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20120293544 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SELECTING IMAGE REGION USING THE SAME - According to an embodiment of the invention, in an image display apparatus, the image capturing unit captures an image including the hands of the operator. The gesture recognition unit recognizes at least one type of hand shapes of both hands in the captured image of the operator as a recognition object, compares a first geometric region defined by the hand shapes of both hands presented by the operator with the display screen, and recognizes the first geometric region as a second geometric region in a display screen coordinate system. The image generation unit performs emphasis processing of an image of the second geometric region displayed on the display screen. The display unit displays the emphasized image of the second geometric region on the display screen. | 11-22-2012 |
20140181375 | MEMORY CONTROLLER - According to one embodiment, a memory controller includes a first interface, a second interface, a cache unit, a translation unit, an access unit and a lock unit. The first interface receives a lock request and an access request which includes a logical address. The second interface is connectable to a non-volatile memory. The cache unit comprises a plurality of cache line and caches correspondence information between the logical address and a physical address of the non-volatile memory. The translation unit translates the logical address included in the access request into the physical address with reference to the cache unit. The access unit performs access in accordance with the access request to a position indicated by the translated physical address. The lock unit sets the cache line lock state in accordance with the lock request. The lock state is the state where the cache line being prohibited to be refilled. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181376 | MEMORY CONTROLLER AND MEMORY SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, a retention time of each block group is managed and a degree of wear of each block is managed. A free block allocated to each block group is determined based on the retention time of each block group and the degree of wear of each block. | 06-26-2014 |
20140241096 | STORAGE DEVICE - A storage device according to an embodiment includes first and second non-volatile semiconductor memories. In addition, the storage device includes first controller that controls the first non-volatile memory to cause the first non-volatile memory to perform processes. In addition, the storage device includes second controller that controls the second non-volatile memory to cause the second non-volatile memory to perform processes. The storage device further includes a signal line which is connected to the first controller and the second controller and through which a token is transmitted between the first controller and the second controller. The first controller is capable of controlling the first non-volatile memory while holding the token and the second controller is capable of controlling the second non-volatile memory while holding the token. | 08-28-2014 |
20140289453 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONSTRUCTING METHOD OF VIRTUAL BLOCK - According to one embodiment, a virtual block is constructed according to configuration conditions that, when a plurality of physical blocks included in the virtual block are selected, the sum of the number of physical block pairs and the number of single blocks allocated from the same memory chip to one virtual block is less than or equal to a first value. | 09-25-2014 |
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20130040723 | GAMING TERMINAL AND METHOD OF PROVIDING NOTIFICATION - A gaming terminal includes: a terminal image display panel; a lever-type operation device configured to receive an operation of a player; a support mechanism which rotatably supports the operation device at one end portion of the operation device and includes a restriction member configured to restrict inclination of the operation device, the restriction member being positioned so that the operation device abuts the restriction member when the operation device is inclined at a first angle; an inclination detecting mechanism which detects an angle of inclination of the operation device; and a controller which causes the terminal image display panel to output a predetermined sound and/or to give a visual indication to give a warning to the player when the angle of inclination of the operation device detected by the inclination detecting mechanism is greater than a second angle which is equal to or greater than the first angle. | 02-14-2013 |
20140128157 | GAMING MACHINE AND GAMING SYSTEM HAVING CONTROL LEVER - A control lever which is included in a gaming machine and rotatable forward and backward includes a grip which is held by a hand of a player and allows the player to fix or rotate the control lever in forward and backward directions and a reel unit including a rotation axis, a reel handle configured to rotate the rotation axis, a rotation sensor configured to detect the number of rotation of the rotation axis, and a rotation resistance imparting unit configured to impart resistance to the rotation axis such that torque increases in accordance with the rotational speed of the rotation of the rotation axis in one direction. The reel unit is formed on a side of the grip such that, while the control lever is fixed as the player holds the grip by one hand, the reel handle can be rotated by the other hand of the player. | 05-08-2014 |
20140128158 | GAMING SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A gaming system including a control lever having an operation unit which is rotatable by a player and resembles a reel, a display, a storage unit and a controller is provided. When it is determined that the fishing is failed, the controller obtains the number of rotation of the operation unit until a predetermined time elapses from the timing at which fish is hooked by a fishline in a fishing game, and selects one of a plurality of levels based on the obtained number of rotation. The controller then obtains a set of display state data associated with the selected level and causes the display a failure image representing failure in fishing in one of a plurality of display states, based on the set of display state data. | 05-08-2014 |
20140141880 | GAMING MACHINE AND GAMING SYSTEM HAVING CONTROL LEVER - A gaming machine includes a control lever gripped by a player, a display configured to display an effect image, and a controller programmed to execute a predetermined process. The control lever includes a rotation axis, a reel handle configured to rotate the rotation axis, a rotation sensor configured to detect the number of rotation of the rotation axis, and a rotation resistance imparting unit configured to impart resistance to the rotation axis such that the torque increases in accordance with the rotational speed in one direction of the rotation axis. In accordance with the game status of the game, the controller causes the rotation sensor to detect the number of rotation of the rotation axis which is rotated as the reel handle of the control lever is rotated, and changes the content of the effect image displayed on the display in accordance with the detected number of rotation. | 05-22-2014 |
20150057080 | GAMING MACHINE AND GAMING SYSTEM HAVING CONTROL LEVER - A gaming machine includes a control lever that is gripped by a player, a display configured to display an effect image, and a controller programmed to execute a predetermined process. The control lever includes a rotation axis, a reel handle configured to rotate the rotation axis, a rotation sensor configured to detect the number of rotation of the rotation axis, and a rotation resistance imparting unit configured to impart resistance to the rotation axis such that the torque increases in accordance with the rotational speed in one direction of the rotation axis. In accordance with the game status of the game, the controller causes the rotation sensor to detect the number of rotation of the rotation axis which is rotated as the reel handle of the control lever is rotated, and changes the content of the effect image displayed on the display in accordance with the detected number of rotation. | 02-26-2015 |
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20090305740 | BASE STATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND BASE STATION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a base station control apparatus and a base station control method in which a frame is segmented in a situation in which interference may occur. A BS controller divides and controls a base station into three sectors and controls communications with terminal stations (TSs). A control unit determines whether or not the TS is in at least any of a state in which the TS is interfered within a certain sector by any other sector and a state in which the TS is located in a boundary between a plurality of sectors, and segments a communication frame for a TS which is determined as being in at least any of a state in which the TS is interfered within a certain sector by any other sector and a state in which the TS is located in a boundary between a plurality of sectors. | 12-10-2009 |
