movable touch piece fixed to a second end of the movable shaft, a fixed contact disposed in the ceramic case, and an annular rib projected in the upper surface of the annular flange such that the brazed portion provided in the lower end surface of the ceramic case is covered from an inside with the annular rib. The movable contact is brought into contact with and separated from the fixed contact by reciprocating the movable shaft. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221479 | SENSOR OUTPUT IC AND SENSOR DEVICE - A sensor output IC has a switching element that turns on and off between output terminals based on a detection signal from a sensor, and a temperature-limiting circuit that maintains the switching element in an off state when a temperature at the sensor output IC becomes a predetermined value or more. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221377 | SERVO SYSTEM, SERVO MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE, SAFETY UNIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SERVO SYSTEM - A servo driver sets an instruction value for an operation of a servo motor based on an instruction signal from a controller. The servo driver sends the instruction value and a feedback value obtained based on a feedback signal to a safety unit. When at least one of the instruction value and the feedback value sent by the servo driver has an abnormal value, an STO signal is generated and sent to the servo driver. When the STO signal is input to the servo driver, the servo driver stops the supply of electricity to the servo motor. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221281 | METHOD FOR DETECTING CAPACITY LEAKAGE OF CAPACITOR IN POWER CONDITIONER, POWER CONDITIONER PERFORMING THE SAME, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A photovoltaic power system continues or stops running according to a degree of a detected capacity leakage of a capacitor in a power conditioner of the system. The capacitor in the power conditioner performs power conversion of an output of a photovoltaic cell to output an output power to the system. A method for detecting the capacity leakage of the capacitor includes: detecting the capacity leakage based on a voltage deviation of a charge voltage between both ends of the capacitor of a detection target of the capacity leakage; suppressing the output power when the detected capacity leakage is a capacity leakage in which the running can be continued by the output power suppression; and stopping the photovoltaic power system provided with the power conditioner when the capacity leakage is a capacity leakage in which the running of the system cannot be continued even if the output power is suppressed. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221056 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND MICRODEVICE PACKAGE PROVIDED THEREWITH - An electrode structure has a Cu electrode that provided in a surface of a substrate, a diffusion preventing film that is made of a material in which a diffusion coefficient of Sn is equal to or lower than 3×10 | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110220635 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD - A temperature control system has a plurality of heaters arranged on a control target in a plurality of rows and columns, heaters of the same row being connected to a common wiring and heaters of the same column being connected to a common wiring, wirings of the rows being connected to a side of one pole of a power source via respective elements that respond to a heater firing instruction, and wirings of the columns being connected to a side of the other pole of the power source via respective elements that respond to a heater firing instruction, and a controller that controls driving of the plurality of heaters based on an operation amount that is input for controlling a temperature of the control target. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110220473 | SWITCH, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RELAY - A switch has a first contact portion in which a plurality of conductive layers is stacked on an upper side of a first substrate, and a second contact portion in which a plurality of conductive layers is stacked on an upper side of a second substrate. Respective end faces of the conductive layers at the first contact portion are contacts of the first contact portion. Respective end faces of the conductive layers at the second contact portion are contacts of the second contact portion. Each contact of the first contact portion and each contact of the second contact portion are faced to each other so that the contacts come into contact with or separate from each other. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110220472 | ELECTROSTATIC RELAY - In an electrostatic relay in which a moving contact and a movable electrode are displaced in parallel with a base substrate, an opening force is increased when the movable electrode is separated from a fixed electrode, and a structure is simplified to enhance a degree of freedom of design. A fixed contact portion and a fixed electrode portion are fixed to the base substrate. The fixed electrode portion and a movable electrode portion constitute an electrostatic actuator that displaces the movable electrode portion and a moving contact portion. A movable spring provided in a spring supporting portion retains the movable electrode portion in a displaceable manner. A cantilever secondary spring is provided in the spring supporting portion, and a projection portion is provided in a front end face of the movable electrode portion. The secondary spring abuts on the projection portion while being not deformed until abutting on the projection portion, before the moving contact of the moving contact portion abuts on the fixed contact of the fixed contact portion when the moving contact portion and the movable electrode portion are displaced. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110220406 | ELECTRODE PORTION STRUCTURE - In an electrode portion structure in which an electrode is formed in an end portion of a through-wiring, disconnection is prevented in an electrode portion. A through-hole that vertically pierces a substrate is made in the substrate, and a through-electrode is provided in the through-hole. The through-electrode is projected in s curved-surface manner from an upper surface of the substrate. The upper surface of the substrate | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110218776 | MODEL PRODUCING APPARATUS, MODEL PRODUCING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH MODEL PRODUCING PROGRAM IS STORED - A three-dimensional model data producing processing apparatus produces three-dimensional model data using design data (CAD data) of an object to be recognized. The three-dimensional model data producing processing includes processing conversion processing, edit processing, and teaching processing. The conversion processing and the edit processing are performed to the design data on a computer. The teaching processing is performed in a practical environment. It is not necessary to image a workpiece model in the three-dimensional model data producing processing. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110218766 | PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR AND METHOD FOR AIDING CHECKING OF THRESHOLD - A photoelectric sensor comprises a control unit which performs a measuring process for data on an amount of light input from a light-receiving unit. The control unit measures the length T | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110218754 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING ANALYTICAL WORK OF SOLDER PRINTING STATE AND SOLDER PRINTING INSPECTION MACHINE - In a solder printing inspection machine, an identification code and an inspection time of an inspection target board are accumulated in a memory. The accumulated data, whose identification code is matched with that of the current inspection target board, is searched while the accumulated data is traced back one by one. When the corresponding board is found, it is recognized that the board is extracted because of the defective board and the inspection target board is the reintroduced board that was previously extracted. A graph, in which pieces of information expressing the pieces of quality of the boards are arrayed in time series, is produced based on each time of inspection result and the graph is displayed on a monitor. In the pieces of data included in the graph, the data corresponding to the board that is recognized as the reintroduction is explicitly shown by a letter “R”. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110217837 | CONNECTING PAD PRODUCING METHOD - A connecting pad producing method has a first process of projecting an insulating member in a surface of a base material such that a region where a connecting pad is formed is surrounded, a second process of forming a conductive layer in the surface of the base material such that the insulating member is coated with the conductive layer, and a third process of removing the conductive layer with which the insulating member is coated, exposing the insulating member over a whole periphery from the conductive layer, and forming the connecting pad including the conductive layer in a region surrounded by the insulating member. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110217005 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE PROVIDED WITH REINFORCING SUBSTRATE OF OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE - A light transmission module includes a reinforcement component for reinforcing a substrate. The reinforcement component is arranged on a surface mounted with the optical element of the substrate. The reinforcement component includes at least two structural portions longer than a maximum length portion of the optical element when seen from a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface. The two structural portions are arranged facing each other with a region, where at least the optical element is arranged, in between when seen from the direction perpendicular to the substrate surface. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216267 | AREA LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An area light source device has a light guide plate having a light incident surface and a light exit surface, wherein the light guide plate spreads light introduced from the light incident surface to substantially the entire light exit surface, and exits the light to outside from the light exit surface, and a linear light source arranged facing the light incident surface of the light guide plate. A diffusion pattern diffuses and reflects the light in the light guide plate within a surface parallel to the light incident surface is formed on the light exit surface of the light guide plate. A deflection pattern reflects the light in the light guide plate within a plane perpendicular to the light incident surface and the light exit surface to deflect the light in a direction perpendicular to the light exit surface little by little, and diffuses and reflects the light in the light guide plate within a surface parallel to at least the light incident surface is formed on a surface on the side opposite to the light exit surface of the light guide plate. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110215221 | PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR AND METHOD FOR AIDING OPERATIONAL CHECKING OF PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR - A photoelectric sensor comprises a control unit which is configured to store in a memory data on the amount of received light input from a light-receiving unit or measurement data obtained by a measuring process, and to perform a sampling process in which the data stored in the memory are read at fixed intervals as sampling data, the sampling process being performed within a limited reading period. Further, the control unit outputs the thus read sampling data so as to correspond to the order in which they are stored in the memory. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110214742 | VALVE CONTROL SYSTEM AND VALVE CONTROL METHOD - A valve control system includes general-purpose valves arranged in a pipe that allows the flow of fluid, first and second sensors, and a safety controller. The general-purpose valves are valves that can be opened and closed according to electric signals, and may be, e.g., solenoid valves, respectively. The first and second sensors are sensors that detect a state of fluid flowing from the corresponding valves, and are formed of, e.g., pressure switches, respectively. The safety controller may satisfy safety standards, and outputs signals for controlling the valves based on signals provided from the first and second sensors, respectively. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110212655 | TERMINAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A terminal support structure has a housing that is of a resin molding product having a terminal inserting hole, a connecting terminal that is inserted into the terminal inserting hole and supported by the housing, and a retaining projection including a press-in groove parallel to a direction of insertion of the connecting terminal that is provided in an opening edge portion of the terminal inserting hole. A press-in portion is integrally formed in a side portion of the connecting terminal. Upper and lower end portions of the press-in portion are latched and retained in upper and lower surfaces opposite to each other in the press-in groove, respectively. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211790 | OPTICAL COUPLER AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - A method for producing the optical coupler includes mounting a first conversion element on an upper surface of a first terminal plate, mounting a second conversion element on an upper surface of a second terminal plate, supplying a translucent primary mold resin in a fluidized state to the upper surfaces of the first terminal plate and the second terminal plate such that the first conversion element and the second conversion element are covered with the primary mold resin, curing the primary mold resin while inverting vertically the first terminal plate and the second terminal plate to retain the primary mold resin in a state in which the primary mold resin hangs from the first terminal plate and the second terminal plate, and covering a surface of the primary mold resin with a secondary mold resin having a refractive index lower than that of the primary mold resin. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110209971 | SWITCH - A switch has a base, a housing, a support terminal that is assembled in the base, a moving contact piece that is made of a band-shaped material having a section being formed into a substantial J-shape, a moving contact being provided in one end portion of the moving contact piece, an intermediate portion of the moving contact piece being turnably supported by a turning bracket of the support terminal, a plunger that is accommodated in an internal space while being vertically movable, wherein the internal space is formed by fitting the housing in the base, and a coil spring that is turnably supported by the plunger. The plunger is vertically moved such that one end portion of the coil spring is slid while brought into press-contact with an edge of the other end portion of the moving contact piece, whereby the moving contact piece is inverted to bring and separate the moving contact into contact with and from a fixed contact. The pair of moving contact pieces is disposed on the base such that axis centers of the moving contact pieces are parallel to an axis center in a longitudinal direction of the base and such that the moving contact pieces are located on both sides in a central portion in the longitudinal direction of the base. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110209970 | SWITCH AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RELAY - A switch and a relay include a contact with a smooth contacting surface. A side surface of a fixed contact faces a side surface of a movable contact. The fixed contact has an insulating layer and a base layer stacked on a fixed contact substrate, and a first conductive layer formed thereon through electrolytic plating. The side surface of the first conductive layer that faces the movable contact becomes the fixed contact (contacting surface). The movable contact has an insulating layer and a base layer stacked on the movable contact substrate, and a movable contact formed thereon through electrolytic plating. A side surface of a second conductive layer that faces the fixed contact becomes the movable contact (contacting surface). The fixed contact and the movable contact have surfaces that contact the side surfaces of the mold portion when growing the first and second conductive layers through electrolytic plating. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110205759 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - In a light guide plate | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110204745 | ACOUSTIC SENSOR - An acoustic sensing element has a substrate that includes a back chamber, a vibration electrode plate that is provided in a surface of the substrate while being opposite an upper surface opening of the back chamber, and a fixed electrode plate that is provided opposite the vibration electrode plate, an acoustic hole being made in the fixed electrode plate. The acoustic sensing element outputs an electric signal based on an electrostatic capacitance change generated between the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate by a displacement of the vibration electrode plate. A lower surface of the back chamber is closed into a pouched shape by the substrate. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110204457 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device has a semiconductor element having a base, a cavity having a polygonal horizontal cross-section penetrating vertically through the base, a diaphragm arranged on the base to cover the cavity, and a substrate formed with a die bonding pad. A lower surface of the semiconductor element is adhered on the die bonding pad with a die bonding resin. The die bonding pad is formed so as not to contact a lower end of a valley section formed by an intersection of wall surfaces of an inner peripheral surface of the cavity of the semiconductor element. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110201217 | MOUNTING COMPONENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MOUNTING METHOD - A mounting component has a pad, a leg portion having a bottom surface thereof soldered to the pad, and an auxiliary hole made in a side face of the leg portion. The auxiliary hole is laterally opened so as not to be opened to the bottom surface. The auxiliary hole is operable to receive melted solder therein. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199781 | LIGHT PROJECTOR AND SENSOR - A light projector has a light emitting device having a light emitting surface, an optical fiber having an incident end-face to which light emitted from the light emitting surface enters, and a lens arranged between the light emitting surface of the light emitting device and the incident end-face of the optical fiber. The light emitting device, the optical fiber and the lens are arranged on one optical axis. The optical fiber includes a core region as a region including a single core of uniform refractive index or a region collectively encompassing a plurality of cores having uniform refractive index. The lens converts diffused light emitted from the light emitting surface to diffused light that widens more moderately. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110193125 | ADHESION METHOD, ADHESION STRUCTURE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MODULE, AND OPTICAL MODULE - A first light-blocking member and a second light-blocking member are adhered to each other by forming a light-transmitting layer having a light-transmitting composition serving as a base material and a light-transmitting filler different in index of refraction from this light-transmitting composition on a front surface of the first light-blocking member. A liquid light curing adhesive is applied to a front surface of the light-transmitting layer. The second light-blocking member is arranged on the front surface of the light-transmitting layer to which the liquid light curing adhesive has been applied. The liquid light curing adhesive is cured by irradiating the light-transmitting layer with light having a prescribed wavelength laterally from a side of the light-transmitting layer so as to adhere the light-transmitting layer and the second light-blocking member to each other. By adhering light-blocking members to each other, an adhesion operation may easily and quickly be performed with sufficient adhesion strength. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110189905 | MOUNTING COMPONENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MOUNTING METHOD - A mounting component has a conductive member. The conductive member includes a press-fitting unit that is linearly extended and press-fitted in a housing, two electrode portions that are arrayed in a direction in which the press-fitting unit is press-fitted and soldered onto pads, and a connection portion that is extended in parallel with the press-fitting unit to connect the two electrode portions. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188779 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing method and an image processing system can perform image processing with higher accuracy while a gloss is removed without immobilizing a continuously moving inspection object. The image processing apparatus images the inspection object moving in a predetermined direction plural times with an imaging unit disposed in a predetermined position while a visual field of the imaging unit is lighted by a lighting source disposed in a constant relative position with respect to the imaging unit, aligns plural images with the inspection object as a reference by searching sequentially a region indicating at least part of the inspection object between the two images in the plural images acquired by a series of imagings with the imaging unit, and produces a composite image from the aligned plural images. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187967 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A surface light source device includes a point source of light and a light guide plate causing light from the point source of light introduced from a light incident end face and emitted from a light emission surface to outside. The light guide plate is formed of a light introducing portion provided at an end of a light guide plate body. The point source of light is placed facing the light incident end face positioned at an end face of the light introducing portion. Along a region of the light introducing portion adjacent to the light guide plate body, a directivity converting portion is provided. The directivity converting portion is configured by arranging V-grooved directivity conversion patterns in an arc shape. A region of the light introducing portion has a thickness equal to that of the light guide plate body and has a surface positioned in the same plane. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187353 | PROXIMITY SENSOR - A proximity sensor includes a circuit board provided with a processing circuit, a light emitting device mounted on the surface of the circuit board, and a light-transmitting cylindrical light guide surrounding the portion of the circuit board having the light emitting device mounted thereon and guiding the outgoing light from the light emitting device to be emitted to outside. The cylindrical light guide includes the first light emitting surface as the first light outgoing region causing the light emitted from the light emitting device to pass therethrough and directly emitting the light to outside, a reflective surface reflecting the light emitted from the light emitting device to guide the light through the cylindrical light guide in the circumferential direction, and the second light emitting surface as the second light outgoing region emitting, to outside, the light reflected on the reflective surface and propagated through the cylindrical light guide. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110186717 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE - A light transmission module includes a light transmission path for transmitting light, an optical element including a light emitting and receiving surface for optically coupling with the light transmitted by the light transmission path, and being formed with a light emitting and receiving point having a function of photoelectric conversion and an electrode pad on the light emitting and receiving surface. The light transmission module further includes a substrate mounted with the optical element and an electrical wiring and an electrical connecting member for electrically connecting the electrode pad and the electrical wiring. The substrate includes a wiring exposed surface where the electrical wiring is exposed. The electrical connecting member is made of solidified object of a liquid conductive material arranged to contact the electrical wiring, which is exposed at the wiring exposed surface, and the electrode pad. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110180379 | SWITCH MODULE WITH LIGHTED KEY - A switch module with lighted key has a cover sheet having an adhesive layer on a rear surface, a dome-shaped contact spring adhered on a rear surface of the cover sheet by the adhesive layer, a substrate including a fixed contact switched to an electrically conducted state or an insulated state with the contact spring, and a light guide sheet arranged on a front surface side of the cover sheet. One or more recesses are formed in a region facing the contact spring of at least one of a front surface and a rear surface of the light guide sheet so as not to penetrate toward a surface on an opposite side. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110179876 | CAPACITANCE TYPE VIBRATION SENSOR - A capacitance type vibration sensor has a substrate including a hollow portion, a vibration electrode plate, which is arranged facing the hollow portion at an upper surface side of the substrate and which performs film vibration upon receiving vibration, and a fixed electrode plate which is arranged facing the vibration electrode plate and which is opened with a plurality of acoustic perforations passing therethrough in a thickness direction. The capacitance type vibration sensor has an air path, which communicates a space between the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate to the hollow portion, between an upper surface of the substrate and a lower surface of the vibration electrode plate in at least one part of a periphery of the hollow portion. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110177726 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE TOUCH METHOD - A compact electric connector in which a contact has a high contact pressure and a large displacement amount is provided. An electric connector includes a contact spring and an auxiliary spring. The contact spring includes a support portion that is supported by a housing, a contact portion that is projected from the housing to abut on the-other-end contact, and a plurality of flexing portions that are bent so as to be deformed between the support portion and the contact portion when the contact portion is pushed into the housing. The auxiliary spring includes a flexing auxiliary portion that abuts on the contact spring to exert an elastic force in a direction in which deformation of the flexing portion closest to the support portion is obstructed when the contact portion of the contact spring is pushed into the housing. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110177725 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE TOUCH METHOD - An electric connector has a contact spring. The contact spring includes a fixed portion that is retained by a housing, an involute portion that is extended from the fixed portion into an inward spiral pattern, a revolute portion that is inverted from the involute portion and extended into an outward spiral pattern along the involute portion, an arm portion that is connected to a tail end portion of the revolute portion, a tangential direction of a portion connected to the revolute portion in the arm portion being aligned with a tangential direction of the tail end portion of the revolute portion, and a contact portion that is provided at a leading end of the arm portion to be projected to an outside of the housing, the contact portion abutting on the-other-end electrode to receive a pressing force in a direction in which the arm portion is substantially extended. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110177723 | TERMINAL BLOCK - A terminal block, configured to be connected to a plurality of first card edge terminals arranged at a peripheral edge part of a first main surface of a substrate and a plurality of second card edge terminals arranged at a peripheral edge of one of a second main surface of the substrate and the first main surface of the substrate, has a base formed with an insertion port to which the peripheral edge of the substrate is inserted, and a plurality of first and second terminals arranged on the base. Each of the plurality of first terminals has a first supporting portion arranged on the first main surface side of the substrate and extended in a normal direction of the first and second main surfaces of the substrate inserted to the insertion port, and a first contacting portion formed from the first supporting portion to contact the first card edge terminals. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176586 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, RECEPTION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - It is possible to reduce a noise component mixed in an analog signal while suppressing increase of power consumption. An amplification unit amplifies the inputted analog signal and converts the amplified signal into a digital signal of a predetermined format for output. The amplification unit includes: an analog circuit unit for processing an analog signal; and a digital circuit unit for processing a digital signal; wherein the circuits are arranged on a substrate. The analog circuit unit includes: an amplification circuit for amplifying the inputted analog signal; and an LPF for cutting off a high frequency component of the amplified analog signal. The digital circuit unit includes: a rectification circuit which rectifies a waveform of the signal whose high-frequency component is cut off; and digital output circuit which converts the waveform-rectified signal into a digital signal of a predetermined format for output. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176089 | AREA LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An area light source device that is capable of evenly emitting light by reducing leakage in the vicinity of the light source, and enhancing the light emission luminance by exiting light of narrower directional characteristics. A light guide substrate includes a light introducing section and a light guide plate main body. Diffusion patterns are provided at the light exit surface of the light guide plate main body. A low refraction index layer is formed at the lower surface of the light guide plate main body, and a reflection layer is formed at the lower surface of the low refraction index layer. The point light source is positioned facing an end face of the light introducing section. A directivity conversion unit is arranged on the upper surface of the light introducing section. The directivity conversion unit is configured by radially arraying a directivity conversion pattern having a V groove shape. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110170293 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - An illumination device has a board, a plurality of light emitting elements that are mounted on the board, the plurality of light emitting elements being disposed such that a light irradiation direction of each light emitting element becomes substantially perpendicular to the board, and a plurality of lenses. Each of the plurality of lens is paired with one of the plurality of light emitting elements. A relative positional relationship between the light emitting element and the lens in each pair varies according to a position on the board in which the corresponding light emitting element is disposed. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170036 | AREA LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An area light source device that is capable of more evenly emitting light and capable of enhancing the light emission luminance by exiting light of narrower directional characteristics. A light guide substrate includes a light introducing section and a light guide plate main body for exiting the light from a light exit surface. A number of diffusion patterns are formed at the light exit surface. A low refraction index layer is formed at the lower surface of the light guide plate main body, and a reflection layer is formed at the lower surface of the low refraction index layer. The point light source is arranged at a position facing the end face of the light introducing section. A tapered portion inclined to gradually increase the thickness of the light introducing section the farther away from the light source is arranged on the upper surface of the light introducing section. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169345 | CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system has an input instrument that generates a signal indicating permission and prohibition of running of a load, a power-supply unit that is configured to supply driving power to the load when the load is permitted to run by an input signal from the input instrument, and to cut off the supply of the driving power to the load when the load is prohibited from running by the input signal, and a monitoring device that is configured to monitor the input instrument and the power-supply unit. The power-supply unit is configured to cut off the supply of the driving power to the load when monitoring result of the monitoring device indicates an abnormality of one of the input instrument and the power-supply unit. The control system is compatible with category 2 of ISO 13849-1. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110168420 | TRIGGER SWITCH AND ELECTRIC TOOL PROVIDED THEREWITH - An electric tool has a rib projecting from an inner peripheral surface of the electric tool, and a trigger switch. The trigger switch has a housing having a housing venthole, a contact mechanism disposed in the housing, and a trigger that, when depressed into the housing, drives the contact mechanism. The housing of the trigger switch is bonded to the rib. The rib has a rib venthole. The housing venthole is communicated with the rib venthole. The rib venthole is covered with a filter. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110158548 | WORD RECOGNITION METHOD, WORD RECOGNITION PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A word recognition method in which as a result of a recognition process performed on an image of a character string, one or more character candidates are obtained for each of characters forming the character string, according to which a word corresponding to the character string is recognized using a word database having registered therein a plurality of words includes setting a predetermined number of words included in the word database, as initial word candidates, performing a process in which the characters forming the recognition target character string are set as processing targets, one character by one character, and every time a processing target character is set, word candidates present at a time of the setting are narrowed down to words in which character candidates obtained for the processing target character are arranged at a same location as a location where the processing target character is arranged in the recognition target character string, and identifying, when a narrowing-down process performed on a last processing target character in the recognition target character string is completed, a word corresponding to the character string from among word candidates extracted at a point in time of the completion of the narrowing-down process. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110155914 | INFRARED SENSOR AND INFRARED SENSOR MODULE - The present invention provides an infrared sensor and an infrared sensor module having reduced noise, improved detection precision, and reduced manufacture cost. The infrared sensor includes a first substrate transmitting infrared light including at least one reduced-pressure and sealed cavity, at least one infrared sensing unit provided on the side of the first substrate, and at least one infrared sensing unit generating an output change. The infrared sensor includes a second substrate stacked on the first substrate with a recess, a reflection face capable of reflecting the infrared light, and at least one arithmetic circuit for amplifying or integrating an output, arranged in such a manner that the reflection face is sandwiched between the at least one sensing unit and the least one arithmetic circuit. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110150302 | FACE MATCHING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, FACE MATCHING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND FACE MATCHING DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM - A face matching device ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110146397 | FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A flow rate measurement device has a main flow pipe having a main flow passage through which a gas passes, an orifice for limiting a flow of the gas in the main flow passage, and an auxiliary flow passage block provided with an auxiliary flow passage having one end communicating with a pair of introduction ports opened in the main flow passage on the upstream side of the orifice and the other end communicating with a pair of discharge ports opened in the main flow passage on the downstream side of the orifice. The auxiliary flow passage includes a pair of introduction flow passages having upstream ends respectively communicating with the introduction ports, an upstream auxiliary flow passage having both ends respectively connected to downstream ends of the introduction flow passages, and a pair of discharge flow passages having downstream ends respectively communicating with the discharge ports. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110142286 | DETECTIVE INFORMATION REGISTRATION DEVICE, TARGET OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DETECTIVE INFORMATION REGISTRATION DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING TARGET OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR DETECTIVE INFORMATION REGISTRATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR TARGET OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - A digital camera ( | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141568 | HALF MIRROR AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A half mirror has a shape on a substrate and excels in appearance and design and is fabricated by a method. The method includes forming an organic film by applying, onto a transparent substrate or film, a primer composition containing an addition-polymerizable compound having three or more reactive groups, an addition-polymerizable compound having an acidic group, and an addition-polymerizable compound having a hydrophilic functional group, and polymerizing the primer composition. The method includes turning the acidic group into a metal (M1) salt by treating the organic film with an aqueous solution containing metal (M1) ions, and turning the metal (M1) salt into a metal (M2) salt by treating the organic film with a metal (M2) ion aqueous solution containing metal (M2) ions that are lower in ionization tendency than metal (M1) ions, and (d) reducing metal (M2) ions to form a metal film on a surface of the organic film. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110140213 | CAPACITIVE VIBRATION SENSOR - A hollow part is formed in a silicon substrate through the front and the back. A vibration electrode plate is arranged on an upper surface of the silicon substrate to cover the opening on the upper surface. A fixed electrode plate covers the upper side of the vibration electrode plate while maintaining a microscopic gap with the vibration electrode plate, where the peripheral part is fixed to the upper surface of the silicon substrate. The fixed electrode plate has the portion facing the upper surface of the silicon substrate through a space supported by a side wall portion arranged on an inner edge of the portion fixed to the upper surface of the silicon substrate without interposing a space. The outer surface of the side wall portion of the fixed electrode plate is covered by a reinforcement film made of metal such as Au, Cr, and Pt. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110135311 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, TRANSCEIVER, TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, RECEPTION CONTROL METHOD, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A transmission device has a light emitting element for converting an electric signal to an optical signal and transmitting the same, and a drive section for outputting the optical signal from the light emitting element and driving the light emitting element by providing the electric signal to the light emitting element. The electric signal provided by the drive section to the light emitting element is a waveform deformed signal having a waveform in which a time required for a fall is longer than a time required for a rise in a binary signal having a signal of high level and a signal of low level. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110135249 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - An optical transmission module has an optical transmission path in which optical transmission is performed between a first circuit board and a second circuit board disposed opposite the first circuit board. The optical transmission path has a folded structure having a bending radius. A circumferential portion drawn by the bending radius is provided substantially perpendicular to board surfaces of the first circuit board and the second circuit board. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110135168 | FACE AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, PERSON IMAGE SEARCH SYSTEM, FACE AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FACE AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS - The present invention further improves an accuracy of face authentication procedure without need for any special video equipment and others. In a face authentication apparatus ( | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110123201 | PARALLEL-SERIAL CONVERTER FOR OPTICAL TRANSMISSION, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A serializer is equipped with a plurality of input terminals into which a plurality of binary signals are input in parallel, and converts the plurality of input binary signals into serial binary signals and transmits the serial binary signals to an optical transmission module. One input terminal out of the plurality of input terminals is assigned as an input terminal for preventing bit continuation by inserting “1” signals or “0” signals into the serial binary signals so that a predetermined number of bits of the same value may not be inserted continuously. Due to this structure, bit continuation can be prevented even for a signal generating source with no coding function by a simple configuration without increasing cost and size. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110123147 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An optical transmission module has an optical wiring for transmitting light, and an optical element for irradiating a light incidence plane of the optical wiring with light and a control circuit component for driving light emission of the optical element based on an externally input electric signal, or an optical element for receiving light emitted from a light emitting surface of the optical wiring and converting to an electric signal and a control circuit component for amplifying the electric signal output from the optical element and outputting to the outside. A plurality of boards overlapped and stacked so as to form a step with each other is arranged. A first board stacked at one end in a stacking direction of the plurality of boards is mounted with the optical wiring and the optical element so as to sandwich both surfaces in the stacking direction, and a board surface on the first board side of a second board stacked at another end is mounted with the control circuit component. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110120849 | OPERATION INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An operation input device includes a base including at least four elastic engagement receiving portions raised at a periphery of a center thereof; a print substrate configured to be stacked and integrated on the base; an annular operation plate mounted on push button switches of the print substrate and configured to prevent slip-out; an operation dial mounted on the annular operation plate on an axial center; and a fixing tool configured to be inserted to a fit-in hole of the operation hole and engage with at least two elastic engagement receiving portions of the base at an edge on a lower side and with an inner peripheral edge of the operation dial. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110114630 | APPARATUS WITH HEATING PART - An apparatus has a chassis has a chassis inner face and a chassis outer face, at least one heating part accommodated in the chassis, wherein at least a portion of the heating part faces the chassis inner face with an internal space therebetween, and a film having a first face and a second face bonded to at least a portion of the heating part facing the chassis inner face. The chassis outer face is located on a side opposite the chassis inner face portion and in contact with an external space and having a radiation film interposed therebetween. The film includes a convex part, a concave part, or a repeated pattern of convex and concave parts in the first face or the second face. At least one of the first face and the second face is in contact with the internal space. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110096982 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PROJECTING PATTERN - A pattern generating apparatus includes a sequence generating unit and an image data generating unit. The sequence generating unit generates a sequence formed by terms having M-value numeric values. The image data generating unit generates the image data by converting each numeric value of the sequence into a gray-level value according to each numeric value, and the sequence is generated by the sequence generating unit. The sequence generating unit generates the sequence such that vectors expressed by sub-sequences have different directions for the sub-sequence constituting the generated sequence. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110080586 | OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING POLARIZER AND RETARDERS FOR SPECTROSCOPIC POLARIMETRY - In the channeled spectroscopic polarimetry, a measurement error of a parameter showing a spectropolarization characteristic of a sample is effectively removed, the error being generated by various variations in retardation of a retarder depending upon the state of the sample. With attention being focused that the retardation of the retarder may be kept constant by stabilization of an incident direction of light that transmits through the retarder, the retarder was arranged on the light source side with respect to the sample so as to effectively remove an influence relative to a measurement error, such as variations in direction of a light ray due to the sample. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080126 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE - A motor drive device has a drive unit for driving a motor based on an ON/OFF operation of a switching element by a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) signal. The motor drive device uses a PWM control method and performs abnormal determination based on an application voltage value and an actual measurement voltage value of the motor. The motor drive device does not make a false determination of determining as abnormal when it is normal, when determining the presence of abnormality based on the application voltage value and the actual measurement voltage value of the motor. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110077318 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL COMPONENT AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a resin composition for producing an optical component in which resin composition respective of a (meth)acrylic equivalent and a content of a repeating unit represented by the general formula (1) are adjusted to given ranges, an optical component which is made of the resin composition, and an image display device. The resin composition of the present invention for producing an optical component is arranged such that the resin composition contains at least one kind of compound whose molecule contains the repeating unit represented by the general formula (1) and at least one (meth)acryloyl group and the (meth)acrylic equivalent and the content of the repeating unit meet the given ranges. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110068728 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE - A motor drive device has a drive unit at least three sets of upper and lower arms, each of the at least three sets of upper and lower arms having switching elements thereon, for driving a motor based on an ON/OFF operation of each of the switching elements by a PWM signal, a single current detection resistor for detecting current flowing to the drive unit, and a control unit for detecting a current value of the current flowing to each of phases of the motor based on the current flowing to the current detection resistor, and outputting the PWM signal to each of the switching elements based on a target current value of each of the phases and the detected current value of each of the phases. The control unit has an upper stage regeneration abnormality determination unit for detecting the current flowing to the current detection resistor in an upper stage regeneration state, in which the switching elements of the upper arm of all of the phases are in an ON state and the switching elements of the lower arm of all of the phases are in an OFF state, and determining abnormality based on the detection result, and a lower stage regeneration abnormality determination unit for detecting the current flowing to the current detection resistor in a lower stage regeneration state, in which the switching elements of the upper arm of all of the phases are in the OFF state and the switching elements of the lower arm of all of the phases are in the ON state, and determining abnormality based on the detection result. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110063096 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, PORTABLE DEVICE, PORTABLE DEVICE SEARCH SYSTEM - A vehicle control device mounted on a vehicle has a search signal transmission unit that transmits a search signal for searching a position of a portable device, which remotely operates the control device, a determination unit that determines a bright and dark state of outside of the vehicle, and a storage unit that stores a determination result of the determination unit. When searching for the portable device, a first search signal for causing the portable device to perform an informing operation of visually informing the position of the portable device is transmitted from the search signal transmission unit if the determination result in which the outside of the vehicle is determined as the dark state by the determination unit is stored in the storage unit, and a second search signal for not causing the portable device to perform the informing operation of visually informing the position of the portable device is transmitted from the search signal transmission unit if the determination result in which the outside of the vehicle is determined as the bright state by the determination unit is stored in the storage unit. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110058121 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A surface light source device has a reflector plate, a light guide plate placed on an upper surface of the reflector plate, the light guide plate including a light guide plate main body having a light outgoing area, and a light introducing portion provided continuously from an end of the light guide plate main body, the light introducing portion having an upper surface side projected from an upper surface of the light guide plate main body in such a manner as to have a maximum thickness greater than a thickness of the light guide plate main body, a light source disposed such that light emitted therefrom is introduced into the light guide plate from a light incidence surface of the light introducing portion, a frame-like member having a uniform thickness, the frame-like member being adhesively applied to the upper surface of the reflector plate in such a manner as to enclose the light guide plate and the light source, a wiring substrate mounted at a lower surface thereof with the light source, the wiring substrate being adhesively applied to an upper surface of the frame-like member and to the upper surface of the maximum thickness area of the light introducing portion, and at least one optical sheet disposed on the upper surface of the light guide plate main body, the light introducing portion being sandwiched between the wiring substrate adhesively applied to the upper surface of the frame-like member and the reflector plate adhesively applied to the lower surface of the frame-like member. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110052130 | ORGANIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC DEVICE - An organic device has a substrate made of polymer, and a polymer layer adhered on the substrate. A crystallization degree of an adhesive surface with the polymer layer in the substrate is smaller than a crystallization degree of an interior of the substrate. In a manufacturing method for manufacturing an organic device including a substrate made of polymer; and having a polymer layer adhered on the substrate, the manufacturing method includes performing a low crystallization process on an adhesive surface with the polymer layer in the substrate to have a crystallization degree lower than a crystallization degree of an interior of the substrate. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110044017 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component has a printed substrate having a die bonding portion, a semiconductor element rigidly bonded to the die bonding portion of the printed substrate by a die bonding resin, and a wire bonding terminal formed by a conductor pattern on the printed substrate that is connected to the semiconductor element by a bonding wire. A groove portion located at a level lower than the conductor pattern of the printed substrate is formed in a region located on at least a die bonding portion side in a region surrounding the wire bonding terminal. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110000312 | FLOW MEASURING DEVICE - A flow measuring device has a flow channel block including a main flow channel whose both ends are open, and an auxiliary flow channel that branches from the main flow channel, a flow amount measurement element provided for the auxiliary flow channel, and a branch entrance and a collection exit that open in a wall surface of the main flow channel, and that communicate to the auxiliary flow channel, so that a part of a gaseous body that flows through the main flow channel is directed to the auxiliary flow channel through the branch entrance, and the gaseous body that has passed through the auxiliary flow channel is directed back to the main flow channel through the collection exit. A holding member containing portion is provided in a depressed manner for an area excluding an area including the branch entrance and an area including the collection exit in a circumference surface of a space of the flow channel block that configures the main flow channel. An orifice is contained within the main flow channel. An orifice holding member fitted into the holding member containing portion holds the orifice by being brought into contact with the orifice. The wall surface of the main flow channel is configured by a wall surface excluding the area for which the holding member containing portion is formed out of the main flow channel and an inner surface of the orifice holding member. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100328776 | ANTI-REFLECTION SHEET, DISPLAY ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An anti-reflection sheet is formed in a manner of forming a resin layer, which has many fine projections | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100308763 | MOTOR DRIVE APPARATUS - A motor drive apparatus for driving a motor in a normal rotation direction or a reverse rotation direction in accordance with a state of operation of an operation switch has a first semiconductor switching device that switches ON/OFF state based on a normal rotation instruction provided by the operation switch, a second semiconductor switching device that switches ON/OFF state based on a reverse rotation instruction provided by the operation switch, a control circuit for controlling drive of the motor in the normal rotation direction or the reverse rotation direction, based on the ON/OFF state of the first and second semiconductor switching devices, and a wetting detection circuit for detecting wetting and controlling operation of the first and second semiconductor switching devices. The control circuit has a first terminal connected to the first semiconductor switching device, a second terminal connected to the second semiconductor switching device, a low level terminal for receiving and outputting a signal having a voltage value lower than a reference voltage value defined in advance, and a high level terminal for receiving and outputting a signal having a voltage value higher than the reference voltage value. When the wetting detection circuit detects wetting, voltage values of the first terminal and the second terminal are less than the reference voltage value. The first terminal and the second terminal are separated from the high level terminal, and are arranged in proximity to the low level terminal. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100304153 | SURFACE-TREATED RESIN, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND USE OF THE SAME - A resin according to the present invention includes an ester bond as an essential component and comprises an amine thin membrane on a surface of the resin. This makes it possible to provide (i) a resin having an amine membrane on its surface, (ii) a production method thereof, and (iii) use thereof. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100303412 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An optical transmission module has a light-emitting element, a light-receiving element, and an optical path for optically coupling the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element, and transmitting a optical signal. The optical path has a core part, a clad part surrounding the core part, and a support board for supporting the optical path itself and the light-receiving element. A resin part formed of resin having a refractive index higher than air outside the optical path is arranged at a part of a surface area of the clad part along an optical transmission direction to which optical signals are transmitted. The resin part has an inclined surface in which the surface on the opposite side of the clad part is tilted relative to the optical transmission direction. The inclined surface forms an acute angle with the surface of the clad part at the opposite side of the light-receiving element in the resin part. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100303372 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING AND ENHANCING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH FUNCTION OF REMOVING NOISE - The present invention provides a digital image processing enhancing system and method with denoising function. The collected digital image is input; the obtained digital image is decomposed into an illumination image and a reflection image, and then the decomposed illumination image and the reflection image is processed, at last, the processed illumination image and the reflection image are composed into an output image, which is output to an output device. The present invention can improve the image quality, remove the noises of the image, remain details features of an object and obtain the natural visual effect. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302010 | TAG INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, TAG INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, TAG INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A tag information processing apparatus includes (i) a movement direction judging section ( | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100295639 | STRUCTURE OF SPRING AND ACTUATOR USING THE SPRING - A structure of a spring has a supporting member, an actuating member that is rotatably supported to the supporting member by a first supporting axis at a portion near a center, and a plurality of interlocking members that are each provided on both sides of the first supporting axis, that are rotatably supported to the supporting member by a second supporting axis, and that are rotatably coupled to the actuating member. Each point of action of the interlocking members is defined at a portion that is closer to the first supporting axis than to the coupled portion of the second supporting axis and the actuating member. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100289932 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - Suppressing increases in the area of an image cell while reducing fixed pattern noise (FPN). A photoelectric conversion signal is generated from photocurrent flowing through a photodiode (PD) in a pixel (Ca). A first transistor functioning as a load transistor is driven to operate in a strong inversion state and then operate in a subthreshold range. When the first transistor (T | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100283563 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay includes a base and an electromagnetic block mounted on a surface of the base, which is formed by winding a coil around a first end portion of an iron core. The first end portion serves as a magnetic pole portion, and a second end portion of the iron core is caulk-fixed to a vertical portion of a yoke having a generally L-shape in cross section. The electromagnetic relay also includes a movable iron piece rotated based on excitation and non-excitation of the electromagnetic block and a card for driving a contact mechanism portion by making a reciprocating movement through the movable iron piece. A shallow groove along an outer peripheral surface of the wound coil is formed in an upper surface of a horizontal portion of the yoke along a lengthwise direction. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100270483 | OPTICAL COUPLER - An optical coupler has a first terminal board and a second terminal board, a first conversion element for converting an electrical signal into an optical signal mounted on a surface of a first element mounting section of the first terminal board, a second conversion element for converting an optical signal into an electrical signal mounted on a surface of a second element mounting section of the second terminal board; and a light reflective curved surface formed so as to cover the first conversion element and the second conversion element. The surfaces of the first element mounting section and the second element mounting section have the same orientation. An optical signal emitted from the first conversion element is reflected on the light reflective curved surface, to optically couple the first conversion element and the second conversion element. The second conversion element has a plurality of light receiving cells that are electrically connected in series, arrayed in parallel with one another, and longer in a longitudinal direction than in a width direction. The first conversion element is arranged inside an area sandwiched between two contact lines that are set so as to be in contact with an outline of the second conversion element, and are in parallel with a length direction of the light receiving cells. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100269906 | CIS SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An alloy substrate formed on an alloy of Ni and Mo is formed by electroforming. The alloy substrate has graded composition in which alloy composition varies in a thickness direction thereof. A lower surface side is mainly composed of Ni, and a upper surface side is mainly composed of Mo. An upper surface of the alloy substrate is formed with a large number of minute and pyramidal unevenness having high light scattering property. A CIS light absorbing layer is formed on the upper surface of the alloy substrate, and an upper electrode is provided thereabove. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100259746 | PROFILOMETER - A profilometer for measuring a surface profile of a measuring target has a lighting device for irradiating the measuring target with light, an imaging device for imaging a reflected light from the measuring target, and a normal calculation section for calculating a normal direction of a surface at each position of the measuring target from an imaged image. The lighting device has a light emission region of a predetermined extent. A radiance of center of gravity of a light source distribution of a point symmetric region coincides with a radiance of the center of the point symmetric region in an arbitrary point symmetric region of the light emission region. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100255313 | ONE-PACK TYPE EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF - Disclosed is a one-pack type epoxy resin composition containing an epoxy resin, dicyandiamide, an epoxy resin adduct compound, and a non-latent imidazole compound. The one-pack type epoxy resin composition is capable of being cured at a low temperature, while having excellent heat resistance and sealing properties. Also disclosed is use of the one-pack type epoxy resin composition. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100247921 | NOVEL RESIN COMPOSITION, COMPOSITE MATERIAL CONTAINING THE SAME AND USE OF THE COMPOSITE MATERIAL - Disclosed is a resin composition which can firmly bond a metal with a molding material, a composite material including the resin composition and use of the composite material. The resin composition of the present invention includes: an organic compound having at least one secondary thiol group per molecule; and a curable compound having at least one hydroxyl group per molecule. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100244782 | CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, CHARGING DEVICE, AS WELL AS PROGRAM - A battery state monitoring portion intermittently monitors the low voltage battery for supplying power to electrical components arranged in a vehicle while the power supply to the low voltage system load other than a +B load is stopped, a DCDC converter is stopped, and a +B power supply mode in which the vehicle cannot travel is set. A charging control portion starts up the DCDC converter and charges the low voltage battery with the power of a high voltage battery as a power source of the vehicle through the DCDC converter when the voltage of the low voltage battery becomes lower than or equal to a charging start voltage when the +B power supply mode is set. The present invention can be applied to a charging device of a battery of an electric vehicle. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100244560 | VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A vehicle power supply system has a power supply unit for supplying power to each unit of a vehicle, a plurality of actuation units actuated by the power from the power supply unit, an operation unit arranged for each of the plurality of actuation units, and operated when actuating the corresponding actuation unit, and a control unit for performing a control of starting supply of power from the power supply unit to each of the plurality of actuation units according to the operation of the corresponding operation unit when an actuation condition of the actuation unit corresponding to the operation unit is satisfied. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100243422 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE - An information input device includes a flexible print substrate including first, second and third installation units, first and second coupling units coupling the first installation unit with the second installation unit and the second installation unit with the third installation unit respectively, so that the first, second, and third installation units are extended along a same axis, the first, the second, and the third installation units being folded to a bellows form and integrated through the first and the second coupling units, a sensor sheet, an operation plate configured to be pushably installed by means of the sensor sheet on an upper surface of the third installation unit, a push button configured to be pushably assembled through an operation hole formed in the operation plate; and a dome-shaped movable contact arranged on the second installation unit. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100239874 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METAL FILM, PRIMER COMPOSITION, METAL FILM AND USE OF THE METAL FILM - The present invention provides (i) a process for producing a metal film with which process a metal film and a metal pattern can be formed, at low cost, on an arbitrary substrate, (ii) a primer composition, (iii) a metal film, and (iv) use of the metal film. The process includes the steps of: forming an organic film with use of a primer composition which contains (i) an addition polymerizable compound including three or more reactive groups, (ii) an addition polymerizable compound including an acid group, (iii) an addition polymerizable compound including a basic group, and (iv) an addition polymerizable compound including a hydrophilic functional group; form a metal (M1) salt from the acid group; substituting the metal (M1) salt of the acid group with a metal (M2) salt by processing with a metal (M2) ion aqueous solution containing a metal (M2) ion which has a less ionization tendency than the metal (M1) ion; and reducing the metal (M2) ion so that a metal film is formed on a surface of the organic film. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100232658 | VEHICLE OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD, AS WELL AS, PROGRAM - A similarity degree calculating unit calculates a similarity degree of a feature quantity of a face image of an imaged checking target, and a feature quantity of a face image of a registrant or a non-registrant registered in a registrant information DB or a non-registrant information DB. A check determination unit notifies a service determination unit when the similarity degree is higher than a threshold value. A related information acquiring unit acquires related information including inter-registrant information, and provides to a time-series information DB generation unit and the service determination unit. The time-series information DB generation unit updates the time-series information DB. A statistical information DB generation unit generates the statistical information DB from the time-series information DB. The service determination unit provides services based on the related information, the time-series information DB, and the statistical information DB. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100232192 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS, POWER CONDITIONER, AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A first chopper circuit generates a first sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to a positive side by chopping a direct current voltage at a system frequency. A second chopper circuit generates a second sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to a negative side by chopping a direct current voltage at a frequency twice as high as the system frequency. The second chopper circuit further generates a third sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to the positive and negative side in turns in the manner of sinusoidal wave by summing the first sequence of square wave voltages and the second sequence of square wave voltages. A third chopper circuit chops the third sequence of square wave voltages at a frequency determined by a timing that depends on if a voltage difference thereof to a sinusoidal wave voltage results in a positive value or a negative value and outputting the chopped third sequence of square wave voltages as a charge/discharge output. The third chopper circuit PWM-controls the charge/discharge output at a PWM frequency so that the difference is corrected to thereby generate a sinusoidal wave voltage that continuously changes to the positive and negative sides. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100232191 | POWER CONDITIONER AND SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A first circuit generates a first sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to a positive side relative to a first reference potential, which is a potential on a negative-electrode side of a direct current power source, from a direct current voltage. A second circuit generates a second sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level lower than the voltage level of the first sequence of square wave voltages on the positive side that changes to a negative side relative to a second reference potential. The second chopper circuit further generates a third sequence of square wave voltages having a voltage level that changes to the positive and negative side in turns in the manner of sinusoidal wave relative to the first reference potential by summing the first sequence of square wave voltages and the second sequence of square wave voltages. A third circuit outputs the third sequence of square wave voltages as a charge/discharge output. The third circuit further PWM-controls the charge/discharge output so that a difference of the third sequence of square wave voltages to a sinusoidal wave voltage is corrected and thereby generates a sinusoidal wave voltage that continuously changes to the positive and negative sides relative to the first reference potential from the third sequence of square wave voltages and the PWM-controlled output, and outputs the generated sinusoidal wave voltage to a load. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231465 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An in-vehicle device transmits a response request signal to inside and outside of a vehicle and performs a predetermined control when receiving a response signal from a specific portable device. The in-vehicle device includes a plurality of antennas installed inside the vehicle, a transmission unit configured to modulate the response request signal with a predetermined carrier wave and transmit the signal from the plurality of antennas, and a phase difference control unit configured to shift a phase of the carrier wave corresponding to each of the plurality of antennas when modulating the response request signal with the predetermined carrier wave in the transmission unit | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231369 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system includes an information processing device arranged in a vehicle, a portable device storing unique information, a specification information recording unit configured to record specification information having a predetermined relationship with the unique information, a first transmission unit configured to transmit a request signal requesting transmission of the unique information, a first reception unit configured to receive the unique information transmitted from the portable device, a position specifying unit configured to compare the received unique information with the specification information and specify whether or not the portable device is inside the vehicle, a detection unit configured to detect a human inside the vehicle, an alarm unit configured to set off an alarm, and an alarm control unit. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231354 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A control system has a control device for performing a control of a predetermined process, and a communication device for communicating with the control device. The control device has a first transmission unit for transmitting a request signal requesting for transmission of a response signal to the communication device, a first reception unit for receiving the response signal transmitted through a predetermined procedure from the communication device in response to the request signal transmitted by the first transmission unit, an authentication unit for performing authentication of the communication device using identification information of the communication device contained in the response signal received by the first reception unit and identification information of the communication device registered in advance, and a process executing unit for executing the predetermined process when the authentication of the communication device by the authentication unit is successful. The communication device has a first storage unit for storing transmission scheduled time information indicating a time scheduled to transmit the response signal assigned to the communication device, a second reception unit for receiving the request signal transmitted from the first transmission unit, and a second transmission unit for transmitting the response signal corresponding to the request signal received by the second reception unit to the control device at a time different from times assigned to other communication devices based on the transmission scheduled time information stored in the first storage unit. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231349 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication method of a communication device for performing communication with an in-vehicle device includes determining whether or not the communication device is within a predetermined storage region, and performing a control of prohibiting transmission and reception of signals with the in-vehicle device when determined that the communication device is within the predetermined storage region. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100230643 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METAL FILM, METAL FILM AND USE OF THE METAL FILM - The process of the present invention for producing a metal film includes: forming an organic film using a primer composition containing an addition polymerizable compound including three or more reactive groups, an acid group-including addition polymerizable compound, and a hydrophilic functional group-including addition polymerizable compound; forming a metal (M1) salt from the acid group; substituting the metal (M1) salt of the acid group with a metal (M2) salt by processing the organic film with a metal (M2) ion aqueous solution containing a metal (M2) ion having less ionization tendency than the metal (M1) ion; reducing the metal (M2) ion so that a metal film is formed on a surface of the organic film; and oxidizing the metal film. This provides (i) a process for producing a metal film and a metal pattern, at low cost, on an arbitrary substrate, (ii) a metal film, and (iii) use of the meta film. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100225428 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay having a high positioning accuracy of a movable iron piece and little variation in operating characteristics. A pair of upper and lower rotating shaft convex portions are provided at one end of a movable iron piece along the same shaft center. The pair of upper and lower rotating shaft convex portions are rotatably supported by a base and a spool of an electromagnetic block mounted on the base respectively. A movable contact piece is driven by the movable iron piece rotated by magnetization or demagnetization of the electromagnetic block to open or close a contact. One end of the spool has a shaft hole in which the upper rotating shaft convex portion of the movable iron piece is inserted. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225427 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A electromagnetic relay in which bad electrical contact and failure of operation are prevented even when shavings are produced while an iron core is press-fitted into and mounted on a base. The electromagnetic relay includes an electromagnetic block supported by press-fitting both ends of an iron core of the electromagnetic block into an upper surface of a base and open or close a contact by a movable iron piece rotated by magnetization or demagnetization of the iron core with a coil, where shaving receptacles are made by forming separating ribs adjacent to at least one side of press-fit projections that are formed in press-fit concave portions provided on the upper surface of the base. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100224761 | LIGHT RECEIVING DETECTION CIRCUIT - A light receiving detection circuit has a light receiving element configured to receive light emitted from a corresponding projection element, a current/voltage conversion circuit that converts a current signal passing through the light receiving element into a voltage signal, and a filter portion that has a plurality of stages. The filter portion has a high-pass filter and an amplifying circuit. The high-pass filter is able to be switched such that a time constant of the high-pass filter increases when the light receiving element receives light emitted by the corresponding projection element such that the time constant decreases when other projection elements except for the corresponding projection element emit the light. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100221016 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A light transmission module has a light transmission path for transmitting light, an optical element including a light emitting and receiving surface for emitting or receiving an optical signal transmitted by the light transmission path, and having a light emitting and receiving point with a function of photoelectric conversion and an electrode pad formed on the light emitting and receiving surface, a substrate mounted with the optical element and an electrical wiring, a bonding wiring for electrically connecting the electrode pad and the electrical wiring, and a sealing portion for sealing the optical element. The electrical wiring and the electrode pad are reverse wire-bonded by the bonding wiring. The sealing portion includes an inclined part where a liquid sealing resin material is raised and solidified along a side wall of the optical element by surface tension, and a flat part where the liquid sealing resin material is spread in parallel and solidified along the light emitting and receiving surface, the inclined part and the flat part being coupled. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100219490 | SEMICONDUCTOR SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor sensor has a first semiconductor layer as a base, an insulating layer formed on the first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer formed on the insulating layer. A recess is formed from a bottom surface of the first semiconductor layer up to a top surface of the insulating layer. The second semiconductor layer is covered with the insulating layer in an outer circumference of a top surface of the recess. A sensitive region of the second semiconductor layer is exposed in a region except the outer circumference of the top surface of the recess. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100219055 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device has a casing, a tubular portion provided on the casing, an upper surface and a lower surface of the tubular portion being opened, a support shaft provided in the tubular portion, a manipulation knob attached to the tubular portion such that an opening in the upper surface is covered therewith, the manipulation knob being turned about the support shaft by manipulation, a first hitting portion provided in the manipulation knob, a first hit portion provided in the tubular portion, the first hitting portion hitting the first hit portion when the manipulation knob is turned to reach a limit of an operating range of a turning operation of the manipulation knob, a second hitting portion provided in the manipulation knob independently of the first hitting portion, and a second hit portion provided in the casing so as to be separated from the tubular portion, the second hitting portion hitting the second hit portion when the manipulation knob is turned to reach the limit of the operating range of the turning operation of the manipulation knob. ON and OFF states are switched based on the turning operation of the manipulation knob. The second hitting portion and the second hit portion are provided at positions at which the second hitting portion hits the second hit portion before the first hitting portion hits the first hit portion during the turning operation of the manipulation knob. At least one of the second hitting portion and the second hit portion bends when the second hitting portion hits the second hit portion. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100215979 | Method of forming metal film and metal wiring pattern, undercoat composition for forming metal film and metal wiring pattern, and metal film - A method of forming a metal film and a metal wiring pattern is described a step of forming an organic film by applying and polymerizing an undercoat composition for forming a metal film containing an addition-polymerizable monomer having an acidic group and a polymerization initiator on a substrate or film, a step of converting the acidic group into a metal (M1) salt by treating the organic film with an aqueous solution containing a metal (M1) ion, a step of converting the metal (M1) salt into a metal (M2) salt by treating the organic film with an aqueous solution containing a metal (M2) ion having an ionization tendency lower than the metal (M1) ion, and a step of forming a metal film on the organic film surface by reducing the metal (M2) ion. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100215315 | OPTICAL CABLE MODULE AND APPARATUS EMPLOYING IT - An optical cable module is mainly provided with: an optical waveguide ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214112 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD - A control device has a first sensor set with a first detection region, a second sensor set with a second detection region, and a control unit for controlling a predetermined operation based on a detection result by the first sensor and a detection result by the second sensor. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100212432 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITIVE VIBRATING SENSOR - An electrostatic capacitive vibration sensor has a substrate, a through-hole, a vibrating electrode plate, and a fixed electrode plate opposite the vibrating electrode plate. The fixed electrode plate is subjected to vibration to perform membrane oscillation. Pluralities of acoustic holes are made in the fixed electrode plate. The vibrating and fixed electrode plate are disposed on a surface side of the substrate such that an opening on the surface side of the through-hole is covered. A lower surface of an outer peripheral portion of the vibrating electrode plate is partially fixed to the substrate. A vent hole that communicates a surface side and a rear surface side of the vibrating electrode plate is made between the surface of the substrate and the lower surface of the vibrating electrode plate. In addition, the acoustic hole has a smaller opening area except at the outer peripheral portion. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100208170 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A surface light source device has a surface-shaped light source having a light emission surface, a first prism sheet at a side of the light emission surface, and a second prism sheet in an opposite side from the surface-shaped light source with the first prism sheet interposed therebetween. The first prism sheet includes prisms having a greater length in a longitudinal direction and having an apical angle between 72 and 100 degrees which are arranged on a surface facing the surface-shaped light source. The second prism sheet includes prisms having a greater length in a longitudinal direction and having an apical angle between 100 and 125 degrees which are arranged on a surface facing a direction opposite the surface-shaped light source. The first and second prism longitudinal direction form an angle of 15 degrees or less, when the first and second prism sheet are viewed in a perpendicular direction. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100206705 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device has a slider that advances and retreats in a front-back direction, a push button that is integrally provided at a front end of the slider, a switch contact whose on and off states are switched according to an operation for pushing down the push button to cause the slider to retreat, a biasing member that biases the slider in an advancing direction in order to return the push button and the slider to a non-manipulated position, a case in which the switch contact, the biasing member, and the slider are assembled, the push button being disposed in an opening at a front end of the case, a front-portion constituent member that is attached to the case while disposed around the push button in the opening, and a coil that is wound around a bobbin formed in an outer circumference of the front-portion constituent member. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100202732 | FILM LIGHT GUIDE PACKAGE, FILM LIGHT GUIDE MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a package ( | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100200983 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component has a board, a semiconductor element mounted on an upper surface of the board, a ground electrode formed in a region surrounding the semiconductor element on the upper surface of the board, a conductive cap that overlaps the board such that the semiconductor element is covered therewith, and a conductive joining member that joins a whole periphery of a lower surface of the conductive cap to the ground electrode. The conductive cap includes a pressing portion on the lower surface thereof The lower surface of the conductive cap and the ground electrode are joined by the conductive joining member on an outer peripheral side of the pressing portion. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100195114 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASURING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE MEASURING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus for measuring a three-dimensional shape of a target object by analyzing an optical pattern projected onto the target object has an optical pattern projecting device that projects the optical pattern onto a portion of a measurement surface on which the target object is placed, the optical pattern having brightness changing periodically according to a position, a first line sensor that images an optical pattern-emitted region onto which the optical pattern is projected, a second line sensor that images an optical pattern-non-emitted region onto which the optical pattern is not projected, and a processing device that calculates a phase of the optical pattern at a pixel included in an image obtained by removing background information from images taken by the first and second line sensors based on a brightness value of the pixel and a neighboring pixel in the image, and calculates height information based on the calculated phase. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100195019 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light guide plate ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100188373 | Information input device, and electronic apparatus using same - An information input device is provided which is to make input of information by operating a disk-shaped rotating member. The device includes the rotating member ( | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188372 | Information input device, and electronic apparatus using same - An information input device is provided which is to make input of information by operating a disk-shaped rotating member. The device includes the rotating member ( | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100183040 | Laser source device and laser processing device - A laser source device includes an optical amplifier having an optical amplifying medium that is configured to amplify a seed beam when the seed beam and an exciting beam are entered, a seed beam source for emitting a laser beam as the seed beam, and an exciting beam source for emitting an exciting beam. The seed beam source emits a pulse beam as the seed beam during a predetermined principal irradiation period. The seed beam source emits a substantially continuous beam as the seed beam, having a smaller power than a peak power of the pulse beam during a supplemental irradiation period different from the principal irradiation period. The exciting beam source emits the exciting beam such that the power of the exciting beam is smaller during the supplemental irradiation period than the power of the exciting beam during the principal irradiation period. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100176821 | ACOUSTIC SENSOR - A vibrating electrode plate | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100175477 | ACOUSTIC SENSOR - A vibrating electrode plate | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100172654 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT CIRCUIT, LIGHT TRANSMITTING SYSTEM, LIGHT TRANSMITTING MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A light emitting element circuit has a light emitting element, a drive circuit that supplies a current to the light emitting element, and a signal circuit that autonomously supplies a signal according to an ambient temperature. The signal adjusts the current such that the current corresponds to a temperature characteristic of the light emitting element. | 07-08-2010 |
