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20110230711 | Endoscopic Surgical Instrument - An endoscopic surgical instrument includes a wiping section that is provided at a tip part of a insertion section and is pivoted to wipe off extraneous matter adhering to an observation surface provided at a tip part of an endoscope inserted through a grip section and the insertion section, an axial member that is inserted through the insertion section and is connected to the wiping section and an operation section that is provided over a whole circumference of a top end of the grip section in a circumferential direction in a longitudinal direction of the grip section, is connected to the axial member, and operates the wiping section through the axial member. A center axis of operation section is coaxial to an axis of endoscope when the endoscope inserted through the grip section and the insertion section. | 09-22-2011 |
20110230881 | Endoscopic Surgical Instrument - An endoscopic surgical instrument includes an insertion section which is inserted into a body cavity, and a surgical section which is disposed on a tip of the insertion section and treats an object. The surgical section includes a body section, and a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode which are disposed on the body section. The surgical section coagulates and cuts the object by using a combination of not less than two of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode. | 09-22-2011 |
20130211197 | Endoscopic Surgical Instrument - An endoscopic surgical instrument includes a wiping section that is provided at a tip part of an insertion section and is pivoted to wipe off extraneous matter adhering to an observation surface provided at a tip part of a lens the endoscope through a grip section and the insertion section. An axial member is inserted through the insertion section and is connected to the wiping section. An operation section is provided over a whole circumference of a tip end of the grip section in a longitudinal direction of the grip section, is connected to the axial member, and operates the wiping section through the axial member. A center axis of the operation section is coaxial to a center axis of an endoscope when the endoscope is inserted through the grip section and the insertion section. | 08-15-2013 |
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20110103686 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - This invention discloses an image processing apparatus that can obtain, from an image, the amount of correction for chromatic aberration of magnification, that can appropriately correct a color shift while suppressing a change in color on the edge portion of the image before and after the correction. In obtaining the amount of color shift between one color plane and another color plane, the color differences before and after the color shift is corrected are calculated for each pair of pixels included in regions of interest. It is determined whether the amount of change in color difference before and after correction falls within a predetermined range. The amount of color shift is obtained in the range in which it is determined that the amount of change in color difference before and after correction falls within a predetermined range. | 05-05-2011 |
20120014599 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In an image processing apparatus, an edge extraction unit extracts edges from image data. A correction amount acquisition unit acquires a misregistration amount of one color plane relative to another color plane of the image data, and calculates a first correction amount corresponding to an image height based on image heights of respective edges and misregistration amounts of respective edges. The correction amount acquisition unit calculates a second correction amount specific to a lens based on lens design data. A correction amount calculation unit calculates a difference between the first correction amount and the second correction amount, adjusts the difference so that the difference falls within a predetermined range, and calculates a third correction amount based on the adjusted difference and the second correction amount. A correction unit corrects the image data based on the third correction amount. | 01-19-2012 |
20120154626 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR IMAGE RESTORATION - The image processing method includes a step of acquiring an input image produced by image capturing using an optical system, an image restoration step of performing an image restoration process on the input image to produce a restored image, the image restoration process using an image restoration filter produced based on an optical transfer function of the optical system, and a color shift detection step of detecting color shift included in the restored image, the color shift corresponding to chromatic aberration of magnification of the optical system. The method further includes a restored image color shift reduction step of performing a color shift reduction process on the restored image to reduce the color shift detected in the color shift detection step. | 06-21-2012 |
20120320240 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus that reduces over recovery of image data by image recovery processing. An image processing unit selects an image recovery filter corresponding to an imaging condition and performs image recovery processing on captured image data using the image recovery filter. Further, the image processing unit limits a change amount of a pixel signal value of the image data by the image recovery processing based on a change amount limit value determined according to characteristics of a gamma correction processing that is applied after the image recovery processing. | 12-20-2012 |
20130050540 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus which enables to suppress coloring in an image after image recovery processing, and a control method for the image processing apparatus are disclosed. After the chromatic difference of magnification of an optical imaging system is corrected, a first value relating to coloring is obtained before application of an image recovery filter. Then, an image recovery filter which, preferably, does not correct a chromatic difference of magnification and is based on a function indicating the aberrations of the optical imaging system is applied. A second value associated with coloring is obtained from the image after application of the image recovery filter. According to the difference between the first and second values obtained before and after application of the image recovery filter respectively, pixel value correction for correcting coloring is performed. | 02-28-2013 |
20130050544 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus and image processing method, which enable suppression of coloring that occurs in image recovery processing for a RAW image are disclosed. Pixel interpolation processing is executed for a predetermined reference color component of the RAW image. For each color component other than the reference color component, a first color difference is obtained using a pixel value of the color component and a corresponding pixel value of the reference color component after the pixel interpolation processing. After applying the image recovery processing to each color component, a second color difference is obtained in a similar manner to the first color difference, and a pixel value is corrected according to the difference between the first and second color differences determined before and after the image recovery processing. | 02-28-2013 |
