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20090036781 | EXTERNAL CONDITION CONTROL DEVICE BASED ON MEASUREMENT OF BRAIN FUNCTIONS - The present invention is helpful in improving stability of repeated measurement and can be applied with high reliability for operations of devices for measurement based on brain functions. A module | 02-05-2009 |
20090088616 | Ultrasonic Diagnostic Apparatus - There is provided an optical bioinstrumentation device, with which measurement data reflect more correctly the information inside the living body with less noise even the subject moves when the information inside the living body is measured by using the light. | 04-02-2009 |
20090143654 | BIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - This invention measures cerebral blood volume changes to evaluate, from properties of low-frequency components of such changes and heart rate changes calculated by analysis, a distribution of cerebral blood vessel hardness and its with-time change to thereby estimate and display diseased and dangerous portions based on the evaluation. Briefly, the above-noted object is attainable by a biological measurement system having a cerebral blood volume measurement unit which measures a regional cerebral blood volume of a body under test, an analyzer unit that analyzes a signal measured by the cerebral blood volume measurement unit, an extraction unit for extracting, based on an output of the analysis unit, information concerning a regional cerebral blood vessel state of the test body, and a display unit which displays a measurement result of the cerebral blood volume measurement unit, an analysis result of the analyzer unit or an extraction result of the extraction unit. | 06-04-2009 |
20100243381 | OPERATION DEVICE AND ELEVATOR APPARATUS WITH OPERATION DEVICE - In a method of marking pictograms, for reducing the number of erroneous operations, on an operation apparatus conducting mutually different operations such as opening and closing operations, a concretized human pictogram indicating mutually different state changes such as state changes represented by use of a face with opened eyes and a face with closed eyes associated with operation signals assigned to a pair of operation switches and a pictogram in which the human pictogram is combined with an operation pictogram representing a state in which a door concretizing an operation target to operate in response to an operation signal is opened or is being completely closed are respectively attached to the operation switches disposed adjacent to each other. | 09-30-2010 |
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20100298114 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM TITANATE-BASED CERAMICS - The invention is for obtaining aluminium titanate-based ceramics having a small BET specific surface area and having, when ground into powder, a small pore volume, by effective utilization of particulate aluminium titanate-based ceramics. A pre-mixture prepared by mixing a particulate aluminium titanate-based ceramics with a titania source and an alumina source and optionally further with a magnesia source and a silica source, or particulates of aluminium titanate-based ceramics is, as such or preferably after shaped, fired as the powder or as the molded body to produce an aluminium titanate-based ceramics. | 11-25-2010 |
20100317508 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM TITANATE CERAMICS - The invention is to provide a process for producing an aluminium titanate ceramic by firing a pre-mixture of a titania source powder, an alumina source powder and a magnesia source powder, for a short period of time. The production process of the invention comprises mixing a titania source powder and an alumina source powder followed by dry process grinding in the presence of grinding media under a grinding condition of an acceleration of at least 2G to give a pre-mixture, and firing the resulting pre-mixture. The titania source powder and the alumina source powder may be mixed together with a magnesia source powder and a silica source powder. Preferably, a vibration mill is used for the grinding. Grinding the aluminium titanate ceramic produced according to the production process of the invention gives an aluminium titanate ceramic powder. | 12-16-2010 |
20110015058 | ELECTRODE CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE ELECTRODE CATALYST - Disclosed are an electrode catalyst and a method for producing an electrode catalyst. The electrode catalyst is composed of: a metal compound comprising one or more metal elements selected from the group consisting of Groups 4A and 5A, and an oxygen atom; and a carbonaceous material covering at least part of the compound, wherein the electrode catalyst has a BET specific surface area of not less than 15 m | 01-20-2011 |
20110124484 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM TITANATE-BASED CERAMICS - The invention is to provide a process for producing an aluminum titanate-based ceramic such as aluminum titanate or aluminum magnesium titanate having excellent thermal decomposition resistance and having a smaller coefficient of thermal expansion. The invention is a process for producing an aluminum titanate-based ceramic, comprising firing a starting material mixture containing a titanium source compound, an aluminum source compound and preferably a magnesium source compound, and a glass frit having a deformation point of 700° C. or more and/or a viscosity at 900° C. of 1.0×10 | 05-26-2011 |
20110156323 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM TITANATE-BASED CERAMICS - The invention provides a process for producing a shaped body of aluminum titanate-based ceramic such as aluminum titanate or aluminum magnesium titanate having smaller shrinkage ratio relative to a shaped body of a starting material mixture, and having a smaller coefficient of thermal expansion. The invention is a process for producing an aluminum titanate-based ceramic, comprising firing a starting material mixture containing a titanium source material and an aluminum source material, wherein the BET specific surface area of the aluminum source material is 0.1 m | 06-30-2011 |
20110248106 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ALUMINUM TITANATE-BASED CERAMICS - The invention is to provide a novel process for producing aluminum titanate-based ceramics having a low coefficient of thermal expansion. The invention is a process for producing an aluminum titanate-based ceramic comprising firing a starting material mixture containing a titanium source powder, an aluminum source powder and a silicon source powder, wherein the particle diameter corresponding to a cumulative percentage of 50% (D50) on a volume basis of the silicon source powder is not greater than 5 μm. The invention includes the process wherein the starting material mixture further contains a magnesium source powder. | 10-13-2011 |
