OMRON CORPORATION Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160126656 | CONNECTING MECHANISM - A connecting mechanism having a male contact and a female contact, each of the male and female contacts having a first surface including at least in part a flat surface portion defined therein, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a contact surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. The contact surface is designed so that, when the first contact and the second contact are electrically connected with each other, the contact surfaces of the first contact and the second contact make a surface contact therebetween that inclines with respect to the flat surface portions of the first and second contacts in a cross section that crosses the first surface, the second surface, and the contact surface. | 05-05-2016 |
20160115610 | ELECTROFORMED COMPONENT PRODUCTION METHOD - A contact element ( | 04-28-2016 |
20160110602 | AREA INFORMATION ESTIMATING DEVICE, AREA INFORMATION ESTIMATING METHOD, AND AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An area information estimating device has a camera that photographs an image within a sensing area, a person detector that detects a person from the image from the camera, and a position calculator that calculates an existence position of the person in the sensing area based on a coordinate on the image in which the person is detected by the person detector. The person detector excludes the person in whom a relationship between the coordinate and a size on the image does not satisfy a predetermined condition from a detection target. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109975 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL PROGRAM - The present invention provides a new configuration for enabling an input only in the case where a user performs a touch operation with the intention of performing the operation. A control device includes a controller that monitors and controls at least a target device, and an input display that displays a monitoring/controlling screen associated with the target device and detects a touch operation performed by a user. When the input display detects that the user continues touching the monitoring/controlling screen at least at two points and performs a rotating operation by a predetermined angle or more, the controller changes a status value associated with touched positions of the at least two points. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109867 | SIMULATION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM WHEREIN SIMULATION PROGRAM IS STORED, SIMULATION DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A simulation method run on a computer simulating the characteristics of a real controlled device including a heating apparatus that changes a heating value in accordance with a first manipulated value, includes creating a controlled-device model representing the real controlled device where a first manipulated value is an input and a process value for the real controlled device is an output, acquiring a first time-related characteristic as input to the controlled-device model, and calculating a second time-related characteristic from the output from the controlled device model with respect to the input of the first time-related characteristic. The controlled-device model includes a heating component corresponding to the heating apparatus for increasing the process value in accordance with the size of a first manipulated value. | 04-21-2016 |
20160109639 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND SURFACE ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A light guide plate has a light input end surface from which light is introduced, a light output surface that outputs light spread in a planar manner externally, a flat main light guiding body including the light output surface, a light conducting portion that has a maximum thickness greater than the thickness of the main light guiding body and includes the light input end surface, a first slanted surface provided on the light conducting portion on at least one of a surface near the light output surface and a surface opposite thereto, the first slanted surface inclined from a first location that is thicker than the main light guiding body toward the outer surface of the main light guiding body, and a plurality of first pattern elements provided on the light conducting portion on at least one of a surface near the light output surface and a surface opposite thereto. | 04-21-2016 |
20160100826 | PREDICTED MENSTRUATION START DATE CALCULATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND BODY ANALYSIS APPARATUS - A predicted menstruation start date calculation apparatus includes a date information acquisition unit that acquires a number of menstrual cycle days and a number of high temperature phase days over multiple menstrual cycles of a woman, a type classification unit that performs classification into a specific type indicating that the number of menstrual cycle days is unstable and the number of high temperature phase days is stable, and into one or more types other than the specific type, and a calculation unit that calculates the predicted menstruation start date based on the classification by the type classification unit. | 04-14-2016 |
20160099119 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device has a circuit unit that forms an electric circuit that detects at least one of disconnection and a short circuit of a wiring connecting an external device and the switch device, two terminals connected to the electric circuit, and configured to be connected to the wiring, a contact mechanism that moves in a movable direction to switch on and off of a contact of the electric circuit, and a circuit board on which the circuit unit, the two terminals, and the contact mechanism are disposed. The electric circuit comprises at least one resistive element. The circuit unit and the contact mechanism are disposed on an identical surface side of the circuit board. The resistive element is disposed in a direction perpendicular to the movable direction of the contact mechanism when viewed from at least a part of a movable range of the contact mechanism. | 04-07-2016 |
20160092745 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When there is a possibility that a third character region is redundantly selected in both a case where the line extraction process is performed starting from a first character region and a case where the line extraction process is performed starting from a second character region located in a line different from a line containing the first character region, the line recognition unit determines which line to incorporate the third character region in, by comparing a case of incorporating the third character region into the line starting with the first character region, with a case of incorporating the third character region into the line starting with the second character region. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091883 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing device collects information on an operating state of a communication system formed of a master device that manages communication over a network and at least one slave device connected to the network and capable of performing communication as instructed by the master device. The master device and the slave device record communication log entries regarding time information and a communication state in accordance with communication processing. The information processing device includes an acquiring section that acquires communication log entries from at least one of the master device and the slave device, a log entry rearranging section that rearranges the acquired communication log entries based on the time information, and a log entry extracting section that extracts, out of the rearranged communication log entries, any communication log entry recorded within a predetermined period of time from occurrence of a communication log entry including communication abnormality information. | 03-31-2016 |
20160086754 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay ( | 03-24-2016 |
20160082485 | WASHING POSITION CONFIRMATION DEVICE, FLUID DELIVERY POSITION CONFIRMATION DEVICE, WASHING POSITION CONFIRMATION SYSTEM, AND FLUID DELIVERY POSITION CONFIRMATION METHOD - A cleaning position checking device, configured to be provided between a fluid supply section and a nozzle having a hole through which a fluid supplied from the fluid supply section is ejected so that a cleaned object is cleaned with the fluid, for checking a position which the fluid to be ejected is to reach, having a joint member having a tubular shape, and having an inlet part through which the fluid flows in the joint member, and an outlet part through which the fluid flows out of the joint member, and a holder having a first opening configured to have a light source disposed therethrough, and a light source section-provided-space formed in the holder configured to hold the light source section therein, so as to allow light to be emitted toward the outlet part. | 03-24-2016 |
20160072202 | PROBE PIN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A probe pin has a coil spring having a first end and a second end, a first plunger having a major portion, and a first elastic extension and a second elastic extension that from the major portion in the same direction, and a second plunger forcedly inserted between the first and the second elastic extensions. The first and the second plungers have electric conductivity. The first and the second plungers are inserted from the first and second ends of the coil spring, respectively, so that the first and the second elastic extensions of the first plunger hold the second plunger with the first elastic extension making a forced contact with a surface of the second plunger to form thereat an electric connection between the first and the second plungers. | 03-10-2016 |
20160071428 | SCORING DEVICE AND SCORING METHOD - A scoring device has an acquisition unit that acquires image data in which a singer is photographed, a detector that detects a feature associated with an expression or a facial motion during singing as a facial feature of the singer from the image data acquired by the acquisition unit, a calculator that calculates a score for singing action of the singer based on the feature detected by the detector, and an output unit that outputs the score. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070987 | IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS - An identification apparatus performs classification using a plurality of classifiers, and calculates the reliability of its classification result. A data obtaining unit obtains input data. A feature quantity obtaining unit obtains a feature quantity corresponding to the input data. A plurality of classifiers receive input of the feature quantity and perform classification based on the input feature quantity. An identification unit inputs the feature quantity into each of the classifiers, and generates a single second classification result based on a plurality of classification results obtained from the classifiers. A reliability generation unit generates a reliability of the second classification result based on variations across the plurality of classification results. | 03-10-2016 |
20160070955 | PORTRAIT GENERATING DEVICE AND PORTRAIT GENERATING METHOD - A portrait generating device has an image acquisition unit that acquires a facial image in which an object person is photographed, an image correction unit that generates a corrected facial image by performing correction processing on the facial image, at least a part of the face being corrected in the correction processing, and a portrait generator that generates a portrait of the object person using the corrected facial image. | 03-10-2016 |
20160069800 | REFLECTIVE SENSOR - The present invention includes an optical system disposed on an optical path of light that is emitted by a light emitting section, travels to a detection target object, is reflected by the detection target object, and reaches a light receiving section. The optical system, in a sub scanning direction, that is, the direction in which a detection target object is moving, collects light so that the light receiving section has, for light from the light emitting section, a regularly reflected light receiving area and a diffuse-reflected light receiving area that differ from each other in position within a predetermined range. The optical system, in a perpendicular direction that is perpendicular to the movement direction, refracts light so that a light receiving area, which covers the regularly reflected light receiving area and the diffuse-reflected light receiving area, is wider in the perpendicular direction than in the sub scanning direction. | 03-10-2016 |
20160063305 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device for correcting at least a portion of a face image containing a person's face, includes an image acquisition unit that acquires a face image, a region extractor that extracts a pupil region containing a pupil from the face image, a determination unit that determines a presence or absence of halation in the pupil region, a first template acquisition unit that acquires a first template image which is a correction template image, a reference color acquisition unit that acquires a reference color corresponding to the person from the face image, a second template acquisition unit that generates a second template image using the first template image and the reference color, and a correction unit that composites the second template image with at least the region in the pupil region where the halation occurred to correct the halation. | 03-03-2016 |
20160057411 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device has a display panel that switches a display region of a two-dimensional image between a transparent state in which the two-dimensional image is not displayed to be transparent and an opaque state in which the two-dimensional image is displayed to be opaque, and a stereoscopic projection device arranged on a back surface side of the display panel. The stereoscopic projection device projects a stereoscopic projection image to a position overlapping the display region of the display panel when viewed from a front surface side. | 02-25-2016 |
20160056718 | SENSOR DEVICE AND MONITORING SYSTEM - A sensor device includes a first sensor unit, a control IC configured to switch a power supply route, a power supply, a DC converter, and a regulator configured to regulate the voltage. A power supply route A and a power supply route B is provided as a power supply route from the power supply to the sensor unit and the control IC. In the power supply route A, the sensor unit is not electrically conducted to the power supply, and the control IC is directly connected to the power supply. In the power supply route B, the power supply, the DC converter, and the regulator are connected in series, output of the regulator is supplied to the sensor unit, and output of the DC converter is supplied to the control IC. The control IC switches between the power supply route A and the power supply route B according to an operating state of the sensor unit. | 02-25-2016 |
20160054601 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device has a liquid crystal panel that switches between a transparent state and an opaque state, a first light source, a light guide plate arranged on a back surface of the liquid crystal panel and made of a transparent material, the light guide plate having an incident surface facing the first light source and an outgoing surface facing the back surface of the liquid crystal panel, propagating light emitted from the first light source and incident through the incident surface, and outputting the light toward the liquid crystal panel from the outgoing surface, and a second light source configured to illuminate an object arranged on an opposite side to the liquid crystal panel with the light guide plate interposed therebetween. | 02-25-2016 |
20160052202 | JOINED STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING JOINED STRUCTURE - A joined structure has a first member, a second member that is joined together with the first member, and a pore portion formed on the first member and having an opening in a surface of the first member. The pore portion is filled with the second member. The pore portion has an inwardly extending protrusion on an inner periphery thereof. | 02-25-2016 |
20160048930 | WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND WORK MANAGEMENT METHOD - A work management system ( | 02-18-2016 |
20160041014 | SENSOR DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A controller switches a measurement unit from a non-measurement state to a measurement state to start measurement processing of the measurement target physical amount when a trigger condition having a lowest variation level for a steady state is satisfied in plural trigger conditions set according to a trigger physical amount detected by a trigger detector, and the controller interrupts currently-performed measurement processing to start measurement processing corresponding to a trigger condition having a higher variation level when the trigger condition having the variation level for the steady state higher than that of the trigger condition corresponding to the currently-performed measurement processing is satisfied during performance of the measurement processing. | 02-11-2016 |
20160028291 | RETURN MECHANISM, ACCELERATION MECHANISM, POWER GENERATOR, TRANSMITTER, AND SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT - A return mechanism is achieved which requires only a small force for operation. In one aspect of the present invention, a return mechanism ( | 01-28-2016 |
20160025778 | MEASURING APPARATUS AND MEASURING METHOD - A measuring apparatus has a physical amount transformer that transforms a physical amount into a current, a measuring circuit that measures an output current of the physical amount transformer, a power supply circuit that inputs an output of the measuring circuit, a circuit switching unit that switches between a first state and a second state, the first state constituting a circuit inputting the output of the measuring circuit into the power supply circuit, the second state constituting a circuit directly inputting the output of the measuring circuit into the physical amount transformer, and a switching controller driven by the power supply circuit to control the circuit switching unit. | 01-28-2016 |
20160021459 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR, ACOUSTIC SENSOR AND MICROPHONE - A diaphragm is arranged on the upper surface of a silicon substrate so as to cover a chamber in the silicon substrate. Multiple anchors are provided on the upper surface of the silicon substrate, and the lower surfaces of corner portions of the diaphragm are supported by the anchors. Also, a fixed electrode plate is provided above the diaphragm with an air gap therebetween. In a view from a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the silicon substrate, the entire length of the outer edge of the diaphragm located between adjacent anchors is located outward of a line segment that circumscribes the edges of the adjacent anchors on the side distant from the center of the diaphragm. Also, one or two or more through-holes are formed in the diaphragm in the vicinity of the anchors. | 01-21-2016 |
