| PANASONIC CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20130133060 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL PROGRAM - In a communication system in which a terminal | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130133050 | DEVICE FOR SHARING ANONYMIZED INFORMATION, AND METHOD FOR SHARING ANONYMIZED INFORMATION | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132705 | DE-INTERLEAVING DEVICE, DE-INTERLEAVING METHOD, DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD - A de-interleaving device for de-interleaving an input data block interleaved by storing data of an original data block including R×C′ portions (C′ represents any divisor of R×C) of data in a matrix of R columns×C rows in row-major order and reading the data of the original data block in column-major order includes a memory configured to store R×C portions of data, a write address generator configured to generate write addresses based on a first incremental value, a read address generator configured to generate read addresses other than other than (n×R)+1th read addresses based on the first incremental value and to generate the (n×R)+1th read addresses based on a second incremental value, and a memory interface configured to successively read data from a read address and to successively write data of an input data block to a write address. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132672 | OPTICAL DISK ARRAY DEVICE - When RAID is constructed by using optical disks of the same lot, there is a problem in that the reproduction error probability of the RAID may have local increases over the reproduction error probability within the optical disks. According to the present invention, among a plurality of optical disks constituting an optical disk array, the smallest logical sector number is assigned to mutually different physical sector numbers. As a result, data in the same stripe is allowed to be recorded to sectors at mutually different physical sector numbers of the plurality of optical disks, so that the probability of occurrence of read errors due to interferences of adjacent guide grooves and/or insufficient formation of guide grooves can be leveled out, and the maximum probability of read errors can be kept small. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132670 | MEMORY UNIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CPU - A memory includes a storage element which stores the number of times of application of a rewrite voltage pulse into a memory array, and a required-time output unit which outputs data representing a required time for a rewrite operation based on the number of times of application stored in the storage element. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132662 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A memory management unit manages a state of a memory which is to be accessed by bank interleaving. The memory includes p banks (where p is an integer of 2 or greater). The memory management unit includes a control unit that dynamically determines a bank to be accessed from among the p banks. When predetermined conditions for a reserving state of the memory are satisfied and there is any unused bank in the p banks, the control unit performs power consumption reduction to control the memory to cause power consumption of the unused bank(s) to be less than power consumption of other banks in the p banks except the unused bank(s). | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132659 | MICROCONTROLLER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MICROCONTROLLER - A microcontroller includes a RAM control unit configured to: perform a RAM access operation when an address designated by a CPU is within a range of a designated area; and read a program from a Flash EEPROM when the address is out of the range of the designated area. As the RAM access operation, the RAM control unit is configured to: read the program from the Flash EEPROM, store the read program into the RAM, and change valid bit information into a valid state, when the valid bit information indicates an invalid state; and output the program stored in the RAM to the CPU when the valid bit information indicates the valid state. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132099 | CODING DEVICE, DECODING DEVICE, AND METHODS THEREOF - Provided are a coding device, a decoding device, and methods thereof, with which it is possible to implement high sound quality coding and decoding in layered coding (scalable coding or embedded coding) wherein each layer comprises a plurality of bit rates (multi-rate). In the coding device ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130131521 | CONCENTRATION PRESENCE/ABSENCE DETERMINING DEVICE AND CONTENT EVALUATION APPARATUS - A concentration presence/absence determining device includes: a brain blood flow volume obtaining unit configured to obtain a brain blood flow volume of the user; a varying threshold obtaining unit configured to obtain a varying threshold that is a value smaller than the brain blood flow volume of the user at a base time; and an determining unit configured to determine that the user concentrates, when the brain blood flow volume obtained by the brain blood flow volume obtaining unit falls below the varying threshold obtained by the varying threshold obtaining unit. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130740 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus compatible with a plurality of communication schemes includes a first communicator that performs a communication in a first communication scheme, a second communicator that performs a communication in a second communication scheme, a signal generator that generates a signal for commanding startup of a communicator of the wireless communication terminal which performs a communication in the second communication scheme when the reception quality in the first communication scheme is equal to or higher than a threshold value, provided that the first communicator is in a state of communicable with the wireless communication terminal and that the communicator of the wireless communication terminal is not started, and a threshold value setting section that sets the threshold value based on information indicating the reception qualities in the first and second communication schemes. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130686 | CONNECTION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, INFORMATION FORWARDING DEVICE, AND SERVER - A technique is disclosed for preventing a mobile terminal from unnecessarily connecting to a local connection service provided by a mobile router. In a communication system, a UE | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130685 | COMPACT BASE STATION DEVICE AND SIGNALING METHOD - Provided is compact base station device that reduces the processing load with an upper layer network device by reducing the amount of signaling with an upper layer network device. In the device, a CSG member management device ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130679 | FEMTOCELL BASE STATION AND ACCESS MODE SWITCHING METHOD - A radio communication system includes a macrocell base station, and a femtocell base station provided in a macrocell. The femtocell base station includes: a measuring part which measures an uplink total received power from a radio terminal; a detecting part which detects a visitor macrocell radio terminal located in a vicinity of the femtocell base station operated by the access limited mode in accordance with the uplink total received power or an uplink interference signal power which can be derived from the uplink received power; and a control part which switches the femtocell base station from the access limited mode to the hybrid mode when the detecting part detects the visitor macrocell radio terminal. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the throughput for the visitor macrocell user. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130613 | FIRE DAMPER FOR VENTILATING FAN - A fire damper for a ventilating fan includes a shutter and a frame provided with a flange. A preformed opening is provided on the frame. The frame is further provided with a movable component for opening or closing the preformed opening. This has the advantage of being able to share parts with others. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130491 | DISPLAY PANEL MANUFACTURING METHOD, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a display panel having a display part and a terminal part each formed on a different area on a TFT substrate, comprising: a step of forming the display part on the TFT substrate; a step of forming a conductive layer of a conductive metal oxide or a metal on an area where the terminal part is to be formed; a step of forming a chemical vapor deposition layer of an inorganic compound by a chemical vapor deposition method so that the chemical vapor deposition layer covers the display part and comes into contact at least with an upper surface of the conductive layer and so that the upper surface of the conductive layer alters; and a step of removing a portion of the chemical vapor deposition layer on the conductive layer. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130141 | DIRECT OXIDATION FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Disclosed is a direct oxidation fuel cell system including: a direct oxidation fuel cell including an anode and a cathode, an air pump for supplying air to the cathode, a liquid feed pump for supplying an aqueous fuel solution to the anode, and a collection tank for collecting an anode fluid discharged from the anode. The collection tank has an anode fluid collection port at which the anode fluid is merged with a liquid in the collection tank. Either during normal operation or during suspension of operation of the fuel cell system, or both, the volume of the liquid in the collection tank is controlled to be equal to or greater than a predetermined first lower-limit value. The first lower-limit value is set such that the anode fluid collection port is positioned below the level of the liquid in the collection tank. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130138 | HYDROGEN GENERATION APPARATUS, FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A hydrogen generation apparatus ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130084 | BATTERY BLOCK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a cell block ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130129549 | COMPRESSOR - According to a compressor of the present invention, the compressor further comprises an oil separating mechanism | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130129545 | BLOWER - A blower includes a motor, a fan, a casing, a control circuit, a roll pin, and a boss portion, and an end face of the boss portion at one side inserted to the shaft is provided with a groove having an opening and an bottom part to engaged with the roll pin, side walls of the groove are slanted to widen from a bottom part to the opening, the side walls have straight portions formed to confront each other in parallel to a longitudinal direction of the shaft and extending toward the opening from a start point corresponding to a central axis of the roll pin, and a distance between the confronting straight portions is equal to a diameter of the roll pin. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130129537 | REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR - A refrigerant compressor according to the present invention is configured that at least one member constituting an electric element and a compression element is made of a rubber material. This rubber material is nitrile rubber, in which: Condition 1: bound acrylonitrile content is within a range of 35 to 51% by weight; Condition 2: organic compound having carbon atom, which is capable of creating double bond with sulfur atom, nitrogen atom or carbon atom and is also capable of creating single bond with sulfur atom or nitrogen atom, is not used as a vulcanizing accelerator in the process for creating cross-linkage; and Condition 3: no phthalic ester is contained. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130129468 | METHOD OF MOUNTING ELECTRONIC PARTS - In an electronic component mounting method, electronic components are picked up from a component supply unit in which first and second tray supply mechanisms are arranged, and mounted on substrates. In the method, a first substrate and a second substrate different in type from the first substrate are transported by first and second substrate transport lanes, respectively, and a first component to be mounted on the first substrate and a second component to be mounted on the second substrate are supplied by the first and second tray supply mechanisms, respectively. If use stop setting indicating that the pickup of the electronic components is no longer conducted is enabled in one tray supply mechanism, the controller prohibits an access of a mounting head to the one tray supply mechanism, and permits an operation access of an operator to a tray housing unit of the one tray supply mechanism. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130129467 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD - In an electronic component mounting method, electronic components are picked up from a component supply unit in which two tray supply mechanisms are arranged, and mounted on substrates. In the method, both of the tray supply mechanisms are allowed to hold trays storing therein the electronic components to be mounted on the substrates. If shortage of the components occurs in one tray supply mechanism during a component mounting process, a target for picking up the electronic components is switched to the other tray supply mechanism. If use stop setting indicating that the pickup of the electronic components is no longer conducted is enabled in one tray supply mechanism, the controller prohibits an access of a mounting head to the one tray supply mechanism, and permits an operation access of an operator to a tray housing unit of the one tray supply mechanism. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130129312 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - The possibility that one who is not accustomed with manipulation may cause inadvertent alteration or deletion by using an easy-remote control is reduced. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130129238 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS - An image coding method including: binarizing a first component and a second component which are included in last position information, to generate a first binary signal and a second binary signal, respectively; coding, by first arithmetic coding, a first partial signal which is a part of the first binary signal and a second partial signal which a part of the second binary signal, and coding, by second arithmetic coding, a third partial signal which is another part of the first binary signal and a fourth partial signal which is another part of the second binary signal; and placing the coded first through fourth partial signals in a bit stream, wherein in the placing, (i) the coded second partial signal is placed next to the coded first partial signal, or (ii) the coded fourth partial signal is placed next to the coded third partial signal. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130129236 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An image processing apparatus includes a filter unit which filters image signals; a sampling unit which generates first digital image signals having a first resolution by sampling the filtered image signals at a predetermined sampling frequency; and a super-resolution unit which reconstructs a second digital image signal having a second resolution which is higher than the first resolution by performing super-resolution on the first digital image signals generated by the sampling unit, wherein the filter unit passes frequency components corresponding to or lower than the Nyquist frequency which is half the sampling frequency, and passes a part of frequency components within a range from the Nyquist frequency to the highest frequency which can be represented by the second resolution. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130129219 | PATTERN RECOGNITION APPARATUS, PATTERN RECOGNTION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image and supplementary information of the image, such as a photographing point and time, are input by an image input section and are stored in an image data storage section. Character recognition in the image is performed by a character recognition section, and the recognition result is stored in a character recognition result storage section. An analysis section extracts object character information relevant to an object from the image, the supplementary information, and the character recognition result on the basis of the analysis conditions input in a designation section to thereby analyze an object, and the analysis result is output to a result output section. Accordingly, a change in the object can be analyzed by analyzing a change in character patterns indicating the identical object. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130129160 | FACE IMAGE REGISTRATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A face image registration device includes an image input unit that inputs face images of a subject person, and an others face retention unit that retains a plurality of others faces. The device further includes: a false alarm characteristic calculation unit that collates the face images of the subject person with the retained others faces, and calculates a false alarm characteristic of the face images of the subject person; a correct alarm characteristic calculation unit that collates the face images of the subject person with each other to calculate a correct alarm characteristic of the face images of the subject person; and a registration face image selection unit that selects a registration face image from the face images of the subject person by using the false alarm characteristic of the face images of the subject person and the correct alarm characteristic of the face images of the subject person. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130129148 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An object detection device that can accurately identify an object candidate in captured stereo images as an object or a road surface. The object detection device ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128859 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided are a wireless communication terminal apparatus and a wireless communication method that can preclude the recognition mismatch in which the reference formats of different UL grants are recognized between the wireless communication terminal apparatus and a wireless communication base station apparatus. For the PHR calculation of a PUSCH in a CC in which no UL grant is present, a UL grant, which was used for calculating the PHR in another CC having the same subframe number as the PUSCH, is used. For example, as to a subframe number=# | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128857 | TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - Provided are a terminal, a base station and a signal transmission control method whereby a response signal can be efficiently transmitted when the terminal receives downstream allocation control information via an R-PDCCH. An extraction unit ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128856 | BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CALCULATION PARAMETERS FOR POWER HEADROOM, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING POWER HEADROOM - Provided are a base station, a mobile station, a method for transmitting calculation parameters for a power headroom and a method for transmitting a power headroom capable of increasing the accuracy of link adaptation by reducing the probability that a power headroom value is out of a reported range. In a base station ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128849 | CONTROL CHANNEL SIGNALING USING A COMMON SIGNALING FIELD FOR TRANSPORT FORMAT AND REDUNDANCY VERSION - The invention relates to a method for providing control signalling associated to a protocol data unit conveying user data in a mobile communication system and to the control channel signal. The invention also provides a mobile station and a base station and their respective operation in view of the newly defined control channel signals. To reduce the control channel overhead, the invention suggests defining a common field for the transport format and redundancy version in the control channel information format. According to one approach, the common field is used to jointly encode transport format and redundancy version therein. According to another aspect, one shared field is provided on the control channel signal that indicates either a transport format or a redundancy version depending of whether the control channel signal relates to an initial transmission or a retransmission. In another embodiment, further enhancements to a HARQ protocol are suggested for addressing certain error cases. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128846 | CONTROL CHANNEL SIGNALLING FOR TRIGGERING THE INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION OF A CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR - The invention suggests a method for providing control signalling in a communication system, comprising the steps performed by a base station of the communication system of generating a control channel signal comprising a transport format and a channel quality indicator trigger signal for triggering a transmission of a channel quality indicator by at least one terminal to the base station, and transmitting the generated control channel signal to at least one terminal, wherein said transport format is a predetermined format for user data transmission by the at least one terminal to the base station and said control channel signal indicates a predetermined mode for reporting the channel quality indicator to the base station, wherein the channel quality indicator transmission is to be triggered by the at least one terminal based on the channel quality indicator trigger signal. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128641 | LOAD CONTROL DEVICE - A two-wire load control device prevents load malfunctioning, such as erroneous emission of an LED, due to a leak current, even when loads not taking countermeasures against noise are connected. The load control device is connected in series between a commercial power source and a load and an off power supply for ensuring an inner power supply at the time of turning off the load is provided with capacitors, which are switched to be connected in series or parallel, based on an input voltage. The control device makes the capacitors repeat charging and discharging, and a power discharged from the capacitors is used as the inner power supply, thereby reducing standby power requirement of the load control device at the time of turning off the load. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128624 | DC/DC CONVERTER - A DC/DC converter has DC input terminals to which a DC power is inputted, a transformer, and a bidirectional switching device on the primary side of the transformer. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128414 | SEALING MEMBER FOR A CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CAPACITOR - A sealing member for a capacitor is formed of an elastic material, and has a circular cylindrical shape extending along an axial direction. The sectional view perpendicular to the axial direction shows a circular shape. Further, a pair of through-holes is formed parallel to the axial direction. The shape of each through-hole in the sectional view perpendicular to the axial direction of the sealing member is composed of a first arc and a second arc. The first arc protrudes toward the circumference of the sealing member. The second arc protrudes toward the center of the sealing member and has a curvature smaller than that of the first arc. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130128130 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE - A video display device includes a video display panel that displays video, a case that encloses an outer periphery of the video display panel, an audio device that is arranged in proximity to the outer periphery of the video display panel, the audio device being configured to linearly arrange a plurality of speakers, and a sound emitting hole that corresponds to an opening of the audio device, the sound emitting hole being provided to the case and emitting sound generated by the audio device. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127655 | RADAR DEVICE - A radar receiver has plural antenna system processors each for performing coherent integration on the basis of correlation values between a reception signal and a transmission signal using correction amounts for phase variations corresponding to plural Doppler frequencies, plural correlation matrix generators for generating, for each of the plural different Doppler frequencies, correlation matrices which are pieces of phase difference information relating to an arrangement of reception antennas on the basis of sets of outputs of the coherent integration, respectively, an adder for adding together outputs of the plural correlation matrix generators, and an incoming direction estimator for estimating an incoming direction of reflection waves on the basis of outputs of the adder. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127650 | A/D CONVERSION DEVICE - An A/D conversion device has means for generating a control clock signal having a cycle that is an integral multiple of a cycle of a reference clock signal; means for generating a shift voltage which varies every cycle of the reference clock signal while the cycle of the control clock signal is taken as one cycle, means for offsetting an analog signal by the shift voltage, means for A/D converting the offset analog signal every cycle of the reference clock signal signal, and means for averaging outputs from the A/D converter every cycle of the control clock signal. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127645 | SERIAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM INCLUDING TRANSMITTER APPARATUS AND RECEIVER APPARATUS, FOR USE IN TRANSMISSION OF AV DATA - A transmitter apparatus is provided for converting parallel data of natural number n×12 bits into n pieces of serial data, and transmitting n transmission signals each of natural number m bits. In the transmitter apparatus, a dividing buffer divides inputted parallel data into n pieces of 12-bit parallel data, and an encoder circuit 12B14B-converts the n pieces of 12-bit parallel data into n pieces of 14-bit parallel data, respectively, and outputs resulting data. A parallel-to-serial converter circuit parallel-to-serial converts the n pieces of 14-bit parallel data into n pieces of 1-bit serial data, respectively, and outputs resulting data, and an m-bit driver circuit amplifies and transmits the n pieces of 1-bit serial data, as n transmission signals each of m bits, respectively, to n transmission paths. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127529 | AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL DEVICE - A first frequency converter generates an I-system baseband signal based on a high-frequency received signal and a first local signal with a predetermined frequency band. A second frequency converter generates a Q-system baseband signal based on a high-frequency received signal and a second local signal 90° out of phase with the first local signal. First and second AD converters convert respective amplified I-system and Q-system baseband signals to digital data. First and second over-range detecters detect the over-range of the first and the second CAD converters. An automatic gain controller selects the gain based on the detection information of the over-range and the respective I-system and Q-system baseband signals. An offset setter gives a predetermined offset to the selected gain, and sets a gain after the offset with respect to the first or the second variable amplifier. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127495 | HIGH-FREQUENCY SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHING CIRCUIT - A diode-switch logic circuit of the present invention is configured such that: at least one of paths between a common input-output terminal and respective individual input-output terminals is caused to become a conducting state; control voltages of control terminals are respectively applied to gates of path switching FET stages; logic synthesis voltages of the control voltages of the control terminals are respectively applied to gates of shunt FET stages; and each of the logic synthesis voltages is generated by a logical product of a logical negation of the control voltage applied to one shunt FET stage and a logical sum of the control voltages respectively applied to the remaining shunt FET stages. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127473 | SECONDARY CELL AND METHOD FOR TESTING SECONDARY CELL - The present invention provides a secondary cell, wherein an area having generated therein a phenomenon due to an internal short-circuit can be freely changed, a change in the secondary cell due to the generation of the internal short-circuit is correctly grasped, and safety of the secondary cell can be accurately evaluated when the internal short-circuit is generated. An internal short-circuit test method for the secondary cell is also provided. In the present invention, the secondary cell is configured by disposing: an electrode group, which is formed by winding or laminating a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and an insulating layer disposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate; and a heat generating body, which is disposed between the positive electrode plate and the insulating layer or between the negative electrode plate and the insulating layer. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127424 | DISCHARGE SYSTEM - A discharge system includes: a secondary battery pack; a discharge device; and an application software running on a personal computer connected to the discharge device. The application software receives total battery voltage information, temperature information, and over-discharge information of the secondary battery pack through the discharge device, determines deterioration of the secondary battery pack based on the informations, and displays results of the determination. Further, the application software instructs the discharge device to terminate the discharge when the temperature in the pack exceeds a predetermined value and/or an over-discharge is detected. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127367 | LIGHTING DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - A lighting device includes: a DC converter including at least an inductor, a switching unit and a diode and being configured to output an energy accumulated in the inductor to a load via the diode by using an input from a DC power source when the switching unit is turned off; a load voltage detection unit connected to the load to detect a load voltage of the load; and an abnormality determining unit configured to determine an abnormality when the load voltage is equal to or less than a preset threshold voltage. The device further includes an output control unit configured to drive the switching unit so that oscillation of the switching unit is stopped or the output of the DC converter is decreased when the abnormality is determined. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127366 | LIGHTING CIRCUIT FOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A light-emitting-element lighting circuit for dimming a light emitting element by a PWM dimming signal of a duty ratio corresponding to an input dimming signal is provided. The lighting circuit includes a PWM dimming signal generating unit which generates the PWM dimming signal by performing a summation of AC wave signals including a fundamental wave and harmonics of different frequencies that are integer multiples of a fundamental frequency of the fundamental wave. The fundamental frequency is equal to or higher than a frequency, at which a sound pressure level is at maximum, in an audible frequency range in a correlation spectrum between the sound pressure level generated from the light emitting element and a frequency of an AC wave signal inputted to the light emitting element. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127339 | ORGANIC EL ILLUMINATION MODULE AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - An organic EL module includes a flat plate-like light emitting panel configured to use an organic EL element; and a holding member configured to hold the light emitting panel. The holding member includes: a conductive member serving as at least a part of the holding member, and a capacitance component is provided between the conductive member and an electrode layer, the electrode layer being provided in the light emitting panel to supply a driving voltage thereto. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127303 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR BRUSHLESS MOTOR - A cooling structure for a brushless motor, which includes a stator, a rotor, and a motor shaft arranged integrally with the rotor. The stator includes a stator core including an inner circumferential surface, a cylindrical portion including first and second end surfaces adjacent to the inner circumferential surface, and teeth projecting from the inner circumferential surface. An insulator covers the inner circumferential surface, the first and second end surfaces, and the teeth. A coil is wound around each tooth that is covered by the insulator. The cooling structure includes a cooling fan coupled to one end of the motor shaft and arranged closer to the second end surface than the first end surface. At least one ventilation recess is arranged between two adjacent ones of the teeth in the circumferential direction in a portion of the insulator that covers the first end surface. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127261 | DC CONNECTION DEVICE - Provided is a DC connection device including a first connector connected to a DC power source side or a load side; and a second connector connected to the first connector. The first connector or the second connector has a semiconductor switch that is turned on when a portion of at least one of terminals of one of the first and second connectors is brought into contact with a terminal of the other of the first and second connectors, and is turned off before the terminal of the one of the first and second connectors is completely separated from the terminal of the other of the first and second connectors. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127257 | POWER GENERATING SYSTEM AND WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A power generating system includes: a plurality of power generating units for transmitting generated electric power by wireless via magnetic coupling between resonators; an AC combining section for combining AC energy output from AC converting and outputting sections of the power generating units and supplying the converted AC energy to an AC load; a DC combining section for combining DC energy output from DC converting and outputting sections of the power generating units and supplying the combined DC energy to a DC load; and an output control section for controlling an output of each power generating unit by transmitting a control signal to an output switching section of each power generating unit based on power consumption of at least one of the AC load and the DC load. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127255 | CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLYING DEVICE - A user can be notified with an indicator of information related to a power supplying device. More specifically, the user can be notified by the activation of an LED that nothing is arranged on a power supplying surface. Further, the user can acknowledge from activation of two LEDs that a power receiving device or the like is arranged on the power supplying surface and that the presence of the power receiving device is recognized by the power supplying device. The use can also acknowledge from the activation of an LED that a foreign object of metal or the like is located between the power supplying device and the power receiving device. Further, the user can acknowledge from the activation of LEDs the power supplying coil that is being supplied with power. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127254 | CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLYING SYSTEM - The position and orientation of a power receiving coil are estimated based on a presence detection level of each power supplying coil. A power supplying pattern in which an output of the power receiving device becomes maximal is selected for the position and orientation and power is supplied in the power supplying pattern. Accordingly, power can be supplied to the power receiving device with high efficiency regardless of the position and orientation of the power receiving coil. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127249 | Power Supply System, Controller of Power Supply System, Method of Operating Power Supply System, and Method of Controlling Power Supply System - A power supply system of the present invention includes: a power generation system ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127034 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a lead frame; a semiconductor element held by the lead frame; a frame body which is formed on the lead frame to surround the semiconductor element, cover a side surface of the lead frame, and expose a bottom surface of the lead frame; and a protective resin filling a region surrounded by the frame body. The lead frame includes an uneven part formed in a section which is part of an upper surface of the lead frame, and is covered with the frame body. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126943 | FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR - An insulator is formed on the upper surface of a first semiconductor layer on at least a part of a portion above which a second semiconductor layer is not formed due to an opening. In the opening, a source electrode is formed to cover an insulator. The source electrode is formed to be in contact with an interface between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126902 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - A semiconductor light-emitting element according to the present invention includes: an n-type nitride semiconductor layer | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126901 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - A semiconductor light-emitting element according to the present invention includes: an n-type nitride semiconductor layer | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126900 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - Around a nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element which has a polarization characteristic, a transparent encapsulating member which has a cylindrical shape is provided such that the symmetry plane of the cylindrical shape forms an angle of 25° to 65° with respect to the polarization direction of the nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting element. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126898 | GALLIUM NITRIDE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHT SOURCE PROVIDED WITH SAID LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - In a gallium nitride based compound semiconductor light-emitting element including an active layer, the active layer includes a well layer | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126869 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE - A thin-film transistor device includes: a gate electrode above a substrate; a gate insulating film on the gate electrode; a crystalline silicon thin film above the gate insulating film; a first semiconductor film above the crystalline silicon thin film; a pair of second semiconductor films above the first semiconductor film; a source electrode over one of the second semiconductor films; and a drain electrode over an other one of the second semiconductor films. The first semiconductor film is provided on the crystalline silicon thin film. A relationship E | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126854 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE - An organic EL device includes a first substrate including a cathode layer and a smoothing layer, an organic layer formed on the cathode layer, an anode layer formed on the organic layer, and a second substrate joined to the anode layer. In a region of a peripheral portion of the first substrate, the organic layer is not formed. The anode layer is provided on the cathode layer through an insulating layer in a portion of the region so as to extend to an outer peripheral side, the extended anode layer is folded back to a side opposite to the second substrate to constitute an anode taking-out portion, and a portion of the cathode layer of the first substrate is folded back to constitute a cathode taking-out portion. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126853 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE - An organic EL device includes a first substrate including a cathode layer (a first electrode layer), an organic layer formed on the cathode layer, an anode layer (a second electrode layer) formed on the organic layer, and a second substrate joined to the anode layer by an adhesive layer. The anode layer is provided so as to extend to an outer peripheral side of a region where the organic layer is present, the second substrate and the adhesive layer are not present in a portion which faces a region at an outer peripheral side of the extended anode layer, and the cathode layer and the extended anode layer are exposed from the second substrate to constitute a cathode taking-out portion and an anode taking-out portion, respectively. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126851 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - The present disclosure aims to provide a light-emitter having a favorable luminescence property, a light-emitting device having the light-emitter, and a method of manufacturing the light-emitter. Specifically, the light-emitter has the following structure. A hole injection layer | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126848 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - An organic light-emitting element comprising: an anode; a cathode; banks; a functional layer between the anode and the cathode; and a hole injection layer between the anode and the functional layer. The functional layer includes at least a light-emitting sublayer defined by the banks and that contains an organic material. The hole injection layer comprises tungsten oxide and includes a crystal of the tungsten oxide, whose particle diameter is on an order of nanometers. Tungsten atoms constituting the tungsten oxide include both tungsten atoms with a valence of six and tungsten atoms with a valence less than six. The hole injection layer has a surface facing the functional layer, and a portion of the surface overlapping with the light-emitting sublayer is located closer to the anode than other portions, thereby forming a recessed structure having a recessed portion whose inner surface is in contact with the functional layer. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126847 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT - In an organic EL element, a bank is formed on a hole injection layer so as to surround light-emitting layer. The hole injection layer is formed with a tungsten oxide thin film, and has, in an electronic state thereof, an occupied energy level 1.8 eV to 3.6 eV lower than the lowest energy level of a valence band of the hole injection layer. The hole injection layer has a recessed portion in an upper surface thereof. An inner surface of the recessed portion is in contact with a functional layer (light-emitting layer). the inner side surface of the recessed portion includes an upper edge that is one of aligned with part of a lower edge of the bank, the part being in contact with the functional layer, and in contact with a bottom surface of the bank. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126846 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - An organic EL element comprising: an anode; a cathode; banks; a functional layer between the anode and the cathode, the functional layer including one or more sublayers including a light-emitting sublayer, the light-emitting sublayer defined by the banks and containing an organic material; and a hole injection layer between the anode and the functional layer, wherein the hole injection layer comprises tungsten oxide. An Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy (UPS) spectrum, obtained from a UPS measurement, has a protrusion appearing near a Fermi surface and within a region corresponding to a binding energy range lower than a top of a valence band. The tungsten oxide contained in the hole injection layer satisfies a condition, determined from an X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) measurement, that a ratio in a number density of atoms other than tungsten atoms and oxygen atoms to the tungsten atoms does not exceed approximately 0.83. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126844 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, AND LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT PRODUCTION METHOD - Organic EL elements are configured so that at least a hole injection layer and a light-emitting layer are laminated between a first electrode and a second electrode, and a bank defines an area in which the light-emitting layer is to be formed. An inner portion of the hole injection layer is depressed to define a recess. An upper peripheral edge of the recess is covered with a part of the bank. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126843 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME - An organic EL element includes a hole injection layer yielding excellent hole conduction efficiency, and comprises: an anode; a cathode; a functional layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and including a light-emitting layer containing organic material; the hole injection layer disposed between the anode and the functional layer; and a bank defining an area in which the light-emitting layer is to be formed, wherein the hole injection layer includes tungsten oxide, tungsten atoms constituting the tungsten oxide include both tungsten atoms with a valence of six and tungsten atoms with a valence less than six, the hole injection layer includes a crystal of the tungsten oxide, a particle diameter of the crystal being on an order of nanometers, an inner portion of the hole injection layer is depressed to define a recess, and an upper peripheral edge of the recess is covered with a part of the bank. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126842 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Each of organic light-emitting elements | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126841 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT - An organic electroluminescent (EL) element comprises: an anode; a cathode; a functional layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and including a light-emitting layer containing an organic material; a hole injection layer disposed between the anode and the functional layer; and a bank that defines an area in which the light-emitting layer is to be formed, wherein the hole injection layer includes tungsten oxide and includes an occupied energy level that is approximately 1.8 electron volts to approximately 3.6 electron volts lower than a lowest energy level of a valence band of the hole injection layer in terms of a binding energy, the hole injection layer has a recess in an upper surface of the area defined by the bank, and an upper peripheral edge of the recess is covered with a part of the bank. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126840 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT, ORGANIC EL PANEL, ORGANIC EL LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS, ORGANIC EL DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC EL ELEMENT - An organic EL element includes a hole injection layer that yields excellent hole conduction efficiency. The organic EL element includes an anode, a cathode, and functional layers that include organic material between the anode the cathode. The functional layers include a hole injection layer that injects holes into the functional layers. The hole injection layer is a metal oxide film that includes a metal oxide. The metal atoms constituting the metal oxide include both metal atoms at a maximum valence thereof and metal atoms at a valence less than the maximum valence, and the metal oxide film includes metal oxide crystals having a particle diameter on the order of nanometers. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126839 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ORGANIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel in the panel includes sub-pixels | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126739 | OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE, AND APPARATUS USING SAME - Each lens of a multi-segment lens is a Fresnel lens in which a second surface, being the reverse side surface of a first surface, has a plurality of lens surfaces. At least one of the plurality of lens surfaces is configured from a part of a side surface of an elliptical cone having a central axis oblique to a normal line of the first surface. Any normal line intersecting with the lens surface configured from the part of the side surface of the elliptical cone among normal lines of respective points on the first surface is non-parallel to a central axis of the elliptical cone corresponding to the lens surface with which the any normal line intersects. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126359 | METHOD FOR REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE - A method for reducing carbon dioxide utilizes a carbon dioxide reduction device including a cathode chamber, an anode chamber, a solid electrolyte membrane, a cathode electrode and anode electrode. The cathode electrode includes copper or copper compound. The anode electrode includes a region formed of a nitride semiconductor layer where an Al | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130126217 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION, PREPREG, METAL-CLAD LAMINATE, AND PRINTED WIRING BOARD - Disclosed is an epoxy resin composition comprising: (A) a polymerized compound including, as structural components, phosphaphenanthrene and at least one constituent selected from a structural unit of a phenolic novolak polymer and a structural unit of a phenolic novolak polymer in which a hydrogen atom of a phenolic hydroxyl group is substituted by phosphaphenanthrene; (B) an epoxy resin having two or more epoxy groups in a molecule; and (C) a curing agent that cures the epoxy resin. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130125596 | DRUM-TYPE WASHING MACHINE - A front-loading-type washing machine of the invention includes a rotary drum; a water tub; a motor; a filter case that communicates with the water tub via a drain pipe connected to the bottom of the water tub and has a filter provided therein; a circulating pump that communicates with the filter case via a circulating water suction pipe connected to the filter case; a channel that communicates with the circulating pump via a circulating water discharge pipe connected to the circulating pump, and is formed on the front inner side of the water tub; a plurality of jetting ports that are provided on the inner peripheral side of the channel and discharge washing water into the water tub; and a control device. The opening area of the jetting port provided at the farthest position from a connecting portion between the circulating water discharge pipe and the channel is larger than the opening area of the jetting port provided at the nearest position from the connecting portion. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130125401 | ELECTRIC SHAVER - An electric shaver including a hand grip | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130125339 | ELECTRIC BLOWER AND VACUUM CLEANER COMPRISING SAME - Disclosed is an electric blower having a stator, a rotor, a bracket, a rotary fan, an air guide and a fan case. The air guide comprises a partition plate, a diffuser disposed around outer periphery of the rotary fan in the air guide, a partition-plate sloped portion and a guide vane. The fan case has a fan-facing portion, a fan case shoulder bent at the outermost part of the fan-facing portion, and a cylindrical portion extending cylindrically in an axial direction from the fan case shoulder. The fan case shoulder is so bent that it forms substantially a right angle. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130125064 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND GUI SCREEN GENERATION METHOD - A terminal apparatus operates according to manipulation by a user on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) screen. The terminal apparatus includes: a generator that generates the GUI screen, the GUI screen including an object selectable in the manipulation and a pointer for selecting the object; and a blur calculator that calculates a vertical blur amount and a horizontal blur amount of a position at which the pointer is displayed on the GUI screen. The generator changes the GUI screen in a vertical direction depending on the vertical blur amount, and changes the GUI screen in a horizontal direction depending on the horizontal blur amount. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124929 | DATA TRANSFER CONTROL DEVICE AND DATA TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD - The data transfer control device of the present invention is capable of improving data transfer efficiency while discarding error data, a DMA parameter storing control unit ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124888 | NONVOLATILE STORAGE SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT FOR MEMORY SYSTEM, FLASH MEMORY, FLASH MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - Disclosed is a nonvolatile storage system including: a memory block having a plurality of flash memories; a flash memory power supply circuit outside of the memory block; and a flash memory controller. The flash memory power supply circuit has a plurality of types of power supply circuits for process execution, the power supply circuits for process execution generating and supplying power at a plurality of voltage levels needed to execute processes in the flash memories. The flash memory controller monitors changes of the internal states of the flash memories by communicating with the flash memories, thereby controlling the power supply circuits for process execution and the flash memories. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124711 | COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A communication control apparatus ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124201 | DECODING DEVICE, ENCODING DEVICE, AND METHODS FOR SAME - Disclosed is a decoding device which can efficiently encode/decode spectral data in a high pass section of a broadband signal. In the disclosed device: a sample group extraction unit ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130123987 | ROBOTIC SYSTEM, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD AND ROBOT CONTROL PROGRAM - A robotic system includes: a detection unit that detects at least one of a voice, light and an image of a content outputted by a content output device; a decision unit that assesses information detected by the detection unit on the basis of reference data so as to assess the content outputted by the content output device; and a control unit that controls a behavior or a state of the robotic system on the basis of the assessment made by the decision unit. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122693 | NITRIDE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A nitride compound semiconductor element according to the present invention is a nitride compound semiconductor element including a substrate | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122651 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - Each of the step of forming a first variable resistance layer ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122633 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SOLAR CELL COMPRISING CONDENSER LENS AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for disposing a photoelectric conversion element accurately on the focal point of a condenser lens. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122397 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A polymer electrolyte fuel cell according to the present invention includes: an electrolyte layer-electrode assembly ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122394 | METHOD OF FABRICATING MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND GAS DIFFUSION LAYER - A method of fabricating a membrane electrode assembly, comprising: obtaining a mixture by mixing and kneading electrically conductive particles, a polymer resin, a surfactant, and a dispersion solvent (S | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122384 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR, METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The invention discloses a hydrogen generator ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122367 | LITHIUM PRIMARY CELL - The lithium primary battery of the present invention includes a positive electrode including a first active material capable of absorbing lithium ions and a second active material capable of absorbing and desorbing lithium ions. The second active material is automatically charged by the first active material while the lithium primary battery is in an open circuit state. The first active material is, for example, graphite fluoride or manganese dioxide. The second active material is, for example, an organic compound having two or more ketone groups in a molecule. The second active material may be a polymer. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122319 | ALLERGEN REDUCING AGENT, AND PROCESSED PRODUCT, COATING MATERIAL, AND WOOD BUILDING MATERIAL USING SAME - An allergen reducing agent is provided that contains a terpenoid polymer or copolymer as an active component, and that functions to reduce allergens such as mites and pollen, and is capable of suppressing coloring. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122279 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, SUBSTRATE WITH TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT USING THE SAME - A transparent conductive film includes a first transparent resin layer including a plurality of thin metallic wires, a second transparent resin layer containing a conductive polymer, and a third transparent resin layer provided between the first transparent resin layer and the second transparent resin layer. The second transparent resin layer contains a resin which is soluble in water, and the third transparent resin layer contains a resin which is insoluble in water or has water resistance. The third transparent resin layer can suppress mixing of the second transparent resin layer with the first transparent resin layer and can make the second transparent resin layer less likely to be damaged by the first transparent resin layer. Therefore, a surface of the second transparent resin layer is made smooth and electrical conductivity is made uniform. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130122251 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a cover substrate, an upper resin layer, upper conductive layers, a lower resin layer, lower conductive layers, and a protective layer. The upper conductive layers are in contact with the upper resin layer on the side opposite to the cover substrate. The lower resin layer is in contact with the upper conductive layers and the upper resin layer. The lower conductive layers are provided on the side of the lower resin layer opposite to the upper conductive layers with the lower resin layer placed between the lower conductive layers and the upper conductive layers. The protective layer is provided on the surface of the lower resin layer on which the lower conductive layers are formed. Each of the upper resin layer and the lower resin layer is formed of a uniform material. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121809 | REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR - A refrigerant compressor comprises an electric element; a compression element; and a sealed container; wherein the compression element includes: a crankpin; a piston pin; and a connecting rod having a large hole portion into which the crankpin is inserted, a small hole portion in which the piston pin is rotatably disposed, and a coupling rod portion; wherein an oil guide hole is provided in the coupling rod portion of the connecting rod such that the large hole portion and the small hole portion are communicated with each other via the oil guide hole; a circular first groove is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the piston pin such that the first groove communicates with the oil guide hole; and a second groove extending in a center axis direction of the piston pin is provided in a first region of the small hole portion of the connecting rod. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121667 | VIDEO SIGNAL CONVERTING APPARATUS AND VIDEO SIGNAL CONVERTING METHOD - The recorder apparatus includes the controller that sets conversion mode used when input stream is processed and converted into recording stream to any of two-dimensional mode that converts the input stream into two-dimensional recording stream and three-dimensional mode that converts the input stream into three-dimensional recording stream, the controller that sets one recording mode that can be used when the video signal is converted and processed in the two-dimensional mode and the three-dimensional mode and specifies recording rate, and the signal processor that processes the video signal based on the set conversion mode and the set recording mode to convert the video signal into recording video signal. The controller sets the recording modes such that combination of the recording modes that can be set when the two-dimensional mode is set is different from combination of recording modes that can be set when the three-dimensional mode is set. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121666 | PLAYBACK DEVICE AND AUDIO SELECTION METHOD - A playback device which performs processing using video signals and audio signals respectively corresponding to the video signals. The playback device includes: a reproduction unit which reproduces the video signals and the audio signals; a video output unit which performs processing for outputting a multi video that represents videos respectively obtained from the video signals through the reproduction performed by the reproduction unit; a playback state determination unit which determines at least one of: a playback state of at least one of the video signals; and a playback state of at least one of the audio signals; a selection unit which selects one of the audio signals based on the playback state determined by the playback state determination unit; and an audio signal output unit which outputs the audio signal selected by the selection unit. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121665 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING APPLICATION-SYNCHRONIZED PLAYBACK - A playback apparatus includes a package management unit operable to generate package information by merging files recorded on a first recording medium and a second recording medium, in accordance with merge management information. A selection unit is operable to detect a plurality of playable titles from the package information and select one of the detected titles as a current title. A processing unit is operable to execute an application specified in the current title and that is included in the package information. A playback control engine is operable to control playback of a digital stream in the current title and that is included in the package information. Status registers each store a parameter relating to a playback status of the digital stream, and backup registers each save one of the status registers. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121535 | DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSITION AREA IN SPACE - Provided is a transition area detection device capable of detecting, with high precision, a transition area in a space without using a positioning sensor. The transition area detection device has a corresponding point search-use feature point selection unit for selecting feature points used for determining a reference image from among feature points of an input image (captured image), a geometric transformation parameter calculation-use feature point selection unit for selecting feature points used for calculating geometric transformation parameters from among feature points of the input image and feature points of the reference image, and a degree of similarity calculation-use feature point selection unit; for selecting feature points used for obtaining a degree of similarity between the captured image and the reference image from among the feature points of the input image and the feature points of the reference image. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121445 | RADIO RECEIVER APPARATUS AND RADIO TRANSMITTER APPARATUS - A radio receiver apparatus that can effectively utilize GI to improve the reception quality. In this apparatus, a data extracting part extracts a data portion of a direct wave from a signal subjected to a radio reception process by a received RF part. A GI extracting part extracts, from the signal subjected to the radio reception process by the received RF part, GI having a length determined by an extracted GI length deciding part. The extracted GI is adjusted by a data position adjusting part such that its rear end coincides with the read end of the extracted data portion. A combining part combines the extracted data portion with the GI the data position of which has been adjusted. The combined signal is then supplied to a frequency axis equalizing part, which equalizes the signal distortions of the combined signal on the frequency axis. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121415 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO USING INTER-COLOR-PLANE PREDICTION - Recent video coding schemes support inter-color-plane prediction to achieve higher coding efficiency and improved visual quality. Inter-color-plane prediction schemes in the prior art do not account for the variety of video content representations that are used in practice. The current invention provides methods and apparatuses for performing inter-color-plane prediction with adaptability to various existing video content representations. The benefit of the current invention is in the form of improved applicability and coding efficiency of inter-color-plane prediction techniques. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121386 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - The signaling amount in selecting a plurality of beams is reduced in pre-coding to enhance throughput. When notification of a beam number is provided in a feedback signal from a user equipment to a radio base station, a superior beam number, having a high quality rank with small time variation, is bound up and fixed for a predetermined time period and notification of only a inferior beam number is provided within the predetermined time period. For example, to select three beams among six beams, first, notification of the superior two beam numbers (beam numbers ‘b’ and ‘c’) is provided. These beam numbers are fixed for a predetermined time period and then notification of only the inferior one beam number (beam number ‘e’) is provided within the predetermined time period. Thus, the signaling amount for providing beam number notification is reduced. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121295 | BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD - A base station device causing no decrease in system throughput and guaranteeing the reception quality at a terminal when a DCI directed toward the terminal is mapped to a PDCCH region and an R-PDCCH region. A search space setting unit ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121292 | SERVICE IN WLAN INTER-WORKING, ADDRESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD - An address management method is provided, for use when a mobile terminal accesses a service from a WLAN access network, wherein the service is provided in a 3GPP network or in a service provider network via the 3GPP network. First, the mobile terminal connects to the WLAN access network. Second, the mobile terminal sends a tunnel setup request message from the WLAN access network to a network entity located in the 3GPP network, wherein the tunnel setup request message includes a service request identifier for accessing a requested service and a mobile terminal identifier. Third, the network entity receives the tunnel setup request message, and allocates an address for use by the mobile terminal to access the requested service based on the service request identifier and the mobile terminal identifier. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121237 | BASE STATION, RELAY STATION, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD - The present invention provides a base station whereby efficient resource allocation for data signals is realized. In a base station ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121224 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus operates as a tributary. station in a wireless communication system including a control station and the tributary station that perform a time division multiplex communication. The wireless communication apparatus includes a wireless unit that performs a wireless communication with the control station; an event processing unit that notifies of an event occurrence based on an occurrence of an event; and a control unit that controls a communication in synchronization with the control station by detecting a control signal from the control station. When received a notification of the event occurrence, the control unit starts a search operation to acquire the control signal transmitted by the control station. When received the control signal, the control unit transmits a message according to the event occurrence using a slot that has a predetermined position relationship with the slot in which the control signal is received. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121223 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication apparatus operates in tributary to a control station that performs a time division multiplex communication. The wireless communication apparatus includes a switch unit that switches on/off a power supplied from a battery; a power supply control unit that controls the switch unit; a RAM to which a power is constantly supplied from the battery; a control unit that receives the power supplied through the switch unit. The control unit writes information for determining an operating state in the RAM when being shifted to a standby state. The power supply control unit turns off the switch unit upon receiving a signal of a power supply off. When the control unit is re-supplied with the power through the switch unit, the control unit determines an operation based on the information for determining the operating state stored in the RAM. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121202 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A CIR measuring section measures CIRs of all blocks received and a block selection section makes a threshold decision based on the CIR measurement result and threshold information according to an amount of traffic in the own cell and neighboring cells. As a result of the threshold decision, blocks whose CIRs exceed the threshold are regarded as usable blocks. A CIR averaging section averages the CIRs of the usable blocks and a CQI generation section generates a CQI based on the CIR average value. The CQI generated and selected block numbers are reported to a base station apparatus. This allows the throughput of the own cell and neighboring cells to be improved. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121129 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND CONSTELLATION CONTROL METHOD - A base station is provided for receiving an acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signal, including a transmitting unit configured to transmit a control signal using one or a plurality of CCE(s). The base station also includes a receiving unit configured to receive an ACK/NACK signal, the ACK/NACK signal being multiplied by an orthogonal sequence, by a sequence defined by a cyclic shift, and by either a first value or a second value, wherein the first value rotates a constellation of the ACK/NACK signal by 0 degrees and the second value rotates the constellation of the ACK/NACK signal by N degrees, which is different from 0 degrees. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130121124 | VERIFYING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE HAVING VERIFYING FUNCTION, AND VERIFYING METHOD - A verifying device includes a receiving unit operable to receive data recorded on a recording medium and a verifying unit operable to verify the received data. The verifying unit sets a predetermined first range and a second range that includes a plurality of the first ranges on the received data, performs first verification about an error on data included in the first range out of the received data, performs second verification about an error on data included in the second range out of the received data on the basis of a result of the first verification, and determines whether the recorded data is successfully recorded on the recording medium on the basis of the results of the first and second verification. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120892 | EARTH LEAKAGE CIRCUIT BREAKER - An earth leakage circuit breaker includes a level discriminator operable to compare an output level of a zero-phase-sequence current transformer placed in an electric circuit with each of a plurality of reference levels set in advance and output a plurality of pulses each indicating a time period during which the output level of the zero-phase-sequence current transformer has exceeded one of the plurality of reference levels; a duration counting portion operable to count a time period during which each of the plurality of pulses is being continuously outputted from the level discriminator; a circuit interruption determiner having a plurality of circuit-breaking levels associated with respective reference levels and operable to output a signal to break the electric circuit when the time period obtained from the duration counting portion has exceeded each of the circuit-breaking levels; and a relay coil-driving circuit operable to drive the coil of a circuit cutout relay in response to the signal outputted from the circuit interruption determiner. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120883 | BATTERY CHARGER FOR AN ELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONFIRMING EARTH LEAKAGE APPLICABLE THERETO - A battery charger for charging an electrically-driven vehicle by connecting the electrically-driven vehicle with an external power source, the battery charger includes an earth leakage detector operable to detect earth leakage of the battery charger; an earth leakage circuit breaker operable to switch energization from the external power source; an earth leakage confirmation relay capable of forcibly causing earth leakage in a downstream circuit of the earth leakage detector; a resistor unit connected in series with the earth leakage confirmation relay and capable of being set to any one of a plurality of leakage current values; and a controller operable to switch the earth leakage circuit breaker based on a detection result of the earth leakage detector while forcibly causing earth leakage in the downstream circuit. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120856 | LENS BARREL - A lens barrel includes a zoom optical system in which a focal distance is changeable; a first group frame moving together with the first lens group; and first and second cam mechanisms transmitting drive force to the first group frame. In a zoom region, each of a first group cam groove and a cam slot includes a first section, a second section which adjoins the first section and has an absolute value of a gradient smaller than that of the first section, and the third section which adjoins the second section and has the absolute value of the gradient larger than that of the second section, and in which a sign of the gradient is the same as that of the first section. A distance from an imaging surface to the first group frame in the optical axis direction has a local minimum in the second section. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120706 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND CHARGING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical device including: one or more optical components configured to be electrically actuated such that light transmission states are variable, a driver circuit for the optical components, a power source unit for driving the optical components, a pair of rims for supporting the optical components, a pair of temples having front and rear ends and being connected at the front ends to the pair of rims, and a pair of earpieces formed at the rear ends of the pair of temples. The power source unit includes a secondary battery, and a power receiver coil for charging the secondary battery. The secondary battery includes a case made of a non-magnetic material. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120689 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The light emitting device radiates light at an optical axis A and around the optical axis A, and includes a light source and a lens radially expanding the light from the light source. The light source includes a light emitting element and a fluorescent material covering the light emitting element and has an emission surface orthogonal to the optical axis. The lens is configured such that a refractive power in a first direction orthogonal to the optical axis differs from a refractive power in a second direction orthogonal to the optical axis and the first direction. An incident surface of the lens may include an anamorphic curved surface in which a curved shape in the first direction differs from a curved shape in the second direction. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120660 | VIDEO-DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - In a video display control device, a control data generating section allocates a part of a dynamic range of a high gradation region of a video signal to a low gradation region, and a backlight controlling section controls a light emission luminance of a backlight so as to cancel an increase or decrease of a mean luminance of a video displayed on a screen in accordance with an increase or decrease of the mean luminance of a video signal after correction with respect to a mean luminance of the video signal. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120646 | LENS UNIT - A 3D adapter ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120641 | IMAGING DEVICE - The imaging device includes: a first optical system; a second optical system; a first imaging element configured to convert an optical image of a first shooting range formed by the first optical system into an electrical signal; a second imaging element configured to convert an optical image of a second shooting range formed by the second optical system into an electrical signal; a first focus driving section configured to shift a focus lens of the first optical system to a focus position of a first object in the first shooting range; and a movement prediction section configured to predict movement of an image of a second object in the second shooting range. The first focus driving section shifts the focus lens of the first optical system to a position different from the focus position of the first object, according to a result of the prediction of the movement prediction section. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120637 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH LENS BARREL, AND ASSEMBLY METHOD OF LENS BARREL - It is an object of the present invention to provide a lens barrel in which operability for a user is increased and a reduction in parts is achieved while provided with a manual operating member. There is provided the lens barrel that is provided with an imaging optical system for forming an optical image of an object, a focus lens unit which is included in the imaging optical system and capable of changing an object distance by moving in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the imaging optical system, moving means for moving the focus lens unit in the direction parallel to the optical axis, driving means for driving the moving means, a focus ring which is of a cylindrical shape coaxial to the optical axis of the imaging optical system and manually operated in a rotational manner in order to drive the driving means to thereby move the focus lens unit by the moving means, and a focus mode switching button which is integrally provided in the focus, and operated in order to switch between a state of allowing a manual rotating operation of the focus ring and a state of preventing the manual rotating operation. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120632 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a determining unit operable to determine whether a subject indicated by a feature quantity information extracted by an extracting unit is a same face indicated by a feature quantity information stored in a storing unit as the registration candidate, and a display unit operable to display a screen for prompting a user to perform an operation concerning registration in accordance with number of times the determining unit determines that the subject indicated by the feature quantity information extracted by the extracting unit is the same subject indicated by the feature quantity information stored in the storing unit as the registration candidate. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120625 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes pixels, vertical signal lines, a high-order AD converter configured to convert M bits, a low-order AD converter, and first and second selection circuits. The first selection circuit is configured to output, in a normal mode, voltage of the selected vertical signal line and to output correction voltage in a correction mode. The high-order AD converter calculates 2 | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120622 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - In a solid-state imaging device which includes column analog-to-digital conversion circuits (ADCs) for converting pixel signals output from pixels into digital signals, each of the column ADCs includes a comparator which outputs a result of voltage comparison (comparison result signal) between the voltage of the pixel signal and an analog ramp voltage; a column counter which counts a column counter clock signal, which is either a clock signal or a phase-shifted clock signal, and stores a value represented by upper bits of a count value at a time of change in the comparison result signal; and a first latch unit which stores a value represented by lower bits of the count value. A second latch unit stores the value stored in the first latch unit. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120564 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - Provided is an imaging device including: a lens optical system L including at least an optical plane area D | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120541 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING ELEMENT, LIGHT TRANSMISSIVE PORTION, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - This 3D image capture device includes: a light transmitting section | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120540 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A 3D image capture device includes: a light transmitting section | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120531 | OUTPUT DEVICE FOR VIDEO DATA - An output device for video data includes a controller that can obtain two kinds of video data including 3D data and 2D data, and an HDMI that can selectively output video data obtained by the obtaining unit to an external device. When a type of the video data to be output is changed in a case of output of second video data after first video data, the HDMI outputs preset video data for a predetermined period after the output of the first video data, and then starts to output the second video data. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120290 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The user is allowed to simulatively experience a tactile sensation that would be felt when actually touching on the object being displayed on a screen. An electronic device | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120185 | RADAR APPARATUS - A radar apparatus transmits a radio frequency transmission signal from a transmitter antenna in a given transmission period, and receives a signal of a reflected wave reflected by a target via a receiver antenna. The radar apparatus includes a transmission signal generator that generates a first transmission signal obtained by modifying a code having a third sub-code sequence and a fourth sub-code sequence coupled to each other in a first transmission period, and generates a second transmission period obtained by modifying a code having a fifth sub-code sequence and a sixth sub-code sequence coupled to each other in a second transmission period, and a transmitter RF unit that converts the first and second transmission signals into radio frequency transmission signals, and transmits the radio frequency transmission signals from the transmitter antenna. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120075 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATION DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a high-stability pulse width modulation device which easily changes distortion compensation characteristics of an output pulse signal. The pulse width modulation device modulates a digital signal to a pulse signal having a pulse width corresponding to the value of the signal. A quantizer converts an output of a noise shaping filter to a digital signal with a small bit number. The pulse width modulator converts an output of the quantizer to the pulse signal. A compensation circuit receives the output of the quantizer, and outputs a compensation signal for compensating non-linear distortion of the pulse signal. The noise shaping filter receives both of the output of the quantizer and the compensation signal, and executes noise shaping of the input digital signal. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120067 | AMPLIFIER WITH PASS-THROUGH MODE - In an amplifier with pass-through mode of the present invention, in a pass-through mode, a signal transmission transistor and a bias control transistor are turned ON and a voltage of an output terminal is maintained in a ground potential via the bias control transistor and a resistor. Thus, a power supply voltage is applied to a control terminal of the signal transmission transistor and one main terminal of the signal transmission transistor is maintained in a ground potential. Therefore, an ON-resistance of the signal transmission transistor is decreased to a minimum level. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119896 | STRAIGHT TUBE LED LAMP, LAMP SOCKET SET, AND LIGHTING FIXTURE - A straight tube LED lamp includes: a straight tube in which a plurality of light emitting diodes is housed; a first cap for forming a power feeding connection to the plurality of light emitting diodes, provided on one axial direction end side of the straight tube; and a second cap for grounding, provided on another axial direction end side of the straight tube. A first terminal for forming an electrical connection to a power feeding terminal of a first lamp socket is provided in the first cap. A second terminal for forming an electrical connection to a grounding terminal of a second lamp socket is provided in the second cap. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119835 | MOTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - A motor comprising a stator having a plurality of magnetic poles disposed in a circumferential direction along an outer periphery thereof, a rotor disposed rotatably around the outer periphery of the stator, and a magnet disposed in a circumferential direction along an inner periphery of the rotor. The stator is formed by laminating sheet-like plates. A plurality of the sheet-like plates including an outermost layer of this laminated body comprises a flat portion substantially perpendicular to the magnet, and an extended portion bent to a direction substantially parallel to the magnet. A part of the sheet-like plate having the extended portion disposed to the outermost side is formed into a thickness smaller than thicknesses of the other parts. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119828 | MOTOR AND FAN MOTOR USING THE SAME MOTOR - A motor includes a shaft, a bearing for supporting the shaft rotatably, a rotor including a rotor frame to be mounted to the shaft along an axial direction of the shaft, a stator confronting an outer wall of the rotor via a space, and a washer disposed between the bearing and the rotor frame. On top of that, a step section forming a recess is provided to the rotor frame at a place where the washer confronts the rotor frame. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119806 | MOTOR AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE PROVIDED WITH SAME - An electric motor includes a stator that has a stator winding wound on a stator iron core; a rotor having a rotating body with a rotating shaft in the center; a bearing for journaling the rotating shaft; and two conductive brackets for fixing the bearing. The rotating body holds a magnet such that the magnet faces the stator, and is fastened to the rotating shaft penetrating through the center of the rotating body. In the rotating body, a dielectric layer is formed between the rotating shaft and the outer circumference of the rotating body. The dielectric layer has a polygonal shape with the rotating shaft in the center. An electric device includes the thus configured electric motor. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119791 | ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - An electric power tool includes a main body provided with a drive unit and a power supply pack detachably attached to the main body and provided with a power supply unit serving as a power source for the drive unit. A first power supply pack in which a secondary battery is used as the power supply unit and a second power supply pack in which an electric double-layer capacitor is used as the power supply unit are selectively used as the power supply pack to be attached to the main body. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119486 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A nitride semiconductor device includes a nitride semiconductor multilayer including an active region, and first and second electrodes, each having a finger-like structure and formed on the active region to be spaced from each other. A first electrode interconnect is formed on the first electrode. A second electrode interconnect is formed on the second electrode. A second insulating film is formed to cover the first and second electrode interconnects. A first metal layer is formed on the second insulating film. The first metal layer is formed above the active region with the second insulating film interposed therebetween, and is coupled to the first electrode interconnect. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119422 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING MODULE, LIGHTING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY ELEMENT - A semiconductor light emitting device has a multilayer epitaxial structure for emitting light by a light emitting layer located between a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The multilayer epitaxial structure can be grown directly on a base substrate. A reflective layer can be provided in the multilayer epitaxial structure between the base substrate and the first conductive layer. A distributive Bragg reflector can be positioned adjacent the substrate. A surface of the multilayer epitaxial structure can be conformed to provide improved light extraction. A phosphorus film encapsulates the multilayer epitaxial structure and its respective side surfaces. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119416 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING SAME - To provide a light-emitting diode enabling improvements to color purity as well as to luminous efficiency, a light-emitting diode comprises a reflective electrode and a transparent electrode having functional layers therebetween, the functional layers being a transparent conductive layer, a hole injection layer, and a hole transport layer, and further comprises a light-emitting layer emitting blue light and having an electron transport layer layered thereon, such that a total optical layer thickness of the functional layers sandwiched between the reflective electrode and the light-emitting layer is in a range of 455.4 nm to 475.8 nm, inclusive. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119413 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - A light-emitter including: a transparent first electrode; a charge injection transport layer; a light-emitting layer; and a transparent second electrode, layered in this order. The light-emitting layer is defined by a bank. The charge injection transport layer has a recessed structure including: an inner bottom surface in contact with a bottom surface of the light-emitting layer; and an inner side surface continuous with the inner bottom surface. The inner side surface includes: a lower edge continuous with the inner bottom surface; and an upper edge continuous with the lower edge. The upper edge is aligned with a bottom periphery of the bank, or has contact with a bottom surface of the bank. The charge injection transport layer has contact with a side surface of the light-emitting layer. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119398 | NITRIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A nitride-based semiconductor light-emitting device | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119391 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE - A thin-film transistor device includes: a gate electrode above a substrate; a gate insulating film on the gate electrode; a crystalline silicon thin film including a channel region which is provided on the gate insulating film; semiconductor films on at least the channel region; an insulating film made of an organic material which is provided over the channel region and above the semiconductor films; a source electrode over at least an end portion of the insulating film; and a drain electrode over at least the other end portion of the insulating film and facing the source electrode. The semiconductor films include at least a first semiconductor film and a second semiconductor film provided on the first semiconductor film. A relationship E | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119381 | ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT EMITTING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT USING SAME - The present invention provides a zinc oxide-based ultraviolet light emitting material showing intense emission in the ultraviolet region. The present invention is an ultraviolet light emitting material containing: zinc and oxygen as main components; at least one element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, gallium, and indium, as a first sub-component; and phosphorus as a second sub-component. This material has n-type conductivity. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119368 | ORGANIC EL DEVICE - An organic EL device includes a first substrate having electrical conductivity, an organic layer formed on the first substrate, an electrode layer formed on the organic layer, and a second substrate joined to the electrode layer by an adhesive layer. In a region of a peripheral portion of the first substrate, the organic layer is not formed, and a portion of the electrode layer is provided on the first substrate through an insulating layer so as to extend to an outer peripheral side of a region where the organic layer is present. The extended electrode layer is folded back together with the insulating layer to a side opposite to the second substrate, to constitute an electrode taking-out portion. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130119366 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention aims to provide organic EL elements operating at low voltage to emit light at high intensity. For this aim, each EL element includes an anode, a cathode, a functional layer disposed between the anode and the cathode and including a light-emitting layer composed of organic material, a hole injection layer disposed between the anode and the functional layer, and a bank defining the light-emitting layer. The hole injection layer contains tungsten oxide and exhibits: by UPS measurement, a UPS spectrum having a protrusion appearing near a Fermi surface and within a region corresponding to a binding energy range lower than the top of a valence band; and by XPS measurement, that the tungsten oxide in the hole injection layer satisfies a condition that a ratio in number density of atoms other than tungsten atoms and oxygen atoms to the tungsten atoms is equal to 0.83 or smaller. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130118907 | METHOD FOR REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE - A method for reducing carbon dioxide utilizes a carbon dioxide reduction device including a cathode chamber, an anode chamber, a solid electrolyte membrane, a cathode electrode and anode electrode. The cathode electrode includes indium or indium compound. The anode electrode includes a region formed of a nitride semiconductor layer where an Al | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130118882 | SWITCH OPERATION DEVICE - A switch operation device is for switching between two or more speed change modes of a speed change mechanism by switching a position of a component for use in speed change included in the speed change mechanism, and includes: a main member that is movable between two positions in the switch operation device in an operating direction; a click spring for stopping the main member at one of the two positions; a switch spring that switches the position of the component in conjunction with movement of the main member; a first holding member provided in the main member, and holds the click spring; and a second holding member provided in the main member, and holds the switch spring, wherein when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the operating direction, the first holding and second holding members at least partially overlap with each other. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130118006 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE - In the substrate-bottom receiving mechanism | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130117920 | TOILET SEAT APPARATUS - A linear heater is formed of an enamel wire composed of a heating wire and an enamel layer. The heating wire is made of a copper alloy containing silver, for example. The enamel layer is made of polyester imide (PEI), polyimide (PI) or polyamide imide (PAI), for example. The enamel layer is coated with an insulating coating layer. The insulating coating layer is made of fluororesin such as perfluoroalkoxy mixture (PFA), polyimide (PI), or polyamide imide (PAI). The linear heater is bonded to the lower surface of an upper toilet seat casing such that it is sandwiched between a metal foil and a metal foil made of aluminum, for example. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130116567 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: a probe that transmits and receives ultrasound; a signal analysis unit that, when the probe scans a cross section of elevation direction of a blood vessel using ultrasound, detects a center scan line echo signal having passed through a center of the blood vessel among a plurality of scan line echo signals in the cross section of elevation direction of the blood vessel received by the probe, based on a part of each of the plurality of scan line echo signals that has a relatively small amplitude that corresponds to a reflected wave from a part of the blood vessel where blood flows; and an IMT measurement unit that computes an IMT from the center scan line echo signal. With this configuration, it is possible to provide an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus capable of performing wide-range IMT measurements with few errors even when a blood vessel seen from a body surface is not linear. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130115807 | CONTACT APPARATUS - A contact apparatus includes a case; fixed terminals having the fixed contacts arranged within the case; a movable contact member having the movable contacts provided on one surface thereof so as to come into contact or out of contact with the fixed contacts; a first yoke arranged on said one surface of the movable contact member within the case, one surface of the first yoke facing an inner surface of the case and the other surface thereof facing said one surface of the movable contact member; and a second yoke arranged on the other surface of the movable contact member within the case, the second yoke having one surface facing the other surface of the first yoke through the movable contact member. The first yoke is larger in volume than the second yoke. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130115780 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A plasma processing apparatus has a circular chamber having an opening portion which serves as a plasma ejection port surrounded by a dielectric member, a gas supply pipe for introducing gas into the inside of the chamber, a coil provided in the vicinity of the chamber, a high-frequency power supply connected to the coil, and a base material mounting table. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130115538 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A power generation system according to the present invention includes: a fuel cell system ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130115495 | LITHIUM PRIMARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a lithium primary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The positive electrode includes: a positive electrode mixture layer which includes fluorinated graphite as a positive electrode active material; and a positive electrode current collector to which the positive electrode mixture layer is attached, the current collector including stainless steel which contains niobium. The negative electrode includes, as a negative electrode active material, lithium metal or a lithium alloy. The content of niobium in the stainless steel is preferably 0.2 mass % or more, and the separator thickness can be made 50 μm or less. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114887 | STEREO DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND STEREO DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD - Provided is a stereo distance measurement apparatus wherein a camera image itself is adjusted to correct the blur, thereby preventing the distance measurement time from being long, while improving the precision of disparity detection. In the apparatus ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114782 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVE DEVICE - A display panel drive device includes: a ring counter circuit that includes a first ring counter having a plurality of flipflops connected in cascade, configured to operate in synchronization with a first clock signal with a first-stage one of the plurality of flipflops being set by an initial signal, and outputs signals using outputs of the plurality of flipflops; a shift register having a plurality of flipflops connected in cascade, configured to operate in synchronization with a second clock signal lower in frequency than the first clock signal with a first-stage one of the plurality of flipflops being set by the initial signal; and an output section configured to perform a logical operation between one of outputs of the ring counter circuit and one of outputs of the shift register, to generate a scanning line drive signal for a display panel. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114580 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication device for communicating with at least a lower-level device, the communication device comprising a beacon signal generator for generating beacon signals used for synchronizing a clock of the lower-level device, and a beacon transmitter for transmitting the beacon signals generated by the beacon signal generator to the lower-level device at regular time intervals. The beacon signal generated by the beacon signal generator include a beacon identification code, the beacon identification code is shorter in code length than a communication identification code of the own device, and at least a part of the beacon identification code includes a code generated arbitrarily by the beacon signal generator. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114564 | TRANSMITTER APPARATUS, RECEIVER APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND NOTIFICATION METHOD - This invention relates to a transmitter apparatus, a receiver apparatus, a transmission method and a notification method that, when a switching between MIMO communication and non-MIMO communication is performed, can suppress the increase of an SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) resource, while suppressing the degradation of trackability of temporal variation of a channel. In a terminal ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114563 | BASE STATION, TERMINAL, TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RECEPTION METHOD - In the base station ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114184 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - A silver paste layer constituting a collector layer in a solid electrolytic capacitor includes first silver particles having a peak particle size of 150 nm or less, second silver particles having a peak particle size of 500 nm or more, inorganic particles composed of material different from silver, and resin material. The inorganic particles are included at a volume ratio of 15% or more and 50% or less with respect to the total of the first silver particles and the second silver particles. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114022 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND LENS - A light emitting device includes plural light emitting diodes and plural lenses each of which expands the light from the light emitting diode. The lens includes an incident surface through which the light from the light emitting diode is entered at an optical axis and around the optical axis, and an output surface from which the incident light is output while radially expanded. The incident surface includes a continuous concave surface, the output surface includes a continuous convex surface, and the lens has different refractive powers in a first direction orthogonal to the optical axis and in a second direction orthogonal to the optical axis and the first direction. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130114021 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light emitting device including a lens in which light radiated from a light source with a wide angle can effectively be oriented while a directional characteristic of the light source is expanded is provided, and a surface light source including the light emitting devices and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The surface light source is configured such that the plural light emitting devices are disposed in a central portion thereof. The light emitting device radiates the light on an optical axis A and around the optical axis A. The light emitting device includes a light source and a lens that radially expands the light from the light source. The lens includes a reflection unit at a bottom surface of the lens partially. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113985 | IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING ZOOM LENS, FOCUS LENS AND FOCUS DRIVER - An imaging apparatus includes a zoom lens, a focus lens, a focus driver for moving the focus lens, a zoom position detector for detecting a position of the zoom lens, a focus position detector for detecting a position of the focus lens, a storing unit for storing the positions of the zoom lens and the focus lens, and a controller. When powering off, the controller stores detected positions of the zoom lens and the focus lens in the storing unit. When powering on, the controller compares a current position of the zoom lens which is detected at the power-on of the imaging apparatus with the stored position of the zoom lens, and controls the focus driver not to move the focus lens to a predetermined initial position of the focus lens. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113983 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - A camera body including a mirror controller configured to retract the reflecting mirror out of the optical path of the optical system when the reflecting mirror is in the first state of being in the optical path of the optical system and the moving picture photography mode is selected, in the still picture photography mode. The image recording controller is configured to perform the autofocusing operation by contrast method and make the recorder to record moving images depending on an instruction of the moving picture photography when the moving picture photography mode is selected and the mirror controller retracts the reflecting mirror out of the optical path of the optical system, in the still picture photography mode. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113977 | CAMERA BODY AND IMAGING DEVICE - A camera body ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113971 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SENSOR - In an embodiment, an image sensor includes pixels arranged in columns and rows, read signal lines connected to pixels arranged in the row direction. Each pixel is read in either a first exposure time or in a second exposure time shorter than the first exposure time. Each of a first type of read signal lines is connected to a group of pixels associated with the first exposure time, and each of a second type of read signal lines is connected to a group of pixels associated with the second exposure time. In two vertically adjacent horizontal pixel lines, the first type of read signal line is shared by two horizontally adjacent pixels associated with the first exposure time, and the second type of read signal line is shared by two horizontally adjacent pixels associated with the second exposure time. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113846 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE, PLASMA DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DRIVING A PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - High image display quality is achieved when a 3D image is displayed on a plasma display panel ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113653 | RADAR DEVICE - The disclosed technique includes transmitting a signal intermittently according to a transmission cycle having a predetermined transmission period and a non-transmission period; receiving the signal reflected from a target with reception antennas; and detecting the target from the reflected signal. A high-frequency transmission signal attenuated during the transmission period and a receipt signal received during the non-transmission period are combined together. A correlation value between a reference transmission signal and the receipt signal in the combined signal is calculated, and the amount of phase shift in an arbitrarily selected reception antenna is calculated from the correlation value of a reference reception antenna, and the correlation values of the other reception antennas. The phase component of the correlation value of the arbitrarily selected reception antenna is corrected on the basis of the amount of phase shift. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113434 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, ELECTRICITY STORAGE CONTROL METHOD, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE SYSTEM - An electricity storage control device that transmits a charging rate of at least one of electricity storage devices to a management device that manages electric power interchange between the electricity storage devices, the electricity storage control device including: a charge information acquisition unit that acquires the charging rate of the at least one electricity storage device as a first charging rate; a communication unit that transmits the first charging rate to the management device; and a control unit that causes the communication unit to transmit, instead of the first charging rate, a second charging rate that charge and discharge determining information defines as the charging rate at which the charge and discharge are prohibited, when the charge and discharge determining information defines the first charging rate as the charging rate at which the charge and discharge are permitted. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113409 | MOTOR CONTROLLER - There are provided: a plurality of notch filters which are arranged inside a control system for feedback-controlling a moving operation of a moving section of a motor and attenuate signal components having near frequencies with a notch frequency at a center in an input signal; a plurality of oscillation extracting filters which are set with different frequency bands as being corresponded to the respective notch filters and extract oscillating components in the set frequency bands from a speed detection signal; and a plurality of notch controlling sections which are arranged with respect to the respective oscillation extracting filters and control the notch frequencies of the corresponding notch filters so as to decrease amplitudes of the oscillating components extracted by the oscillation extracting filters. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113400 | PHASE-SHIFT DETECTION DEVICE, MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE, BRUSHLESS MOTOR, AND PHASE-SHIFT DETECTION METHOD - A phase-shift detection circuit detects a phase shift in motor driving, using pulse-shaped position detection signal Rd and measurement signal Ms. The position detection signal is based on sensor signal Hs from a position sensor disposed in a motor. The measurement signal is based on the induced voltage from windings. The phase-shift detection circuit includes a level difference calculator and a phase-shift calculator. The level difference calculator calculates a level difference between the level of measurement signal Ms at a rising timing of position detection signal Rd and the level of measurement signal Ms at a falling timing thereof. The phase-shift calculator calculates the amount of phase shifts based on the level difference. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113394 | LIGHTING SYSTEM AND LUMINAIRE - A lighting system for controlling a plurality of light sources includes at least a first and a second light source, the second light source having a color temperature and relative luminous efficiency higher than those of the first light source. Further, the system includes: a driving unit configured to turn on and off each of the light sources; and a control unit configured to transmit a control signal to the driving unit in response to an input signal. In addition, the control unit transmits the control signal to the driving unit, to perform at least one of a fade-in control in which the first light source is turned on prior to the second light source when turning on the light sources and a fade-out control in which the second light source is turned off or is dimmed, prior to the first light source when turning off the light sources. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113112 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A local interconnect is formed in contact with an upper surface of an impurity diffusion region and extends to below a potential supply interconnect. A contact hole electrically couples the local interconnect to the potential supply interconnect. The local interconnect, which is formed in contact with the upper surface of the impurity diffusion region, is used for electrically coupling the impurity diffusion region to the potential supply interconnect. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113060 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device including unit pixel cells, each having a photoelectric conversion film and a pixel electrode which are formed above a silicon substrate, an amplification transistor which is formed on the silicon substrate and outputs a voltage according to a potential of the pixel electrode, and a reset transistor which is formed on the silicon substrate and resets a potential of a gate electrode of the amplification transistor, the imaging device including a vertical signal line which is disposed correspondingly to a column of the unit pixel cells, and transmits a voltage of the unit pixel cells of the corresponding column, and a vertical scanning unit which selects a row of the unit pixel cells having a voltage to be outputted to the vertical signal line, wherein the vertical signal line is located below the pixel electrode of the unit pixel cells corresponding to the vertical signal line. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113018 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A first group III nitride semiconductor layer has a low carbon concentration region having a carbon concentration of less than 1×10 | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130112936 | RESISTANCE CHANGE ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A variable resistance element including: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a variable resistance layer having a resistance value which reversibly changes according to electrical signals applied, wherein the variable resistance layer includes a first variable resistance layer comprising a first oxygen-deficient transition metal oxide, and a second variable resistance layer comprising a second transition metal oxide having a degree of oxygen deficiency lower than a degree of oxygen deficiency of the first transition metal oxide layer, the second electrode has a single needle-shaped part at the interface with the second variable resistance layer, and the second variable resistance layer is interposed between the first variable resistance layer and the second electrode, is in contact with the first variable resistance layer and the second electrode, and covers the needle-shaped part. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130112273 | SOLAR CELL - The present invention provides a semiconductor film which adapts to the solar cell in both of band gap and electric resistivity or carrier concentration. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130111762 | RECIPROCATING ELECTRIC SHAVER - A reciprocating electric shaver includes: a rotary motor | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130111761 | RECIPROCATING ELECTRIC SHAVER - A reciprocating electric shaver | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130104137 | MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM - A multiprocessor system including a plurality of processors, each including a task scheduler that determines a task execution order of the tasks in a task set to be executed by the processors within a task period which is defined as a period in repeated execution of the task sets, and processors that execute the respective tasks; and a scheduler management device having a command unit configured to issue a command for at least one of the task schedulers to change the task execution order, wherein each of the task schedulers, when receiving the command from the command unit, changes the task execution order of the processors. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130104074 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY, AND PROGRAM - An electronic device includes a display section that displays an object; a touch panel that detects a touch input manipulation; a touch determination section that determines a type and a direction of the touch input manipulation performed on the object; and a scroll control unit that performs a first inertial scroll of the object in a direction of flicking manipulation when the touch determination section determines that that flicking manipulation is performed on the object without performing slide manipulation on the object, and a second inertial scroll of the object that is longer in scroll distance and faster in scroll speed than the first inertial scroll when the touch determination section determines that slide manipulation is performed on the object and then the flicking manipulation is performed on the object in a direction opposite to the direction of the slide manipulation. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103773 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION CONTROL DEVICE AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION CONTROL METHOD - An information presentation control device includes: an acquisition unit which acquires information items; an information total amount calculation unit which calculates a total amount of the information items; a sender importance level determining unit which determines sender importance levels each of which indicates how important a different one of senders is; an information total amount determining unit which determines whether or not the total amount of the information items is greater than a predetermined value; a filtering unit which performs, when it is determined that the total amount of the information items is greater than the predetermined value, at least one process on an information item having a lower sender importance level, among the information items, so that an amount of the information item is reduced more; and an output unit which outputs the information items after the filtering unit performs the process. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103394 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY ENCODING QUANTIZATION PARAMETERS OF SPECTRAL COEFFICIENT CODING - This invention introduces apparatus and methods to efficiently encode the quantization parameters of split multi-rate lattice vector quantization. In this invention, by doing spectral analysis on the split multi-rate vector quantized spectrum, the spectrum is split to null vectors region and non-null vectors region. For the null vectors region, instead of transmitting series of indication for null vectors, an indication of null vectors region and the quantized value of index of the ending vector in the null vectors region (or the number of the null vectors in the null vectors region) are transmitted. The indication of null vectors region can be designed in many ways, the only requirement is the indication should be distinguishable in the decoder side. The ending index or the number of null vectors can be quantized by an adaptively designed codebook. By applying of the invented method, some bits can be saved from the codebook indications. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130102099 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CELLULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY SENSOR CHIP - A cellular electrophysiology sensor is adapted to measure an electrical change of a test cell. A chip for the sensor includes a diaphragm, and a thermally-oxidized film mainly containing silicon dioxide on the diaphragm. The diaphragm includes a silicon layer and a silicon dioxide layer on an upper surface of the silicon layer. A through-hole passing through the silicon layer and the silicon dioxide layer is formed. The through-hole has an opening which opens at the silicon dioxide layer and is adapted to capture the test cell. The thermally-oxidized film is provided on an inner wall surface of the through-hole, and unified with the silicon dioxide layer at the opening of the through-hole. This cellular electrophysiology sensor chip can stably capture the test cell and provides a gigaseal stably even if test cells have different properties. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130102094 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING ORGANIC EL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING ORGANIC EL DEVICE - An organic EL device (OELD) having a defective portion is irradiated with a laser beam; first luminance of light emitted from the OELD is measured after the OELD is irradiated with the laser beam, while supplying, to the OELD, a first amount of current with which the OELD in a normal state would emit light having luminance corresponding to a first grayscale level smaller than a reference level; the OELD is re-irradiated with the laser beam when the first luminance is smaller than a threshold; and second luminance of light emitted from the OELD is measured when the first luminance is greater than or equal to the threshold, while supplying, to the OELD, a second amount of current with which the OELD in the normal state would emit light having luminance corresponding to a second grayscale level greater than or equal to the reference level. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130101917 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A polymer electrolyte fuel cell includes: a sealing structure ( | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130101884 | FLEXIBLE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is a flexible battery including a sheet-like electrode group, an electrolyte, and a housing with flexibility enclosing the electrode group and electrolyte. The housing includes a film material folded into two in which the electrode group is inserted. The film material has two facing portions respectively facing two principal surfaces of the electrode group, a fold line which is between the two facing portions and along which the film material is folded, and two bonding margins respectively set around the two facing portions. The two bonding margins are bonded to each other into a bonded portion. At least the two facing portions of the film material are formed in a corrugated shape having a plurality of ridge and valley lines arranged in parallel to each other. The ridge lines in one of the two facing portions are overlapped with the valley lines in the other. The fold line is parallel to the ridge and valley lines. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130101454 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR - In a rotary compressor of a vane rotary type, an outer peripheral surface of an eccentric portion of a shaft on a side adjacent to a center of the shaft is located radially inwardly of an outer peripheral surface of a main shaft inserted in a main bearing and that of an auxiliary shaft inserted in an auxiliary bearing. Also, a back clearance means used in mounting a piston on the shaft is provided in each of an inner peripheral surface of the piston and the eccentric portion of the shaft. Such configurations can reduce a diameter of the eccentric portion. A reduction in diameter of the eccentric portion can reduce a viscous force of oil acting between the eccentric portion of the shaft and the inner peripheral surface of the piston to thereby reduce a rotational moment about a center of the eccentric portion of the shaft, which rotational moment acts on the piston in a direction of rotation of the shaft, thus making it possible to reduce a sliding loss that is generated by a reciprocating motion of a vane in a vane groove. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130101273 | REPRODUCING DEVICE, RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM, DATA RECORDING METHOD, DATA RECORDING PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A data generating is device capable of preventing unauthorized extraction of plaintext content between decryption processing and digital watermark embedment processing. A content reproducing device obtains restoration information and, in accordance with the restoration information, selectively performs predetermined restoration processing and processing of embedding device unique information, on content data at a position shown by the restoration information. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130101263 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, PLAYER, SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A system of the present disclosure comprises a shooting system and a playback system. The shooting system includes first and second shooting sections and a disparity calculating section that generates a differential image representing a difference between first and second images that have been shot by the first and second shooting sections, respectively. The playback system includes an image generating section that generates, based on the differential image and the first image, a third image that has as high a resolution as the first image and that forms, along with the first image, a 3D image. The image generating section generates, based on the first image and the differential image, a depth map representing the amount of parallax between the first and second images, and generates the third image based on the first image and the depth map. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130101183 | PRE-RECORD DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND PRE-RECORD DATA STORAGE METHOD - A pre-record data storage device includes: a first recording unit; a second recording unit having a capacitance larger than that of the first recording unit; a face comparison process executing unit that executes a face comparison process on a person's face detected from an image obtained by photographing the person; and a recording control unit. The recording control unit allows the first recording unit to start pre-recording of the image of the person from a face detection time when the person's face is detected, and to finish the pre-recording at a matched time when matching is confirmed as a result of the face comparison process of the face comparison process executing unit. The recording control unit stores pre-recorded data from the face detection time to the matched time in the second recording unit. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130101045 | MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD - According to a picture coding method, a coded picture is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating correspondence between reference pictures and reference indices for designating reference pictures and coefficients used for generation of predictive images are generated; a reference picture being used when motion compensation is performed on a current block in a current picture to be coded is designated by a reference index; a predictive image is generated by performing linear prediction on a block being obtained by motion estimation within the designated reference picture, by use of a coefficient corresponding to the reference index; a coded image signal including a coded signal obtained by coding a prediction error being a difference between the current block in the current picture to be coded and the predictive image, the commands, the reference index and the coefficient is outputted. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130101042 | PICTURE CODING METHOD, PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, PICTURE DECODING METHOD, AND PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS - A picture coding method includes: performing a first derivation process for deriving a first merging candidate which includes a candidate set of a prediction direction, a motion vector, and a reference picture index for use in coding of a current block; performing a second derivation process for deriving a second merging candidate; selecting a merging candidate to be used in the coding of the current block from among the first and second merging candidates; and attaching an index for identifying the selected merging candidate to the bitstream; wherein the first derivation process is performed so that a total number of the first merging candidates does not exceed a predetermined number, and the second derivation process is performed when the total number of the first merging candidates is less than a predetermined maximum number of merging candidates. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130101034 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - An image coding method includes: writing, into a coded bitstream, buffer description defining information for defining a buffer description; constructing a default reference list; reorder pictures included in the default reference list; writing, into the coded bitstream, reference list reordering information for indicating details of the reordering; and coding an image using the buffer description and a reference list resulting from the reordering, and in the reference list reordering information, among the pictures, a picture to be reordered is specified using an index which is used in other processing in the image coding method. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130101032 | FILTERING MODE FOR INTRA PREDICTION INFERRED FROM STATISTICS OF SURROUNDING BLOCKS - The present invention relates to intra prediction which may be performed during encoding and/or decoding of an image signal. In particular, the present invention relates to intra prediction of a current block, during which filtering is applied to the prediction signal and/or to signal used for the prediction. The filtering is applied in accordance with a decision based on characteristics of image signal included in block(s) spatially adjacent to the current block. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100988 | WIRELESS RELAYING DEVICE, WIRELESS TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND WIRELESS RELAYING METHOD - Provided is a wireless relaying device, wherein system capacity can be increased by reducing power consumption required for relay processing at mobile stations equipped with relaying function. This is a relaying node ( | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100965 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION - A spreading code generating apparatus carries out M-sequence multiplication and zero value addition of generated orthogonal codes to obtain channel identification codes, and then carries out inverse Fourier transform of the channel identification codes to generate spreading codes and inverse spreading codes. A transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus store the spreading codes and the inverse spreading codes generated by the spreading code generating apparatus, respectively, and use a single code respectively selected from the stored codes to carry out spread spectrum communication. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100921 | BASE STATION, TERMINAL, SEARCH SPACE SETTING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD - The invention provides a base station that does not cause the number of blind decodings to be increased and further can prevent the flexibility of resource allocation from degrading. A search space setting unit ( | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100890 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR SEQUENCE REPORTING AND SEQUENCE GENERATION - Disclosed are a sequence report method and a sequence report device for reducing a signaling amount for reporting a Zadoff-Chu sequence or a GCL sequence allocated for a cell. Indexes starting at 1 are correlated to different ZC sequences and are allocated for cells so that the indexes are continuous. When such ZC sequences are reported from BS to UE, a start index indicating the start of the continuous indexes is combined with the number of allocated sequences and they are reported as allocation sequence information by a report channel. The UE and the BS share the correlation between the ZC sequences and the indexes and the UE identifies a usable sequence number according to the correlation and the allocation sequence information reported from the BS. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100540 | LENS BARREL - The lens barrel includes a first frame, a second frame, a drive actuator, and a transmission mechanism that transmits the drive force of the drive actuator. The second frame includes a substantially cylindrical main body, a gear portion, and cam grooves that include an inflection point in the range in which the zoom ratio of the optical system is varied. The transmission mechanism includes a first transmission gear portion that engages with a gear, a second transmission gear portion that is provided coaxially with the first transmission gear portion, and a clutch between the first transmission gear portion and the second transmission gear portion. The clutch temporarily disengages the drive force of the drive actuator transmitted to the first transmission gear portion, only with respect to rotation in one direction. | 04-25-2013 |
