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20150048402 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device in accordance with the present invention includes a mounting substrate; an LED chip bonded to a surface of the mounting substrate with a bond; and an encapsulating portion covering the LED chip. The bond transmits light from the LED chip. The mounting substrate includes: a light-transmissive member having a planar size larger than that of the LED chip; and first and second penetrating wirings which penetrate the light-transmissive member in the thickness direction thereof and are electrically connected to first and second electrodes of the LED chip via first and second wires, respectively. The light-transmissive member includes at least two light-transmissive layers with different optical properties which are stacked in the thickness direction. A light-transmissive layer of the light-transmissive layers which is farther from the LED chip is higher in reflectance to the light. | 02-19-2015 |
20150077982 | LED MODULE, LIGHTING DEVICE, AND LAMP - An LED module includes: an opaque substrate on which a wiring circuit is provided; a submount bonded to a surface of the opaque substrate with a first bond; an LED chip bonded with a second bond to an opposite side of the submount from the opaque substrate; and wires electrically connecting the LED chip to patterned wiring circuit. In the LED module, the first bond and the second bond each allow light emitted from the LED chip to pass therethrough. The submount is a light-transmissive member. A lighting device includes a device main body and the LED module. The lamp includes the LED module. | 03-19-2015 |
20150108510 | LED MODULE - The LED module includes: a light diffusing substrate having light transmissive properties; an LED chip bonded to a first surface of the light diffusing substrate with a transparent first bond in between; a color converter facing the first surface to cover the LED chip; and a mounting substrate. The color converter is made of transparent material containing phosphor which, when excited by light emitted from the LED chip, emits light having a different color from the LED chip. The mounting substrate includes a diffuse reflection layer diffusely reflecting light emitted from the LED chip and light emitted from the phosphor. The diffuse reflection layer is placed facing a second surface of the light diffusing substrate. | 04-23-2015 |
20150137149 | LED MODULE AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE LED MODULE, LIGHTING DEVICE - An LED module includes a submount having a face in a thickness direction thereof, an LED chip bonded to the face of the submount with a first bond, and a patterned wiring circuit electrically connected to the LED chip. The first bond transmits light emitted from the LED chip. The submount is a light-transmissive member having light diffusing properties, and a planar size larger than a planar size of the LED chip. The patterned wiring circuit is provided on the face of the submount so as not to overlap the LED chip. The submount is constituted by a plurality of light-transmissive layers which are stacked in the thickness direction and have different optical properties so that a light-transmissive layer of the plurality of light-transmissive layers which is farther from the LED chip is higher in reflectance in a wavelength range of the light emitted from the LED chip. | 05-21-2015 |
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20080306389 | ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPE AND ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic endoscope having a small size and a slight temperature rise even when the transmission output is increased. The ultrasonic endoscope includes: an ultrasonic transducer part; a Peltier element having a cooling surface coupled to the ultrasonic transducer part and a radiating surface; a flexing part for supporting the ultrasonic transducer part and the Peltier element; a coupling part for coupling the flexing part to an operation part; a covering material for covering the flexing part and the coupling part; a thermal insulating material provided inside of the covering material, for thermally insulating a part from the radiating surface of the Peltier element to the operation part from outside; and a heat-conducting member provided inside of the thermal insulating material and coupled to the radiating surface of the Peltier element, for transferring heat generated in the ultrasonic transducer part to the operation part. | 12-11-2008 |
20080312537 | COMPOSITE PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, ULTRASONIC PROBE, ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPE, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - A composite piezoelectric material capable of reducing a peak temperature of a vibrator array to be used for transmitting or receiving ultrasonic waves in ultrasonic imaging. The composite piezoelectric material includes: plural piezoelectric materials arranged along a flat surface or curved surface; and an anisotropic heat conducting material having a higher coefficient of thermal conductivity in at least one direction and provided between the plural piezoelectric materials and/or at outer peripheries of the plural piezoelectric materials. | 12-18-2008 |