20160018448 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MOUNTING UNIT - A measurement device has a sensor that generates current by electromagnetic coupling to a power line, a measurement circuit that measures one of voltage and power, the voltage and the power being obtained by the current generated in the sensor according to voltage at the power line, a conductive member electrically connected to a signal ground line of the measurement circuit, and an insulating member that brings the conductive member close to an external conductor and to insulates the conductive member from the external conductor. | 01-21-2016 |
20150379332 | FACE AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND FACE AUTHENTICATION METHOD - A face authentication device has a face image acquisition unit that continuously acquires face images of a user, a user identification unit that identifies the user based on a first face image acquired by the face image acquisition unit, a parameter acquisition unit that acquires a face parameter based on a second face image acquired by the face image acquisition unit, the face parameter being a parameter associated with a facial expression or a face direction of the user, a tracking unit that extracts a region of a part of a face included in the first face image, and to track the region between the plurality of continuously-acquired face images, and an authentication unit that makes a determination of successful authentication when the user identified by the user identification unit is a registered user, when the acquired face parameter satisfies a predetermined condition. | 12-31-2015 |
20150371747 | OPERATION DEVICE - An operation device for performing an operation input on a play machine has an operation unit, a support that rotatably supports the operation unit, a first magnetic member that rotates integrally with the operation unit, a second magnetic member in which a magnetic force acts between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member, and a switching unit that switches a distance between the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member. | 12-24-2015 |
20150367232 | OPERATION DEVICE - An operation device for performing an operation input on a play machine has an operation unit, a support that supports the operation unit while the operation unit is rotatable about a first rotation axis, and a switching unit that switches a direction of the first rotation axis by rotating the support about a second rotation axis in a direction different from that of the first rotation axis. | 12-24-2015 |
20150364283 | OPERATION INDICATING LAMP-EQUIPPED ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An operation indicating lamp-equipped electromagnetic relay has an excitation coil, a contract member that has electromagnetic interaction with the excitation coil to open and close a circuit, a housing in which the excitation coil and the contact member are disposed, and having a display surface arranged in a top surface thereof, a light source having an optical axis that is oriented toward a direction other than the display surface in order to display an operating situation of the electromagnetic relay, and being disposed in the housing so as to emit light according to a situation of power supplied to the excitation coil, a reflecting member disposed in the housing so as to reflect the light emitted from the light source toward the display surface, and a diffusion structure that diffuses the light reflected by the reflecting member formed in the display surface. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363997 | OPERATION DEVICE AND PLAY MACHINE - An operation device installed on a play machine has a push button switch having a push button made of a translucent material, a floating image projector that projects a floating image into midair above the push button through the push button from a rear face side of the push button, and a gesture detector in which at least a region where the floating image is projected is set to be a detection region. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363642 | IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING FEATURE DATA IN IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE - An image recognition device has a database in which pieces of feature data of a plurality of objects are registered while divided into classes for each of the plurality of objects; an identification unit that identifies an unknown object by evaluating which feature data of the class registered in the database is most similar to feature data obtained from an image of the unknown object, and a feature data registration unit that registers feature data in the database. The database is capable of setting a plurality of classes to an identical object. The feature data registration unit, in adding new feature data with respect to a first object already registered in the database, sets a new class other than an existing class with respect to the first object. | 12-17-2015 |
20150362706 | WIDE-ANGLE IMAGING DEVICE - A wide-angle imaging device configured to photograph a first range, having an imaging element that photographs an image at a second range, wherein the first range has an angle of view wider than the second range, a visual field switching optical system comprising at least one optical element, and an optical system driving mechanism that moves the optical element of the visual field switching optical system. The optical element has a refractive type prism that refracts light incident from a visual field in a direction inclined with respect to an optical axis direction to collect the light to the imaging element. | 12-17-2015 |
20150348723 | PUSH BUTTON SWITCH, PUSH BUTTON UNIT, AND AMUSEMENT MACHINE - A push button switch has a button section having a push operation surface that is made of a light-transmitting material, and a light guide plate arranged in parallel with the push operation surface, a moving mechanism that causes the button section to move in parallel with a pushing direction, a detecting section that detects when the button section has moved in parallel with the pushing direction, a light source that emits light that enters the light guide plate via a lateral surface of the light guide plate, and a base positioned on a rear surface side of the button section, on which the moving mechanism is disposed. The moving mechanism holds the button section at an area other than an area corresponding to the push operation surface. The detecting section and the light source are positioned outside the area corresponding to the push operation surface. | 12-03-2015 |
20150348362 | OPERATION UNIT - An operation unit includes a first push-button switch; a diffusion unit that diffuses light incident from a light-emitting part, and radiates light from a periphery of the first push-button switch; and a rotary mechanism that rotates the diffusion unit. The diffusion unit may have a through-hole, the rotary mechanism may rotate the diffusion unit about a rotation axis that passes through the through-hole, and the first push-button switch may be provided on the rotation axis. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343678 | MOLD STRUCTURE, TRANSFER MOLDING APPARATUS, AND TRANSFER MOLDING METHOD - A mold structure has a first mold, a second mold relatively connectable to and disconnectable from the first mold, a heater on at least one of the first and second molds, a transfer member on at least one of the first and second molds, that is relatively movable and separable from the at least one of the first and second molds on which the transfer member is disposed, a transfer surface formed on the transfer member that is placed in contact with a resin sheet fed between the first and second molds to perform transfer molding onto the resin sheet, and a moving mechanism that moves the at least one of the first and second molds on which the transfer member is disposed and the transfer member relative to each other. | 12-03-2015 |
20150333661 | VIBRATION POWER GENERATOR - A vibration power generator in which an electret group including a plurality of electrets and an electrode group including a plurality of electrodes are displaced in a relative movement direction by an external vibration, and vibration power generation is thereby performed, has a housing portion that accommodates the electret group and the electrode group, a fixed member that is fixed to a bottom surface side of the housing portion and has one of the electret group and the electrode group as a fixed member-side power generation element, a movable member that is accommodated in the housing portion so as to be capable of relative movement by the external vibration while opposing the fixed member, and has the other of the electret group and the electrode group as a movable member-side power generation element, and a plurality of support members. | 11-19-2015 |
20150323724 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND SURFACE ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A light guide plate has a light conducting portion having a light input surface for introducing light into the light guide plate, a main light guiding body that is thinner than a maximum thickness of the light conducting portion, and disposed continuously from the light conducting portion, a slanted surface that is disposed on the light conducting portion on at least one of a surface near a light output surface and a surface opposite the surface near the light output surface, and that is inclined from a section of the light guide plate that is thicker than the main light guiding body toward an end of the main light guiding body, two cylindrical surfaces that cut into the slanted surface, and a groove formed by the two cylindrical surfaces. | 11-12-2015 |
20150317530 | KEY WORD DETECTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A key word detection device and a method for detecting a search key word from a target image in order to perform a search with a search engine on the internet, the key word detection device comprising: a processor configured to operate as a feature point detector configured to detect a feature point of a specific character string from the target image, the specific character string prompting a user to perform the search; a key word recognition unit configured to recognize a character string existing in surroundings of the feature point detected by the feature point detector as the search key word in the target image; and a storage for storing character information and data of the target image used by the processor. | 11-05-2015 |
20150312095 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - The convenience of a design of a system is improved by making it easier to verify consumed electric power when designing and constructing the system. An operation screen is displayed upon execution of on a PC for supporting the design of a control system. The configuration of a control system can be controlled in an editing region, and unit images representing an I/O unit are connected in order to a unit image representing a communication coupler. A power supply unit can be inserted into this configuration. An icon indicates a shortage of electric power to the units downstream of the unit indicated by a selected image. When a user mouses the pointer over the icon, the detailed meaning of the icon is displayed in a message. The designer is thus capable of easily verifying the position at which a power source supply unit should be added. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310042 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL DEVICE, IMAGE RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Included are a reference image retrieving section ( | 10-29-2015 |
20150309774 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHANGING OBJECTS IN A HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE DEVICE - When a programmer creates an object for use in a display screen of a human-machine interface device of a programmable system, at least some of the properties of the object are associated with a variable quantity. The programmer determines the property or properties for which the corresponding variable quantity is reassignable and which are fixed, by carrying out a setting operation, and creating an association record identifying which property or properties have a reassignable variable quantity. The object may then be stored in a library and transferred to the memory of the human-machine interface device. If a subsequent programmer wants to re-use the object by reassigning the variable quantity of one or more of the properties of the object, the association record is used to determine the property or properties for which the corresponding variable quantity is reassignable. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309482 | CONTROLLER, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A controller having an auto-tuning function has a manipulated value determination unit that selectively determines a first manipulated value for causing a first change in a controlled value of a controlled object or a second manipulated value for causing a second change opposite to the first change in the controlled value, in accordance with a preset parameter, so that a process value obtained from the controlled object follows a target value, and a tuning unit that alternately outputs the first manipulated value and the second manipulated value in accordance with the process value, and that determines the parameter from a response characteristic obtained through the alternate output. The tuning unit successively changes a magnitude of the first manipulated value each time output is switched during the alternate output of the first manipulated value and the second manipulated value. | 10-29-2015 |
20150302683 | GAMING MACHINE, GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING MACHINE INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A gaming machine information display method includes a display control step of causing a display device to display a game content based on game content display information, an information acquisition step of acquiring nationality information on a customer who plays a game, and a display information producing step of producing the game content display information in a language corresponding to a customer's nationality indicated by the nationality information. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301520 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A hub device (H) provided in a control-target device group includes: an operational information obtaining section ( | 10-22-2015 |
20150301221 | MULTIPLE OPTICAL AXIS PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR - A multiple optical axis photoelectric sensor capable of performing muting processing adapted to a plurality of kinds of workpieces having different heights without the need for complicated pre-setting according to the kinds of workpieces, is provided. The multiple optical axis photoelectric sensor is provided with a light projecting device and a light receiving device, which forms a plurality of optical axes together with the light projecting device. In at least one portion of a detection area, which is set according to the optical axes, a muting area for nullifying the result of detection of blocked light is set up. A sensor system acquires a range of blocked light corresponding to the blocked optical axis during passage of a workpiece, and alters the muting area of the multiple optical axis photoelectric sensor from a first range to a second range. | 10-22-2015 |
20150293289 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A light guide plate has a light guide plate member having a light incident surface on an end face of the light guide member, and a light emitting surface on a front surface of the light guide plate member, wherein the light incident surface is structured to have light incident thereon, and wherein the light emitting surface is structured to widen and emit light incident thereon out of the light guide plate member, and a directivity changing unit arranged on a light incident end portion of the light guide plate member on the front surface or a back surface of the light guide plate member. The directivity changing unit has a first inner inclined surface and a second inner inclined surface that change a directivity of the incident light within the directivity changing unit to widen the light laterally with respect to a direction perpendicular to the light incident surface. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293160 | CAPACITIVE SENSOR | 10-15-2015 |
20150279580 | OPERATION UNIT - An operation unit includes an operation part that is provided to be movable up and down along a movement axis, functions as a push-button switch at a first position, and functions as a joystick lever at a second position above the first position in the movement axis direction; and an operation part-detecting part that senses pressing of the operation part when the operation part is at the first position, and senses a direction in which the operation part has inclined when the operation part is at the second position. | 10-01-2015 |
20150277584 | OPERATION UNIT - An operation unit has a rotary body that has a through-hole, and that rotates about a rotation axis that passes through the through-hole, a ball that is disposed inside the through-hole, a rotary body-detecting part that detects rotation of the rotary body, a first ball-detecting part that detects rotation of the ball, and a second ball-detecting part that detects pressing of the ball. | 10-01-2015 |
20150264476 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - An acoustic transducer has a back plate having a fixed electrode, a diaphragm that is opposed to the back plate with a gap interposed therebetween and that serves as a movable electrode, and a stopper protruding from a face of the back plate or the diaphragm, which is on a side of the gap. The stopper includes a conductive section electrically isolated from the fixed electrode and the movable electrode. The conductive section comes in contact with a front face of the fixed electrode or the movable electrode opposed to the stopper through deformation of the diaphragm. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264464 | CAPACITANCE-TYPE TRANSDUCER - A capacitance-type transducer has a back plate having a fixed electrode, a diaphragm that opposes the back plate via an air gap and serves as a movable electrode, and at least first stoppers having a first projection length and second stoppers having a second projection length that project from at least one of a surface of the back plate on the air gap side and a surface of the diaphragm on the air gap side. At least one of the diaphragm and the fixed electrode is divided into at least a first region having a first surface area and a second region having a second surface area, a first sensing portion made up of the diaphragm and the fixed electrode is constituted in the first region, and a second sensing portion made up of the diaphragm and the fixed electrode is constituted in the second region. | 09-17-2015 |
