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20090022488 | CAMERA - The invention makes it is possible to easily and precisely adjust the frame rate of continuous shooting photography, and to keep it constant for a long period of time. The invention provides a digital camera including an image-acquisition device for acquiring an image of a subject; a shutter control member operated in a direction along a front surface of a casing during continuous shooting photography; a sensor for detecting a control level or operating force of the shutter control member; and an overall controller for adjusting a frame rate of the continuous shooting photography performed by the image-acquisition device on the basis of the control level or operating force detected by the sensor. | 01-22-2009 |
20100303355 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The invention provides an image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program that perform gradation correction processing with reduced color unevenness, even for an image containing a low-contrast region, with a simple configuration. A first gradation-distribution calculating unit divides the gradation width of an input image signal into a plurality of gradation sections and calculates a first histogram showing the frequency of pixel values in each gradation section; a decision unit decides whether the image contains a low-contrast region on the basis of a feature component signal related to the contrast of the image; a second gradation-distribution calculating unit calculates, using the first histogram, a second histogram which is divided into a greater number of gradation sections than the first histogram; and a gradation correction unit performs gradation correction processing using the second histogram when it is determined that the image contains a low-contrast region, and performs gradation correction processing using the first histogram for other images. | 12-02-2010 |
20120144150 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus may include a data acquisition unit, a plurality of buffer units including a storage capacity and an additional storage capacity, a valid data amount calculation unit that calculates an amount of valid data and outputs valid data information indicating whether or not the data is valid, and a data write control unit that controls writing of the data to one of the plurality of buffer units. The valid data amount calculation unit may determine the number of the units based on the calculated amount of valid data and the additional storage capacity. The data acquisition unit may acquire data included in the units, the number of which is determined by the valid data amount calculation unit. The data write control unit may control whether or not to write the data to one of the plurality of buffer units based on the valid data information. | 06-07-2012 |
20120203942 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus may include a data acquisition unit, a buffer unit that includes a plurality of division buffers, a valid data area determination unit that calculates an area of valid data, a buffer state management unit that manages whether or not the data is stored in the division buffer, a data write control unit that writes data of a unit of the storage capacity of the division buffer, which at least includes data indicated to be valid data by the valid data information within the data, to the division buffer in which no data is stored, the division buffer being selected based on the management information, and a data read control unit that reads data indicated to be valid data by the valid data information from the division buffer in which data is stored, the division buffer being selected based on the management information. | 08-09-2012 |
20140118596 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device includes an imaging unit which outputs captured image data corresponding to a pixel signal, a plurality of image processing units which generate any one of first image data being performed first image processing on the captured image data and second image data being performed second image processing on the captured image data, a display processing unit which causes an image corresponding to the second image data to be displayed on a display device which displays an image corresponding to image data input at a predetermined timing of a second synchronization signal, and a control unit which changes a setting of a phase difference between the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal and switches between the first image processing and the second image processing to be executed by each of the plurality of image processing units. | 05-01-2014 |
20140176737 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device includes an imaging processing unit that includes a solid-state imaging device outputting a pixel signal according to incident subject light and outputs a captured image according to the pixel signal output by the solid-state imaging device, image processing circuits that generate a photography image by performing image processing on a corresponding region within a processed region cut out from the captured image output from the imaging processing unit, and a division position determination unit that detects movement of a photography position at which the solid-state imaging device photographs a subject within a captured region of the solid-state imaging device. | 06-26-2014 |
20140293090 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing section that receives input images of a plurality of frames, divides an image of each input frame into a plurality of blocks for each image of the frame, and generates an image corresponding to each frame by performing predetermined image processing on each division block; and an overlap width control section that separately saves overlap width data to be used in each of a plurality of image processing operations by the image processing section for generating the image corresponding to each frame for each piece of the overlap width data corresponding to each image processing operation when image data included in an overlap width area in which block areas overlap within the image of each frame is saved as overlap width data, and switches the overlap width data to be used when the image processing section performs each image processing operation. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090058346 | ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In order to simultaneously realize an improvement in disturbance suppression force of an electric motor control apparatus and vibration suppression of a load machine, a velocity control circuit receives a velocity command signal as a target value of velocity of an electric motor and a corrected velocity signal, obtained by correcting a velocity signal with a velocity correction signal, and outputs a torque command signal specifying target torque of the electric motor driving the load machine. A vibration suppression circuit outputs a velocity correction signal, based on an acceleration signal, indicating acceleration of the load machine. A transfer function from the acceleration signal to the torque command signal is obtained by multiplying a transfer function from a position signal, indicating position of the electric motor to the torque command signal, by a proportion characteristic having a specified gain and integration characteristic. | 03-05-2009 |
20090175601 | MOTOR CONTROLLER AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A motor controller calculates a motor torque command based on motor speed and causes a motor to generate a torque corresponding to the motor torque command, to drive a machine load coupled to the motor. The motor controller includes a speed compensator that makes, when a speed compensation torque is calculated based on the motor speed, frequency characteristics of the speed compensation torque for the motor speed exhibit a low frequency cutoff characteristic so that steady-state gain in frequency response is less than a maximum gain value. A torque adder generates a motor torque command by adding to the existing motor torque command an externally input feedforward torque signal and the speed compensation torque. | 07-09-2009 |
