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20090000549 | Substrate processing method and apparatus - There is provided a substrate processing method and apparatus which can measure and monitor thickness and/or properties of a film formed on a substrate as needed, and quickly correct a deviation in process conditions, and which can therefore stably provide a product of constant quality. A substrate processing method for processing a substrate having a metal and an insulating material exposed on its surface in such a manner that a film thickness of the metal, with an exposed surface of the metal as a reference plane, is selectively or preferentially changed, including measuring a change in the film thickness and/or a film property of the metal during and/or immediately after processing, and monitoring processing and adjusting processing conditions based on results of this measurement. | 01-01-2009 |
20100075498 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND PROCESSING LIQUID - A semiconductor device has interconnects protected with an alloy film having a minimum thickness necessary for producing the effect of preventing diffusion of oxygen, copper, etc., formed more uniformly over an entire surface of a substrate with less dependency to the interconnect pattern of the substrate. The semiconductor device includes, embedded interconnects, formed by filling an interconnect material into interconnect recesses formed in an electric insulator on a substrate, and an alloy film, containing 1 to 9 atomic % of tungsten or molybdenum and 3 to 12 atomic % of phosphorus or boron, formed by electroless plating on at least part of the embedded interconnects. | 03-25-2010 |
20100105154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE - A substrate processing method can securely form a metal film by electroless plating on an exposed surface of a base metal, such as interconnects, with increased throughput and without the formation of voids in the base metal. The substrate processing method includes: cleaning a surface of a substrate having a base metal formed in the surface with a cleaning solution comprising an aqueous solution of a carboxyl group-containing organic acid or its salt and a surfactant as an additive; bringing the surface of the substrate after the cleaning into contact with a processing solution comprising a mixture of the cleaning solution and a solution containing a catalyst metal ion, thereby applying the catalyst to the surface of the substrate; and forming a metal film by electroless plating on the catalyst-applied surface of the substrate. | 04-29-2010 |
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20110043696 | Display device and display method - Provided is a display device including a display mode controller for controlling a screen transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, a plurality of thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a panel on which information related to the contents is displayed, and a panel shape determination section for determining a shape of the panel based on the contents to be displayed on the panel. | 02-24-2011 |
20110043697 | Remote control, remote control method, display device and display method - Provided is a remote control including a detection section for detecting position information, velocity information, and acceleration information. a trigger switch section for receiving an operation by a user, and a transmission section for transmitting a reference decision signal which determines that an image focused on a screen is a reference point of a user operation when the trigger switch section receives the user operation, and for transmitting the position information, the velocity information, and the acceleration information, to a display device including a display mode controller for controlling a screen transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, a plurality of thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a panel on which information related to the contents is displayed. | 02-24-2011 |
20110047512 | Display device and display method - Provided is a display device including a display mode controller for controlling a screen transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, a plurality of thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a panel on which information related to the contents is displayed, and a thumbnail image shape determination section for determining a shape of the thumbnail image so that the shape of the thumbnail image indicates an arrangement configuration of the screen after the thumbnail image is selected in the multiple content display mode and a screen transition occurs. | 02-24-2011 |
20110047513 | Display device and display method - Provided is a display device including a display mode controller for controlling a transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, multiple thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a panel on which information related to the contents is displayed, an arrangement determination section for arranging multiple thumbnail images displayed in the multiple content display mode by category to which the contents belong, an arrangement change section for changing an arrangement of multiple thumbnail images by a user, and a boundary line display section for displaying, between two thumbnail images, a boundary line indicating a difference of the category before the arrangement of the thumbnail images is changed by the user, and for not displaying the boundary line after changed. | 02-24-2011 |
