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20100124618 | Method of Forming Insulation Film Using Plasma Treatment Cycles - A film forming cycle based on pulse CVD or ALD is repeated multiple times to form a single layer of insulation film, while a reforming cycle is implemented in the aforementioned process, either once or multiple times per each film forming cycle, by treating the surface of formed film using a treating gas that has been activated by a plasma. | 05-20-2010 |
20100124621 | Method of Forming Insulation Film by Modified PEALD - A method of forming an insulation film by alternating multiple times, respectively, a process of adsorbing a precursor onto a substrate and a process of treating the adsorbed surface using reactant gas and a plasma, wherein a plasma is applied in the process of supplying the precursor. | 05-20-2010 |
20100136313 | PROCESS FOR FORMING HIGH RESISTIVITY THIN METALLIC FILM - A process for forming metallic nitride film by atomic layer deposition (ALD), which comprises steps for feeding into a reaction space vapor phase alternated pulses of metal source material and silicon source material in a plurality of cycles, and feeding into the reaction space vapor phase pulses of nitrogen source material. wherein a nitrogen source pulse is fed intermittently in selected cycles such that a ratio of nitrogen source pulses to silicon source pulses is less than 1:1 and a ratio of nitrogen source pulses to metal source pulses is less than 1:1, the ratio selected to produce the thin film with a resistivity between 1,000 μΩcm and 15,000 μΩcm. | 06-03-2010 |
20100178423 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLOW AND CONCENTRATION OF LIQUID PRECURSOR - A method for controlling flow and concentration of a liquid precursor includes: supplying a carrier gas to a first auto-pressure regulator and outputting therefrom the carrier gas at a first pressure to a precursor reservoir; outputting the mixture of the vaporized precursor and the carrier gas from the precursor reservoir; and supplying the mixture to a second auto-pressure regulator and outputting therefrom the mixture at a second pressure to a reactor via an orifice. | 07-15-2010 |
20130337583 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING DAMAGE OF DIELECTRIC FILM BY CYCLIC PROCESSES - A method for repairing process-related damage of a dielectric film includes: (i) adsorbing a first gas containing silicon on a surface of the damaged dielectric film without depositing a film in the absence of reactive species, (ii) adsorbing a second gas containing silicon on a surface of the dielectric film, followed by applying reactive species to the surface of the dielectric film, to form a monolayer film thereon, and (iii) repeating step (ii). The duration of exposing the surface to the first gas in step (i) is longer than the duration of exposing the surface to the second gas in step (ii). | 12-19-2013 |
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20100082929 | MEMORY PROTECTION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES MEMORY PROTECTION PROGRAM - A memory protection method for protecting a memory from an unauthorized access by a program, includes: executing area definition processing for dividing an undivided address space on the memory into a plurality of areas; executing combining processing for temporarily combining the divided areas before calling a procedure of the program across the divided areas; executing calling processing for calling the procedure after the areas are combined; and executing restoring processing for restoring the combined areas to a state before the combining processing after execution of the called procedure. | 04-01-2010 |
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20140101671 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - On a multiprocessor, a task may move between processors, and a context of the processor and a context of a co processor are together transferred at the time of a task switch, resulting in a reduced execution efficiency. The movement between the processors of the task using the co processor is restricted, to reduce the number of times of transfer of the co processor context. | 04-10-2014 |
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20080251885 | Fuse structure, semiconductor device, and method of forming the semiconductor device - There are provided a fuse structure and a semiconductor device having the fuse structure. The fuse structure includes an insulating layer having a hole, a resistance-variable material layer disposed on inner wall of the hole, a reference power layer that covers the resistance-variable material layer, and a plurality of leads in the insulating layer. Each lead has a first portion which reaches the inner wall of the hole and contacts the resistance-variable material layer. Each lead is configured to allow an electrical connection to outside. | 10-16-2008 |
20080251886 | Fuse structure, and semiconductor device - A fuse structure includes a reference power layer disposed between first and second resistance-variable material layers. The first and second resistance-variable material layer may at least partially overlap each other in plan view. First and second insulating layers are disposed over and under the first and second resistance-variable material layers. A plurality of first leads is disposed over the first insulating layer. A plurality of second leads is disposed under the second insulating layer. A plurality of first via contacts penetrates the first insulating layer and connects between the first leads and the first resistance-variable material layer. A plurality of second via contacts penetrates the second insulating layer and connects between the second leads and the second resistance-variable material layer. Each of the first leads extends in a second horizontal direction that crosses a first horizontal direction in which the first and second resistance-variable material layer extend. | 10-16-2008 |
20090256237 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A miniaturized semiconductor device is provided by reducing the design thickness of a wiring line protecting film covering the surface of a wiring layer, and reducing the distance between the wiring layer and via plugs formed by a self-aligning process. Dummy mask layers extending in the same layout pattern as the wiring layer is formed above the wiring layer covered with a protecting film composed of a cap layer and side wall layers. In the self-aligning process for forming via plugs in a self-aligned manner with the wiring layer and its protecting film, the thickness of the cap layer is reduced and the design interval between the via plugs is reduced, whereby the miniaturization of the semiconductor device is achieved. | 10-15-2009 |
20100109006 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor device layer, a multilayered wiring section formed of a plurality of wiring layers and a plurality of interlayer insulating films on one surface of the semiconductor device layer, an external connection electrode formed on one of the plurality of wiring layers, and an opening formed in a concave shape extending from the semiconductor device layer to the multilayered wiring section so as to expose a surface of the external connection electrode; the opening has a larger opening diameter at an end farther from the external connection electrode than at the other end closer to the external connection electrode. | 05-06-2010 |
20100328408 | INK EJECTION HEAD UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An ink ejection head unit includes a head that ejects ink drops from plural two nozzles. The head includes a common liquid chamber connected to the plural nozzles. The common liquid chamber has a supply opening and an ejection opening. A tank is connected to the head and includes an ink containing section that contains ink to be supplied to the head. Also included is a supply path to supply the ink from the ink containing section to the supply opening of the head. An ejection path is provided to eject the ink ejected from the ejection opening of the head to an outside of the ink ejection head unit. A communication path is also provided to communicate the highest section of a seal of the containing section with the ejection path higher than the highest section of the seal. A fluid resistance of the communication path is larger than the total fluid resistance of a path starting from the supply opening to the ejection opening. | 12-30-2010 |
20110128334 | LIQUID CONTAINING TANK, LIQUID-JET HEAD UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid containing tank for containing a liquid to be supplied to a liquid-jet head. The liquid containing tank includes a containing part containing the liquid supplied from the outside; and a supply channel separated from the containing part by a partition wall rising from the bottom surface of the containing part and supplying the liquid from the containing part to the liquid-jet head. The containing part includes a first region and a second region, the flow speed of the liquid in the first region of the containing part is lower than the flow speed of the liquid in the second region of the containing part, and the horizontal cross sectional area of the first region of the containing part is less than the horizontal cross sectional area of the second region of the containing part. | 06-02-2011 |
20120070978 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A miniaturized semiconductor device is provided by reducing the design thickness of a wiring line protecting film covering the surface of a wiring layer, and reducing the distance between the wiring layer and via plugs formed by a self-aligning process. Dummy mask layers extending in the same layout pattern as the wiring layer is formed above the wiring layer covered with a protecting film composed of a cap layer and side wall layers. In the self-aligning process for forming via plugs in a self-aligned manner with the wiring layer and its protecting film, the thickness of the cap layer is reduced and the design interval between the via plugs is reduced, whereby the miniaturization of the semiconductor device is achieved. | 03-22-2012 |
20120194884 | IMAGE DISPLAY, LABELED ARTICLE, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - An image display is to be transferred from a support onto a substrate and displays an image including personal information. The image display includes a base layer releasably supported by the support and having a light-transmitting property, and an image display layer including a hologram and/or diffraction grating and transferred onto the base layer by a thermal transfer method using a thermal head. The image display layer displays an image including at least a piece of the personal information. An individual authentication medium including the image display, and manufacturing methods of the image display and individual authentication medium are also described. | 08-02-2012 |