20120028792 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE CATALYST, AND ELECTRODE CATALYST - A method for producing an electrode catalyst, comprising a step of calcining a precursor of the electrode catalyst under conditions under which a second material defined below can change into a carbonaceous material,
| 02-02-2012 |
20120094825 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE CATALYST - A method for producing an electrode catalyst, comprising a step of calcining a precursor of the electrode catalyst under conditions under which a second material defined below can change into a carbonaceous material, the precursor having been obtained by continuously hydrothermally reacting a mixture containing a first material defined below and the second material defined below in the presence of supercritical or subcritical water, wherein
| 04-19-2012 |
20130192985 | ELECTRODE CATALYST - An electrode catalyst, including: a metal compound which contains an oxygen atom and at least one metal element selected from a group consisting of Group 4 elements and Group 5 elements in the long-form periodic table, and a carbonaceous material which covers at least part of the metal compound; wherein an oxygen deficiency index, which is represented as an inverse number of a peak value of a first nearest neighbor element in a radial distribution function obtained by Fourier-transforming an EXAFS oscillation in EXAFS measurement of the metal element, is 0.125 to 0.170; and a crystallinity index, which is represented as a peak value of a second nearest neighbor element in the radial distribution function, is 4.5 to 8.0. | 08-01-2013 |
20140308592 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPERSION LIQUID FOR ELECTRODE CATALYST, DISPERSION LIQUID FOR ELECTRODE CATALYST, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE CATALYST, ELECTRODE CATALYST, ELECTRODE STRUCTURE, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, FUEL CELL AND AIR CELL - A method of manufacturing a dispersion liquid for an electrode catalyst, the method comprising a step of supporting a precious metal on the surface of a carrier by an electrodeposition process using a raw material mixed solution in which a particulate carrier is dispersed in a solvent and a compound including the precious metal element is dissolved in the solvent, wherein the carrier has oxygen reduction capability and is free of precious metal elements. | 10-16-2014 |
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20100272857 | TEA EXTRACT, TEA BEVERAGE, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A tea extract and a method of making the tea extract are provided which tea extract contains high concentration of flavor/mellow taste components with reduced amounts of bitter/astringent components. Also a bottled tea beverage is provided which beverage exhibits profound flavor with reduced astringent taste. Enzyme extraction of tea leaves after catechins are removed from the tea leaves enables a tea extract to contain high concentration of flavor/mellow taste components with reduced amounts of bitter/astringent components. | 10-28-2010 |
20110014347 | CEREAL TEA DRINK - The present invention relates to a starch-containing tea beverage. More specifically, the present invention relates to a cereal tea beverage containing starch at a content of 0.009% by weight or more, which has an appropriate roasted aroma and mildness peculiar to cereal tea, relieves the pasty texture originating from the starch, and thereby has an improved taste and flavor, as a result of addition of ultrafine ground tea leaves having an average particle size of 1 μm or less. The present invention also relates to a process for producing such a cereal tea beverage, and a method for improving the taste and flavor of such a cereal tea beverage. | 01-20-2011 |
20110104358 | TASTE-IMPROVING AGENTS AND TEA DRINKS CONTAINING THEREOF - The present invention provides an agent for improving taste of tea drinks, comprising at least one glyceroglycolipid, preferably monogalactosyl diacylglycerol or digalactosyl diacylglycerol, as an active ingredient. The agent of the present invention is for use to enhance kokumi, to mask astringent taste, and to prevent precipitates. The agent of the present invention is effective especially in improving tea drinks containing ground tea leaves. The present invention also provides a method for producing tea drinks containing ground tea leaves and at least 1.0 μg/ml of glyceroglycolipids and having an absorbency of 0.25 or below at 680 nm, and tea drinks containing glyceroglycolipid, which method comprises grinding tea leaves into an average particle size of 1-100 μm (preferably 1-50 μm, more preferably 1-20 μm), and mixing the resulting ground tea leaves with neutral (pH 5-7, preferably 5.5-7, especially preferably 6-7) water to elute the glyceroglycolipids into the water. | 05-05-2011 |
20130209651 | Taste-Improving Agents and Tea Drinks Containing Thereof - The present invention provides an agent for improving taste of tea drinks, comprising at least one glyceroglycolipid, preferably monogalactosyl diacylglycerol or digalactosyl diacylglycerol, as an active ingredient. The agent of the present invention is for use to enhance kokumi, to mask astringent taste, and to prevent precipitates. The agent of the present invention is effective especially in improving tea drinks containing ground tea leaves. The present invention also provides a method for producing tea drinks containing ground tea leaves and at least 1.0 μg/ml of glyceroglycolipids and having an absorbency of 0.25 or below at 680 nm, and tea drinks containing glyceroglycolipid, which method comprises grinding tea leaves into an average particle size of 1-100 μm (preferably 1-50 μm, more preferably 1-20 μm), and mixing the resulting ground tea leaves with neutral (pH 5-7, preferably 5.5-7, especially preferably 6-7) water to elute the glyceroglycolipids into the water. | 08-15-2013 |
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20110156205 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An integrated circuit device includes a receiving circuit, a transmission circuit, and common pads common to the receiving circuit and the transmission circuit, which are disposed in such a way that the distance between the receiving circuit and the common pad, and the distance between the transmission circuit and the common pad become shorter, respectively. | 06-30-2011 |