20090177296 | Position command generating device - A command generating device includes a command shape calculating unit for calculating an nth derivative command shape which is a fixed multiple of the nth derivative with respect to time of a position command for causing a machine to reach a target position at a positioning time so that a convolution of a velocity command which is the first derivative with respect to time of the position command and the impulse response of a transfer function determined from the frequency of a vibration which occurs in the machine becomes equal to zero, the convolution being calculated over the time period from the positioning time onward, and an associating processing unit for integrating the nth derivative command shape n times with respect to time, and for multiplying the integral result by a constant which associates the position command at the positioning time with the target position so as to determine the position command. | 07-09-2009 |
20100004824 | ELECTRIC POWER-STEERING CONTROL APPARATUS - A steering-torque detecting unit detects a steering torque applied by a driver as a steering torque signal. A phase-lag compensation unit performs an operation having a frequency response characteristic of multiplying a phase-lag compensation by a constant for the steering torque signal based on a signal obtained by applying an amplification by a first gain and a low pass filter on the steering torque signal and a signal obtained by applying an amplification by a second gain on the steering torque signal. A current control unit controls a current applied to a motor to follow a current command that is obtained based on an output of the phase-lag compensation unit. | 01-07-2010 |
20120007540 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a motor control device which realizes automatic adjustment of control of a motor for driving a mechanical load through a simple operation. The motor control device includes: a follow-up control unit ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120306426 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A motor control device includes: a feedforward computing section for computing a motion reference value and a feedforward driving force based on a motion command; a deviation compensation computing section for outputting a deviation compensation driving force by a control computation for reducing a control deviation; a driving-force command synthesizing section for outputting a driving-force command based on the feedforward driving force and the deviation compensation driving force; a reaction-force compensation computing section for computing a motion correction value based on a predetermined reaction-force reference value and the deviation compensation driving force; and a control-deviation computing section for computing the control deviation based on a deviation between the motion reference value and a motor motion detection value, and the motion correction value. | 12-06-2012 |
20130033221 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A motor control device main unit includes a pressure command signal generation module, a simulated pressure control module, a simulated position calculation module, a simulated pressure signal generation module, a pressure control module, a speed control module, and a current control module. The speed control module receives a motor speed command signal, which is a signal of a sum of an actual motor speed command value of an actual motor speed command signal from the pressure control module and a simulated speed calculated value of a simulated motor speed signal. The speed control module carries out speed control calculation based on a motor speed command value of the motor speed command signal and an actual motor speed of an actual motor speed signal. | 02-07-2013 |
20130035914 | SERVO CONTROLLER - A servo controller includes: a reference model unit which inputs a reference to generate a model output and a model input; a feedback control unit which generates a feedback input so that a control output of a plant follows the model output; and an adder which adds the model input and the feedback input, in which the reference model unit includes: a mathematical model which simulates characteristics of the plant, and generates the model output and a state variable from the model input; a model input memory which outputs a past model input; a model controller which inputs the reference, the state variable, and the past model input to generate the model input; and a model controller determining unit which determines the model controller based on the reference, the state variable, and the past model input. | 02-07-2013 |
20130038265 | MOTOR CONTROLLER - To stably control a driving object to approach and contact a pressure object at a low impact, to suppress a vibration generated when the driving object presses the pressure object, and to enable a motor controller to operate based on a simple command, a regression torque controller of the motor controller limits a torque-control velocity command to up to a velocity limit value vlim defined based on a contact velocity between a driving object and a pressure object and outputs the torque-control velocity command, and a velocity controller of the motor controller calculates a torque command so that a motor velocity can follow the torque-control velocity command output from the regression torque controller. | 02-14-2013 |
20130057186 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A motor control device including: a following control unit that calculates a pre-correction torque command based on a difference between an operation command signal for commanding an operation of a motor and a detection signal resulting from detecting an operation of the motor; an adder that outputs a post-correction torque command by adding the pre-correction torque command to a correction torque command; and an electric-current control unit that outputs a drive current driving the motor based on the post-correction torque command, wherein the motor control device executes control so that the detection signal matches the operation command signal, and further including: a reference-periodic-signal computation unit; an amplitude/phase estimation unit; and a correction-torque computation unit, so that the correction torque command is updated such that a difference between the correction torque command and the post-correction torque command becomes smaller. | 03-07-2013 |
20130063068 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A motor-control-device main unit includes a pressure-command-signal generating section, a pressure control section, a speed control section, a current control section, and a parameter-adjusting section. With respect to a parameter for a control computation by the pressure control section, the parameter-adjusting section includes an information-acquiring section and a parameter-calculating section. The information-acquiring section acquires, from an exterior, each of pieces of information including an elastic constant of a pressurized target, a reaction-force constant indicating information of a reaction force, a transfer characteristic from a motor torque to a motor speed, and parameters of the speed control section. The information-acquiring section previously acquires information of a control law of the speed control unit. The parameter-calculating section calculates a parameter for the pressure control section based on the information acquired by the information-acquiring section. | 03-14-2013 |
20130200835 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - To improve estimation accuracy of a frequency and an attenuation coefficient of residual vibration in which a plurality of frequencies are superimposed, a motor control device includes a vibration-damping-control setting unit | 08-08-2013 |
20130214718 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A motor control device includes a feedback filter that has filter characteristics that a frequency response gain is substantially one at frequencies equal to or lower than a filter cutoff frequency, a frequency response gain decreases with increase in frequency in a range from the filter cutoff frequency ωfL to a filter upper limit frequency ωfH higher than the filter cutoff frequency ωfL, and a frequency response gain is substantially constant at frequencies equal to or higher than the filter upper limit frequency ωfH, and performs computing to apply the filter characteristics to a feedback transfer function, wherein a control-constant set unit sets a speed gain Kv and at least one of the filter cutoff frequency ωfL and the filter upper limit frequency ωfH to reduce a ratio of the filter upper limit frequency ωfH to the filter cutoff frequency ωfL with increase in the speed gain Kv. | 08-22-2013 |