20090030325 | ULTRASONIC PROBE, ULTRASONIC ENDSCOPE, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - In an ultrasonic probe to be used in an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for medical use, ultrasonic transducers are cooled while sufficiently absorbing ultrasonic waves released to the back of the ultrasonic transducers without causing attenuation of ultrasonic waves transmitted or received by the ultrasonic transducers. The ultrasonic probe includes: an ultrasonic transducer array including plural ultrasonic transducers for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves; an acoustic matching layer provided on a front of the ultrasonic transducer array; a cooling mechanism directly or indirectly provided on a back of the ultrasonic transducer array and including a porous member; a backing material provided on the back of the ultrasonic transducer array via at least the cooling mechanism; and channels for circulation of a liquid heat transfer material in the cooling mechanism. | 01-29-2009 |
20090088647 | ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPE - An ultrasonic endoscope capable of suppressing temperature rise of an insertion part without increase in diameter. The ultrasonic endoscope includes: an ultrasonic transducer part having plural ultrasonic transducers; an exterior member for holding the ultrasonic transducer part; an opening formed in the exterior member; a heat conducting member arranged inside of the exterior member and connected to the ultrasonic transducer part; and a heat radiating member provided on an outer surface of the exterior member and connected to the heat conducting member via the opening. For example, a part of the heat radiating member is located within the opening and the part is connected to the heat conducting member. The heat radiating member is electrically insulated from the ultrasonic transducer part. | 04-02-2009 |
20090287086 | ULTRASONIC PROBE, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic probe in which a balance between basic performance and suppression of heat generation is achieved by suppressing heat generation of the ultrasonic probe without degrading sensitivity and relative bandwidth of the ultrasonic probe in transmission and reception of ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic probe includes at least one vibrator for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves, the at least one vibrator including a piezoelectric material in which a piezoelectric strain constant d33 is equal to or less than 500 pm/V and a product of the piezoelectric strain constant d33 and a piezoelectric voltage constant g33 is equal to or more than 7000×10 | 11-19-2009 |
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20080300492 | ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPE AND ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS - An ultrasonic endoscope having a small size and a slight temperature rise of an insertion part even when the transmission output of an ultrasonic transducer part is increased or an imaging device is attached thereto. The ultrasonic endoscope includes: an ultrasonic transducer part having plural ultrasonic transducers for transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves; a flexing part for flexibly supporting the ultrasonic transducer part; a coupling part for coupling the flexing part to an operation part; a covering material for covering at least the flexing part and the coupling part; and a heat-conducting member provided inside of the covering material and coupled to the ultrasonic transducer part, for transferring heat generated in the ultrasonic transducer part to the operation part. | 12-04-2008 |
20090062656 | BACKING MATERIAL, ULTRASONIC PROBE, ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPE, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPIC APPARATUS - A backing material for suppressing the surface temperature rise of an ultrasonic probe. This backing material is provided on a back face of at least one vibrator for transmitting and/or receiving ultrasonic waves in an ultrasonic probe, and includes: a backing base material containing a polymeric material; and a heat conducting fiber provided in the backing base material, having a larger coefficient of thermal conductivity than that of the backing base material, and running through without disconnection from a first face of the backing material in contact with the at least one vibrator to a second face different from the first face. | 03-05-2009 |
20110233457 | LIGHT EMITTING LAYER-FORMING SOLID MATERIAL, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A light emitting layer-forming solid material including at least one host material and at least one light-emitting material, wherein the light emitting layer-forming solid material is used for forming a white light emitting layer having a single layer structure by an evaporation method. | 09-29-2011 |
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20100244659 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A Plasma Display Panel includes a front panel having a display electrode and a dielectric layer formed on a glass substrate; and a rear panel having an electrode, a barrier rib, and a phosphor layer formed on a substrate. The front panel and the rear panel are disposed facing each other and sealed together at peripheries thereof with discharge space provided therebetween. The display electrode has at least a metal bus electrode including a metal electrode layer containing silver and a glass material, and a black layer containing a black material and a glass material. The glass material of the metal electrode layer and the black layer includes bismuth oxide. An undercut amount of the metal bus electrode is 25 μm or more. | 09-30-2010 |