20150264463 | MICROPHONE - A microphone has a MEMS acoustic transducer having a frame-shaped support, and a membrane including a diaphragm as a movable electrode, covering an opening in the support, an integrated circuit that amplifies the output from the MEMS acoustic transducer, and a housing that houses the MEMS acoustic transducer and the integrated circuit. The housing includes a sound port bearing partition with a sound port formed therein. The MEMS acoustic transducer is secured in the housing with the membrane thereof facing the inner surface of the sound port bearing partition to form a closed space inward of the sound port bearing partition of the housing between the membrane and the sound port bearing partition. The closed space communicates with the outside via the sound port. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262777 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay has a base, a first stationary contact terminal mounted on the base, and having a first stationary contact mounted thereon, a first movable contact plate having a first movable contact mounted thereon, an electromagnet unit mounted on the base that moves the first movable contact plate to make or break a contact between the first stationary contact and the first movable contact, and a permanent magnet mounted on the base so as to extend an arcing generated between the first stationary contact and the first movable contact toward the base. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262764 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay has a base, an electromagnet unit mounted on the base, and having a coil, a movable contact plate having a movable contact mounted on a distal end thereof, and a first stationary contact terminal and a second stationary contact terminal. The movable contact plate is moved by electrically energizing and deenergizing the coil of the electromagnet unit to cause the movable contact to make and break contacts with the first stationary contact terminal and the second stationary contact terminal alternately. The first stationary contact terminal and the second stationary contact terminal are implanted vertically in the base. The first stationary contact terminal supports a stationary contact. The second stationary contact terminal supports an insulating member mounted thereon. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262415 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Disclosed is an image processing device that includes: a storage unit that holds model information including information indicating a plurality of feature points of a detection object; a correspondence-relationship determination unit that extracts a plurality of feature points included in an input image as a two-dimensional image or a three-dimensional image and that determines a correspondence relationship between an extracted plurality of feature points and a plurality of feature points of the model information; and a position estimating unit that estimates, based on the correspondence relationship, one or a plurality of second positions of the input image corresponding to one or a plurality of first positions set relatively to the detection object. The one or plurality of first positions is included in a point, a line, or a region. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262414 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The invention provides the image processing device that can shorten a time required for setting a parameter. The invention provides the image processing device that searches an input image for a feature amount based on a feature amount included in a model image. The image processing device includes: the hardware for holding a feature amount of a feature portion of the model image; the search-range reception module for receiving a setting value indicating a size of a range of searching the input image for a feature amount corresponding to the feature amount of the model image; the search-range determination module for determining, by using the setting value, a range of searching the input image for a feature amount corresponding to a feature amount of the model image; and the display module, in superposition with the model image, a search range determined by the search-range determination module. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262370 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The invention provides an image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of correctly discriminating a type of a test object, even when similar model images have been registered. The image processing device includes: a hardware that holds a feature amount obtained from model images of a plurality of reference objects belonging to mutually different types; a region determination module that determines a non-common region as a region indicating a feature amount different from those of other objects, within a model image of each object; and a discrimination module that discriminates which type an object included in an input image belongs to, by using a feature amount corresponding to a non-common region of the object out of feature amounts of objects. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262368 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SEGMENTATION METHOD - An image processing apparatus for extracting an area of a detection target from an image includes an image input section that acquires an image, an image generation section that generates a plurality of images with different resolutions from the image, and a segmentation section that performs segmentation using the plurality of images with the different resolutions. The segmentation section segments an image with a low resolution and then segmenting an image with a high resolution using, as a processing target area, an area in the image with the high resolution corresponding to an area near a boundary resulting from processing of the segmentation of the image with the low resolution. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262342 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus configured to correct at least part of a face image has an image acquisition unit that acquires an input image, a region extraction unit that extracts a pupil region, which is a region corresponding to an eye of a person, from the input image, a pixel extraction unit that extracts a pixel from the pupil region whose brightness value is higher than a threshold value, a determination unit that determines, based on the result of extraction performed by the pixel extraction unit, whether or not halation has occurred in the pupil region, and a correction unit that performs, based on the result of determination performed by the determination unit, processing for correcting halation on the pupil region. The pixel extraction unit sets the threshold value based on a bias of a brightness distribution of the pixels included in the pupil region. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262330 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus includes: a display screen; an image output unit configured to output an image to the display screen; a region setting unit configured to extract one or more objects included in the image and to set a first region, which is a region corresponding to each of the objects; an operation acquisition unit configured to acquire a coordinate on the display screen that has been designated by a user; and an image zooming unit configured to zoom in the image, which is being displayed, on the basis of the designated coordinate. The image zooming unit zooms in the object included in the first region when the designated coordinate is within the first region. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262068 | EVENT DETECTION APPARATUS AND EVENT DETECTION METHOD - An event detection apparatus determines the occurrence of an abnormal event based on input data without predefining and learning normal or abnormal patterns. A first data obtaining unit obtains first data. A feature quantity classifying unit obtains a feature quantity corresponding to the first data, generates a plurality of clusters for classifying the obtained feature quantity, and classifies the feature quantity into a corresponding one of the clusters. A learning unit learns a plurality of identifiers using feature quantities classified into the clusters. A second data obtaining unit obtains second data. An identifier unit inputs a feature quantity corresponding to the second data into the plurality of learned identifiers, and receives an identification result from each identifier. A determination unit determines whether the second data includes an identification target event based on the obtained identification result. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262030 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Disclosed is an image processing device that includes: a matching processing unit that performs matching processing on an input image based on one or a plurality of preregistered templates; an interaction unit that outputs a result indicating a range of each region extracted from the input image assuming that the region matches one of the templates, and that receives from a user an input regarding whether an extraction result of each region is proper; and a control unit that executes optimization processing of a parameter to be used for the matching processing when there has been an input that the extraction result is not proper, and that executes update processing of the template according to success or failure of the matching result of each extracted region when there has been an input that the extraction result is proper. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262022 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGES, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE PROGRAM - An image processing method improves the extraction accuracy of objects other than symbols. The image processing method may include four processes. In the first process, an image is input. In the second process, a symbol in the image is read. In the third process, a mask area including the symbol is set. In the fourth process, an object located in an area other than the mark area in the image is recognized. | 09-17-2015 |
20150262002 | GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A gesture recognition apparatus acquiring a gesture performed by an operator and generating an instruction corresponding to the gesture, the gesture recognition apparatus comprises an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a person who performs a gesture; a posture determining unit configured to generate posture information representing a posture of the person who performs a gesture in a space, based on the captured image; a gesture acquiring unit configured to acquire a motion of an object part that performs the gesture from the capture image and to identify the gesture; and an instruction generating unit configured to generate an instruction corresponding to the gesture, wherein the gesture acquiring unit corrects the acquired motion of the object part, based on the posture information. | 09-17-2015 |
20150261741 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR CHARACTER INPUT PREDICTION - An information processing system for input prediction that displays written character string candidates of words or phrases corresponding to an input character string in a terminal device. The terminal device acquires internal candidates by performing a search based on the input character string and transmits a candidate transmission request signal including identification information of a terminal dictionary stored in the terminal device and the input character string to a server. The server performs a search through the terminal dictionary corresponding to the identification information in the received signal and through a server dictionary dedicated to the server. From dictionary data extracted from the server dictionary, the server returns dictionary data of external candidates different from dictionary data extracted from the terminal dictionary as external candidates to the terminal device. The terminal device generates a final candidate list by arranging the internal and external candidates according to a predetermined priority. | 09-17-2015 |
20150261409 | GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A gesture recognition apparatus detecting a gesture from an acquired image and transmitting an instruction to move a pointer in correspondence with the gesture to an object device, the gesture recognition apparatus includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image; a gesture acquiring unit configured to acquire a shape of an object part performing a gesture and a motion of the object part from the acquired image; and a pointer control unit configured to generate an instruction to move a pointer in correspondence with a motion of the object part, and to output the instruction to the object device, wherein the pointer control unit determines a movement amount of the pointer based on the shape of the object part and the motion of the object part. | 09-17-2015 |
20150261303 | GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - A gesture recognition apparatus detecting a gesture from an image and generating for an object device an instruction corresponding to the gesture, the gesture recognition apparatus comprises an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image; an object part extracting unit configured to extract an object part performing a gesture; an object part shape identifying unit configured to identify a shape of the extracted object part; a representative point determining unit configured to set a representative point that is a point representing a position of the object part; a gesture recognizing unit configured to recognize a gesture, based on a motion of the representative point; and a command generating unit configured to generate an instruction corresponding to the recognized gesture, wherein the representative point determining unit determines a position of a representative point corresponding to the object part, using the identified shape of the object part. | 09-17-2015 |
20150260876 | MULTIPLE-OPTICAL-AXIS PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR SYSTEM, MULTIPLE-OPTICAL-AXIS PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A start-up time of a production facility is shortened while generation of a muting error is suppressed, whereby productivity is improved. A multiple-optical-axis photoelectric sensor system includes a projector, an optical receiver, a light blocking determination unit configured to make a light blocking determination whether each of optical axes formed between the projector and the optical receiver is in a light blocking state, and a muting processor configured to temporarily disable the light blocking determination on condition that a detection signal input from an external muting instrument changes according to a predetermined sequence. The muting processor determines the sequence of the detection signal from the muting instrument during the muting by dividing the sequence into a plurality stages. The muting processor accumulates and analyzes measurement information acquired in each stage, and decides an optimum setting value for a muting operation condition based on an analysis result. | 09-17-2015 |
20150259966 | AUTOMATIC DOOR CONTROL DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC DOOR CONTROL METHOD - An automatic door control device that transmits a door opening and closing command to a driving device of an automatic door, comprises a person detector that detects a person approaching the door; a movement detector that detects a movement of a face or a line of sight of the detected person; and a door controller that determines whether or not to open the door based on the detected movement and transmits a corresponding command to the driving device. | 09-17-2015 |
20150254305 | CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a technique enables programming, including that for database operations, without describing a SQL used to operate the database. A PLC ( | 09-10-2015 |
20150253986 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A character input device that sets a keyboard image and an input character display area on a touch panel, the keyboard image including a plurality of character keys and that receives operation on the keyboard image. The character input device identifies a subregion including a touch detection point from among subregions set based on the defining information relating a character key detected to be touched, and sets a plurality of discriminating regions so that the discriminating regions are distributed based on the identified subregion. Each of the plurality of discriminating regions corresponds to the plurality of characters assigned to the character key. When a touch release is detected, a character that corresponds to the discriminating region including the detection point of the touch release is selected as an input character. The character is then displayed on the input character display area of the touch panel. | 09-10-2015 |
20150251341 | TRANSFER MOLDING METHOD, DIE STRUCTURE, TRANSFER MOLDING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL MEMBER - A die structure has a first die, a second die that comes in contact with and separate from the first die, a heating unit provided in at least one of the first and second dies, and a transfer member provided in at least one of the first and second dies that brings a resin sheet supplied between the first and second dies into contact with a transfer surface and carrying out transfer molding, and a recess site formed on the transfer member near the transfer surface. | 09-10-2015 |
20150248822 | SLOT MACHINE - A slot machine has a selection target item presenting part that presents, as a selection target item, any one of a plurality of items, each of which indicates a combination of a numbers of bets and a number of lines, a switching-instruction receiving part that receives an instruction to switch the selection target item, from among the plurality of items, to be presented on the selection target item presenting part, and a setting-instruction receiving part that receives an instruction to set, as a game condition, a number of bets and a number of lines that correspond to an item being presented as the selection target item on the selection target item presenting part. | 09-03-2015 |
20150245212 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A device management apparatus that mediates between an owner of a device and a user who is not the owner of the device in order to permit the user to use the device, includes a device information storage section in which information on each of a plurality of devices is registered, an acquisition section which acquires a desired condition from a user, and a matching process section which performs matching between the desired condition acquired from the user and the information on each device registered in the device information storage section thereby selecting a device satisfying the desired condition as a target device, generating contract information related to the use of the target device between an owner of the target device and the user, and granting a control right of the target device to the user. | 08-27-2015 |
20150245123 | CAPACITANCE TYPE SENSOR, ACOUSTIC SENSOR, AND MICROPHONE - A capacitance type sensor has a substrate, a vibration electrode plate formed over the substrate, a back plate formed over the substrate so as to cover the vibration electrode plate, and a fixed electrode plate provided on the back plate so as to be opposite to the vibration electrode plate. At least one of the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate is separated into a plurality of regions, each of the plurality of regions being formed with a sensing section including the vibration electrode plate and the fixed electrode plate. A barrier electrode is provided between respective sensing sections of at least one adjacent pair of regions of the plurality of regions to prevent signal interference between the respective sensing sections. | 08-27-2015 |
20150242505 | DEVICE MANAGING APPARATUS AND DEVICE SEARCHING METHOD - A device searching method for finding a device that satisfies a request condition from among a plurality of devices, each of the plurality of devices being a device having a causal relation with a target area specified by a space or a spacetime, includes acquiring a device search request from a user, extracting a search condition concerning the space or the spacetime from the acquired device search request as an area condition, creating a query for extracting a device having a target area matching the area condition from among the plurality of devices, transmitting the created query to the plurality of devices through a network in order to cause the devices to determine whether target areas of their own match the area condition, and creating a device search result for the device search request. | 08-27-2015 |
20150235786 | PUSH BUTTON SWITCH - A push button switch has a box-shaped base, a first operating lever and a second operating lever, wherein each of the first operating lever and the second operating lever has a substantially U shape in a plan view, wherein the first operating lever and the second operating lever are arranged on the box-shaped base pivotally about middle parts of both arms as fulcra, and wherein the first operating lever and the second operating lever connect the tips of the both arms mutually pivotally and support the tips of the both arms in a vertically movable manner, an operating cover that has a planar shape covering the connected first and second operating levers and forms an operating hole at nearly the center thereof, and a plunger, wherein the plunger has a sectional shape capable of fitting into the operating hole of the operating cover. | 08-20-2015 |
20150234460 | GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE - To prevent actions other than gestures from being falsely recognized as gestures by a gesture recognition device that recognizes gestures performed by a user. | 08-20-2015 |
20150230027 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - An acoustic transducer has a substrate having an opening in an upper surface thereof, a vibration electrode plate disposed above the substrate, and having an outer edge thereof facing the upper surface of the substrate with a gap therebetween, a fixed electrode plate facing the vibration electrode plate, and a plurality of projections protruding on a lower surface of the outer edge of the vibration electrode plate. The vibration electrode plate covers an upper side of the opening. The plurality of projections are disposed so as to not be positioned along a straight line or a curved line parallel to an edge of the opening in at least a part of one or at least two arrays formed on the lower surface of the outer edge. | 08-13-2015 |
20150230011 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - An acoustic transducer has a substrate having a cavity that is open at a top of the substrate, a vibration electrode film provided above the substrate so as to cover the cavity, and a fixed electrode film provided a distance above the vibration electrode film. A gap is formed between an upper surface of the substrate and a lower surface of the vibration electrode film around the cavity. In the gap across which the upper surface of the substrate and the lower surface of the vibration electrode film face each other, a narrow portion of the gap that is narrower than another portion of the gap is disposed. The narrow portion of the gap extends linearly. | 08-13-2015 |
20150227811 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The invention provides an image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program capable of maintaining estimation accuracy even when an input image of a processing target includes a plurality of shape elements. The image processing device includes: a recognizing unit that recognizes one or more shape elements which are included in the input image from a feature amount included in the input image; a selecting unit that selects a desired shape element out of the recognized one or more shape elements; and an estimating unit that estimates a target shape element from information of a region corresponding to the selected shape element. | 08-13-2015 |
20150227771 | IMAGE DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY PROCESSING PROGRAM - The invention provides an image display processing device and an image display processing program for displaying information concerning diagnosis of correspondence with an RF tag. The image display processing device includes a unit for obtaining diagnostic information concerning correspondence when correspondence between the RF tag and an RFID reader/writer has been successful, and a display controller configured to make a display unit display an image based on the diagnostic information. The diagnostic information includes correspondence margin based on a characteristic value obtained from the correspondence signal. | 08-13-2015 |
20150227766 | RFID READER/WRITER AND DIAGNOSIS PROCESSING PROGRAM - One aspect of the present invention provides an RFID reader/writer and a diagnosis processing program for outputting correct diagnostic information on communication between the RFID reader/writer and an RF tag. The RFID reader/writer includes a communication unit configured to conduct communication with the RF tag and a communication diagnostic unit configured to diagnose the communication when the communication is successfully conducted. The communication diagnostic unit includes a characteristic acquisition unit configured to acquire a characteristic of the communication from a communication signal with the RF tag, a comparator configured to compare a value indicated by the acquired characteristic to a threshold used to determine a communication margin, and an output control unit configured to cause an output unit to output information on the communication margin from a comparison result. | 08-13-2015 |
20150227128 | CONTROL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a PLC capable of changing a value of set information to be used in utilization of a communication protocol such as an FTP also during execution of a control program. A PLC includes a control program executing part configured to execute a control program, an acquiring part configured to acquire data from a field apparatus, a communicating part configured to make a communication with a server device by using the FTP, and a variable memory configured to store a variable to be used in utilization of the FTP and a value of the variable correspondingly to each other. The control program includes an instruction for transmitting data to the server device with the variable as an input variable. The PLC transmits the data to the server device based on the value of the variable when the instruction is started in order to execute the control program. | 08-13-2015 |
20150227125 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND GAME MACHINE - A motor control device has a communication unit that receives a control command comprising a motor type identification signal and a rotation signal, wherein the motor type identification signal indicates whether a control object motor is a stepping motor or a DC motor, and wherein the rotation signal designates a target rotation amount and a target rotation speed of the motor, a sensor interface that receives a detection signal from a rotation angle sensor when the control object motor is the DC motor, wherein the rotation angle sensor outputs the detection signal every time the motor rotates by a first rotation angle, a DC motor drive signal generator that generates and outputs a first drive signal rotating the DC motor at the target rotation speed, and a stepping motor drive signal generator that generates and outputs a second drive signal rotating the stepping motor at the target rotation speed. | 08-13-2015 |
20150220799 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MANAGING SYSTEM, AND MANAGING METHOD - In the environment of executing an image processing for scenes by defining a parameter set for each scene, a configuration is needed capable of reflecting the change by smaller man-hour even when the content of the image processing has been changed. The image processing device includes an operating unit (that selectively executes a plurality of pieces of processing) and a storage that can be accessed from the operating unit. The storage holds: a common flow for executing processing selected out of the plurality of pieces of processing, in a predetermined order; user scene data in which a parameter set including one or a plurality of parameters are defined for each scene; and a command code concerning the parameter set included in the user scene data. The command code includes a first processing rule for causing a corresponding parameter set to reflect a result of a processing following the common flow. | 08-06-2015 |
20150220084 | MONITORING DEVICE, MONITORING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A monitoring device includes: a physical quantity acquisition section for acquiring physical quantities indicative of a state of a device; an abnormality determination section for determining, in accordance with whether or not the acquired physical quantities fall within a predetermined range, whether or not there is an abnormality; an abnormal waveform data generation section for, in a case where the abnormality determination section determines that there is an abnormality, generating abnormal waveform data indicative of a change over time in the physical quantities acquired during an abnormal waveform period containing at least a period from a point in time at which the abnormality determination section determines that there is an abnormality to a point in time at which a predetermined accumulation time elapsed; and a reporting section for causing a display section to display an abnormal waveform indicated by the abnormal waveform data. | 08-06-2015 |
20150213977 | SWITCH - It is an object of the present invention to provide a switch with which heat resistance and cold resistance can both be increased inexpensively. This switch comprises a bearing member, a shaft, a manipulation member, and a switch main body. The shaft is slidably supported by the bearing member. The manipulation member is linked to the shaft. The switch main body switches a contact according to displacement of the shaft. The shaft or the bearing member includes a sliding face having a groove. | 07-30-2015 |
20150213976 | SWITCH UNIT AND GAME MACHINE - A switch unit has a display part that displays an image in at least one input area, a substrate provided above the display part, the substrate having a contact, and at least one substrate opening configured to allow the image in the at least one input area to be viewed from above, an operating button case that covers the substrate, having at least one button case opening, at least one operating button that has translucency, and that is freely pressed down through the at least one button case opening of the operating button case and causes conduction of the contact by being pressed down, light sources mounted on the substrate, that illuminate an area surrounding the at least one operating button, and a light transmissive water-proof sheet made of an elastic member. | 07-30-2015 |
20150206670 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT HAVING MOVABLE CONTACT - An electronic component comprising: a case; a switching mechanism incorporated within the case; an actuator configured to actuate the switching mechanism, the actuator being mounted in the case so as to be displaceable by sliding; and a rubber cap configured to seal a sliding part of the actuator, wherein the rubber cap is made of a hydrin-based rubber. | 07-23-2015 |
20150204946 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY SWITCH DEPOSITION DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY SWITCH DEPOSITION DETECTION METHOD - A deposition detection circuit ( | 07-23-2015 |
20150177723 | CONTROL UNIT, OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - It is possible to easily change CAM tables, which are used for executing an electronic CAM operation. A CAM computation program performs an electronic CAM operation, using a CAM table that is an array in which displacements of a slave axis of an electronic CAM are associated with phases of a master axis of the electronic CAM. A CAM table generating program receives input of a CAM definition variable that defines an electronic CAM operation to be realized by a motion control, and generates a CAM table in which a CAM curve is stored as an array corresponding to the inputted CAM definition variable. A microprocessor performs a CAM computation program using the CAM table. If the microprocessor receives the input of the CAM definition variable, the microprocessor performs the CAM table generating program to generate the CAM table, and stores the generated CAM table into the main memory. | 06-25-2015 |
20150157931 | MOTION SENSOR, OBJECT-MOTION DETECTION METHOD, AND GAME MACHINE - An object-motion detection method includes extracting, from each of a first image representing a detection-target object and generated by an imaging unit and a second image representing the detection-target object and generated after the first image by the imaging unit, an object area including the detection-target object, obtaining, for each of the first image and the second image, a reference point indicating a boundary between a moving part of the detection-target object and a fixed part of the detection-target object, the moving part moving when the detection-target object performs a certain motion, the fixed part not moving compared to the moving part when the detection-target object performs the certain motion, and obtaining, for each of the first image and the second image, a position of the moving part of the object area in a first area locating on a side including the moving part with respect to the reference point. | 06-11-2015 |
20150154471 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing device and a method performed by a computer, the image processing device comprising: a processing unit configured to operate as an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image; a similarity map generator configured to calculate, with a region constructed with one or a plurality of pixels in the image as a constituent unit, a first similarity map based on a first algorithm, the first similarity map representing a degree of similarity between the region and a marginal region of the image, and calculate a second similarity map based on a second algorithm, the second similarity map representing a degree of similarity between the region and the marginal region of the image; and a saliency map generator configured to integrate the first similarity map and the second similarity map to generate a saliency map. | 06-04-2015 |
20150152957 | SWITCH - A switch comprising a circuit board stored in a housing, the circuit board having front and back faces from which at least a pair of fixed contacts are exposed; at least one operating member reciprocatively attached to the housing, the operating member having a movable touch piece configured to slidably contact the fixed contact exposed from one face of the circuit board; and at least one different operating member reciprocatively attached to the housing, the operating member having a movable touch piece configured to slidably contact the fixed contact exposed from the other face of the circuit board. | 06-04-2015 |
20150142848 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DEVICE SEARCH METHOD - In a technology for allowing accurate and easy search of a device which satisfies a request of a user from among a large number of devices present at various places, an area ID capable of uniquely identifying a target area of the device is registered in a storage section as information on the device. A device search request from the user includes an area condition for identifying an area in which exertion of an operation by the device is desired by the user as a search condition. A matching process section determines the device to be extracted by comparing the target area identified by the area ID of each device with the area condition included in the device search request. | 05-21-2015 |
20150139492 | IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND DATA REGISTRATION METHOD FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS - An image recognition apparatus is provided, comprising: an extraction unit extracting feature amount data of a subject from an image; a database registering a plurality of pieces of feature amount data extracted from different images of one registered object; and a comparing unit identifying whether or not the subject is the registered object by comparing the feature amount data extracted by the extraction unit and the feature amount data of the registered object registered in the database, a registration unit, using an image for registration, adding feature amount data of the registered object to the database in accordance with a predetermined condition which includes a first condition: if new data, which is the feature amount data extracted from the image for registration, is similar to registered data, which is the feature amount data of the registered object already registered in the database, the new data is not added. | 05-21-2015 |
20150131856 | MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHOD - A monitoring device configured to monitor whether a look of a target person is in a proper state suitable for a working environment, and comprising: an image input unit configured to input an image of the target person; a detector configured to analyze the image input by the image input unit and detect a predetermined region of a human body of the target person; a state estimator configured to estimate a state of the predetermined region detected by the detector; a proper state acquisition unit configured to acquire proper state information on a proper state of the predetermined region according to the working environment; and a controller configured to determine whether a present state of the predetermined region of the target person is proper by comparing an estimation result of the state estimator to the proper state information, and perform control according to a determination result. | 05-14-2015 |