20130234642 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A motor control device that controls motion of a control target including a motor and a vibratable element includes a generating unit configured to generate, according to state information representing a state of the control target related to a vibration characteristic of the control target, a first parameter representing the vibration characteristic of the control target, a first calculating unit configured to calculate a second parameter corresponding to a temporal change amount of the first parameter generated by the generating unit, a second calculating unit configured to calculate, using a motion target value, the first parameter, and the second parameter, model torque such that the control target does not excite vibration, and a developing unit configured to develop, according to the model torque calculated by the second calculating unit, a torque command such that the motion of the control target follows the motion target value. | 09-12-2013 |
20140077746 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE - A motor control device includes an operation determination unit that determines whether a motor is in an operating state or in a stopped state based on an operation command signal or an operation signal and an amplitude estimation unit that, based on a determination result of the operation determination unit, sequentially estimates a vibration amplitude value from a control state quantity of a feedback control unit or a current control unit separately for a case where the motor is operated and a case where the motor is stopped and outputs the vibration amplitude value. A function of outputting an amplitude of a high-frequency vibration that occurs in a mechanical device including a control system as information useful for estimating an occurrence factor of the vibration is provided. | 03-20-2014 |
20140197770 | LOAD CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATING APPARATUS FOR DRIVING MACHINE - A load characteristic estimating apparatus for a driving machine includes an action-command generating unit for generating an action command for a position and speed of a driving machine, a driving-force-command generating unit for generating a driving force command to cause an action of the driving machine to follow the action command, a driving unit for generating driving force corresponding to the driving force command and drive the driving machine, a sign determining unit for determining, based on driving speed of the driving machine, the state of the driving machine, a load-driving-force estimating unit for calculating, based on the driving force command, a load driving force signal, and a normal reverse-rotation-average calculating unit and a reverse-rotation-average calculating unit, configured to calculate a sequential average of the load driving force signal, respectively when the determination result is a normal and reverse rotation action. | 07-17-2014 |
20140300308 | SERVO CONTROL DEVICE - A reference model unit calculates a model position, with which a model of a controlled object follows a position command, and a model torque for the model of the controlled object to operate to coincide with the model position. A gain changing unit changes, during the operation of the controlled object, at least a value of one control gain of first-order and second-order control gains used for calculation of a variable compensation value output to an integral compensator by a variable-compensation calculating unit based on at least one of the model position, a position detection value, and a torque command output to the controlled object by a torque adder, and reflects the value on calculation of the variable compensation value. | 10-09-2014 |
20140306641 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus includes a reference model unit configured to generate a model output representing a desired operation of the controlled object and a model input for driving the controlled object to the desired operation, a feedback unit configured to generate a feedback for causing the control output to follow the model output, and an adder configured to add up the model input and the feedback and generate a control input to the controlled object. The reference model unit includes a storing unit configured to retain, as a vector, a present value of the target value and one or a plurality of past values of the target value, a numerical model configured to simulate a characteristic of the controlled object and generate the model output and a state variable on the basis of the model input, a model controller configured to generate the model input, and a controller determining unit configured to determine the model controller. | 10-16-2014 |
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20100284190 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An illumination device comprises a light reflecting plate, a circuit board, and a point like light source, the light reflecting plate or a combination of the light reflecting plate and the circuit board forming a receiving concave portion. The point like light source is arranged in the receiving concave portion, wherein a brightness of a light emitted from the point like light source is to be up to 30000 cd/m | 11-11-2010 |
20110063850 | LIGHT BOX - A light box includes a point like light source, a light reflecting plate arranged around said point like light source and a light diffusion surface plate having light transmissive property and arranged to face said light reflecting plate. The light box can include a case having an opening formed in a direction of light and for housing at least said point like light source and said light reflecting plate inside. Additionally, a receiving concave portion is formed with said light reflecting plate, said point like light source is allocated inside said receiving concave portion, an injection angle of the light from said point like light source is 0°, and a brightness is less than or equal to 15000 cd/m | 03-17-2011 |
20120069594 | INTERNAL LIGHTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY PANEL THEREOF - An interior lighting display device and a display panel thereof capable of effectively preventing a dark area from being formed in the display panel. A film or sheet that reflects light is disposed on a back surface and a side surface of a display panel of an interior lighting display device. For example, the film or sheet is disposed on a back surface and a side surface of a region that is a colored area having low transmittance of the display panel, and an area in which a light source is not present behind the display panel. In addition, a light reflective body is placed in an area in which the light source is not present within the interior lighting display device. | 03-22-2012 |
20130158143 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOAM, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIGHT REFLECTING MATERIAL USING THE SAME - A thermoplastic resin foam, having a bubble with an average bubble diameter of 10 μm or less in the inside thereof, in which wherein the thermoplastic resin foam is prepared by using and foaming a thermoplastic resin composition containing 0.25 to 2.5 part(s) by mass of a melt-type crystallization nucleating agent (B), with respect to 100 parts by mass of an amorphous thermoplastic resin (A). | 06-20-2013 |
20130172438 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN FOAM, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LIGHT REFLECTING MATERIAL THEREOF | 07-04-2013 |
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20090122069 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A cellular phone includes an illuminance sensor and a controller. The illuminance sensor detects illuminance in an ambient environment of the cellular phone. The controller refers to a control table in which a brightness region corresponding to an illuminance value and a set value related to a brightness value of a backlight are associated with each other and registered in advance. According to an illuminance value detected in the ambient environment, the controller sets a brightness value of the backlight to one of a plurality of set values. If the illuminance value is greater than the previous illuminance value and a brightness region corresponding to the previous illuminance value and a brightness region corresponding to the current illuminance value are different, the controller controls, after a predetermined time elapses, brightness of the backlight according to a set value greater than a set value previously set. | 05-14-2009 |