20130076938 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus for performing recovery processing of correcting degradation of an image due to an aberration of an optical imaging system with respect to image data obtained by sensing an object image entering through the optical imaging system using an image sensor, comprises: a selection unit configured to select a filter to be used for recovery processing in accordance with an image sensing condition at the time of the image sensing; an image processing unit configured to perform recovery processing for the image data by using the filter selected by the selection unit; and a correction unit configured to determine a correction value based on a difference between the value of a pixel before and after recovery processing by the image processing unit, and correcting the pixel value before the recovery processing by the image processing unit using the determined correction value. | 03-28-2013 |
20140022411 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS - Provided is an image processing apparatus that corrects differences in the tints of captured images caused by differences in the color characteristics of lenses used to shoot the images, as well as a control method for such an apparatus. The type of an interchangeable lens used to shoot an image is determined from a plurality of types of interchangeable lenses having different color characteristics. The influence of differences in the color characteristics of the interchangeable lenses on the tint of the image is then reduced by setting at least one of white balance coefficients used in white balance adjustment of the image and conversion characteristics of a color space conversion process applied to the image to correspond to the type of the interchangeable lens used to shoot the image. | 01-23-2014 |
20140022418 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND LENS UNIT - A plurality of types of interchangeable lenses having mutually different optical parameters required for identifying the optical correction values can be attached to the image capture apparatus. First, predetermined optical parameters are obtained regardless of what type of interchangeable lens is attached. Furthermore, in the case where the type of the attached interchangeable lens is a type that requires different optical parameters than the predetermined optical parameters for identifying the optical correction value, the necessary optical parameters are obtained. The optical correction value is identified based on the type of the attached interchangeable lens using the predetermined optical parameters, other optical parameters, and so on, and optical correction is then carried out. | 01-23-2014 |
20150049216 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing apparatus capable of interchanging a lens unit includes a processing unit configured to perform image correction processing based on data acquired by an acquisition unit. In the image capturing apparatus, the acquired data includes information of a first shooting condition, configured in a discrete manner, information of a plurality of second shooting conditions provided for each information of the first shooting condition, and correction information corresponding to a combination of the information of the first shooting condition and the information of the second shooting condition. | 02-19-2015 |
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20080238148 | BODY FRAMEWORK CONSTRUCTION - A body framework construction, includes: a rear seat cross member, extending in a transverse direction of a vehicle, in a rear part of a body in a lower part of a passenger compartment; a dash cross member upper, extending in the transverse direction, in a front part of the passenger compartment; and a backbone, configured into a thin, long shape having a closed cross section, and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A front end portion of the backbone is connected to the dash cross member upper via a gusset, and a rear end portion of the backbone is joined to the rear seat cross member. The gusset is deformed more easily than the backbone relative to a force from a front. | 10-02-2008 |
20080238150 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - A vehicle body structure, includes: a pair of front side members, front ends of which are joined to both ends of a front bumper via impact absorbing portions, respectively; front-side-member upper members, which are arranged above the front side members, and front ends of which are connected to the front side members, respectively; front-side-member lower members, which are arranged below the front side members, and front ends of which are connected to the front side members, respectively; and a dash cross member, which extends in a widthwise direction of a vehicle body, and to which rear ends of the front-side-member lower members are joined. The dash cross member includes wall portions with which parts of the rear ends of the front-side-member lower members can be brought in contact, on a rear side of the vehicle body. | 10-02-2008 |
20120251862 | BATTERY INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES - A battery tray is fixed onto a front battery cross member lower and a rear battery cross member lower. The battery pack is mounted on the battery tray. The front battery cross member lower and the rear battery cross member lower come into contact with a deformable zone of the battery tray and the end face of each of battery cross member uppers at attachment portions. Space is created between the battery pack and the battery cross member uppers. The battery cross member uppers are welded so that a deformable zone having relatively low rigidity is formed. In this way, the front battery cross member lower and the rear battery cross member lower are fixed to a pair of side members through the battery cross member uppers. | 10-04-2012 |
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20100203374 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack includes a battery cell, a circuit board, and a holder. The battery cell includes a battery device covered with a laminate film. The circuit board is connected to the battery cell. The holder includes a cell holder that covers the battery cell and a circuit board holder that covers the circuit board. In battery pack, the circuit board holder covering the circuit board is arranged in a space formed above a terrace portion of the battery cell covered with the cell holder. | 08-12-2010 |
20110293998 | BATTERY UNIT - In one example embodiment, a battery unit includes a battery case, and a plurality of battery blocks stored in the battery case. The plurality of battery blocks are electrically connected together in series. In one example embodiment, a first plurality of the battery blocks form a first column and are arranged in a side-to-side configuration. In one example embodiment, a second plurality of the battery blocks form a second column and are arranged in an end-to-end configuration which is different from the side-to-side configuration. | 12-01-2011 |
20130082659 | BATTERY PACK, ELECTRICITY ACCUMULATION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM - Provided is a battery pack including: an exterior case formed with one or more hole sections; a battery cell in which a positive electrode terminal section is formed on one end surface thereof and a negative electrode terminal section is formed on the other end surface thereof; a battery holder having a plurality of battery cell receiving sections receiving the battery cell; and a metal plate joined to the battery holder and formed with a terminal contact section. | 04-04-2013 |
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20120088650 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR CATALYST CARRIER - After placing inside a reactor second container a substrate to which a CNT not yet carrying a catalyst is adhered under a sealed environment of supercritical carbon dioxide through which a Pt catalyst complex is dispersed, a temperature of the supercritical carbon dioxide is maintained below a decomposition temperature of the Pt catalyst complex, and a temperature of the CNT not yet carrying a catalyst is maintained at or above the decomposition temperature of the Pt catalyst complex by heating the substrate. Further, a pressure of the supercritical carbon dioxide is maintained at 7.5 MPa, which is slightly higher than a supercritical pressure (7.38 MPa) of carbon dioxide. The supercritical carbon dioxide is then caused to contact the CNT adhered to the substrate, and as a result, a Pt catalyst is carried on the CNT. | 04-12-2012 |
20120214065 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE POSITIVE ELECTRODE, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING THE POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND VEHICLE HAVING THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A positive electrode ( | 08-23-2012 |
20120225353 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, AND VEHICLE HAVING THE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A negative electrode ( | 09-06-2012 |
20130027697 | MULTI-MICRO HOLLOW CATHODE LIGHT SOURCE AND ATOMIC ABSORPTION SEPCTROMETER - The multi-micro hollow cathode light source has a cathode plate, an insulation plate, an anode plate, and metal pieces. The insulation plate is sandwiched by the cathode plate and the anode plate. The cathode plate is made of copper. The centers of the cathode plate, insulation plate, and anode plate, are provided with holes, respectively. The holes form a penetrating though-hole. Linear slots are disposed in the cathode plate continuously extending from the hole in a cross shape. Each slot penetrates the cathode plate. Four metal pieces made of materials different from one another are inserted and buried in the four slots. | 01-31-2013 |
20130168361 | REACTIVE-SPECIES SUPPLY DEVICE AND SURFACE TREATMENT APPARATUS - A reactive-species supply device is configured to supply a treatment gas to an electric discharge space that is formed by at least one pair of electrodes, for thereby supplying at least a reactive species formed in a plasma, to an object through a reactive-species output port. The reactive-species supply device includes (a) a reactive-species outlet passage disposed between the electric discharge space and the reactive-species output port and (b) an earth ground member disposed in a portion of the reactive-species outlet passage. The portion of the reactive-species outlet passage is distant, by a given distance, from the reactive-species output port. Also disclosed is a surface treatment apparatus that includes the reactive-species supply device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130174984 | REACTIVE-SPECIES SUPPLY DEVICE AND SURFACE TREATMENT APPARATUS - A reactive-species supply device is configured to supply a treatment gas to an electric discharge space, for thereby supplying at least a reactive species formed in a plasma, to an object. The reactive-species supply device includes (a) at least one pair of electrodes configured to form the electric discharge space and (b) an electrode protection device configured to protect the electrodes from the treatment gas. Also disclosed is a surface treatment apparatus that includes the reactive-species supply device. | 07-11-2013 |
20130220223 | RADICAL GENERATOR AND MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY APPARATUS - [Object] To provide a radical generator which can produce radicals at higher density. | 08-29-2013 |
20150030693 | ANTI-TUMOR AQUEOUS SOLUTION, ANTI-CANCER AGENT, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAID AQUEOUS SOLUTION AND SAID ANTI-CANCER AGENT - An object of the present invention is to provide an antitumor aqueous solution and an anticancer agent, both of which can kill cancer cells while having virtually no effects on normal cells, and to provide methods for producing the antitumor aqueous solution and the anticancer agent. The method of the invention for producing an antitumor aqueous solution for killing cancer cells includes an aqueous solution preparation step of preparing an aqueous solution through addition, to water, of a solute containing at least one of disodium hydrogen phosphate (Na | 01-29-2015 |
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20090042087 | Fuel Cell Separator, Electrode Structure for a Fuel Cell, Methods of Manufacturing Both Thereof, and a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Comprising the Same - The degree of freedom in the shape of channels in a separator is increased, enabling an optimum gas channel to be designed, enabling a sufficient supply of gas below gas channel ribs, and improving cell performance through the reduction in diffusion polarization. Drainage property is also improved and flooding is prevented, thereby reducing diffusion polarization and improving cell performance. Cell performance is also improved through the reduction of contact resistance. A fuel cell separator comprises a separator substrate on which gas channel ribs are formed through vapor-phase growth of a carbon-based porous material with a nanosize structure. An electrode structure for a fuel cell, methods of manufacturing the separator and the fuel cell, and a solid polymer fuel cell comprising the electrode structure. | 02-12-2009 |
20090237667 | Particle density measuring probe and particle density measuring equipment - Disclosed is a particle density measuring probe for measuring the density of atoms or molecules in a plasma atmosphere by absorption spectroscopy. The probe has a cylindrical light guiding member provided in the plasma atmosphere. At the front end of the light guiding member, there is provided a reflection plate for reflecting light that has propagated through the cylindrical light guiding member. Behind the reflection plate, in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the light guiding member, a part devoid of a portion of wall surface is provided by a predetermined length in the longitudinal direction. A plasma introducing portion allows mutual contact between light passing through this part devoid of a portion of wall surface and atoms or molecules in the plasma atmosphere. The probe has a main body that guides light in an axial direction by total reflection by a side wall, and that is located behind the plasma introducing portion. | 09-24-2009 |
20110063609 | Spectroscopy method and spectroscope - A spectroscopy method, includes guiding pulse laser light to an optical fiber, which mutually reacts with a sample to be measured of a light absorptance characteristic, outputting ring down pulse light obtained through light absorption of the sample, measuring an absorptance characteristic of the sample based on an attenuation characteristic of the ring down pulse light, and setting the pulse laser light as wide-spectrum laser light, setting the optical fiber as a strong dispersive optical fiber, and increasing a pulse width of the ring down pulse light to measure a wavelength absorptance characteristic based on a ring down attenuation constant of a pulse train with respect to a time sequence corresponding to a wavelength. | 03-17-2011 |
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20110316796 | Information Search Apparatus and Information Search Method - According to one embodiment, an information search apparatus comprises a touch panel, an extraction module, a storage, an operation module, and a conversion unit. The extraction module is configured to extract keywords from screen information displayed on the touch panel. The storage is configured to store one of the keywords extracted by the extraction module as a search condition element when the one of the keywords is selected by a first touch operation performed on the touch panel. The operation module is configured to edit the search condition element stored in the storage according to a second touch operation performed on the touch panel in order to generate a desired search condition. The conversion unit is configured to convert the desired search condition generated by the operation module to a search formula according to an output destination of the desired search condition. | 12-29-2011 |
20120139853 | Information Input Device and Information Input Method - An information input device includes: a touch screen; a manipulation information acquiring module configured to extract a keyword from a text based on position information that is input to the touch screen externally; a storage module configured to store a preset keyword selection font size; and a picture generator configured to put the touch screen into a keyword selection state based on manipulation information that is input externally, and configured to perform a control in the keyword selection state so that a text is displayed on the touch screen with the keyword selection font size. | 06-07-2012 |
20130163948 | VIDEO PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND VIDEO PLAYBACK METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video playback apparatus includes a recorder, storage, a setter, a classifier and a display controller. The setter is configured to set a keyword for searching for a comment on the program recorded by the recorder, from the comments stored in the storage. The classifier is configured to classify on which program recorded by the recorder the comment stored by the storage is made, based on the keyword set by the setter. The display controller is configured to, when playing back the program recorded by the recorder, perform control to display the comment classified by the classifier as a comment on the program, and the program. | 06-27-2013 |
20130347027 | INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information output device includes an extractor, a receiver, and an output module. The extractor is configured to extract, from broadcast waves, identifying information related to on-air content. The receiver is configured to be capable of receiving, from an external service, relevant information related to the content using the identifying information as a search keyword. The output module is configured to output relevant information obtained by excluding information inappropriate as relevant information of the content from the relevant information provided from the external service by using filtering information. The filtering information is stored in a storage module and is for excluding the information inappropriate as the relevant information of the content from being output. | 12-26-2013 |
20140096063 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information display device includes a display, a content acquisition module, an overlay module, and a display controller. The display is configured to perform displaying. The content acquisition module is configured to acquire a multiple-screen content configured by contents capable of being displayed individually on a plurality of screens, respectively. The overlay module is configured to arrange each of the contents constituting the multiple-screen content at different positions, and to overlay the contents with each other to generate a single overlaid content. The display controller is configured to cause the display to display the overlaid content. | 04-03-2014 |
20140298375 | INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION MANIPULATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a tuner unit, a managing unit, a private code verifying unit, an application origin verifying unit, and a device operation command processing unit. The tuner unit is configured to perform a decoding process of a broadcast program and program related information from broadcasting waves. The managing unit is configured to store a private code on a device-by-device basis. The private code verifying unit is configured to verify whether the private code obtained from an information manipulation device matches with the stored private code. The application origin verifying unit is configured to determine whether first origin information that has been received matches with second origin information of the application being executed. The device operation command processing unit is configured to allow execution of the device operation command when the first origin information and the second origin information match and when the private codes match. | 10-02-2014 |
20140351876 | BROADCAST RECEIVER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a broadcast receiver has a receiving module, a display controller and an output module. The output module is configured to output, when a first display module changes from a first state where a first video image is displayed to a second state where a second video image is displayed, first instruction to at least a first information processor configured to switch a second display module of the first information processor from a third state where first content is displayed to a fourth state where second content is displayed and configured to maintain a third display module of a second information processor in the third state. The first and second content are based upon the first and second video images, respectively. | 11-27-2014 |
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20100201458 | Surface acoustic wave element, method of producing the same, and method of changing resonation frequency of the same - A surface acoustic wave element includes a piezoelectric member, a comb-teeth electrode, and a reflector. The comb-teeth electrode is arranged on the piezoelectric member. The reflector is arranged on the piezoelectric member. The reflector reflects a surface acoustic wave transmitted from the comb-teeth electrode. The reflector has a plurality of areas, and each of the areas has a frequency to make a reflection efficiency the largest. At least two of the frequencies of the areas are made different from each other. | 08-12-2010 |
20100219910 | Surface acoustic wave device - A surface acoustic wave device is disclosed. The surface acoustic wave device includes: a substrate having a plane surface; multiple first electrodes formed on the plane surface of the substrate; and multiple second electrodes formed on the plane surface of the substrate. Each of the first and second electrodes has a predetermined closed ring shape. The first and second electrodes are concentric. The second electrodes are located radially inside or radially outside of the first electrodes. | 09-02-2010 |
20110285470 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE OSCILLATOR - In a SAW oscillator, each of a first SAW element and a second SAW element includes interdigital electrodes and a reflector formed on a piezoelectric material. A first oscillating circuit part forms an oscillating loop including the first SAW element. A second oscillating circuit part forms an oscillating loop including the second SAW element. The first and second oscillating circuit parts have an identical admittance property. The first and second SAW elements are configured that an electrode pitch is identical and an admittance property indicating a relation between a frequency and an admittance value is different therebetween. Further, a first intersection point between the admittance property of the first SAW element and the admittance property of the first oscillating circuit part and a second intersection point between the admittance property of the second SAW element and the admittance property of the second oscillating circuit part are at different frequencies. | 11-24-2011 |
20120000766 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SCANDIUM ALUMINUM NITRIDE FILM - A method for manufacturing a scandium aluminum nitride film includes: sputtering a scandium aluminum alloy target under atmosphere including nitrogen gas so that a thin film is deposited on a substrate. Since the scandium aluminum nitride film is manufactured with using one alloy target, a composition of the film is maintained even when the sputtering time is long. Further, the above method is capable of being performed by a mass production sputtering apparatus. | 01-05-2012 |