20120211852 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a solid-state imaging device photoelectrically converting light taken by a lens; and a light shielding member shielding part of light incident on the solid-state imaging device from the lens, wherein an angle made between an edge surface of the light shielding member and an optical axis direction of the lens is larger than an incident angle of light to be incident on an edge portion of the light shielding member. | 08-23-2012 |
20120315738 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. An insulating-separating portion, which surrounds an electrode penetrating a substrate, is filled with a stacked structure of at least two stages, including a first stage of insulating film and a second stage of insulating film. When at least one of the first and second stages of insulating films has a seam, the seam is stopped by the region in the bottom of the second stage of insulating film that does not have a seam in at least the bottom thereof, thereby increasing mechanical strength. It is possible to prevent the inner region of the insulating-separating portion from being isolated. | 12-13-2012 |
20140306310 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a solid-state imaging device photoelectrically converting light taken by a lens; and a light shielding member shielding part of light incident on the solid-state imaging device from the lens, wherein an angle made between an edge surface of the light shielding member and an optical axis direction of the lens is larger than an incident angle of light to be incident on an edge portion of the light shielding member. | 10-16-2014 |
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20080284988 | Image projecting apparatus and image projecting method for use in the same - Disclosed herein is an image projecting apparatus, including: a one-dimension type light modulating device for modulating a light in accordance with image information; a projection optical system; and a light deflecting device for deflecting an image light in a direction approximately perpendicular to an extension direction of a one-dimensional image light emitted from the one-dimensional light modulating device; wherein the light deflecting device is composed of a first light deflecting device arranged between the projection optical system and the one-dimension type light modulating device, and a second light deflecting device arranged on an emission side of the projection optical system; the second light deflecting device is detachably mounted. | 11-20-2008 |
20100118278 | DIFFUSER DRIVING DEVICE AND PROJECTION-TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A diffuser driving device includes: a moving frame mounted with a diffuser; a supporting frame movably supporting the moving frame; a drive unit driving the moving frame to vibrate in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis of an image beam incident on the diffuser and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the optical axis; and a controller controlling the drive unit to change a phase difference between the vibration of the moving frame in the first direction and the vibration of the moving frame in the second direction and to move the moving frame at a moving speed higher than a predetermined value. | 05-13-2010 |
20110069157 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide an image display device comprising a rotating section having a plurality of light emitting elements. The rotating section rotates about a center and presents an image. A sensor detects an object, and a display controller controls presentation of the image based at least in part on detection of an object by the sensor. | 03-24-2011 |
20110234772 | STEREOSCOPIC PICTURE DISPLAY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND STEREOSCOPIC PICTURE DISPLAY METHOD - A stereoscopic picture is viewable from all directions with high reproducibility without complicating a stereoscopic display mechanism, compared to related art. A cylindrical rotation section | 09-29-2011 |
20120007108 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light emitting device includes: a light emitting chip arranged on a substrate; a resin lens which covers the light emitting chip and focuses irradiation light from the light emitting chip; a mask which covers a region of an upper layer surface of the substrate, other than the resin lens; and a low surface tension film formed on a region of the upper layer surface of the substrate, other than in the proximity of the light emitting chip. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008204 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a cylindrical casing which is rotatably driven; and a plurality of curve-arranged displays which are installed inside the casing and have the same number as a plurality of slits formed in the casing, wherein the curve-arranged displays include a light housing which is an approximately semi-cylindrical column having a hollow structure, and a plurality of display device substrates installed on an arc-shaped side surface of the approximately semi-cylindrical column of the light housing. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008262 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a cylindrical casing which is rotatably driven; and a plurality of curve-arranged displays which are installed inside the casing and have the same number as a plurality of slits formed in the casing, wherein each curve-arranged display has an L-shaped or inverted L-shaped cross-section, and short sides of a plurality of display device substrates in which a display device is installed on the short side of the L shape or the inverted L shape are arranged in the form of an arc. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008317 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a plurality of displays in which a plurality of light emitting devices which emit irradiation light of one of an R component, a G component, and a B component are arrayed, wherein with reference to arbitrary 3×3 light emitting devices among the arrayed light emitting devices, the color components of the light emitting devices arrayed in the longitudinal direction are different from each other and the color components of the light emitting devices arrayed in the transverse direction are the same. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008328 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light emitting device includes: a light emitting chip arranged on a substrate; and a resin lens formed to cover the light emitting chip, wherein the center of the light emitting chip and the center of the resin lens are offset so that the centers do not match each other. | 01-12-2012 |
20120092093 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a signal transmission apparatus for transmitting a signal to a signal processing section provided inside a rotated rotary body, the signal transmission apparatus including: a waveguide tube provided on the rotating shaft of the rotary body; a signal transmitting section provided outside the rotary body to serve as a section for transmitting the signal through the waveguide tube; a signal receiving section provided inside the rotary body to serve as a section for receiving the signal transmitted by the signal transmitting section through the waveguide tube and supplying the signal to the signal processing section; a slip ring rotated along with the rotary body around the waveguide tube serving as a rotation axis; and a power supplying section provided outside the rotary body to serve as a section for supplying power to the signal processing section through the slip ring. | 04-19-2012 |
20130010357 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device including a housing whose side surface has one or more slits, and a display that is mounted in the housing and has a substantially arc shape, wherein an image displayed on the display is visually recognized beyond the slit when the housing rotates, and a curvature of the display having the substantially arc shape is formed so that stray light resulting from a specular reflection does not occur. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010462 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device including a light-emitting element package, in which a plurality of light-emitting elements emitting light of different colors are arranged vertically and horizontally, is disposed on a base substrate having a plane shape in a vertical direction and an arc shape in a horizontal direction. | 01-10-2013 |
20130215505 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a cylindrical casing which is rotatably driven; and a plurality of curve-arranged displays which are installed inside the casing and have the same number as a plurality of slits formed in the casing, wherein the curve-arranged displays include a light housing which is an approximately semi-cylindrical column having a hollow structure, and a plurality of display device substrates installed on an arc-shaped side surface of the approximately semi-cylindrical column of the light housing. | 08-22-2013 |
20140291709 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a plurality of light emitting sections. The first substrate includes a first surface and a second surface which faces the first surface. The second substrate is arranged to face the first substrate, and is configured with a first surface which faces the second surface of the first substrate, and a second surface which faces the first surface. The plurality of light emitting sections is provided on the second surface of the first substrate while being separated from the second substrate. A light transmission suppression layer on which a light transmission section to transmit light from light emitting sections is provided is formed on the second surface of the second substrate in correspondence to each light emitting section. An anti-reflection layer is formed in the light transmission section. | 10-02-2014 |
20140307232 | PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a projection-type display device including an excitation light source configured to emit excitation light, a fluorescent member configured to emit fluorescent light when the excitation light from the excitation light source is condensed, a heat sink connected to the excitation light source, a single air blowing fan configured to cool the heat sink and the fluorescent member together, and an excitation light source control unit configured to control an output of the excitation light source, depending on a luminance level of an external video signal. | 10-16-2014 |