20090127068 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE TESTING APPARATUS - An electronic device testing apparatus for conveying electronic devices to be tested to sockets of a contact portion and bringing the electronic devices to be tested electrically contact with the sockets to conduct a test of electric characteristics of the electronic devices to be tested, comprising an image pickup portion that takes an image of the sockets; a memory portion that stores reference image data of the sockets in a state of not being attached with any electronic devices to be tested obtained by taking images by the image pickup portion; and a mislay determination portion that obtains check image data of the sockets from the image pickup portion, reads the reference image data from the memory portion, compares the check image data with the reference image data and determines whether any of the electronic devices to be tested remain on the sockets. | 05-21-2009 |
20090278926 | CALIBRATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE TEST APPARATUS - In an electronic device test apparatus using image processing technology to position an IC device relative to a socket, a calibration method of an electronic device test apparatus of calibrating a relative position of a device camera with respect to a socket, the method comprising: calculating an offset amount of a socket guide with respect to the socket on the basis of a relative position of the socket camera with respect to the socket guide and a relative position of a socket camera with respect to the socket; and adding this offset amount to the relative position of the device camera with respect to the socket guide so as to calculate the relative position of the device camera with respect to the socket. | 11-12-2009 |
20100120478 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes: at least two casings changeable in positional relationship between the at least two casings from a first state to a second state that is different from the first state; an input module configured to input a command by touch, a first detector configured to detect a start of a transition from the first state to the second state; a second detector configured to detect a completion of the transition; and an input controller configured to disable input through the input module in a time between the start detected by the first detector and the completion detected by the second detector. | 05-13-2010 |
20110284159 | PROTECTION SHEET FOR COATING FILM - Provided is a protective sheet for a coating layer comprising a substrate sheet and provided thereon a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, which can be applied as well to a coated surface insufficiently cured immediately after dried, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer described above comprises an addition reaction type silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive. | 11-24-2011 |
20110311780 | RELEASABLE ADHESIVE SHEET - Provided is a releasable pressure sensitive adhesive sheet, which is mainly used for a coating film for an automobile, and which is applicable to a coating film with insufficient curing immediately after drying. Specifically provided is a releasable pressure sensitive adhesive sheet for a curable coating film, which has a pressure sensitive adhesive layer on one face of a front substrate, in which a face of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer out of contact with the front substrate has a rolling circle arithmetic mean waviness (Wea) specified in JIS B0610 of 0.30 μm or less. | 12-22-2011 |
20130029141 | RELEASABLE ADHESIVE SHEET - Provided is a releasable pressure sensitive adhesive sheet, which is mainly used fora coating film for an automobile, and which is applicable to a coating film with insufficient curing immediately after drying. Specifically provided is a releasable pressure sensitive adhesive sheet to be adhered to a curable coating film, which has a pressure sensitive adhesive layer on at least one face of a substrate, in which the substrate has a Young's modulus “E” of 100 N/mm | 01-31-2013 |
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20090295480 | AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT - An amplifier circuit with favorable linearity is provided. | 12-03-2009 |
20100038766 | METHOD FOR FORMING TERMINAL OF STACKED PACKAGE ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR FORMING STACKED PACKAGE - A semiconductor chip module having high degree of freedom in assignment of a circuit to each semiconductor chip and in position of a connection terminal of each semiconductor chip is provided. The present invention relates to a semiconductor chip module in which a plurality of semiconductor chips each provided on the side face thereof with a part of a connection terminal coupled with a circuit pattern formed on the front face, have been stacked and bonded. Connection terminal portions on the side faces of the respective semiconductor chips are interconnected by a wiring pattern. The connection terminal on the semiconductor chip is led from the front face to the side face and formed by applying spraying of a conductive material in a mist state. | 02-18-2010 |
20100301476 | STACKED PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR FORMING STACKED PACKAGE - A semiconductor chip module including a plurality of semiconductor chips, each provided on the side face thereof with a part of connection terminals coupled with a circuit pattern formed on the front face, the chips being stacked and bonded. The stacked element in the lowermost layer is a semiconductor chip or an interposer dedicated for attachment to an external attachment board, and having a plurality of electrode elements (e.g., solder balls) arranged on a face on the attachment side, with each electrode element connected to any one of the connection terminals by a circuit pattern. Connection terminal portions on the side faces of the respective semiconductor chips and the stacked element in the lowermost layer are interconnected by a wiring pattern extending over the side faces. | 12-02-2010 |
20120021562 | METHOD FOR FORMING TERMINAL OF STACKED PACKAGE ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR FORMING STACKED PACKAGE - A semiconductor chip module having high degree of freedom in assignment of a circuit to each semiconductor chip and in position of a connection terminal of each semiconductor chip is provided. The present invention relates to a semiconductor chip module in which a plurality of semiconductor chips, each provided on the side face thereof with a part of a connection terminal coupled with a circuit pattern formed on the front face, have been stacked and bonded. Connection terminal portions on the side faces of the respective semiconductor chips are interconnected by a wiring pattern. The connection terminal on the semiconductor chip is led from the front face to the side face and formed by applying spraying of a conductive material in a mist state. | 01-26-2012 |
20120250031 | DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A displacement measurement device includes a first diffraction grating that generates first diffraction light of a prescribed order; a second diffraction grating movable relative to the first diffraction grating, the second diffraction grating dividing the zeroth-order light that has passed through the first diffraction grating into zeroth-order light and a second diffraction light of a prescribed order; and a first optical sensor that detects interfering light beams formed by the first diffraction light from the first diffraction grating and the second diffraction light from the second diffraction grating to determine an amount of a displacement of the second diffraction grating relative to the first diffraction grating. | 10-04-2012 |