20100220698 | WIRELESS LAN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless LAN terminal (AP) transmits a data frame to a counter wireless LAN terminal (STA-j), and receives an ACK frame from STA-j. AP measures a response time from the transmission of the data frame to reception of the ACK frame, and measures a transmission interval time from the previous transmission of the data frame to STA-j to the current transmission. AP includes a memory to store a predetermined set transmission interval time and a set response time for said terminal station. AP re-transmits the data frame when the transmission interval time does not exceed the set transmission interval time and the response time exceeds the set response time, and stores the response time in said memory as the set response time, when the transmission interval time exceeds the set transmission interval time. | 09-02-2010 |
20120071296 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR TORQUE - In a vehicle that generates creep torque using an electric motor, a controlling means that causes, on the basis of the results of the detecting by the vehicle speed detecting means and the braking operation detecting means, the electric motor to generate the creep torque, wherein if the brake is operated when the creep torque is generated, the controlling means decreases the creep torque by a first level, if the brake is not operated when the creep torque is generated, the controlling means increases or decrease the creep torque in a level range on the basis of the speed of the vehicle detected by the vehicle speed detecting means, and the first level is a decreasing level larger than a possible maximum decreasing level in the level range. | 03-22-2012 |
20140016502 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A network monitoring unit and a transmission path monitoring unit provided along a wired transmission path connected to a wireless communication device determine a traffic volume by detecting a volume of data on a wired transmission path. Wireless communication devices change a multi-level modulation scheme based on the determined traffic volume and set transmission power so that a minimum level of data transmission can be guaranteed using a transmission rate corresponding to the multi-level modulation scheme. | 01-16-2014 |
20140018007 | FAULT MONITORING DEVICE HAVING RADIO MAINTENANCE COMMUNICATION FUNCTION, AND FAULT MONITORING METHOD - An outdoor fault monitoring device carries out radio maintenance communication with a maintenance terminal, positioned at a remote place, wherein a fault monitoring function part monitors occurrence/non-occurrence of a fault in a primary device function part. Upon detecting occurrence of a fault, the fault monitoring function part activates a radio maintenance communication function part. Alternatively, the fault monitoring function part deactivates the radio maintenance communication function part due to non-occurrence of a fault. In this case, it is possible to deactivate the radio maintenance communication function part upon detecting disconnection of a radio maintenance communication. Thus, it is possible to improve security against communication jamming created by a malicious person. Additionally, it is possible to suppress power consumption and to reduce a processing load by preventing unnecessary radio communication. | 01-16-2014 |
20140177435 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, WIRELESS TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless transmission system includes an active wireless communication apparatus, a standby wireless communication apparatus, and a selecting apparatus for switching an operation. The standby wireless communication apparatus receives a signal transmitted from an opposing apparatus. When the standby wireless communication apparatus detects a failure information indicating that a failure has occurred in the active wireless communication apparatus as a result of reception, the standby wireless communication apparatus performs notification that the failure has occurred in the active wireless communication apparatus. The selecting apparatus that has received the notification performs switch control for switching the operation. Accordingly, it is possible to continue communication in a short switching time in case of a failure while maintaining high frequency utilization, for example. | 06-26-2014 |
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20110251820 | EVALUATION SYSTEM, EVALUATION DEVICE, EVALUATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an evaluation system including a subject device under evaluation, a remote controller which operates the subject device, and an evaluation device which controls the remote controller to operate the subject device and automatically evaluates operation of the subject device, the evaluation device includes an execution unit that generates and executes a code for causing the remote controller to operate the subject device. A transmitting unit transmits the code to the remote controller. A receiving unit receives a log acquired by the subject device as a result of operation of the subject device. An analysis unit analyzes the log received by the receiving unit. A determination unit determines correctness of operation of the subject device based on a result of the analysis by the analysis unit, and causes the subject device to perform a subsequent operation. | 10-13-2011 |
20120081603 | DISPLAY SCREEN CHANGEOVER APPARATUS, DISPLAY SCREEN CHANGEOVER METHOD, DISPLAY SCREEN CHANGEOVER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A DISPLAY SCREEN CHANGEOVER PROGRAM - A display screen changeover apparatus changes a screen display when displaying HTML contents on a display screen of a television receiver. A contents analysis part analyzes display setting information with respect to the television receiver based on address information given to the HTML contents. A display setting part sets a display of the HTML contents with respect to the display screen based on a result of analysis obtained by the contents analysis part. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084418 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE SETTING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE SETTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication device setting apparatus is arranged to register setup information in a communication device connected to the communication device setting apparatus via a communication network. In the communication device setting apparatus, a device setting unit recognizes an access from the communication device upon power up of the communication device, acquires setup information, which is specific to the communication device and contains a MAC address of the communication device, from list information pre-recorded in the communication device setting apparatus, and performs a setting process to set the acquired setup information in the communication device. A setting management unit detects an end of the setting process performed by the device setting unit, changes the list information based on the setup information having been set in the communication device after the end of the setting process, and manages the communication device according to the changed list information. | 04-05-2012 |
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20100005890 | METHOD OF DETERMINING PROPAGATION TIME OF ULTRASONIC FROM MOVABLE BODY AND SYSTEM THEREOF - For precisely determining a position of an electronic pen using ultrasonic, only a direct wave arriving first at a reception device is detected without being affected by a reflected wave of an ultrasonic signal to count a propagation time of the electronic pen. | 01-14-2010 |
20100286949 | POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND RECEPTION DEVICE, AND POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD - Positions of a plurality of transmission devices are precisely detected by a direct wave arriving first at a reception device without being affected by other ultrasonic signals from the transmission device. | 11-11-2010 |
20110015880 | ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION TIME MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - High-quality and high-speed electronic pen drawing performance is ensured without being affected by noise of an ultrasonic signal which is generated by an apparatus using ultrasonic such as a motion detector. In an ultrasonic receiver for use in ultrasonic propagation time measurement, an external environment noise is measured to first determine a frequency. Thereafter, centered around the frequency, a band elimination filter having a several kHz band is structured as software to again measure an external environment noise. This sequence is repeated until a signal intensity lowers below a predetermined value. When the signal intensity fails to lower below the predetermined value even after a predetermined number of repetitions of the sequence, a transmission output on the side of an electronic pen as an ultrasonic transmission source is increased or an ultrasonic oscillation frequency is changed. | 01-20-2011 |