20140305185 | DETECTION DEVICE, SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOVING OBJECT - A detection device includes a driving circuit and a detection circuit. The detection circuit includes first and second electric charge-voltage conversion circuits to which first and second detection signals are input, first and second gain adjustment amplifiers that amplify output signals of the circuits, a switching mixer that has first and second input nodes to which the output signals of the first and second gain adjustment amplifiers are input, and performs differential synchronous detection thereon on the basis of a synchronization signal from the driving circuit, so as to output first and second output signals to first and second output nodes, first and second filters that receive the first and second output signals from the first and second output nodes of the switching mixer, and an A/D conversion circuit that receives output signals from the first and second filters so as to perform differential A/D conversion thereon. | 10-16-2014 |
20140305206 | DETECTION DEVICE, SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOVING OBJECT - A detection device includes a driving circuit that drives a vibrator, and a detection circuit that receives a detection signal from the vibrator and performs a detection process of detecting a physical quantity signal corresponding to a physical quantity from the detection signal. The driving circuit performs intermittent driving in which the vibrator is driven in a driving period, and is not driven in a non-driving period, and the detection circuit performs the detection process of the physical quantity signal in the non-driving period of the intermittent driving. | 10-16-2014 |
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20090101695 | GOLD ALLOY WIRE FOR BONDING WIRE HAVING HIGH INITIAL BONDABILITY, HIGH BONDING RELIABILITY, HIGH ROUNDNESS OF COMPRESSION BALL, HIGH STRAIGHTNESS, AND HIGH RESIN FLOWABILITY RESISTANCE - There is provided a gold alloy wire for a bonding wire having high initial bonding ability, high bonding reliability, high roundness of a compression ball, high straightness, and high resin flowability resistance. The gold alloy wire for a bonding wire comprises one kind or two kinds of Pt and Pd of 1000 to less than 5000 ppm in total, Ir: 1 to 200 ppm, Ca: 20 to 100 ppm, Eu: 10 to 100 ppm, Be: 0.1 to 20 ppm, if necessary, and La: 10 to 100 ppm, if necessary. The total amount of at least two kinds of Ca, Eu, Be, and La is in a range of 50 to 250 ppm. | 04-23-2009 |
20090120665 | GOLD ALLOY WIRE FOR BONDING WIRE HAVING HIGH BONDING RELIABILITY, HIGH ROUNDNESS OF COMPRESSION BALL, HIGH STRAIGHTNESS AND HIGH RESIN FLOWABILITY RESISTANCE - There is provided a gold alloy wire for a bonding wire having high bonding reliability, high roundness of a compression ball, high straightness, and high resin flowability resistance. The gold alloy wire for a bonding wire contains one kind or two kinds of Pt and Pd of 5000 ppm to 2% by mass in total, Ir: 1 to 200 ppm, Ca: 20 to 200 ppm, Eu: 10 to 200 ppm, Be: 0.1 to 30 ppm, if necessary, and La: to 200 ppm, if necessary. At least two kinds of Ca, Eu, Be, and La are in a range of 50 to 250 ppm in total. | 05-14-2009 |
20090232695 | GOLD ALLOY WIRE FOR BONDING WIRE HAVING HIGH INITIAL BONDABILITY, HIGH BONDING RELIABILITY, HIGH ROUNDNESS OF COMPRESSION BALL, HIGH STRAIGHTNESS, HIGH RESIN FLOWABILITY RESISTANCE, AND LOW SPECIFIC RESISTANCE - There are provided a gold alloy wire for a bonding wire having high initial bonding ability, high bonding reliability, high roundness of a compression ball, high straightness, high resin flowability resistance, and low specific resistance. The gold alloy wire having high initial bonding ability, high bonding reliability, high roundness of a compression ball, high straightness, high resin flowability resistance, and low specific resistance contains one or more of Pt and Pd of 500 to less than 1000 ppm in total, Ir of 1 to 100 ppm, Ca of more than 30 to 100 ppm, Eu of more than 30 to 100 ppm, Be of 0.1 to 20 ppm, if necessary, one or more of La, Ba, Sr, and Bi of 30 to 100 ppm in total, if necessary, and a balance being Au and inevitable impurities. | 09-17-2009 |
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20110192719 | SPUTTERING TARGET FOR FORMING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR WIRING FILM - This sputtering target for forming a thin film transistor wiring film has a composition including 0.1 at % to 5 at % of Mg, 0.1 at % to 10 at % of Ca, and the remainder being Cu and inevitable impurities. Either one or both of Mn and Al may further be included at a total amount in a range of 0.1 at % to 10 at %. 0.001 at % to 0.1 at % of P may further be included. | 08-11-2011 |
20110281134 | SPUTTERING TARGET FOR FORMING WIRING FILM OF FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A copper alloy wiring film of a flat panel display of the present invention and a sputtering target for forming the same have a composition including Mg: 0.1 to 5 atom %; either one or both of Mn and Al: 0.1 to 11 atom % in total; and Cu and inevitable impurities as the balance, and if necessary, may be further including P: 0.001 to 0.1 atom %. | 11-17-2011 |
20110309444 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR HAVING A BARRIER LAYER AS A CONSTITUTING LAYER AND Cu-ALLOY SPUTTERING TARGET USED FOR SPUTTER FILM FORMATION OF THE BARRIER LAYER - This Cu alloy sputtering target includes, in terms of atomic percent: Al: 1% to 10%; and Ca: 0.1% to 2%, with the balance being Cu and 1% or less of inevitable impurities. This thin film transistor includes: a gate electrode layer joined to the surface of a glass substrate through an adhesion layer; a gate insulating layer; a Si semiconductor layer; an n-type Si semiconductor layer; a barrier layer; a wire layer composed of a drain electrode layer and a source electrode layer, both of which are mutually divided; a passivation layer; and a transparent electrode layer, wherein the barrier layer is formed by sputtering under an oxidizing atmosphere using the Cu alloy sputtering target. | 12-22-2011 |
20120068265 | WIRING LAYER STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF - This wiring layer structure includes: an underlying substrate of a semiconductor substrate or a glass substrate; an oxygen-containing Cu layer or an oxygen-containing Cu alloy layer which is formed on the underlying substrate; an oxide layer containing at least one of Al, Zr, and Ti which is formed on the oxygen-containing Cu layer or the oxygen-containing Cu alloy layer; and a Cu alloy layer containing at least one of Al, Zr, and Ti which is formed on the oxide layer. | 03-22-2012 |
20120294754 | COPPER ALLOY WITH HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY - This copper alloy with high strength and high electrical conductivity includes: Mg: more than 1.0% by mass to less than 4% by mass; and Sn: more than 0.1% by mass to less than 5% by mass, with a remainder including Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein a mass ratio Mg/Sn of a content of Mg to a content of Sn is in a range of 0.4 or more. This copper alloy with high strength and high electrical conductivity may further include Ni: more than 0.1% by mass to less than 7% by mass. | 11-22-2012 |
20130048162 | COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COPPER ALLOY ROLLED MATERIAL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - One aspect of this copper alloy for an electronic device is composed of a binary alloy of Cu and Mg which includes Mg at a content of 3.3 to 6.9 atomic %, with a remainder being Cu and inevitable impurities, and a conductivity σ (% IACS) is within the following range when the content of Mg is given as A atomic %, | 02-28-2013 |
20130056116 | COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF PRODUCING COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COPPER ALLOY ROLLED MATERIAL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A copper alloy for an electronic device containing Mg in a range of 2.6 atomic % or more and 9.8 atomic % or less, Al in a range of 0.1 atomic % or more and 20 atomic % or less, and the balance substantially consisting of Cu and unavoidable impurities. | 03-07-2013 |
20130284327 | COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF PRODUCING COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COPPER ALLOY ROLLED MATERIAL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A copper alloy for an electric device contains Mg in a range of 1.3 atomic % or more and less than 2.6 atomic %, Al in a range of 6.7 atomic % or more and 20 atomic % or less, and the balance substantially consisting of Cu and unavoidable impurities. A method of producing a copper alloy includes: performing heating of a copper material to a temperature of not lower than 500° C. and not higher than 1000° C.; performing quenching to cool the heated copper material to 200° C. or lower with a cooling rate of 200° C./min or more; and performing working of the cooled copper material, wherein the copper material is composed of a copper alloy containing Mg in a range of 1.3 atomic % or more and less than 2.6 atomic %, Al in a range of 6.7 atomic % or more and 20 atomic % or less. | 10-31-2013 |
20140096877 | COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES, COPPER ALLOY PLASTIC WORKING MATERIAL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND COMPONENT FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An aspect of this copper alloy contains: Mg at a content of 3.3 at % or more to less than 6.9 at %; and either one or both of Cr and Zr at respective contents of 0.001 at % to 0.15 at %, with the balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, wherein when the content of Mg is represented by A at %, a conductivity σ (% IACS) satisfies the following Expression (1), | 04-10-2014 |
20140192486 | POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE, POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE WITH HEAT SINK, POWER MODULE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POWER MODULE SUBSTRATE - A power module substrate includes an insulating substrate, and a circuit layer that is formed on one surface of the insulating substrate. The circuit layer is formed by bonding a first copper plate onto one surface of the insulating substrate. Prior to bonding, the first copper plate has a composition containing at least either a total of 1 to 100 mol ppm of one or more kinds among an alkaline-earth element, a transition metal element, and a rare-earth element, or 100 to 1000 mol ppm of boron, the remainder being copper and unavoidable impurities. | 07-10-2014 |
20140271339 | COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COPPER ALLOY ROLLED MATERIAL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - One aspect of this copper alloy for an electronic device is composed of a binary alloy of Cu and Mg which includes Mg at a content of 3.3 to 6.9 atomic %, with a remainder being Cu and inevitable impurities, and a conductivity σ (% IACS) is within the following range when the content of Mg is given as A atomic %, σ≦{1.7241/(−0.0347×A | 09-18-2014 |
20140283961 | COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, ROLLED COPPER ALLOY MATERIAL FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND PART FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - This copper alloy for electronic devices includes Mg at a content of 3.3 at % or more and 6.9 at % or less, with a remainder substantially being Cu and unavoidable impurities. When a concentration of Mg is given as X at %, an electrical conductivity σ (% IACS) is in a range of σ≦{1.7241/(−0.0347×X | 09-25-2014 |
20140283962 | COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COPPER ALLOY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES, COPPER ALLOY PLASTIC WORKING MATERIAL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND COMPONENT FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A copper alloy for electronic devices has a low Young's modulus, high proof stress, high electrical conductivity and excellent bending formability and is appropriate for a component for electronic devices including a terminal, a connector, a relay and a lead frame. Also a method of manufacturing a copper alloy utilizes a copper alloy plastic working material for electronic devices, and a component for electronic devices. The copper alloy includes Mg at 3.3 to 6.9 at %, with a remainder substantially being Cu and unavoidable impurities. When a concentration of Mg is X at %, an electrical conductivity σ (% IACS) is in a range of σ≦{1.7241/(−0.0347×X | 09-25-2014 |
20140290805 | COPPER ALLOY AND COPPER ALLOY FORMING MATERIAL - Copper alloys according to first to third aspects contain Mg at a content of 3.3% by atom to 6.9% by atom, with the balance substantially being Cu and unavoidable impurities, wherein an oxygen content is in a range of 500 ppm by atom or less, and either one or both of the following conditions (a) and (b) are satisfied: (a) when a Mg content is set to X % by atom, an electrical conductivity σ (% IACS) satisfies the following Expression (1), σ≦{1.7241/(−0.0347×X | 10-02-2014 |
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20080255732 | BRAKING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A braking control apparatus for a vehicle includes four wheel braking apparatuses for applying a braking torque to wheels, a first hydraulic pressure generating apparatus generating a hydraulic pressure, a vacuum booster generating an assist force for assisting a breaking operation, a first hydraulic circuit, a second hydraulic circuit, a second hydraulic pressure generating apparatus generating an assist hydraulic pressure that is added to the hydraulic pressure, a detecting portion for detecting a braking operation variable, a target value determining portion for determining a first assist hydraulic pressure target value and a second assist hydraulic pressure target value to be both greater than zero over a range where the braking operation variable is greater than a predetermined value at which the assist force by the vacuum booster is started, and a pressure regulating portion for regulating the assist hydraulic pressure to mach the assist hydraulic pressure target value. | 10-16-2008 |
20100089709 | VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle brake control apparatus is provided with a master cylinder capable of outputting master cylinder pressure, which is pressure of operating fluid generated by operation of a brake pedal, and hydraulic pumps capable of outputting pressurized pressure generated by pressurizing the operating fluid as braking force, wherein a brake ECU is configured to detect driver's requested braking force based on the master cylinder pressure to drive-control the hydraulic pumps based on the requested braking force, and when the hydraulic pumps outputs the braking force, the brake ECU changes the requested braking force according to a pedal stroke of the brake pedal at the time of the detection of the requested braking force, thereby enabling high-precision braking force control by setting optimal requested braking force always according to intension of a driver irrespective of a driving condition of the vehicle to improve drivability. | 04-15-2010 |
20110198165 | BRAKING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A braking control apparatus for a vehicle includes four wheel braking apparatuses for applying a braking torque to wheels, a first hydraulic pressure generating apparatus generating a hydraulic pressure, a vacuum booster generating an assist force for assisting a breaking operation, a first hydraulic circuit, a second hydraulic circuit, a second hydraulic pressure generating apparatus generating an assist hydraulic pressure that is added to the hydraulic pressure, a detecting portion for detecting a braking operation variable, a target value determining portion for determining a first assist hydraulic pressure target value and a second assist hydraulic pressure target value to be both greater than zero over a range where the braking operation variable is greater than a predetermined value at which the assist force by the vacuum booster is started, and a pressure regulating portion for regulating the assist hydraulic pressure to mach the assist hydraulic pressure target value. | 08-18-2011 |
20130020858 | VEHICLE BRAKE DEVICE - In a vehicle brake device, a port is provided at a hydraulic chamber of a master cylinder and communicates with a reservoir tank. A piston movable in the hydraulic chamber for closing the port is provided with at least one piston-side port that faces on the port when at a first position. When a brake pedal is stepped on from a retracted state to move the piston from the first position to a second position spaced from the first position by a predetermined distance, the hydraulic chamber is blocked from the communication with the reservoir tank. The at least one piston-side port is provided therein with an orifice, so that the hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic chamber is raised at the time of a quick stepping of the brake pedal but is allowed to flow to the reservoir tank without being raised at the time of a non-quick stepping. | 01-24-2013 |
20130167716 | MASTER CYLINDER DEVICE - A master cylinder device including: a housing whose front side is closed and which has a separation wall for separating the inside of the housing into a front side chamber and a rear side chamber; a pressurizing piston disposed in the front side chamber so as to define a pressurizing chamber for pressurizing the brake fluid and an input chamber into which a brake fluid from a high pressure source is introduced; an input piston disposed in the rear side chamber and moving forward by an operation force; and a transmission rod which is through the separation wall, whose proximal end portion is fixed in one of the pressurizing and input pistons, and whose distal end portion is apart from the other of the pressurizing and input pistons in a state of no forward movement. | 07-04-2013 |
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20090022812 | Liquid detergent composition - A liquid detergent composition containing (a) hydrogen peroxide or a compound for forming hydrogen peroxide in water, (b) a compound selected from boric acid, borax, a boric acid salt in an amount of from 0.05 to 1% by mass as a boron atom, (c) a compound having one or more sites, the site having one hydroxyl group at each of both sides of adjacent carbon atoms, in an amount of from 3 to 35% by mass, (d) a surfactant in an amount of from 4 to 45% by mass, and (e) water, wherein the molar ratio of the component (c)/the component (b) is from 1.5 to 2.7, and wherein the detergent composition has a pH at 20° C. of from 4.6 to 7.0. | 01-22-2009 |
20090249557 | Liquid Detergent Composition - The present invention relates to a liquid detergent composition containing (a) hydrogen peroxide or a compound forming hydrogen peroxide in water, 0.1 to 10 mass % of (b) a bleaching activator, 45 to 80 mass % of (c) a nonionic surfactant, (d) water, (e) at least one or more compounds selected from boric acid, borax and borate, and (f) a polyol compound, said liquid detergent composition having a pH value of 4 to 7 at 20° C. | 10-08-2009 |
20100308260 | LIQUID BLEACHING AGENT COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a liquid bleaching agent composition containing (a) hydrogen peroxide, (b1) a nonionic surfactant, (b2) an anionic surfactant, (c) a bleaching activator, (d) at least one compound selected from boric acid, borax and a borate, and (e) a compound having one or more groups in which a hydroxyl group is present on each of the adjacent carbon atoms to each other, wherein the respective contents of component (b1), component (b2) and the mass ratio of component (b2) to component (b1) are all within a specific range and the composition has pH 2.5-4.5 at 20° C. | 12-09-2010 |
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20090017443 | Method for Detection of Hepatitus B Virus - To provide a method for detection or quantification of hepatitis B virus (HBV) antigens in serum and a simple and highly user-friendly method for sample treatment for use in the detection or quantification thereof. The method for treatment of a sample containing hepatitis B virus (HBV) is characterized in that release of HBV antigens and disruption of antibodies that bind to HBV antigens are carried out by treating a sample containing HBV with a treatment agent containing (1) an acidifying agent and (2) a protein denaturant or an amphoteric surfactant or cationic surfactant having an alkyl group and a tertiary amine or a quaternary ammonium salt within a molecule. | 01-15-2009 |
20090170063 | Hcv rna having novel sequence - A truncated form hepatitis C virus gene wherein part of the gene region encoding from the core protein to the NS2 protein of hepatitis C virus has been deleted while retaining the translation frame. In particular, the gene according to claim | 07-02-2009 |
20100173298 | HCV GENE - The present invention provides a hepatitis C virus gene, a replicon RNA derived from the gene, a replicon-replicating cell into which the replicon RNA is introduced, and a method for screening a drug using the replicon-replicating cell. By introducing a replicon RNA comprising (A) a polynucleotide having the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5; (B) a polynucleotide having the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 7; (C) a polynucleotide coding for a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 6; (D) a polynucleotide coding for a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 8; or (E) a polynucleotide having a nucleic acid sequence having a homology of not less than 90% with the nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 or SEQ ID NO: 7; or a replicon RNA of the genotype 1b comprising nucleotides coding for the 1804th amino acid leucine and the 1966th amino acid lysine in the amino acid sequence of a hepatitis C virus polyprotein and a polynucleotide coding for an NS4B protein, into a cell, the replicon-replicating cell can be prepared. By using the replicon-replicating cell, the screening for the drug can be carried out. | 07-08-2010 |
20110289610 | HCV/GBV-B CHIMERIC VIRUS - An HCV/GBV-B chimeric virus which maintains the replication function of HCV and is capable of infecting tamarin is disclosed in order to construct an HCV animal model which can be used as a development or evaluation system for therapeutic agents for HCV. The HCV/GBV-B chimeric RNA comprises an RNA of hepatitis C virus and an RNA of GB virus-B, wherein the RNA of hepatitis C virus comprises an RNA encoding leucine at the 1804th position and lysine at the 1966th position in the amino acid sequence of the polyprotein of hepatitis C virus. | 11-24-2011 |
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20090094255 | COMPUTER SYSTEM - In a computer system, to enable a second computer to take over control of copying of data within the computer system, from a first computer that normally controls copying of data. | 04-09-2009 |
20100281226 | Address Management Device - Conventionally, when a switch virtualizing a storage (storage virtualization switch) is installed in a computer system including an SAN, a host computer, and a storage device, since a port ID of a virtual storage and a port ID of a storage device assigned to the virtual storage are different, the computer system has to be suspended at the time of installation of the storage virtualization switch. The storage virtualization switch installed in the computer system assigns a port ID to a port of a virtual storage generated by the storage virtualization switch so as to be equivalent to a port ID of an existing storage device and, in the case in which the port ID is designated as an access destination by an access request from one computer to the storage device, sends the access request to the virtual storage. | 11-04-2010 |
20120191659 | REMOTE COPYING SYSTEM WITH CONSISTENCY GUARANTEED BETWEEN A PAIR - When plural copy groups including pairs exist, remote copying for pairs belonging to copy groups is suspended selectively on a copy group-to-copy group basis, instead of suspending remote copying in all the copy groups at once. A computer system has a host computer, plural first storage systems comprising plural first logical disks, and plural second storage systems comprising plural second logical disks. A first logical disk and a second logical disk paired with the first logical disk, and each pair belongs to either a first copy group or a second copy group. To selectively suspend remote copying on a copy group-to-copy group basis, one of the copy groups is specified first and then pairs belonging to this copy group are designated. The first storage systems comprising first logical disks of the designated pairs suspend remote copy processing for the designated pairs. | 07-26-2012 |
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20100133322 | Wire bonding apparatus, record medium storing bonding control program , and bonding method - A wire bonding apparatus including a bonding control section provided with an electrical non-bonding detector, an optical non-bonding detector, and an optical shape detector, which are for detecting non-bonding between a first bonding point and a bonding wire; and when non-bonding is detected by the electrical non-bonding detector and non-bonding bonding is also detected by the optical non-bonding detector, then the tip end of the bonding wire is reformed by, based on the shape of the tip end of the bonding wire detected by the optical shape detector, a ball formation device into a ball of a prescribed shape, and rebonding is performed at the first bonding point. | 06-03-2010 |
20100206849 | Wire bonding apparatus, record medium storing bonding control program, and bonding method - A wire bonding apparatus including a bonding control section provided with an electrical non-bonding detector, an optical non-bonding detector, and an optical shape detector, which are for detecting non-bonding between a first bonding point and a bonding wire; and when non-bonding is detected by the electrical non-bonding detector and non-bonding is also detected by the optical non-bonding detector, then the tip end of the bonding wire is reformed by, based on the shape of the tip end of the bonding wire detected by the optical shape detector, a ball formation device into a ball of a prescribed shape, and rebonding is performed at the first bonding point. | 08-19-2010 |