20130010305 | Method and Apparatus for Measuring Displacement - A technique for measuring displacement involves passing parallel laser light from a laser light source through a first diffraction grating to a semi-transparent semi-reflective mirror. A portion of the laser light is reflected as first reversed light, which passes through the first diffraction grating. The remainder of the parallel laser light proceeds to a total reflection mirror and is reflected as second reversed light that passes through the semi-transparent semi-reflective mirror and the first diffraction grating. The amount of refracted light of a predetermined order that is of the first and second reversed light and that results from the first diffraction grating is detected by a first optical sensor, and the amount of displacement is obtained from the interference band or a signal thereof corresponding to the amount of relative motion in the axial direction of the total reflection mirror with respect to the semi-transparent semi-reflective mirror. | 01-10-2013 |
20130230251 | IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An image generation apparatus stores a plurality of selection condition rows including a plurality of selection conditions used for selecting an image from a plurality of material images, selects at least one material image from the plurality of material images as a first material image, obtains a feature quantity of the first material image, selects a selection condition row which is stored in the storage unit and includes a selection condition including the obtained feature quantity, selects a second material image from the plurality of material images based on a selection condition row which has been selected, and generates an image based on the first and the second material images which have been selected and the selection condition row which has been selected. | 09-05-2013 |
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20080252145 | DC/DC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A DC/DC power conversion device includes n-stage circuits comprised of an inverter circuit for driving which is connected between positive terminals and negative terminals of smoothing capacitors, and a rectifier circuit which is connected between positive terminals and negative terminals of smoothing capacitors; a first circuit corresponding to at least one among the n-stage circuits and configured by connecting in parallel cell circuits of m, second circuits corresponding to a plurality of remaining circuits of (n−1) among the n-stage circuits; capacitors for energy transfer connected between middle points of the cell circuits and middle points of the second circuits; and column circuits of m comprised of the cell circuits, the second circuits and the capacitors for energy transfer, wherein the middle points are contact points of high voltage sided elements and low voltage sided elements of the cell circuits and the second circuits; and driving signals for driving the respective column circuits have the same driving cycle and are out of phase with each other. | 10-16-2008 |
20080253156 | DC/DC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - A DC/DC power conversion device with smoothing capacitors including three column circuits share the smoothing capacitors to be connected in parallel, each column circuit have a plurality of circuits connected in series where two MOSFETs are connected in series between both ends of respective smoothing capacitors and LC serial bodies of capacitors and inductors with the same resonant cycle are disposed between the circuits at two middle terminals. Driving signals for the respective column circuits have the same driving cycle identical with the resonant cycle of the LC serial bodies, and are out of phase with each other by 2π/3(rad), and thus charge-discharge currents towards the smoothing capacitors are circulated among the column circuits and ripple currents flowing through the smoothing capacitors are reduced. | 10-16-2008 |
20090261793 | DC/DC POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS - Three or more circuits, in which series-connected low-voltage and high-voltage side switches including MOSFETs including parasitic diodes are connected across positive and negative terminals of each of smoothing capacitors, are connected in series. One of elementary series circuits, each including a capacitor and an inductor, is disposed between any adjacent two of the circuits with the elementary series circuits set to have the same period of resonance. The MOSFETs of rectifier circuits are brought into an ON state simultaneously with the MOSFETs of a driving inverter circuit and brought into an OFF state earlier than the MOSFETs of the driving inverter circuit by a period of time not exceeding a time period equal to (period of resonance)/2. A resonance phenomenon of the capacitor and the inductor is used and conduction loss in the rectifier circuits is reduced in DC/DC power conversion performed through charging and discharging operation of the capacitor. | 10-22-2009 |
20100019753 | DC/DC POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS - Three or more circuits including a driving inverter circuit and rectifier circuits are connected in series, each of the circuits including a high-voltage side MOSFET and a low-voltage side MOSFET connected in series as well as a smoothing capacitor having positive and negative terminals between which the MOSFETs are connected. LC series circuits, each including a capacitor and an inductor, are disposed individually between one specific circuit and the other circuits with periods of resonance of the LC series circuits made equal to one another. In performing DC/DC power conversion through charging and discharging operation of the capacitors, a resonance phenomenon of the LC series circuits is used to improve conversion efficiency and achieve a reduction in size of the apparatus structure. | 01-28-2010 |
20110181250 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A power supply apparatus includes: an AC generator including an AC generating section, and a rectifier for rectifying an AC voltage generated in the AC generating section, and outputting a DC voltage; and a DC/DC converter for converting the output voltage of the rectifier into a DC voltage having a different voltage value, wherein the output voltage of the rectifier is set to be larger than the output voltage of the DC/DC converter in accordance with the rotation speed of the AC generating section and the amount of power supply to an electrical load connected to the DC/DC converter, and is stepped down and outputted by using the DC/DC converter. The power supply apparatus is capable of increasing an output power efficiently. | 07-28-2011 |
20120126764 | DC/DC POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a DC/DC power conversion apparatus that can reduce the average power consumption over a wide range of DC voltage ratios. A control circuit ( | 05-24-2012 |
20130119961 | DC/DC CONVERTER - In a DC/DC converter, a first operation section calculates a first operation value, based on a difference voltage between an instruction value for a high-voltage-side voltage and a detected value of a high-voltage-side voltage, a second operation section calculates a second operation value, based on a difference voltage between a voltage instruction value for a charge-discharge capacitor and a voltage detected value of the charge-discharge capacitor, and a switching control section obtains a conduction ratio, based on the first operation value and the second operation value, and controls, based on the conduction ratio, switching operations of first to fourth semiconductor circuits, thereby controlling the high-voltage-side voltage, and the voltage of the charge-discharge capacitor. | 05-16-2013 |
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20100112969 | TUNER DEVICE - A tuner device includes tuner circuits, where each of the tuner circuits includes a radio frequency amplifier amplifying a radio frequency signal of a transmitted broadcast wave, a frequency mixing circuit performing frequency conversion for the transmitted radio frequency signal, and a local oscillation circuit transmitting a local oscillation signal to the frequency mixing circuit, wherein the local oscillation circuit includes, at least, a reference signal source, a first frequency divider, and a second frequency divider, oscillates a local oscillation signal having a local oscillation frequency, and makes a difference between local oscillation frequencies of the tuner circuits, the difference being generated when the tuner circuits receive the broadcast waves of the same frequency, greater than or equal to a predetermined value. | 05-06-2010 |