20110116345 | POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, POSITION DETECTION METHOD AND POSITION DETECTION PROGRAM - To enable precise calculation of a propagation time of a direct wave which arrives the earliest from an ultrasonic emission source without being affected by a reflected wave. A plurality of ultrasonic signals generated based on a plurality of M sequences different from each other are propagated from a transmission side to a reception side, whereby the reception side executes processing of correlation between each model waveform of the plurality of M sequences and a waveform of each ultrasonic signal and detects a subsidiary peak of a correlation value appearing when both waveforms partly coincide with each other to, starting with the smallest one of subsidiary peaks detected by all the correlation processing, determine a plurality of corresponding M sequences. The transmission side selects an M sequence differing in each transmission cycle from among the determined plurality of M sequences and sends out an ultrasonic signal modulated by the selected M sequence and an electromagnetic wave signal to the reception side. The reception side calculates a value of correlation between the ultrasonic signal and a model waveform, detects a first main peak of the calculated correlation value and calculates an ultrasonic propagation time from a time point of the reception of the electromagnetic wave signal and a time point of the detection of the main peak. | 05-19-2011 |
20110223799 | CONTACT - A contact of which the quality of crimping of a crimp portion can be easily and accurately determined. The crimp portion of the contact includes a bottom portion that supports conductors of electrical wires, and two side portions that are continuous with opposite sides of the bottom portion and are bent such that they hold the conductors therein. Three marks are formed in an outer surface of each side portion along a longitudinal direction of the contact. | 09-15-2011 |
20110261654 | OPTIMUM PSEUDO RANDOM SEQUENCE DETERMINING METHOD, POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM, POSITION DETECTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND RECEPTION DEVICE - To enable precise calculation of a propagation time of a direct wave which arrives fastest from an ultrasonic generation source without being affected by a reflected wave of an ultrasonic signal. | 10-27-2011 |
20110320165 | ELECTRONIC PEN SYSTEM, POSITIONAL VARIATION MEASURING DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is an electronic pen system wherein re-calibration can be easily carried out when a receiver is re-attached or when the position of the receiver is varied after calibration to adjust the position of the pen with respect to the receiver to the position of the pen on the image projected by a projector or the like. The system comprises a measuring means for measuring the angle of variation from the initial setting of the receiver for measuring the position of the electronic pen to the re-setting of the receiver and the amounts of movement in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction from the initial setting to the re-setting and a display means for reflecting the measured angle of variation and the measured amounts of movement in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction on the trace of the electronic pen after the re-setting. | 12-29-2011 |
20120113753 | POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND RECEPTION DEVICE, AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD - A position detection system, includes at least one moving body (MB) including a transmission device simultaneously emitting a trigger signal indicating transmission timing and an ultrasonic signal obtained by modulating a signal of a frequency as a reference by pseudo random sequence data having high self-correlativity, and a reception device detecting MB position. The reception device includes ultrasonic reception units, a unit calculating a correlation value between a waveform of the ultrasonic signal and a model waveform of the pseudo random sequence, a unit subjecting the waveform of the ultrasonic signal and the model waveform to calculate a correlation value between the two waveforms, a unit calculating a propagation time of each ultrasonic to arrive at each of the ultrasonic reception units from trigger signal reception to correlation peak detection, and a unit calculating MB position from the ultrasonic propagation time and the interval length between the ultrasonic reception units. | 05-10-2012 |
20120194486 | DIGITAL PEN SYSTEM AND PEN-BASED INPUT METHOD - A digital pen system includes: a rod-shaped digital pen that periodically transmits a signal including information about a direction of the digital pen; and a receiving apparatus that detects a position and direction of the digital pen in three-dimensional space based on the signal, calculates a intersection of an extension line of the digital pen in a longitudinal direction thereof and a display screen of a display apparatus, and enables the display apparatus to perform pen-based input at the intersection. | 08-02-2012 |
20120198937 | ULTRASONIC WAVE TRANSMITTER DEVICE, ULTRASONIC WAVE PROPAGATION TIME MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND ULTRASONIC WAVE PROPAGATION TIME MEASUREMENT METHOD - An ultrasonic wave transmitter device includes an ultrasonic wave driving circuit that modulates an ultrasonic wave based on a pseudorandom signal to generate an ultrasonic wave driving signal, and an ultrasonic wave transmitter driven by the ultrasonic wave driving signal to send out an ultrasonic wave signal of a frequency higher than a fundamental frequency of the ultrasonic wave driving signal. The ultrasonic wave transmitter includes a cylindrically-shaped piezoelectric or magnetostrictive element sending out the ultrasonic wave signal and an ultrasonic wave absorber that covers part of a base member holding the piezoelectric or magnetostrictive element. | 08-09-2012 |
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20130135300 | ROAD IMAGE DRAWING DEVICE AND ROAD IMAGE DRAWING METHOD - A road image drawing device including: a boundary determining unit for determining whether or not a node is located at a boundary between parcels when it is determined that the node is located at either a start point or an end point of a road; a start point, end point, and boundary road slope data acquiring unit for acquiring slope data which is calculated in advance when it is determined that the node is located at a boundary between parcels; and a drawing data processing unit for generating drawing data from both a calculated slope of the node or the slope data acquired by the start point, end point, and boundary road slope data acquiring unit, and road width data pre-stored therein, and for storing the drawing data therein. | 05-30-2013 |
20130321429 | STRING ARRANGEMENT DEVICE - A string arrangement device includes: a character string arrangement data acquisition unit for acquiring character string arrangement data for arranging a character string along a road; a control point sequence creation unit for creating a control point sequence from a road node sequence included in the character string arrangement data acquired by the character string arrangement data acquisition unit; a curve approximation unit for creating a node sequence obtained by approximating with a straight line a curve from the control point sequence created by the control point sequence creation unit; a curve approximation node sequence storage unit for storing the node sequence created by the curve approximation unit as a curve approximation node sequence; and a character string arrangement processing unit for performing arrangement processing of the character string based on the curve approximation node sequence stored in the curve approximation node sequence storage unit. | 12-05-2013 |
20140152670 | CHARACTER STRING PLACEMENT DEVICE - A character string placement device including a character gap function calculator that calculates a character gap function value showing an evaluation to a character gap between a plurality of character strings which are respectively placed from a plurality of candidate points by a character string placer, a road angle function calculator that calculates a road angle function value showing an evaluation to an angle of a road node series along which a character string is placed by the character string placer, and an evaluation function value calculator that calculates an evaluation function value on the basis of the character gap function value calculated by the character gap function calculator and the road angle function value calculated by the road angle function calculator. | 06-05-2014 |
20150074503 | CHARACTER STRING PLACEMENT AND DRAWING DEVICE - A character string placement and drawing device includes: a character string placer that places a character string from each of placement candidate points of the character string along a road node series; an evaluation function calculator that calculates evaluation function values for evaluating readability of the character string from a gap between the character string and another character string which are placed by the character placer; and a character string drawing unit that draws the character string by using the evaluation function values. | 03-12-2015 |