20100248579 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A method of manufacturing a PDP in accordance with the present invention is a method of manufacturing a PDP including a front panel having a display electrode, a light blocking layer and a dielectric layer formed on a glass substrate, and a rear panel having an electrode, a barrier rib, and a phosphor layer formed on a substrate, the front panel and the rear panel being disposed facing each other and sealed together at peripheries thereof with discharge space provided therebetween. The method includes forming the display electrode by at least a plurality of layers including metal electrode layer containing silver and a glass material, and a black layer containing a black material and a glass material; adding bismuth oxide to the dielectric layer in the content of 5% by weight or more and 25% by weight or less; and forming the dielectric layer by firing at a temperature ranging from 570° C. to 590° C. | 09-30-2010 |
20110181174 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A Plasma Display Panel includes a front panel and a rear panel. The front panel includes a display electrode and a dielectric layer on a glass substrate. The rear panel includes a barrier rib and a phosphor layer on a substrate. The front panel and the rear panel are arranged to face each other, and the peripheries thereof are sealed to form a discharge space therebetween. The display electrode is constituted of multiple layers including at least a metal electrode layer containing silver and a glass material. A content of bismuth oxide (Bi | 07-28-2011 |
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20090175512 | FACE COLLATION APPARATUS - A face collation apparatus has a storage that stores a feature quantity of at least one registrant, the feature quantity being extracted from a registration image of the registrant, a feature quantity extractor that extracts a feature quantity from a collation image of a collation object person, a score calculator that calculates a score indicating an analogy degree between the feature quantity of the registrant and the feature quantity of the collation object person, a score adjuster that adjusts the score using a score adjustment parameter so that any one of a stranger acceptance rate indicating a probability that a stranger is accepted at the time of collation, a principal rejection rate indicating a probability that a principal is rejected at the time of collation, and an equal error rate, which is a probability that the stranger acceptance rate and the principal rejection rate are equal, becomes substantially constant regardless of a registration condition and/or a collation condition, and a determination unit that determines whether the collation object person is the registrant by comparing the adjusted score and a predetermined threshold. | 07-09-2009 |
20140093172 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method for identifying a region in an input image by character recognition, the region coinciding with a predetermined search condition, includes receiving the search condition, the search condition including assignments of plural format character strings, each format character string including an assignment of a character type or a specific character for each character of a recognition target, extracting a character string region becoming a candidate from the input image, calculating a similarity between a character recognition result and the plural format character strings with respect to each group of plural character string regions, the character recognition result being of each character string region included in each group, and determining the group coinciding with the search condition among the groups of plural character string regions according to the calculated similarity. | 04-03-2014 |
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20150238163 | ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT METHOD - An ultrasonic measurement apparatus detects a plurality of feature points in a B-mode image acquired by ultrasonic measurement. The feature point detection is repeatedly performed for each measurement frame. Then, a displacement vector of each feature point between measurement frames that are temporally adjacent (consecutive) to each other is calculated. Then, a displacement direction is calculated based on the displacement vector for each feature point. An intersection of the displacement direction lines is detected as a cross-sectional center position of a blood vessel. | 08-27-2015 |
20150238165 | ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT METHOD - Measurement data, which is obtained by measuring a cross section of the body with an ultrasonic wave, is acquired based on a received signal of an ultrasonic wave transmission and reception unit configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic wave to and from a blood vessel through the surface of the body, the blood vessel having a part satisfying predetermined tissue conditions. The part is detected based on the acquired measurement data. Then, it is detected that the ultrasonic wave transmission and reception unit has moved on the surface of the body along the longitudinal direction of the blood vessel and has reached a predetermined position for performing predetermined vascular function measurement, from the detection of the part, based on the measurement data. | 08-27-2015 |