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20090044745 | Process for Producing Zno Single Crystal According to Method of Liquid Phase Growth - A method for producing a ZnO single crystal by a liquid phase growth technique, comprising the steps of: mixing and melting ZnO as a solute and PbF | 02-19-2009 |
20100209686 | Mg-CONTAINING ZnO MIXED SINGLE CRYSTAL, LAMINATE THEREOF AND THEIR PRODUCTION METHODS - The present invention can provide an Mg-containing ZnO mixed single crystal wherein the mixed single crystal comprises an Mg-containing ZnO semiconductor having a bandgap (Eg) of 3.30≦Eg≦3.54 eV, and has a film thickness of 5 μm or less. The present invention can provide a method for producing an Mg-containing ZnO mixed single crystal by liquid phase epitaxial growth, wherein the method comprises: mixing and melting ZnO and MgO as solutes and PbO and Bi | 08-19-2010 |
20110024742 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ZnO SINGLE CRYSTAL, SELF-SUPPORTING ZnO SINGLE-CRYSTAL WAFER OBTAINED BY THE SAME, SELF-SUPPORTING WAFER OF Mg-CONTAINING ZnO MIXED SINGLE CRYSTAL, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING Mg-CONTAINING ZnO MIXED SINGLE CRYSTAL FOR USE IN THE SAME - A ZnO single crystal can be grown on a seed crystal substrate using a liquid phase epitaxial growth method by mixing and melting ZnO as a solute and a solvent, bringing the crystal substrate into direct contact with the resultant melt, and pulling up the seed crystal substrate continuously or intermittently. A self-supporting Mg-containing ZnO mixed single crystal wafer can be obtained as follows. A Mg-containing ZnO mixed single crystal is grown using a liquid phase epitaxial growth method by mixing and melting ZnO and MgO forming a solute and a solvent, then bringing a seed crystal substrate into direct contact with the resultant melt, and pulling up the seed crystal substrate continuously or intermittently. Then, the self-supporting Mg-containing ZnO mixed single crystal wafer is obtained by removing the substrate by polishing or etching, and polishing or etching a surface, on the side of −c plane, of the single crystal grown by the liquid phase epitaxial growth method. | 02-03-2011 |
20120064314 | MULTILAYER ZnO SINGLE CRYSTAL SCINTILLATOR AND METHOD FOR MANFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a multilayer ZnO single crystal scintillator wherein the light emitting quantity is increased, and a method for manufacturing such scintillator. A multilayer body composed of ZnO semiconductor layers having different band gaps is manufactured, and a layer having a small band gap is made to have a thickness that permits ionization radiation, such as α rays and electronic rays, to enter the layer, thereby the light emitting quantity of the multilayer ZnO single crystal scintillator is greatly increased. | 03-15-2012 |
20120192787 | Mg-CONTAINING ZnO MIXED SINGLE CRYSTAL, LAMINATE THEREOF AND THEIR PRODUCTION METHODS - The present invention can provide an Mg-containing ZnO mixed single crystal wherein the mixed single crystal comprises an Mg-containing ZnO semiconductor having a bandgap (Eg) of 3.3008-02-2012 | |
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20130128072 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - In a photographing device including a plurality of photographing means, a failure is liable to arise in photographing an object, therefore, a photographing device according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes a plurality of photographing means; a photographing control means to which the plurality of photographing means are connected; and an output control means connected to the photographing control means; wherein the photographing control means includes an image information extraction means obtaining photographed images from the photographing means and extracting image information from each of the photographed images, an image information processing means detecting a difference between multiple pieces of the image information, and a comparison means making a comparison in size between the difference and a predetermined threshold value, the output control means outputs a warning signal if the comparison means determines that the size of the difference exceeds the size of the predetermined threshold value. | 05-23-2013 |
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20100108875 | METHOD OF ANALYZING MINUTE QUANTITY OF CONTENT - A sample preparation for analyzing a minute quantity of a content included in a material is performed by short-time extraction treatment without long-time extraction treatment, and the minute quantity of the content in the material is rapidly analyzed. The method of analyzing a minute quantity of a content includes mounting on a sample table a sample piece of a material to be analyzed; dropping onto the sample table the solvent for extracting the content from the sample piece, and injecting the solvent into a gap between the sample table and the sample piece; maintaining at room temperature the solvent injected into the gap between the sample table and the sample piece, and, with the solvent maintained in the gap between the sample table and the sample piece, extracting the content from the sample piece; and analyzing the content extracted from the sample piece. | 05-06-2010 |
20130100499 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An invented information processing apparatus includes a designating unit for designating a particular letter or string, a judging unit for judging as to whether line data forming text data include the particular letter or string designated by the designating unit, and an editing unit for editing the line data judged by the judging unit as including the particular letter or string. The information processing apparatus can remove redundant data unnecessary for the users with better efficiency. | 04-25-2013 |
20140341598 | INFORMATION FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a medium storing portion storing a recording medium, and a storage unit that stores first size information indicating a size of the stored recording medium. A receiving unit receives print data containing image data and second size information indicating a size relating to the image data. A feeding unit feeds the recording medium from the medium storage portion. An image forming unit forms an image on the recording medium. A detection unit detects a size of the recording medium fed by the feeding unit to obtain third size information. A first determining unit determines whether the first size information corresponds to the second size information. A second determining unit determines whether the third size information corresponds to the second size information. An acquiring unit acquires determination instruction information. A determination control unit causes only the second determining unit to perform determination according to the determination instruction information. | 11-20-2014 |
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20110151969 | NETWORK GAME SYSTEM AND CLIENT GAME DEVICE - By assigning presentation process information, which is used for changing a game screen or a game sound to a game screen or a game sound that is different from an ordinary game screen or game sound, to a player through an external storage medium when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a network game system and a client game device capable of increasing the attraction and strengthening the friendship between players are provided. In a network game system including game devices each including a unit that reads out a player ID from an external storage medium and a server terminal that is communicably connected to the game devices through a network, presentation process information used for performing a game presentation associated with a game presentation ID at the time of performing a game is stored in a managing section, the game presentation ID set to be used in the external storage medium based on the player ID is stored in the managing section in association with the player ID, and, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, information on the use permission setting of the game presentation ID that is stored in the managing section is updated. | 06-23-2011 |
20150080140 | GOLF GAME DEVICE, GOLF GAME SERVER, AND GOLF GAME SYSTEM - A novel golf game device includes a field simulating a green, a cup provided in the field, a putting position designating section which designates, to a player, a putting position on the field from where the player hits a ball, a storage section which stores dominant hand information about a dominant hand of the player, and a control section which determines a dominant hand of the player on the basis of the dominant hand information, determines a putting position on the field in accordance with the player's dominant hand, and performs control such that the putting position designating section designates the determined putting position to the player. | 03-19-2015 |
20150087432 | GOLF GAME DEVICE, GOLF GAME SERVER, AND GOLF GAME SYSTEM - A novel golf game device includes a field simulating a green, a plurality of cups provided in the field, a ball-in-cup detecting section which detects that a ball has entered the cup, a cup designating section which designates to a player a target cup to be aimed at from among the plurality of cups, a putting position designating section which designates to the player a putting position on the field from where the player hits a ball, and a control section which is operable, in response to the player hitting a ball set at the putting position, to determine whether the hit ball has entered the target cup, on the basis of a detection signal from the ball-in-cup detecting section, and control the progress of the golf game on the basis of the determination result. | 03-26-2015 |
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20090190154 | Image Forming System and Method, Management Apparatus, and Recording Medium - An image forming system includes one or more image forming apparatuses and a management apparatus. The management apparatus includes: a software component retention part configured to retain one or more software components in a storage unit, the software components each being configured to generate output format data in a data format interpretable by a printer engine of a corresponding one or more of the image forming apparatuses from application data; a determination part configured to determine, based on the specified image forming apparatus, one of the software components to be used to generate the output format data corresponding to the specified image forming apparatus; and a transmission part configured to transmit the generated output format data to the specified image forming apparatus. The specified image forming apparatus includes an image forming part to form a predetermined image on an image forming medium based on the transmitted output format data. | 07-30-2009 |
20090201547 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM USING A MANAGEMENT APPARATUS TO MANAGE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses, a management apparatus configured to manage and operate the image forming system, and a plurality of communication control apparatuses each configured to control data communication between the management apparatus and a corresponding image forming apparatus, wherein the management apparatus includes a software component storing unit configured to store one or more software components in a predetermined storage area of a storage device of the management apparatus, the one or more software components being each configured to generate print data recognizable by a corresponding image forming apparatus and a selecting unit configured to select a software component from the one or more software components in response to the print request, the selected software component being used to generate print data corresponding to the image forming apparatus selected as a printing apparatus. | 08-13-2009 |
20130254297 | COLLABORATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLLABORATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A collaboration processing apparatus that is connected to plural electronic apparatuses, receives a request from an application installed in the collaboration processing apparatus, and controls the electronic devices based on the received request to perform a collaboration process by causing the application and the electronic devices to collaborate, includes a capability information providing unit which receives an acquisition request for information related to capability of the electronic device via a previously defined interface and provides the information related to the capability of the electronic devices in response to the received acquisition request; and an execution controlling unit which receives the execution request based on the information of the capability from the application, to which the information related to the capability is provided by the capability information providing unit, via the previously defined interface, and controls the electronic devices based on the received execution request. | 09-26-2013 |
20150063670 | Extraction of Myocardial Contour Points - One of the preferred embodiments includes: (a) creating a summed 3D nuclear medicine imaging data by summing a plurality of 3D nuclear medicine imaging data pixel by pixel; (b) determining pixels corresponding to myocardial regions in the summed 3D nuclear medicine imaging data; (c) defining a plurality of tracing directions based on the summed 3D nuclear medicine imaging data, and determining a reference myocardial center base point, a reference inner myocardial wall base point and a reference outer myocardial wall base point for each of the tracing directions; (d) determining a phase-specific myocardial center base point for each of the tracing directions for each of the phases; and (e) seeking a difference between the reference myocardial center base point and the phase-specific myocardial center base point, and determining a phase-specific inner myocardial wall base point and a phase-specific outer myocardial wall base point. | 03-05-2015 |
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20090091685 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE VIEWABLE FROM BOTH SURFACES AND PORTABLE APPARATUS USING SAME - In front of a liquid crystal display element, a surface light source is arranged which emits a light toward the liquid crystal display element and lets lights coming from its front and its back permeate therethrough. The liquid crystal display element has reflection/permeation means which is provided behind a liquid crystal cell and a liquid crystal layer, and which reflects a part of a light that comes to each of a plurality of pixels from the front of the liquid crystal cell, and lets the other part of the light permeate the reflection/permeation means. | 04-09-2009 |
20100157222 | IN-PLANE SWITCHING TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device comprises a pair of substrates subjected to an aligning treatment in mutually parallel but opposite directions, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, a first electrode bent into a “<” shape, and a second electrode formed via an insulating film with the first electrode. The first electrode comprises one linear section and another linear section that extend in directions that intersect the alignment treatment direction at different angles, a bent section that is provided at each end where the one linear section and the other linear section adjacent to each other and that extends in a direction that intersects the alignment treatment direction at an angle that is greater than each of the intersecting angles of the one linear section and the other linear section and the alignment treatment direction with respect to the alignment treatment directions. | 06-24-2010 |
20100245718 | LCD APPARATUS - An LCD apparatus includes an LCD panel having a color filter for a plurality of color components and having a plurality of pixels each associated with one of the color components of the color filter, and a side lighting-type backlight unit disposed under the LCD panel. The backlight unit includes a light guide and a light source disposed at least at one lateral end of the light guide, and further includes a reflecting layer on a side opposite to a side facing the LCD panel to reflect light coming towards the reflecting layer from the light guide. The color filter is configured to compensate a change in color spectrum in the ambient light that has passed through the LCD panel and the light guide and that has been reflected by the reflecting layer back to the light guide and the LCD panel so that the color temperature of white display of the LCD panel by the ambient light remains substantially the same as the color temperature of the original ambient light. | 09-30-2010 |
20110134370 | LCD APPARATUS - An LCD apparatus includes an LCD panel having a color filter for a plurality of color components and having a plurality of pixels each associated with one of the color components of the color filter, and a side lighting-type backlight unit disposed under the LCD panel. The backlight unit includes a light guide and a light source disposed at least at one lateral end of the light guide, and further includes a reflecting layer on a side opposite to a side facing the LCD panel to reflect light coming towards the reflecting layer from the light guide. The color filter is configured to compensate a change in color spectrum in the ambient light that has passed through the LCD panel and the light guide and that has been reflected by the reflecting layer back to the light guide and the LCD panel so that the color temperature of white display of the LCD panel by the ambient light remains substantially the same as the color temperature of the original ambient light. | 06-09-2011 |
20110223744 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND COMPOSITION FOR FORMING A PROTECTIVE LAYER OF AN OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a composition for forming a protective layer which has an excellent acid resistance, an excellent cracking resistance and does not adversely affect semiconductor layers even when acid is used to remove deposits that arise during formation of separation trenches for separating a substrate into device units. Also provided is a method for manufacturing an optical semiconductor device using such a composition. The composition for forming a protective layer includes a siloxane polymer and an organic solvent. The method for manufacturing an optical semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a protective layer | 09-15-2011 |
20110273643 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel; a side-lit backlight that emits light towards the liquid crystal panel through a light guide plate, the backlight further having a reflection layer that reflects light that has passed through the liquid crystal panel and the light guide plate in that order; a first λ/4 plate disposed between a first polarizer and the first substrate, the first λ/4 plate having a retarded phase axis that is at a 45° angle with the transmission axis of the first polarizer; a second λ/4 plate disposed between a second polarizer and the second substrate, the second λ/4 plate having a retarded phase axis that is at 45° with the transmission axis of the second polarizer and that is perpendicular to the retarded phase axis of the first λ/4 plate; and a diffusion layer disposed between the first λ/4 plate and the first substrate. | 11-10-2011 |
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20100197674 | OXOPYRAZINE DERIVATIVE AND HERBICIDE - The present invention is to provide an oxopyrazine derivative having an excellent herbicidal activity and besides exhibiting high safety for useful crops and the like, or a salt thereof, and a herbicide containing the same. | 08-05-2010 |
20110287937 | RING-FUSED 2-PYRIDONE DERIVATIVES AND HERBICIDES - Provided are 2-pyridone derivatives which have excellent herbicidal activity and exhibit high safety to useful crops and so on; salts thereof; and herbicides containing same. In more detail, 2-pyridone derivatives represented by general formula [I] or agrochemically acceptable salts thereof, and herbicides containing these compounds are provided. In general formula [I], X | 11-24-2011 |
20130102468 | 6-ACYL-1,2,4-TRIAZINE-3,5-DIONE DERIVATIVE AND HERBICIDES - Disclosed are compounds exhibiting sufficient herbicidal activity at low application dosage when they are applied to soils and foliage, and an agrochemical composition using the same, in particular herbicides. The compounds are triazine derivatives represented by following Formula 1 or salts thereof, and the herbicides containing them: [Chem. 28] wherein in the formula, R | 04-25-2013 |
20130137577 | OXOPYRAZINE DERIVATIVE AND HERBICIDE - The present invention is to provide an oxopyrazine derivative having an excellent herbicidal activity and besides exhibiting high safety for useful crops and the like, or a salt thereof, and a herbicide containing the same. | 05-30-2013 |
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20090297972 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrophotographic image forming method is disclosed. The method includes electrically charging a photoreceptor, imagewise exposing the photoreceptor so that a latent image is formed on the photoreceptor, supplying a lubricant on a surface of the photoreceptor, and developing the latent image with a toner so that a toner image is formed on the photoreceptor, transferring the toner image and cleaning the photoreceptor, in which the photoreceptor has an electro-conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer and a protective layer containing inorganic particles, a ratio RSm/D | 12-03-2009 |
20100197200 | SURFACE ABRADING METHOD OF PHOTOSENSITIVE LAYER OF ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR - A surface abrading method of an electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed, comprising abrading the surface of a photosensitive layer with an abrading member entrained about a backup roll with feeding the abrading member and rotating the photoreceptor, while moving the abrading member parallel to a rotating shaft of the photoreceptor with bringing the abrading member into contact with the photosensitive layer surface, wherein the abrading member comprises a solid body on a backing material, the solid body contains abrasive grains and is provided on the backing material brought into contact with the photosensitive layer surface, and the top face of the solid body exhibits a surface roughness (Ry) of from 4.0 to 8.0 μm. | 08-05-2010 |
20100317747 | Medium oil used for a synthesis reaction, process for preparing dimethyl ether and process for preparing a mixture of dimethyl ether and methanol - A medium oil to be used for a synthesis reaction in a slurry-bed reaction procedure. The medium oil has as a main component, a branched, saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having 16 to 50 carbon atoms, 1 to 7 tertiary carbon atoms, 0 quaternary carbon atoms, and 1 to 16 carbon atoms in the branched chains bonded to the tertiary carbon atoms; and at least one of the tertiary carbon atoms is bonded to hydrocarbon chains with a chain length having 4 or more carbon atoms in three directions. | 12-16-2010 |
20110070537 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR - An image forming method employing a photoreceptor and a polymerization toner, wherein the photoreceptor comprises a photosensitive layer provided on a surface of a cylindrical electroconductive substrate, a surface of the photoreceptor has a shape composed of plural lower portions and plural higher portions, a surface roughness of a top surface of the higher portions is 0.01 to 0.5 μm, and a volume based median particle diameter of the polymerization toner is 3 to 8 μm. | 03-24-2011 |
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20090219721 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention is directed to a small-sized stroboscopic light emitting device that controls disorder in light distribution (orientation) characteristic caused by a shape of the reflector, and achieves a homogeneous light quantity distribution. The stroboscopic light emitting device includes an illuminator | 09-03-2009 |
20120036364 | SELF-AUTHENTICATION COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND DEVICE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM - In a system where a communication device performs secure communication by using a digital certificate, to enable a device of a communication party to verify that a self certificate is certainly generated by a device indicated on the self certificate even if the self certificate is not delivered offline in advance. Based on a master key and a public parameter, a communication device generates an ID-based encryption private key for which a device unique ID is used as a public key. Then, the communication device generates the digital signature of an RSA public key as a ID-based encryption signature by using the ID-based encryption private key. Then, the communication device generates an RSA self signature for the RSA public key, an expiration date, a host name, the device unique ID, and the ID-based encryption signature as the target. Then, the communication device generates a self-signed certificate to include the ID-based encryption signature and the RSA self signature. | 02-09-2012 |
20150055318 | STROBE LIGHT DEVICE - While maintaining weathering resistance, occurrence of whitening in the lens of the strobe light device is prevented and a color temperature of the emitted light required by the strobe light device is adjusted to fall into a preferable range. A lens of the strobe light device contains a base material and an ultraviolet absorber, and the base material is methacrylic resin. The ultraviolet absorber is contained at the rate of between or equal to 0.01 and 0.3 parts by mass, to 100 parts by mass of the base material. The lens may further contain a visible light absorber as a color temperature adjuster, and the visible light absorber preferably has a maximum absorption wavelength of between or equal to 380 nm and 495 nm. | 02-26-2015 |
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20100143562 | PERFUME COMPOSITION - There is provided a flavor composition that can impart and augment the natural, fresh and milk-rich feeling of dairy products to a necessary and sufficient level, which is a flavor composition for milk, dairy products, foods or beverages containing milk and dairy products, or dairy product substitutes, characterized by containing a trace amount of one or more disulfide compounds selected from the group consisting of methyl 2-methyl-3-furyl disulfide, bis(2-methyl-3-furyl)disulfide, methyl furfuryl disulfide and difurfuryl disulfide, as dairy products to which the flavor composition is added. | 06-10-2010 |
20110310797 | Packet retransmission control apparatus and packet retransmission controlling method - The present invention provides a packet retransmission control technique in which the communication performance can be improved in a state that the load of a network is high. The packet retransmission control apparatus includes a priority determining section configured to set a packet kind to each of transmission packets to indicate a kind of the transmission packet, and determine a priority level based on the packet kind to indicate an transmission order of the transmission packets; a packet buffer comprising a plurality of queues respectively assigned with priority levels, and configure to store the transmission packet in one of the plurality of queues which is determined based on the priority level of the transmission packet; and an arbitrating section configured to output the transmission packets from one assigned with the highest priority level of the plurality of queues to a lower layer in order of higher priority level. | 12-22-2011 |
20120145282 | CHROMIUM-AND-FLUORINE-FREE CHEMICAL CONVERSION TREATMENT SOLUTION FOR METAL SURFACES, METAL SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD, AND METAL SURFACE COATING METHOD - Disclosed are: a chemical conversion treatment solution for metal surfaces, which enables the formation of a chemical conversion coating film having excellent corrosion resistance and adhesion properties on metal base materials even though the solution does not contain chromium and fluorine, comprising at least one compound (A) selected from a water-soluble titanium compound and a water-soluble zirconium compound and an organic compound (B) that has multiple functional groups and can serve as a stabilizing agent, and which has a pH value of 2.0 to 6.5, wherein the content of the compound (A) is 0.1 to 10 mmol/L, and the content of the organic compound (B) is 2.5- to 10-fold larger than the content of the metal in the compound (A) by mole; and a method for treating the surface of a metal base material or a structure or body using the chemical conversion treatment solution for metal surfaces. | 06-14-2012 |
20120263038 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND FRAME COMMUNICATION METHOD - A network system has: a node performing transmission and reception of a frame based on FCoE (Fibre Channel Over Ethernet); a network; a controller performing management of the node and the network; and a gateway provided with respect to the node. The gateway determines whether a frame received from the node is a control frame or a data frame, forwards the control frame to the controller, and forwards the data frame to the network. The controller performs the management based on the control frame received from the gateway. The network transfers the data frame received from the gateway to a target node without through the controller. The controller comprises a flow management unit that manages a transfer route of the data frame in the network with respect to each flow. | 10-18-2012 |
20120269194 | REPEATING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PROGRAM - A repeating device according to the present invention is connected with a communication device sending and receiving a packet via a network, for relaying the packet. The repeating device includes a destination determination unit for determining whether a destination of a received retransmission packet is within a communication system including the repeating device or outside the communication system and a retransmission control unit for performing retransmission control of the received retransmission packet, when a result of the determination shows a destination of the received retransmission packet is outside the communication system, and requesting retransmission control of the received retransmission packet to a transmission source of the received retransmission packet, when the result of the determination shows the destination of the received retransmission packet is within the communication system. | 10-25-2012 |
20130182711 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND FRAME COMMUNICATION METHOD - A network system has: a communication device configured to perform frame transmission and reception; a network configured to transfer the frame; a gateway connected between the communication device and the network; and a controller configured to perform management of the communication device and the network. The frame is classified into a control frame for communicating control information necessary for communication and a data frame for communicating data between communication devices. The gateway determines whether a frame received from a source communication device is the control frame or the data frame, forwards the control frame to the controller, and forwards the data frame to the network. The controller performs the management based on the control frame received from the gateway. The network transfers the data frame received from the gateway to a destination communication device without through the controller. | 07-18-2013 |
20130223450 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND FRAME COMMUNICATION METHOD - A network system has: a node performing transmission/reception of a frame based on FCoE; a network; a controller performing management of the node and the network; and a gateway provided with respect to the node. The frame is classified into a control frame and a data frame. The gateway determines whether a frame received from the node is the control frame or the data frame, forwards the control frame to the controller, and forwards the data frame to the network. The controller performs the management based on the control frame received from the gateway. The network transfers the data frame received from the gateway to a destination node without through the controller. The node has a retransmission control and reordering unit configured to perform retransmission control and reordering processing with respect to the data frame. | 08-29-2013 |
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20090315871 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE SIGNAL TRANSMITTER AND IMAGE DISPLAY UNIT - An object of the present invention is to realize a transmission distortion correction system for allowing an image signal including a plurality of picture signals to be corrected, and to realize an image signal transmitter and an image display unit. The image display unit of the present invention includes: a second reference signal generation means for generating a second reference signal similar to a first reference signal regarding the image signal in which the first reference signal is inserted into each of the plurality of picture signals by the image signal transmitter; a plurality of waveform equalizers provided that correspond to the plurality of picture signals and that include a filter circuit capable of setting a characteristic thereto; and a control portion for inputting the plurality of picture signals, analyzing a characteristic of a transmission path between the image signal transmitter and the image display unit upon detecting the first reference signal in the input picture signals by comparing the first reference signal with the second reference signal, and setting a characteristic inverse to the analyzed transmission path characteristic to a filter circuit of the waveform equalizers that correspond to the input picture signals. | 12-24-2009 |
20090315872 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL DRIVING MEHTOD - A liquid crystal display apparatus includes common voltage generator circuit ( | 12-24-2009 |
20110234645 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, PICTURE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image display apparatus includes: a panel ( | 09-29-2011 |
20120019507 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD - The present invention is aimed at appropriately suppressing display failure such as a tailing phenomenon and the like in a normally white type liquid crystal panel. A driver ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120242903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING IMAGE QUALITY - A method of improving an image quality of a video signal, which is supplied on a frame-by-frame basis, includes extracting low frequency components from a video signal of an n-th frame, where n is a natural number excluding zero, subtracting the extracted low frequency components from a video signal of an (n+m)th frame to produce high frequency components, where no is a natural number excluding zero, and adding the produced high frequency components to the video signal of the (n+m)th frame. The extracted low frequency components include a horizontal component and a vertical component. | 09-27-2012 |
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20090029287 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition and a resin film obtained from the photosensitive resin particularly useful for a buffer coating material for LSI chips. For this purpose, there are used a photosensitive resin composition, comprising: 100 parts by weight of a polycondensate obtained by condensation-polymerizing compounds represented by specific chemical formulas in a specific mixing ratio, 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a photopolymerization initiator and 1 to 30 parts by weight of a specific organosilane, and a resin film obtained by coating the photosensitive resin composition on a silicon wafer surface, exposing the coated film, developing the exposed film, and curing the developed film. | 01-29-2009 |
20090195013 | VEHICLE DOOR SASH STRUCTURE - A vehicle door sash structure | 08-06-2009 |
20100019399 | POLYORGANOSILOXANE COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a polyorganosiloxane composition containing the following components (a)-(c). (a) 100 parts by mass of a polyorganosiloxane obtained by mixing at least one silanol compound represented by the general formula (1) below, at least one alkoxysilane compound represented by the general formula (2) below, and at least one catalyst selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the general formula (3) below, compounds represented by the general formula (4) below and Ba(OH) | 01-28-2010 |
20100209669 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - There is provided a photosensitive resin composition comprising:
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20100233616 | Method for producing plastic lens - Disclosed is a method for producing a plastic lens having reflow heat resistance at 260° C., which is characterized in that a photosensitive resin composition containing a specific resin and a photopolymerization initiator is molded into a lens shape. The resin is obtained by mining one or more compounds (a) selected from the group consisting of (CH | 09-16-2010 |
20120136589 | NUCLEAR-POWER-PLANT SOUNDNESS EVALUATION SYSTEM - A nuclear-power-plant soundness evaluation system includes a stress-distribution calculating unit that outputs a stress distribution and an identified crack generating part; a crack-growth prediction unit that predicts how the crack will grow from the crack generating part; and a soundness maintenance unit that has a maintenance database in which crack-growth prediction results and maintenance measures are associated and reads out from the maintenance database a maintenance measure corresponding to the crack-growth prediction result and presents the read-out maintenance information to a user. | 05-31-2012 |
20120152400 | MACHINING METHOD FOR AUSTENITE STAINLESS STEEL EQUIPMENT AND PIPING, AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT AND PIPING MACHINED BY USE OF THE SAME - A machining method for austenite stainless steel equipment and piping, and nuclear power plant equipment and piping machined by use of this method are provided to suppress occurrence of a hardened layer due to machining, and capable of suppressing occurrence of SCC without performing an after treatment and reducing working hours and cost. The machining method for austenite stainless steel equipment and piping according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a finishing treatment process for performing a machining operation by use of a throw-away tip ( | 06-21-2012 |
20130190920 | MACHINING CONDITIONS SETTING SYSTEM, MACHINING CONDITIONS SETTING METHOD, AND WORKPIECE MACHINED USING THE SAME - It is provided that a machining conditions setting system and a machining conditions setting method with which it is possible to select a machining condition for machining according to a target degree of hardness and obtain a predetermined degree of hardness by performing only the machining. The machining conditions setting system includes: a machining conditions database that, by determining in advance a relationship between the machining condition and a degree of hardness of the workpiece machined under the machining condition, stores the machining condition corresponding to the material of the workpiece and a range of degree of hardness for machining; and machining conditions selection means into which a material of a workpiece and a target degree of hardness are input, and which outputs a machining condition under which machining with the target degree of hardness can be performed, referring to the machining conditions database. | 07-25-2013 |
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20090111619 | GAME BALL - The invention provides a game ball, useful for children's safety, which can be detected far enough away a distance by a vehicle-onboard radar. The invention provides a game ball wherein a reflector member | 04-30-2009 |
20090115513 | Predistorter - The invention aims to converge predistortion coefficients efficiently in a predistorter adapted to compensate for distortion generated in an amplifier. Level detection means ( | 05-07-2009 |
20120314800 | TRANSMITTER - In a transmitter, communication is efficiently performed by a DSTBC scheme. | 12-13-2012 |
20130022058 | TRANSMITTER AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - In a transmitter which transmits a signal by a DSTBC scheme, communication is efficiently performed by the DSTBC scheme. | 01-24-2013 |
20130114749 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD - A wireless communications device and method carries out a process including estimating channel information based on a received signal; generating pseudo-transmission signal point candidates based on the channel information and/or transmission signal point candidates; and generating a replica of the received signal based on the pseudo-transmission signal point candidates and the estimated channel information. The process further includes performing matrix operations on the basis of the received signal and the replica thereof; selecting pseudo-transmission signal point candidates which have a greater effect on likelihood calculations; reverting the selected pseudo-transmission signal point candidates to original transmission signal point candidates and calculating final likelihoods; and restoring the received signal on the basis of the calculated likelihoods. | 05-09-2013 |
20130315352 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to reduction of operation amount of likelihood calculation (LLR calculation) in a communication apparatus for performing communications using an extended mapping in which a plurality of bit sequences are assigned to a single symbol point. A receiving unit receives a signal which is transmitted from a transmitting unit by using the extended mapping. A repetition process unit decodes the received signal from the receiving unit by calculating an LLR of the received signal and performing a repetition process. In this case, the LLR is calculated for every bit using a MAX−LOG approximation and a thus-derived approximation formula is multiplied by weighting factors corresponding to proportions of “0” and “1” in each bit assigned to a symbol point closest to the received signal. | 11-28-2013 |
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20090196482 | APPARATUS, A METHOD AND SOFTWARE FOR ANALYZING A CELL IMAGE - There are provided a cell image analysis apparatus or method for judging the presence or absence of a membrane translocation reaction quickly and with good reproducibility using a fluorescence microscope. The inventive apparatus is a cell image analysis apparatus for judging the presence or absence of a membrane translocation reaction occurring in a cell owing to application of an arbitrary stimulus to the cell, characterized by comprising: a means that acquires as an image data a fluorescence microscopic image of a cell after the application of the stimulus; a means that determines a region occupied by the cell in the fluorescence image of the cell; a means that determines a contour line of the cell which has a width of a predetermined number of pixels from a periphery of the region occupied by the cell; and a means that judges the presence or absence of the membrane translocation reaction based on a brightness value on the contour line of the cell and a brightness value in an inside of the contour line of the cell. | 08-06-2009 |
20100172569 | CELL IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, CELL IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A cell image analysis apparatus includes a threshold value storage unit storing a cell nucleus threshold value, a fragmented cell nucleus threshold value, and a cell nucleus area threshold value in advance, an image input unit inputting a cell image captured from a cell stained with a fluorescent substance, a cell nucleus region extraction unit extracting, from the input cell image, a region having an area equal to or larger than the cell nucleus area threshold value from among regions having a luminance value equal to or larger than the cell nucleus threshold value as a cell nucleus region, and a fragmented cell nucleus region extraction unit extracting, from the cell nucleus region, a region having a luminance value equal to or larger than the fragmented cell nucleus threshold value as a fragmented cell nucleus region. | 07-08-2010 |
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20110074945 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit for capturing a subject and generating image data of the subject, an operation input unit for receiving inputs of operation signals containing a release signal for instructing the imaging unit to shoot, an acceleration detector for detecting an acceleration of the imaging apparatus, a state detector for separately detecting a case in which the imaging apparatus is overland, a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and a photographer shoots while swimming, and a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and the photographer shoots while changing a water depth, and a control unit for performing operation control depending on an input into the operation input unit and/or into the acceleration detector according to a state detection result by the state detector. | 03-31-2011 |
20130321611 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit for capturing a subject and generating image data of the subject, an operation input unit for receiving inputs of operation signals containing a release signal for instructing the imaging unit to shoot, an acceleration detector for detecting an acceleration of the imaging apparatus, a state detector for separately detecting a case in which the imaging apparatus is overland, a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and a photographer shoots while swimming, and a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and the photographer shoots while changing a water depth, and a control unit for performing operation control depending on an input into the operation input unit and/or into the acceleration detector according to a state detection result by the state detector. | 12-05-2013 |
20140210985 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit for capturing a subject and generating image data of the subject, an operation input unit for receiving inputs of operation signals containing a release signal for instructing the imaging unit to shoot, an acceleration detector for detecting an acceleration of the imaging apparatus, a state detector for separately detecting a case in which the imaging apparatus is overland, a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and a photographer shoots while swimming, and a case in which the imaging apparatus is underwater and the photographer shoots while changing a water depth, and a control unit for performing operation control depending on an input into the operation input unit and/or into the acceleration detector according to a state detection result by the state detector. | 07-31-2014 |
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20080242576 | Probe cleaning sheet - A probe cleaning sheet for removing foreign objects attached to tip part of a probe is formed with a plastic sheet having a flat and even surface and a uniform thickness and a cleaning layer with a flat and even surface and a uniform thickness formed on the surface of this plastic sheet. The cleaning layer has viscoelastic properties. Its Young's modulus is 30 MPa or more and 700 MPa les less, its storage modulus at 25° C. is 1.2×10 | 10-02-2008 |
20100122360 | Organ regeneration method utilizing blastocyst complementation - An object of the present invention is to produce a mammalian organ having a complicated cellular composition composed of multiple kinds of cells, such as kidney, pancreas, thymus and hair, in the living body of a non-human animal. The inventors of the present invention applied the chimeric animal assay described above, to a novel solid organ production method. More specifically, the inventors has shown that a model mouse which is deficient of kidney, pancreas, thymus or hair due to the dysfunction of the metanephric mesenchyme that is differentiated into most of an adult kidney, is rescued by blastocyst complementation by the chimeric animal assay, and whereby a kidney, a pancreas, thymus or hair can be newly produced. | 05-13-2010 |
20110258715 | ORGAN REGENERATION METHOD UTILIZING iPS CELL AND BLASTOCYST COMPLEMENTATION - It is revealed that an organ such as pancreas can be regenerated by utilizing a fact that the deficiency of an organ is complemented by injecting an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS cell) into a developed blastocyst in a blastocyst complementation method. Thus, the present invention has solved the above-described object. This provides a method for producing a target organ, using an iPS cell, in a living body of a non-human mammal having an abnormality associated with a lack of development of the target organ in a development stage, the target organ produced being derived from a different individual mammal that is an individual different from the non-human mammal. | 10-20-2011 |
20110283374 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HETEROGENOUS EMBRYONIC CHIMERIC ANIMAL USING A STEM CELL - A heterologous chimeric animal can be produced by a method comprising the steps of: (A) injecting a stem cell into a blastocyst cavity in a blastocyst stage of an animal heterologous to that of the stem cell, or mixing the stem cell with a divided fertilized egg of the animal heterologous to that of the stem cell; and (B) growing a cell mass including the stem cell prepared in the step (A) into a chimeric animal between a species of the stem cell and a species of the heterologous animal. | 11-17-2011 |
20130126987 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY SENSOR AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A first sealing layer having a frame-like shape and a first contact layer are formed on a back surface of a frame portion of a sensor substrate. The first contact layer is separated from the first sealing layer, extends through a functional member and an insulation layer, and is electrically connected to the functional member and a first base member. A second sealing layer and a second contact layer are formed on a surface of a wiring substrate. The second sealing layer faces the first sealing layer. The second contact layer is separated from the second sealing layer, extends through the insulation layer, and is electrically connected to the second base member. The sealing layers are eutectically bonded to each other. The contact layers are electrically connected to each other, and thereby the first and second base members and the frame portion have the same potential. | 05-23-2013 |
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20090113773 | Pattern Display Implement And Container With Screen Part - A plurality of patterns | 05-07-2009 |
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20100202918 | Apparatus and method for sterilizing vessel with electron beam - It is aimed to prevent electrical charging inside a resin material as well as a surface of a resin vessel at a time of sterilizing the resin vessel by being irradiated with electron beam. A bottle support unit is mounted to a lower end portion of a cylindrical rotating shaft rotatably supported by a rotating wheel. The bottle support unit includes a pair of griper members by which a mouth portion of a bottle is gripped. The bottle rotated and conveyed in a state supported by the bottle support unit is irradiated with the electron beam from an electron beam irradiator to thereby sterilize the bottle. A ground electrode is disposed to be capable of being inserted into the interior of the resin vessel through a mouth portion thereof, and the interior of the resin vessel is irradiated with the electron beam in a state of the ground electrode being inserted into the resin vessel. Since extra electrons or ions generated by the irradiation to the resin vessel with the electron beam flow outside, the charge amount of the resin vessel is alleviated. | 08-12-2010 |
20100326563 | Method of eliminating static charge from resin vessel, method of sterilizing and filling resin vessel, method of filling and capping resin vessel, apparatus for eliminating static charge from resin vessel, and resin vessel sterilizing and filling system - It is aimed to eliminate charges accumulated inside a wall structure of a resin vessel | 12-30-2010 |
20130089728 | VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN COMPOSITION FOR POWDER MOLDING, AND MOLDED ARTICLE AND LAMINATE OF VINYL CHLORIDE RESIN - A vinyl chloride resin composition for powder molding contains 100 parts by mass of (a) a vinyl chloride resin, 65 to 105 parts by mass of (b) a specific trimellitate plasticizer, and 10 to 50 parts by mass of (c) a specific diester phthalate plasticizer. A mixture ratio of (c) the specific diester phthalate plasticizer to whole plasticizers is in a range of 5 to 50 percents by mass. | 04-11-2013 |
20130182363 | METHOD OF ELIMINATING STATIC CHARGE FROM RESIN VESSEL, METHOD OF STERILIZING AND FILLING RESIN VESSEL, METHOD OF FILLING AND CAPPING RESIN VESSEL, APPARATUS FOR ELIMINATING STATIC CHARGE FROM RESIN VESSEL, AND RESIN VESSEL STERILIZING AND FILLING SYSTEM - To eliminate charges accumulated inside a wall structure of a resin vessel | 07-18-2013 |