20130026882 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE SENSOR - In a SAW device, a first area placed at a surface of a measurement subject directly under a propagation portion is fixed to the measurement subject, and a second area placed at the surface of the measurement subject directly under both a drive electrode and a reflector is not fixed to the measurement subject. When a strain is generated in the measurement subject, a strain is generated only in the propagation portion, and a phase change is generated in a surface acoustic wave reflected by the reflector. Because the phase change is hardly affected by a temperature change, the strain of the measurement subject can be measured based on the phase change. Because a resonant frequency of the SAW device is changed by the temperature change, but is not affected by the strain of the measurement subject, a temperature can be measured based on a resonant frequency change. | 01-31-2013 |
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20100204966 | VARIABLE DECIDING METHOD, VARIABLE DECIDING DEVICE, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are a variable deciding method, a variable deciding device, a program and a recording medium with which model construction using time information appropriately can be achieved and prediction performance can be improved. The variable deciding device accepts an operation variable u | 08-12-2010 |
20110016967 | FLUID DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, MICRO PLANT, METHOD OF DESIGNING FLUID DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DETECTING BLOCKAGE OF FLOW CHANNEL - The present invention provides a fluid distribution device for uniformly distributing and outputting a fluid, which is supplied to an input flow channel, into at least three output flow channels, comprising a plurality of branch flow channels, at least three fluid bifurcation portions, and at least one fluid converging portion, wherein the fluid distribution device is configured to correspond to a pressure drop compartment connection model composed of a fluid balance equation and a pressure balance equation. Furthermore, the present invention provides a micro plant using the fluid distribution device, a method of designing the fluid distribution device and a method of detecting blockage of flow channels of the fluid distribution device. | 01-27-2011 |
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20080291299 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An imaging apparatus includes a diaphragm unit configured to adjust an amount of incident light on an image sensor, a correction unit configured to perform a correction of an image signal that corresponds to driving of the diaphragm unit, and a control unit configured to control the diaphragm unit and the correction unit. The correction unit includes at least a first state for performing a correction of the image signal when it can be determined that the diaphragm unit is not being driven by the control unit and a second state for not performing a correction of the image signal or for performing a correction of the image signal weaker than that performed in the first state when it can be determined that the diaphragm unit is being driven by the control unit. | 11-27-2008 |
20130265461 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When various reverse operations are performed using a scan reverse function that reverses an image vertically or horizontally, there is a problem in that color information of the first pixel of an image after being reversed is different from color information of the first pixel of a Bayer image before interpolation processing. An image processing apparatus performs interpolation processing on a first image of a Bayer pattern, generates a second image in which colors are arranged in an order reverse to the predetermined order from an interpolated image, and stores the second image in a memory. The image processing apparatus reverses the second image when reading the second image from the memory. | 10-10-2013 |
20130265462 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image capture apparatus generates a developed image by generating a signal intensity of an inexistent color component for an image signal of each pixel read from an image sensor having a Bayer pattern. The image capture apparatus corrects a color dispersion caused by the image sensor for the developed image and outputs the corrected developed image. And the image capture apparatus generates a Bayer image having the Bayer pattern from the corrected developed image. | 10-10-2013 |
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20080314369 | Fuel vapor treatment system - A fuel vapor treatment system which has adsorbent, a purge passage for introducing a mixture gas of air and the fuel vapor desorbed from the adsorbent into the internal combustion engine, a detection passage which communicates to the purge passage, and a pump which generates gas flow so that the mixture gas flows into the detection passage from the purge passage. A pressure sensor detects fuel vapor concentration. An ECU and a purge control valve controls a purge of the mixture gas from the purge passage to the internal combustion engine based on a reference concentration of the fuel vapor. The ECU establishes the detection interval of the fuel vapor concentration in consideration of change in reference concentration. | 12-25-2008 |
20090000603 | FUEL VAPOR TREATMENT SYSTEM - An ECU computes a transit time from a time when the fuel vapor passes the purge valve right after the purge valve is opened until a time when the fuel vapor reaches a vicinity of the fuel injector. Further more, the ECU computes a fuel vapor concentration at the vicinity of the fuel injector after the transit time has elapsed based on a first-order lag curve which is defined by a maximum variation of the fuel vapor concentration and a time constant. Correcting the fuel injection quantity according to the fuel vapor concentration at the vicinity of the injector restricts a disturbance of air-fuel ratio at a time of starting purge process. | 01-01-2009 |
20090015822 | FUEL PROPERTY DETECTION DEVICE - A fuel property detection device for detecting a property of fuel based on a detection signal output from a photoreceptor includes a light guiding member having a reflecting surface located in direct contact with the fuel. The light guiding member includes a light emitting surface through which measurement light from a light source is emitted from the light guiding member into the fuel, a light incident surface through which the measurement light emitted from the light emitting surface and passing through the fuel enters again the light guiding member, and the reflecting surface from which the measurement light incident from the light incident surface is reflected toward the photoreceptor. The light incident surface and the light emitting surface are opposite to each other to have a space therebetween in the light guiding member, and the space is provided to be filled with the fuel. | 01-15-2009 |
20090070001 | CONTROLLER FOR HYBRID VEHICLE - A fuel vapor treatment apparatus includes: a detection passage provided with a restrictor therein; a pump generating a gas-flow in the detection passage; and a differential pressure sensor detecting a pressure loss at the restrictor. A fuel vapor concentration is computed based on a pressure loss when air passes through the detection passage and a pressure loss when an air-fuel mixture passes through the detection passage. When the computed fuel vapor concentration reaches a specified value, an internal combustion engine is started and the fuel vapor treatment apparatus starts to supply the fuel vapor adsorbed by the canister to the internal combustion engine. | 03-12-2009 |