20150131855 | GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A gesture recognition device configured to detect a gesture from acquired image and generate command issued to a control target instrument according to the gesture, the gesture recognition device comprising: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image; a gesture acquisition unit configured to detect a target region performing a gesture from the acquired image, and acquire the gesture based on motion or a shape of the detected target region; a face detection unit configured to detect a face comprised in the acquired image; a correlation unit configured to correlate the detected target region with the detected face using a human body model representing a shape of a human body; a personal identification unit configured to identify a user corresponding to the detected face; and a command generation unit configured to generate a command issued to the control target instrument based on the identified user and the acquired gesture. | 05-14-2015 |
20150123753 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay includes a movable iron core arranged to move up and down within a center hole of an electromagnet unit formed by winding a coil, and a contact switch where an upper end surface of the movable iron core attaches to and detaches from a lower end surface of a fixed iron core arranged in the center hole according to magnetization and demagnetization of the electromagnet unit and a movable contact attaches to and detaches from a fixed contact by a movable shaft which reciprocates along with the movable iron core where the movable iron core includes a sliding portion which always abuts an auxiliary yoke disposed within a yoke, and where a height dimension of the sliding portion is at least equal to or larger than a plate thickness dimension of the yoke. | 05-07-2015 |
20150117750 | IMAGE EXAMINATION METHOD AND IMAGE EXAMINATION APPARATUS - An image examination method includes an acquisition step of acquiring a to-be-examined object image obtained by capturing an image of a to-be-examined object, a setting reading step of reading an examination region definition information from a storage device in which the examination region definition information is previously stored, an examination region extracting step of extracting a portion constituting the examination region as an examination region image from the to-be-examined object image based on the examination region definition information, and an examination process step of examining the to-be-examined object by analyzing the examination region image. The examination region definition information is a parameter used as a constraint condition in an optimum solution search process. | 04-30-2015 |
20150116206 | SCREEN OPERATION APPARATUS AND SCREEN OPERATION METHOD - A screen operation apparatus for enabling operation of a screen by an operator, the screen operation apparatus comprising: a processor configured to operate as an image input unit configured to obtain images of a face of the operator at a predetermined time interval; a focus condition determination unit configured to, using the images obtained by the image input unit, determine whether or not the operator is focusing on the screen; a face direction condition determination unit configured to, using the images obtained by the image input unit, determine whether or not a face direction of the operator satisfies a predetermined condition; and a screen operation unit configured to execute a predetermined screen operation when the face direction condition determination unit determines that the face direction of the operator satisfies the predetermined condition and the focus condition determination unit determines that the operator is focusing on the screen. | 04-30-2015 |
20150116061 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay has an iron core having legs at both ends and a coil wound therearound to form an electromagnet, a movable iron piece that pivotally supports a pivoting shaft along one leg of the iron core and causes a tip of a pivoting arm extended from a side edge of the pivoting shaft toward the other leg of the iron core to face the other leg of the iron core in a contactable and separable manner, and a card whose side facing the movable iron piece is in contact with the pivoting arm of the movable iron piece. The movable iron piece that pivots based on the excitation and degaussing of the electromagnet presses the card to drive a contact mechanism. | 04-30-2015 |
20150114810 | ILLUMINATED-TYPE PUSH-BUTTON SWITCH AND KEYBOARD - A push-button switch ( | 04-30-2015 |
20150109722 | METAL INSERT-MOLDED ARTICLE, A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A metal insert-molded article having sealing ability, a method for producing the same, and an electronic component having the metal insert-molded article, the metal insert-molded article comprising: a molding material and a metal material integrally molded together by insert molding, wherein the molding material comprises a crystalline thermoplastic resin as a main component, and comprises an inorganic filler in an amount inclusive of 0% by weight to 15% by weight, and the metal material has an aspect ratio inclusive of 1 to 10 in a cross section perpendicular to a lengthwise dimension of the metal insert-molded article, and is not surface treated for adhesion with the molding material. | 04-23-2015 |
20150108332 | LIMITED-AREA REFLECTION TYPE OPTICAL SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a limited-area reflection type optical sensor having an emitted light lens and a reflected light lens. An opposite-light-receiver-side portion opposite to a light receiver side constitutes a first curvature surface having a first curvature while a light-receiver-side portion on the light receiver side with respect to the opposite-light-receiver-side portion constitutes a second curvature surface having a second curvature smaller than the first curvature in the emitted light lens provided in an optical path of the emitted light. An opposite-light-emitter-side portion opposite to a light emitter side constitutes a fourth curvature surface having a fourth curvature while a light-emitter-side portion on the light emitter side with respect to the opposite-light-emitter-side portion constitutes a fifth curvature surface having a fifth curvature smaller than the fourth curvature in the reflected light lens provided in an optical path of the reflected light. | 04-23-2015 |
20150098632 | MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING METHOD, MONITORING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH MONITORING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A monitoring system configured to monitor a monitoring target, the monitoring system includes:
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20150093131 | OPTICAL SENSOR, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING TONER CONCENTRATION - An optical sensor configured to irradiate an object area with light and receive reflected light, amplify a voltage in accordance with the reflected light by an amplifier circuit and a resulting voltage, the optical sensor comprising a recording medium recorded with information indicating a noise component calculated, based on characteristics of an input voltage and an output voltage of the amplifier circuit. | 04-02-2015 |
20150073569 | DATA SETTING DEVICE - In one aspect of the present invention, data to be written is divided into a plurality of pieces of divided data of a maximum size or less to calculate an offset of each piece of divided data, a frame issuing an instruction to a PLC to write a predetermined terminal code in a head address of a data area is transmitted, a frame issuing an instruction to the PLC to write the divided data at a position of the corresponding offset from the head address of the data area with respect to the divided data except a head divided data is transmitted, and a frame issuing an instruction to the PLC to write the head divided data in the head address of the data area is transmitted. | 03-12-2015 |
20150069880 | VIBRATION POWER GENERATOR AND POWER GENERATOR - A vibration power generator configured to generate power by displacement between an electret group having a plurality of electrets and an electrode group having a plurality of electrodes in a relative movement direction in response to an external vibration, includes a casing in which the electret group and the electrode group are disposed, a fixed member in which one of the electret group and the electrode group is disposed, the fixed member being fixed to a side of the casing, and a movable member in which the other of the electret group and the electrode group is disposed. The movable member is disposed in the casing such that the movable member is relatively movable in response to the external vibration while opposed to the fixed member. | 03-12-2015 |
20150064981 | CONNECTION TERMINAL AND CONNECTOR USING SAME - A connection terminal has a movable contact portion that protrudes so as to be able to be pressed from an outside of a contact hole of a housing, and a first curved portion and a second curved portion that are continuously disposed and form a substantial S-shape. The movable contact portion is provided in a free end portion of the first curved portion. A position controlling projection extends from the movable contact portion. The position controlling projection abuts on an inner circumferential surface of the first curved portion or a region where the first curved portion and the second curved portion are continuously coupled to each other when the movable contact portion is pressed. | 03-05-2015 |
20150060247 | SWITCH - A switch has an actuating arm including an actuating portion and a driving portion, a base including a support that supports the actuating arm, and a recess having a first fixed electrode and a second fixed electrode arranged on the inner side face, and an electrically conductive elastic member that is housed within the recess of the base. The electrically conductive elastic member includes at least one driven part that is driven by the driving portion of the driving body and at least one stretching part that is extendable and compressible through input to the at least one driven part, at least one movable contacting member having a movable contact capable of being connected to the first fixed electrode, and at least one fixed contacting part having a fixed contact capable of being connected to the second fixed electrode. | 03-05-2015 |
20150058432 | CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing device constituting at least a part of a communication system. The information processing device includes a master unit connected to a first communication line, and at least one slave unit connected to the master unit via a second communication line. The master unit includes: a first communication unit for transmitting/receiving data with another device via the first communication line in every predetermined cycle; a second communication unit for transmitting/receiving data with the slave unit via the second communication line in a time period shorter than the cycle; and an update unit for, after preceding data is received via the first communication line, updating data with the slave unit via the second communication line before arrival of subsequent data corresponding to the next cycle. | 02-26-2015 |
20150045680 | BLOOD-PRESSURE RELATED INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - A blood pressure-related information display device displays a representative value setting field for setting a representative value obtainment mode as an image in a part of a display screen. The representative value setting field includes a setting area and a list area, the latter of which is displayed when, for example, a doctor clicks an inverted triangular mark in the setting area with a mouse. Representative value obtainment modes are displayed in the list area in list format so that all the modes can be viewed. The list area is configured so that any one of a plurality of types of representative value obtainment modes can be selected. | 02-12-2015 |
20150043192 | SWITCH AND KEYBOARD PROVIDED THEREWITH - There is provided a switch having a wide, uniform luminance region. In the switch, light emitted from a light source is output through an outgoing surface located in an upper end surface of a light guide, the light being incident from an incident surface located in a lower end surface of the light guide arranged above the light source. A concave lens is formed in the incident surface of the light guide, and a microlens array is formed in the outgoing surface of the light guide. | 02-12-2015 |
20150042425 | CONTACT MECHANISM AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - A contact mechanism with long contact lifetime comprises a base; a movable touch piece that comprises a movable contact and stands in the base; and a fixed touch piece that comprises a fixed contact and stands in the base, wherein the movable contact is opposed to the fixed contact and configured to come into contact with and separate from the fixed contact, an operation member configured to move reciprocally in a horizontal direction is configured to press and release an upper end edge of the movable touch piece, and the movable touch piece is configured to turn to cause the movable contact to come into contact with and separate from the fixed contact, and the movable contact is fixed to a turning tongue piece that is formed cut out by providing a curved cutout groove in the movable touch piece. | 02-12-2015 |
20150041298 | SWITCH AND KEYBOARD PROVIDED THEREWITH - A switch comprising: a cover; a base; and a push button comprising: an elastic touch piece formed in a sidewall of a sliding part of the push button, wherein the push button is vertically and slidably installed in a space formed by assembling the cover to the base, wherein a free end of the elastic touch piece is configured to abut the base when the push button is pushed, and the free end is configured to abut the cover when the pushed push button is returned. | 02-12-2015 |
20150038857 | BLOOD PRESSURE-RELATED INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - A blood pressure-related information display device according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention displays, in a part of a display screen, a blood pressure evaluation item list display field indicating a plurality of types of blood pressure evaluation items and a quality display field indicating a quality of each of the blood pressure evaluation items as images. The blood pressure evaluation item list display field includes a header area and a body area. The blood pressure evaluation items are displayed in the body area in list format so all of the items can be viewed, and so that any one of the plurality of types of blood pressure evaluation items can be selected. Icon marks that indicate the quality of the blood pressure evaluation results are displayed in the quality display field, provided on the left side of the body area and arranged to the left of the corresponding blood pressure evaluation items. | 02-05-2015 |
20150031234 | CONNECTION TERMINAL AND CONNECTOR USING SAME - A connection terminal has a movable contact which projects outside from a contact hole of a housing such that the movable contact can be pressed, and at least two curved portions connected to each other through a connecting portion. Each of the curved portions is pushed and widened by a load applied to the movable contact. | 01-29-2015 |
20150028881 | SURFACE POTENTIAL SENSOR AND COPYING MACHINE - This surface potential sensor is provided with an electret electrode ( | 01-29-2015 |
20150027866 | SWITCH - A switch has a base having a recess, and a plurality of fixed contacts mounted in an inner side face of the recess, an electrically conductive actuator disposed within the recess of the base, the electrically conductive actuator having a pair of movable contact portions and an elastically deformable elastic portion, the movable contact portions having movable contacts capable of being connected to respective fixed contacts, at least one engagement convex portion disposed on one of the base and the electrically conductive actuator, and at least one engagement concave portion disposed on the other of the base and the electrically conductive actuator and engageable with the at least one engagement convex portion. The elastic portion of the electrically conductive actuator is elastically deformed to break an engagement between the engagement convex and concave portions when the actuator moves between a first position and a second position. | 01-29-2015 |
20150023593 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR CHARACTER RECOGNITION, CHARACTER RECOGNITION APPARATUS USING THIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing method of processing a gray-scale image of character strings arranged in a plurality of lines of text, for character recognition, includes setting at least a part of a range, in which the character strings in the gray-scale image area are distributed, as a search area, and setting, for each of a plurality of points arranged along one of two axes, representing coordinates in the image, corresponding to an arrangement of the line of text, a plurality of lines extending across the search area, with the point as a starting point, and accumulating, for each of the lines, pixel data in the line within the search area. | 01-22-2015 |
20150021150 | SWITCH - A switch has a base having a frame portion disposed integrally with an outer peripheral portion of an upper surface of the base, a common fixed contact disposed at a corner of inside surfaces of the frame portion, and a fixed contact disposed on an inside surface of the base opposite to the common fixed contact, a spring member having elastic arm portions extending respectively from both ends of a bellows-like spring portion, wherein a free end portion of one of the elastic arm portions serves as a sliding movable contact, wherein a free end portion of another of the elastic arm portions serves as a rotationally movable contact, and wherein the rotationally movable contact is positioned so as to be in contact with the common fixed contact of the base, and an operation lever including an operation rib. | 01-22-2015 |
20150016715 | OUTPUT DEVICE AND OUTPUT SYSTEM - An output device has a first input portion that inputs data of a target state, a second input portion that inputs data of a current state, a sensing portion that senses a state of a shift portion that shifts from the current state to another state including the target state and generates sensing data, a transmission portion that transmits the sensing data, the data of the target state, and the data of the current state, to a predetermined external device, a reception portion that receives from the external device suitability determination result data acquired by determination of suitability of the shift portion configured to shift from the current state to the target state, based on the sensing data, the data of the target state, and the data of the current state, and an output portion that outputs the suitability determination result data that the reception portion has received. | 01-15-2015 |
20150015603 | METHOD FOR CUTTING OUT CHARACTER, CHARACTER RECOGNITION APPARATUS USING THIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A method for cutting out, from a gray-scale image generated by capturing an image of a character string, each character in the character string for recognition, includes a first step of repeating projection processing for projecting a highest or lowest gray level in a line along a direction crossing the character string in the gray-scale image, onto an axis along the character string, with the lowest gray level selected when a character in the gray-scale image is darker than a background, the highest gray level selected when the character in the gray-scale image is brighter than the background, and a projection target position moved along the character string. | 01-15-2015 |
20150015351 | RELAY - A relay in which a relay body and a light source are incorporated in a case, the light source emitting light in conjunction with operation of the relay body, wherein a light guide is provided inside an outer surface of the case, the light guide is configured to take in the light emitted from the light source, to guide the light to a portion parallel to a top panel of the case, and to spread the light in the portion parallel to the top panel, and an optical pattern is provided in at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the portion parallel to the top panel, the optical pattern is configured to output, the light guided in the light guide to the portion parallel to the top panel, to outside the case from a top surface of the top panel. | 01-15-2015 |
20150015179 | CHARGE POWER CONTROL APPARATUS, CHARGE POWER CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SOLAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a charge power control apparatus, a charge power control method, a program, and a solar power generation system, for improving charge efficiency. A solar power generation system includes a solar panel that receives sunlight to generate power, a PV power conditioner that performs DC/AC conversion of the power generated by the solar panel, and a charging AC/DC converter that performs AC/DC conversion of power output from the PV power conditioner and charges a storage battery. Voltage of the power supplied to the PV power conditioner from the solar panel is acquired while the power supplied from a power system is stopped, and a change in power supplied to the PV power conditioner from the solar panel is obtained according to the voltage. Charge power that is output from the charging AC/DC converter to charge the storage battery is adjusted based on the change in voltage. | 01-15-2015 |
20140379905 | NODE DEVICE AND NETWORK SYSTEM - A node device provided on a network has a log-information storage unit in which log information on the node device is stored, a control unit that performs processing of producing the log information during operation to store the log information in the log-information storage unit, a first sending and receiving unit that receives data from an outside of the node device and to send data to the outside of the node device, and a log processing unit that receives the data from the outside of the node device through the first sending and receiving unit and to perform processing of reading the log information from the log-information storage unit to cause the first sending and receiving unit to send the log information irrespective of the control unit when the received data comprises a log request command expressing a request for the log information. | 12-25-2014 |
20140374224 | LIMIT SWITCH - A limit switch has a housing, a plunger that is supported in the housing while being vertically movable, a switch main body disposed in and fixed to the housing by the plunger, an operation shaft having an upper end thereof exposed from a ceiling surface of the switch main body, a contact that is opened and closed by driving the upper end of the operation switch, and a displacement expanding mechanism arranged between the switch main body and the plunger. The displacement expanding mechanism has a pair of pivoting tongue pieces rotatably supported by a pair of support shafts arranged in parallel with each other. A free end of one of the pivoting tongue pieces is abutted on the upper end of the operation shaft. A free end of the other pivoting tongue piece is abutted on an upper surface of one of the pivoting tongue pieces. | 12-25-2014 |
20140372561 | DATA FLOW CONTROL ORDER GENERATING APPARATUS AND SENSOR MANAGING APPARATUS - There is used a data flow control order generating apparatus that includes: a sensor side metadata acquisition unit acquiring sensor side metadata as information related to a sensor that outputs sensing data; an application side metadata acquisition unit acquiring application side metadata as information related to an application that provides a service by using the sensing data; a matching unit performing matching between the sensor side metadata and the application side metadata to extract the sensor capable of providing the sensing data that satisfies the request of the application; and an instruction unit transmitting a data flow control order that identifies the sensor extracted by the matching unit and the application to a sensor managing apparatus that manages the sensor. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369179 | DATA RELAY DEVICE, DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND NETWORK SYSTEM - With respect to a routing and a gateway (protocol conversion) in a network system, frame data can simply be generated even if a source node does not understand format specifications of all protocols, communication efficiency degradation caused by an enlargement of header information can be prevented as much as possible, and dealing with a new protocol can be simplified. A source node (data transmission device) transmits “common routing information”, which includes route information identifying all the nodes through which a message frame is routed from an own node to a destination node, while adding the common routing information on the message frame. Each relay node (data relay device) sequentially transfers the message frame while referring to the common routing information to perform identification of a destination, generation of a header, and update of the common routing information. | 12-18-2014 |
20140367811 | CAPACITANCE TYPE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A capacitance type sensor has a semiconductor substrate having a vertically opened penetration hole, a movable electrode film arranged above the penetration hole such that a periphery portion opposes to a top surface of the semiconductor substrate with a gap provided, and a fixed electrode film arranged above the movable electrode film with a gap with respect to the movable electrode film. A concave portion having at least a part thereof formed by an inclined surface is provided in the top surface of the semiconductor substrate in a region of the top surface of the semiconductor substrate which overlaps the periphery portion of the movable electrode film. | 12-18-2014 |
20140367808 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MICROPHONE - A bump-joining pad ( | 12-18-2014 |
20140364219 | LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL DEVICE AND GAME MACHINE - A light source control device configured to control a plurality of light sources provided in a game machine, an anode of each of the plurality of light sources being connected to one of at least one first signal wire, a cathode being connected to one of a plurality of second signal wires, the light sources differing from each other in a set of the connected first signal wire and second signal wire, has a plurality of first output pins, a plurality of second output pins, an interface, a storage, a dynamic controller, a period-setting unit, and a gradation controller. Each of the plurality of first output pins is provided in corresponding one of the at least one first signal wire. The plurality of first output pins connect to a drive circuit that switches whether power is supplied to the first signal wire. | 12-11-2014 |
20140364213 | DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE AND DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM - A drive control system has: a plurality of drive control devices; and an upper-level control device to which each of the drive control devices is connected in parallel with each other via a common signal line. The upper-level control device transmits a common information acquirement request signal to each of the drive control devices. Upon receiving the information acquirement request signal, each of the drive control devices determines transmission start timing for a response signal based on transmission sequence information indicating its transmission sequence and a length of the response signal such that the response signal does not temporally overlap with a response signal being transmitted from another drive control device to the upper-level control device. Each of the drive control devices transmits the response signal to the upper-level control device via the signal line at its transmission starting timing. | 12-11-2014 |
20140361732 | STORAGE BATTERY CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE BATTERY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, POWER STORAGE SYSTEM AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - A storage battery control device includes a storage battery control method, a program, a power storage system and a power supply system which can fulfill better performance with a configuration where a plurality of storage batteries are connected. A storage battery to be charged is determined based on the states of charge and the numbers of times of charge/discharge obtained from the plurality of storage batteries referring to a charge order table to which an order to charge storage batteries is set according to states of charge and numbers of times of charge and discharge of storage batteries to be charged with power. The order to charge the storage batteries is preferentially set to a row of cells whose numbers of times of charge and discharge are small and is preferentially set to cells of each row whose states of charge are low in the charge order table. | 12-11-2014 |
20140361725 | POWER STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE, POWER STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND POWER STORAGE SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a power storage control device, a power storage control device control method, a program and a power storage system which can enhance reliability more. The power storage control device has: an AC/DC converter which converts power supplied from a power system; a DC/DC converter which converts power outputted from a storage battery which stores power; and a control unit which is driven by the power outputted from the AC/DC converter and the power outputted from the DC/DC converter, and controls charging and discharging of the storage battery. Further, in the power storage control device, a voltage value of the power outputted from the AC/DC converter is set higher than a voltage value of the power outputted from the DC/DC converter. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a power storage system. | 12-11-2014 |
20140361723 | DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE - A drive control device having: a storage circuit configured to store a reference rotational speed table; a drive signal generation circuit configured to output a drive signal to the direct current motor; and a control circuit. When an absolute value of a difference between a second rotational speed corresponding to a first rotational direction and a third rotational speed corresponding to a second rotational direction is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, the control circuit creates separate rotational speed tables for the first rotational direction and the second rotational direction in which each rotational speed table indicates a relation between a rotational speed and an electric power amount per unit time, and determines an amount of electric power that is supplied to the direct current motor which corresponds to a designated rotational speed according to the rotational speed table selected in accordance with a designated rotational rotation. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360849 | LIMIT SWITCH AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A limit switch having a housing having a box, an attachment hold made in a side surface of the box, having a cylindrical bearing section, a rotating shaft rotatably inserted through the cylindrical bearing section, a cam unit provided in a leading end portion of the rotating shaft, and an operation lever provided in the other end portion of the rotating shaft. Rotational action of the operation lever is converted into vertical action by the cam unit in the box. A contact of a switch main body accommodated in and fixed to the housing is opened and closed. An outer diameter of the cam unit is smaller than an inner diameter of the attachment hole. | 12-11-2014 |
20140355886 | IMAGE MATCHING METHOD, IMAGE MATCHING DEVICE, MODEL TEMPLATE GENERATION METHOD, MODEL TEMPLATE GENERATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - An image matching method performed by an image matching device, includes acquiring a model image, generating a plurality of variation images by applying to the model image variations that are different from each other, extracting features from each of the plurality of variation images, generating a model template based on the features, and performing template matching using an image to be matched and the model template. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355076 | PROGRAM FOR READING CHARACTERS, AND CHARACTER READER AS WELL AS METHOD FOR READING CHARACTERS - A character reading method performed by a computer connected to an imaging unit includes repeating processing of recognizing the character included in one-frame image input latest in parallel to input of the moving image, performing matching of a recognition result obtained by every piece of recognition processing in units of characters along a time axis, fixing the recognition result appearing with an appearance ratio larger than a reference value previously decided in the recognition processing continuously performed at least predetermined times, and outputting the fixed recognition result. | 12-04-2014 |
20140354918 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND FRAME USED THEREIN - A surface light source includes a light source facing an end face of a lightguide plate, a rectangular-shaped frame surrounding an outer peripheral surface of the lightguide plate, and a reflecting sheet is disposed on a lower surface of the frame. The frame is formed such that an inside frame portion is made of a white resin and an outside frame portion is made of a black resin. The inside frame portion and the outside frame portion are integrally molded by a two-color molding method. | 12-04-2014 |
20140348400 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CHARACTER INPUT - A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for character input which has an input predicting function for presenting, to a user, a candidate group for a phrase predicted to be input by the user, the program causing a computer to execute: an image recognizing step of recognizing a person included in an image by image recognition when a character is being input to an application program handling the image; and a candidate adding step of adding a phrase related to the person recognized from the image to a candidate group of phrases to be presented when a character is being input to the application program. | 11-27-2014 |
20140346026 | SWITCH AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A switch and a method for controlling the switch, the switch including a movable touch piece configured to be turned by manual operation of an operation button, a movable contact that is provided in the movable touch piece and configured to be brought into contact with and separated from a fixed contact to close and open a contact, and a remote control unit configured to be able to operate the operation button by remote control, the remote control unit including a stepping motor, and a transmission member configured to transmit turning action of the stepping motor to the operation button to close and open the contact. | 11-27-2014 |
20140344454 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, NETWORK SYSTEM, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - When receiving a use request of information from an information use device ( | 11-20-2014 |
20140332358 | OPERATION KEY AND SWITCHING UNIT - An operation key including an image transmissive part configured to transmit an image of display information located behind the image transmissive part, where an inclined surface is formed in at least a part of a rear surface of the image transmissive part, and the inclined surface is inclined onto a front surface side of the image transmissive part toward a far side from a side near an operator. | 11-13-2014 |
20140330549 | SIMULATION DEVICE, SIMULATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A simulation apparatus has a type setting section that sets a type of mode of electric power consumption of equipment, and an output section that simulates an amount of the electric power consumption of the equipment in accordance with the type set by the type setting section and outputting the amount of electric power consumption thus simulated. | 11-06-2014 |
20140329418 | COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCTION OF CONTACT, CONTACT USING SAME, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF CONTACT - A composition for making a contact includes a nickel-cobalt alloy containing 1% by weight or more to less than 20% by weight of cobalt, and 0.002 part by weight or more to 0.1 part by weight or less of sulfur with respect to 100 parts by weight of the nickel-cobalt alloy. The composition has an average particle size of 0.07 μm or larger to 0.35 μm or smaller. | 11-06-2014 |
20140328101 | VOLTAGE CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A voltage conversion circuit has a plurality of primary capacitors charged by a power supply, a secondary capacitor connected in parallel to the respective plurality of primary capacitors that is charged at a voltage supplied to a load circuit, a plurality of switching circuits provided in association with the respective plurality of primary capacitors that change over a connection state between the primary capacitors and the secondary capacitor, and a connection control circuit that successively connects the respective primary capacitors to the secondary capacitor through the corresponding switching circuits, the respective primary capacitors across which the charging voltages reach a predetermined connection voltage higher than a charging voltage across the secondary capacitor. | 11-06-2014 |