20150272541 | ULTRASONIC MEASURING APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC MEASURING METHOD - A set of feature points including three feature points in a B-mode image acquired by an ultrasonic measurement are evaluated on a criterion as to whether a position of a circle passing through the three feature points is regarded as a position of a vessel wall. As evaluation items, there are the number of feature points located on a contour of the circle passing through the three feature points, position changes of the feature points with time, luminance of the feature points, the number of feature points inside the circle, etc. As a result of the evaluation, if a predetermined condition is satisfied, the position of the vessel wall is determined to be in the position of the circle passing through the selected three feature points, and the vessel position is detected. | 10-01-2015 |
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20090086229 | Image Processing Device and Pixel Attribute Identification Method - The printer of the invention performs an area classification process to classify each pixel included in an input image read by a scanner as a pixel in an edge component area or a pixel in a halftone dot area, and performs a correction process with a spatial filter suitable for each area. The area classification process calculates a difference value between luminance values of two arbitrary pixels selected among peripheral pixels in a specific pixel range around each target pixel according to each of multiple differential patterns t, compares the calculated difference value with threshold values provided for each differential pattern t to compute multiple difference detection values ht(x) corresponding to the multiple differential patterns t, and gives weights to the computed difference detection values ht(x) to compute a comprehensive difference detection value H(x). The area classification process identifies whether the target pixel is a pixel in the edge component area or a pixel in the halftone dot area, based on the computed comprehensive difference detection value H(x). This arrangement enables high-speed identification of the attribute of each pixel included in an image by such simple operation, while enabling identification of pixel attribute with high accuracy. | 04-02-2009 |
20090091809 | Image Processing Device, Method and Program Product - First integrated data is generated using tone value data. The tone value data represents respective tone values of pixels of an image. The first integrated data represents respective first pixel values of the pixels. The first pixel value is associated with sum of tone values of pixels within a rectangle in the image. The rectangle has two opposing corners represented by a pixel corresponding to the first pixel value and a reference pixel respectively. The reference pixel is a pixel at a predetermined corner of the image. A calculation process is executed. The calculation process includes calculation of a first calculation value of a target rectangle area using the first integrated data. The first calculation value is correlated to sum of tone values within the target rectangle area. The target rectangle area is enclosed by a rectangle defined by pixel boundary lines. The pixel boundary lines represent boundary lines between neighboring pixels in the image. Image processing in relation to the target rectangle area is executed in accordance with the result of the calculation process. In the calculation of the first calculation value, the first calculation value is calculated using respective first pixel values of four calculation pixels. The four calculation pixels are respectively adjacent to four vertexes of the target rectangle area in the direction of the reference pixel. The four vertexes are on the pixel boundary lines. | 04-09-2009 |
20100014121 | Printing Apparatus, Printing Method, and Recording Medium - There is provided a printing apparatus that prints an image constituted by a plurality of pixels. The printing apparatus includes a sum correspondence value calculating unit that calculates a sum correspondence value on the basis of a sum value of saturation evaluating values of pixels located within a rectangle in which a corner adjacent to an arbitrary pixel within the image and a corner adjacent to a reference pixel within the image become opposing corners for the arbitrary pixel, a rectangle sum value calculating unit that calculates a sum value within the rectangle on the basis of the sum correspondence value for adjacent pixels that are adjacent to four vertexes of an arbitrary target rectangle of the image for a target pixel located in a predetermined position within the target rectangle, an attribute determining unit that determines the attribute of the target pixel in the image based on the sum value within the rectangle for the target pixel, and a print control unit that prints image data for which image processing on the basis of the attributes of the pixels is performed. | 01-21-2010 |