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20090157670 | CONTENTS-RETRIEVING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image database stores data of variable images as contents, and at least a keyword is attached to each image. A degree of relevancy between every pair of keywords of the images stored in the image database is calculated at constant time intervals, to produce time-sequential data on inter-keyword relevancy of each pair. When a search keyword entered, a basic relevancy is calculated by smoothing the time-sequential data on the inter-keyword relevancy between the search keyword and a keyword that is attached to an image extracted on the basis of the search keyword. If other keywords are attached to the extracted image, a total relevancy of the extracted image is calculated by averaging the basic relevancies of the respective keywords of the extracted image to the search keyword. Among many extracted images, those having higher relevancies to the search keyword are output as a search result. | 06-18-2009 |
20090234819 | METADATA ASSIGNING DEVICE, METADATA ASSIGNING METHOD, AND METADATA ASSIGNING PROGRAM - Text data is input with an image to a server. At least one area which belongs to any one of predetermined categories is extracted from the image. Plural keywords belonging to the corresponding category are extracted from the text data. One feature quantity is obtained for the extracted area. A list table of feature quantity in which image feature quantities and keywords in the category are related to each other one by one is referred, and plural of the image feature quantities are retrieved based on the extracted plural keywords. One image feature quantity most similar to the obtained feature quantity is selected from among the plural image feature quantities. The list table of feature quantity is referred, and the keyword related to the selected image feature quantity is obtained. The obtained keyword is selected as metadata. | 09-17-2009 |
20100151532 | CHONDROITIN-PRODUCING BACTERIUM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING CHONDROITIN - Chondroitin is produced by culturing a UDP-glucuronic acid-producing bacterium transfected with a kfoA gene derived from | 06-17-2010 |
20110018878 | IMAGE DELIVERY SYSTEM, IMAGE DELIVERY APPARATUS, IMAGE DELIVERY METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In the image delivery system of an embodiment of the present invention, a text image is generated which is image data converted from document data in formats such as Word or PDF, a display area is determined on the text image, and a text image within the determined display area (hereinafter referred to as a delivery image) is input to an image conversion processing unit. The image conversion processing unit converts a resolution and a pixel count of the delivery image to a resolution and a pixel count appropriate for the display device based on a pixel count, a resolution, etc. of a display unit to send to a client portable terminal. The client portable terminal displays the sent delivery image on the display device. This enables to display the delivery image at the same size regardless of a display device. | 01-27-2011 |
20110207433 | WEB SERVER CONSTITUTING SINGLE SIGN-ON SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME - A user ID and password are transmitted from a mobile telephone to a web server and whether the mobile telephone has the right to access the web server is authenticated. If the mobile telephone has the right to access the web server, a user ID and password for a first external server stored in a database are transmitted from the web server to the first external server. Authentication processing is executed in the first external server. If it is verified that the mobile telephone has the right to access the first external server, then the first external server generates authentication information and transmits this authentication information to the web server. In a case where the mobile telephone accesses the first external server, the generated authentication information is erased and then the first external server executes authentication processing. | 08-25-2011 |
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20130241693 | OPERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL SYSTEM AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD - An operation management system includes an authentication system and a control system. The authentication system includes a first terminal identification information reception unit that receives terminal identification information from an operation portable terminal device as the terminal device enters an authentication zone, and a terminal identification information transmission unit that transmits the identification information to the control system. The control system includes a second terminal identification information reception unit that receives the identification information from the terminal identification information transmission unit, a first terminal identification information storage unit that stores the identification information, a third terminal identification information reception unit that receives the identification information from the terminal device, and a permission unit that permits operation of the control system by the terminal device as the identification information received by the third terminal identification information reception unit is stored in the first terminal identification information storage unit. | 09-19-2013 |
20140296505 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR BACTERIAL PRODUCTION OF CHONDROITIN - The invention relates to the field of recombinant DNA technology for the production of chondroitin, including the production of chondroitin sulfate via a combination of recombinant bacterial fermentation and post-fermentation sulfation. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090041439 | Information processing system, recording apparatus, portable device, information processing method, and program - An information processing system includes a recording apparatus and a portable device, wherein the recording apparatus includes a recording control section, a selection section, a creation section, a digest information transfer control section, an operation information reception control section, and an operation information reflection section, and wherein the portable device includes a digest information reception control section, and an operation information transfer control section. | 02-12-2009 |
20090080868 | Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and program - Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus including a first feature detection unit configured to detect a plurality of first feature data each representing a different feature from video and audio signals of a content; a setting unit configured to set a weight for each of the plurality of first feature data detected by the first feature detection unit, the weight corresponding to the feature for detecting data on the basis of said first feature data, the weight being varied either from one content to another or from one content genre to another; and a second feature detection unit configured to detect a plurality of second feature data each representing a different feature on the basis of the plurality of first feature data for which the weights have been set by the setting unit. | 03-26-2009 |
20090190836 | Scene switching point detector, scene switching point detecting method, recording apparatus, event generator, event generating method, reproducing apparatus, and computer program - A scene switching point detector includes: a feature-information generating unit that generates feature information indicating a feature of each of target frames; a backward-similarity calculating unit that sets each of the target frames as a similarity calculation frame in order and calculates backward similarity on the basis of the feature information of the similarity calculation frame and the feature information of the target frames temporally located before the similarity calculation frame; a forward-similarity calculating unit that sets each of the target frames as a similarity calculation frame in order and calculates forward similarity on the basis of the feature information of the similarity calculation frame and the feature information of the target frames temporally located after the similarity calculation frame; and a scene switching point detector that detects the target frame forming a scene switching point on the basis of the backward similarity and the forward similarity. | 07-30-2009 |
20100054705 | Content data processing device, content data processing method, program, and recording/ playing device - A content data processing device includes: a stability score computing unit to compute a stability score corresponding to the stability of an image for each frame, based on the image data of each frame making up content data; and a playing segment selecting unit to select a playing segment from the content data based on the stability score computed with the stability score computing unit. | 03-04-2010 |