20110047573 | Display device and display method - Provided is a display device including a display mode controller for controlling a screen transition to a whole screen display mode for displaying an image in an entire screen of a display section, a multiple content display mode for displaying, on the screen, a plurality of thumbnail images related to contents, or a panel display mode for displaying, on the screen, a first panel on which information related to the contents is displayed, an information obtaining section for obtaining externally various information, and a panel display section for displaying the various information obtained in the whole screen display mode on a second panel. | 02-24-2011 |
20110157479 | Device control device, device control method, and computer program - A device control device includes a transmission signal receiving/outputting unit configured to receive/output a signal containing a control signal for controlling an internal status from/to another device, the other device being connected to the transmission signal receiving/outputting unit, an application obtaining unit configured to obtain an application as necessary by accessing an application server via a network, a display control unit configured to control display based on the application obtained by the application obtaining unit, and an operation control unit configured to control an operation of the other device by performing the application obtained by the application obtaining unit. The display control unit changes content to be displayed in accordance with a type of the other device. | 06-30-2011 |
20110164181 | DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a device control apparatus, a device control method and a program capable of easily initiating control of an operation of an external device through an application according to a status of the external device and a usage status of the application. An application for controlling an operation of an AV amplifier is acquired from an application server, a status of the AV amplifier and a usage status of the application are determined upon startup of the application, a screen according to the result of the determination is displayed in order to arrange an operation environment of the application and then a manipulation screen for controlling the operation of the AV amplifier through the application is displayed, and the operation of the AV amplifier is controlled according to a user manipulation performed through the manipulation screen. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167465 | Device control apparatus, device control method and computer program - There is provided a device control apparatus including a transmission signal input/output unit for receiving a signal including a control signal for controlling an internal state from another device or outputting the signal to the other device, an application acquisition unit for properly accessing an application server over a network and properly acquiring the application, a display control unit for controlling a display based on the application acquired by the application acquisition unit, and an operation control unit for executing the application acquired by the application acquisition unit and controlling an operation of the other device connected to the transmission signal input/output unit. The operation control unit permits the other device to transmit its status upon initiation of the execution of the application acquired by the application acquisition unit, and prohibits the other device from transmitting the status upon termination of the application execution. | 07-07-2011 |
20130117478 | DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR INITIATING CONTROL OF AN OPERATION OF AN EXTERNAL DEVICE - There is provided a device control apparatus, a device control method and a program capable of easily initiating control of an operation of an external device through an application according to a status of the external device and a usage status of the application. An application for controlling an operation of an AV amplifier is acquired from an application server, a status of the AV amplifier and a usage status of the application are determined upon startup of the application, a screen according to the result of the determination is displayed in order to arrange an operation environment of the application and then a manipulation screen for controlling the operation of the AV amplifier through the application is displayed, and the operation of the AV amplifier is controlled according to a user manipulation performed through the manipulation screen. | 05-09-2013 |
20140250172 | DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS, DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR INITIATING CONTROL OF AN OPERATION OF AN EXTERNAL DEVICE - There is provided a device control apparatus, a device control method and a program capable of easily initiating control of an operation of an external device through an application according to a status of the external device and a usage status of the application. An application for controlling an operation of an AV amplifier is acquired from an application server, a status of the AV amplifier and a usage status of the application are determined upon startup of the application, a screen according to the result of the determination is displayed in order to arrange an operation environment of the application and then a manipulation screen for controlling the operation of the AV amplifier through the application is displayed, and the operation of the AV amplifier is controlled according to a user manipulation performed through the manipulation screen. | 09-04-2014 |