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20110163983 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen device includes a surface board on which a touch surface is provided. A plurality of first electrodes, extending parallel to each other, are provided on a surface of the surface board opposite to the touch surface. A plurality of second electrodes, extending parallel to each other, are provided such that the first electrodes and the second electrodes are arranged in a grid pattern. First and second protectors respectively protect the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The first protector is provided on a portion of the surface of the surface board on which the first electrodes are provided such that a space is provided between the first electrodes. | 07-07-2011 |
20120162141 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen device includes a panel disposed in a front surface of a plasma display panel and having a plurality of transmitting electrodes and receiving electrodes intersecting in a grid pattern; a transmitter that applies a driving signal to the transmitting electrodes; and a receiver receiving a response signal and outputs detection data for each intersection between electrodes, the response signal being output from the receiving electrodes in response to the driving signal applied to the transmitting electrodes. A controller obtains a touch position based on detection data for each intersection, the data being output from the receiver; and a maintenance discharge detector detects a maintenance discharge period of the plasma display panel. The controller, based on a detection result of the maintenance discharge detector, obtains the touch position based on the detection data for each intersection during a period excluding the maintenance discharge period. | 06-28-2012 |
20120262391 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen device includes a screen main body comprising a plurality of transmitting electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes and disposed in front of a plasma display panel; a transmitter sequentially selecting the transmitting electrodes and applying a drive signal to the selected transmitting electrodes; a receiver sequentially selecting the receiving electrodes, receiving a response signal output from each of the receiving electrodes in response to the drive signal, and outputting detection data at each electrode intersection; a discharge detector detecting discharge of each of the scanning electrodes of the plasma display panel; and a controller that obtains a touch position based on detection data of the discharge detector at each electrode intersection acquired from the response signals from the receiving electrodes positioned distant from the discharging scanning electrodes. | 10-18-2012 |
20130038548 | TOUCH SYSTEM - In a touch table system having a touch table apparatus provided with a touch panel main body in a tabletop and a PC connected to the touch table apparatus, the touch table apparatus has a touch position detector detecting a touch position within a touch detection area. A touch position converter converts a coordinate of a touch position into a coordinate of a screen area of the PC, the touch position being obtained in an operation is set for each user within the touch detection area. | 02-14-2013 |
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20100092592 | TRANSFER BOARD - A transfer board for transferring a columnar primary compression molded product whose two bottom faces may be bulged and which is supplied continuously one by one due to its own weight since the products continue vertically in a shooter into a mortar of a secondary tablet compression machine, for example, rotary tablet compression machine, in a state where the columnar direction is substantially horizontal, having at least an inclined portion having a plane-state inclined face, an input portion adjacent thereto, a portion for limiting drop of primary compression molded product, and a bottom plate provided at a lower part of the input portion, the inclined face being inclined so as to become lower toward the input portion, the inclined portion and the adjacent input portion performing a linear motion or rotary motion at a constant speed horizontally in a direction opposite to the input portion, and the input portion and the bottom plate being able to supply the primary compression molded product into the mortar of the secondary tablet compression machine while the columnar direction is kept substantially in a state of the horizontal direction. | 04-15-2010 |
20100092596 | TABLET COMPRESSION MACHINE - A tablet compression machine which can manufacture a tablet having a plurality of layers by applying secondary compression molding to a columnar primary compression molded product formed by a plurality of layers and whose two bottom faces may be bulged, comprising at least a mortar, an upper pestle, and a lower pestle, in which the mortar is substantially in a shape in which a part of a flat plate is punched by a closed curve in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the flat plate, the upper and lower pestles are in a shape fitted with an inner face of the mortar, a space formed by an inner face of the mortar, a lower face of the upper pestle, and an upper face of the lower pestle is in a shape of an intended tablet in the secondary compression molding, a dent formed by the inner face of the mortar and the upper face of the lower pestle can constitute a shape suitable for receiving the primary compression molded product, and a direction of the secondary compression molding is different from the compression molding direction of the primary compression molded product. According to such a tablet compression machine, a multilayer tablet in a shape having a multilayer structure and not limited to columnar can be manufactured. | 04-15-2010 |
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20090122164 | ROI SETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC CAMERA APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An ROI setting apparatus including an ROI recognition unit and an ROI control unit is provided. In one embodiment, the ROI recognition unit contains multiple ROI recognition modules for recognizing an ROI of image data according to various methods to obtain a recognition result. The ROI control unit selects one ROI recognition module out of the ROI recognition modules and sets ROI information based on the recognition result. The ROI recognition module may be selected according to an instruction from a user input via an operation unit, or a scene type selected by a scene selection switch of an image capture unit. The ROI control unit may perform operations such as selecting, enlarging, or reducing the ROI recognized by the ROI recognition module, or changing the ROI recognition conditions according to the respective instructions from the user input via the operation unit. | 05-14-2009 |