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20090108703 | ROTARY APPARATUS - A rotary apparatus, in which a rotor can rotate stably when it rotates at a high speed, can rotate at a relatively high speed by the torque of a highly reliable induction motor. The rotary apparatus comprises a rotor shaft and an induction motor. The induction motor includes a motor rotor core fixed to the rotor shaft, conductors disposed in the motor rotor core and a motor end ring for assembling and connecting the conductors, and can rotate the rotor shaft at a high speed by the torque. The rotor shaft is provided with a member that covers the motor end ring. | 04-30-2009 |
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20140291980 | VACUUM PUMP CONNECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING VACUUM PUMP CONNECTING APPARATUS - A vacuum pump connecting apparatus has a first vibration absorbing portion and a second vibration absorbing portion which are connected to an evacuation connection portion so as to dispose the first vibration absorbing portion and the second vibration absorbing portion opposite each other via the evacuation connection portion. The first vibration absorbing portion is connected to an intake port of a vacuum pump at a second end of the first vibration absorbing portion opposite to a first end of the first vibration absorbing portion connected to the evacuation connection portion. The first vibration absorbing portion and the second vibration absorbing portion are elastic bellows. A vacuum pump connecting apparatus has a rigid coupling member is connected to a second end of the second vibration absorbing portion opposite to a first end of the second vibration absorbing portion connected to the evacuation connection portion. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292111 | STAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRON BEAM APPLICATION APPARATUS - A stage device of an electron beam application apparatus configured to irradiate a sample with an electron beam is configured in a compact and simple manner using a linear motor so that it is possible to minimize an influence of magnetic force of the linear motor to the process of inspection or processing of the sample. The stage device housed in a container is configured so that a first stage and a second stage disposed in upper and lower stages are driven by linear motors, respectively, and motor stationary elements and motor movable elements of both motors are disposed on the outside of an electron beam irradiation region so as not to enter this region during the process. | 10-02-2014 |
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20110183913 | NOVEL LIPID DIPEPTIDE AND GEL - There is provided a gelator that is capable of forming a gel by an extremely small amount of addition in a wide pH range from acidic to alkaline regions, and a gel having high environmental compatibility, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. A gelator comprising: a lipid peptide of Formula (1) wherein R | 07-28-2011 |
20120035108 | SPRAY BASE MATERIAL INCLUDING LOW-MOLECULAR GELATOR - There is provided a spray base material that can be safely used with a sense of security, that prevents leakage of liquid from a spray container, that is sprayable under any condition (when inverted, for example), that is sprayable to achieve uniform coating of the surface of an object (surface to be sprayed) without scattering, that causes no dripping from a sprayed surface, and that is safe when sprayed on a skin surface and the like; and a spray base material with an excellent sprayability that can include both hydrophilic and hydrophobic low-molecular compounds such as physiologically active compounds and perfume components to be used in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and cosmetics, and that has a sustained release property. A spray base material comprising an aqueous medium that is gelled by a low-molecular gelator in the medium, wherein the low-molecular gelator includes one, two, or more compounds selected from a group consisting of low-molecular compounds capable of gelling the aqueous medium via self-assembly. | 02-09-2012 |
20120135206 | FLUORINE-CONTAINING HIGHLY BRANCHED POYMER AND RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - It is an object to provide a compound that can provide a molded article and a coating film excellent not only in solubility in an organic solvent, but also in miscibility with/dispersibility in a matrix resin, causing no aggregation in a matrix resin, excellent in surface modification property, and having high transparency. A fluorine-containing highly branched polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer A having two or more radical polymerizable double bonds in the molecule thereof with a monomer B having a fluoroalkyl group and at least one radical polymerizable double bond in the molecule thereof in the presence of a polymerization initiator C in a content of 5% by mol or more and 200% by mol or less, based on the total molar amount of the monomer A and the monomer B; and a resin composition comprising the polymer. | 05-31-2012 |
20130267609 | NOVEL LIPID DIPEPTIDE AND GEL - There is provided a gelator that is capable of forming a gel by an extremely small amount of addition in a wide pH range from acidic to alkaline regions, and a gel having high environmental compatibility, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. A gelator comprising: a lipid peptide of Formula (1) wherein R | 10-10-2013 |
20130267610 | NOVEL LIPID DIPEPTIDE AND GEL - There is provided a gelator that is capable of forming a gel by an extremely small amount of addition in a wide pH range from acidic to alkaline regions, and a gel having high environmental compatibility, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. A gelator comprising: a lipid peptide of Formula (1) wherein R | 10-10-2013 |
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20080241020 | Reacting apparatus comprising a plurality of reactors - Disclosed is a micro-reactor module including: a high temperature reactor which causes a reaction of a reactant; and a low temperature reactor which causes a reaction of a reactant at a lower temperature than the high temperature reactor, wherein a material of infrared reflecting film is set so that an infrared reflectance of the high temperature reactor is higher than an infrared reflectance of the low temperature reactor. Consequently, heat radiation of a plurality of reactors set to different temperatures is suppressed and the difference in temperatures between the plurality of reactors is maintained. | 10-02-2008 |
20100086813 | Reaction Apparatus, Fuel Cell System and Electronic Device - The invention provides a reaction apparatus capable of efficiently causing a reaction, and a fuel cell system and an electronic device that include such a reaction apparatus. A reaction apparatus ( | 04-08-2010 |
20110075947 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An imaging apparatus includes an intermediate image generating section to generate a second structure component and a second texture component by magnifying each of a first structure component and a first texture component separated from an original image by an intermediate magnification ratio and to synthesize the second structure component and the second texture component to generate an intermediately magnified image, and a final image generating section to generate a finally magnified image by synthesizing a finally magnified structure component generated by magnifying a third structure component separated from the intermediately magnified image by a final magnification ratio, and a finally magnified texture component generated by magnifying the first texture component by the final magnification ratio. | 03-31-2011 |
20110228044 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - An imaging apparatus including a capturing section which captures images, a detection section which detects an image capturing direction of the capturing section, a setting section which sets a plurality of image capturing directions of images for use in a composite necessary to generate a wide-angle image based on a reference image which is a first image captured by the capturing section, a judgment section which judges whether or not the image capturing direction detected by the detection section coincides with any one of the plurality of image capturing directions set by the setting section, and an imaging control section which controls to capture an image for use in the composite by the capturing section in the image capturing direction detected by the detection section, when the judgment section judges that mutual directions coincide. | 09-22-2011 |
20110228123 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - An imaging apparatus including a display section, a capturing section which captures an image at a first viewing angle, a capturing control section which performs a plurality of capturing operations by the capturing section, a generation section which generates a composite image reproducing an image captured at a second viewing angle that is wider than the first viewing angle by combining a plurality of images acquired by the plurality of capturing operations by the capturing control section, and a display control section which displays the composite image generated by the generation section on the display section. | 09-22-2011 |
20110234855 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - An imaging apparatus including a capturing section which captures an image at a first viewing angle, a capturing control section which performs consecutive image capturing by the capturing section, a setting section which sets areas to be captured at the first viewing angle to generate a composite image reproducing a captured image at a second viewing angle by combining captured images, a judgment section which judges whether a captured image is suitable for any one of the set areas, and a recording control section which corresponds the captured image with an area and records the capture image in a recording section when the captured image is suitable, wherein the judgment section further judges whether the captured image is more suitable for an area than previously recorded by corresponding a recorded image in comparison with a previously recorded image, when an image that was previously recorded in the record means exists. | 09-29-2011 |
20110242354 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - An imaging apparatus including a capturing section which captures an image at a first viewing angle, a capturing control section which performs a plurality of image capturing operations by the capturing section, a generation section which generates a composite image reproducing an image captured at a second viewing angle that is wider than the first viewing angle by combining a plurality of images acquired by the plurality of image capturing operations by the capturing control section, a judgment section which judges whether or not an uncaptured area that has not been captured by the capturing control section exists within the composite image with the second viewing angle generated by the generation section, and a notification section which notifies a user of a judgment result, when the judgment section judges that an uncaptured area exists. | 10-06-2011 |
20120075410 | IMAGE PLAYBACK APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PLAYING BACK PANORAMIC IMAGE - A digital camera | 03-29-2012 |
20120075411 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CAPTURING A PANORAMIC IMAGE - A digital camera | 03-29-2012 |
20120075412 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CAPTURING PANORAMIC IMAGE - A digital camera | 03-29-2012 |
20120081510 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CAPABLE OF GENERATING WIDE ANGLE IMAGE - A digital camera | 04-05-2012 |
20120249729 | IMAGING DEVICE CAPABLE OF COMBINING IMAGES - A digital camera includes an imaging section, an overlapping area identifying section, a feature point judging section, a luminance adjusting section, and an image combining section. The overlapping area identifying section identifies overlapping areas of images consecutively captured by the imaging section. The feature point judging section judges whether amount of texture within areas of a predetermined range in the identified overlapping areas is larger or smaller than a predetermined reference value. The luminance adjusting section adjusts the pixel values of the images so that the pixel values of the overlapping areas come within a predetermined range, based on a judgment result of the texture. The image combining section combines the adjusted images such that their overlapping areas coincide with each other. | 10-04-2012 |
20120257006 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE CAPABLE OF GENERATING WIDE-RANGE IMAGE - The CPU of a digital camera according to the present invention acquires a plurality of panoramic images, and generates a wide-range image by combining the acquired panoramic images. | 10-11-2012 |
20120257007 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE CAPABLE OF GENERATING WIDE-RANGE IMAGE - A digital camera according to the present invention includes a CCD, an image display section, and a CPU. The CPU controls the CCD to perform consecutive image-capturing, and generates a wide-range image based on a plurality of images consecutively captured by the CCD. In addition, the CPU detects a predetermined trigger indicating the completion of consecutive image-capturing in a predetermined direction by the CCD. Furthermore, the CPU displays on the image display section information indicating a range to be consecutively captured by the CCD to generate a panoramic image, while changing the information every time the predetermined trigger is detected. | 10-11-2012 |
20120257085 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR GENERATING COMPOSITE IMAGE HAVING PREDETERMINED ASPECT RATIO - A digital camera according to the present invention includes a CCD, a CPU and an image processing section. The CPU sets an arbitrary aspect ratio, and acquires a composite image having a predetermined aspect ratio which has been generated by a plurality of images consecutively captured by the CCD being combined. The image processing section trims the composite image acquired by the CPU to be an image having the set arbitrary aspect ratio. | 10-11-2012 |
20130063555 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE THAT COMBINES A PLURALITY OF IMAGES - An image capturing device ( | 03-14-2013 |
20130083158 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM CAPABLE OF GENERATING A WIDE-RANGE IMAGE - An image acquisition unit | 04-04-2013 |
20130236055 | IMAGE ANALYSIS DEVICE FOR CALCULATING VECTOR FOR ADJUSTING A COMPOSITE POSITION BETWEEN IMAGES - The image processing device | 09-12-2013 |
20130250044 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT COMBINES IMAGES - An image processing apparatus | 09-26-2013 |
20140063569 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PHOTOGRAPHED IMAGES - An image processing apparatus of the present invention acquires a photographed image of an object on which a plurality of indicators have been arranged, recognizes an indicator in the photographed image, detects the position of the indicator, judges the state of the object based on the detected position of the indicator, and judges the state of the photographed image based on the detected positional relationship of the plurality of indicators, when the judged state of the object is a predetermined state. | 03-06-2014 |
20140063576 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PHOTOGRAPHED IMAGES - An image processing apparatus of the present invention acquires a photographed image of an object on which indicators have been arranged, detects the indicators from the photographed image with use of a comparison reference image for pattern matching prepared in advance, and instructs to perform predetermined processing based on the detected indicators. The indicators each have a pattern where influence of geometrical image distortion generated corresponding to a photographing distance or a photographing angle with respect to the object is restrained by a central portion of the photographed image, and the comparison reference image is a partial image corresponding to a central portion of the indicator. The indicators are detected from the photographed image by comparing the comparison reference image with the acquired photographed image. | 03-06-2014 |
20140176669 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT COMBINES A PLURALITY OF IMAGES - An image capture apparatus ( | 06-26-2014 |
20150029305 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - An imaging apparatus include a display section, a capturing section which captures an image at a first viewing angle, a capturing control section which performs a plurality of capturing operations by the capturing section, a generation section which generates a composite image reproducing an image captured at a second viewing angle that is wider than the first viewing angle by combining a plurality of images acquired by the plurality of capturing operations by the capturing control section, and a display control section which displays the composite image generated by the generation section on the display section. | 01-29-2015 |
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20080229082 | CONTROL SUB-UNIT AND CONTROL MAIN UNIT - A sub-unit judges whether an instruction received from an external unit is executable. If the instruction is judged to be executable, the sub-unit executes it. If, on the other hand, the instruction is judged to be unexecutable, the sub-unit notifies the external unit of an executable plan. | 09-18-2008 |
20090096502 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a semiconductor device includes arms formed by two semiconductor elements, a map memory device which stores therein a correlation map between a control value for each of the arms and an optimized dead time to be set for the control value or is capable of storing the same therein, drive control value acquiring means for acquiring a drive control value of each of the arms, and a dead time generating circuit for extracting the optimized dead time corresponding to the drive control value from the correlation map. The time taken until the other of the semiconductor elements is turned on after one thereof has received a command to turn off the same is the optimized dead time extracted by the dead time generating circuit. | 04-16-2009 |