20150337834 | Scroll-Type Fluid Machine - The objective of the present invention is to provide a scroll-type fluid machine for which the service life can be improved by reducing the load applied to a rotation prevention mechanism. To solve this problem, this scroll-type fluid machine is characterized by being equipped with a stationary scroll, an orbiting scroll that is provided opposing the stationary scroll and undergoes turning movement, a casing provided on the outside of the orbiting scroll, a drive shaft that drives and turns the orbiting scroll, a boss plate part that is provided separated from the orbiting scroll and is connected to the drive shaft, and multiple rotation prevention mechanisms provided between the boss plate part and the casing, and is characterized in that the boss plate part has multiple rotation-prevention-mechanism-side boss plate parts connected to the rotation prevention mechanisms, and a drive-shaft-side boss plate part connected to the drive shaft, and spaces are provided between the rotation-prevention-mechanism-side boss plate parts and the drive-shaft-side boss plate part. | 11-26-2015 |
20150354551 | Fluid Machine - An object of the invention is to provide a fluid machine capable of reducing vibration of a discharge valve while reducing a delay of closing of the discharge valve. The invention provides “a fluid machine, including: a piston reciprocating in a cylinder; a valve seat plate provided in the cylinder; a valve provided to a port portion of the valve seat plate and opening and closing in accordance with reciprocation of the piston; and a valve retainer for regulating an opening amount of the valve, wherein a surface of the valve retainer, the surface facing the valve seat plate, is inclined above the port portion so that an open end side is closer to the port portion and has a part farthest from the valve seat plate between the port portion and the fixed end”. | 12-10-2015 |
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20080251435 | Contaminated fluid recovery apparatus - A contaminated fluid recovery apparatus includes a sludge removal mechanism having a dirty tank, a conveyor, and a magnetic drum which is arranged in the fluid circulating section. The contaminated fluid recovery apparatus is provided with an overflow tank. The overflow tank has a function to keep a fluid surface of the dirty tank in a position higher than the fluid circulating section and the magnetic drum. The magnetic drum is located horizontally between a lower portion and an upper portion of the conveyor. The conveyor scrapes out chips deposited on a bottom portion of the dirty tank toward an exit section. A scraping member, which is in contact with the magnetic drum, drops sludge attracted to the magnetic drum toward the lower portion of the conveyor. | 10-16-2008 |
20090184040 | Contaminated fluid recovery apparatus - A contaminated fluid recovery apparatus includes a dirty tank, a conveyor, and a drum-shaped filter unit. Inlet ports of the drum-shaped filter unit open along an axis of a magnet drum. The conveyor scrapes out an object for removal settled on a bottom portion of the dirty tank toward an exit section. The conveyor includes a lower portion which moves along the bottom portion and an upper portion which passes over the lower portion. The magnet drum is located horizontally between the lower portion and the upper portion of the conveyor so that its axis is perpendicular to a direction of travel of the conveyor. The magnet drum is driven by a chain of the conveyor. | 07-23-2009 |
20090218268 | FILTRATION DEVICE - A filtration device is provided with a filter tank, filter media unit, and magnet. The filter media unit includes a filter media accommodation case and a large number of magnetic granular filter media. The magnet is movable between first and second positions. In the first position, a magnetic field is applied to the magnetic granular filter media, so that the magnetic granular filter media magnetically attract one another. In the second position, magnetic attraction between the magnetic granular filter media is canceled. The filter media accommodation case includes a nonmagnetic mesh member of a nonmagnetic material and magnetism intensification plate of a magnetic material. When the magnet is in the first position, the magnetic granular filter media and nonmagnetic mesh member are located between the magnetism intensification plate and the magnet. | 09-03-2009 |
20100270224 | MAGNET SEPARATOR - A magnet drum mechanism of a magnet separator includes a cylindrical drum, a magnet provided inside of the drum and forming a magnetic field region configured to adsorb magnetic particles in a circumferentially partial range of an outer peripheral surface of the drum, and a scraper provided in a nonmagnetic field region of the drum, the scraper being configured to guide the magnetic particles adsorbed onto the outer peripheral surface of the drum to an outside of the separator main body in the nonmagnetic field region. The scraper includes a front end portion which faces the outer peripheral surface of the drum in a contactless manner along an axial direction of the drum, and a small gap is formed between the front end portion and the outer peripheral surface of the drum. | 10-28-2010 |
20110062064 | FILTRATION DEVICE - A filtration device is provided with a filter tank, filter medium unit, magnet, and submerged air discharging mechanism. The filter medium unit includes a large number of magnetic filter medium granules formed of metal balls. When the magnet is in a first position, the magnetic filter medium granules magnetically attract one another. When the magnet is moved to a second position, the magnetic filter medium granules are released from the mutual magnetic attraction. In cleaning the magnetic filter medium granules, a clean fluid located above the magnetic filter medium granules is poured between the magnetic filter medium granules. In cleaning the magnetic filter medium granules, the submerged air discharging mechanism ejects air into the clean fluid above the magnetic filter medium granules and toward the magnetic filter medium granules. