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20130315629 | DEVELOPER CONVEYING DEVICE, AND DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A developer conveying device includes a housing, a developer conveyance path and a conveying member. The developer conveyance path extends between a pair of wall portions. The conveying member includes a spiral member, an inner wall portion and shaft portions. The spiral member is formed by connecting spiral pieces, each forming one spiral turn, in a conveying direction of the developer and includes a hollow interior formed by the connected spiral pieces. The inner wall portion includes a plurality of planar portions which define the hollow interior of the spiral member and are connected at predetermined angles in a circumferential direction of the rotation of the conveying member. The shaft portions are arranged at opposite end parts of the spiral member, rotatably supported on the wall portions and serve as a rotary shaft for the rotation of the conveying member. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315630 | DEVELOPER CONVEYING DEVICE, AND DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A developer conveying device includes a housing, a developer conveyance path and a conveying member. The developer conveyance path extends between the pair of wall portions of the housing. The conveying member conveys developer from one wall portion toward the other. The conveying member includes a spiral member, shaft portions, a rib member, a supporting member and a projecting portion. The spiral member is formed by connecting spiral pieces in a conveying direction of the developer and includes a hollow interior formed by the connected spiral pieces. The rib member extends in the conveying direction and bridges adjacent ones of the spiral pieces of the spiral member. The supporting member connects an end part of the rib member in the conveying direction and the shaft portion. The projecting portion projects from the end part of the rib member more toward the wall portion than the supporting member. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315631 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A developing device includes a developing roller, a developer supply path, a developer conveyance path, a supply-side conveying member and an agitating-side conveying member. The developing roller is rotatably supported in the housing. The developer supply path is arranged along the developing roller. The developer conveyance path is arranged along the developer supply path. The supply-side conveying member is a conveying member arranged in the developer supply path and includes a first receiving portion arranged to face the communication path at an upstream side in the first direction and configured to receive the developer from the developer conveyance path, and has a hollow spiral shape at a side downstream of the first receiving portion. The agitating-side conveying member is a conveying member arranged in the developer conveyance path and includes a first transferring portion arranged to face the first receiving portion at a downstream side in the second direction. | 11-28-2013 |
20130315632 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A developing device includes a housing, a developing roller, a developer supply path, a developer conveyance path, a supply-side conveying member, an agitating side conveying member and first projection members. The developing roller is rotatably supported in the housing. The supply-side conveying member includes a supply-side spiral member formed by connecting spiral pieces, in the first direction and having a hollow interior formed by the connected spiral pieces and a first rib member extending in the first direction, is arranged in the developer supply path and conveys the developer in the first direction by being driven and rotated. The first projecting members extend in the first direction along an outer wall portion of the first rib member from a first area where the supply-side spiral member and the first rib member intersect and project radially outward in the rotation of the supply-side conveying member. | 11-28-2013 |
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20090035026 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - A developing device is disclosed which includes a fixed magnet roller | 02-05-2009 |
20100272455 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image; a development device that includes a toner carrier which is disposed opposite to the image carrier, carries and supplies toner to the image carrier, and develops the electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of the image carrier; and a control means that performs a refresh process in which toner is ejected from the toner carrier to the image carrier in a time an image is not formed, and a toner ejection pattern which is formed by ejecting a line image a plurality of times that has an acute angle to a main scan direction at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the image carrier over a total width of a development region. | 10-28-2010 |
20110176840 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - A developing device includes: a developing roller incorporating a fixed magnet body having a plurality of magnetic poles in a circumferential direction; a regulating member for regulating an amount of toner on the developing roller by means of a magnetic field formed by the regulating member and the fixed magnet body; and a magnetic-field generating member for scraping off, on an upstream of the regulating member in a rotational direction of the developing roller, toner which is not used for development on the developing roller. A relation Bm/Br>1 is satisfied, where Br represents a magnetic flux density of a distal end portion of the regulating member facing a surface of the developing roller and Bm represents a magnetic flux density of a distal end portion of the magnetic-field generating member facing the surface of the developing roller. | 07-21-2011 |
20130084107 | DEVELOPER CASE THAT SUPPRESSES CLOGGING DUE TO DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER REPLENISHMENT UNIT HAVING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A developer case includes a main body, a first transportation portion, a first transportation member, a supply member, a discharge port, and a second transportation portion. The main body contains developer. The first transportation portion has a first region that receives developer from the main body and a second region that extends from the first region in a first direction. The first transportation member transports developer in the first direction. The supply member supplies developer to the first region. Developer is discharged through the discharge port. The second transportation portion has an inlet port communicating with the second region. Developer that has not been discharged through the discharge port is supplied to the second transportation portion through the inlet port. The second transportation portion transports developer in a second direction. | 04-04-2013 |
20130101317 | DEVELOPER CASE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO WHICH DEVELOPER CASE IS APPLIED - A developer case has a main body, a cylindrical portion, and a rotating unit. The main body has a bottom wall. The cylindrical portion has a discharge port. The rotating unit is located so as to extend across the main body and the cylindrical portion, transports developer in the main body, and has a rotating shaft, a first transport member, a second transport member, and dispersing members. The rotating shaft has a first portion located in the main body and a second portion located in the cylindrical portion. The first transport member transports developer in a first transport direction from the cylindrical portion to the main body. The second transport member transports developer in a second transport direction from the main body to the cylindrical portion. The dispersing members move developer in the radial direction. | 04-25-2013 |
20130156468 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A developing device includes a first agitating member and a second agitating member. Each of the first and second agitating members includes a screw having a helical portion formed helically so as to define a hollow portion, and a plurality of ribs formed on the helical portion in the longitudinal direction of the screw. On at least one of the first and second agitating members, there is disposed a paddle opposed to the communicating portion on a downstream side in a transport direction of the developing powder. The paddle has a flat surface in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a width of a distal end of the paddle is smaller than a width of a proximal end of the paddle disposed to the agitating member in a plan view. | 06-20-2013 |
20130315628 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE INCLUDING CONVEYANCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT DEVICE - A conveyance device includes a housing, a formation member, and a detection section. The housing has a first conveyance path, a second conveyance path, and a first communication path. The first and second conveyance paths each are a conveyance path for conveying a developer. The first communication path allows a first end portion of the first conveyance path and a first end portion of the second conveyance path to be in communication with each other via a communication surface. The communication surface has a first region and a second region. The formation member forms the second region of the communication surface so that a height of the second region from a bottom portion of the first communication path is lower than a height of the first region from the bottom portion of the first communication path. The detection section detects the amount of the developer. | 11-28-2013 |
20140023403 | DEVELOPER CONVEYANCE DEVICE, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer conveyance device includes a housing and a conveyance member. The conveyance member is supported to the housing and rotates to convey developer. The conveyance member includes a shaft portion, a helical member, and a plurality of reinforcement members. The plurality of reinforcement members are disposed in a circumferential direction of rotation of the conveyance member. When viewing a cross section in a direction intersecting with the rotational axis, an outer circumferential surface of the helical member includes a facing region and a non-facing region, which are defined for one reinforcement member of the plurality of reinforcement members, the facing region being a region where the one reinforcement member of the plurality of reinforcement members is projected on an opposite side of an outer circumferential surface of the helical member through the rotational axis, and the non-facing region being a region of the outer circumferential surface of the helical member which is different from the facing region. The other reinforcement member of the plurality of reinforcement members is disposed in the non-facing region. | 01-23-2014 |
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20100295365 | BRAKING CONTROL APPARATUS - A master cylinder includes a first piston, a second piston, and a cylinder for housing the first piston and the second piston slidably in the axial direction. A first fluid pressure chamber, having a passage communicating with a reservoir tank, generates the fluid pressure when communication with the reservoir tank is interrupted at displacement of the first piston by a first stroke. Similarly, a second fluid pressure chamber, having a passage communicating with the reservoir tank, generates the fluid pressure when communi9cation with the reservoir tank is interrupted at displacement of the second piston by a second stroke which is smaller than the first stroke. A stroke simulator communicates with the fluid pressure chamber. A braking control apparatus is structured such that the second piston is first displaced when a brake pedal is pressed. | 11-25-2010 |
20120136547 | BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND BRAKE CONTROL METHOD - A brake control system includes: a friction brake unit for generating a friction braking force; a regenerative brake unit for generating a regenerative braking force; and a control unit for controlling the regenerative and friction brake units based on a regenerative target value and a friction target value defined based on a target deceleration, and for controlling a braking force by selecting one of a plurality of control modes including both a regeneration permission mode in which a total braking force is generated by the regenerative and friction braking forces, and a regeneration prohibition mode in which the target deceleration is generated by the friction braking force. In the permission mode, the control unit generates the total force by providing a delay, while in the prohibition mode, the control unit provides a delay smaller than the above delay to the friction braking force or does not provide a delay. | 05-31-2012 |
20120158266 | BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - A brake control system includes: a friction brake unit configured to generate a friction braking force; a regenerative brake unit configured to generate a regenerative braking force; and a brake control unit configured to control the regenerative brake unit and the friction brake unit based on a regenerative target value and a friction target value based on a target braking force, which is a target of the braking force to be provided to a wheel. The brake control unit controls the regenerative brake unit based on a second regenerative target value larger than a first regenerative target value that has been defined based on the target braking force. | 06-21-2012 |
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20140131150 | BRAKE SYSTEM AND ACTUATOR CONTROL DEVICE - A brake system includes: (a) a first brake device including a first actuator and a first brake that utilizes an output of the first actuator; (b) a second brake device including a second actuator and a second brake that utilizes an output of the second actuator; (c) a regenerative-electric-energy obtaining device configured to obtain a regenerative electric energy that is returned to a power source device; and (d) an actuator control device configured to reduce a total consumed electric energy, by controlling the first actuator and/or the second actuator in a manner that maintains a state in which a required braking force is satisfied by a braking force of the first brake and/or a braking force of the second brake, such that the total consumed electric energy is made smaller when a regenerative electric energy is small, than when the regenerative electric energy is large. | 05-15-2014 |
20150274143 | VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - A brake control device includes a front-wheel left-right communication passage that allows communication between wheel cylinders for a front-left wheel and a front-right wheel via a front-wheel communication on-off valve; a rear-wheel left-right communication passage that allows communication between wheel cylinders for a rear-left wheel and a rear-right wheel via a rear-wheel communication on-off valve; and a front-rear communication passage that allows communication between a wheel cylinder of either one of the front-left and front-right wheels and a wheel cylinder of either one of the rear-left and rear-right wheels via a front-rear communication on-off valve, wherein the brake control device keeps the front-wheel communication on-off valve, the rear-wheel communication on-off valve, and the front-rear communication on-off valve opened to set a mode to a four-wheel communication mode during a normal brake control. With this, some of linear control valves are deactivated, whereby an operating noise can be reduced. | 10-01-2015 |
20150291141 | VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - A brake control device includes a front-wheel left-right communication passage that allows communication between wheel cylinders for a front-left wheel and a front-right wheel via a front-wheel communication on-off valve, and a rear-wheel left-right communication passage that allows communication between wheel cylinders for a rear-left wheel and a rear-right wheel via a rear-wheel communication on-off valve. The brake control device executes a hydraulic control by keeping the front-wheel communication on-off valve and the rear-wheel communication on-off valve opened. The front-wheel communication on-off valve is a normally closed type, and the rear-wheel communication on-off valve is a normally opened type. | 10-15-2015 |
20150298664 | VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - When a brake pedal is slowly depressed, a brake ECU sets a target current iFL* of a pressure-increasing linear control valve for a front-left wheel to increase from a current value lower than a valve-opening current i open by a decrease set value i1, and sets a target current iFL* for a pressure-increasing linear control valve for a front-right wheel to increase from a current value lower than a valve-opening current i open by a decrease set value i2 (10-22-2015 | |
20150314767 | VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - A brake control device includes a pilot-type pressure-increasing device. A pilot unit of the pressure-increasing device is connected to a power hydraulic pressure generating device via a pilot input passage. A linear control valve that is also used for adjusting a hydraulic pressure of a wheel cylinder is provided on the pilot input passage. A brake ECU checks whether the pressure-increasing device is normally activated or not based on a hydraulic pressure outputted from the pressure-increasing device when the linear control valve is energized for an activation check. Thus, the brake ECU can perform the activation check of the pressure-increasing device without requiring a driver's operation on a brake pedal. | 11-05-2015 |
20160082937 | BRAKE APPARATUS - A hydraulic brake system includes a first actuator for a regeneration coordination brake control and a second actuator for maintaining the stability of a vehicle in a hydraulic pressure passage between a master cylinder and a wheel cylinder. The first actuator is controlled by a first ECU, and the second actuator is controlled by a second ECU. When a failure occurs in the first actuator or the first ECU, the second ECU operates the second actuator according to the amount of a brake operation, and assists braking of a wheel. | 03-24-2016 |
20160096434 | BRAKE APPARATUS - A first ECU estimates whether the operation of a second actuator has been started, based on the variation of the hydraulic pressure with respect to the flow rate of hydraulic fluid outputted from a first actuator. Even in a case where the operation information of the second actuator is not received, the first ECU sets the control mode to a simultaneous operation mode, when it is estimated that the operation of the second actuator has been started. In the simultaneous operation mode, a controlled parameter of linear control valves on assumption that the second actuator is operating is set up, and a stop instruction of regenerative braking is transmitted to a hybrid ECU. | 04-07-2016 |
20160121868 | BRAKE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A master cylinder includes pressurizing chambers and atmospheric pressure chambers which are in communication with a reservoir provided upstream. The pressurizing chambers of the master cylinder are connected to a brake fluid pressure control valve device through master pressure pipes provided with master cut valves. The atmospheric pressure chambers of the master cylinder bypass the master cut valves and are connected to the brake fluid pressure control valve device through bypass pipes provided with check valves. A pump constituting a brake fluid pressurizing section of the brake hydraulic control valve device suctions the brake fluid from the reservoir preferentially through the bypass pipes provided with the check valves and pressurizes the brake fluid to supply a brake fluid pressure to brake fluid pressure adjust sections. | 05-05-2016 |
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20100082304 | POWER SUPPLY NOISE ANALYSIS MODEL CREATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR POWER SUPPLY NOISE ANALYSIS MODEL CREATION - A power supply noise analysis model creation method comprising; obtaining a distance which appears most frequently, from among the distances from a vias judged to be the nearest to the vias, respectively, as a reference via pitch, generates four nodes for the via of target wherein the four nodes generates the middle point with the other four via that are near the via of the target, obtaining meshes which include the nodes, respectively, by dividing the power island structure and the power supply pair by dividing lines which pass between the generated nodes, and converting each of the meshes obtained to a circuit element equivalent to the mesh. | 04-01-2010 |
20130046945 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND STORAGE APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD - A selector calculates a difference between the number of write operations of a first storage medium and that of a second storage medium and takes the difference as a first difference. Further, the selector calculates a difference between the number of write operations of the first storage medium and that of a third storage medium after copying the data within the second storage medium to the third storage medium and takes the difference as a second difference. Then, the selector selects the second storage medium as a target of replacement with which the second difference is larger than the first difference. A setting changer copies the data stored in the second storage medium selected as a target of replacement to the third storage medium, and changes the setting of the second storage medium to a spare and the setting of the third storage medium to a data write destination. | 02-21-2013 |
20140006727 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND STORAGE APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
20140006744 | STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
20140198406 | STORAGE DEVICE, SWEEP OPERATION CONTROL METHOD AND SWEEP OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM - A storage device which includes a plurality of magnetic disk drives has a storage unit that stores, for each of the plurality of magnetic disk drives, information of whether or not the magnetic disk drive is incorporated in a redundant structure, a specifying unit that specifies, among the plurality of magnetic disk drives, a plurality of magnetic disk drives which have a redundant structure on the basis of the information stored in the storage unit, and a control unit that controls, for the plurality of magnetic disk drives specified by the specifying unit, an execution timing of sweep operation in which a head smoothes a lubricant material such that the sweep operation is executed for a single magnetic disk drive at a time. | 07-17-2014 |
20140289493 | CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN CONTROL PROGRAM - A control device including a processor. The processor configured to allocate a data area of a memory device to a plurality of memory areas of data blocks of a first size; allocate identical data blocks of the first size to a plurality of the data areas of the memory device; manage management information indicating a data storing state of the plurality of memory areas of data blocks of the first size in each data area; determine, based on the management information regarding a plurality of data areas allocated with respect to a data block to be written, one data area from the plurality of data areas; and generate write data of a second size, which is different from the first size, including data of the data block to be written and write the write data in the one data area. | 09-25-2014 |
20150121021 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STORAGE DEVICES - Write commands for a storage device specify write data with either a first data step size or a second data step size. In the former case, the storage device performs a read-modify-write (RMW) cycle which includes reading data with the second data step size. In the latter case, the storage device executes the command in a single write cycle. A command sorting unit sorts received commands into two groups, first commands and second commands, when storing them in a memory. First commands are write commands whose data boundaries do not match with the second data step size. Second commands include write commands whose data boundaries match with the second data step size. A command issuing unit converts first commands into a second command upon predetermined conditions. The command issuing unit issues the second commands to the storage device, in preference to the first commands. | 04-30-2015 |
20150161043 | STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND STORAGE CONTROL METHOD - A storage control apparatus is communicatively connected to a storage device. The storage device includes a plurality of SSDs. The storage control apparatus includes a processing request controller and a device load detector. The device load detector detects an overload of an SSD by detecting a processing delay of the SSD. When the device load detector has detected an overload of an SSD, the processing request controller suppresses issuance of a request to process write-back with respect to a group by delaying issuance of the write-back. | 06-11-2015 |
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20150347224 | STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - In response to a write request for write data, a write control unit writes the write data to a first memory device with the addition of an additional data piece to be updated with each write to the same storage area while writing the additional data piece, within a second memory device, to a storage area corresponding to the write data. In response to a read request for read request, a read control unit reads the read data and an additional data piece added to the read data from the first memory device while reading an additional data piece, within the second memory device, from a storage area corresponding to the read data, and determines validity of the read data based on a checked result obtained by checking the additional data pieces individually read from the first and the second memory devices. | 12-03-2015 |
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20090243314 | BUMPER STRUCTURE - The bumper stay includes a cylindrical shaft member fit in to a hole of a bumper reinforce, a cylindrical reinforcing member fit in to the outer periphery of the shaft member in the rear side of the bumper reinforce, and a mounting flange member fit in to the outer periphery of the shaft member in its rear end. The shaft member is enlarged by electromagnetic forming and is tightly adhered to the inner peripheral surface of the hole formed in the bumper reinforce, the inner peripheral surface of the reinforcing member, and the inner peripheral surface of the hole flange formed in the mounting flange member, thereby these are joined with each other. Thin aluminum alloy extruded material can be used for the shaft member. With such configuration, when a bumper stay is fit in to the holes formed in the front and rear walls of the bumper reinforce and the bumper stay is enlarged by electromagnetic forming to join with the bumper reinforce, joining of the both can be firmly performed and sufficient strength and energy absorption quantity can be secured. | 10-01-2009 |
20100102582 | AXIAL MEMBER WITH FLANGE, CONNECTION MEMBER AND PRODUCTION METHODS THEREOF - A target tubular member with flange, such as a bumper stay, has a flange having an outer diameter larger than the diameter of an axial section and is formed by electromagnetic forming without excessive expansion. The tubular member with flange includes an axial member made of a tubular aluminum alloy extrudate and a flange member joined to an end of the axial member. The axial member has an end flange being integrated at its end and having an area smaller than that of the flange member. The flange member has a hole, and a cylindrical hole flange at the edge of the hole. The axial member fits in the hole of the flange member, the end flange is in intimate contact with the flange member, and the outer periphery of a small-diameter portion of the axial member is in intimate contact with the inner periphery of the hole flange. The hole flange is held between the end flange and a protrusion. The tubular member with flange may be produced by inserting an untreated pipe into the hole of the flange member and expanding the untreated pipe by electromagnetic forming. | 04-29-2010 |
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20140315591 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - A communication terminal device includes the following units. A detection unit detects a control signal instructing start of registration processing. A channel selection unit selects at random, from a plurality of frequency channels, the first frequency channel to be used in transmission of a beacon request when the control signal is detected. A scan control unit transmits the beacon request to the control devices by using the selected frequency channel. A receiving unit receives the beacon signal transmitted from each of the control devices. A list storage unit stores a predetermined parameter included in the beacon signal and the frequency channel in association with each other. A registration control unit transmits a registration request signal to the control device. | 10-23-2014 |
20150230208 | CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF SCANNING FOR CONTROL DEVICE - A control device includes: a receiving unit that receives a first beacon request for performing registration processing from a communication terminal device; a detection unit that detects a control signal indicating a request for starting the registration processing; a registration control unit that starts the registration processing when the detection unit detects the control signal and executes the registration processing for a certain period; and a transmission control unit that: transmits the beacon signal when the receiving unit receives the first beacon request in a period during which the registration control unit is executing the registration processing; and avoids transmitting the beacon signal when the first beacon request is received in a period during which the registration control unit is not executing the registration processing. | 08-13-2015 |
20150381733 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication device according to the present invention aims to restart data transmission/reception between communication devices in a short amount of time, without performing key sharing again, even when a communication device of a transmitting side is rebooted. The communication device includes a volatile memory storing a count value, a generator generating data including a count value, a communicator transmitting data to another communication device, a storage instructor, each time the communicator transmits data, updating the volatile memory with a count value, and a nonvolatile memory. A count value is incremented each time the communicator transmits data, the storage instructor causes the nonvolatile memory to store a count value at certain intervals, and the generator, when the communication device is rebooted, includes in data a sum of a certain value and a count value stored in the nonvolatile memory. | 12-31-2015 |
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20100020083 | PROGRAM, IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - A program causing a computer to store a plurality of items of attribute information respectively associated with a plurality of part objects that form a model object in a storage section, and performing a hit effect process based on the attribute information of a part object among the plurality of part objects that corresponds to a hit position of the model object. | 01-28-2010 |
20110244958 | IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - An image generation system includes an object space setting section, a character control section, a virtual camera control section, an inter-camera distance setting section that sets an inter-camera distance based on at least one of position information, direction information, and moving state information about the character or the virtual camera, the inter-camera distance being a distance between a left-eye virtual camera and a right-eye virtual camera for generating a stereoscopic image, and an image generation section that generates a left-eye image and a right-eye image, the left-eye image being an image viewed from the left-eye virtual camera in an object space, and the right-eye image being an image viewed from the right-eye virtual camera in the object space. | 10-06-2011 |
20120058823 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AND IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE - An image generation device includes a capture direction specifying section, a capture target specifying section, a marker placement control section that disposes a marker at the capture point, and an image generation section, the capture target specifying section determining whether or not the capture target is present in the capture direction, and specifying the capture target when the capture target is present, and the marker placement control section performing a depth value correction process that corrects the depth value of the capture point when a transition has occurred from a state in which the capture target is present to a state in which the capture target is not present. | 03-08-2012 |
20130257857 | STEREOSCOPIC DEVICE AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - An image projected onto a screen from a projector is generated as follows. Specifically, two virtual viewpoints that correspond to the right eye and the left eye of a viewer are set in a virtual three-dimensional space, and two virtual planes are set to be circumscribed to the screen (plane of projection). A plane image is generated by perspective projection transformation of a game space onto the virtual plane based on each virtual viewpoint. A projection image is generated from each plane image according to the relationship between the pixel position of the virtual plane and the pixel position of the projection image that is defined so that the plane image is observed without distortion when observing the screen from a presumed viewing position to generate a right-eye projection image and a left-eye projection image. | 10-03-2013 |
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20090183957 | SPEED SENSOR COLLISION PREVENTION DEVICE - A motorcycle includes a swing arm swingably provided on a body frame, a wheel rotatably provided at an end part of the swing arm, a disk plate attached to the wheel, a caliper bracket provided on the body frame side of the vehicle, a disk brake caliper provided on the caliper bracket, and a wheel speed sensor attached to the caliper bracket. The wheel speed sensor is disposed between the swing arm and the wheel. The wheel speed sensor and the swing arm overlap one other in a side view of the vehicle. | 07-23-2009 |
20140084565 | TWO-WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLE - A two-wheeled motor vehicle has a rear cushion unit that includes a damper cylinder having one end part linked to a swing arm, a sub-tank connected to the damper cylinder and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a damping force in response to operation of the operation element is provided between a vehicle body frame and the swing arm. A cylinder body of the damper cylinder, a bottomed housing tube part housing the adjustment mechanism having on an upper end part an operation face on which the operation element is disposed, and the sub-tank are integrally and connectedly provided. The operation face is inclined obliquely upward so that the operation element that faces a region bounded by the seat frame, the pillion step holder mounted on the seat frame and the swing arm when viewed from the side can be operated from obliquely above on the outside. | 03-27-2014 |
20160039421 | BRAKING FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR SADDLE RIDE VEHICLE - A braking force control apparatus in a motorcycle, includes a controller which controls a transmission to reduces driving force of an engine by a predetermined speed reduction ratio and transmits the driving force to a drive wheel of a vehicle, a clutch between the engine and the transmission, and brake devices which generate braking force on the wheels. The vehicle is switchable between a normal and a slow speed driving modes. In the slow speed mode the controller detects an inclination pitching angle θ, and causes the brake devices to generate braking force on at least one of the drive wheels when θ≧a predetermined value, then starts switching the clutch to a connected state when a driving operation is input, and gradually releases the braking force once driving force starts to be transmitted to the drive wheel. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039423 | BRAKING FORCE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR SADDLE RIDE VEHICLE - A braking force control apparatus for a saddle ride vehicle includes a transmission controller which reduces driving force of an engine by a predetermined speed reduction ratio and transmits the driving force to a drive wheel, a clutch device which connects—disconnects the driving force between the engine and the transmission, a brake device which generates braking force on the drive wheel, and a sensor which detects a state of the transmission. The transmission switches between a neutral state and an in-gear state, and when the sensor detects that the transmission is switching from the neutral state to the in-gear state, the controller causes the brake device to generate braking force on the drive wheel, and then releases the braking force upon completion of the switching to the in-gear state. | 02-11-2016 |
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20080234055 | SHAFT DRIVE DEVICE - An easily connected universal joint for attaching to an output shaft of an engine. A drive shaft is connected to an output shaft of an engine which is mounted on a vehicle body by way of a universal joint with a wheel being connected to a distal end side of the drive shaft. Projection portions project outwardly from a yoke of the universal joint connected to the output shaft by splines. A swing arm rockably supported on the vehicle body using one shaft with the universal joint being arranged above the shaft. A boot mounted between a distal end of the swing arm and a peripheral portion of the output shaft. | 09-25-2008 |
20080236331 | BREATHER STRUCTURE OF SHAFT-DRIVE-TYPE DRIVE DEVICE - To provide the breather structure of a shaft-drive-type drive device which can miniaturize a gear casing as a whole and can exhibit an excellent appearance. A shaft-drive-type drive device is capable of transmitting an output of an engine mounted on a vehicle body to a wheel by way of a drive shaft by connecting one end of the drive shaft to an output shaft of the engine by way of a universal joint and by connecting the wheel to another end side of the drive shaft by way of gears or the like. A breather mechanism, which performs a breathing operation of the inside of a gear casing housing the gears or the like, is mounted on the gear casing, and an atmosphere opening portion of the breather mechanism is formed to open upwardly in the vertical direction of a vehicle and inwardly in the width direction of the vehicle | 10-02-2008 |
20090236168 | Final gear transmission mechanism for a motorcycle, and motorcycle incorporating same - A motorcycle includes a swing arm, a rear wheel mounted on a leading end of the swing arm, a drive shaft disposed in the swing arm, and a final gear transmission mechanism interposed between the drive shaft and the rear wheel. The final gear transmission mechanism includes a gear case mounted on the leading end of the swing arm for supporting a rear axle; a first end bearing and a second end bearing for supporting a first end and a second end of the rear axle, respectively, a ring gear mounted on the rear axle for transmitting the rotary drive force of an engine to the rear axle; a holding portion for holding the first end of the rear axle in the axial direction of the rear axle; and a fastening member for fastening the second end bearing to the second end of the rear axle. | 09-24-2009 |
20100078250 | SHAFT DRIVE TYPE MOTORCYCLE - A shaft type motorcycle includes a drive shaft for permitting a reduction in the vehicle weight. The shaft drive type motorcycle includes a gear box provided at a rear part of a swing arm with a bearing provided between the gear box and a rear wheel axle. The bearing includes an outer race and balls and an inner race operative provided to rotatably support the rear wheel axle. A presser flange is provided between the rear wheel axle and a rear wheel that includes a hollow cylindrical part pressing the inner race in the axial direction of the rear wheel axle. A flange part is provided as part of the presser flange to which a brake disc is mounted. A labyrinth structure is provided for making it difficult for oil from leaking out of the gear box. | 04-01-2010 |
20110108346 | TWO-WHEELED MOTOR VEHICLE - A two-wheeled motor vehicle provided with a drive shaft ( | 05-12-2011 |
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20090128020 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE - An organic electroluminescent device includes partition walls dividing a region into a first region, a second region and a third region, a first organic layer disposed in the first region, a second organic layer disposed in the second region, and a third organic layer disposed in the third region. The first region includes a plurality of effective pixels involved in light emission, continuously disposed along a first aligning axis. Each effective pixel includes an effective pixel electrode, a common electrode, and the first organic layer between the effective pixel electrode and the common electrode. The second region and the third region oppose each other with the first region therebetween, and the first region, the second region and the third region are aligned along the first aligning axis. | 05-21-2009 |
20090261719 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS - An organic electroluminescent apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a first sealing portion that seals the first and second substrates so as to form a closed space between the first and second substrates, an organic light-emitting element that is disposed on the first substrate in the closed space and includes an organic light-emitting layer mainly composed of an organic light-emitting material, a second sealing portion that is disposed on the organic light-emitting element and seals the organic light-emitting element, and a drying agent film that is formed in a region surrounded by the first and second sealing portions and is mainly composed of a drying agent. | 10-22-2009 |
20100237772 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An electro-optical device includes a substrate, a partition disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of electro-optical elements disposed on the substrate. Each element includes a functional layer having an electro-optic function, power with a resolution in a first direction that corresponds to an interval between the elements in the first direction. The plurality of elements constitute element arrays and are divided into a plurality of element groups. The element arrays are arranged in a direction crossing the first direction. Each group includes the corresponding electro-optical elements aligned in a second direction crossing the first direction, and each of the plurality of element regions includes at least one of the element groups and extends in a third direction crossing the first direction as viewed from the top. | 09-23-2010 |
20140118664 | MICRO LENS ARRAY SUBSTRATE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A micro lens array substrate includes a substrate having optical transparency and a lens layer having optical transparency and a different refractive index from that of the substrate, which is formed in such a manner as to fill in a concave portion arranged in one surface of the substrate in the X-direction, the Y-direction, and the W-direction. A through-hole is provided in the lens layer, between the adjacent concave portions in the W-direction in the lens layer, and the lens layer is continuous between the adjacent concave portions in the X-direction or in the Y-direction. | 05-01-2014 |
20140152908 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A microlens array substrate is provided on which a plurality of microlenses is arranged, and the collection efficiency of a first microlens is lower than the collection efficiency of a second microlens positioned further to the outside edge sides than the first microlens. | 06-05-2014 |
20140218664 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate that is arranged on a light input side; a second substrate that is arranged on a light output side; a liquid crystal layer that is arranged between the first and second substrates; a first microlens that is provided on the first substrate such that an optical axis is tilted to a normal line direction of the first substrate; and a second microlens that is provided on the second substrate such that an optical axis is tilted to a normal line direction of the second substrate, in which a focal point of the first microlens is located on a curved surface of the second microlens, or on the light output side rather than the curved surface. | 08-07-2014 |
20150041833 | SUBSTRATE FOR ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS, ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - An element substrate is provided with a substrate; a pixel electrode; a light shielding layer which is disposed between the substrate and the pixel electrode and has an opening in an area overlapping with the pixel electrode; a TFT that is disposed between the light shielding layer and the pixel electrode has a channel area which is disposed in an area overlapping with the light shielding layer; a light shielding layer that is disposed between the TFT and the pixel electrode and has an opening in an area overlapping with the pixel electrode; a micro lens that is disposed between the substrate and the light shielding layer and disposed in an area overlapping with the pixel electrode; and a micro lens that is disposed between the light shielding layer and the pixel electrode and disposed in an area overlapping with the pixel electrode. | 02-12-2015 |
20150192705 | MICROLENS ARRAY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICROLENS ARRAY, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A microlens array includes a cell, and P lenses (P is an integer of 4 or more) arranged in the cell, in which the apexes of the P lenses are arranged such that symmetry is at least partially broken, when viewed in plan view. In this way, it is possible to suppress diffraction caused by regularity in the lens shape in the cell. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a microlens with a high utilization efficiency of light. | 07-09-2015 |
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20120137478 | BUCKLE DEVICE - A frame member, which is approximately U-shaped in side view, has an ejector having elastic locking pieces whose tips are configured to move along long holes formed in an upper plate, mounted thereon. A permanent magnet is mounted on a slider member, at the end portion closer to a Hall IC switch. Pairs of elastic engagement pieces are inserted through the long holes respectively, and engaged with engagement portions provided at the tips of elastic engagement pieces of the ejector respectively and thus assembled. In a base member formed approximately rectangular-frame-shaped in plan view, the Hall IC switch is fitted on a Hall IC switch supporting extension, extended approximately perpendicularly outward from an end portion closer to the frame member of an outer plate positioned adjacent to the permanent magnet. | 06-07-2012 |
20120144630 | BUCKLE DEVICE - When a pretensioner is activated, a buckle main body experiences abrupt acceleration in a direction toward webbing. An inertial amass body of a stopper member is then rotated toward a frame member against an urging force of a torsion spring urged through a lever member. Further, the lever member abutting on the stopper member is also rotated toward the frame member, making each projecting piece face each abutment portion of a slide button. Further, when the slide button is slidingly moved against an urging force of a button spring, each abutment portion makes contact with each projecting piece of the lever member, stopping the slide movement of the slide button. Thus, unintentional disengagement between a latch and a tongue plate can be prevented. | 06-14-2012 |
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20140011089 | POLYIMIDE PRECURSOR SOLUTION, POLYIMIDE PRECURSOR, POLYIMIDE RESIN, MIXTURE SLURRY, ELECTRODE, MIXTURE SLURRY PRODUCTION METHOD, AND ELECTRODE FORMATION METHOD - The invention addresses the problem of providing a polyimide precursor, a polyimide precursor solution, and a mixture slurry, each capable of more firmly binding active material particles to a current collecting body. The polyimide precursor solution according to the invention contains a tetracarboxylic acid ester compound, a diamine compound having an anionic group, and a solvent. The solvent dissolves the tetracarboxylic acid ester compound and the diamine compound. As the tetracarboxylic acid ester compound, a 3,3′,4,4′-benzophenonetetracarboxylic acid diester is particularly preferred. Examples of the “diamine compound having an anionic group” include 3,4-diaminobenzoic acid, 3,5-diaminobenzoic acid, and m-phenylenediamine-4-sulfonic acid. Further, the mixture slurry according to the invention contains active material particles in the polyimide precursor solution. | 01-09-2014 |