20140327428 | DETECTING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a detecting device and method, and a program which can detect a power state easily at low cost. A current transformer measures current of a commercial power system from a commercial power supply through a connection point of the commercial power system and a power generation system from a solar power generation system that supplies power having the same frequency as the commercial power supply. A current transformer measures power at the power generation system side through the connection point. A decision value calculator calculates a decision value based on a value obtained through multiplication of a measured value of current through the current transformer and through the current transformer. A flow detector detects a power flow of the commercial power system based on the calculated value. The present invention can be applied to a power measuring system for use in homes, for example. | 11-06-2014 |
20140327337 | VIBRATION SENSOR AND EXTERNAL DETECTION DEVICE - A vibration sensor has a first substrate, a second substrate relatively movable by an external vibration while opposed to the first substrate, an electret group having a plurality of electrets that are arrayed in a relative movement direction on a side of one of surfaces of the first substrate, and an electrode group having a plurality of electrodes that are arrayed in the relative movement direction on a side of a surface of the second substrate. The surface of the second substrate is opposed to the electret group. A positional relationship between the electret group and the electrode group changes with a relative change in position of the first and second substrates by the external vibration to output an external vibration detection signal. | 11-06-2014 |
20140326588 | CONTACT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A contact has a flat surface and a side surface that is parallel to the flat surface. At least a part of the side surface is curved so as to swell. At least a part of the contact is able to be elastically deformed in parallel to the flat surface. | 11-06-2014 |
20140326586 | LIMIT SWITCH - A limit switch has a housing having an opening in a front surface of the housing, and a connection hole in which a lead wire is drawn made in a bottom surface of the housing, a switch main body fixed in the housing, a front surface of which is vertically partitioned into a plurality of stages, a pair of fixed contact terminals embedded at each of the stages, an operation shaft exposed from a ceiling surface of the switch main body, a contact that is opened and closed by driving the operation shaft in a shaft center direction, and a projection provided between the fixed contact terminals embedded at the stages of the front surface of the switch main body. | 11-06-2014 |
20140321754 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device configured to detect a salient region from an image has a pixel small-region image generating unit that generates a pixel small-region image using, as a unit, a pixel small region made of pixels adjacent to one another and whose luminance values or chromaticity are similar, from the image, a prior probability calculator that calculates prior probability of likelihood of the salient region for each of the pixels of the image, a region generating unit that generates a salient-region-containing region having high possibility of containing a salient region on the basis of a corner point extracted from the image, and a likelihood calculator. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321748 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device has an affinity calculating unit that handles each pixel in an image or each region including a plurality of pixels joined together, as a unit component, and determines a first affinity between each of the unit components and one of the unit components which is located in a periphery region of the image, a foreground region identifying unit that identifies, as a foreground region, a region made up of one or more of the unit components whose first affinities calculated by the affinity calculating unit are lower than a preset threshold, and a saliency measure output unit that determines a second affinity between each of the unit components in the image and the foreground region identified by the foreground region identifying unit, and outputs the second affinity as a saliency measure for each unit component. | 10-30-2014 |
20140319319 | PHOTOSENSOR - A photosensor is provided with a sensor circuit assembly. The sensor circuit assembly includes a light emitter, a light receiver, a light-emitter support, a light-receiver support, and a connecting part. The light emitter and the light receiver face each other. The light-emitter support extends from and supports the light emitter. The light-receiver support extends from and supports the light receiver. The connecting part connects one end of the light-emitter support with one end of the light-receiver support. The connecting part includes a seal and a connection terminal that protrudes from the seal. The connection terminal includes a first press-contact part, and a first pressure part that presses the first press-contact part in a press-contact direction. | 10-30-2014 |
20140318939 | SWITCH UNIT AND GAME MACHINE - A switch unit has an operation key, a cover member having an opening corresponding to the operation key, and a light emitting device disposed on a rear surface side of the cover member that makes the periphery of the operation key luminous by irradiation with light from a light emitting portion disposed on the periphery of the operation key. A top surface side of the operation key is inserted from the rear surface side of the cover member into the opening. An opposing-mirror portion is disposed on the cover member on at least a peripheral part of the operation key. The opposing-mirror portion has a half-mirror portion and a mirror portion spaced apart from the half-mirror portion with a space therebetween. The half-mirror portion is disposed above the mirror portion. The light emitting portion of the light emitting device faces the space between the half-mirror portion and the mirror portion. | 10-30-2014 |
20140316602 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A control device has a monitoring section that monitors an amount of electric energy of a first machine, and a power supply controller that controls power supply of a second machine in accordance with an amount of electric energy of the first machine and schedule information indicative of an operation schedule of each of the first machine and the second machine. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315634 | Game Machine - A game machine including a request command holding unit configured to hold a request command for making a request of an image analyzer for an image parameter that is used for determination as to whether or not to execute a performance, an execution condition holding unit configured to hold an execution condition to be satisfied by the image parameter, a request command outputting unit configured to output to the image analyzer the request command that is held in the request command holding unit while mapped with an executable performance, when the executable performance is decided, an image parameter acquiring unit configured to acquire an image parameter, and a performance executing unit configured to execute the executable performance when the acquired image parameter satisfies the execution condition that is held in the execution condition holding unit while mapped with the executable performance. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315633 | Game Machine - A game machine includes a subject specifying unit configured to specify a subject included in each of a plurality of images consecutively captured by an imaging unit, a movement detecting unit configured to detect movement of the subject along a first direction vertical to an imaging surface of the imaging unit based on an area and a luminance of the subject in each of the plurality of images, and a performance executing unit configured to execute a first performance corresponding to the first direction when the movement detecting unit detects movement of the subject along the first direction. | 10-23-2014 |
20140314302 | INSPECTION AREA SETTING METHOD FOR IMAGE INSPECTING DEVICE - An inspection area setting method for setting inspection area-defining information defining an inspection area to an image inspecting device, the image inspecting device being configured to extract a portion constituting the inspection area as an inspection area image from an original image obtained by taking an image of an inspection object, and to inspect the inspection object by analyzing the inspection area image, includes an acquisition step of acquiring a sample image obtained by taking an image of a sample of the inspection object, an inspection area searching step, and a setting step. | 10-23-2014 |
20140313605 | REFLECTOR ARRANGEMENT, LIGHT CURTAIN, METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE REFLECTOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE REFLECTOR ARRANGEMENT - Disclosed is a reflector arrangement including a mirror system for reflecting incident light. The mirror system includes a V-mirror unit with a V-shaped mirror having two mirror reflection surfaces, and a plane mirror unit arranged at a distance from the V-mirror unit. The V-mirror unit includes a V-mirror adjustment mechanism for adjusting an angle between the two mirror reflection surfaces of the V-shaped mirror. A method for adjusting the reflector arrangement and a method for assembling the reflector arrangement are also disclosed. | 10-23-2014 |
20140310803 | AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - To prevent improper authentication, a authentication device includes a visual-line detecting unit configured to detect a visual line direction of a user, an authentication-permission visual-line direction setting unit configured to set an authentication permission visual-line direction, a biometric deciding unit configured to execute authentication by deciding whether a detected visual line direction is an authentication permission visual-line direction, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display an image showing a type of a visual line direction in setting an authentication permission visual-line direction and configured to cause the display unit not to display the image in executing authentication. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307974 | IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD - An image recognition device for recognizing respective types of display objects appearing in an image is provided, the image recognition device comprising: a change object selecting unit configured to select a change object, a target whose recognition result is to be modified, from the display objects and to determine that a type of each determined object is a type of one of recognition candidates which has the highest degree of reliability, the determined objects being not the change object; a pair object selecting unit configured to select a pair object from the determined objects, the pair object making a pair with the change object; and a recognition processing unit configured to modify the recognition result of the change object and to identify the change object, on the basis of a pair information list that indicates an object type associated with a type of the pair object. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307971 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - To generate a high resolution image of higher quality depending on a target area. An image processing apparatus includes a blur amount estimating unit configured to estimate a blur amount in a set target area in each of images indicated by a plurality of low resolution image data, and a reference image selecting unit configured to select a low resolution image to be a reference for generating the high resolution image depending on the estimated blur amount. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307957 | CLASSIFIER UPDATE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND CLASSIFIER UPDATE METHOD - One aspect of the present invention provides a classifier update device that enhances accuracy of the determination made by a classifier with respect to a specific determination target. A feature quantity update unit updates a reference value of a predetermined criterion in the classifier based on target image data including a specific type of target acquired by an image acquisition unit. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307926 | EXPRESSION ESTIMATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An expression estimation device configured to estimate an expression of a person from an image has an expression determination unit that analyzes the image of the person to generate first expression information indicating an expression of the person, a motion determination unit that analyzes the image of the person to determine a type of motion of the person, and an expression estimation unit that generates second expression information indicating the expression of the person according to the first expression information generated by the expression determination unit and the type of motion determined by the motion determination unit. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307919 | GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE, GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A gesture recognition device configured to recognize a gesture of a hand from a captured image of a user, having a fingertip candidate detector that detects a fingertip candidate from the image, a finger detector that detects a skin area as a finger, the skin area extending by a predetermined length in a certain direction from the fingertip candidate detected by the fingertip candidate detector, and a gesture type specifying unit that specifies a type of the gesture based on the number of fingers detected by the finger detector. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307918 | TARGET-IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DIGITAL CAMERA - A method for controlling a target-image detecting device configured to detect a target image as a part of photographed images and as an image of a target object from the photographed images, includes sequentially obtaining a plurality of the photographed images that form a moving image, detecting a target image included in the obtained photographed image, generating a detection result and accumulating the generated detection result in memory as detection hysteresis, referring to the detection hysteresis of the memory and deciding whether the detection result of the target image of the same target object is included in a latest predetermined number of detection results, outputting the detection result when the detection result is included, and not outputting the detection result when the detection result is not included. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307469 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE WITH FRAME INCLUDING LIGHT SOURCE AND LIGHT GUIDE PLATE - 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. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307147 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THE SAME - An image display apparatus configured to zoom display an image to be displayed on a display area has a position specifying unit that specifies a position of an object contained in a displayed image, a position deciding unit that decides a positional relationship between an outer frame of the display area and the position of the object, and a zoom speed changing unit that changes a zoom speed in the zoom display depending on the decided positional relationship. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307125 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processor has an image input section that receives image data output from an imaging unit for imaging a subject, the image data including the subject, a position information acquisition section that acquires position information indicating a current position, an object recognition section that recognizes the subject in the image data input from the image input section, and an attention object list management section that manages, for each position upon photographing, a first attention object list including first attention object data indicating an attention object candidate selected from among the subjects recognized in the image data that is previously photographed at the position upon photographing. | 10-16-2014 |
20140306554 | POWER-GENERATING MODULE - A power-generating module has a base, a power-generating unit that is placed in the base, a plunger that is placed in the base and that vertically reciprocates, and a drive section that interlocks with the reciprocation of the plunger and starts up the power-generating unit. The drive section is biased to a boost-up position where the plunger is boosted up. The drive section has at least two links that turn between the boost-up position and a press-in position where the power-generating unit is started up. Both ends of one of the links are turnably supported by the base. Both ends of another link are turnably supported by the plunger. The links turn in an interlocking manner by coupling to each other. | 10-16-2014 |
20140306299 | MICROPHONE - A microphone has a base substrate comprising a main surface, an acoustic sensor mounted on the main surface, and a circuit element stacked on the acoustic sensor. A hollow space is formed between the acoustic sensor and the circuit element. The acoustic sensor has a sensor substrate having a first surface opposed to the base substrate, a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface, and a cavity formed while recessed with respect to the second surface, and a movable electrode that covers the cavity from the second surface side. A through-hole is formed in the base substrate while piercing the base substrate in a thickness direction. A communication hole is formed in the sensor substrate while piercing the sensor substrate from the first surface to the second surface. The communication hole causes the through-hole and the hollow space to communicate with each other. | 10-16-2014 |
20140304637 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device includes a plurality of processing units, an input unit configured to receive image data generated by imaging an object to be measured, a dialogue processing unit, and a generator configured to generate a command string to the plurality of processing units, following a setting of an image processing that the dialogue processing unit receives. The dialogue processing unit is configured to add a set of a start processing item to instruct a start of parallel execution and an end processing item to instruct an end of the parallel execution, in relation to an execution order of assigned processing items, and arbitrarily receive selection of processing items that are to be executed in parallel by two or more processing units in the plurality of processing units, on the interface screen, in response to a user operation of instructing a setting of parallel execution. | 10-09-2014 |
