| SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. Patent applications |
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| 20120129061 | DEVICE FOR REMOVING GENERATED WATER - Generated water generated from electrical equipment such as a fuel cell or the like is surely and quickly removed. A generated water removing device | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129060 | DEVICE FOR REMOVING GENERATED WATER - Generated water is quickly and surely removed from a fuel cell, and leakage of generated water is prevented. A diaphragm | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129048 | BINDER FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, BINDER PRECURSOR SOLUTION FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a binder capable of realizing a lithium secondary battery that includes a negative electrode including a negative-electrode active material layer containing at least one of silicon and a silicon alloy as a negative-electrode active material and also containing a binder and has an excellent charge-discharge cycle characteristic. The binder for the lithium secondary battery contains a polyimide resin that is formed by imidizing either a tetracarboxylic acid or a tetracarboxylic anhydride and a diamine, the polyimide resin having a hydrolyzable silyl group. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128094 | RADIO APPARATUS - A control unit generates packet signals to be transmitted. The control unit uses either a first packet format, where a second known signal defined by a second radio communication system different from a first radio communication system is assigned anterior to a first known signal defined by the first radio communication system, or a second packet format, where the first known signal is assigned in an anterior part. Subcarriers to be used in the first known signal contain subcarriers to be used in the second known signal, and the first known signal and the second known signal are defined by different values. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127330 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - Provided is an image pickup device that enables distortion compensation with high precision. Exposure and reading are conducted on pixel rows that are discontinuous with respect to a vertical direction of an image pickup element, and multiple low resolution images are obtained. Each of these multiple low resolution images has a lower distortion than an ordinary image obtained by conducting an ordinary continuous exposure and reading. Therefore, output images with reduced distortion can be generated by using the low resolution images. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127101 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - A display control apparatus includes a first displayer. A first displayer displays a first image on a screen. A second displayer displays a second image on the screen. A determiner repeatedly determines whether or not an object exists near the screen. A controller displays the second image when it is determined by the determiner that the object exists near the screen, and hides the second image when it is determined by the determiner that the object does not exist near the screen. An acceptor accepts a touch operation to the screen in association with displaying the second image. A processor performs a process different depending on a manner of the touch operation accepted by the acceptor. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125396 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - In the solar cell module including a plurality of solar cells interconnected with wiring members, each of the solar cells includes a plurality of front-side finger electrodes that are disposed on a light-receiving surface of the solar cell and connected with tabs and a plurality of rear-side finger electrodes that are disposed on a rear surface of the solar cell and connected with tabs. Rear-side auxiliary electrode sections are arranged in regions, which is wider than the front-side finger electrodes, on the rear surface opposite to regions where the front-side finger electrodes are present. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125208 | AUTOMATIC BREAD-MAKER - The disclosed automatic bread-maker ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124359 | PROGRAM PROCESSING APPARATUS - A program processing apparatus includes an internal memory An internal memory is arranged to save a first program for activating a target program. A first designator designates the first program in response to a first manipulation in a state that an external memory which saves a second program for updating the internal memory is removed and the first program is saved in the internal memory. A second designator designates the second program in response to a second manipulation in a state that the external memory is attached. An executer executes the program designated by one of the first designator and the second designator. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122269 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOVOLTAIC ELEMENT USING SAME - A method of manufacturing a photovoltaic element ( | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121129 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a first searcher. The first searcher searches for, from a designated image, one or at least two first partial images each of which represents a face portion. A second searcher searches for, from the designated image, one or at least two second partial images each of which represents a rear of a head. A first setter sets a region corresponding to the one or at least two first partial images detected by the first searcher as a reference region for an image quality adjustment. A second setter sets a region different from a region corresponding to the one or at least two second partial images detected by the second searcher as the reference region. A start-up controller selectively starts up the first setter and the second setter so that the first setter has priority over the second setter. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120532 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board includes: an anode pattern electrically connected to an anode of a laser diode; and a cathode pattern arranged to oppose the anode pattern and electrically connected to a cathode of the laser diode, the anode pattern and the cathode pattern being in shapes having such parts that a distance between the anode pattern and the cathode pattern opposed to each other is a first distance, and such parts that a distance between the anode pattern and the cathode pattern opposed to each other is a second distance shorter than the first distance, at least such parts that the distance between the anode pattern and the cathode pattern opposed to each other is the second distance being short-circuited by solder in a case where the laser diode is protected from an electrostatic discharge. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120115272 | PRODUCTION METHOD AND PRODUCTION DEVICE FOR SOLAR BATTERY - When a solar battery configured by laminating a p-type layer, an i-type layer and an n-type layer in this order is produced, an n-type microcrystalline silicon thin film is formed as an n-type layer under film forming conditions wherein a ratio of the flow rate of an n-type dopant-containing gas to the flow rate of a silicon-containing gas is 0.03 or less, the ratio of the flow rate of a diluent gas to the flow rate of a silicon-containing gas is 70 or more, and the total pressure of a material gas is 200 Pa or more. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115043 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a nonaqueous solvent. The positive electrode active material contains a lithium-containing transition metal oxide represented by general formula (1), Li | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113398 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113334 | LCD PROJECTOR - An LCD projector including liquid crystal light valves, a duct, and nozzles. Each liquid crystal light valve includes optical components. Cooling air flows through the duct to cool the optical components of each liquid crystal light valve. The nozzles are arranged in correspondence with the liquid crystal light valves and blow the cooling air from the duct toward the optical components of the corresponding liquid crystal light valves. At least one nozzle includes an inlet, which is in communication with the duct, and an outlet, from which the cooling air from the inlet is blown out. The outlet has a width in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of light that is set so that a blowing range of the cooling air is selected for each optical component in the corresponding liquid crystal light valve. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112234 | ORGANIC EL PANEL - Each pixel includes a region where a lower reflection film is not present. In each pixel, there is a region where a microcavity structure is formed between a counter electrode and a lower reflection film and another region where the microcavity structure is not formed. The regions differentiated in cavity length can differently enhance the peak wavelength so as to improve the viewing angle dependence. Furthermore, in each of R, G, and B light emitting pixels, the area ratio of a region where the microcavity structure is present and another region where the microcavity structure is not present can be adjusted so as to eliminate the differences caused by the microcavity structure. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120108011 | METHOD OF FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH A BACK ELECTRODE - A semiconductor device capable of stabilizing operations thereof is provided. This semiconductor device comprises a substrate provided with a region having concentrated dislocations at least on part of the back surface thereof, a semiconductor element layer formed on the front surface of the substrate, an insulator film formed on the region of the back surface of the substrate having concentrated dislocations and a back electrode formed to be in contact with a region of the back surface of the substrate other than the region having concentrated dislocations. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107682 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery with a porous layer containing inorganic particles formed on a surface of a positive electrode and provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery capable of reducing the incipient failure and having an excellent shelf life characteristic. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a positive electrode containing a positive-electrode active material; a negative electrode containing a negative-electrode active material; a nonaqueous electrolyte; and a porous layer provided on a surface of the positive electrode, wherein the porous layer contains silica particles and an aqueous binder. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107652 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A nonaqueous secondary battery includes a current cutoff mechanism that cuts off a current in a short period of time in response to a rise in pressure inside a battery outer body in at least one of a conductive path through which a current is taken out from a positive electrode plate to outside of the battery and a conductive path through which a current is taken out from a negative electrode plate to outside of the battery. At least one type selected from an oligomer containing a cyclohexyl group and a phenyl group, a modified product of the oligomer containing a cyclohexyl group and a phenyl group, a polymer containing a cyclohexyl group and a phenyl group, and a modified product of the polymer containing a cyclohexyl group and a phenyl group is present on the surface of the positive electrode plate. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106665 | TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD, AND RADIO APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - A processing unit transmits, from at least one of a plurality of antennas, data corresponding respectively to the plurality of antennas. A control unit generates request signals with which to let a second radio apparatus supply information on rates at the second radio apparatus. When transmitting the request signal, the processing unit also transmits, from a plurality of antennas which includes antennas other than the antennas that transmit the data, known signals corresponding respectively to the plurality of antennas. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106584 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a base, a plurality of electrodes arranged along a first direction on an upper surface of the base, a plurality of semiconductor laser devices bonded to respective upper surfaces of the plurality of electrodes, emitting laser beams in a second direction, and a photodetector having a photosensitive surface arranged in a region of the base in a third direction relative to the plurality of semiconductor laser devices. An electrode arranged in a position other than end portions in the first direction and a fourth direction, of the plurality of electrodes has an extraction wiring portion arranged on the photosensitive surface of the photodetector. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106312 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - A first laser light source emits first laser light of a predetermined wavelength, and a second laser light source emits second laser light of a wavelength different from the wavelength of the first laser light. Reflected light of the first and second laser light is entered into an astigmatism portion. The astigmatism portion generates first and second focal lines. A light separating portion separates light fluxes of the reflected light of the first and second laser light from each other, the light fluxes obtained by dividing the reflected light of the first and second laser light into four light fluxes. The light separating portion is constituted of at least one prism having plural slopes, and the photodetector is provided with a common sensor portion which receives the light fluxes of the reflected light of the first and second laser light. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105682 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS GENERATING COMPOSITE IMAGE - Provided is an image pickup apparatus wherein an image pickup unit executes image pickup processing a plurality of times in relation to movement of the image pickup surface to generate a composite image. In the image pickup apparatus, first information for guiding a direction in which the image pickup surface should be moved and second information for indicating the direction and amount that the image pickup surface has been moved during processing for generating a composite image are displayed on a display unit. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105674 | IMAGE PRODUCING APPARATUS - An image producing apparatus according to the present invention includes an image display device for displaying a frame image generated by photographing, a touch panel provided to cover the image display device, an automatic exposing unit for adjusting an exposure condition by setting, as a target, an automatic exposed area which is set on the screen, and an image recording unit for recording the frame image in response to a user manipulation, and an area setting unit for setting a plurality of automatic exposed areas on the screen in response to a manipulation of the touch panel, wherein the automatic exposing unit adjusts the exposure condition by setting, as a target, the plurality of automatic exposed areas which are set. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105660 | IMAGE PRODUCING APPARATUS - An image producing apparatus according to the present invention includes a control unit configured to switch from an operation mode of a face detection automatic exposing/focusing unit to an operation mode of a color detection automatic exposing/focusing unit when a single object region other than a face image is specified by a manipulation of a touch panel during an operation of the face detection automatic exposing/focusing unit, and to switch from the operation mode of the color detection automatic exposing/focusing unit to the operation mode of the face detection automatic exposing/focusing unit when a single face image is specified by a manipulation of the touch panel during an operation of the color detection automatic exposing/focusing unit. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105657 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a region setting portion that sets a clipping region as an image region in each input image based on image data of an input image sequence consisting of a plurality of input images, a clipping process portion that extracts an image within the clipping region as a clipped image from each of a plurality of target input images included in the plurality of input images, and an image combining portion that arranges and combines a plurality of clipped images that are extracted. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105590 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Electronic equipment includes a target output image generating portion that generates a target output image by changing a depth of field of a target input image by image processing, a monitor that displays on a display screen a distance histogram indicating a distribution of distance between an object at each position in the target input image and an apparatus that photographed the target input image, and displays on the display screen a selection index that is movable along a distance axis in the distance histogram, and a depth of field setting portion that sets a depth of field of the target output image based on a position of the selection index determined by an operation for moving the selection index along the distance axis. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105316 | Display Apparatus - The display apparatus has a displaying unit which displays an image, a first specifying unit which specifies direction of the person in the image captured by a plurality of imaging apparatuses arranged on different positions; a second specifying unit which specifies one of the plurality of imaging apparatuses for capturing and for displaying an image, in accordance with direction instructed by user and the direction specified by the first specifying unit. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104922 | HINGE DEVICE AND ULTRA-DEEP FREEZER USING THE SAME - A hinge device features improved ease of installation/removal of covers thereof to/from mounting bases thereof. The hinge device, which has mounting bases and knuckles, is connected such that it swings on a hinge pin inserted in the knuckles. The covers conceal mounting screws of the mounting bases. Each of the mounting bases has recesses formed in a side surface on a non-supporting side, grooves which are formed in a side surface adjacent to both ends in the axial direction of the hinge pin and which extend to a side surface, and an engaged portion concavely formed in each of the groove. The inner side of the cover has engaging portions which are inserted in the groove and which detachably engages with the engaged portion when the cover is installed, and also has protruding streaks which enter into and engage with the recesses. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120103992 | PLUG MEMBER AND LOW-TEMPERATURE STORAGE - A plug member, which is to be used for a low-temperature storage including: a heat-insulating door to close an opening face of a heat-insulating housing; a cooling device; and a through-hole passing through a heat-insulating wall in the housing and having an internal thread on an inner periphery thereof, and which closes an opening portion of the through-hole on an outer side of the storage, includes: an external thread to be threadedly engaged with the internal thread; and a flange member to abut onto a face having the opening portion and close the portion, by threaded engagement between the external and internal threads, the external thread having a cut, which opens a part of the opening portion, formed in a portion of an outer periphery thereof, in a state where the flange member does not abut on the face, while the external thread is threadedly engaged with the internal thread. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120099414 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - An astigmatism element converges reflected light to generate focal lines, and a light separating element separates light fluxes of the reflected light entered into four first areas from each other. Two of the first areas are disposed in a direction along which a pair of vertically opposite angles defined by first and second straight lines are aligned, and the other two of the first areas are disposed in a direction along which the other pair of vertically opposite angles are aligned. Each of the four first areas is divided into two segment areas by a second area. The reflected light to be entered into the second area is guided to a position on the outside of sensors of a photodetector, and light fluxes of the reflected light to be entered into the paired segment areas are irradiated, on the photodetector, at positions away from each other. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099242 | CAPACITOR ELECTRODE BODY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE CAPACITOR ELECTRODE BODY, CAPACITOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE CAPACITOR - An anode body includes an anode substrate, made of at least one of a valve metal and its alloy, and a porous layer, disposed on the anode substrate, which is formed of a combination of a plurality of second particles each composed of first metal particles. The porous layer includes a diffusely packed region X, formed within the secondary particles, and a closely packed region Y, formed between the anode substrate and the secondary particles and between the respective secondary particles. The closely packed region Y has a lower porosity than that of the diffusely packed region X. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099087 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device includes an opening formed in a main body cabinet; a part to be attached in the main body cabinet through the opening; a cover which covers the opening; a detector which detects closure of the cover; and a first contact part and a second contact part which contact each other when the cover is being closed, thereby to prevent the cover from being closed up to a position where the closure is detected by the detector. When the part to be attached is not attached, the first contact part is positioned on a line contacting the second contact part at closure of the cover and is capable of evacuating to a position out of the line. The projection display device further includes an evacuation part to evacuate the first contact part to the position out of the line when the part to be attached is attached. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098839 | IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image reproduction device including: a target image selection portion that selects, according to a selection operation, n sheets of target images from m sheets of input images (m and n are integers of two or more, and m>n), the selected n sheets of target images being sequentially displayed on a display screen such that slide show reproduction is performed; an image classification portion that classifies the m sheets of input images into a plurality of classes based on an image feature quantity extracted from each of the input images; and a display control portion that displays, when an input of the selection operation is received, the input images on the display screen in an arrangement based on a result of the classification of the image classification portion. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120093186 | NITRIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This nitride-based semiconductor laser element includes a semiconductor element layer made of a nitride-based semiconductor having an emitting-side cavity facet and a reflecting-side cavity facet, and a facet coating film formed on the emitting-side cavity facet. The facet coating film has a first dielectric film made of aluminum nitride formed in contact with the emitting-side cavity facet, a second dielectric film made of aluminum oxynitride formed on a side of the first dielectric film opposite to the emitting-side cavity facet, a third dielectric film made of aluminum oxide formed on a side of the second dielectric film opposite to the first dielectric film, a fourth dielectric film made of aluminum oxynitride formed on a side of the third dielectric film opposite to the second dielectric film, and a fifth dielectric film made of aluminum oxide formed on a side of the fourth dielectric film opposite to the third dielectric film. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093185 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This method for manufacturing a semiconductor laser apparatus includes steps of forming a first semiconductor laser device having a first electrode, forming a second semiconductor laser device having a second electrode, forming a first solder layer with a first melting point through a first barrier layer on a third electrode, forming a second solder layer with a second melting point through a second barrier layer on a fourth electrode, bonding the first electrode to the third electrode through a first reaction solder layer, a melting point of which rises to a third melting point higher than the second melting point by reacting the first electrode with the first solder layer, and bonding the second electrode to the fourth electrode by applying heat of a first heating temperature to melt the second solder layer with the second melting point after the step of bonding the first electrode to the third electrode. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092877 | LAMP HOLDER, LAMP UNIT, AND VIDEO PROJECTOR - A lamp holder that holds a lamp, which is a light source for displaying an image, in a lamp housing. The lamp holder includes an elastic portion, which is held between the lamp and an inner surface of the lamp housing, and a hooking portion, which is fitted into an opening extending through the lamp housing and hooked to an outer surface of the lamp housing. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092627 | LAMP UNIT AND VIDEO PROJECTOR INCLUDING LAMP UNIT - A lamp unit includes a lamp holder that holds a lamp, which includes an arc tube, and a connector, which includes a cable connected to the lamp to supply power to the lamp. A wall member partitions a space formed between the lamp holder and the arc tube. The cable is arranged between the wall member and the lamp holder. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092625 | PROJECTOR - A projector including light valves respectively corresponding to red light, green light, and blue light. A color combining prism (e.g., cross dichroic prism) combines modulated light emitted from the light valves. A projection lens enlarges and projects the combined light from the color combining prism. An aberration correction lens corrects a chromatic aberration of magnification of the projection lens. A pressing member resiliently presses and fixes the aberration correction lens to the color combining prism at a light entrance surface for at least one of the red, green, and blue light. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092516 | IMAGING DEVICE AND SMILE RECORDING PROGRAM - A digital camera ( | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120090680 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell module capable of reducing stress to which an extraction wiring member connected to an extraction electrode portion is subjected from a sealer is obtained. This solar cell module includes a solar cell formed on a substrate having insulating properties, an extraction electrode portion extracting electric charges generated by the solar cell, formed on the substrate, an extraction wiring member collecting electric charges, connected to the extraction electrode portion, a covering member covering at least part of the extraction wiring member, and a sealer sealing the solar cell, the extraction electrode portion, the extraction wiring member, and the covering member in a state of covering the solar cell, the extraction electrode portion, the extraction wiring member, and the covering member. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120090674 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell ( | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120089858 | CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS - A content processing apparatus includes a plurality of takers. Each of a plurality of takers runs with reference to any one of N (N: an integer of two or more) of clocks, and the plurality of takers respectively take a plurality of contents. A mixer mixes the plurality of contents respectively taken by the plurality of takers so as to create equal to or less than N of output contents. A changer changes the clock referred to by each of the plurality of takers corresponding to a mode switching. An adjuster adjusts a mixing manner of the mixer in association with a change process of the changer so that a mixing process is executed for every contents corresponding to a common clock. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088166 | FUEL CELL, METHOD FOR OPERATING FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell having plural membrane-electrode assemblies and plates, fuel and oxidant humidifiers and heater exchanger. Heat exchange between a supply inlet and discharge outlet is carried out between first and second heat exchange mediums. Fuel gas and oxidant gas are directed to flow parallel to each other in the fuel cell. A circulation path is established through the fuel and oxidant humidifiers and the heat exchanger by interconnection among discharge outlet, heat exchanger, fuel and oxidant humidifiers, and inlet. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086922 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device includes: an aperture part which narrows light traveling toward an imager; a control part which controls the aperture part; a detection part which detects brightness of an image to be projected; and a determination part which determines whether the image is a still image or a moving image. In this arrangement, the control part operates the aperture part so as to narrow the light when the brightness of the image detected by the detection part is darker than predetermined brightness, and operates the aperture part so as to further narrow the light when the brightness of the image detected by the detection part becomes darker than the predetermined brightness. In addition, the control part sets the predetermined brightness for operating the aperture part so as to be darker when the image is the still image than when the image is the moving image. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086917 | OPTICAL UNIT, PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL DIFFUSER - Disclosed is a projection display apparatus which is provided with: a light source ( | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120085573 | STACKED STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A problem to be solved is to suppress deterioration of insulating properties in a stacked structure with a dielectric film formed by powder spraying coating process, and in a method of manufacturing the stacked structure. In a stacked structure according to the present invention, a dielectric layer | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120083030 | INCUBATOR - An incubator comprising: a culture chamber configured to accommodate culture; a dish structure configured to contain a liquid; an ultrasonic vibrator provided in a part of the dish structure, the ultrasonic vibrator configured to atomize the liquid; and a gas-liquid contact structure configured to bring the atomized liquid into contact with air in the chamber to be cultured. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082908 | FUEL CELL, METHOD FOR OPERATING FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell, a method for operating a fuel cell and a fuel cell system, which ensure no dew condensation for a wet reaction gas in the inlet area of gas channels in plates in a fuel cell stack. Gas channels and heat medium channels are disposed on one surface and the other surface of one plate, respectively. Gas channels are disposed on the other plate such that they face the gas channels in the plate. A gas inlet header is disposed at the upper part of the gas channel in the plate and a heat medium inlet header is disposed at the upper part of the heat medium channels such that they face the gas inlet header on the other side. Cooling water such as heat medium is supplied from the heat medium supply manifold hole to the heat medium inlet header, thereby warming up the same. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082898 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A method for producing a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, the negative electrode active material containing a carbon material and particles of at least one metal selected from zinc and aluminum. The method includes a step of preparing an aqueous negative electrode mixture slurry that contains the metal particles, the carbon material, and a polysaccharide polymer as a thickener and that has pH adjusted in the range of 6.0 to 9.0; and a step of forming a negative electrode by applying the negative electrode mixture slurry to a negative electrode current collector. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082897 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes: a positive electrode containing a positive-electrode active material; a negative electrode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The positive-electrode active material contains a lithium-containing oxide obtained by ion-exchanging part of sodium in a cobalt-containing oxide containing lithium, sodium, and titanium with lithium. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082896 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. A mixture containing a zinc-containing alloy represented by MZn | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082892 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium secondary battery has a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode having a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixture layer formed on a surface of the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode mixture layer contains a negative electrode active material including a metal element capable of alloying with lithium. The negative electrode current collector includes a substrate made of a Cu—Fe—P alloy foil, and a surface layer provided on both surfaces of the substrate and made of pure copper. The surface layer has a Vickers hardness of 120 and less than that of the substrate. The negative electrode current collector has a proof stress of 308 MPa. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082327 | VIBRATION PLATE, SPEAKER UNIT AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - An edge portion includes a center portion, one end and an other end. As seen in a cross section of a vibration plate in the radial direction, the center portion, the one end and the other end each are formed in a circular arc such that the edge portion forms a convex so as to protrude in a direction in which the protruding shape protrudes. The radius of curvature of the circular arc of the center portion is not less than the radius of curvature of the circular arc of each of the one end and the other end. Accordingly, a vibration plate allowing a decrease in the lowest resonance frequency while suppressing the edge portion from being brought into a tensioned state, a speaker unit provided with the vibration plate and a portable information terminal can be provided. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082020 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - An astigmatism element converges laser light in first and second directions to generate focal lines. A spectral element makes propagating directions of light fluxes entered into first through fourth areas different from each other to disperse the four light fluxes from each other. The direction along which the first and second areas are aligned is in parallel to a direction of a track image of a recording medium projected onto the spectral element. Each of the first and second areas has a surface area larger than a surface area of each of the third and fourth areas, and a boundary portion between the first and second areas, and the third and fourth areas includes a straight portion extending in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the track image. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081679 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes: a light source unit; a light guiding reflection mirror; a reflector; and a luminous body unit. The luminous body unit includes: a luminous body and a reflecting body. The plurality of light sources are disposed around a position corresponding to an axis on which the luminous body unit is disposed. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081678 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A projection display apparatus displays a test pattern image formed of at least parts of three or more line segments defining three or more intersection points. The projection display apparatus computes a positional relationship between the projection display apparatus and the projection surface, based on the three or more intersection points. The test pattern image has a distortion in an opposite direction to a direction of the lens. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081677 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes a housing member containing a light source, an imager that modulates light emitted from the light source, and a projection unit that projects the light emitted from the imager on a projection surface. The projection display apparatus includes: a movement mechanism that moves an optical unit configured by the light source, the imager, and the projection unit, in a direction perpendicular to the projection surface while maintaining a positional relationship among the light source, the imager, and the projection unit. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081674 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes: a light source; a reflection rotary body; an optical path changing element; and a polarization controller. The polarization controller controls polarization of the first color component light to a different polarization by means of transmission of the first color component light emitted from the light source and by means of transmission of the first color component light reflected by the reflection rotary body. The optical path changing element guides the first color component light reflected by the reflection rotary body, in a direction different from a direction of the first color component light emitted from the light source, in accordance with the polarization of the first color component light modulated by the polarization controller. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081672 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source apparatus includes: a light source that emits blue component light; a polarization adjuster that adjusts a polarization state of the blue component light emitted from the light source; a separation optical element that separates the blue component light emitted from the light source into a first optical path and a second optical path according to the polarization state adjusted by the polarization adjuster, the first optical path being for using the blue component light as excitation light, the second optical path being for using the blue component light as reference image light; a luminous body provided on the first optical path and that emits reference image light in response to the excitation light; and a combine optical element that combines the first optical path and the second optical path into a single optical path. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081582 | CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS - A content processing apparatus includes a plurality of first outputters. A plurality of first outputters respectively output a plurality of first contents. Each of a plurality of selectors selects any one of the plurality of first contents respectively outputted from the plurality of first outputters. A composer composes the plurality of first contents respectively outputted from the plurality of selectors. A controller controls a selection manner of each of the plurality of selectors so as to be different depending on a mode. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120080252 | ELECTRIC BICYCLE HUB UNIT, AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE INCLUDING THE HUB UNIT - In an electric bicycle, an assist driving force is generated by a hub unit mounted in a front wheel. The hub unit includes a hub including a hub casing and a lid closing an open end of the hub casing, a motor, and a planetary gear deceleration mechanism which decelerates rotation of the motor and transmits the decelerated rotation to the hub. The motor is located adjacent the hub casing, and the planetary gear deceleration mechanism is located adjacent the lid. A roller braking device is attached to the lid. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120080069 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - Provided is a solar cell module ( | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120079713 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PRISMATIC SEALED CELL - The present invention aims to provide a method for manufacturing a prismatic sealed cell having a good reliability of sealing. This object is realized with the following configuration. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120079300 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A power-supply connection portion connects a power supply and a main body device. Operation information for operating the apparatus main body is stored in a volatile memory. A power feeder feeds power fed from the power supply, to the volatile memory. A non-operation state request receiver receives a non-operation state request for moving the apparatus main body from an operation state to a non-operation state. When the non-operation state request is received by the non-operation state request receiver, a power-feeding controller performs control such that the power feeder feeds the power to the volatile memory for a predetermined period. A mode determiner determines a mode of the non-operation state request. A changer is provided with a setter which sets the predetermined period depending on the mode determined by the mode determiner. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120077172 | PRESENTATION SYSTEM - A digital camera ( | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120077103 | FUEL CELL, METHOD FOR OPERATING FULL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - In a fuel cell stack, gas channels and heat medium channels are disposed on one surface and the other surface of one plate, respectively. Gas channels are disposed on the other plate such that they face the gas channels in the one plate. A gas inlet header is disposed at the upper part of the gas channel in the plate and a heat medium inlet header is disposed at the upper part of the heat medium channels such that they face the gas inlet header on the other side. Cooling water as a heat medium is supplied from a heat medium supply manifold hole to a heat medium inlet header. Water vapor in the reaction gas (wet fuel gas) is prevented from being condensed in the inlet area of the gas channels by heating the gas inlet header by heat conduction. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120077088 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY BY USING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the steps of mixing a lithium source and a tetravalent manganese source and reacting the lithium source and the manganese source at a temperature lower than 600° C. while tetravalent manganese is reduced, so as to produce a lithium manganese compound oxide, wherein the positive electrode active material is formed from the lithium manganese compound oxide where the lithium manganese compound oxide is represented by a general formula Li | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120077075 | STACK TYPE BATTERY - A stack type battery has a stacked electrode assembly ( | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075981 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - Two light flux areas are disposed in a direction along which a pair of vertically opposite angles defined by first and second straight lines are aligned, and the other two light flux areas are disposed in a direction along which the other pair of vertically opposite angles are aligned. A spectral element sets propagating directions of divided elements of each of light fluxes obtained by dividing each of the light fluxes by a third straight line intersecting with the first and second straight lines by an angle of 45 degrees, or by a fourth straight line orthogonal to the third straight line to disperse the divided elements on a photodetector. The photodetector is provided with sensors which individually receive the divided elements of the light fluxes. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075774 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - A method of fabricating a solid electrolytic capacitor of an aspect includes the steps of preparing an anode element with a dielectric layer formed on a surface thereof, forming a solid electrolytic layer on the dielectric layer, forming a carbon layer on the solid electrolytic layer, bringing an aqueous polymer into contact with the carbon layer, and forming a silver paste layer on the aqueous polymer. A method of fabricating a solid electrolytic capacitor and a solid electrolytic capacitor that can be improved in characteristics can thus be obtained. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075773 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - A solid electrolytic capacitor includes an anode element, a dielectric layer, a solid electrolytic layer, and a cathode layer. The dielectric layer is formed on the anode element. The solid electrolytic layer is formed on the dielectric layer. The cathode layer is formed so as to contact the solid electrolytic layer. The cathode layer is a silver paste layer having an imide-based polymer as a binder resin. A solid electrolytic capacitor that can be improved in characteristics can thus be obtained. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075597 | PROJECTOR - A projector to which a ceiling suspension attachment is fixed. The projector accommodates an internal device. The projector is provided with an outer case including a bottom wall that defines an outer bottom surface and an inner bottom surface of the outer case. Insert nuts are arranged on the bottom wall. Each insert nut includes a threaded hole to which a first coupling screw is fastened and a second coupling screw can be fastened. The first coupling screw couples the attachment to the outer bottom surface of the bottom wall, and the second coupling screw is fastened to the threaded hole from a side opposite to the first coupling screw. The second coupling screw is fastened at least one of the insert nuts to couple the inner device to the inner bottom surface of the bottom wall. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075595 | VIDEO PROJECTOR - A video projector including a light source used to display an image, an optical component that differs from the light source, a power supply unit that supplies power, and a centrifugal fan including a rotation shaft and a blade that rotates about the rotation shaft. The centrifugal fan is a double intake fan that draws in gas from first and second axial directions, which are parallel to the rotation shaft, by rotating the blade and sends the gas outward in a radial direction from the rotation shaft. The centrifugal fan sends gas that has cooled the optical component and the power supply unit to the light source. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075587 | VIDEO PROJECTOR - A projector is provided with a lamp including an arc tube, which generates light, and a reflector. The reflector includes an inner surface that reflects light from the arc tube and an opposite outer surface. The arc tube and the inner surface define an inner portion of the lamp. At least the outer surface defines an outer portion of the lamp. A housing accommodates the lamp and includes an air inlet through which air is drawn in from outside the housing. An air mixing structure mixes a cooling current that has cooled the inner portion of the lamp with the air drawn into the housing through the air inlet. A cooling current guide structure guides the cooling current mixed with the air mixing structure to the outer portion of the lamp. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075495 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An electronic camera includes an imager. An imager has an imaging surface capturing an optical image and outputs an electronic image corresponding to the optical image. An executor executes, along a reference criterion, a process of adjusting an imaging condition based on a partial image appeared on a designated position out of the electronic image outputted from the imager. A searcher searches for a specific object image coincident with a dictionary image from the electronic image outputted from the imager. A first selector selects a specific criterion as the reference criterion when the designated position is equivalent to a position of the specific object image discovered by the searcher. A second selector selects a criterion different from the specific criterion as the reference criterion when the designated position is different from the position of the specific object image discovered by the searcher. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075358 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display panel; an LED backlight unit that emits light to the display panel; an LED driver that drives an LED of the LED backlight unit; an LED temperature detection portion that detects an LED temperature of the LED backlight unit; and a correction portion that based on a detection result from the LED temperature detection portion, corrects an image signal to be supplied to the display panel to compensate for a color temperature change of the LED backlight unit. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075179 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The electronic device has a displaying unit which displays information; an operating unit which accepts a contactless oberation by a user; a detecting unit which detects whether or not on object exists inside the area where the contact less operation is capable, and a lighting unit which lights when the detecting unit detected the existence of the object. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120074884 | INVERTER DEVICE AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCORPORATING SAME - An inverter device of the present invention includes: an inverter circuit portion that has a plurality of switching elements and that converts direct-current power into alternating-current power; and a temperature detection sensor that detects the temperature of the switching elements, in which, in the inverter circuit portion, a plurality of the switching elements on each of an upper side arm and a lower side arm corresponding to each phase are connected in parallel, and the temperature detection sensor is arranged in an intermediate position between the switching elements connected in parallel. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120073621 | SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - Provided is a solar cell ( | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120069725 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS - In an optical pickup apparatus, a major part of an optical path of a laser beam emitted from a first semiconductor laser device and an optical path of a laser beam emitted from a second semiconductor laser device | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069724 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS - An optical-pickup apparatus includes: a laser diode; an objective lens; a diffraction grating; a photodetector including main-beam-, first-sub-beam-, and second-sub-beam-light-receiving portions; a quarter-wave plate having either a second area allowing a reflected-laser beam to pass therethrough without polarization or a third area allowing the reflected beam to pass therethrough at a polarization angle different from that of the first area; and a polarizing member having a separate-light-amount ratio set therefor with respect to the reflected beams passing through the second or third area and an area excluding the second or third area from the first area, such that proportions of the reflected beams passing therethrough toward the photodetector are different, thereby decreasing an irradiation level when the first- and second-sub-beam-light-receiving portions are irradiated, as stray light, with the reflected beam reflected from either one, not subjected to a signal-reading operation, of the first- and second-signal-recording layers of an optical disc. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069487 | STACKED STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - [Problem to be Solved] | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069319 | BEAM IRRADIATION DEVICE AND LASER RADAR SYSTEM - A beam irradiation device is provided with a laser light source which emits laser light, a mirror actuator which causes the laser light to scan a targeted area, and an emission window through which laser light reflected on a mirror of the mirror actuator is transmitted. The emission window is formed with an anti-reflection film for suppressing surface reflection. The anti-reflection film has an angle dependence such that a lower limit of a reflectance is maintained in an incident angle range (0 to 20°) of the laser light at least corresponding to a scanning range of the laser light. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069285 | TRANSFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND COLOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A vertical alignment liquid crystal layer is sealed between a first substrate having a first electrode and a second substrate having a second electrode, each pixel region has a reflective region and a transmissive region, and a gap adjusting section is provided on one of sides of the first substrate and the second substrate which sets a thickness (gap) d of the liquid crystal layer which controls a phase difference of incident light to the liquid crystal layer so that a gap dr in the reflective region is smaller than a gap dt in the transmissive region. An alignment controller which divides alignment of the liquid crystal within a pixel region is provided in the pixel region on at least one of the sides of the first substrate and the second substrate. It is also possible to optimize by changing the gap in red, green, and blue. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120063613 | RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING CONDITION SETTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH RECORDING CONDITION SETTING PROGRAM - A recording apparatus includes: a plurality of microphones having directivity to output collected sound; a switch portion to switch a direction of directivity of each of the plurality of microphones to one of a plurality of predetermined direction patterns; a detection portion to detect a direction pattern switched by the switch portion among the plurality of direction patterns; a recording portion to execute plural kinds of processing on sound collected by the plurality of microphones and to record the processed sound; a setting portion to set parameters to be used by the recording portion to execute the plural kinds of processing; and a storage portion to store the parameters to be used by the recording portion to execute the plural kinds of processing, separately for each of the plural kinds of processing, in association with each of the plurality of direction patterns. When a direction pattern switched by the switch portion is detected by the detection portion, the setting portion sets the parameters to be used to execute plural kinds of processing that are associated with the detected direction pattern. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120063483 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT, SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - This semiconductor laser element includes a semiconductor element layer including an active layer and having an emitting side cavity facet and a reflecting side cavity facet, and a facet coating film on a surface of the emitting side cavity facet. The facet coating film includes a photocatalytic layer arranged on an outermost surface of the facet coating film and a dielectric layer arranged between the photocatalytic layer and the emitting side cavity facet. A thickness of the dielectric layer is set to a thickness defined by m×λ/(2×n) (m is an integer), where a wavelength of a laser beam emitted from the active layer is λ and a refractive index of the dielectric layer is n, and at least 1 μm. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120063482 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT, SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - This semiconductor laser element includes a semiconductor element layer including an active layer and having an emitting side cavity facet and a reflecting side cavity facet, and a facet coating film on a surface of the emitting side cavity facet. The facet coating film includes a first dielectric layer controlling a reflectance of the emitting side cavity facet and a second dielectric layer. A thickness of the second dielectric layer is set to a thickness defined by m×λ/(2×n) (m is an integer), where a wavelength of a laser beam emitted from the active layer is λ. and a refractive index of the second dielectric layer is n, and is larger than a thickness of the first dielectric layer and at least 1 μm. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120063286 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS - A conventional optical pickup apparatus has a problem that due to multiple optical paths provided therein, the number of parts of optical systems becomes larger and a time required for attaching the parts and adjusting an optical axis becomes longer. In optical pickup apparatus | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062593 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes an image display portion that displays a display image based on a reference image on a display screen, a pointing member detecting portion that detects a position of a pointing member existing on the display screen of the image display portion, and an output image processing portion that generates an output image to be displayed on the display screen based on the reference image. The output image processing portion is capable of generating a superposition image as the output image, in which an auxiliary image including a specific region in the reference image corresponding to the position of the pointing member detected by the pointing member detecting portion is superposed on a region for superposition different from the specific region in the reference image. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060894 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE - A photovoltaic module capable of suppressing separation of a tab electrode can be obtained. The photovoltaic module includes a plurality of semiconductor layers including a photoelectric conversion layer, a plurality of photovoltaic elements including a finger electrode for collecting generated currents, formed on the semiconductor layers on a side of a light receiving surface, and a tab electrode for electrically connecting the plurality of photovoltaic elements, in which the tab electrode is electrically connected to the finger electrode in a region corresponding to a power generation region of the photovoltaic element and bonded on the light receiving surface through an insulating bonding material. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060893 | STACKED PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A back metal electrode, a bottom cell using microcrystalline silicon for a photoelectric conversion layer, a front cell using amorphous silicon for a photoelectric conversion layer, and a transparent front electrode are formed in this order on a supporting substrate. At least one of the concentration of impurities contained in the front photoelectric conversion layer and the concentration of impurities contained in the bottom photoelectric conversion layer is controlled such that the concentration of impurities in the bottom photoelectric conversion layer is higher than the concentration of impurities in the front photoelectric conversion layer. Impurities do not include a p-type dopant or an n-type dopant but are any one, two, or all of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120060614 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - An image sensing device according to the present invention includes: an optical portion that is driven to form an optical image in any state; a sensor portion that acquires, as an image signal, the optical image formed by the optical portion; a sound collection portion that acquires an acoustic signal by collecting sound; an image sensing environment determination portion that determines an image sensing environment which is an environment under which the sensor portion acquires the image signal; and an operation determination portion that determines, based on the image sensing environment determined by the image sensing environment determination portion, at least one of a drive speed of the optical portion and a method of processing the acoustic signal acquired by the sound collection portion when the optical portion is driven. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120058390 | TERMINAL FOR SEALED BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A negative electrode terminal includes an outer terminal of a solid flat rivet shape and an inner terminal of a hollow flat rivet shape. A hollow axle portion of the inner terminal is inserted in a first insulating member, an opening bored in a sealing plate, and a second insulating member so as to be insulated from the sealing plate. A columnar axle portion of the outer terminal is inserted into the hollow axle portion of the inner terminal and crimped thereto, so that a radially bulge-deformed portion is formed in an intermediate portion of the columnar axle portion. The hollow axle portion deforms into a shape matching the radially bulge-deformed portion and is crimped to the columnar axle portion, and its tip is curling-formed to match a curved surface between a brim portion and the columnar axle portion of the outer terminal. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057447 | OBJECTIVE LENS FOR OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - An objective lens for an optical pickup device is provided with a light-source-side lens surface by which laser light is converged, and a disc-side lens surface by which the laser light converged by the light-source-side lens surface is converged. The first lens surface and the second lens surface are configured to guide a part of a light collecting portion of the laser light reflected on the second lens surface to a position on an outside of the first lens surface. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057138 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus according to a first feature includes: an imager that modulates light emitted from a light source; and a projection unit that projects the image light modulated by the imager onto a projection plane. The projection plane includes a projectable region where the image light can be projected. The projectable region includes a projection region on which the image light is projected based on an image signal and a non-projection region other than the projection region. The projection display apparatus further includes: an adjustment unit that adjusts the shape of the projection region within the projectable region; and a control unit that displays additional information at least in the non-projection region within the projectable region. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120046769 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, RESERVATION METHOD, AND PLAYBACK DATA SEARCH METHOD - An electronic equipment includes a sound recording portion to store sound inputted from outside, a reserved sound recording control portion to cause the sound recording portion to perform a sound recording based on reservation data including at least a start date and time and a finish date and time, a time axis display portion to display a time axis for one day of a day to be processed, an extracting portion to extract reservation data whose start date and time or finish date and time is included in the day to be processed, a reservation figure display portion to display for each of the reservation data extracted a reservation figure indicating an already scheduled reservation between a starting position on the time axis corresponding to the start date and time and a finish position on the time axis corresponding to the finish date and time of the reservation data, a designating portion to designate any given position on the time axis displayed, and a reservation data generating portion to generate reservation data in which time determined based on the position designated on the time axis is set as a start time or a finish time. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044965 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a base having a step portion, a first upper surface on a lower side of the step portion and a second upper surface on an upper side of the step portion, a first semiconductor laser device bonded onto the first upper surface, having a first light-emitting region on an upper side thereof, and a second semiconductor laser device bonded onto the second upper surface, having a second light-emitting region on a lower side thereof. The first light-emitting region is located above the second upper surface in a state where the base is horizontally arranged. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044400 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes an operating portion that receives an operation to instruct to obtain a target input image based on an output signal of an image pickup portion, an aimed image generating portion that generates an aimed image in which a specific subject is focused by performing a first image processing on the target input image after the target input image is recorded, and a blurred image generating portion that generates a blurred image in which a non-specific subject is blurred by performing a second image processing on the output signal of the image pickup portion before the operation to instruct to obtain is performed. Before the target input image is obtained in accordance with the operation to instruct to obtain, the blurred image is displayed on the display portion. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044249 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES - A three-dimensional sense adjusting unit displays three-dimensional images to a user. If a displayed reaches a limit of parallax, the user responds to the three-dimensional sense adjusting unit. According to acquired appropriate parallax information, a parallax control unit generates parallax images to realize the appropriate parallax in the subsequent stereo display. The control of parallaxes is realized by optimally setting camera parameters by going back to three-dimensional data. Functions to realize the appropriate parallax are made into and presented by a library. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044140 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND PROGRAM, AND OPTICAL INPUT SYSTEM, PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGES AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An information display system includes a pointing device and a control apparatus for detecting the locus of tip of the pointing device. The pointing device includes a light emitting part for irradiating the radiated light that radiates with the tip of the pointing device as the center on a predetermined plane. A camera captures images of a region including the radiated light on the predetermined plane. A radiated light detector detects the radiated light from the images captured by the camera. An estimation unit estimates the position of the tip of the pointing device from the radiated light detected by the radiated light detector. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044073 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT HAVING ANTITHEFT FUNCTION, AND EXTERNAL SERVER - An electronic equipment with Internet connection function includes a storage portion that stores product identification information assigned uniquely to each product, and a control portion that reads out the product identification information from the storage portion, generates a stolen item identification request signal containing the product identification information, and sends the stolen item identification request signal to an external server via the Internet. The control portion checks whether or not the electronic equipment is a stolen item, using a return signal from the external server that responds to the stolen item identification request signal. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120040086 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a positive electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes: applying a positive electrode slurry onto a positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode slurry containing a positive electrode active material, a conductive agent, carboxymethylcellulose, and a latex-based plastic. The method is characterized by including: a first step of dispersing and mixing the carboxymethylcellulose and the conductive agent in an aqueous solution to prepare a conductive agent slurry; and a second step of dispersing and mixing the positive electrode active material and the latex-based plastic in the conductive agent slurry, to prepare the positive electrode slurry. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120037227 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL - A method for manufacturing a solar cell ( | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120033702 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS - A p-type pad electrode in a red semiconductor laser device and a first terminal are connected through a wire. A p-type pad electrode in an infrared semiconductor laser device and a second terminal are connected through a wire. A p-electrode in a blue-violet semiconductor laser device and a third terminal are connected through a wire. An n-electrode in the blue-violet semiconductor laser device is electrically conducting to a mount. An n-electrode in the red semiconductor laser device and the mount are connected through a wire, while an n-electrode in the infrared semiconductor laser device and the mount is connected through a wire. The mount has a fourth terminal inside. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033701 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND LIGHT APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor laser device comprises steps of forming a first semiconductor laser device substrate having first grooves for cleavage on a surface thereof, bonding a second semiconductor laser device substrate onto the surface side having the first grooves and thereafter cleaving the first and second semiconductor laser device substrates along at least the first grooves. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033696 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a package having sealed space inside and a semiconductor laser chip arranged in the sealed space. The package has a first member and a second member bonded to each other with an adhesive, a covering agent made of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer is formed on a bonded region of the first member and the second member in the sealed space, and the adhesive is covered with the covering agent. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033695 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a package constituted by a plurality of members, having sealed space inside and a semiconductor laser chip arranged in the sealed space, while surfaces of the members located in the sealed space are covered with a covering agent made of an ethylene-polyvinyl alcohol copolymer. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033187 | VIDEO PROJECTOR - A video projector including light source lamps and a cooling fan, which cools the light source lamps. A memory unit stores a reference time set for each of the light source lamps. The reference time indicates the time required for the corresponding light source lamp to be cooled, after being deactivated, to the reference temperature or less. A notification unit generates a notification for each of the light source lamps indicating that the light source lamp is replaceable. An elapsed time from when each of the light source lamps is switched from an activated state to a deactivated state is compared with a corresponding reference time. When the elapsed time exceeds the corresponding reference time, the notification unit generates the notification related to the corresponding light source lamp. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120031457 | SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120031133 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner having a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a radiator, a pressure-reducing device and an evaporator, a total heat exchanger for performing heat-exchange between outdoor air and air under cooling operation using the evaporator for a room to be air-conditioned, and for ventilating the room to be air-conditioned, and a desiccant rotor having a moisture adsorbing area for adsorbing moisture in the outdoor air when the outdoor air is introduced, and regenerating the moisture adsorbing area by heat of the radiator, the outdoor air successively flowing through the total heat exchanger, the evaporator and the moisture adsorbing area in this order and then entering the room to be air-conditioned. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120030622 | Display apparatus - A display apparatus includes a display and a controller. The controller displays a plurality of menus in a hierarchy order on the display. One of the menus contains a plurality of selectable items. When one of the plurality of selectable items is selected more than a predetermined number of times, the controller displays said one of the plurality of selectable items in a menu on a higher hierarchy. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120029669 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A recording and reproducing apparatus includes a revolving switch capable of selecting a predetermined folder from among a plurality of folders in a recording medium corresponding to a revolved position, a recording setter which sets, upon a recording mode, a first folder corresponding to a revolved position of the revolving switch, as an allocation destination of content data to be recorded on the recording medium, and a reproducing setter which sets the content data allocated to a second folder corresponding to a revolved position of the revolving switch, as a reproducing destination. The first folder and the second folder become the same folder out of the plurality of folders in the recording medium on the condition that the revolved position of the revolving switch in the recording mode is the same as the revolved position of the revolving switch in the reproduction mode. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120028130 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell having high temperature storage characteristics and cycle characteristics is provided. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120028100 | PRISMATIC SECONDARY BATTERY - A prismatic secondary battery is a prismatic lithium-ion battery including a stack-type electrode assembly in which square positive and negative electrode plates are stacked with separators interposed therebetween. The positive electrode plates are arranged inside a bag-like separator. The width of the separator protruding from an end portion of each positive electrode plate on a non-joined side of the separator is greater than that of the separator protruding from an end portion of the positive electrode plate on a joined side of the separator. The heat-shrinkage rate of the separator in a direction vertical to the non-joined side is greater than that of the separator in a direction parallel to the non-joined side. Short circuiting between the positive and negative electrode plates due to heat shrinkage or rupture of the separator is prevented even when abnormal heat generation occurs in the battery. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120028088 | PRISMATIC SEALED SECONDARY BATTERY - The positive electrode substrate exposed portions or the negative electrode substrate exposed portions, or both, of an electrode assembly is split into two groups, and therebetween is disposed an intermediate member made of a resin material and holding one or more connecting conductive members. Collector members for the substrate exposed portions split into two groups is electrically joined by a resistance welding method to the substrate exposed portions split into two groups, together with the connecting conductive member(s) of the intermediate member. The resin material portion of the intermediate member protrudes, in the extension direction of the substrate exposed portions split into two groups, beyond the ends of the substrate exposed portions split into two groups and the ends of the collector member to a prismatic outer can. This structure enables enhanced resistance between the substrate exposed portions and the collector member and curbs variation in the welding strength. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027393 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - An electronic equipment includes a digital focus portion that adjusts an in-focus state of a target image by image processing, and a unit adjustment amount setting portion that sets a unit adjustment amount in adjustment of the in-focus state based on distance information of the target image. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027040 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - In this semiconductor laser apparatus, a first wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in a fourth direction from a first semiconductor laser device and in a first direction from a photodetector, and a second wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in the fourth direction from the first semiconductor laser device and in a third direction from the first wire-bonding portion. A third wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in a second direction from a third semiconductor laser device and in the first direction from the photodetector, and a fourth wire-bonding portion is arranged at a position in the second direction from the third semiconductor laser device and in the third direction from the third wire-bonding portion. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026859 | Optical Pickup Apparatus - An optical-pickup apparatus includes: a laser diode having a first-laser element, which emits a first-laser beam, and a second-laser element, which emits a second-laser beam having a wavelength shorter than a wavelength of the first-laser beam, arranged in the same package; an objective lens to condense the first- and second-laser beams emitted from the laser diode to signal-recording layers of first- and second-optical discs, respectively, the second-optical disc being of a standard different from a standard of the first-optical disc; and a collimating lens arranged in an optical path between the laser diode and the objective lens, the collimating lens configured to change the first- and second-laser beams from divergent light to parallel light, the collimating lens being inclined with respect to optical axes of the first- and second-laser beams so that astigmatism in the first- and second-laser beams is corrected. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026858 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - An optical pickup device has an astigmatism element which imparts astigmatism to reflected light of laser light reflected on a recording layer, and a spectral element into which the reflected light is entered, and which separates the reflected light. The spectral element is divided into four third areas by a first area having a certain width and formed along a straight line in parallel to a first direction, and by a second area having a certain width and formed along a straight line in parallel to a second direction. The spectral element is configured to guide the reflected light passing through the four third areas to respective corresponding sensors on a photodetector while making propagating directions of the reflected light different from each other, and to avoid guiding the reflected light entered into the first area and into the second area to the sensors. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026857 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - An optical pickup device has an astigmatism element which imparts astigmatism to reflected light of laser light reflected on a recording layer, and a spectral element into which the reflected light is entered, and which separates the reflected light. The spectral element is divided into six second areas by a straight line in parallel to a first direction, a straight line in parallel to a second direction, and a first area having a predetermined width and formed along a straight line in parallel to a third direction inclined from the first direction by 45 degrees. The spectral element is configured to guide the reflected light passing through the six second areas to corresponding sensors on a photodetector while making propagating directions of the reflected light different from each other, and to avoid guiding the reflected light entered into the first area to the sensors. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026374 | IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image sensor includes: a plurality of photoelectric transduction elements arranged in a two-dimensional array; and an output unit outputting a video signal generated from electric charges accumulated by the plurality of photoelectric transduction elements, and sync codes corresponding to a horizontal sync signal and a vertical sync signal indicating predetermined intervals, as low voltage differential signals synchronized with a prescribed clock. The output unit outputs only the sync code corresponding to a horizontal sync signal as a low voltage differential signal in a blanking period, among the video signal and the sync codes corresponding to a horizontal sync signal and a vertical sync signal. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026364 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus includes a first imaging portion that takes an image of subjects and outputs a signal corresponding to a result of the imaging, a second imaging portion that takes an image of the subjects with a wider angle than the first imaging portion and outputs a signal corresponding to a result of the imaging, and a report information output portion that outputs report information corresponding to a relationship between an imaging area of the first imaging portion and a position of a specific subject based on an output signal of the second imaging portion when the specific subject included in the subjects is outside the imaging area of the first imaging portion. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026170 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus according to embodiments includes a light source that emits color component light beams of a plurality of colors and an imager that modulates the color component light beams of a plurality of colors emitted from the light source. The projection display apparatus includes an element control unit that controls the imager; and a light source control unit that controls the light source. The element control unit controls the imager based on an image output signal obtained by a signal expansion process of an image input signal. The light source control unit performs a power reduction process of reducing power supplied to the light source according to an expansion amount of the image input signal expanded by the signal expansion process. The light source control unit performs a light emission period control process of adjusting light emission periods of a color component light beams of a plurality of colors emitted from the light source within a | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026070 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus displays an image on a projection surface in cooperation with a second projection display apparatus. The projection display apparatus includes: a detection unit that detects the position of the second projection display apparatus; and a switching unit that performs switching between a stack display mode and a tile display mode on the basis of the position of the second projection display apparatus. In the stack display mode, an image projected by the projection display apparatus and an image projected by the second projection display apparatus are displayed on a projection surface in a stacked manner. In the tile display mode, an image projected by the projection display apparatus and an image projected by the second projection display apparatus are displayed on a projection surface in a side-by-side manner. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025677 | DIRECT-CURRENT MOTOR AND HUB UNIT - In a motor, a motor case includes a first case and a second case separable from each other in a direction of an axis of a rotation shaft of a rotor. The first case and the second case each have cut-away portions extending parallel to the axis from a separation edge (open side edge) thereof. The separation edges of the first and second cases each have abutment portions not formed with the cut-away portions, and the abutment portions of the first case respectively abut against the abutment portions of the second case. The cut-away portions cooperatively define a plurality of windows disposed in a periphery of the motor case. The stator has a plurality of bulges projecting radially outward from a peripheral surface thereof in association with the windows. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120021799 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device is provided with: a transmission power control section that controls the transmission power of a signal, and a transmission state detection section that detects the transmission state of the signal, and transmits the signal wirelessly to a communication partner. The transmission power control section controls the transmission power in accordance with the transmission state that is detected by the transmission state detection section. In this way, optimisation of the transmission power can be implemented with high accuracy. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120021561 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL USING SAME - A method of manufacturing a solar cell in which qualities and thicknesses of formed films are uniformed is obtained. This method of manufacturing a solar cell includes steps of forming a substrate-side electrode ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120021318 | FUEL CELL, METHOD FOR OPERATING FULL CELL AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell, a method for operating a fuel cell and a fuel cell system, which ensure no dew condensation for a wet reaction gas in the inlet area of gas channels in plates in a fuel cell stack, are provided. Gas channels | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120021282 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, which has excellent nonaqueous electrolyte permeability, a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the positive electrode, and a method for producing the same. A positive electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode active material layer. The positive electrode active material layer is formed on the positive electrode current collector and contains a positive electrode active material, a binder, and an acid anhydride. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120021265 | NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY PACK - In a flat nonaqueous secondary battery, an electrode assembly formed by stacking or winding a positive electrode and a negative electrode with a separator interposed therebetween is sealed in a laminated outer body together with a nonaqueous electrolyte, and a positive electrode tab and a negative electrode tab are led out from the laminated outer body. The separator has a rupture elongation of 50% or more in at least the TD direction or the MD direction. A metal plate connected to the positive electrode tab is placed on an outer principal surface of the laminated outer body. This structure provides a nonaqueous secondary battery and a nonaqueous secondary battery pack that are extremely safe, being unlikely to emit smoke or explode even when a nail penetrates the battery in a charged state. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120020639 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS USING THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPRATUS - A first acquisition unit acquires images from a first image pickup unit for picking up moving images for use in recording. A second acquisition unit acquires images from a second image pickup unit for picking up the image of a person taking the moving images. A decision unit determines whether or not the person taking the moving images is viewing a monitor for displaying the moving images for use in recording, based on the images acquired from the second acquisition unit. A control unit varies the status of an image pickup apparatus according to the decision results of the decision unit. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019782 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - In a projection display device, a polarization converting element is provided between an imager and a refracting optical system for converting a polarization direction of light after modulation into a direction radially extending from the center of the optical axis of the refracting optical system. Light transmitted through the polarization converting element is incident onto the refracting optical system in a state of P-polarized light or a state close to the state of P-polarized light. Thereby, the transmittance of light through the refracting optical system is made substantially uniform and increased. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019061 | BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A battery block composed of a plurality of battery cells and a voltage detecting circuit (state detecting circuit) for detecting a voltage between terminals of each battery cell are included, and a flexible printed circuit board, in which a voltage detecting line for electrically connecting a positive electrode terminal or a negative electrode terminal of the battery cell and the voltage detecting circuit (state detecting circuit) is integrated with a substrate made or a flexible material, is provided. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120015472 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SOLAR CELL MODULE - On a substrate is formed a transparent and conductive front electrode layer, on which is formed a photoelectric conversion unit that generates an electric power by a light. On the photoelectric conversion unit is formed a transparent and conductive film, on which a silver-containing back electrode layer. On the back electrode layer is formed further a back electrode reinforcing film formed by UV-irradiation of, or by heating of, or by heating after UV-irradiation of a layer that is obtained by applying a composition for reinforcing film on the back electrode layer with a wet coating method. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120015238 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL - There is provided a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary cell that exhibits excellent cycle characteristics over a wide temperature range from low to high temperature. This object can be realized by adopting the following configuration. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120015225 | PRISMATIC SEALED SECONDARY BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A prismatic sealed secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an electrode assembly having stacked or wound positive and negative electrode substrate exposed portions and a pair of collector members electrically joined to the respective electrode substrate exposed portions. At least one of the electrode substrate exposed portions is split into two groups, and therebetween is disposed an intermediate member made of resin material and holding a plurality of connective conducting members. The collector member for the substrate exposed portions split into two groups is disposed on at least one of the outermost faces of the substrate exposed portions, and is electrically joined by a resistance welding method to the substrate exposed portions, together with the connecting conductive members of the intermediate member. This configuration lowers resistance of the electrode substrate exposed portions and the collector members and curbs variation in the welding strength. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014047 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In an electronic device in which a sliding member and a guide trench that regulates a moving path of the sliding member are formed in the device body, a trench or a hole is formed in the first side surface of the guide trench, a movable body that can move through the trench or the hole and a biasing member that biases the movable body from the first side surface to the second side surface are arranged in the device body, the movable body can be moved between an advanced position where the movable body advances from the first side surface to the inside of the guide trench and a retracted position where the movable body is retired from the first side surface to the outside of the guide trench. A bushing member that pushes the switch in a process in which the movable body moves from the advanced position to the retracted position to change the switch over is formed on the movable body. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013634 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus includes an imager that modulates light emitted from a light source and a projection unit that projects light emitted from the imager on a projection surface. The projection display apparatus includes: an imager controller that controls the imager to display a test pattern image in which a characteristic point is defined by at least three adjacent regions; an acquisition unit that acquires a captured image of the test pattern image from an imaging element configured to capture the test pattern image projected on the projection surface; and an adjustment unit that identifies the characteristic point included in the captured image on the basis of the captured image acquired by the acquisition unit and adjusts an image to be projected on the projection surface on the basis of the identified characteristic point. The at least three adjacent regions surround the characteristic point and are adjacent to the characteristic point. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013559 | MULTIPLE VISUAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED NAVIGATION SYSTEM - In a vehicle-mounted navigation system, an operating unit that operates the driver's seat side image and an operating unit that operates the passenger's seat side image had to be provided separately, which increased the number of operation buttons and the size of the navigation system device. In a vehicle-mounted navigation system that displays images in multiple directions, an operating direction detector detects which direction an operation was performed from, and a controller controls the vehicle-mounted navigation system based on a detection result of the operating direction detector. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120012179 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell, wherein contamination with an undesired impurity is suppressed, and solar cell characteristics are excellent. This solar cell is provided with: a semiconductor substrate having a photoreceiving surface and a back surface; a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type formed on a prescribed region of the back surface of the semiconductor substrate; a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed to extend over the back surface of the semiconductor substrate and the surface of the first semiconductor layer; and a cap layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and containing no impurity of the first conductivity type. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120012152 | SOLAR BATTERY MODULE - A solar battery cell having a hexagonal shape is divided into four at a straight line connecting between opposed apexes and a straight line connecting between middle points of opposed sides. Two of the divided cells are arranged without being turned upside down such that oblique sides thereof oppose each other; thus, a substantially rectangular-shaped unit is configured. In adjoining two units, an interconnector is routed from a front surface of one of the units to a back surface of the other unit. Thus, the two units are electrically connected to each other through the interconnector. Hence, it is unnecessary to route an interconnector from a front surface of one divided cell to a back surface of another divided cell at a portion where oblique sides of the divided cells oppose each other; therefore, it is unnecessary to secure a large clearance at the portion. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120011114 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a designator which designates each of one or more characteristic images included in a scene image as a reference characteristic image. A searcher searches for a specific folder in which a dictionary image adapted to the reference characteristic image is associated with, from among one or more folders in which one or more dictionary images are respectively associated with. A first storage stores the scene image noticed by the designator into the specific folder discovered by the searcher. A first creator creates a folder in which a dictionary image equivalent to the reference characteristic image is associated with, corresponding to non-discovering the specific folder by the searcher. A second storage executes a process of storing the scene image noticed by the designator into the folder created by the first creator, in association with a creating process of the first creator. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009472 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a negative-electrode current collector, a first negative-electrode active material layer, and a second negative-electrode active material layer. The first negative-electrode active material layer is formed on the negative-electrode current collector. The first negative-electrode active material layer contains graphite as a first negative-electrode active material. The second negative-electrode active material layer is formed on the first negative-electrode active material layer. The second negative-electrode active material layer contains a lithium titanate composite oxide as a second negative-electrode active material. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008960 | REMOTE CONTROL RECEIVER AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A remote control receiver which receives light for exercising remote control as a transmission signal, includes: a light detector which receives the transmission signal; and a guide portion which has an incidence plane to which the transmission signal is entered, and refracts the incident transmission signal from the incidence plane and directs the incident transmission signal toward the light detector. In this arrangement, the guide portion has an interface which is tapered down from the incidence plane toward the light detector. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008265 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In an electronic device comprising a device body, an opening is formed in the bottom surface of the device body, a seesaw member is slidingly supported on an internal peripheral surface of the opening by a pivot, and the state of the seesaw member can be changed between a storing state in which both end portions of the seesaw member are stored in the opening and a projecting state in which the first end portion, of both end portions, opposing the main surface is deeply buried into the opening and the second end portion on the main surface side projects from the bottom surface of the device body. On the other hand, in the device body and/or the seesaw member, a restraint mechanism to stop the seesaw member in the projecting state and a release mechanism to release the seesaw member are arranged. The position changing mechanism to change the mounting position of the device body includes the seesaw member, the restraint mechanism, and the release mechanism. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008108 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - A projection display device includes: a light source; a rod-type integrator which unifies light emitted from the light source in intensity distribution; an imager which modulates the light emitted from the integrator; and an optical axis adjuster for adjusting an optical axis of the light source with respect to an incidence plane of the integrator. In this arrangement, the integrator has the incidence plane formed in the shape of a rectangle and inclines around an optical axis of the integrator with respect to an installation surface of a main body cabinet in which the light source is disposed. In addition, the optical axis adjuster shifts the light source relatively with respect to the incidence plane in a direction parallel to a shorter side of the incidence plane. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008095 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE AND SPEAKER DEVICE - A projection display device includes: a light source; a light modulation portion which modulates light from the light source in accordance with an image signal; a projection portion which projects the light modulated by the light modulation portion onto a projection plane; a speaker device which outputs a sound in accordance with an audio signal; and a main body cabinet in which the light source, the light modulation portion, the projection portion, and the speaker device are disposed. The speaker device includes a speaker and a speaker box storing the speaker. The speaker box includes: a front panel to which the speaker is attached; an inner box which covers the speaker attached to the front panel from behind; and an outer box which covers the periphery of the inner box and is attached to the main body cabinet. There is a space created between the two boxes. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008035 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - An information display device including an imaging unit that executes an imaging process to image a subject to output an imaging signal; a monitor capable of displaying an image of the subject based on the imaging signal; a switching part located near the monitor; a first display controller for displaying, in a menu on the monitor, each of a first group of items consisting of items associated with the imaging process, whereby first setting data can be set; and a second display controller for displaying, in a menu on the monitor, each of a second group of items associated with particular items in the first group and having fewer items than the first group, whereby second setting data can be set, in which switching between the first and second display controllers is performed by operating the switching part. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120003528 | SQUARE-CELL BATTERY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention aims to provide a battery that includes electrode terminals passing through a lid, in which the lid and electrode terminals are securely insulated and sealed while being solidly fixed to each other without using an insulation-forming body or packing. To this end, a lid has upwardly-protruding protrusions formed therein. Through-holes are formed in the protrusions and tapered so as to become narrower toward the top relative to the bottom. Fitting portions forming the middle portions of a cathode terminal board and an anode terminal board are tapered to fit into the through-holes. Heat-welding tape is introduced between the outer faces of the fitting portions and the inner faces of the through-holes. The heat-welding tape is made up of an insulating substrate with heat-welding layers layered on both sides thereof. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002533 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - A spectral element separates first laser light in such a manner that an area including only signal light as reflected first laser light is formed on a photodetector. The photodetector is provided with a first sensor group which is disposed at an irradiation position of signal light of the separated first laser light, and a second sensor group which receives zero-th order diffraction light of a main beam and two sub beams of second laser light that has been transmitted through the spectral element. The second sensor group includes a four-divided sensor which receives the main beam. The four-divided sensor is disposed in an area surrounded by the first sensor group. Zero-th order diffraction light of the first laser light that has been transmitted through the spectral element is irradiated onto the four-divided sensor. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002172 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a light source that emits narrow-band exciting light; a polarization adjusting element that adjusts a polarization state of the exciting light; a light guide element capable of changing a direction of the exciting light according to the polarization state adjusted by the polarization adjusting element; and a luminous body which is provided on an optical path of the exciting light guided by the light guide element, and which emits predetermined component light excited by the exciting light. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001903 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - An display apparatus displays a three-dimensional image formed of a plurality of viewpoint images, and includes an image controller that controls a second viewpoint image to suppress a crosstalk of a first viewpoint image the first viewpoint image and the second viewpoint image are included in the plurality of viewpoint images. The image controller switches a control mode for suppressing the crosstalk, between a subtraction mode and an addition mode in accordance with an image input signal forming the three-dimensional image. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110321092 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, REMOTE CONTROLLER AND TELEVISION APPARATUS - A portable terminal includes: a communication portion that communicates with an electronic device to acquire content from the electronic device; and a reproduction portion that reproduces the content acquired through the communication portion. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110318869 | Photovoltaic Element, Photovoltaic Module Comprising Photovoltaic Element, And Method of Fabricating Photovoltaic Element - A photovoltaic element comprising a transparent conductive film capable of improving weather resistance is obtained. This photovoltaic element includes a photoelectric conversion layer, and a transparent conductive film formed on a surface of the photoelectric conversion layer and including an indium oxide layer having (222) orientation and two X-ray diffraction peaks, in which the two X-ray diffraction peaks of the indium oxide layer is constituted by a first peak on a low angle side and a second peak on a high angle side having a peak intensity level lower than the first peak. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110318653 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME, POSITIVE ELECTRODE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND BATTERY INCLUDING THE POSITIVE ELECTRODE - A positive electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode active material particle and a compound containing a rare earth element and a carbonate, the compound having a particle size of 1 to 100 nm and being adhered to a surface of the positive electrode active material particle. The ratio of the compound relative to the positive electrode active material particle is 0.005% to 0.4% by mass on a rare earth element basis. The positive electrode active material particle is composed of a lithium transition metal oxide having a layered structure. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317868 | ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - A diaphragm has a back plane which has a voice coil attached thereto, and a front plane which is located on the side opposite to the back plane. The diaphragm also includes a center portion, a boundary portion which surrounds the center portion and has the voice coil attached thereto, an outer circumferential portion which surrounds the boundary portion, and an edge which surrounds the outer circumferential portion. A frame has a support portion which supports the back plane of the diaphragm. The outer circumferential portion has a convex shape which protrudes in the thickness direction extending from the front plane to the hack plane with respect to the edge. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317867 | SPEAKER UNIT AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - To provide a speaker unit and a portable information terminal suppressing a decrease in a vibration area and a reduction in a diaphragm edge portion path length caused along with miniaturization and slimming-down. A speaker unit includes a diaphragm member which has a first convex portion at an outer peripheral portion, a voice coil fixed to the diaphragm member, a magnet disposed to be spaced from the voice coil, and a frame which supports the magnet and has a second convex portion on a more inner peripheral side than the first convex portion. The diaphragm member is attached to the frame such that an inner peripheral surface of the first convex portion faces an outer peripheral surface of the second convex portion. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317023 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device has a sound signal processing portion which applies sound signal processing to a target sound signal corresponding to a target image. The sound signal processing portion controls the content of the sound signal processing in accordance with the focus condition of the target image. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110311871 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A negative electrode for lithium secondary batteries includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer is formed on the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode active material layer contains a binder and negative electrode active material particles containing at least one of silicon and a silicon alloy. The binder is a polyimide resin formed by imidization of a tetracarboxylic acid or tetracarboxylic anhydride and a diamine. The diamine contains a diamine having at least one hydroxyl group. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311150 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a taker. A taker takes an image. A searcher searches for one or at least two face images from the image taken by the taker. A first designator designates each of the one or at least two face images discovered by the searcher. A holder holds a plurality of face characteristics respectively corresponding to a plurality of ages. A detector detects a facial expression of the face image designated by the first designator. An estimator estimates an age of a person equivalent to the face image designated by the first designator based on the plurality of face characteristics held by the holder and the facial expression detected by the detector. An adjuster adjusts a quality of the image taken by the taker with reference to an estimated result of the estimator. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110311092 | SPEAKER UNIT AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A speaker unit adaptable to limited mounting space, allowing reduction in the lowest resonance frequency, and realizing higher sound pressure and smaller distortion is provided. A diaphragm includes a trunk portion | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310531 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, an anode terminal, and a cathode terminal. The capacitor element has an element body. An outer circumference of the element body is defined by first to fourth side surfaces. An exposed surface of a cathode layer is defined at least on the second and third side surfaces. The cathode terminal has first and second terminal component parts. The first terminal component part extends along the third side surface. The second terminal component part adjoins the first terminal component part while extending above the second side surface. A first conductive adhesive is interposed between the first terminal component part and the third side surface. A second conductive adhesive is interposed between the second terminal component part and the second side surface. The second conductive adhesive extends along the second side surface to reach the peripheral edge of the fourth side surface. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310353 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light source device includes: a reference light source that emits reference color component light of a plurality of colors; an excitation light source that emits excitation light for supplemental color component light; a luminous body member including a luminous body that emits the supplemental color component light in response to the excitation light; and a combining unit that combines the reference color component light of the plurality colors and the supplemental color component light in such a way as to superimpose the supplemental color component light on light paths of the reference color component light of the plurality of colors. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310300 | DISPLAY DEVICE THAT DISPLAYS OPERATION GUIDE - A display device operates according to an operation mode which is currently set effective, and operates in compliance with instructions assigned to operation switches when the operation switches are operated. A guide display portion has a plurality of kinds of operation guides which correspond to patterns on a one-to-one basis, and displays any of the operation guides corresponding to any of the patterns that is currently used for assigning instructions to the operation switches. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310014 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - In an image pickup apparatus, a visible light cut filter allows infrared components to pass through, and blocks visible light components. A plurality of image pickup devices receive the light transmitted through the visible light cut filter such that a plurality of color components are received separately from each other. The visible light cut filter allows part of the visible light components to transmit such that the visible light component enters at least one of the plurality of image pickup devices. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110309781 | Motor Control Device And Motor Drive System - Provided is a motor control device including a voltage specifying unit which generates a specified voltage signal indicating a target value of an applied voltage to a motor on the basis of a specified current signal indicating a target value of supplied current to the motor, so as to control the motor in accordance with the specified voltage signal. An update unit is further provided, which sequentially updates a specified field current signal that is a field current component of the specified current signal to be given to the voltage specifying unit on the basis of difference information between a value of the specified voltage signal and a limit voltage value defined as an upper limit value of the applied voltage. The update unit includes a low pass filter. The specified field current signal after the update is generated on the basis of a signal obtained by passing the specified field current signal before the update through the low pass filter and the difference information. Otherwise, the specified field current signal after the update is generated on the basis of a signal obtained by passing an intermediate signal derived from the specified field current signal before the update and the difference information through the low pass filter. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110309693 | MOLDED MOTOR AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A first motor case ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110299487 | BROADCASTING METHOD AND RADIO APPARATUS - A processing unit sets the time interval before packet signals are broadcast, using a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) scheme. A modem unit and an RF unit broadcasts the packet signals at the time intervals set by the processing unit. The RF unit and the modem unit receive a control signal broadcast from an access control apparatus at a predetermined frequency. The processing unit sets the time interval, during which the control signal is receivable, to a time length shorter than the time interval for the remaining cases. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299045 | ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrical apparatus includes an air intake device which draws air into an apparatus body; a controller which controls the air intake device; a filter which removes unwanted matter from the air drawn into the apparatus body; and a removing device which removes the unwanted matter adhered to the filter. In this arrangement, the controller controls the air intake device to lower an air intake rate of the filter when the removing device is operated. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299043 | FILTER UNIT AND VIDEO PROJECTOR - A filter unit includes an air filter, which captures dust from intake air, and a cleaning unit, which automatically cleans the air filter. The cleaning unit includes a rotation brush, which removes dust from the air filter, and a dust box, which extends parallel to the rotation brush. The dust box includes a dust inlet that opens toward the rotation brush and receives dust from the rotation brush. The dust box is removable from the filter unit. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299042 | AIR FILTER DEVICE AND VIDEO PROJECTOR USING AIR FILTER DEVICE - An air filter device for a video projector, which includes a light source lamp having an optical axis and which is used in a state in which the optical axis of the light source lamp is horizontal. The air filter device includes an air filter and a cleaner that cleans the air filter. The cleaner includes a rotation brush rotated about a rotation axis to remove dust from the air filter while moving along an upstream side of the air filter. The rotation brush moves in a direction parallel to the optical axis of the light source lamp. A dust box receives dust removed from the rotation brush. The dust box includes an elongated container, which extends parallel to the rotation axis of the rotation brush, and a dust inlet, which opens toward the rotation brush to receive the dust from the rotation brush. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299041 | AIR FILTER DEVICE AND VIDEO PROJECTOR USING AIR FILTER DEVICE - An air filter device including a base, air filter, and self-propelled cleaning unit. The base includes a frame defining an opening through which air is drawn. The air filter captures dust from the air passing through the opening. The air filter is fastened to the frame by a fastener and includes an filter surface. The self-propelled cleaning unit is coupled to the base, moves along the filter surface when cleaning the first air filter, and is located at a standby position on the frame of the base when in a non-cleaning state. The self-propelled cleaning unit, which includes a cleaning brush, a dust box, and a motor, lies away from the entire filter surface of the first air filter and the fastener when located at the standby position. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110299040 | AIR FILTER DEVICE AND VIDEO PROJECTOR USING AIR FILTER DEVICE - An air filter device including a first air filter that captures dust from intake air and includes a rim, a filtering surface surrounded by the rim, and a grid dividing the filtering surface into a plurality of sections. A base includes an opening, through which air is drawn, and a frame, which surrounds the opening. The first air filter is coupled to the frame at an upstream side of the opening. A cleaner includes a rotation brush that moves along an upstream surface of the first air filter while rotating to remove dust from the first air filter. A support contacts and supports the rim and the frame at a downstream side of the first air filter against pressing forced applied to the first air filter by the rotation brush. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298995 | VIDEO PROJECTOR - A video projector including a housing to which an air filter is coupled in a removable manner. A brush cleans the air filter. A dust box collects dust from the brush and includes an opening that opens toward the brush. A handle is arranged on the housing so that the opening of the dust box is oriented upward when the handle is grasped to lift the housing. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298994 | AIR FILTER CLEANER AND VIDEO PROJECTOR - An air filter cleaner includes an air filter that captures dust. A brush cleans the air filter. A dust box collects dust from the brush. A rotary shaft rotates the brush. A moving mechanism moves the brush and the dust box using the rotation of the brush. A one-way clutch connects the brush and the rotary shaft. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298841 | OUTDOOR DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The outdoor display system has a solar cell; electricity storing device which stores electric power; a display apparatus which displays information, and a control device which supplies the electric power obtained by the solar cell to the display apparatus or the electricity storing unit. The control device has an acquisition part which acquires weather forecast information, and an accommodating adjusting part which accommodates adjusts the ratio of the electric power supplying to the display apparatus or to the electric power storing to the electricity storing unit according to the weather forecast information acquired by the acquisition part. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298697 | Outdoor Display System and Display Apparatus - The outdoor display system has a solar cell; an electricity storing unit which stores electricity obtained by the solar cell, and a display apparatus having a displaying portion displaying contents, wherein the apparatus is supplied an electric power from the storing unit or solar cell. The display apparatus may contain a display panel which displays contents; a receiving unit which receives contents transmitted wireless; a backlight which irradiates light to the display panel, and a control unit which controls the displaying of the received contents in the display panel. The control unit may perform the luminosity control of the backlight according to a residual capacity of the electricity storing unit. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298311 | ELECTRIC MOTOR AND MOBILE OBJECT - An electric motor includes: a rotor configured to rotate about a rotating shaft; a stator having a coil; and a mold resin configured to mold the stator. The stator includes a bus ring which is provided along a circumferential direction of the stator and which is connected to the coil. The bus ring has a terminal exposed from the mold resin to the outside. The terminal is held by a terminal holder provided outside the mold resin. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110297000 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An air filter coupled to an air inlet, which draws in air. The air filter is automatically cleaned to prevent clogging. When the supply of power is cut off during a cleaning operation sequence of the air filter and the electronic device restarts operation thereafter, the interrupted cleaning operation sequence is completed. An automatic cleaning operation may be performed on the air filter when a video projector, which serves as an electronic device, starts to operate. In addition, an automatic cleaning operation may he performed on the air filter when clogging of the air filter is detected. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110296805 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FILTER UNIT - A cleaner, which automatically cleans an air filter, is coupled to an outer (upstream) side of a partition including an intake port. The air filter is coupled to the intake port through which air is drawn. The partition includes an opening used to electrically connect the cleaner to an inner (downstream) side. A substrate is coupled to the opening | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110296804 | AIR FILTER CLEANING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An air filter device of a projector, which is an electronic device, includes an air filter and a brush. The air filter includes a cleaning region. The brush cleans the cleaning region while moving relative to the air filter. The cleaning region includes long sides and short sides extending in longitudinal and lateral directions, which are perpendicular to each other. The brush | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110296803 | AIR FILTER CLEANER AND VIDEO PROJECTOR - An air filter cleaner includes a brush, which cleans an air filter. A case moves back and forth together with the brush, which is arranged on the case. A pinion moves the brush and case back and forth and is arranged in the case. A rack supports the pinion. The rack is arranged along a direction in which the brush moves back and forth and includes a side surface facing toward the case. A groove, which is arranged in the side surface of the rack, extends in the direction in which the brush moves back and forth. A flange, which extends from the case, engages with and slides in the groove. The engagement of the groove and flange restricts movement of the case in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the brush moves back and forth. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110293975 | TEST METHOD FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - The test method for a lithium-ion secondary battery comprises a measuring potential difference Δ between an outer can and a negative electrode external terminal after a charging process, and if the potential difference Δ is a predetermined prescribed value or greater, the battery is determined as a non-defective product. This method can more accurately detect a battery in which a short circuit occurs temporarily, for example, when the negative electrode external terminal and the outer can come into contact simultaneously with a manufacturing apparatus than the case when a potential difference between the positive electrode external terminal and the outer can is measured. Thus the method can reduce the possibility of corrosion of the outer can due to lithium metal deposited on the inner surface of the outer can. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110293132 | ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - A frame has a notch having an opening at a side plane of the frame. A diaphragm is vibratably attached to one plane of the frame. A voice coil is attached to the diaphragm. A terminal is attached to the other plane of the frame. A lead is connected to the voice coil, drawn from one plane to the other plane through the notch, and connected to the terminal. One of intersection points at which a normal to the side plane that passes through the position of the lead in the notch and the side plane intersect that is closest to the opening and the lead in the notch are intervened therebetween by the frame. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110293131 | ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - A frame has a diaphragm's edge attached thereto. An attachment member has a frame portion and a hook. The frame portion has a first plane to be bonded to a casing, and a second plane opposite to the first plane. The hook is supported by the frame portion and also opposite to the second plane with a gap interposed. The frame at the portion having the diaphragm's edge attached thereto is fitted into the gap. A securing member secures the edge and the second plane together. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292782 | Optical Pickup Apparatus - An optical pickup apparatus comprising a first laser unit including a first laser light source and a second laser unit including second and third laser light sources, being respectively disposed on a reflection (transmitting) surface side and a transmitting (reflection) surface side of a first beam splitter, laser lights of the first, second, and third wavelengths being guided onto a common optical path through the first beam splitter and guided to the respective sorts of optical recording mediums, each of the laser lights being divided by a diffraction grating disposed on the common optical path into a main beam and sub-beams, a second beam splitter being disposed on the upstream side of the diffraction grating on a return path of each of the laser lights, the laser lights through the second beam splitter being branched from the common optical path and being received by a photodetector. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292355 | REFRACTIVE OPTICS AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed are a projection display apparatus and a projection optics provided in the projection display apparatus. The projection optics has a refractive optics and a reflective optics. In the refractive optics, a lens (non-circular lens) provided on a reflective optics side has a non-circular shape forming part of an imaginary circular region whose center is an optical axis center of the refractive optics. In other words, the non-circular lens has a shape of a cut-out portion of an imaginary circular lens having an optical axis center coinciding with the optical axis center of the refractive optics. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292249 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An electronic camera includes an imager. An imager, having an imaging surface capturing a scene, outputs an image. A specific key is transitioned among a non-operated state, a first operated state and a second operated state. A sensor senses the specific key being transitioned from the non-operated state to another state. A setter sets a reference indicating a magnitude different depending on a state of the specific key, in response to a sensing of the sensor. An adjuster adjusts an imaging condition based on the image outputted from the imager. A controller determines whether or not a variation of the scene captured by the imaging surface exceeds the reference set by the setter, so as to permit an adjusting process of the adjuster corresponding to a positive determined result while restrict the adjusting process of the adjuster corresponding to a negative determined result. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292090 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a backlight portion that shines light onto the display panel from a rear surface of the display panel; a backlight control portion that controls the backlight portion. The backlight portion is an LED backlight unit that includes a plurality of LEDs that are divided into a plurality of fixed groups. The backlight control portion is capable of performing at least either of: first control which turns off the LEDs that belong to one group and turns on the LEDs that belong to a group other than the one group and second control which turns on the LEDs that belong to the one group at a brightness lower than a brightness for turning on the LEDs that belong to the group other than the one group. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291705 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - Electronic equipment includes a battery, an interface portion to which a recording medium can be attached, a kind detection portion for detecting the kind of a recording medium, an access processing portion for executing a predetermined access process to a recording medium, a current consumption detection portion for detecting a value of current consumed by execution of the predetermined access process to the recording medium, an additional storage portion for storing a current consumption value corresponding to the detected kind into a storage portion, a power supply circuit for taking out and outputting electric power from the battery, and a power supply control portion for controlling the power supply circuit. The power supply control portion varies control on the power supply circuit in accordance with the current consumption value stored corresponding to the detected kind. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291499 | MOLDED MOTOR AND MOBILE BODY THEREWITH - A molded motor having a stator having an annular stator core coated with molding resin has a motor case which joins the stator. The motor case has a rib portion formed at the outer circumference of the junction face between the motor case and the stator. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110285806 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A recording and reproducing apparatus includes at least one of a camera and a microphone so that at least one of video information obtained by the camera and sound information obtained by the microphone is recorded as message information, a reproducing unit which reproduces the message information, a designated time receiving unit which receives designation of time, and a person distinguishing unit which distinguishes presence or absence of a person. The reproducing unit performs the reproduction in accordance with the designated time and a distinction result of the person distinguishing unit. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285758 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus that displays an image with adjustments made in the luminance of the individual pixels of a display includes: a weighting portion which assigns weights to the luminance of the individual pixels according to their position on the display. The weights assigned as a result of the weighting are set so as to decrease from the center to the edge of the display. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110284190 | CENTRIFUGAL AIR BLOWER AND AIR CONDITIONER - There is provided a centrifugal air blower that can reduce driving force (consumed driving force) when an air blower is rotated, and also increase an airflow amount of air to be blown out from the air blower. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110284050 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE - Provided is a solar cell module ( | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110281382 | NITRIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A nitride-based semiconductor device includes a substrate constituted by nitride-based semiconductor, a nitride-based semiconductor layer formed on the substrate and constituted by nitride-based semiconductor, formed with a light waveguide extending in a first direction, and first step portions formed at least on regions other than the vicinity of facets of the light waveguide from a surface opposite to a side where the nitride-based semiconductor layer of the substrate is formed along the first direction in which the light waveguide extends. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110280270 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a semiconductor laser chip and a package sealing the semiconductor laser chip. The package has a concave base portion with an opening provided in an upper surface and one side surface and a sealing member covering the opening, and the sealing member is mounted on a bonded region of the base portion through a sealant. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110280267 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - This semiconductor laser apparatus includes a semiconductor laser chip and a package sealing the semiconductor laser chip. The package includes a base body made of resin, a first sealing member mounted on an upper surface of the base body and a translucent second sealing member mounted on a front surface of the base body. The base body has an opening passing through the base body from the upper surface to the front surface, and the side of the opening closer to the upper surface is sealed with the first sealing member, while the side of the opening closer to the front surface is sealed with the second sealing member. | 11-17-2011 |