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20090256144 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ORGANIC TRANSISTOR AND ORGANIC TRANSISTOR - A method of producing an organic transistor which can form directly an organic semiconductor layer in pattern by simple processes and can produce an organic transistor excellent in transistor characteristics. The method includes: forming a hydrophobic/hydrophilic pattern substrate, in which a hydrophobic/hydrophilic pattern substrate is formed by using a hydrophobic substrate and by forming the hydrophilic region in pattern on the hydrophobic surface; forming a lyophilic functional layer, in which a lyophilic functional layer, made of an insulating functional material having the predetermined characteristics and having higher lyophilic properties to an organic solvent than that of the hydrophobic region, is formed on the hydrophilic region; forming an organic semiconductor layer, in which an organic semiconductor layer is formed on the lyophilic functional layer by selectively coating a coating solution for forming an organic semiconductor layer, which has an organic semiconductor material and an organic solvent, to the lyophilic functional layer. | 10-15-2009 |
20110163327 | DEVICE COMPRISING POSITIVE HOLE INJECTION TRANSPORT LAYER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND INK FOR FORMING POSITIVE HOLE INJECTION TRANSPORT LAYER - A device capable of having an easy production process and achieving a long lifetime. The device has a substrate, two or more electrodes facing each other disposed on the substrate and a positive hole injection transport layer disposed between two electrodes among the two or more electrodes. The positive hole injection transport layer has a transition metal-containing nanoparticle containing at least a transition metal compound including a transition metal oxide, a transition metal and a protecting agent, or at least the transition metal compound including the transition metal oxide, and the protecting agent. | 07-07-2011 |
20120211705 | DEVICE COMPRISING POSITIVE HOLE INJECTION TRANSPORT LAYER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND INK FOR FORMING POSITIVE HOLE INJECTION TRANSPORT LAYER - The present invention is to provide a device capable of having an easy production process and achieving a long lifetime. A device comprising a substrate, two or more electrodes facing each other disposed on the substrate and a positive hole injection transport layer disposed between two electrodes among the two or more electrodes, wherein the positive hole injection transport layer comprises a transition metal-containing nanoparticle containing at least a transition metal compound including a transition metal oxide, a transition metal and a protecting agent, or at least the transition metal compound including the transition metal oxide, and the protecting agent. | 08-23-2012 |
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20100101902 | DISC ROTOR - A disc rotor includes a sliding portion, a hat portion, and a connecting unit connecting the sliding portion and the hat portion. The connecting unit includes a washer arranged between the radially inner portion of the sliding portion and the radially outer portion of the hat portion, and a connecting pin having a head portion, having a shaft portion inserted through a first through-hole formed at the sliding portion, the washer and a second through-hole formed at the hat portion in an axial direction of the rotor, and riveted at an end portion of the shaft portion so as to integrally fasten the sliding portion, the washer and the hat portion. A riveted portion of the connecting pin is formed into a taper shape, and an outer circumferential surface of the riveted portion contacts and engages a tapered surface formed at the second through-hole of the hat portion. | 04-29-2010 |
20100206675 | VENTILATED DISC ROTOR - A ventilated disc rotor includes a hat portion at which the ventilated disc rotor is attached to a rotation shaft, a sliding portion formed in an annular shape and provided at a radially outer portion of the hat portion, the ventilated disc rotor being slidably held by an inner pad and an outer pad at the sliding portion so as to brake a rotation of the ventilated disc rotor and the sliding portion including an inner disc-shaped portion, an outer disc-shaped portion and a plurality of cooling fins, wherein the hat portion and the plurality of cooling fins are integrally made of a steel plate material, and the outer disc-shaped portion and the inner disc-shaped portion are formed by casting together with the plurality of cooling fins in such a way that the plurality of cooling fins integrally connects the inner disc-shaped portion to the outer disc-shaped portion. | 08-19-2010 |
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20090041268 | Signal Amplifying Apparatus, Amplification System, and Signal Amplification Method - An amplification system of the invention can decrease power consumption in a power amplification section if the power amplification section need not be used. The power consumption in the power amplification section can be decreased by shutting off power feed into a voltage amplification stage by a power control section, and the power feed state into a power amplification stage from a power supply section is not changed. Thus, power feed into the voltage amplification stage of the circuit wherein a large current does not flow needs only to be controlled using limiter means also used for a different application, so that the power consumption of the power amplification section can be decreased without the need for enlarging the circuit scale, with saved space, and simply. | 02-12-2009 |
20120128179 | Audio Device - An audio device (e.g. an AV amplifier), with a plurality of audio output terminals according to the HDMI standard, converts audio data of a source device into audio signals suited to audio reproduction abilities (e.g. channel counts) of sink devices. The audio device stores a plurality of audio reproduction ability information describing the predetermined channel count thereof and the channel counts of sink devices, wherein arbitrary audio reproduction ability information precluding audio reproduction ability information of a sink device with the smallest channel count is provided to a source device. The audio device performs down-mixing on audio signals with respect to a sink device whose channel count is smaller than the predetermined channel count, whilst the audio device performs signal processing on audio signals with respect to a sink device whose channel count is larger than the predetermined channel count. | 05-24-2012 |
20120294460 | SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PARAMETER SETTING METHOD - A sound processing apparatus includes a processing unit that is configured to acquire an audio signal, perform a correction processing on the acquired audio signal and output the correction-processed audio signal to a sound emitting unit. The correction processing includes an indirect sound adjusting processing in which a given signal processing is performed on an audio signal so as to adjust an influence of an indirect sound to be heard at a sound receiving point, and a frequency characteristic adjusting processing in which a frequency characteristic of an audio signal is adjusted. In the correction processing, a frequency characteristic for the frequency characteristic adjusting processing is determined based on a frequency characteristic of the indirect sound adjusting processing. | 11-22-2012 |