20120019731 | TUNER MODULE AND RECEIVING DEVICE - A tuner module includes a tuner module substrate having a tuner function part formed thereon, a case body having a shielding function of holding and incorporating at least the tuner module substrate, a circuit board on which the tuner module substrate is mounted, and at least one antenna connector to be fixed to the case body and having a core wire connected to the tuner module substrate incorporated in the case body. A part of the circuit board is contained inside the case body. | 01-26-2012 |
20120113324 | RECEIVER - The present invention relates to a receiver capable of reducing influence of disturbance waves and capable of receiving analog and digital broadcast signals without interference with a single front end module, without leading to complexity of the configuration. | 05-10-2012 |
20140168519 | TUNER MODULE AND RECEIVING APPARATUS - There is provided a tuner module of the present disclosure includes a tuner module board on which a tuner function unit is formed, a case body that holds at least the tuner module board so as to contain the board, and at least one antenna connector fixed to the case body and whose core wire is connected to the tuner module board contained in the case body. | 06-19-2014 |
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20080265294 | Semiconductor device manufacturing method including forming a metal silicide layer on an indium-containing layer - The present invention provides a semiconductor device manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having a contact plug, in which a contact hole formed by a surface portion of a high-concentration N-type diffusion layer formed on a semiconductor silicon substrate surface and an interlayer insulating film is implanted with indium ions at an energy ranging from 30 to 120 keV and an implantation amount ranging from 1.0×10 | 10-30-2008 |
20090212291 | Transparent Thin Film Transistor and Image Display Unit - An embodiment of the present invention is an transparent thin film transistor which has an substantially transparent substrate, a gate line made of a thin film of a substantially transparent conductive material, a substantially transparent gate insulating film, a substantially transparent semiconductor active layer, a source line made of a thin film of a metal material and a drain electrode made of a thin film of a substantially transparent conductive material. In addition, the source line and the drain electrode are formed apart from each other and sandwich the substantially transparent semiconductor active layer. Moreover, at least any one of the thin film of the gate line and the thin film of the source line is stacked with a thin film of a metal material. | 08-27-2009 |
20100258805 | Thin Film Transistor and Image Display Unit - One embodiment of the present invention is a thin film transistor having a substrate, a gate electrode formed on the substrate, a gate insulating film, a semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating film, a protective film formed on the semiconductor layer and the gate insulating film and having first and second opening sections which are separately and directly formed on the semiconductor layer, a source electrode formed on the protective film and electrically connected to the semiconductor layer at the first opening section of the protective film, and a drain electrode formed on the protective film and electrically connected to the semiconductor layer at the second opening section of the protective film. | 10-14-2010 |
20120135582 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Semiconductor device manufacturing method includes forming a first mask, having a first opening to implant ion into semiconductor substrate and being used to form first layer well, on semiconductor substrate; forming first-layer well having first and second regions by implanting first ion into semiconductor substrate using first mask; forming second mask, having second opening to implant ion into semiconductor substrate and being used to form second layer well, on semiconductor substrate; and forming second-layer well below first layer well by implanting second ion into semiconductor substrate using second mask. First region is formed closer to an edge of first-layer well than second region. Upon implanting first ion, first ion deflected by first inner wall of first mask is supplied to first region. Upon implanting second ion, second ion deflected by second inner wall of second mask is supplied to second region. | 05-31-2012 |
20120262642 | Active Matrix Substrate, Manufacturing Method Thereof, and Image Display Device - According to the first aspect of the present invention, a drain electrode and a pixel electrode are electrically connected to each other on a protective film formed on a semiconductor active layer, and thereby it is possible to easily connect the drain electrode and the pixel electrode to each other and to improve a yield. | 10-18-2012 |
20130056738 | Method for Manufacturing Thin Film Transistor, Thin Film Transistor and Image Display Apparatus - A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor includes a first process of forming a gate electrode on a substrate; a second process of forming a gate insulation film so as to cover the gate electrode; a third process of forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on the gate insulation film; a fourth process of forming a semiconductor layer connected to the source electrode and the drain electrode; a fifth process of forming a protection film so as to overlap a portion of the source electrode and the drain electrode immediately above the semiconductor layer; and a sixth process of patterning the semiconductor layer using the protection film as a mask. | 03-07-2013 |
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20090325323 | AQUEOUS DISPERSION FOR CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING METHOD - There is provided an aqueous dispersion for chemical mechanical polishing that comprises abrasives comprising:
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20130216951 | RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, POLYMER AND COMPOUND - A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a polymer, an acid generating agent, and an organic solvent. The polymer includes a first structural unit derived from a compound represented by a formula (1), and a second structural unit derived from a compound represented by a formula (2). R | 08-22-2013 |
20130280657 | PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION AND RESIST PATTERN-FORMING METHOD - A photoresist composition includes a polymer component that includes a first structural unit represented by the formula (1) and a second structural unit represented by the formula (2), an acid generator, and a compound represented by the formula (3). The first structural unit and the second structural unit are included in an identical polymer, or different polymers. R | 10-24-2013 |
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20080235374 | Electronic device monitoring method, electronic device computer and program thereof - Processing relating to maintenance of a monitoring subject device is performed by detecting by a computer an IP address of an electronic device connected to a LAN, automatically referring to communication protocol specification data indicating a communication protocol with the electronic device indicated in remote maintenance management data provided in advance or obtained from the electronic device, and performing a communication with the electronic device by using said communication protocol and the IP address indicated by the communication protocol specification data. | 09-25-2008 |
20110305359 | HIGHLY DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE - A highly directional microphone includes an acoustic tube and a microphone unit that is disposed inside the base end of the acoustic tube. The acoustic tube is composed of an elastic material. An adjustable member elongates and contracts the distance between the microphone unit and the front end of the acoustic tube. The acoustic tube is held by an acoustic-tube protector having openings on a peripheral wall thereof. The base end of the acoustic tube is integrated to the acoustic-tube protector, and the front end of the acoustic tube is connected to a sliding cylinder that is slidably fitted in the axis direction of the acoustic tube along the acoustic-tube protector. | 12-15-2011 |