20110267500 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - An imaging device includes a lens unit and a device body detachably joined with each other. The lens unit includes an optical lens, an image sensor capturing an optical lens image of a subject having transmitted through the optical lens and outputting an output signal, and an image processing unit executing a plurality of image processings on image data generated from the output signal of the image sensor. The device body includes a display unit displaying the image data, a storage unit storing an image file containing the image data and an image processing unit having a substantially same image processing function as that of the lens unit and executing a plurality of image processings on the image data. The imaging device is configured that the image processings to execute on the image data are changeably allocated to the image processing units of the lens unit and the device body. | 11-03-2011 |
20150077763 | COORDINATE DETECTION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A coordinate detection system that detects a coordinate pointed by a pointing operation on a board face includes at least two light receiving units that receive a light emitted from a peripheral light emission part provided in a periphery of the board face; and a coordinate detecting unit that detects the coordinate pointed by the pointing operation based on a comparison between a first intensity distribution and a second intensity distribution, wherein the first intensity distribution is obtained by the at least two light receiving units of receiving the light emitted from the peripheral light emission part without an interruption of the light caused by the pointing operation, wherein the second intensity distribution is obtained by the at least two light receiving units of receiving the light emitted from the peripheral light emission part when the pointing operation points the board face. | 03-19-2015 |
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20080225146 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA RECORDING METHOD - An imaging apparatus, includes a photoelectrical conversion element with a rectangular light receiving surface, an image cut-out device that cuts out image data of a cut-out area of a square in which the number of pixels in the horizontal direction is the same as the number of pixels in the vertical direction from the image data of a rectangular image imported by the photoelectrical conversion element, and an image recording device which records the image data compressed by an image compression device or the image data cut out by the image cut-out device. | 09-18-2008 |
20090096910 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element configured to convert an optical image to a digital image information, an imaging processing device configured to acquire an image information by way of the imaging element, an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, in accordance with a detection data that is obtained by the incline detection device, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline. | 04-16-2009 |
20110110654 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A camera system includes an interchangeable lens unit including an optical lens and an imaging device for taking an image of light from a subject having passed through the optical lens, a body unit to and from which the interchangeable lens unit is attachable and detachable, a setting information saving unit which is provided in each of the interchangeable lens unit and the body unit and saves part or all of pieces of setting information referred to in taking an image, a setting information choosing unit which chooses setting information to refer to, from the setting information saved in the interchangeable lens unit and the setting information saved in the body unit, and a setting information determination unit which determines whether or not the setting information saved in the body unit is applicable to the interchangeable lens unit. | 05-12-2011 |
20120069234 | Imaging Apparatus capable of detecting and displaying information with respect to an incline thereof - An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline. | 03-22-2012 |
20140368720 | IMAGING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETECTING AND DISPLAYING INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO AN INCLINE THEREOF - An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline. | 12-18-2014 |
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20110095755 | FIBER CELL, MAGNETIC SENSOR, AND MAGNETIC FIELD MEASURING APPARATUS - A fiber cell includes: an optical fiber including a cladding that totally reflects light, a core through which the totally reflected light propagates, and an internal cavity formed in the core; and an alkali metal atom sealed in the internal cavity. | 04-28-2011 |
20110128082 | ATOMIC OSCILLATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - An atomic oscillator includes: a light-receiving element including a light-receiving section; a cell layer that is laminated on the light-receiving element and includes a cavity having an opening above the light-receiving section; gaseous alkali metal atoms sealed in the cavity; a transparent member to close the opening; and a light-emitting element to emit resonance light to the light-receiving section through the transparent member and the alkali metal atoms. | 06-02-2011 |
20110309887 | ATOMIC OSCILLATOR - An atomic oscillator includes a cell containing a mixture gas of alkali metal atoms and isotopes of the alkali metal atoms, a light source that has coherency and irradiates the gas with lights including a first resonant light pair having two different frequency components for one center frequency and a second resonant light pair, a photo detector that generates a detection signal corresponding to intensity of light passing through the gas, and a frequency control part that controls, based on the detection signal, frequencies of the first resonant light pair to cause an electromagnetically induced transparency phenomenon to occur in the alkali metal atom and controls frequencies of the second resonant light pair to cause the electromagnetically induced transparency phenomenon to occur in the isotope of the alkali metal atom. | 12-22-2011 |