| SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20120129059 | FUEL-CELL-MOUNTED VEHICLE AND LIQUID EJECTION METHOD - A fuel-cell-mounted vehicle includes: a fuel cell that is mounted in the vehicle and supplies electric power to a power part of the vehicle; a storage part to store water generated from the fuel cell; and a liquid ejection apparatus to eject the water of the storage part. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128203 | MOTION ANALYZING APPARATUS - A sensor unit is installed to a target object and detects a given physical amount. A data acquisition unit acquires output data of the sensor unit in a period including a first period for which a real value of a value of m time integrals of the physical amount is known and a second period that is a target for motion analysis. An error time function estimating unit performs m time integrals of the output data of the sensor unit and estimates a time function of an error of a value of the physical amount detected by the sensor unit with respect to the real value of the value of the physical amount detected by the sensor unit based on a difference between a value of m time integrals of the output data and the real value for the first period. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127683 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, RESONATOR, OSCILLATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a substrate, a functional structural body formed on the substrate and a covering structure for defining a cavity part having the functional structural body disposed therein, wherein the covering structure is provided with a side wall provided on the substrate and comprising an interlayer insulating layer surrounding the cavity part and a wiring layer; a first covering layer covering an upper portion of the cavity part and having an opening penetrating through the cavity part and composed of a laminated structure including a corrosion-resistant layer; and a second covering layer for closing the opening. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127526 | PRINTER CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING SYSTEM - Provided is a printer driver including: a first function which generates a first printing job which prints a document; a second function which generates a second printing job which prints information on the first printing job; a third function which outputs the second printing job; a fourth function which outputs the first printing job; a fifth function which determines whether or not a next to-be-printed document is present; a function which repeats the first function to the fifth function in the case where it is determined that the next to-be-printed document is present by the fifth function; and a function which performs the third function in the case where it is determined that the next to-be-printed document is absent by the fifth function. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127501 | Print Data Processing Method, Print Data Processing Device, And Print Data Processing System - A print data processing method can generate print data for duplex printing so that the scanning accuracy of a barcode printed on one side of a receipt is not reduced by a logo or other graphic that is printed on the other side of the receipt. Whether or not a linear barcode or other code data B is contained in the front print data D | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127484 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH POSITION DETECTING FUNCTION - In a light source unit of an optical position detecting device, a plurality of light emitting devices are mounted on a band-shaped flexible substrate, and the plurality of light emitting devices emit detection light. The flexible substrate is arranged so as to overlap a convex face of a substrate supporting member, and accordingly, in a case where the flexible substrate is too long, the end portion of the flexible substrate can be inserted into a notch. Therefore, there is no case in which the flexile substrate floats. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127471 | INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND OPTICAL ANALYZER - An interference filter includes a fixed mirror and a movable mirror which are disposed so as to face each other with a gap therebetween. The fixed mirror is formed by laminating a one-layer TiO | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127249 | RECORDING METHOD, LIGHT CURABLE TYPE INK SET, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is a recording method using a light-curable-type ink set including a light-curable-type color-ink composition containing a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a coloring material and a light-curable-type clear-ink composition containing a polymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the light-curable-type color-ink composition contains (1) an acylphosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator and (2) at least one of a thioxanthone-based photopolymerization initiator and/or an α aminoalkylphenone-based photopolymerization initiator which is in a range of 0.5 to 4 mass % with respect to the total mass of the color ink composition, wherein the light-curable-type clear-ink composition contains an acylphosphine oxide-based photopolymerization initiator which is in a range of 5 to 12 mass % with respect to the total mass of the clear-ink composition, and wherein illumination energy when a coated film made from the ink set is cured through light illumination from a light source is in a range of 100 to 800 mJ/cm | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127244 | METHOD OF SUPPLYING FLUID TO A FLUID EJECTION HEAD, FLUID SUPPLY MECHANISM, AND FLUID EJECTION DEVICE - A drop in the throughput of continuous printing operations caused by refilling a subtank with ink is suppressed. The control unit of an inkjet printer | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127243 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE AND FLUID STIRRING METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND FLUID STORAGE DEVICE AND FLUID STIRRING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A fluid storage device for storing a fluid, and a fluid ejection head for ejecting the fluid fed from the fluid storage device are provided. The fluid storage device is provided with a storage tank, and a spherical body formed of a magnetic material and provided inside the storage tank. Also provided are three or more attraction devices for attracting the spherical body; and a switching device for switching between attraction and non-attraction by the attraction devices according to a movement path selected from a plurality of movement paths based on a predetermined selection condition, and moving the spherical body inside the storage tank in the selected movement path. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127242 | LIQUID FEED VALVE UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid feed valve unit is configured to switch between a releasing mode for forcibly opening a valve and a blocking mode for closing the valve, and the valve can therefore be opened and closed in a short time as needed. Since the releasing mode is implemented by pushing the peripheral part and the pressure-receiving part of the flexible member, the flexible member can be prevented from flexing toward the outside of the liquid accommodating chamber even in the case that the pressure-receiving part is pushed. In this case, since a residual pressure can be prevented from forming in the liquid accommodating chamber, there is no need to suspend operation, and it is possible to immediately proceed to the next operation. A fast-operating liquid feed valve unit can thereby be obtained. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127239 | CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE - A circuit substrate includes a first terminal connected to a storage device, a second terminal to which voltage higher than voltage which is applied to the first terminal is applied, and a third terminal. The third terminal is disposed adjacent to the first terminal and the second terminal and connected to an overvoltage detection section provided in a printer. A convex portion is provided on a substrate surface between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a configuration is made such that a liquid droplet easily spreads from the second terminal to the third terminal rather than the liquid droplet spreading from the second terminal to the first terminal. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127237 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a first nozzle for ejecting a first type of liquid for base coating onto a recording target medium and a second nozzle for ejecting a second type of liquid onto a base formed as a result of the base coating. A distance between the first nozzle and the recording target medium is shorter than a distance between the second nozzle and the recording target medium. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127232 | PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device includes a casing having an opening, a carriage provided to be capable of moving within the casing, a heat-generating part provided inside the casing so as to be positioned deeper in from the opening than the carriage, and a detecting part for detecting the temperature of the interior of the casing; wherein when the detected temperature of the detecting part exceeds a predetermined value, the carriage is stopped at a position covering at least part of the heat-generating part as seen through the opening. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127229 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD IN RECORDING APPARATUS - In a feeding course, a first design side end position Xsn of a paper is calculated. A first side end position of the paper is detected by a paper width detector, and the detected position is set to a first side end position Xd | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127225 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A drive signal generating circuit of the liquid ejection apparatus may output a second drive signal including a first unit signal including a set of two ejection drive pulses, and a fine vibration drive pulse, and a second unit signal including a set of two ejection drive pulses; and at a steady speed area of the recording head, both the first unit signal and the second unit signal are output according to one timing signal while at an acceleration or deceleration area of the recording head, one first unit signal is output according to one timing signal. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127223 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRINTED GOODS USING INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink jet printing apparatus includes a printing unit having a printing head that discharges an ink onto a surface of a material to be subjected to printing being transported by a transport device to thereby print a predetermined pattern, and an ink fixing unit that solidifies and fixes the ink applied to the material, the fixing unit being located downstream of the printing unit in a transport direction of the material, and an ink removal unit that removes, in the case where the material has a nap on a surface thereof and a pigment ink is employed for printing, an unsolidified ink stuck to the nap. The ink removal unit is located between the printing unit and the ink fixing unit, and includes an ink removing element that contacts the nap on the surface so as to remove the ink stuck to the nap. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127167 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A display device includes: a determining unit that determines whether an input image is a 2D image or a 3D image; a storage unit that stores an OSD image; an OSD image acquisition unit that acquires any one of a 3D OSD image and a 2D OSD image based on the OSD image stored in the storage unit in correspondence to the result of the determination by the determining unit; an image combination unit that superimposes the OSD image acquired by the OSD image acquisition unit on the input image to thereby generate an image; and a display unit that displays the image generated by the image combination unit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127166 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A display device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a left-eye image and a right-eye image based on an input image; a storage unit that stores an OSD image; an OSD image acquisition unit that acquires at least one of a left-eye OSD image and a right-eye OSD image based on the OSD image stored in the storage unit; an image combination unit that superimposes the OSD images acquired by the OSD image acquisition unit on the left and right-eye images acquired by the image acquisition unit to thereby generate an image; and a display unit that displays the image generated by the image combination unit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127152 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE DRIVER CIRCUIT, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A circuit includes a first logic circuit section that outputs a signal that could be in an active voltage level depending on a transfer-signal input from a shift register throughout a display period and outputs a signal whose voltage is constant at the active voltage level throughout an off sequence period; an enable signal output section that outputs an enable signal that is pulsed during the display period; and a second logic circuit section that outputs a signal corresponding to a logical product of the output signal of the first logic circuit section and the enable signal. The enable signal output section keeps the voltage of the enable signal constant at the active voltage level throughout the off sequence period. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126668 | PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR ELEMENT AND PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATOR - A piezoelectric resonator element includes a piezoelectric substrate formed of an AT-cut quartz crystal substrate in which the thickness direction thereof is a direction parallel to the Y′ axis; and excitation electrodes disposed so as to face vibrating regions on both front and rear principal surfaces of the piezoelectric substrate. The piezoelectric substrate includes a rectangular excitation portion in which sides parallel to the X axis are long sides thereof, and sides parallel to the Z′ axis are short sides thereof; and a peripheral portion having a smaller thickness than the excitation portion and formed around the excitation portion. Each of side surfaces of the excitation portion extending in a direction parallel to the X axis is present in one plane, and each of side surfaces of the excitation portion extending in a direction parallel to the Z′ axis has a step. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126666 | POWER GENERATING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND TRANSPORTATION APPARATUS - A power generating device which includes a transformation member that is transformed by receiving a transformation force in a transformation direction, a first piezoelectric device that is disposed on the transformation member, a second piezoelectric device that is disposed on the transformation member, an inductor comprising a resonance circuit including the first piezoelectric device, a switch that is disposed in the resonance circuit, and a control unit that controls the switch to be in a conductive state for a predetermined period by detecting a voltage generated in the second piezoelectric device as the second piezoelectric device is transformed in response to the transformation force being applied to the transformation member. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126664 | VIBRATOR ELEMENT, SENSOR UNIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VIBRATOR ELEMENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SENSOR UNIT - A vibration gyro device has a base part and a pair of drive vibrating arms and a pair of detection vibrating arms respectively extended from both ends in a Y-axis direction of the base part. Further, adjustment vibrating arms extended from respective ends of connecting parts respectively extended from both ends in an X-axis direction of the base part in parallel to the drive vibrating arms are provided. At the end sides of the respective adjustment vibrating arms, spindle parts as wider parts are provided. On principal surfaces of the respective adjustment vibrating arms, adjustment electrodes as membranes for adjustment of leakage output of the vibration gyro device are provided. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126662 | POWER GENERATING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A power generating device includes a first substrate having a first electrode and a first positioning electrode being chargeable with a first polarity on a first surface, and a second substrate movable within a predetermined range from a static position in the planar direction of the first substrate and having a second electrode and a second positioning electrode being chargeable with a second polarity opposite to the first polarity on a second surface opposing the first surface. Overlapping the first positioning electrode and the second positioning electrode at least partially in plan view of the first substrate in the static position can cause the second substrate to return to the static position due to electrostatic attraction generated between the first positioning electrode and the second positioning electrode. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126271 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE HAVING A GAIN REGION AND A REFLECTOR - A light-emitting device has a first cladding layer, an active layer formed above the first cladding layer, a second cladding layer formed above the active layer, a gain region, and a reflecting part. The active layer has first and second side surfaces parallel to each other. The gain region has a first end surface disposed on the first side surface. The gain region also has a second end surface disposed inside from the second side surface and angled relative to the second side surface. The second end surface, the gain region and the first end surface are provided in a first normal direction relative to the second end surface. The reflecting part is disposed next to the second end surface. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126237 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device is provided with a data line which are provided in a pixel region, a pixel electrode formed from a transparent conductive material which is upper layer than the data line, a storage capacitance electrode which is provided in a layer between the pixel electrode and the data line so as to face the pixel electrode via a capacitance insulation film, an additional capacitance which has a first capacitance electrode and a second capacitance electrode which is formed in the same layer as the pixel electrode and the storage capacitance electrode, respectively. The second capacitance electrode is electrically connected to the data line. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125833 | FINE PARTICLE SEPARATOR - A fine particle separator includes a channel having an inlet; a chamber; a filter that is in communication with the channel and the chamber; and a piezoelectric element that vibrates the filter. The piezoelectric element may be provided on the channel forming member, and may vibrate the filter via the channel forming member. The channel may include an outlet. With the piezoelectric element directly or indirectly vibrating the filter, particles or a solid phase can be suppressed from adhering to the filter, and from closing the through holes of the filter. As a result, clogging can be reduced. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125481 | LIQUID FILL CONTAINER - There is provided a liquid fill container that is used to fill a liquid reservoir supplying a liquid to a liquid ejecting apparatus, with the liquid. The container includes a containing unit that contains the fill liquid; a filling port that is inserted into an inlet of the liquid reservoir, and that allows the liquid contained in the containing unit to flow therethrough to fill the liquid reservoir; and a positioning member that maintains the position of the filling port and the position of the liquid reservoir with respect to each other in the direction in which the filling port is inserted into the liquid reservoir during liquid filling of the liquid reservoir. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120122160 | THERMAL CYCLER AND THERMAL CYCLING METHOD - A thermal cycler includes a holder to which a biotip having a longitudinal direction is attached in such a manner that one end portion of the biotip is at a higher level than the other end portion, and that the distance between one end portion of the biotip and the rotational axis is shorter than the distance between the other end portion of the biotip and the rotational axis, a heating unit heats a first end portion of the biotip, a rotating unit rotates the holder, and a controller that controls the rotation speed of the rotating unit. The controller has a first mode a rotation speed at which the magnitude of the centrifugal force acting on the reaction mixture becomes smaller than the gravity, and a second mode a rotation speed at which the magnitude of the centrifugal force acting on the reaction mixture becomes greater than the gravity. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121307 | CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - A cleaning device includes a cleaning roller which contacts an intermediate transfer belt for carrying an image developed using a liquid developer, a cleaning roller which contacts the other cleaning roller and has a greater axial length than the other cleaning roller, and a rubber blade which contacts the cleaning roller and has a greater axial length than the cleaning roller. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121282 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - An image formation device comprises a control portion for controlling the amount of liquid developer supplied from a toner supply portion and the amount of carrier solution supplied from a carrier solution supply portion to adjust the toner concentration of liquid developer of a liquid developer concentration adjustment portion and to control the amount of liquid developer of the liquid developer concentration adjustment portion on the basis of the measured toner concentration of the liquid developer and the amount of the liquid developer, wherein the control portion adjusts the toner concentration of the liquid developer in the liquid developer concentration adjustment portion and controls the amount of the liquid developer in the liquid developer concentration adjustment portion when a recovered liquid stagnation detection portion does not detect that a recovered liquid is stagnant. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120772 | Electronic Timepiece with Internal Antenna - An electronic timepiece with internal antenna maintains sufficiently high reception performance of circularly polarized waves even when having a metal external case. The timepiece has a cylindrical case; a crystal that covers the opening on the face side of the case; a drive mechanism that arranged inside the case; a metal antenna; and a dielectric. The antenna houses the drive mechanism and has a cylindrical side part, a bottom part that covers the opening on the back side of the side part, and an antenna electrode that contacts the inside of the side part. The back cover covers the back side of the case and is also the bottom part. The dielectric extends circumferentially to the side part, and contacts the antenna electrode in the face-back cover direction. A slot extending circumferentially is formed in the antenna electrode. Part or all of the slot is covered by the dielectric. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120495 | OPTICAL FILTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FILTER - An optical filter comprising a first substrate, a second substrate having a support portion which supports the first substrate, a first optical film provided on the first substrate, a second optical film provided on the second substrate and arranged to face the first optical film, a first protective film covering at least the first optical film, a second protective film covering at least the second optical film, a first bonding film, a portion of the first bonding film overlapping a surface of the first protective film in a plan view but does not overlapping the first optical film and a second bonding film, a portion of the second bonding film overlapping a surface of the second protective film in the plan view but does not overlapping the second optical film. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120461 | COMPLEX APPARATUS - A complex apparatus includes a recording device including a recording unit that executes recording on a medium; an image reading device, provided so as to be freely openable/closable with respect to the upper portion of the recording device via a hinge portion, including an image reading unit that reads an image; a first contact portion, provided in the image reading device, that makes contact with a housing of the recording device when the image reading device is in a closed state; a second contact portion, provided in the housing of the recording device, that makes contact with the first contact portion when the image reading device is in a closed state; and a third contact portion, provided in an apparatus frame that holds the recording unit, that makes contact with the housing of the recording device at the lower area of the second contact portion. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120458 | ACTUATOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ACTUATOR, LIGHT SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An actuator includes a light reflection part having light reflectivity, a movable part having the light reflection part and being rotatable around a rotation center axis, a pair of connection parts connected to the movable part, and a support part that supports the pair of connection parts, and each of the connection parts includes a pair of beam members, a distance between the pair of beam members gradually increases from a first surface side toward a second surface side of the movable part when seen from a direction in parallel to the rotation center axis of the movable part, and given that a distance between ends at the first surface side of the pair of beam members is W | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120442 | RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control device is notified of recording problems in a recording device based on the location of drive data in a storage device. A printer | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120425 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDENCE RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION CREATION METHOD - A printing system includes a first unit that obtains a rendering command specifying a combination of at least a thickness and a color of a line; a second unit that converts the rendering command into a converted rendering command by converting the combination specified in the rendering command so that an average darkness of a result of printing the line matches a desired average darkness of a result of printing the line using a target printer; a third unit that generates image data including the rendered line based on the converted rendering command; and a printing unit that executes printing based on the image data. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120403 | OPTICAL DEVICE - An optical device includes a telecentric optical system, a variable wavelength interference filter, and a detection section, the variable wavelength interference filter includes a first reflecting film, a second reflecting film provided to a movable section, and an electrostatic actuator adapted to displace the movable section, an effective measurement area capable of transmitting a light with a wavelength, which is within a predetermined allowable range centered on a measurement center wavelength when an amount of the displacement of the movable section takes a maximum displacement value, is set in the first reflecting film and the second reflecting film, and the telecentric optical system guides the incident light to the variable wavelength interference filter so that a principal ray of the incident light is parallel thereto and perpendicular to the first reflecting film, and at the same time, collects the incident light in the effective measurement area. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120402 | WAVELENGTH VARIABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND LIGHT ANALYZER - A wavelength variable interference filter includes: a first movable mirror disposed on a first substrate; a second movable mirror disposed so as to be opposed to the first movable mirror with a predetermined gap interposed therebetween; and an electrostatic actuator which varies the length of the gap between the mirrors. The first substrate has a first movable portion on which the first movable mirror is disposed, and a first linkage portion which holds the first movable portion in such a manner that the first movable portion can shift in the thickness direction of the substrate. The second substrate has a second movable portion on which the second movable mirror is disposed, and a second linkage portion which holds the second movable portion in such a manner that the second movable portion can shift in the thickness direction of the substrate. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120357 | ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An electro-optic device is provided with an substrate, in which a stress relieving film formed of a doped silicon oxide film is formed between a third interlayer insulating film formed of a non-doped silicon oxide film and a pixel electrode formed of an aluminum film or the like. The stress relieving film is formed of the doped silicon oxide film, has a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of the third interlayer insulating film, comes in contact with the third interlayer insulating film, has a thermal expansion coefficient different from that of the pixel electrode, and comes in contact with the pixel electrode. The thermal expansion coefficients are in the following relation of Third Interlayer Insulating Film| 05-17-2012 | |
| 20120120291 | IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE-CAPTURING METHOD, AND IMAGE-CAPTURING PROGRAM - An electronic shutter control part is configured to control an electronic shutter. A mechanical shutter has a light-shielding part. The mechanical shutter is configured to end exposing the first and second photoelectric conversion elements by moving the light-shielding part. The assessing part is configured to assess whether the length of a exposure time is longer or less than a threshold value. The electronic shutter control part is configured to control the electronic shutter to start exposing the first photoelectric conversion element at a first exposure-start timing and control the electronic shutter to start exposing the second photoelectric conversion element at a second exposure-start timing in order to make the first exposure time to be closer to the second exposure time when the exposure time is less than a threshold value, than when the exposure time is longer than a threshold value | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120166 | Liquid Container - A liquid container comprises a liquid container pouch of flexible sheets and a liquid outlet between the pair of flexible sheets to permit extraction of a liquid in the pouch. The pouch includes a pair of side portions and a lower gusseted portion defining a basal gusset and including bilateral edge portions overlapping individual lower border zones on the side constituting the lower borders of the pair of side portions during extraction of liquid. The individual lower border zones and the individual bilateral side edge portions overlap to define sealed portions; the lower gusseted portion has a fold line parallel to the lower border between the bilateral edge portions and is oriented in a folding direction to define a chevron shape pointing inwardly into the pouch; and the two sealed portions having regulators to restrain outward expansion by a greater extent than other faces on the pair of side portions. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120162 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric layer and electrodes provided to the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer has a perovskite structure that includes Bi, Fe, Ba, Ti, and Co, and the mole ratio of Co to the total amount of Co and Fe is 0.02 or more and 0.07 or less. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120161 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element comprises a electrode and a piezoelectric layer made of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure containing at least bismuth, barium, iron, and titanium. A layered compound containing iron, barium, titanium and oxygen is formed between the piezoelectric layer and the electrode. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120159 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A common electrode includes a plurality of individual sections arranged so as to correspond to pressure chambers that are divided by a plurality of slits, and a base section that joins one end of the individual sections. The individual sections on a base section side gradually widen in plain view. The common electrode has thin film sections at the individual sections and a thick film section at the base section, and the film thickness gradually increases from the thin film sections towards the thick film section in a region between the thin film sections and the thick film section. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120150 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection device includes: a support member configured and arranged to support a conveyed medium conveyed in a predetermined direction; a liquid ejection head having an ejection surface facing the support member with the ejection surface having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a liquid onto the conveyed medium; and a protecting member provided between the ejecting surface and the conveyed medium, arranged in a position fixed relative to the support member, and having an open part that allows passage of the liquid ejected from the liquid ejection head. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120147 | Ink Jet Printer, Ink Jet Recording Method, and Recorded Matter - The present invention provides an ink jet printer having storage for storing ink, a recording head including a nozzle for ejecting ink, and a passage between the storage and the recording head for conducting the ink. At least one of these components comprising an ink-contacting member that comprises an antioxidant of the following formula (1) of a concentration of 100 ppm or less: | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120140 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE METHOD - A movable member configured to move when a liquid ejecting apparatus is inclined from a posture to be taken when ejecting liquid upon receipt of an action of the gravitational force and a memory unit configured to store the fact that the movable member is moved in response to abutment with the moved movable member are provided and the presence or absence of the movement of the movable member is acquired after the power has been turned ON. Accordingly, a change of the posture of the liquid ejecting apparatus in a power OFF state can be determined after the fact after the power has been turned ON. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120139 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD OF RECORDING APPARATUS - When ink is depleted, slow printing is performed, and the print data of one nozzle row is created. If ink is depleted in a first ink cartridge, the print data is set to the nozzle row D, and ink is ejected from the nozzle row D connected to the second ink cartridge in which ink is not depleted, thereby performing the printing. Meanwhile, if ink is depleted in the second ink cartridge, the print data is set to the nozzle row C, and ink is ejected from the nozzle row D connected to the first ink cartridge in which ink is not depleted, thereby performing the printing. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120137 | LIQUID JET APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A liquid jet apparatus according to the present invention includes a drive circuit adapted to apply a drive signal to an actuator of a liquid jet head, and a power supply voltage control circuit adapted to control a power supply voltage to the drive signal to be a waveform voltage set previously based on a reference signal obtained from one of the drive signal and a signal in a generation stage of the drive signal, | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120136 | CAPACITIVE LOAD DRIVING CIRCUIT, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL APPARATUS - A modulated signal is generated by performing pulse modulation of a drive waveform signal that is a reference for a drive signal to be applied to a capacitive load, and the drive signal is generated by performing power amplification of the acquired modulated signal and then smoothing the power-amplified modulated signal. Then, negative feedback of the drive signal applied to the capacitive load is applied to the drive waveform signal that is the reference for the drive signal. At this time, a predetermined analog compensation process for smoothing gain characteristics in a frequency band included in the drive signal is performed for the drive signal, then the acquired signal is converted into a digital signal, and negative feedback of the digital signal is applied to the drive waveform signal. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120135 | PRINT HEAD, PRINTING DEVICE, AND PRINTING METHOD - To provide a technique for largely preventing conspicuous banding from appearing in printed images, a print head is provided with three nozzle rows in which a plurality of nozzles are arrayed in a sub-scanning direction, the nozzle rows being spaced apart in a main scanning direction. In two nozzle rows among the three nozzle rows, the positions of the nozzles in the sub-scanning direction are mutually the same, and in one nozzle row among the three nozzle rows, the positions of the nozzles the sub-scanning direction lie between nozzles of the two nozzle rows in the sub-scanning direction. The three nozzle rows can eject ink of the same hue. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120075 | SHUTTER GLASSES AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A pair of shutter glasses capable of reducing decrease in brightness of displayed images to be visually recognized is provided. A pair of shutter glasses include a pair of light selectors the state of each of which is switched between a light transmitting state in which the light selector transmits light and a light blocking state in which the light selector blocks light. When a full area where light is transmitted or blocked in the light transmitting state or the light blocking state is virtually divided into a plurality of divided areas along a first direction, each of the light selectors switches the state of each of the plurality of divided areas between the light transmitting state and the light blocking state sequentially along the first direction. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120049 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An integrated circuit device includes first to Nth circuit blocks (N is an integer of two or more) disposed along the long side of the integrated circuit device. One circuit block of the first to Nth circuit blocks is a logic circuit block, and another circuit block of the first to Nth circuit blocks is a programmable ROM of which at least part of data stored therein can be programmed by a user. The logic circuit block and the programmable ROM block are adjacently disposed along a first direction. At least part of information stored in the programmable ROM block is supplied to the logic circuit block. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120028 | OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - An optical detection system includes a detection part that detects object information as information of an object based on a light reception result of reflected light by reflection of irradiation light on the object, and a processing part that performs processing based on the object information, and the processing part acquires reflectance information of the object as the object information and performs processing of a command designated by the object based on the acquired reflectance information. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119962 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The invention includes a first circuit board on which a plurality of first terminal sections is arranged, a high-frequency circuit arranged on the first circuit board and connected to at least one of the plurality of first terminal sections, a second circuit board on which is arranged a plurality of second terminal sections facing the plurality of first terminal sections, a first internal circuit arranged on the second circuit board and connected to at least one of the plurality of second terminal sections, and electrical continuity unit providing electrical continuity among the plurality of first terminal sections and the plurality of second terminal sections. At least two contiguous terminals of the plurality of first terminal sections and/or the plurality of second terminal sections including a terminal connected to the high-frequency circuit are connected via a capacitor and function as an antenna for wireless communication. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119945 | SATELLITE ORBITAL DATA COMPRESSION METHOD, SATELLITE ORBITAL DATA PROVIDING METHOD, SATELLITE ORBITAL DATA EXPANSION METHOD, SERVER, AND POSITIONING APPARATUS - A compression method of satellite orbital data includes: calculating an estimate value of a first parameter from a predetermined calculation using either another parameter value or a first parameter in a different unit term, and replacing the first parameter value with the difference value between the estimate value and the first parameter value. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119797 | CAPACITIVE LOAD DRIVE CIRCUIT, LIQUID INJECTOR, AND MEDICAL DEVICE - A drive waveform signal is pulse-modulated and a modulated signal is generated, the obtained modulated signal is power-amplified, and then, a drive signal is demodulated using a low pass filter. Thus obtained drive signal is negatively fed back, and thereby, the resonance peak of the low pass filter is suppressed. In this regard, by bringing gain in a wider frequency domain to take a fixed value or more, a drive signal having a voltage exceeding a power supply voltage may be stably generated. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119667 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An electro-optical device includes a first pixel circuit which is disposed so as to correspond to each intersection between a scanning line and a first data line, a second pixel circuit which is disposed so as to correspond to each intersection between a scanning line and a second data line, a signal line, a selection section, a driving circuit. In a first selection period, the selection section is operated such that the first data line and the second data line are electrically connected to the signal line. In the second selection period, the selection section is operated such that the second data line is electrically connected to the signal line. In a writing period, the first data potential is supplied to the first pixel circuit and the second data potential is supplied to the second pixel circuit. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119618 | POWER GENERATING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A power generating device includes: a piezoelectric member that is formed from a piezoelectric material; one pair of electrodes that are installed to the piezoelectric member; a transformation unit that repeatedly transforms the piezoelectric member; an inductor that is installed between the one pair of electrodes and configures a resonance circuit together with a capacitive component of the piezoelectric member; a switch that is connected to the inductor in series; and a switch control unit that connects the switch when a transformation direction of the piezoelectric member is switched, and cuts off the switch when a time corresponding to a half period of a resonance period of the resonance circuit elapses. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119314 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A photoelectric conversion element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion element provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The photoelectric conversion element includes a polymer. The polymer includes at least one light absorber which absorbs light and generates at least one kind of carrier. An end part of the polymer combines with a surface, which faces the second electrode, of the first electrode. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117770 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC FILM, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric film using a piezoelectric film-forming composition. The piezoelectric film-forming composition contains Bi, Fe, Mn, Ba, and Ti and the mole ratio of Bi to the total amount of Fe and Mn is 1.02 or more 1.08 or less. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117405 | Information Processing Device and Data Distribution Method - An information processing device that is connected to one or more other information processing devices and distributes hibernation data to another information processing device, includes: a storage unit that stores the hibernation data; a configuration information acquisition unit that acquires identification information and configuration information describing a device configuration of each information processing device from the other information processing device; a configuration evaluation unit that analyzes the acquired configuration information and determines if the configuration of the device is the same as the configuration of the other information processing device; and a data transmission unit that, when there is at least one information processing device with the same device configurationas itself among the other informationprocessing devices, sends the hibernation data to an information processing device with the same configuration using the identification information of that other device as the address. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113499 | ELECTROPHRETIC DISPLAY AND ELECTRONICS DEVICE - An electrophoretic display includes a first substrate and a second substrate; base portions which are provided in a display area on the first substrate such that any two mutually adjacent ones of the base portions are disposed so as to have an interspace therebetween; reflection plates which are provided on upper surfaces of the base portions, respectively; first electrodes which are overlapped with the reflection plates, respectively; second electrodes which are provided in the interspaces on the first substrate so as to correspond to the first electrodes, respectively; a sealing member which is provided between the first and second substrates so as to enclose the display area; and dispersion liquid which is provided between the first and second substrates, and which includes a dispersion medium, and electrophoretic particles dispersed in the dispersion medium, the electrophoretic particles having a color different from the reflection plate. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113476 | PRINTING APPARATUS, COLOR CONVERSION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing apparatus prints an image with the use of a luster agent and a colorant, and is provided with a color conversion unit which converts a color of an image into a printed color expressed by the luster agent and the colorant such that a degree of change in brightness with respect to a gradation change for pixels belonging to a highlighted part, in which index values relating to the brightness are equal to or greater than a first predetermined value, is greater than that for pixels with index values which do not belong to the highlighted part, among the pixels constituting the image. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113444 | PRINTING APPARATUS, COLOR CONVERSION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The printing apparatus is a printing apparatus which prints an image by forming a layer containing a colorant on a recording medium having luster, and is provided with a color conversion unit which converts a color of an image into a printed color expressed by the colorant such that a degree of change in brightness with respect to a gradation change for pixels belonging to a highlighted part in which index values relating to the brightness are equal to or greater than a predetermined value is greater than that for pixels with index values which do not belong to the highlighted part, among the pixels constituting the image. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113436 | OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL DETECTION METHOD - An optical detection device includes: an irradiation unit that emits irradiation light onto an area formed along a planar area; first and second light receiving units that receive reflection light of the irradiation light reflected by a target object; and a calculation unit that calculates positional information of the target object based on a light reception result of at least one of the first and second light receiving units. A distance between the second light receiving unit and the planar area is shorter than a distance between the first light receiving unit and the planar area, and the first and second light receiving units receive the reflection light that is incident in a direction along the planar area. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113387 | Progressive Power Lens and Progressive Power Lens Design Method - A progressive power lens including a distance portion for visual recognition of a far working distance, a near portion for visual recognition of a near working distance, and an intermediate portion provided between the distance portion and the near portion, the intermediate portion including a position of an amount of intermediate inset in which a visual line when the intermediate working distance is visually recognized passes an eyeball side surface of the progressive power lens, and addition at intermediate position for viewing an intermediate working distance smaller than the far working distance and larger than the near working distance being set to the position of the amount of intermediate inset. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113333 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device and a projection-type display apparatus provided with the liquid crystal device are provided in which it is possible to prevent an electrochemical corrosion reaction from occurring in the course of a process. An aluminum film constituting a first terminal and a first electrode for inter-substrate connection formed to be electrically separated (insulated) from each other on one face side of a first substrate of the liquid crystal device, an ITO film constituting a dummy pixel electrode and a second electrode of inter-substrate connection, a common electrode (second substrate side electrode) formed on a second substrate are electrically connected by an inter-substrate connection member provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113201 | ULTRAVIOLET CURABLE TYPE INK-JET INK COMPOSITION, RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS USISNG SAME - Provided is a UV curable type ink-jet ink composition containing a monomer A which is expressed by the following general formula (I): | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113189 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - A liquid ejecting head includes: a head main body including a nozzle opening that ejects a liquid; and a fixed plate fixed to a liquid ejecting surface of the head main body, and including an exposure opening, the nozzle opening of the head main body being formed in the liquid ejecting surface of the head main body, the nozzle opening of the liquid ejecting surface being exposed to the exposure opening. A positioning hole open to the liquid ejecting surface and positioned with respect to the nozzle opening is provided in the head main body. The fixed plate is fixed to the liquid ejecting surface so as to close the positioning hole. The fixed plate includes an extension portion protruding from the liquid ejecting surface. At least two head positioning holes are provided in the extension portion. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113179 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a support member in which a plurality of suction holes that apply suction to a recording medium are formed in a support surface that supports the recording medium; a transport device that transports the recording medium along the support surface; a recording head that prints onto the recording medium supported by the support surface by ejecting a fluid; and a regulating member, provided downstream from the suction holes formed in the location that is furthest downstream in the transport direction, that suppresses the recording medium from lifting off the support surface by more than a predetermined height. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113178 | PRINTING APPARATUS, COLOR CONVERSION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printing apparatus, which performs the printing using a polish and a colorant includes a reduction region setting portion that sets a reduction region, which is a region where an amount of the polish is reduced, at a dark portion side of a color gamut of the printing apparatus in a device-independent color space; and a color conversion portion which converts color of an image to be input to the printing apparatus into a print color to be expressed by the polish and the colorant, wherein, among pixels constituting the image, in a pixel included in the reduction region, the color conversion portion reduces the amount of the polish compared to a pixel not included in the reduction region, and converts color of the image to the print color. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113076 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONICS DEVICE - Pairs of a TFT and a pixel electrode, the number of which is (m×n), are provided. The TFT has a gate electrode connected to a scanning line, a source electrode connected to a data line, and a drain electrode connected to the pixel electrode. The pixel electrodes are arrayed in a matrix of m rows and n columns. Each of the pixel electrodes on any column is alternately electrically connected to either of two adjacent data lines via the TFT. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112938 | A/D CONVERTER CIRCUIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND A/D CONVERSION METHOD - An A/D converter circuit includes a comparison circuit that performs a process to compare an added signal of a sampled signal of an input signal and a code signal with a D/A output signal, or a process to compare the sampled signal with an added signal of the D/A output signal and the code signal, a control circuit that outputs output data obtained based on successive approximation result data and the code data as A/D conversion data of the input signal, a first D/A converter circuit that D/A converts the data for successive approximation, a second D/A converter circuit that D/A converts code data that changes over time, and a correction section that performs a correction process, to correct the successive approximation result data so as not to overflow due to code shifting using the code data. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112216 | SINGLE COLOR LED CLUSTERS FOR IMAGE GENERATION - A display device for increasing brightness of an image generation, including a color cluster system, is provided. The system includes a first color LED cluster having at least a first LED of a first wavelength within a first color range and a second LED of a second different wavelength within the first color range. The light from the first LED may be combined at least partially with light from the second LED The system further comprises a second color LED cluster having at least a first LED of a first wavelength within a second color range and a second LED of a second different wavelength within the second color range. In the second color LED cluster, the light from the first LED may be combined at least partially with light from the second LED. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120111615 | FUNCTIONAL DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE FUNCTIONAL DEVICE, PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A functional device according to an embodiment of the invention includes: an insulating substrate; a movable section; movable electrode fingers provided in the movable section; and fixed electrode fingers provided on the insulating substrate and arranged to be opposed to the movable electrode fingers. The fixed electrode fingers include: first fixed electrode fingers arranged on one side of the movable electrode fingers; and second fixed electrode fingers arranged on the other side of the movable electrode fingers. The first fixed electrode fingers and the second fixed electrode fingers are arranged to be spaced apart from each other. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120110066 | IMAGE INPUT METHOD, CONTENT ITEM SERVER, AND RELAY SERVER - An image input system includes a client, a content item server, a relay server, and an image input apparatus. When the client receives an instruction to input an image, the client transmits a first input request including the address of the content item server to the relay server and the relay server transmits a second input request to the image input apparatus. The image input apparatus inputs the image and transmits the image to the relay server. The relay server transmits the image to the address included in the first input request. The content item server stores the image in a predetermined storage location inside a storage unit. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110065 | CONTENT OUTPUTTING METHOD, CONTENT SERVER AND MEDIATION SERVER - A content outputting system includes a client, a content server, a mediation server and an outputting apparatus. Upon reception of a request for outputting content data, the client transmits a request for outputting, which includes a storage location of the content, to the mediation server, so that the mediation server transmits a request for acquisition of the content data to the content server. The content server retrieves the content data from a storage section thereof, and transmits the retrieved content data to the mediation server. The mediation server creates output data on the basis of the received content data, and then, transmits the created output data to the outputting apparatus. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109584 | LIGHT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A light measurement device comprising an optical sensor that includes a tunable interference filter and a detecting section detecting light passed through the tunable filter, a storing section that stores a first correlation data and a second correlation data, and a CPU that obtains amount of the light by controlling the optical sensor based on the first correlation data and a second correlation data. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109572 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD - A temperature measurement device includes a temperature measurement part, a calculation part, and a control part for controlling the operation of the temperature measurement part and the calculation part; wherein the temperature measurement part has a substrate having a first surface as a contact surface with a measured body, and a second surface as an environment-side surface which is opposite the first surface; a first temperature sensor; a second temperature sensor; and an environment temperature acquiring part; and the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor measure a first temperature and a second temperature a plurality of times under conditions in which a third temperature varies; and the calculation part calculates a deep temperature in a deep part of the measured body, on the basis of a deep temperature calculation equation, by using the measured temperatures. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109571 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A temperature measurement device includes a temperature measurement part, a calculation part, and a control part for controlling the operation of the temperature measurement part and the calculation part; wherein the temperature measurement part has a substrate having a first surface as a contact surface with a measured body, and a second surface as an environment-lateral surface which is opposite the first surface; a first temperature sensor; a second temperature sensor; and a third temperature sensor; and the first temperature sensor, the second temperature sensor, and the third temperature sensor measure a first temperature, a second temperature, and a third temperature a plurality of times under conditions in which the temperature of the environment varies; and the calculation part calculates a deep temperature in a deep part of the measured body by using the measured temperatures. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106922 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - In the case of performing focus adjustment, image quality control is performed to set to relatively a high-contrast sense color mode of plural color modes that enable to set according to an environment at the time of projection. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106126 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR - The phosphor wheel (wavelength conversion element) includes: a substrate; a light-emitting element having at least a phosphor layer provided on one surface of the substrate; and a first reflective portion provided in at least a first side face of the phosphor layer to change a propagation direction of the light propagating inside the phosphor layer such that an angle with respect to a normal line of the emission face where the fluorescent light is emitted from the light-emitting element is reduced. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106107 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A mounting structure includes: an electronic component including: a functional element having a predetermined function; a first resin protrusion section having a surface covered by a covering film including a conductive section electrically connected to the functional element; and a second resin protrusion section that is disposed inside an area surrounded by the first resin protrusion section, and has adhesiveness at least on a surface of the second resin protrusion section, and a base member having a connection electrode and adapted to mount the electronic component. In the structure, the second resin protrusion section mounts the electronic component on the base member in a condition in which the conductive section of the covering film has conductive contact with the connection electrode due to elastic deformation of the first resin protrusion section. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105991 | LIGHT FILTER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHT FILTER, AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A light filter includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first bonding film provided in an entire region at the second substrate side of the first substrate, a second bonding film provided in an entire region at the first substrate side of the second substrate, a first optical film provided on the first bonding film of the first substrate, a second optical film provided on the second bonding film of the second substrate, a first electrode provided on the first bonding film of the first substrate, and a second electrode provided on the second bonding film of the second substrate, and the first substrate and the second substrate are fixed by bonding of the first bonding film and the second bonding film, and the first optical film, the second optical film, the first electrode, and the second electrode are formed of the same material. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105964 | LIGHT FILTER AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A light filter comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, a first optical film, a second optical film, a second bonding film, and a first bonding film, wherein the first optical film is formed to be a multilayer film in which a first optical substrate film, a first optical intermediate film, and a first optical surface film are stacked, the second optical film is formed to be a multilayer film in which a second optical substrate film, a second optical intermediate film, and a second optical surface film are stacked, a part of the first bonding film is one of the first optical substrate film and the first optical intermediate film, and a part of the second bonding film is one of the second optical substrate film and the second optical intermediate film. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105941 | DISPLAY SHEET, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes a substrate that is provided on a display face side, an opposed substrate that is provided opposing the substrate, a display layer that is provided between the substrate and the opposed substrate and is filled with a dispersion liquid in which white particles and black particles are dispersed in a dispersion medium, and a particle constrained layer that is provided in the display layer to allow the particles to move in a thickness direction of the display layer and to prevent the particles from moving in an in-plane direction of the display layer. A void ratio of the particle constrained layer of the substrate side is higher than that of the opposed substrate side. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105940 | DISPLAY SHEET, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes a substrate that is provided on a display surface side, an opposing substrate that is arranged opposing the substrate, and a display layer that is provided between the substrate and the opposing substrate. The display layer includes a three-dimensional elastic body that is impregnated by a dispersion liquid in which at least one type of particle that is positively or negatively charged is dispersed in a dispersion medium and a bonding layer that is provided between the three-dimensional mesh-like elastic body and the substrate and which bonds the three-dimensional mesh-like elastic body to the substrate. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105816 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A projection display device including: an image projection section configured to project an image toward a projection surface; an imaging section configured to shoot the image projected on the projection surface; a location specifying section configured to specify a location of a position indication light based on a shot image by the imaging section; and a display control section configured to set a projection range of the image to a range including an image area corresponding to the location specified by the location specifying section, and to alter the projection range of the image in accordance with the set projection range. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105813 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, a projector comprises an imaging unit that photographs a projection surface and acquires a first photographed image during a projection of a featured image at a first time point and acquires a second photographed image during the projection of the featured image at a second time point different from the first time point. An image processing unit generates a reference image based on the first photographed image and generates a comparative image based on the second photographed image. A movement detecting unit detects a change in a relative position of the projector with respect to the projection surface by using the reference image and the comparative image generated by the image processing unit. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105745 | POLARIZATION ELEMENT, PROJECTOR, LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZATION ELEMENT - A polarization element according to the invention includes a substrate, a metal layer and an absorber layer formed on the substrate to form a stripe in a plan view and stacked in a thickness direction of the substrate, a first dielectric layer formed on a surface of the metal layer and a second dielectric layer formed on a surface of the absorber layer. The first dielectric layer is made of an oxide of a metal constituting the metal layer, and the second dielectric layer is made of an oxide of a material constituting the absorber layer. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105568 | Thermal Printer - The platen bearings attached to the shaft end parts of the removable platen roller are pressed by lock levers to bearing insertion slots that are formed in the main frame of the thermal printer so that the positions of the platen bearings are determined by two points on the main frame and one point on the lock lever. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105567 | PRINTER, RECORDING PAPER POSITIONING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM EXECUTED BY A CONTROL UNIT THAT CONTROLS A PRINTER - A printer detects black marks BM formed at a constant interval along the length of recording paper by a detector disposed to the recording paper conveyance path at a position upstream from a printing position, positions the recording paper to a printing start position for printing on the recording paper based on the detection results from the detector, and positions the recording paper to a cutting position downstream from the printing position in order to cut the recording paper based on detection of a black mark BM after printing ends. When a power-off command is input, the printer starts conveying the recording paper forward, stops conveying the recording paper when a black mark BM is detected by the detector after conveyance starts, and then turns the power off. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105556 | INK CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY, CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLY KIT, AND PRINTER - A cartridge assembly includes a plurality of ink cartridges each having a cartridge case that holds ink therein, and at least one connecting member that connects the plurality of ink cartridges together in a connection direction. The ink cartridges connected by the at least one connecting member are movable relative to each other in the connection direction of the ink cartridges. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105547 | LIQUID JETTING HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A liquid jetting head includes a nozzle plate, a liquid passage plate and a sealing plate. The nozzle plate is provided with a plurality of nozzle orifices. The liquid passage plate has a first face and a second face which are opposite to each other. The liquid passage plate is provided with a plurality of grooves which are arranged in a first direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the groove on the first face, each groove having a communication port which passes through from the first face to the second face. The sealing plate for sealing opening faces of the grooves. The sealing plate is jointed to the first face so that a plurality of pressure generating chambers are formed. The nozzle plate is jointed to the second face such that the communication holes are communicated with the nozzle orifices respectively. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105540 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - In a printer, a transport mechanism and a waste ink container are arranged in this order from a recording paper accommodating section, the transport mechanism, a recording head, and an ink tank loading section are arranged in order of the recording head and the ink tank loading section from a side of the transport mechanism, the array direction of the recording paper accommodating section, the transport mechanism, and the waste ink container and the array direction of the transport mechanism, the recording head, and the ink tank loading section cross each other. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105530 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR A LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - A threshold passed signal indicating that a threshold for a remaining liquid amount has been passed is inputted from a threshold sensor that detects the actual remaining liquid amount in the liquid holding unit when the liquid ejection command is being executed, the control apparatus drives the liquid ejecting head so that the liquid continues to be ejected based on the liquid ejection command until the inputted liquid ejection command ends. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105369 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus includes a base material facing the outside and configured to serve as an operation surface of the input apparatus; a substrate arranged so as to be on the inner side, i.e., the opposite side to the operation surface of the input apparatus, and so as to face the base material; at least one first pad arranged on the substrate so as to face the base material via a dielectric member and configured to detect a capacitance; at least one second pad arranged on the substrate so as to face the base material with an air layer therebetween and configured to detect a capacitance; and a control section connected to the first and second pads, and configured to control the first and second pads. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105165 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR, SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE OSCILLATOR, AND SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE MODULE DEVICE - A surface acoustic wave resonator includes a piezoelectric substrate and an interdigital transducer (IDT) that includes electrode fingers exciting a surface acoustic wave on the piezoelectric substrate, a first region at a center of the IDT, and a second region and a third region at opposite sides of the IDT. In the IDT, a line occupation rate at which an electromechanical coupling coefficient becomes a maximum is different from the line occupation rate at which reflection of the surface acoustic wave becomes a maximum. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105164 | PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATION CIRCUIT AND TEMPERATURE-CONSTANT PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATOR - A piezoelectric oscillation circuit includes: a Colpitts oscillation circuit; a first circuit unit which includes a circuit having a variable-capacity capacitor for controlling an oscillation frequency; a second circuit unit which includes a circuit having a resistance; and a piezoelectric resonator which includes a first terminal connected to the first circuit unit and the second circuit unit, and a second terminal connected to the Colpitts oscillation circuit. The Colpitts oscillation circuit connects the second terminal to a fixed potential via a dividing resistance. The second circuit unit connects the first terminal to the fixed potential via the resistance. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104684 | Sheet Media Feeding Device, Sheet Media Separation Method, and Sheet Media Processing Device - A sheet media feeding device comprising a media feed path for feeding sheet media; and a media separator for separating sheet media that are overlapping when advanced into the media feed path. The media separator includes a separation roller, a retard roller that is pressed against the separation roller and applies a torque load, and a media offsetting member for feeding the sheet media to a nipping part of the separation roller and the retard roller with the sheet media offset to the separation roller side. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104633 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic device includes a semiconductor device and a wiring substrate having a wiring pattern. The semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip having an electrode; a convex-shaped resin protrusion provided on a surface of the semiconductor chip, the surface having the electrode; and wiring having a plurality of electrical coupling sections which are aligned on the resin protrusion and electrically coupled to the electrode. The semiconductor device is mounted to the wiring substrate so that the electrical coupling sections and the wiring pattern are brought into contact and electrically coupled with each other. The plurality of electrical coupling sections brought into contact with the wiring pattern include curved or bent shapes projecting in a longitudinal direction of the resin protrusion. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104593 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device according to the invention includes: a substrate; an MEMS structure formed above the substrate; and a covering structure defining a cavity in which the MEMS structure is arranged, wherein the covering structure has a first covering layer covering from above the cavity and having a through-hole in communication with the cavity and a second covering layer formed above the first covering layer and closing the through-hole, the first covering layer has a first region located above at least the MEMS structure and a second region located around the first region, the first covering layer is thinner in the first region than in the second region, and a distance between the substrate and the first covering layer in the first region is longer than a distance between the substrate and the first covering layer in the second region. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104519 | MEMS DEVICE HAVING A MOVABLE ELECTRODE - A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device includes a semiconductor substrate, a MEMS including a fixed electrode and a movable electrode formed on the semiconductor substrate through an insulating layer, and a well formed in the semiconductor substrate below the fixed electrode. The well is one of an n-type well and a p-type well. The p-type well applies a positive voltage to the fixed electrode while the n-type well applies a negative voltage to the fixed electrode. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104401 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A light-emitting device includes a drive transistor for controlling the quantity of current supplied to a light-emitting element, a capacitor element electrically connected to a gate electrode of the drive transistor, and an electrical continuity portion for electrically connecting the drive transistor and the light-emitting element, these elements being disposed on a substrate. The electrical continuity portion is disposed on the side opposite to the capacitor element with the drive transistor disposed therebetween. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120103673 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A mounting structure of an electronic component includes: a bump electrode included in the electronic component, the bump electrode having an internal resin as a core and a conductive film covering a surface of the internal resin, and elastically deforming so as to follow a shape of at least one corner of a terminal so that the conductive film makes direct conductive contact with at least part of a top surface of the terminal and at least part of a surface along a thickness direction of the terminal; a substrate having the terminal and the electronic component that is mounted on the substrate; and a holding unit provided to the substrate and the electronic component so as to hold a state in which the bump electrode electrically deformed makes conductive contact with the terminal. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120103666 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a first substrate on which a thin-film circuit layer is provided at a side of a first face, a second substrate on which a wiring layer is provided, and an isotropic conductive material which electrically connects a terminal portion of the thin-film circuit layer and the wiring layer. In the electronic device, the conductive material is in film-formed from on the terminal portion to on the wiring layer. When the terminal portion of the thin-film circuit layer and the wiring layer of a connection substrate are electrically connected to each other, the terminal portion is not required to be excessively pressurized and heated. Therefore, the terminal portion can be prevented from being damaged. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120103093 | SIGNAL LEVEL CONVERSION CIRCUIT, PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A signal level conversion circuit | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120101347 | CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A concentration determination apparatus may include: an irradiation unit that irradiates short-pulsed light to an observed object; a light receiving unit that receives light backscattered from the observed object; a light intensity acquisition unit that acquires an intensity distribution of the light; an optical path length distribution storage unit that stores a model of an optical path length distribution in each layer of the plurality of layers of the short-pulsed light; an optical path length acquisition unit that acquires the optical path length distribution of each layer; a time-resolved waveform storage unit that stores a model of a time-resolved waveform; a light intensity model acquisition unit that acquires a light intensity model; an integral interval calculation unit that calculates a time range of an area; an optical absorption coefficient calculation and acquisition unit that calculates and acquires an optical absorption coefficient; and a concentration calculation unit that calculates the concentration. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120100799 | METHOD OF DETERMINING RELIABILITY OF RECEIVED SIGNAL, METHOD OF CALCULATING CODE PHASE ERROR, AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING RELIABILITY OF RECEIVED SIGNAL - A method of determining reliability of a received signal is provided, which includes correlating a received signal from a satellite to a replica code, determining reliability of the received signal according to a predetermined reference using a first value and a second value, the first value being a correlation value of a peak phase obtained from the correlating and the second value being a correlation value of a phase delayed for a predetermined phase from the peak phase and changing the reference according to the satellite. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099404 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ARRAY, AND ULTRASONIC DEVICE - An ultrasonic transducer is configured to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic transducer includes a vibrating member and a piezoelectric member coupled to the vibrating member. The piezoelectric member includes a first piezoelectric part configured and arranged to be deformed by applied voltage to vibrate the vibrating member or configured and arranged to be deformed by vibration of the vibrating member to produce a potential difference, and a second piezoelectric part configured and arranged to be deformed by applied voltage to statically deflect the vibrating member. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099182 | DISPLAY SHEET, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: a substrate provided on a side of the display surface; a counter substrate disposed to face the substrate; a display layer provided between the substrate and the counter substrate and filled with a dispersion liquid formed of a dispersion medium in which white particles and black particles charged with polarities opposite to each other are dispersed; and a particle constrained layer provided in the display layer, and suppresses the white particles and the black particles from moving in an in-plane direction of the display layer, while allowing the particles to move in the thickness direction of the display layer. In the display device, a particle constrained layer is provided to be separated from the substrate. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099181 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrophoretic display device includes: a substrate; partition walls which partition a space on the substrate into a plurality of cells; an electrophoretic dispersion liquid with which the plurality of cells on the substrate is filled; a sealing film which is disposed so as to face the substrate with the partition walls interposed therebetween and seals the plurality of cells; and phase separation portions which are partially formed between upper surfaces of the partition walls and the sealing film and in which the electrophoretic dispersion liquid is subjected to phase separation. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099145 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Managing commands that have not been executed is simplified while maintaining a state in which real-time commands can be executed. A printer | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099084 | LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL METHOD - A light source control device and a light source control method each capable of preventing the scroll noise from occurring without being affected by the characteristics of a light modulation device, and a projector equipped with the light source control device are provided. The light source device includes a duty determination section adapted to determine a duty ratio, and a drive control section adapted to perform drive control of a plurality of solid-state light sources by generating a PWM signal having the duty ratio determined by the duty ratio determination section, and adapted to make a phase with which at least one of the solid-state light sources is driven different from a phase with which another of the solid-state light sources is driven. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099067 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - In a display region, pixel electrodes are arranged with a predetermined pitch in a matrix. Dummy pixel electrodes provided in a dummy display region surrounding the display region are formed from the same layer as the pixel electrodes, and are arranged in an island shape so as to have the same size and pitch as the pixel electrodes. The dummy pixel electrodes are connected to each other via a wire positioned under the pixel electrodes. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099031 | PROJECTOR AND OPTICAL UNIT - A projector includes a plurality of reflective liquid crystal panels (for example, a red liquid crystal panel, a green liquid crystal panel, and a blue liquid crystal panel). The film thickness of an ITO film that forms a common electrode of the blue liquid crystal panel is smaller than the film thickness of an ITO film that forms a common electrode of any one of the red liquid crystal panel and the green liquid crystal panel. The film thicknesses of the ITO films that form the common electrodes of the red liquid crystal panel and the green liquid crystal panel are the same. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098913 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - To prevent conveyance defects due to kicking, a printing device includes a conveyance roller for conveying a medium in a conveyance direction; a guide for supporting the medium on a top surface of the guide on an upstream side in the conveyance direction from the conveyance roller; and a head for ejecting ink and printing on the medium on a downstream side in the conveyance direction from the conveyance roller; wherein the top surface of the guide is positioned higher than a line tangent to the conveyance roller at a position of contact between the conveyance roller and the medium; and an end part of the guide on the downstream side in the conveyance direction has a smaller thickness in the direction in which the medium is supported than on the upstream side of the end part in the conveyance direction. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098909 | PRINTER - A printer reduces the amount of ink wastefully consumed by purging bubbles from the ink supply path. The printer has a bubble collection unit | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098878 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports a medium, which includes a recording material one side of which is a recording layer for an image and the other side of which is an adhesive layer and also includes a separating material covering the adhesive layer, along a transport path using a plurality of transport rollers; a recording unit that records an image on the medium; and a heating unit that fixes the image recorded on the medium. In the image recording apparatus, there are sequentially provided two units of the transport rollers in the transport path, the two transport rollers respectively make contact with different surfaces of the medium, and the outer diameter of one of the transport rollers is different in size from the outer diameter of the other of the transport rollers. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098874 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A pixel circuit includes a first light emitting element having a first opposite electrode connected to a first power line, a common electrode and a parasitic capacitance C | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098873 | DRIVING METHOD FOR DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A driving method for driving an electrophoretic display apparatus includes writing first image data into a display unit provided with a plurality of pixels; creating second image data including image data which corresponds to first contour pixels, and which is extracted from the first image data, each of the first contour pixels being a first pixel located adjacent to a second pixel having a gray-scale level different from a gray-scale level of the first pixel, the first pixel and the second pixel being included in the plurality of pixels; and writing the second image data into the display unit. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098853 | PROJECTOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTOR - A projector including: a light source; a light modulation device modulating a light emitted from the light source in accordance with an image signal for each of colored lights for color display; a projection optical system projecting each of the colored lights modulated by the light modulation device; an operation accepting section; a registration adjustment section performing correction of the image signal corresponding to each of the colored lights based on an operation accepted by the operation accepting section so that a displacement occurring in at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction in a projection screen between the colored lights is reduced, and supply the light modulation device with the image signal corrected if the displacement occurs; and a correction direction display control section displaying a correction direction, in which the correction of the image signal is performed, as an icon indicating a direction. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098805 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A pixel circuit includes a first light emitting device including a common electrode and a first opposed electrode connected to a first power supply line, and a second light emitting device including the common electrode and a second opposed electrode connected to the second power supply line. A first potential and a second potential are alternately supplied to a first power supply potential supplied to the first power supply line and a second power supply potential supplied to the second power supply line, and thus the first light emitting device and the second light emitting device alternately emit light. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098734 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - The sizes of the respective reflecting units vary in the image take-out section along the Z direction in association with the state of the total reflection angle in the light guide section. Thus, it becomes possible to keep the sufficient effective light beam width of the image light input thereto in all of the reflecting units. Therefore, the deterioration in the image light caused by the reflection in the reflecting units can be avoided, and as a result, the degradation of the resolution of the image due to the virtual image light thus emitted can be prevented. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098469 | LINEAR MOTOR - A linear motor includes a slider unit having a magnet row in which plural permanent magnets are arranged in series so that the same poles are opposed to each other, a stator unit including electromagnetic coils for plural phases arranged along a movement direction of the slider unit, and plural magnetic detector devices, wherein the plural magnetic detector devices are provided in response to the phases of the electromagnetic coils for plural phases and detect magnetic flux radially extending in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the permanent magnets at boundaries between the permanent magnets of the magnet row and output signal waveforms for plural phases at phases equal to phases of waveforms of back electromotive forces generated in the respective electromagnetic coils for plural phases when the magnet row moves. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098449 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An illumination device includes an organic EL panel having a light emission layer provided between a first electrode and a second electrode, a power source, a power switcher, a control circuit, and a plurality of power supply portions connected to the first electrode. The control circuit controls the power switcher in such a way that, when a first power supply portion of the plurality of power supply portions is connected to the power source, a second power supply portion is not connected to the power source. The power supply portions that supply power to the first electrode are switched sequentially at a high speed. Therefore, a user will feel as if the illumination device emits light without any unevenness of brightness two-dimensionally. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098356 | LINEAR MOTOR, BACK YOKE FOR LINEAR MOTOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF BACK YOKE - A linear motor includes a slider unit having a magnet row in which plural permanent magnets are arranged in series so that the same poles are opposed to each other and moving in an arrangement direction of the magnet row by electromagnetic force, a stator unit in which the slider unit is inserted at an inner circumference side and electromagnetic coils for plural phases that receive supply of drive currents at different phases with respect to each phase are arranged along a movement direction of the slider unit, and a back yoke provided at an outer circumference side of the electromagnetic coils for plural phases in the stator unit, wherein plural slits along the movement direction of the slider unit for dividing a generation region of eddy currents into plural parts are formed in the back yoke. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120096952 | DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ROBOT - A first substrate that includes pressure sensors which are disposed in plural around a reference point; an approximately hemispherical elastic protrusion that is positioned so that the center of the elastic protrusion is approximately disposed in a position which is overlapped with the reference point, and is elastically deformed by an external force; and a second substrate that is separated from the elastic protrusion and installed on a side which is opposite to the first substrate are provided. When the external force is applied, a predetermined calculation is performed by using a pressure value which is detected through each pressure sensor, and the direction and the intensity of the applied external force are obtained. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120096945 | PRESSURE SENSOR - A pressure sensor includes a container, a pressure receiving unit that seals an opening section of the container, has a pressure receiving section and a peripheral section outside the pressure receiving section, a plurality of support members having one ends affixed to the peripheral section and other ends that extend from the one ends in parallel with a direction of displacement of the pressure receiving unit, a pressure-sensitive element; and a fixing plate having a first connection segment that affixes the second base portion of the pressure-sensitive element, and a second connection segment that extends both ends of the first connection segment toward at least one of main surface sides of the first connection segment and connects to the other ends of the support members. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120095401 | LIQUID SUPPLY PUMP AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A liquid supply pump includes: three chambers of a first liquid chamber, a second liquid chamber, and a third liquid chamber disposed in series and produced by dividing a space between an inlet channel into which liquid is supplied and an outlet channel from which liquid is delivered; a first movable partition and a second movable partition which section the respective chambers and change the volumes of the chambers; channels each of which penetrates the corresponding one of the first and second movable partitions so that the two adjoining chambers can communicated with each other; and non-return valves each of which opens and closes the corresponding one of the channels. Each of the non-return valves closes when the corresponding movable partition shifts from the inlet channel side toward the outlet channel side, and opens when the corresponding movable partition shifts from the outlet channel side toward the inlet channel side. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095345 | BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A control part includes a transmission angle control unit that controls a transmission angle of ultrasonic waves transmitted from three ultrasonic arrays, a first reflected wave measuring unit that measures a first arrival time of a first reflected wave which is reflected by a blood vessel and is first to arrive at the ultrasonic arrays, a second reflected wave measuring unit that measures a second arrival time of a second reflected wave which arrives at the ultrasonic arrays after a predetermined time from the first arrival time, an outside diameter computation unit that computes an outside diameter of the blood vessel based on the first arrival time of three first reflected waves, and an inside diameter of the blood vessel computation unit that computes an inside diameter based on the second arrival time of three second reflected waves. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120094132 | Method of Manufacturing a Part of a MEMS System - A method of manufacturing part of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) and such part manufactured by the method are provided. The method comprises preparing first and second base members; imparting liquid repellency for a liquid material to at least part of a bonding film non-formation region of the first base member to form a liquid repellent region thereon; supplying the liquid material onto the first base member to selectively form a liquid coating on a bonding film formation region of the first base member with the aid of the liquid repellency of the liquid repellent region; drying the liquid coating to obtain a bonding film on the bonding film formation region; and bonding the first and second base members together through the bonding film due to a bonding property developed in the vicinity of a surface of the bonding film by applying energy thereto to obtain the bonded body. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093557 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording apparatus includes: a heating section which is located further on the downstream side of a transport pathway than an image recording area, but further on the upstream side of the transport pathway than a transport roller which is rotated by a motor; and a control section which lowers the suction power of a suction section to a medium from a first suction power to a second suction power lower than the first suction power during a recording operation and makes a first torque which is generated at the motor in a period which is during the recording operation and in which the suction power of the suction section is a suction power lower than the first suction power, be lower than a second torque which is generated at the motor during a transport operation. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092716 | PRINTER CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTER AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A printer driver that controls operations of an ink jet printer which is capable of being refilled with ink from the outside, causes a computer to execute an acquiring function of acquiring attribute information on a destination country or region where the ink jet printer is to be used, an input function of allowing an ink ID number which is assigned to the ink that is to be refilled to be entered, an ink determining function of determining whether the ink is genuine or not by analyzing the ink ID number which has been entered, a selection/execution function of selecting one of a plurality of processes for a non-genuine ink on the basis of the attribute information, if the ink is determined to be not genuine and executing the selected process. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092696 | STORAGE APPARATUS, HOST APPARATUS, CIRCUIT BOARD, LIQUID CONTAINER, AND SYSTEM - The storage apparatus includes a controller which performs a communication process with respect to a host apparatus; a storage unit in which data from the host apparatus are written; and a storage controller which performs access control with respect to the storage unit. The controller receives a command packet and a data packet from the host apparatus. In the case where the write enable bit of the data packet is set to be in a writing permitted state, the controller performs the update commanding of the address information and the write commanding of the data of the data packet. In the case where the write enable bit is set to be in a writing non-permitted state, the controller performs the update commanding of the address information and does not perform the write commanding of the data of the data packet. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092684 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD - The invention includes a dot formation section having nozzle rows of lined up nozzles, and adapted for forming a plurality of dot lines of a plurality of lined-up dots by ejecting ink from the nozzle rows while bringing about relative movement of the nozzle rows and a medium; a detection section for detecting dot width in a given dot line; and a correction value adjustment section for comparing dot width detected by the detection section and dot width stored in a storage section, and respectively correcting concentration correction values in the correction data according to the comparison results. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092671 | COLOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND COLOR MEASUREMENT METHOD - To press a medium using an appropriate pressing force and perform colorimetric measurement, a color measurement device for performing colorimetric measurement of a print pattern printed on a medium, the color measurement device comprising a pressing member for pressing the medium; a power source for outputting power for the pressing member to press the medium; a detecting part for detecting a pressing force on the medium; a color measurement section for performing colorimetric measurement of the print pattern; and a control part for controlling the power source so that the pressing force detected by the detecting part is equal to a predetermined pressing force, and for causing the color measurement section to perform colorimetric measurement of the print pattern printed on the medium pressed by the pressing member. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092602 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of opposed substrates and orientation films includes forming a first orientation film having straight-chain alkyl chains at the liquid crystal layer side of one substrate, and forming a second orientation film at the liquid crystal layer side of the other substrate by forming an inorganic orientation layer and surface-treating the inorganic orientation layer using a silane coupling agent, and forming the second orientation film includes surface-treating the inorganic orientation layer using a first silane coupling agent having straight-chain alkyl chains and surface-treating the layer using a second silane coupling agent having straight-chain alkyl chains and having only one hydrolytic group. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092570 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - In a liquid crystal substrate in which a matrix of reflecting electrodes is formed on a substrate, a transistor is formed corresponding to each reflective electrode and a voltage is applied to the reflective electrode through the transistor. A silicon oxide film having a thickness of 500 to 2,000 angstroms is used as the passivation film and the thickness is set to a value in response to the wavelength of the incident light to maintain a substantially constant reflectance. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092542 | TIMING GENERATOR, IMAGING DEVICE, AND DOT-CLOCK OUTPUT METHOD - A timing generator includes a frame rate information receiver, a display control section, and a determination unit. The frame rate information acquisition section is configured to receive information indicating a frame rate of an image sensor. The display control section is configured to output dot clocks in a first cycle to a display which includes a counter being configured to count the number of the dot clocks for a synchronization period, where the dot clocks are a synchronization signal. The determination unit is configured to determine whether or not the number of the dot clocks in the synchronization period is expected to exceed a predetermined number, where length of the synchronization period is based on at least the frame rate of the image sensor. The display control section is configured to switch from the first cycle to a second cycle, if the number of dot clocks is expected to exceed the predetermined number. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092423 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element comprising an electrode film and a piezoelectric layer provided above the electrode film. The electrode film is preferentially oriented with (111) surface and contains platinum as the main component. The electrode film has a rhombohedral system. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092417 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a common liquid chamber which is common to each pressure chamber and stores ink, a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber which communicate with the common liquid chamber, a first nozzle which communicates with the first pressure chamber and a second nozzle which communicates with the second pressure chamber, a first piezoelectric vibrator which causes pressure fluctuation in ink in the first pressure chamber and a second piezoelectric vibrator which causes pressure fluctuation in ink in the second pressure chamber, and a communication flow path which makes the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber communicate with each other, wherein the flow of ink is generated in the communication flow path by driving the first piezoelectric vibrator and the second piezoelectric vibrator. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092415 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A recording head includes flange portions to which spacers are anchored on both sides of the recording head with a head case therebetween. Spacer attachment holes are provided in the flange portions in the center of the width direction orthogonal to a nozzle row in the recording head, and a round hole and an oblong hole relative to the spacers are provided in the flange portions in positions that are distanced from a center line in the width direction. Positioning holes for the flange portions are provided in the spacers in positions that correspond to the round hole and the oblong hole in the flange portions, and the spacers are anchored to the flange portions on both sides so as to be oriented symmetrically to each other, in a positioned state in which the positions of the positioning holes are aligned with the round hole and the oblong hole. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092408 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT - A liquid ejecting head unit includes: a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid through nozzles by driving a pressure generation element to cause the pressure within a pressure chamber to fluctuate; a flow channel member in which is formed a flow channel that supplies the liquid to a head flow channel of the liquid ejecting head; a substrate, mounted to a side surface of the flow channel member, on which is mounted an electrical component for supplying power to the pressure generation element; and a temperature measurement device provided on the surface of the substrate that faces the flow channel member. Here, the flow channel member includes an opening that passes therethrough toward the flow channel; and the temperature of the liquid within the flow channel is measured by the temperature measurement device that is provided facing the opening. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092401 | HEAD DRIVE DEVICE OF INKJET PRINTER AND INKJET PRINTER - A head drive of an inkjet printer includes nozzles and corresponding actuators that eject liquid ink drops. A drive unit applies a drive signal to the actuators. The drive unit includes a drive waveform generator that generates a drive waveform signal to control the drive of the actuators. A modulator pulse modulates the drive waveform. A digital power amplifier amplifies power of the modulated signal. A low pass filter smoothes the amplified digital signal and supplies the signal as a drive signal to the actuators. An inverse filter provided in a subsequent stage of the drive waveform generator corrects at least the frequency characteristics of the filter to predetermined frequency characteristics, independent of the number of the actuators to drive. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092084 | TUNING-FORK RESONATOR WITH GROOVES ON PRINCIPAL SURFACES - A resonator having a base part; and a resonating arm that performs flexing vibration, the resonating arm part has two principal surfaces, a first groove provided on the one principal surface, a second groove provided in juxtaposition with the first groove on the other principal surface, a third groove provided in juxtaposition with the first groove and provided nearer the base part side than the first groove on the other principal surface, and a fourth groove provided in juxtaposition with the second groove and provided nearer the base part side than the second groove on the principal surface. The sum of a depth of the first and second groove part and a sum of a depth of the third and fourth groove part are larger than a distance between the one principal surface and the other principal surface. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091860 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, MOUNTING STRUCTURE THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component includes: a functional piece having a predetermined function; a bump electrode formed on the functional piece, the bump electrode including a core with elastic property and a conductive film provided on a surface of the core; and a holding unit for holding a conductive contact state between the bump electrode and a connecting electrode which is electrically conducted to a driving circuit. The electronic component is coupled to the connecting electrode, and elastic deformation of the core causes the conductive film to make conductive contact with the connecting electrode. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091859 | PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATOR, SENSOR NODE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC GENERATOR - A piezoelectric generator includes: a base body; and at least one piezoelectric transducer disposed on the base body, and including a first electrode, a piezoelectric body, and a second electrode, wherein the piezoelectric transducer includes a support section fixed to the base body, and a vibrating section disposed apart from the base body, having one end connected to the support section and the other end set as a free end, and vibrating due to a vibration applied externally, and a distance between the other end of the vibrating section and the base body is larger than a distance between the one end of the vibrating section and the base body. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091479 | ELECTROOPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Pixel electrodes having reflectivity are arranged at a predetermined pitch in a matrix form on an effective display region on an opposed surface of an element substrate. A first conductive pattern which is formed by the same layer as the pixel electrodes is provided on an ineffective display region which is at an outer side with respect to the effective display region and at an inner side with respect to a sealing region when seen from the above. A second conductive pattern which is formed by the same layer as the pixel electrodes is provided on the sealing region. An area density of the second conductive pattern is smaller than an area density of the first conductive pattern when seen from the above. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091250 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND ROLL PAPER LIFTING DEVICE - A recording apparatus includes a roll paper holder including a shaft portion which holds a roll paper such that the roll paper is capable of being fed, a temporal placement portion on which the roll paper is temporarily placed, and a roll paper lifting device which includes a placement portion on which the roll paper is placed, and lifts the roll paper to a height position of the shaft portion of the roll paper holder while an end of the roll paper in the temporarily placed state is placed on the placement portion so as to position a core port of a roll core of the roll paper and the shaft portion. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120090422 | HORIZONTAL MULTIPLE ARTICULATION TYPE ROBOT - A horizontal multijoint type robot is so constructed that it comprises a first arm connected through a first joint shaft to a base, a second arm connected through a second joint shaft to the first arm, and a working shaft provided rotatably and movably up and down on the distal end of the second arm, and that the arm length L | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120089975 | Electronic Device - An electronic apparatus is provided that can include a first downloader downloading a replacement control program from an external host computer by way of a first communicator under the control of a first communication program, in a case where a first inspector judges a control program is not normal and a second inspector judges the first communication program is normal. The apparatus can also include a second downloader downloading a replacement first communication program from an external maintenance computer by way of a second communicator under the control of a second communication program, in a case where a second inspector judges the first communication program is not normal, so that a first communication program stored in a rewritable flash ROM is rewritten with the replacement first communication program downloaded by the second downloader. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089164 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A fluid ejection device includes a pulsation generator which converts a fluid into a pulsed fluid, a fluid supply unit (supply pump) which supplies the fluid to the pulsation generator, an ejection tube which has an ejection opening communicating with the pulsation generator, a suction tube into which the ejection tube is inserted with play, a suction channel provided between the suction tube and the ejection tube, a suction opening provided at an end of the suction channel in a vicinity of the ejection opening, and a suction unit (suction pump) which sucks fluid in such a manner that the fluid introduced from the suction opening passes through the suction channel. The ejection opening is held by an inner circumferential part of the suction opening. According to this structure, vibration of the ejection tube in the vicinity of the ejection opening can be reduced. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089090 | FLUID EJECTION DEVICE AND MEDICAL DEVICE - A fluid ejection device includes: a pressure chamber; an actuator having a displacement plane that varies the volume of the pressure chamber; a delivery channel pipe communicating with the pressure chamber; a first reflection surface of pressure wave formed as part of a paraboloid of revolution that reflects a plane pressure wave by displacement of the actuator, the plane pressure wave propagating through the pressure chamber; and a second reflection surface of pressure wave formed as part of a paraboloid of revolution or an ellipsoid of revolution which is disposed so as to face the first reflection surface of pressure wave, wherein the first reflection surface of pressure wave and the second reflection surface of pressure wave have a common first focus, and a pressure wave reflected from the second reflection surface of pressure wave propagates through the delivery channel pipe and ejects fluid. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087707 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer includes a roll paper body driving mechanism that transports a medium by rotating a roll paper body on which the medium is wound, a first transport mechanism provided downstream of the roll paper body to transport the medium, a print head provided downstream of the first transport mechanism to carry out printing on the medium, a second transport mechanism provided between the roll paper body and the first transport mechanism to transport the medium, and a controller carries out control so that, in a range in which a velocity at which the first transport mechanism transports the media changes, the absolute value of a difference in an amount by which the medium is transported between transport mechanisms is larger between the roll paper body driving mechanism and the second transport mechanism than between the second transport mechanism and the first transport mechanism. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087579 | Method And Apparatus For Detecting Objects In An Image - A method of detecting generally rectangular objects in an image comprises determining candidate rectangles in the image based on detected corners in the image, ranking the candidate rectangles on the basis of a set of differentiating factors and detecting objects in the images based on the ranked candidate rectangles. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087221 | DATA WRITING CONTROL DEVICE, DATA WRITING CONTROL METHOD, AND DATA WRITING CONTROL PROGRAM - A data writing control device enable quickly writing data to optical discs. A reading process unit | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086996 | OPTICAL SCANNER, MIRROR CHIP, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SCANNER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanner includes: a movable section which includes a light reflecting member with a light reflecting surface and which is rotatable around the central axis of rotation; four movable beams which extend from the movable section along the light reflecting surface and which are provided at angles of 90° along the circumferential direction of the movable section; a displacement section connected to each movable beam; two driving beams extending from the displacement section along the surface direction of the light reflecting surface so as to be perpendicular to the movable beams; a fixed section connected to each driving beam; an inner frame section formed in the displacement section; a permanent magnet fixed to the inner frame section; and a driving section which drives the displacement section. Each movable beam includes a bending section which deforms the moving beam by bending in a direction perpendicular to the light reflecting surface. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086991 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus comprises: a guide portion that is linked to a driving portion and extends so as to guide the movement of a reading carriage; a guide rail that guides the reading carriage while supporting the reading carriage; and an interlocking portion that is provided in the reading carriage, has a first sliding surface that makes contact with the guide rail on the side of the guide rail facing the guide portion and a second sliding surface that makes contact with the guide rail on the side of the guide rail that is on the opposite side as the guide portion. The position at which the first sliding surface of the interlocking portion makes contact with the guide rail is lower on the guide rail than the position at which the second sliding surface of the interlocking portion makes contact with the guide rail. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086988 | Image Reading Apparatus - An image reading apparatus which reads an image on a target includes a first housing, a transparent member which is provided on the first housing and has a placement face on which the target is placed, a positioning member on which the transparent member is placed, a second housing which is assembled on the first housing and biases the positioning member, and an engagement member which is provided on the second housing and engages with the positioning member. In the image reading apparatus, when the second housing is assembled on the first housing, the engagement member biases the positioning member so as to fix the transparent member to an attachment position. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086979 | STORAGE DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, CIRCUIT BOARD, LIQUID CONTAINER, AND SYSTEM - A storage device includes a control unit performing communication processing for communication with a host device connected to the storage device via a bus, a storage unit to which data from the host device is written, and a storage control unit exerting access control over the storage unit. In a first mode, when receiving a write command and data, the control unit indicates the storage control unit to write the received data to the storage unit, and if the data has been normally written to the storage unit, the control unit returns an acknowledgment to the host device. In a second mode, when receiving the write command and the data, the control unit indicates the storage control unit to write the received data to the storage unit and does not return the acknowledgment to the host device. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086967 | MULTI-FUNCTION PERIPHERAL - A multi-function peripheral includes: a recording unit having a carriage for recording which supports and moves a recording head for performing recording on a recording medium; and an image reading unit having a carriage for reading which supports and moves a reading sensor for reading an image and a driving source which is mounted in the carriage for reading in order to move the carriage for reading. The carriage for reading moves above the carriage for recording, and the driving source of the image reading unit is disposed to overlap with the carriage for recording in an up and down direction at a position deviating from a movement area of the carriage for recording. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086945 | TUNABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, PHOTOMETRIC ANALYZER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TUNABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER - A tunable interference filter comprising a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a first reflection film formed on the first substrate, a second reflection film formed on the second substrate, the second reflection film facing the first reflection film by interposing a gap, and a gap adjustable-part that adjusts the gap, wherein the second substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface, wherein the second substrate includes a first groove on the first surface, and wherein the second substrate includes a second groove on the second surface, the second groove facing the first groove. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086923 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND DRIVING METHOD OF DISCHARGE LAMP - To prevent biased consumption of electrodes in a discharge lamp and to prevent biased precipitation of the electrode material, a light source is provided. The light source device has a discharge lamp that emits light by discharge between a first electrode and a second electrode; and a driver that supplies alternating current to the first and the second electrodes so as to maintain the discharge, and changes duty ratio of the alternating current in accordance with predetermined pattern. The predetermined pattern includes a plurality of section periods for which the duty ratio maintains mutually different values for a predetermined period. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086918 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - When the operation of a device main body is stopped, control to close an exhaust port shutter is performed, detection as to whether or not the exhaust port shutter is closed is performed, when the exhaust port shutter is not closed, the control to close the exhaust port shutter is retried, when the exhaust port shutter is not closed after the retry, error processing is performed, and, after the error processing, the state transitions to a standby state in which startup is possible. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086914 | PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electricity storage section that stores power from an external power source and supplies the stored power as operating power is provided, and, when an interruption of the external power source to a projection display device is detected, control to reduce the power consumption of a device main body and control to drive an exhaust port shutter so that it is closed by the power supplied from the electricity storage section are performed. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086910 | Spectacle Lens, Spectacles, and Method for Manufacturing Spectacle Lens - Spectacle lenses that allow a wearer to view an object in a more comfortable manner include a pair of lenses for the left and right eyes. The power of one of the pair of lenses is shifted toward the positive side with respect to the power of the other lens, and object-side average surface power (base curve) of the one lens is smaller than object-side average surface power (base curve) of the other lens. The power (dioptric power) is principal meridian power along a principal meridian of each of the lenses, and the base curve is in the direction along the principal meridian. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086899 | ELECTROOPTIC APPARATUS - An electrooptic apparatus includes an electrooptic material interposed between a pair of substrates, and a film formed above each of surfaces of the substrates facing the electrooptic material. The film is formed by a method including (a) forming a frame-shaped partition in an application area on the substrate, the partition having a side surface facing a center of the application area, (b) applying the material liquid to the application area, and (c) drying the material liquid. In step (a), the partition is formed so that a distance between the side surface of the partition and the center is smaller than a distance between an outer edge of the application area and the center, and so that a height of the partition is smaller than a film thickness of the material liquid at a time when the material liquid is applied and is larger than a thickness of the dried film. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086898 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A substrate of a liquid crystal display device includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode adjacent to the first pixel electrode in a first direction, a third pixel electrode adjacent to the first pixel electrode in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a first alignment film provided in a first gap between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode to align the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer along the second direction, a second alignment film provided in a second gap between the first pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode to align the liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer along the first direction, and a third alignment film provided in the first gap and the second gap while covering the pixel electrodes to align the liquid crystal molecules along a normal of the substrate. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086878 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A first peripheral electrode and a second peripheral electrode are provided at a peripheral region sandwiched between a pixel region and a seal material in a first substrate of a liquid crystal device, and strength of electric potentials which are applied to the first peripheral electrode, the second peripheral electrode, and a common electrode of an opposite substrate satisfies the condition of the second peripheral electrode| 04-12-2012 | |
| 20120086759 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: a pressure generation chamber that communicates with a nozzle opening which ejects liquid; a pressure generation unit that causes a change in pressure in the pressure generation chamber; and a flexible wiring substrate that transmits a control signal from outside and includes a wiring layer which is connected to each individual electrode of a plurality of pressure generation units and also connected to a terminal portion of a common electrode common to the plurality of pressure generation units. In the liquid ejecting head, the wiring layer of the wiring substrate includes slits in an area connected to the terminal portion of the common electrode of the pressure generation unit, while the wiring layer of the wiring substrate and the terminal portion of the pressure generation unit are connected via an anisotropic conductive material. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086758 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric film disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric film. The piezoelectric film is composed of piezoelectric material that is lead free and formed by mixing 100(1−x) % of material A having a spontaneous polarization of 0.5 C/m2 or greater at 25° C. and 100 x % of material B having piezoelectric characteristics and a dielectric constant of 1000 or greater at 25° C., wherein (1−x)Tc(A)+x Tc(B)≧300° C., where Tc(A) is the Curie temperature of the material A and Tc(B) is the Curie temperature of the material B. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086757 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric member made of a complex oxide and an electrode which contains platinum. The complex oxide contains potassium sodium niobate and bismuth ferrate. The molar ratio of the bismuth ferrate to the sum of the potassium sodium niobate and the bismuth ferrate is in the range of 3% to 10%. And the molar ratio of the sum of potassium and sodium to niobium is in the range of 103% to 115%. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086755 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A first activation signal has ejection activation pulses that eject ink from nozzles; a second activation signal has a micro-oscillating activation pulse (non-ejection activation pulse) for inducing pressure fluctuation on ink within the pressure chamber of a level such that liquid is not ejected from the nozzle; a minimum electric potential of the micro-oscillating activation pulse is no greater than a maximum electric potential of the ejection activation pulse; and the ejection activation pulse is supplied to a piezoelectric element corresponding to an ejecting nozzle ejecting ink in a unit cycle, and the micro-oscillating activation pulse is at least supplied to a piezoelectric element corresponding to a non-ejecting nozzle located adjacent to the ejecting nozzle. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086753 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD - A liquid ejecting apparatus including a group of first nozzle rows composed of a plurality of first nozzle rows and a group of second nozzle rows composed of a plurality of second nozzle rows, both the group of first nozzle rows and the group of second nozzle rows satisfying one of the following requirements (1) through (3): (1) a black nozzle row is included, (2) a yellow nozzle row, a magenta nozzle row and a cyan nozzle row are all included, and (3) the secondary color nozzle row for the secondary color made by mixing any two of yellow, magenta and cyan, and at least one of the nozzle row that ejects liquid of the remaining one of yellow, magenta and cyan and the secondary color nozzle row for the secondary color which includes the remaining one of yellow, magenta and cyan are included. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086752 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a feeding unit which feeds a recording medium in a feeding direction; a recording head which discharges ink onto the recording medium for recording; and a first cleaning unit which performs first cleaning on at least one of a side surface on an upstream side of the feeding direction in the recording head, a side surface on a downstream side thereof, and side surfaces on both sides of a width direction of the recording medium with respect to the feeding direction. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086749 | PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device includes: a lighting unit that irradiates ink droplets landing on a surface of a printing medium with activated light rays to harden the ink droplets; a transport unit that transports at least one of the printing medium and the lighting unit to move the ink droplets on the surface of the printing medium to an irradiation range of the activated light rays irradiated by the lighting unit; and a plurality of nozzles that ejects various kinds of ink droplets with different ink amounts, and are arranged such that distances of the nozzles from the lighting in a direction parallel to a transport direction of the transport unit are different from each other. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086680 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A display device including: a display section configured to display an image; a display control section configured to arrange a plurality of display areas in a display range of the display section and display an image in each of the display areas; an image selection section configured to select the image to be displayed in each of the display areas from a plurality of input images; and a multi-screen display control section configured to display an image designation panel designating an image of a display object out of the plurality of input images on the display section, determine the images to be displayed in all of the display areas in a lump if the images to be displayed in all of the display areas are designated during display of the image designation panel and a determination operation is performed, and make the image selection section select the images determined. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086625 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention is directed to provide a virtual image display device capable of setting the aspect ratio of the image light entering the eyes of the observer as a virtual image to a desired state while fulfilling the design limitations. In the invention, the aspect ratio of the virtual image can be converted to the aspect ratio (16:9) laterally longer than the aspect ratio (4:3) of the image area due to the conversion in the aspect ratio conversion optical system. Thus, the aspect ratio of the image light to be recognized by the eye of the observer as a virtual image can be adjusted to a desired state even in the case in which, for example, the lateral width of the image forming device with respect to the whole of the virtual image display device is limited by a design requirement. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086623 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An advantage of some aspects of the invention is to provide a virtual image display apparatus in which occurrence of luminance spots is suppressed to improve efficiency of use of illumination light. In the virtual image display apparatus of the invention, an optical-directivity changing section forms a non-uniform distribution concerning the directivity of image lights GL emitted from an image display device. Therefore, even when an angle of a light beam emitted from the image display device and effectively captured into the eye EY of an observer is substantially different depending on a position of the image display device, it is possible to form the image lights GL having directivity corresponding to such an angle characteristic of light beam capturing. It is possible to suppress occurrence of luminance spots to improve efficiency of use of illumination light. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086362 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An organic EL device as an illumination device includes a device substrate as a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface, and a conductor portion provided on the first surface of the device substrate and overlapping the periphery of a luminescent section or at least a part of a region where the luminescent section is provided, when seen in a plan view. The conductor portion includes a conductive material and detects the temperature of the luminescent section. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086308 | Surface acoustic wave device, electronic apparatus, and sensor apparatus - A SAW device has an IDT which is provided in the principal surface of a quartz crystal substrate having Euler angles (−1.5°≦φ≦1.5°, 117°≦θ≦142°, |ψ|≠90°×n (where n=0, 1, 2, 3)) and excites a Rayleigh wave (wavelength: λ) in a stopband upper end mode. Inter-electrode-finger grooves are recessed between the electrode fingers of the IDT. The depth G of the inter-electrode-finger grooves is 0.01λ≦G≦0.07λ, and an electrode finger thickness H and an IDT line occupancy η satisfy a predetermined relationship. Thus, a frequency-temperature characteristic constantly has an inflection point between a maximum value and a minimum value in an operation temperature range, thereby suppressing a fluctuation in an inflection-point temperature due to a manufacturing variation in the IDT line occupancy η. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086164 | Recording Apparatus - A recording apparatus of the disclosure includes a recording unit that performs a recording process on a subject recording medium, a cassette body that accommodates the subject recording medium, a subject recording medium cassette opening that is provided in the cassette body and supplies the subject recording medium therefrom, a movable portion that switches to a closed state in which the subject recording medium cassette opening is closed or an opened state in which the subject recording medium is able to be supplied from the subject recording medium cassette opening, a lock portion that locks the movable portion in the closed state, and an insertion portion that is provided in the movable portion so that a feeding roller is able to be inserted therethrough. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086121 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes an insulating film base member and a wiring pattern that is formed on the insulating film base member. The wiring pattern has a surface, with at least a peripheral section of the surface being a peeled surface of the wiring pattern peeled from the insulating film base member. The semiconductor device further includes a plating layer that covers the surface of the wiring pattern, and an IC chip that has an active surface with a bump bonded to the wiring pattern. The peeled surface of the wiring pattern is peeled from the insulating film base member around a bonding position of the wiring pattern bonded with the bump. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086088 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component includes: a first substrate having a through-hole; a second substrate opposite the first substrate; a sealing member surrounding a sealing space formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a functional element having at least a part thereof disposed in the sealing space, and a through-electrode filling the through-hole, the through-hole penetrating the first substrate. The sealing member includes an elastic core part on the first substrate. A metal film is on a surface of the core part and is bonded to the second substrate. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120084006 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING WEATHER FLUCTUATION PREDICTION INFORMATION AND METHOD OF PROVIDING WEATHER FLUCTUATION PREDICTION INFORMATION - A system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information includes at least one atmospheric pressure measurement device arranged in a specific local area, and a data processing device processing atmospheric pressure data measured by the atmospheric pressure measurement device. The atmospheric pressure measurement device includes an atmospheric pressure sensor having a pressure sensing device that changes a resonance frequency according to the atmospheric pressure and outputting the atmospheric pressure data according to an oscillation frequency of the corresponding pressure sensing device. The data processing device includes an atmospheric pressure data acquisition unit continuously acquiring the atmospheric pressure data measured by the atmospheric pressure measurement device, and a weather fluctuation prediction information generation unit generating the information to predict the weather fluctuations in a specified local area based on the atmospheric pressure data acquired by the atmospheric pressure data acquisition unit. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084005 | WEATHER VARIATION FORECAST INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND WEATHER VARIATION FORECAST INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - A weather variation forecast information providing system includes at least three atmospheric pressure measuring devices arranged at different positions in a specific region and a data processing device processing the measured atmospheric pressure data. The data processing device includes an atmospheric pressure data acquiring unit consecutively acquiring the measured atmospheric pressure data, an atmospheric pressure gradient calculating unit calculating a two-dimensional atmospheric pressure gradient vector including atmospheric pressure gradients at a given position in the specific region in two directions as elements based on the atmospheric pressure data acquired from three of the atmospheric pressure measuring devices, and a weather variation forecast information generating unit generating the information used to forecast a given weather variation in the specific region. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083674 | BAND AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - The band is provided with a first band member and a second band member attached to an instrument main body, and a linking member. Each of the band members is provided with an expanding section that expands along a band extension direction, the expanding section having pliability, and having first slits having a pair of slits lying along the width direction and a slit lying along the band extension direction, and a pair of second slits lying along the width direction to communicate with the outside of the expanding section. A linking member is provided with a fixed member; a sliding member capable of sliding along the band extension direction of the first band member and provided with a linking section (projecting rod) for linking with the second band member; and an urging member for urging the sliding member in the opposite direction from the band extension direction. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083671 | BIOLOGICAL EXERCISE INFORMATION DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE AND BIOLOGICAL EXERCISE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A biological exercise information display processing device includes: a biological information obtaining part for obtaining biological information regarding a test subject; an exercise information obtaining part for obtaining exercise information regarding the test subject; a diet information obtaining part for obtaining diet information for the test subject; a display character obtaining part for obtaining a display character for the test subject; a display part for performing image display; and a control part for determining an expression or action of the display character based on the biological information, the exercise information, and the diet information; and for performing a control so that an image display is performed on the display part according to the expression or action of the display character that has been determined. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082577 | FLUID TRANSPORT SYSTEM WITH ELASTIC TUBE AND DETACHING CAM ARRANGEMENT - A fluid transportation system includes: an elastic tube; a tube frame having a tube guide groove to which the tube is attached in a circular arc; a cam driving wheel interior of the tube and having a rotational center coinciding with the center of the circular arc of the tube guide groove; a first cam fixed to a center shaft of the cam driving wheel; a second cam rotatably supported by the center shaft; and a plurality of fingers radially extending from the rotation center between the tube and the first and second cams and pressing the tube by the rotation of the first and second cams, wherein when the fluid transportation system starts to operate, the first and second cams produce a state in which the second cam is attached to the first cam and at least one of the plural fingers closes the tube. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082500 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer with a tractor unit driven by a DC motor and a printing control method that acquires accurate load information when continuous paper is loaded. The printer has a printhead | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081892 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a light emitting element that includes a reflection layer formed on a substrate, a light emitting layer formed on the reflection layer, and a semi-reflection layer formed on the light emitting layer, so as to transmit a portion of light from the light emitting layer and to reflect a remaining portion of the light. The light emitting element is configured as an optical resonator that causes a portion of the light outputted from the light emitting layer travelling at a predetermined angle θ, larger than 0 degrees with respect to a direction perpendicular to the reflection layer, to resonate between the reflection layer and the semi-reflection layer and extracts the light from the side of the semi-reflection layer. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081754 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PRINTER, STATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Electronic devices, such as printers, that provide application status management are disclosed, as well as related methods. A printer in which a plurality of applications are installed includes an a database that stores an application identifier for each of the applications; one or more log conversion units that generate a system log from application logs for the applications; a status management unit that monitors the system log for status changes and stores a new status in a status storage unit, and a print output unit that prints the status of all applications recorded in the database from the status storage unit. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081749 | NETWORK SYSTEM, CLIENT AND CLIENT CONTROL METHOD - A network system has a printer with an internal web browser connected to a web server. The printer has a request unit that sends an HTTP request with printer status information embedded in the URL to the server, a data acquisition unit that gets HTML data from the server, and a print unit that executes a printing process based on the supplied HTML data. The server includes a request receiving unit that receives HTTP requests from the printer, a data transmission unit that sends HTML data to the client, and a status management unit that manages the printer status based on the status information embedded in the URL of the HTTP request. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081747 | PRINTER WITH RFID WRITER, CONTROL METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING PRINT MEDIA WITH AN RFID TAG - A label printer with RFID writer enables easily building a RFID label production system. The label printer with RFID writer includes an input unit that receives a label production command from a host computer, a print mechanism that prints label data contained in the print label command received by the input unit on a label with an RFID tag, a data writing unit that writes data to the RFID tag of the label, a search unit that detects if a barcode command is contained in the print label command, and a data generating unit that generates data to be written to the RFID tag if a barcode command is detected. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081671 | POLARIZATION CONVERSION ELEMENT, POLARIZATION CONVERSION UNIT, PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLARIZATION CONVERSION ELEMENT - A polarization conversion element is equipped with an element main body having a light incident surface and a light emission surface that are generally in parallel with each other, and a phase difference plate bonded to the light emission surface of the element main body. The element main body includes a plurality of light-transmissive substrates that are sequentially bonded at a predetermined angle with respect to the light emission surface, polarization separating films and reflection films that are alternately provided between the plurality of light-transmissive substrates, and adhesive layers formed between the plurality of light-transmissive substrates, respectively. The adhesive layers are each formed from ultraviolet light curing adhesive to a thickness between 5 μm and 10 μm. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081490 | Recording Apparatus - A recording apparatus according to the invention includes an ink jet recording head that records onto a recording medium; a paper cassette that holds the recording medium in alignment with the vertical direction; an inverting path unit that inverts the transport direction of the recording medium fed out from the paper cassette; and a downstream-side path unit that transports the recording medium from the inverting path unit toward the paper cassette. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081485 | TRANSFER MEMBER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSFER MEMBER, AND TRANSFERRED MEMBER - Disclosed is a transfer member including a permeable layer, a pigment layer formed on the permeable layer by an ink jet method, and an adhesive layer having adhesivity formed on the pigment layer, wherein a dispersion medium of an ink containing a pigment to form the pigment layer permeates into the permeable layer. | 04-05-2012 |