20130064409 | NARROW-ANGLE DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE - A narrow-angle directional microphone having an acoustic tube, accommodated in a cylindrical microphone case, in a circumferential wall of which an opening is formed to be covered with an acoustic resistor and to a rear end of which a microphone unit is attached, prevents abnormal noise from occurring. The narrow-angle directional microphone includes a first acoustic resisting material provided on an outer circumferential surface of the acoustic tube and covering the opening; and a second acoustic resisting material provided between the first acoustic resisting material and an inner circumferential surface of the microphone case, having a predetermined elastic force in a thickness direction. The second acoustic resisting material covers the first acoustic resisting material, and is fixed to the acoustic tube; and presses the outer circumferential surface of the acoustic tube and the inner circumferential surface of the microphone case by the elastic force. | 03-14-2013 |
20130216046 | Narrow Directional Stereo Microphone - A narrow directional stereo microphone includes a narrow directional mid unit disposed such that the directional axis thereof aligns to the major axis of a microphone body, and a unidirectional right unit and a unidirectional left unit disposed symmetrically with respect to the major axis such that directional axes of the right and left units are perpendicular to the major axis, wherein signals output from the mid unit are sent to one of a diaphragm and a fixed electrode of the right unit and to one of a diaphragm and a fixed electrode of the left unit, and right channel signals are output from the other of the diaphragm and the fixed electrode of the right unit, and left channel signals are output from the other of the diaphragm and the fixed electrode of the left unit. | 08-22-2013 |
20130216084 | UNIDIRECTIONAL CONDENSER MICROPHONE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING ACOUSTIC RESISTANCE - To provide an insulator, which supports a fixed pole in a unidirectional condenser microphone in a shareable manner among microphones that are different in the distance between acoustic terminals from one another. Coarse adjustment is performed on an insulator | 08-22-2013 |
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20100187770 | SEALING DEVICE - Included are an exterior sealing member ( | 07-29-2010 |
20110052802 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WIRE-GRID POLARIZER - Provided is a process for easily producing a wire grid polarizer showing a high polarization separation ability in the visible light region and having an improved transmittance in a short wavelength region. | 03-03-2011 |
20110080640 | WIRE-GRID POLARIZER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a wire grid polarizer showing a high degree of polarization, a high p-polarized light transmittance and a high s-polarized light reflectivity for light incident from a front surface and showing a low s-polarized light reflectivity for light incident from its rear surface, in the visible light region, and a process for producing such a polarizer. | 04-07-2011 |
20110285092 | SEAL DEVICE - A seal device where a seal lip reliably maintains shaft sealing relative to high-pressure fluid that is to be sealed and where the equivalent Mises stress occurring in the seal lip is reduced to extend the durable term of the seal lip longer. A backup ring has a tapered section continuously extending from a fixation section of the backup ring and also has a forward end section. A rounded surface (E) with a curvature radius (R- | 11-24-2011 |
20110286094 | Wire-grid polarizer and process for producing the same - Provided are a wire-grid polarizer, which has not only a high degree of polarization, a high p-polarized light transmittance and a high s-polarized light reflectance but also a low angle dependency and a low wavelength dependency in terms of optical properties in a visible light region, and a process for producing the same. | 11-24-2011 |
20120236410 | WIRE-GRID POLARIZER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A wire-grid polarizer comprising a light-transmitting substrate | 09-20-2012 |
20130040052 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING WIRE-GRID POLARIZER, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A process for producing a wire-grid polarizer; the wire-grid polarizer comprising: a light-transmitting substrate | 02-14-2013 |
20130044373 | WIRE-GRID POLARIZER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed are a wire grid polarizer, which exhibits high polarization, p-polarized light transmittance, and s-polarized light reflectance in the visible light region, and the optical characteristics of which have low angular dependence and wavelength dependence, and a manufacturing method for the same. A wire grid polarizer ( | 02-21-2013 |
20130256591 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE CONTAINING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING THE ELECTRODE - A negative electrode active material mainly contains silicon and silicon oxide. In the negative electrode active material, an Ar-laser Raman spectrum thereof includes a peak A corresponding to 950±30 cm | 10-03-2013 |
20130260242 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - The negative electrode for lithium-ion secondary battery is used in which a product of tensile strength and thickness of a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer containing silicon and silicon oxide as main components is 3.8 to 9.0 N/mm and a value obtained by dividing the product of the tensile strength and the thickness of the negative electrode by a product of tensile strength and thickness of a negative electrode current collector is 1.06 to 1.29. | 10-03-2013 |
20130260243 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material mainly containing silicon and silicon oxide. In the negative electrode, the ratio of the film thickness of the negative electrode active material layer to the particle size distribution D99 is in the range of 1.2 to 2.0, the value of the D99 is in the range of 7 to 27 μm, and the negative electrode active material layer has a density ranging from 1.2 to 1.6 g/cm | 10-03-2013 |
20130260247 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material having a composition represented by the formula (1) | 10-03-2013 |
20130260256 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - In the invention, a lithium-ion secondary battery, in which a value obtained by dividing average 3% modulus strength of a separator by average 3% modulus strength of a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer containing silicon and silicon oxide as a main component is 0.079 or less, is used. | 10-03-2013 |
20140175756 | SHAFT SEAL DEVICE - A lip seal-type shaft seal device that exhibits no leakage when at rest; operates under fluid lubrication and prevents leakage when rotating, including during initial rotation; and enables a balance between seal integrity and lubrication is provided. The device includes a plurality of discontinuous pumping areas for generating pumping action via the relative rotational sliding of a lip seal and a rotating member is formed in the circumferential direction on the outer circumferential surface of the rotating member. The plurality of pumping areas is provided with suction portion of pumping areas operating in a direction in which a sealed fluid is drawn in and discharge portion of pumping areas operating in a direction in which the sealed fluid is expelled. A lip of the lip of the lip seal extends in an axial direction towards an atmosphere side, leaving part of the pumping areas uncovered on a sealed fluid side. | 06-26-2014 |
20140261677 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE AND LAMINATED STRUCTURE PRODUCTION METHOD - A laminated structure includes an anti-reflection structure having periodic concavo-convex parts on a surface thereof, and a transparent conductive layer formed on the concavo-convex parts. An arbitrary convex part, excluding a convex part located at an outermost side, and six convex parts having distances from the arbitrary convex part that amount to a smallest sum, are arranged to satisfy a condition requiring a connecting part to exist between the arbitrary convex part and each of four convex parts amongst the six convex parts, and a condition requiring a concave part to exist between the arbitrary convex part and each of two remaining convex parts amongst the six convex parts. | 09-18-2014 |