20100165394 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE-PRINTING METHOD - A printing system that transfers an image composed of pixels of a first resolution, includes a client and a printing apparatus. The client includes a determining unit that, for a pixel block that is of a size of a pixel of a second resolution that is lower than the first resolution, determines whether or not the pixel block is homogenous on the basis of a difference in color information for a target pixel of the first resolution included in the pixel block; an image-data-for-transfer creating unit that creates image data for transfer by changing pixels of the first resolution included in a pixel block that has been determined to be homogenous from the first resolution to the second resolution; and a transmitting unit that transmits the image data for transfer. The printing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives the image data for transfer and a high-resolution-image-data creating unit that creates image data representing an image composed of pixels of the first resolution by changing pixels of the second resolution in the image data for transfer from the second resolution to the first resolution. | 07-01-2010 |
20100208276 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing apparatus includes a data creating unit that creates image data in response to input data representing an image, wherein the image data includes first image data of a first pixel density and a second image data of a second pixel density lower than the first pixel density, and the data creating unit selects a representative color from colors included in the image, creates data, which includes information for specifying a high resolution pixel representing a portion indicating the representative color of the image among a plurality of high resolution pixels arranged with the first pixel density in an image area representing the image, as the first image data, and creates data, which includes a pixel value of a low resolution pixel representing a portion indicating a color different from the representative color of the image among a plurality of low resolution pixels arranged with the second pixel density in the image area, as the second image data. | 08-19-2010 |
20100208277 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - An image processing apparatus includes a raster data creating unit that creates raster data representing an image including plural types of objects in response to input data representing the image, wherein the raster data includes high resolution raster data of a first pixel density and a low resolution raster data of a second pixel density lower than the first pixel density, and the raster data creating unit sets any one of pixel values of pixels of the high resolution raster data and pixel values of pixels of the low resolution raster data in an image area of objects of a type other than characters based on variation of colors of the image area represented by a plurality of pixels of the first pixel density, which correspond to one pixel of the second pixel density. | 08-19-2010 |
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20140291944 | SUSPENSION DEVICE - A suspension device has longitudinal force compliance steer properties to steer a rear wheel to toe-in or toe-out according to increase in longitudinal force applied to wheel treads of a rear wheel. The suspension device includes: a hub bearing housing; suspension links having both edges pivotally attached to a vehicle body and a hub bearing respectively, to support the hub bearing housing; a suspension spring generating reaction force corresponding to relative displacement amount in the longitudinal direction of the hub bearing housing as to the vehicle body; a damper generating damping force corresponding to relative speed in the longitudinal direction of the hub bearing housing as to the vehicle body; and a toe change generating unit generating toe change in a direction where toe change due to longitudinal force compliance properties is temporarily cancelled out or suppressed at an early stage of turning of the vehicle. | 10-02-2014 |
20150273973 | VEHICLE IN WHICH LEFT AND RIGHT WHEELS ARE ATTACHED TO VEHICLE BODY BY SUB-FRAME MODULE - In a sub-frame module that is used to attach a set of left and right wheels in pair to a vehicle body, a sub-frame attached to the vehicle body and left and right hub carriers, to which the left and right wheels in pair are attached, are connected by left and right link arms to be capable of swinging. A stabilizer is laid across the left and right rear link arms, and a holder that holds the stabilizer is supported by an vehicle body side member that is provided in a bush attached to the vehicle body. The holder is fixed to the vehicle body by attaching the vehicle body side member to the vehicle body. | 10-01-2015 |
20160089943 | COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE CHASSIS MEMBERS - A coupling structure for vehicle chassis members couples a ball joint member and an axle housing used for a vehicle to each other. The structure includes a socket that has a substantially columnar external shape, is provided in the ball joint member, and has a socket bolt groove throughout a circumference in an outer circumferential surface of the socket. The structure also includes a collar that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is disposed so as to surround an outer circumferential surface of the socket. The axle housing has a coupling hole having a substantially columnar internal shape into which the socket is inserted. The ball joint member and the axle housing are coupled to each other by disposing the socket in the coupling hole while the socket is surrounded by the collar. | 03-31-2016 |