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20110256412 | Aluminum nitride film and a substance coated with same - There are provided an aluminum nitride film and a substance, coated with such a film; the film is new in that it has a brightness or lightness L* of 60 or lower; preferably the film has a transmittance of 15% or lower for a visible and near infrared radiation having a wave length of 0.35-2.5 micrometers, the combined concentration of metallic elements as impurities but for Al is 50 ppm or smaller, and the film is heat-treated at a temperature of 1050 degrees centigrade or higher but lower than 1400 degrees centigrade, and the film is a product of CVD method; the substance coated with the film is preferably a ceramic material such as a nitride, an oxide, and a carbide or a metal having a low thermal expansion coefficient such as tungsten, molybdenum and tantalum. | 10-20-2011 |
20120107613 | Corrosion-resistant article coated with aluminum nitride - A corrosion-resistant article is proposed which is coated with an aluminum nitride wherein the aluminum nitride grains contain oxygen by 0.1 mass % or greater but not greater than 20 mass % so that the thermal expansion coefficient of the coating layer is made even with that of the base body; the relative density of the coating layer is preferably 50% or higher but lower than 98%. It is preferred that the coating layer is first made by chemical vapor deposition and then subjected to an oxidizing atmosphere of a temperature of 700 degrees centigrade or higher but 1150 degrees centigrade or lower; or it is preferable that after the chemical vapor deposition step the coating layer is exposed to the natural atmosphere to adsorb hydrate and then subjected to a heat treatment in an inert atmosphere of a temperature of 900 degrees centigrade but 1300 degrees centigrade or lower. | 05-03-2012 |
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20140263281 | CERAMIC HEATER - A ceramic heater is proposed in which in the vicinities of the heating element's terminals where a bolt and a washer are used to fix and effect the electric supply connection to the heating element, the cover layer which covers most of the heating element is flush with an immediately neighboring part of the heating element layer so that the cover layer is not stepped at its edge and thus the washer does not scratch or otherwise damage the cover layer; a preferred embodiment adopts an electrically conductive protective film which is laid on this flush plane covering an area extending from the bolt hole to substantially beyond the line where the cover layer meets with the heating element layer. | 09-18-2014 |
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20100031346 | AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - It is determined whether a login button is pressed or not. If the login button being pressed is sensed, a user authentication window appears. After the user authentication window appears, it is determined whether an authentication code is input or not. If an authentication code is input, then it is determined whether a prescribed period of time has passed or not since the last logout. If it is determined that a prescribed period of time has not passed since the last logout, authentication is performed in MFP. It is then determined whether the authentication is “OK” or not. If the authentication is “OK,” the authentication is successful. A login process is then executed. | 02-04-2010 |
20100053674 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB EXECUTION METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display accesses an external server via a browser installed on an image processing apparatus, and displays on itself via the browser, a job instruction screen of the external server, based on screen data of the job instruction screen. When a user specifies a job, a job issuance requester requests the external server to issue the job and accordingly the external server issues the job. And a receiver receives the issued job and a job executor executes the received job. And then, a display controller makes the display to display a screen that matches a result of the receiver's job receipt and/or a job execution status of the job executed by the job executor. | 03-04-2010 |
20110231774 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprising: a display; an embedded web browser that displays hypertext-coded information on the display; a data input and output module that inputs and outputs hypertext-coded data and can be accessed from the embedded web browser and another web browser of an external machine; a judgment portion that judges which the data input and output module is accessed from, the embedded web browser or the web browser of the external machine; a data generator that generates different display data depending on the judgment made by the judgment portion; and a transmitter that transmits the display data generated by the data generator, to the embedded web browser or the web browser of the external machine. | 09-22-2011 |
20110279858 | Image Forming System, Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Encoded with Image Forming Program - An image forming apparatus includes a portion to receive a print job, a portion to generate print data of the print job, a portion to perform prescribed processing on the print data to convert it into processed data, a portion to form an image of the print data or the processed data, a portion to generate first reduction information including a difference in the amount of resources consumed when an image is formed under a print condition included in the print job and when an image is formed under a predetermined print condition, a portion to generate second reduction information including a difference in the amount of resources consumed when an image is formed from the print data and when an image is formed from the processed data, and a portion, when an image is formed from the processed data, to store history information which associates the first and second reduction information with the print job. | 11-17-2011 |
20120105909 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an execution portion configured to execute a job, a providing portion configured to provide a Web page in response to a request, a determination portion configured to determine a time-out period, which is a period during which a response from the providing portion to the request is acceptable, depending on conditions of a job that is being executed by the execution portion and conditions of a job that waits to be executed by the execution portion, and a management portion configured to manage execution of a process by the execution portion and a process by the providing portion in such a manner that the former is executed before the latter. | 05-03-2012 |
20120265857 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM, BROWSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH BROWSING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: one or more browsing portions to receive a content from a server connected to a network and to display the received content; a command acquisition portion to acquire a command output by each of the one or more browsing portions to be transmitted to a server; a transmission portion to transmit the acquired command to a server that is a transmission destination of the command; and a restriction portion to restrict transmission of the command by the transmission portion based on a status of contents previously received from the server to which the acquired command is transmitted, or a status of communication with the server. | 10-18-2012 |
20130179808 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a display control unit that displays a user interface screen based on web page data that is received from a web server, using a web browser that communicates with the web server within the image forming apparatus, a task monitoring unit that operates independently of the web server, monitors a state of a task on the web server, and acquires status information on the task, a determination unit that determines whether or not the web server is accessible, based on the status information, and a notification unit that, in response to the determination that the web server is inaccessible, notifies an operating user of the fact that the web server is inaccessible by changing a display content of the user interface screen. | 07-11-2013 |