20090149970 | SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE - Disclosed is a system control device that includes a semiconductor element; an actual control value acquisition section; a deviation computation section for computing the deviation between the actual control value and a target control value; an integral term computation means for computing an integral term contained in a control command value; a first control command value computation section for determining the next control command value from the immediately preceding integral term and the deviation; a first feedback control section for exercising control in accordance with the first control command value; a protective control section for providing protective control while allowing the first control command value computation section to perform computations during a period during which the first feedback control section exercises control; a control command value decrease section; a termination time acquisition section for acquiring the information about the termination time for the protective control; and a termination control section which uses a control command value decreased by the control command value decrease section as the initial control command value after the termination time. | 06-11-2009 |
20090161726 | Temperature detection system - A temperature detection system includes a power semiconductor device, a chip temperature detection device for detecting a temperature of the power semiconductor device, loss-related characteristic value acquiring means for acquiring a loss-related characteristic value that is a characteristic to decide a loss of the power semiconductor device, difference value calculating means for calculating, from the loss-related characteristic value, a difference value between the temperature of the power semiconductor device and a temperature detected by the chip temperature detection device, a corrected temperature signal generating part for generating a corrected temperature signal by adding the temperature detected by the chip temperature detection device and the difference value, and an output part for outputting the corrected temperature signal to the outside. | 06-25-2009 |
20110304037 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes an enclosure of insulating material having an introduction portion and a discharge portion for an insulating refrigerant and also having an opening, filters mounted on the introduction portion and the discharge portion, respectively, so as to prevent conductive foreign matter from entering the enclosure, a power semiconductor element provided on the outside of the enclosure, a heat sink bonded to the power semiconductor element and extending through the opening and within the enclosure, and an insulator covering the portions of the power semiconductor element and the heat sink lying outside of the enclosure. | 12-15-2011 |
20130215571 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND COOLING SYSTEM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device of the present invention is a semiconductor device applicable in a cooling system including an ECU functioning as a setting part that sets target temperature of a refrigerant used to cool the semiconductor device, and a sensor functioning as a detector that detects the temperature of the refrigerant as refrigerant's temperature. The semiconductor device generates variable heating loss. The semiconductor device includes a heating controller that controls the heating loss in the semiconductor device such that the target temperature and the refrigerant's temperature become the same. | 08-22-2013 |
20130234291 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first electrode electrically connected to an upper surface of a semiconductor element, a first internal electrode electrically connected to a lower surface of the semiconductor element and having a plurality of first comb finger portions and a first connection portion connecting the plurality of first comb finger portions together, a second electrode electrically connected to the first internal electrode, a second internal electrode electrically connected to a lower surface of the first electrode and having a plurality of second comb finger portions and a second connection portion connecting the plurality of second comb finger portions together, the plurality of second comb finger portions being interdigitated with but not in contact with the plurality of first comb finger portions, and a lower dielectric filling the space between the plurality of first comb finger portions and the plurality of second comb finger portions. | 09-12-2013 |
20140070398 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A power semiconductor element, a high-voltage electrode electrically connected to the power semiconductor element, a heat radiating plate connected to the power semiconductor element and having heat radiation property, a cooling element connected to the heat radiating plate with an insulating film being interposed, and a seal covering the power semiconductor element, a part of the high-voltage electrode, the heat radiating plate, the insulating film, and a part of the cooling element are included. The cooling element includes a base portion of which part is embedded in the seal and a cooling member connected to the base portion. The base portion and the cooling member are separate from each other, and the cooling member is fixed to the base portion exposed through the seal. | 03-13-2014 |
20140367842 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A power semiconductor element, a high-voltage electrode electrically connected to the power semiconductor element, a heat radiating plate connected to the power semiconductor element and having heat radiation property, a cooling element connected to the heat radiating plate with an insulating film being interposed, and a seal covering the power semiconductor element, a part of the high-voltage electrode, the heat radiating plate, the insulating film, and a part of the cooling element are included. The cooling element includes a base portion of which part is embedded in the seal and a cooling member connected to the base portion. The base portion and the cooling member are separate from each other, and the cooling member is fixed to the base portion exposed through the seal. | 12-18-2014 |
20150035138 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A circuit pattern is bonded to a top surface of a ceramic substrate. A cooling body is bonded to an undersurface of the ceramic substrate. An IGBT and a FWD are provided on the circuit pattern. A coating film covers a junction between the ceramic substrate and the circuit pattern, and a junction between the ceramic substrate and the cooling body. A mold resin seals the ceramic substrate, the circuit pattern, the IGBT, the FWD, the cooling body, and the coating film etc. The ceramic substrate has higher thermal conductivity than the coating film. The coating film has lower hardness than the mold resin and alleviates stress applied from the mold resin to the ceramic substrate. The circuit pattern and the cooling body includes a groove contacting the mold resin without being covered with the coating film. | 02-05-2015 |
20150076678 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A partition in lattice form forms a plurality of housing sections. A plurality of circuit blocks including a semiconductor block and a terminal base block are electrically connected one to another in a state of being housed in the housing sections to form a power semiconductor circuit. The semiconductor block is formed by covering an IGBT with an insulating material. A collector of the IGBT is connected to an electrode through a metal plate. The electrode is led out from an inner portion of the insulating material to a side surface of the insulating material. A terminal base block includes a power terminal to which an external power wiring for supplying electric power to the IGBT is electrically connected, and a screw hole into which a screw for fixing the power wiring is inserted. | 03-19-2015 |
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20100132767 | SOLAR CELL MODULE DEVICE - A solar cell module device includes a solar cell module formed by arranging plural solar battery cells; a reinforcing frame arranged on a back surface of the solar cell module; and a buffer material made of a rigid material and arranged between the solar cell module and the reinforcing frame. The buffer material has a size not causing the back surface of the solar cell module to come in contact with the reinforcing frame when the solar cell module is bent relative to a length of the reinforcing frame in a longitudinal direction. Therefore, the reinforcing frame does not bury into the buffer material, moreover, the buffer material does not abrade by coming in contact with the reinforcing frame. | 06-03-2010 |