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20090237789 | TRANSPARENT SHEET - The transparent sheet of the invention is used in a display device which comprises at least one transparent body and a retardation film, where reflection of display light from the display light source onto the transparent sheet forms an image of the display light in the forward field of vision of the observer and renders it visible to the observer, the retardation film being positioned with specified conditions. It is thereby possible to obtain a display device with high display quality and minimal double images. The display device used may be, for example, a HUD for display of information in the forward field of vision of a vehicle, ship or the like. | 09-24-2009 |
20100045902 | POLARIZING ELEMENT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A polarizing element is provided that can serve as a reflective polarizing element, can be produced with relative ease, and is not problematic in terms of strength. Further, the polarizing element can maintain the intensity and the propagation direction of the light that has passed through the polarizing element. Further, a liquid crystal display device is provided that can use light with improved efficiency with the use of the polarizing element. Specifically, the polarizing element includes a plurality of specifically angled, polygonal prisms on a surface of a substantially uniaxial sheet having an in-plane optical axis, and an optically transparent resin layer having a refractive index substantially the same as the fast-axis refractive index of the sheet, and that coats the prisms. | 02-25-2010 |
20100277087 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - The light source apparatus is provided with a plurality of light source device disposed in the form of a ring and that emit illumination light toward the central axis of the ring by being lit in a sequential pulsed fashion; a light-guide portion having a light entrance surface rotatably disposed on the central axis and on which the illumination light emitted from the light source devices is incident, and a reflecting surface that reflects the incident illumination light in the direction along the central axis; and a driving device that controls a pulsed-lighting phase range. The driving device controls the pulsed-lighting phase range (W) such that, when the pulsed-lighting phase range (W) is shorter than a maximum-pulse phase range (M), a preceding light-out phase range (F) and a succeeding light-out phase range (R) are provided before and after the pulsed-lighting phase range (W) in the maximum-pulse phase range (M). | 11-04-2010 |
20130298989 | SEMICONDUCTOR LAMINATE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR LAMINATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device. Also provided are: a semiconductor device which can be obtained by the method; and a dispersion that can be used in the method. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device ( | 11-14-2013 |
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20090012365 | ENDOSCOPE - A driving source unit is detachably coupled to a large-diameter section on a proximal end side of a scope section. When the driving source unit and the large-diameter section are coupled, working shafts of the large-diameter section are engaged with driving shafts of the driving source unit, and the driving shafts linearly move on the basis of a driving force that is generated from driving motor of the driving source unit. One of the working shafts is moved in accordance with the linear movement of the driving shafts. The movement of one of the working shafts, which is moved by the driving shaft, is transmitted via a pinion gear to the other working shaft in a direction opposite to a direction of the movement of the one working shaft. A bend operation wire is pulled by the movement of the working shaft that moves and a bending section is bent. | 01-08-2009 |
20090082621 | Electric Bending Endoscope Apparatus - The present invention has an object to provide an electric bending endoscope apparatus with a configuration which is always capable of securing favorable operability at a time of using an endoscope without placing a weight burden on an operator when operating the endoscope, and for the purpose, the electric bending endoscope apparatus includes at least an electric bending endoscope that is configured by an elongated insertion portion which is inserted into a body cavity, a bending drive section which electrically drives a part of the insertion portion to bend, and an operation portion configured to be separate from the bending drive section and electrically connected to the bending drive section, and performs observation and treatment of an inside of the body cavity, a system controller which is electrically connected to the electric bending endoscope and centrally controls the electric bending endoscope, and an endoscope holding device configured by a bending drive unit which contains the bending drive section and holds a part of the electric bending endoscope, and an arm portion which is connected to the bending drive unit and holds the bending drive unit, and is configured such that by the bending drive unit being attachably and detachably connected to a proximal end side of the insertion portion, the electric bending endoscope and the bending drive section are electrically connected. | 03-26-2009 |
20120157773 | ENDOSCOPE - An insertion portion, a projecting portion that projects forward from a first distal end surface of the insertion portion, a forward observing lens that faces a second distal end surface of the projecting portion, a dual purpose lens a light receiving surface of which faces an outer peripheral side surface of the projecting portion along the outer peripheral side surface of the projecting portion, a first forward illuminating lens that faces the first distal end surface, and a light shielding portion | 06-21-2012 |
20130137923 | Endoscope and illumination apparatus for endoscope - An illumination apparatus for an endoscope guiding externally-entering light to a transparent light-guiding body including an annular-shaped annular portion, the annular portion including an inner circumferential face and an outer circumferential face, and making the light exit from the annular portion as illuminating light, wherein the light-guiding body includes: a notch portion formed by cutting out a part of the annular portion so as to form a line extending perpendicularly from the outer circumferential face toward the inner circumference side of the annular portion from a line extending from a point on an outer circumference of a circle in a cross section of the annular portion; and an incident portion that allows the light to enter in a direction along the line extending from the point on the outer circumference, the direction being a direction perpendicular to a cutout surface of the notch portion provided in the annular portion. | 05-30-2013 |
20140347878 | ENDOSCOPE - An endoscope according to the present invention includes: a first image pickup optical system for observing a first observation direction, a second image pickup optical system for observing an observation a second observation direction, a light guide guiding illumination light, and an illumination optical system including a ring-shaped portion illuminating the first observation direction, an incident surface being in contact with an end surface of the light guide to receive the illumination light, and two reflecting surfaces disposed at a position opposite to the incident surface, having inclinations in two directions with respect to a surface orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the insertion portion, disposed so as to face each other, and reflecting the illumination light incident from the light guide toward directions along tangent lines of the ring-shaped portion of the illumination optical system, to cause the illumination light incident to inside of the illumination optical system. | 11-27-2014 |