20140074962 | BROWSER DEVICE, BROWSER PROGRAM, BROWSER SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - Browser device for obtaining web data of specified URL. Browser device includes: registration unit configured to register one or more URLs; dedicated cache memory configured to, when first web data is obtained from registered URLs, store first web data without deleting existing web data that is stored already therein; general-purpose cache memory configured to, when second web data is obtained from unregistered URL, delete part or all of existing web data that is stored already therein, in accordance with capacity of general-purpose cache memory, an amount of existing web data, and amount of second web data, and then store second web data; and obtaining unit configured to, when web data of specified URL is stored in one of dedicated cache memory and general-purpose cache memory, obtain web data therefrom. URLs registered by registration unit are in range that allows for storage of web data in dedicated cache memory. | 03-13-2014 |
20140379917 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of displaying information acquired by accessing a web server, by using a web browser, includes a communication control part for receiving a cookie write request from an access destination accessed by the web browser, a discrimination part for discriminating whether the cookie write request is sent from the first type of access destination or from a second type of access destination, and a cookie control part for controlling processing on a cookie shared by a plurality of users. The cookie control part performs write operation of a predetermined cookie when the cookie control part receives the cookie write request from the second type of access destination. The cookie control part deletes the predetermined cookie at a timing when access to the second type of access destination is ended with access transition from the second type of access destination to the first type of access destination. | 12-25-2014 |
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20080228389 | Route-selection-supporting device, method, and program - Devices, methods, and programs display a map on a display. The devices, methods, and programs accept a selection of a continuous road route on the map as a planned travel route, the planned travel route having an endpoint. The devices, methods, and programs estimate an endpoint-arrival time, the endpoint-arrival time representing a time at which a vehicle traveling the planned travel route can reach the endpoint. The devices, methods, and programs obtain traffic information representing the state of traffic for travel beginning at the endpoint at the endpoint-arrival time, and display the obtained traffic information on the display. | 09-18-2008 |
20080270013 | Vehicle position information providing devices, methods, and programs - Vehicle position information providing devices, methods, and programs acquire a first current position of a vehicle based on a radio signal received from a GPS satellite and acquire a second current position of the vehicle based on a signal received by a communication device that communicates over a mobile phone network. The devices, methods, and programs determine whether the first current position and the second current position coincide. If the first current position and the second current position do not coincide, the devices, methods, and programs cause the communication device to transmit information relating to the first current position to an information center. | 10-30-2008 |
20080270015 | Traffic situation determination systems, methods, and programs - Traffic situation determination systems, methods, and programs acquire a current position of the vehicle based on a radio signal received from a GPS satellite and determine a first travel path of the vehicle based on the acquired position of the vehicle. The systems, methods, and programs determine whether a road on which the vehicle is traveling has a traffic jam. If the road on which the vehicle is traveling has a traffic jam, the systems, methods and programs transmit first information relating to the first travel path from the vehicle to an information center. The systems, methods, and programs receive second information relating to a second travel path of the vehicle, the second information being received from a mobile phone communication center and being based on a mobile phone signal received by the mobile phone communication center. The systems, methods, and programs determine a road corresponding to the first travel path as having a traffic jam and determine a road corresponding to the second travel path, and not corresponding to the first travel path, as having no traffic jam. | 10-30-2008 |
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20110204765 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A light source apparatus is capable of reliably enhancing the starting performance of a high pressure discharge lamp even during hot state just after extinguishing the high pressure discharge lamp by radiating a necessary and sufficient amount of a UV-light into a discharge bulb of the lamp using an UV-enhancer of a simple constitution without increasing the manufacturing cost is provided. An UV-enhancer for radiating a UV-light to a discharge bulb for enhancing the starting performance of a high pressure discharge lamp upon starting lighting includes a discharge tube connected in parallel to a lighting circuit of the lamp, and an external electrode of the discharge tube is formed as a metal holder that holds the outer periphery of the discharge tube so as to oppose the end face of an electrode seal portion of the lamp inserted through a bottom hole in a concave reflector and secures the electrode seal portion to an electrode lead protruding from the end face thereof. | 08-25-2011 |
20110260600 | LAMP DEVICE - A light utilization efficiency of a high-pressure discharge lamp is improved even in a case of reducing the size of a reflection mirror without using an auxiliary reflection mirror. In a lamp device where a portion of lights emitted from a discharge bulb to the periphery thereof in forward and backward directions for a predetermined range of angle is reflected at a concave reflection mirror and illuminated to a light collection area of a predetermined size formed forward of the lamp, a prism surface having an angle of refracting or deflecting at least a portion of lights emitted from the discharge bulb that is not reflected at the concave reflection mirror to the light collection area is formed to the outer peripheral surface of the discharge bulb. | 10-27-2011 |
20120025688 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A start assisting light source is configured such that it can be mounted simply and reliably at a position capable of efficiently radiating UV-light for enhancing the starting performance of a high pressure discharge lamp to discharge chamber without being heated to a high temperature during lighting of the lamp and also adopted to a simple constitution of not increasing the manufacturing cost. A start assisting light source includes an airtight vessel filled with a rare gas and a pipe member that penetrates through the vessel is mounted to an electrode lead which protrudes from the end face of an electrode seal portion secured to a bottom hole of the concave reflector by inserting the electrode lead through the pipe member. | 02-02-2012 |
20120091875 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A necessary and sufficient amount of a UV-light is radiated to a high pressure discharge lamp for enabling reliable improvement in the starting performance by a starting light source of a simple configuration not increasing the manufacturing cost. | 04-19-2012 |