20100132768 | Solar Cell Module - A solar cell module is structured by laminating a plurality of layers including a cell arrangement layer, on which a plurality of solar battery cells are arranged. To improve the designing property and productivity, in a blank region, which is a region other than where the solar battery cells of the cell arrangement layer are arranged, a thin plate having a color tone same as that of the solar battery cells is arranged. The thin plate is arranged on the cell arrangement layer at a step same as a step in which the solar battery cells are arranged on the cell arrangement layer. | 06-03-2010 |
20100218810 | SOLAR BATTERY MODULE DEVICE - A solar battery module device includes a solar cell module formed by arranging a plurality of solar battery cells; a rack-shaped frame having a substantially rectangular shape supporting an outer-edge portion of the solar cell module by surrounding a whole periphery of the outer-edge portion; and a reinforcing frame that is bridged over between two opposite sides of the rack-shaped frame by forming a predetermined gap between the reinforcing frame and a back surface of the solar cell module, and supports the solar cell module by being brought into contact with the back surface of the solar cell module when the solar cell module is bent. The reinforcing frame is engaged with engagement notches formed on the back surface of the rack-shaped frame. | 09-02-2010 |
20110297224 | SOLAR BATTERY CELL - A solar battery cell that comprises a plurality of grid electrodes and light-receiving-surface lead connection electrodes on a light receiving surface of a semiconductor substrate, and comprises a plurality of back-surface lead connection electrodes that are connected to back-surface lead wires, formed on the second straight lines that are substantially opposite to the first straight lines while sandwiching the semiconductor substrate together with the first straight lines, on a back surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein an edge portion of each of the light-receiving-surface lead connection electrodes is not overlapped with an edge portion of each of the back-surface lead connection electrodes in a width direction. | 12-08-2011 |
20130233375 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A plurality of thin linear thin wire electrodes are formed entirely over a first surface that is a light receiving surface of a solar cell element, a back surface collecting electrode is formed on a second surface that is a back surface of the solar cell element, and a wiring member which draws power is connected to each of the thin wire electrode and the back surface collecting electrode. The thin wire electrode and the wiring member are bonded with solder and side surfaces of the solder bonding portion in a longitudinal direction along the wiring member are coated with a thermosetting resin, and, in a region excluding the thin wire electrodes, the wiring member and the first surface are bonded with a thermosetting resin. The wiring member and the thin wire electrodes are bonded to have a sufficient mechanical bonding strength and high bonding reliability. | 09-12-2013 |
20130312810 | SOLAR BATTERY MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In a solar battery module including a plurality of solar battery elements each including electrodes that are electrically connected by an electrically conductive wiring member, the electrode and the wiring member are welded by solder on the electrode, resin is arranged while covering at least a side surface of a solder-bonded portion between the solder and the electrode, and a wetted height of the resin on a side surface of the wiring member is lower than the top of wiring member, so that welding by the solder can be reinforced and the bonding reliability can be improved. | 11-28-2013 |
20140251409 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A solar cell module in the present invention includes: a wiring member electrically connecting solar cell elements to each other; and a structure in which a solder bonding portion is formed by bonding a collecting electrode, which is provided on a light receiving surface of the solar cell element, extends in a first direction parallel to the wiring member, and has a width smaller than that of the wiring member in a cross section vertical to the first direction, and the wiring member together by melting solder, a cross-sectional shape of the solder bonding portion vertical to the first direction has a shape that gradually narrows toward the collecting electrode from a lower surface of the wiring member, and a side surface of the solder bonding portion and a side surface of the wiring member are covered with a thermosetting resin. | 09-11-2014 |
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20080315186 | Organic Semiconductor Device and Organic Semiconductor Thin Film - An organic semiconductor device includes a channel forming region including an organic semiconductor thin film which is composed of an organic semiconductor material having an oxidation or reduction mechanism in units of two-π-electrons and a two- or three-dimensional conduction path. It is thus possible to provide an organic semiconductor device including an organic semiconductor thin film based on an organic semiconductor thin film composed of an organic semiconductor material which can be dissolved in an organic solvent at a low temperature (e.g., room temperature) and is suitable for use in a coating process. | 12-25-2008 |
20090279604 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - When entropy-encoding a converted quantized amount obtained by converting an image into a frequency region and quantizing it, if the output code bit quantity of the entropy encoding exceeds a predetermined amount, an image obtained by rebuilding the converted quantized value is outputted from an image encoding device. This guarantees an encoding delay caused by re-encoding to be a constant time without increasing the circuit size of the encoding device and provides an image encoding device of a subjectively high quality. | 11-12-2009 |
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20090098823 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, AND RELAY METHOD - A relay device for relaying a packet communication between communication devices; comprising: communication quality parameter conversion means for converting a communication quality parameter described in a received quality information notification packet into a communication quality parameter measured by the relay device from a received data packet. | 04-16-2009 |
20100096941 | DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE - A dynamoelectric machine including first and second permanent magnets held by first and second magnet seats on first and second yoke portions so as to face inner circumferential surfaces of tip end portions of first and second claw-shaped magnetic pole portions. The first and second permanent magnets are magnetically oriented in a reverse direction to orientation of a magnetic field that the field coil produces. The dynamoelectric machine enables permanent magnet holding reliability to be increased, induced voltage during no-load de-energization to be suppressed, and thermal demagnetization of magnets due to high-frequency magnetic fields that are induced by stator slots to be avoided. | 04-22-2010 |
20100102807 | WIRE ROPE FLAW DETECTOR - A wire rope flaw detector comprises a back yoke and excitation permanent magnets, which form a main magnetic path in a predetermined section of a wire rope in the axial direction; a magnetic path member arranged in the predetermined section to be magnetically insulated from the back yoke and the permanent magnets and making the leakage flux generated from a damaged part of wire rope detour to the outside of the wire rope; and a detection coil wound around the magnetic path member for detecting leakage flux. The amount of leakage flux can be increased by providing the magnetic path member and since the windable area of the detection coil is increased, the number of turns of detection coil can be increased. | 04-29-2010 |
20100164317 | AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATING-CURRENT GENERATOR - An automotive generator that includes a Lundell rotor. First and second protruding portions are disposed so as to project from inner wall surfaces of portions of first and second yoke portions at root portions of first and second claw-shaped magnetic pole portions, and first and second recess portions are recessed into inner wall surfaces of portions of the first and second yoke portions that face the second and first protruding portions. In addition, a shape of a region in which the field coil is disposed is configured into a wave shape that has a cross-sectional shape in a plane that includes a central axis of the pole core that is approximately constant in a circumferential direction and that zigzags alternately in an axial direction at positions of each of the first and second claw-shaped magnetic pole portions. | 07-01-2010 |
20100182000 | WIRE-ROPE FLAW DETECTOR - There is obtained a wire-rope flaw detector capable of realizing a high signal-to-noise ratio even in the case where only one detection coil is disposed. In the wire-rope flaw detector, there are provided a magnetizer that forms main magnetic flux in a predetermined section located along an axis direction of a wire rope ( | 07-22-2010 |