20130202481 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING VESSEL WITH ELECTRON BEAM - To prevent electrical charging inside a resin material as well as a surface of a resin vessel at a time of sterilizing the resin vessel by being irradiated with electron beam, a bottle support unit is mounted to a lower end portion of a cylindrical rotating shaft rotatably supported by a rotating wheel. The bottle support unit includes a pair of griper members by which a mouth portion of a bottle is gripped. A ground electrode is disposed to be capable of being inserted into the interior of the resin vessel through a mouth portion thereof, and the interior of the resin vessel is irradiated with the electron beam in a state of the ground electrode being inserted into the resin vessel. | 08-08-2013 |
20140077404 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN BOTTLES - The present invention provides a method for producing a resin bottle formed from a preform as a prototype by a blow molding process. The method comprises: a first step of measuring each of weights or wall thicknesses of a plurality of inspection parts set in a body portion of the preform; a second step of comparing each of the weights or the wall thicknesses measured by the first step with a preset set value, and thereby inspecting a difference between each of the weights or the wall thicknesses measured by the first step and the set value for each of the inspection parts; and a third step of adjusting a condition for blow molding in the blow molding process in accordance with an inspection result of each of the inspection parts. | 03-20-2014 |
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20080253720 | Optical module device - An optical module device includes an optical module having leads, a print substrate and a flexible substrate including a first region having a center and a peripheral areas, a second and a third region, the flexible substrate including first through-holes corresponding to the leads in the center area, a terminal and a metalized trace formed in the second and third regions respectively, and a protection layer formed on its surface at the peripheral area and in the third region, wherein the flexible substrate further includes two second through-holes in the peripheral area, which is a location close to the third region, wherein the flexible substrate is bent along a line coupling the two second through-holes, and wherein the flexible substrate at it first region is fixed to the second end member by adhesive material injected into the second through-holes. | 10-16-2008 |
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20140243089 | VIDEO GAME PROCESSING PROGRAM AND VIDEO GAME PROCESSING METHOD - A plurality of characters including a player character appears in a video game. An arrangement position of at least one of characters is specified in a virtual space in accordance with progress of the video game. A battle mode is set up to any one of a first battle mode and a second battle mode. A battle control is carried out in the first battle mode in which a photographed image of the virtual space photographed by a virtual camera is displayed on a battle screen or the second battle mode in which an arrangement image is displayed on the battle screen. Each of the plurality of characters is arranged at a predetermined position in the arrangement image with no relationship with the arrangement position of the corresponding character in the virtual space. The battle control is carried out in the battle mode thus set up. | 08-28-2014 |
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20100126967 | SWITCHGEAR AND SWITCHGEAR OPERATING MECHANISM - The time period is shortened till a cutoff spring force is released when a switchgear is cut off. This switchgear comprises: a closing shaft; a main lever fixed turnably on the closing shaft and associated with a movable contact; a closing spring; a sub shaft; a sub lever and a latch lever fixed on the sub shaft; a roller mounted on the leading end of the latch lever; a turnable latch and a kick lever; a lock lever made turnable with respect to the latch; a latch returning spring for biasing the latch; a lock returning spring for biasing the kick lever and the lock lever; and a stopper for restricting the turns of the lock lever and the latch. | 05-27-2010 |
20110000768 | SWITCHGEAR AND SWITCHGEAR OPERATING MECHANISM - An embodiment of a switchgear has: a closing shaft; a main lever fixed to the closing shaft and associated with a movable contact; a cutoff spring; a sub-shaft; a sub-lever and a latch lever which are connected to the sub-shaft; a roller pin mounted to the leading end of the latch lever; a latch; a latch returning spring for urging the latch; a latch pin fixed to the latch; and a ring mounted to the latch pin so as to be movable in the radial direction of the latch pin. In the closed state, the roller pin presses the leading end of the latch. In power cutoff operation, latch is pulled so as to permit rotation of the latch, engagement between the roller pin and the leading end of the latch is disengaged, and the sub-shaft is rotated by urging by the cutoff spring. | 01-06-2011 |
20110073446 | SWITCHGEAR AND SWITCHGEAR OPERATING MECHANISM - According to an embodiment, a switchgear operating mechanism has a roller pin rotatably fixed to a leading end of a latch lever. A latch is fixed to a solenoid lever at a position different from the rotation axis of the solenoid lever, and has a leading end engageable with the roller pin. In a state where the switchgear operating state is shifted from the closed state to the cutoff state, the solenoid lever is pushed by an electromagnetic solenoid for cutoff so as to be rotated in an opposite direction to the biasing direction of the solenoid lever return spring, and the latch lever is rotated by a biasing force of the roller pin to release an engagement between the roller pin and the leading end of the latch, which causes a cutoff spring to discharge its energy to rotate the latch lever. | 03-31-2011 |
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20140054148 | SWITCHGEAR AND OPERATION MECHANISM FOR THE SAME - The circuit opening operation section of an embodiment of switchgear operation mechanism comprises: a circuit opening electromagnetic solenoid having a fitting structure that is provided with a step; and a solenoid spacer for adjusting the distance between a circuit opening trigger mechanism and the circuit opening electromagnetic solenoid. The circuit opening solenoid has: a solenoid housing fixed in position by way of the solenoid spacer; a plunger; and a stopper fitted to the solenoid housing so as to limit the sliding motion of the plunger in the plunger returning direction when the coil is not supplied with electric power. The limiting position of the stopper is adjustable. | 02-27-2014 |
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20140353890 | BUFFERING DEVICE FOR THE OPERATING MECHANISM OF A SWITCHGEAR, AND METHOD OF LUBRICATION THEREOF - A piston rod ( | 12-04-2014 |
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20090142614 | Biodegradable Bags for Packing Foods Available in High Speed Production - It is an object of the present invention to provide a biodegradable bag for packing a food capable of storing a food such as a snack food which is required to have an oxygen barrier property and a water vapor barrier property, which can be produced at a high speed by a bag making and packaging machine, which can be degraded by naturally occurring microorganisms in soil or water finally to a non-hazardous degradation product, which can be biorecycled, and which is not accumulated in nature. | 06-04-2009 |
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20090031118 | Apparatus and method for controlling order of instruction - An apparatus includes an instruction generator which generates a load instruction and a first store instruction from a program, a processor which executes said load and store instruction, wherein said instruction generator analyzes a relevancy between said load instruction and said first store instruction with respect to memory addresses accessed by said instructions, specifies a second store instruction irrelevant to said load instruction with respect to said memory address, and notifies said second store instruction to said processor, wherein said processor executes said load instruction in advance of said second store instruction during said processor prepares to execute said second store instruction. | 01-29-2009 |
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20090271143 | RADIATION MEASURING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A radiation measuring device capable of identifying the incident direction of a radiation ray and energy (segmentation) The directivity characteristics of a plurality of detectors are different from each other. A plurality of energy segmentations are set respectively for a plurality of spectra corresponding to a plurality of detectors, and actual measurement ratio information (a plurality of actual measurement counting ratios) expressing the mutual ratio between integrated counting values for each energy segmentation is computed. The actual measurement ratio information is checked against a plurality of response functions, and, when the compatibility relation between specific actual measurement ratio information and specific theoretical ratio information is found, the incident direction of a radiation ray and an energy segmentation are identified based on that relation. | 10-29-2009 |
20140170387 | GLASS PLATE - A glass plate includes a main flat surface, an edge surface orthogonal to the main flat surface, and a chamfered surface adjacent to the main flat surface and the edge surface. In a cross-sectional surface of the glass plate that is orthogonal to the edge surface and that is orthogonal to the main flat surface, the chamfered surface has a curvature radius greater than or equal to 50 μm at an intersection point between the chamfered surface and a straight line inclined 45 degrees with respect to the main flat surface and a curvature radius ranging from 20 μm to 500 μm at an intersection point between the chamfered surface and a straight line inclined 15 degrees with respect to the main flat surface. | 06-19-2014 |
20140170388 | GLASS PLATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE GLASS PLATE - A glass plate includes two main flat surfaces, and a side surface adjacent to the two main flat surfaces. At least one edge part of the side surface includes a chamfered part in a thickness direction of the glass plate. The side surface includes a predetermined portion. In a case where the predetermined portion is etched with a depth of 10 μm, an etched surface of the predetermined portion includes no pit having a depth greater than or equal to 1 μm. The predetermined portion is a portion of the side surface in which a distance from one of the two main flat surfaces adjacent to the chamfered part in the thickness direction of the glass plate is less than or equal to ⅕ of the thickness of the glass plate. | 06-19-2014 |