20140304544 | NETWORK SYSTEM, NODE DEVICE GROUP, SENSOR DEVICE GROUP, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SENSOR DATA - Each node device has a sensor data saving information list storage section for storing a sensor data saving information list indicates a proper node device for saving each of sensor data among node devices according to an attribute of the sensor data. A sensor data arrangement section transfers each of the sensor data saved in sensor data storage sections of the node devices to the proper node device for saving the sensor data based on the sensor data saving information list. | 10-09-2014 |
20140302724 | CONNECTOR - A connector, including a plug terminal of a plug connected to a first electric signal line and inserted in a terminal hole of a plug body, a socket terminal of a socket connected to a second electric signal line and inserted in a terminal hole of a socket body, a plug holder of the plug, and a socket holder of the socket, where the plug holder and the socket holder are connected to each other, where the plug terminal is press fitted in and electrically connected to the socket terminal, where a position in an axial center direction is controlled by sandwiching one end portion of at least one of the plug terminal and the socket terminal between the body and a terminal holder made of an insulating material. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301650 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing device comprises a part-point specifying unit configured to specify a part point of an object; a feature-quantity extracting unit configured to extract one or a plurality of feature quantities from a pixel of a sampling point or from a pixel group including the pixel of the sampling point, for each of a plurality of sampling points, and extract candidate feature quantities corresponding to the part point constituted by the extracted plurality of feature quantities corresponding to the respective sampling points, the plurality of sampling points comprising the part point specified by the part-point specifying unit and at least one point on the image other than the part point; and a feature-quantity generating unit configured to generate one or a plurality of comparison feature quantities corresponding to the part points based on a predetermined standard by using the candidate feature quantities extracted by the feature-quantity extracting unit. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301648 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A model is defined by a plurality of first positions on an edge extracted from a model image and a changing direction of the edge in each of the first positions. An image processing apparatus calculates a changing direction of an edge in a second position of an input image corresponding to the first position on the edge of the model image. The image processing apparatus accepts an instruction associated with a permissible value of the changing direction of the edge. The image processing apparatus calculates a similarity degree of the first position and the second position corresponding to the first position based on the accepted instruction, the changing direction of the edge in the first and second position. The image processing apparatus determines whether a specific area in the input image is similar to the model or not based on the calculated similarity degree in the second positions. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301632 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A control system executes a first control operation, and then executes a second control operation. In the first control operation, the image processing section obtains the image data and specifies a position of a characteristic part. The control section determines a control instruction for accelerating an object to a predetermined first speed based on the specified position of the characteristic part and then decelerating the object to a predetermined second speed lower than the first speed, to move the object to an intermediate target position away from the final target position by a predetermined margin distance. In the second control operation, the image processing section obtains the image data during movement of the moving mechanism and specifies the position of the characteristic part, and the control section determines a control instruction for positioning the object to the final target position based on the specified position of the characteristic part. | 10-09-2014 |
20140295971 | STAGING OPERATION UNIT - A staging operation unit has a base member having a convex portion, a rotary member, a bearing member fixed on the convex portion, that has the rotary member mounted thereon rotatably with respect to the base member, an accessory. The rotary member has a rotatable base member mounted on the bearing member, a pushed-in movable member that accepts a push-in operation, with respect to the rotatable base member, in a direction along a rotation axis of the bearing member, a rotary operation detection unit that detects rotation of the rotary member and output a signal corresponding to a result of the detection of the rotation to outside, and a push-in operation detection unit that detects the push-in operation of the pushed-in movable member and output a signal corresponding to a result of the detection of the push-in operation to outside. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292498 | DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE, CONTACTLESS STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A data management device configured to manage data stored in a contactless storage medium mounted to an electronic apparatus has a data storage unit that stores a plurality of data units including information of the electronic apparatus, a state detection unit that detects a state of the electronic apparatus, a data selection unit that, by referring to selection rules associating states of the electronic apparatus with types of the data, selects data comprising information conforming with the electronic apparatus under a state detected by the state detection unit from the data storage unit, and a data management unit that stores the data selected by the data selection unit in the contactless storage medium. | 10-02-2014 |
20140291785 | MICROPHONE - A microphone has a base substrate having a main surface, an acoustic sensor mounted on the main surface, and a circuit element that processes a signal output from the acoustic sensor. The acoustic sensor has a sensor substrate having a first surface opposed to the base substrate, a second surface on a side opposite to the first surface, and a cavity formed while piercing the sensor substrate from the first surface to the second surface, and a movable electrode that covers the cavity from the second surface side. A through-hole is formed in the base substrate while piercing the base substrate in a thickness direction to communicate with the cavity. The through-hole overlaps the sensor substrate when viewed in the thickness direction of the base substrate. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290428 | STAGING OPERATION UNIT - A staging operation unit has a base member having a convex portion, a rotary member, a bearing member fixed on the convex portion that rotatably mounts the rotary member thereon with respect to the base member, and an accessory. The rotary member has a pushed-in movable member that accepts a push-in operation in a direction along a rotation axis of the bearing member, a rotary operation detection unit that detects rotation of the rotary member and outputs a signal corresponding to a result of the detection of the rotation to outside, and a push-in operation detection unit that detects the push-in operation of the pushed-in movable member and outputs a signal corresponding to a result of the detection of the push-in operation to outside. At least a part of the accessory is housed inside the convex portion. | 10-02-2014 |
20140289571 | SYNCHRONOUS SERIAL INTERFACE CIRCUIT AND MOTION CONTROL FUNCTION MODULE - A clock output unit outputs a synchronous clock signal. A serial data receiving unit receives data representing an absolute position and an encoder sends data in synchronization with the synchronous clock signal. A position conversion unit converts the received absolute position into a current position. The position conversion unit calculates a difference between a last received absolute position and an absolute position received immediately before the last received absolute position. The position conversion unit obtains the latest current position by adding the difference and a current position that was calculated immediately before the latest current position. If the absolute value of the calculated difference is greater than a threshold value, the position conversion unit determines that the last received absolute position has an error. | 09-25-2014 |
20140285817 | LIMITED REFLECTION TYPE PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR - A limited reflection type photoelectric sensor has a light projecting unit having a light emitting element, a light receiving unit having a light receiving element, and a beam separating member that separates a projected light beam into beams oriented in a plurality of directions and located in an optical path of the projected light beam from the light emitting element. The light projecting unit and the light receiving unit are configured to meet the condition that an intersecting angle between an optical axis of a projected light beam and an optical axis of a receiving light beam is set such that the projected light beam from the light projecting unit is directed to an object detection limited area and the receiving light beam which is reflected light by an object existing in the object detection limited area is received by the light receiving unit. | 09-25-2014 |
20140285323 | RFID SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An RFID system capable of freely installing a plurality of communication devices and designing a desirable communication area, and a communication device configured to implement the system. In the RFID system, a first communication device configured to communicate with a control device includes a command receiver configured to receive a command from the control device, a first communication processing unit configured to perform communication with an IC tag in order to read/write tag information of the IC tag based on the received command, an instruction output unit configured to output a communication instruction to another communication device in response to a first communication result obtained by the first communication processing unit, and a response processing unit configured to generate response information to the control device based on the first communication result and a second communication result obtained by a second communication device. | 09-25-2014 |
20140284195 | SWITCH - A switch has a normally-closed fixed contact unit, a common contact unit, a pressing member, and a movable contact that is attached to the pressing member, and that slides on the normally-closed fixed contact unit and the common contact unit. A conductive region and an insulating region are formed on a sliding surface of the movable contact in the normally-closed fixed contact unit in order toward a pressing direction of the pressing member. A conductive region and an insulating region are formed on a sliding surface of the movable contact in the common contact unit in order toward the pressing direction. The movable contact slides from the conductive regions to the insulating regions to switch from a closed state to an opened state. | 09-25-2014 |
20140258527 | NETWORK SYSTEM, NODE DEVICE GROUP, COMPUTER APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SENSOR DATA - A computer apparatus makes an information acquisition request to any of multiple node devices. Each node device has a sensor data search section for searching a sensor data storage sections of the multiple node devices for a sensor data according to the information acquisition request and acquiring the sensor data and an information transmission section for transmitting the sensor data acquired by the sensor data search section or calculation result data acquired on the basis of the sensor data to the computer apparatus. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253269 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay has a base having an upper surface, an electromagnet block, formed by inserting an iron core through a through hole of a spool wound with a coil, mounted on the upper surface of the base such that a shaft center of the iron core is parallel to the base, and a casing fitted to the base to cover the electromagnet block. Guard portions provided on both sides of the spool are held between the base and the casing. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253267 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electromagnetic relay has a movable touch piece, a movable contact provided on the movable touch piece, and a fixed contact opposed to the movable contact. The movable touch piece is rotated by a movable iron piece that rotates based on magnetization and demagnetization of an electromagnet block, to make the movable contact come into contact with and separate from the fixed contact. Operation characteristics are made adjustable by a press-fitting amount at the time of press-fitting a fixed contact terminal provided with the fixed contact into a spool of the electromagnet block along a moving direction of the movable contact. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253266 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay has a base having an upper surface, an electromagnet block, formed by winding a coil around a spool with at least one end provided with a guard portion and inserting an iron core through a through hole of the spool, mounted on the upper surface of the base such that a shaft center of the iron core is parallel to the base, a movable contact, provided at a free end of a movable touch piece that rotates based on magnetization and demagnetization of the electromagnet block, that is brought into contact with or separated from a fixed contact, and a press-fitting portion that is press-fitted into a press-fitting hole provided at the edge of the outward surface of the guard portion along the shaft center of the iron core. The press-fitting portion extends to the lateral side from a fixed contact terminal that has the fixed contact. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253260 | HIGH-FREQUENCY SWITCH - A high-frequency switch configured to transmit differential signals including first and second signals, has first and second switches each comprising an input terminal configured to receive a signal and two output terminals configured to output the signal, and a substrate comprising a first surface mounted with the first and second switches. The input terminal is arranged between the two output terminals. The first and second switches are arranged on the substrate along a direction intersecting with a direction in which the input terminal and the two output terminals are placed side by side. One terminal of the first switch and one terminal of the second switch are placed side by side along the direction in which the first and second switches are arranged. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253014 | CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE, SOLAR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND CHARGING CONTROL METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a charging control device, a solar power generation system and a charging control method which allow more efficient charging. The charging control device includes: a charging converter which takes electric power out of a solar panel and converts the electric power to a voltage required for charging a storage battery; and a controlling CPU which adjusts an output voltage that is outputted from the charging converter. The charging converter takes electric power out of the solar panel at two operation points where the electric power can be taken out of the solar panel with a certain output voltage, and charges the storage battery. The controlling CPU adjusts the output voltage in accordance with a voltage difference between input voltages respectively corresponding to the two operation points. The present technique is applicable, for example, to the charging control device of the solar power generation system. | 09-11-2014 |
20140251780 | Switching Device - A switching device including a movable member configured to swing around a fulcrum and having a movable contact, a sliding member of which a part slides on a surface of the movable member, an elastic member for supporting the sliding member so as to be slidable while the part remains abutted on the surface, and a fixed contact contacted with the movable contact, where the movable member swings by a sliding of the sliding member, thereby switching a contact and a noncontact of the movable contact and the fixed contact so as to switch a conduction and a break of an electricity, and where the sliding member is configured to rotate so that a deformation of the elastic member is maximum in a position of the part on the surface, the position being deviated to a side of the contact position compared to a straight line which connects the shaft and the fulcrum. | 09-11-2014 |
20140251778 | SWITCH - A space where a member is disposed is ensured in a central portion without changing dimensions of an appearance. In a push-button switch, a movable contact portion is disposed while bent in an outer peripheral space between an insertion pipe and sidewalls constituting a quadratic-prism lower case, and the sidewall closest to a position where a projected terminal portion is disposed differs from the sidewall closest to a position where an abutment portion is disposed. | 09-11-2014 |
20140250337 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus for generating running performance information indicative of a running state of at least one device, has a data storage process section that obtains device state information indicative of a result of detection of a state of the at least one device, and obtains operational activity performer information indicative of a result of detection of whether an operational activity performer that performs an operational activity to the at least one device or an operational activity with the at least one device is present at a predetermined position for the operational activity performer to do the operational activity on the at least one device or the operational activity with the at least one device, and causes the device state information and the operational activity performer information to be stored in a result-of-detection storage. | 09-04-2014 |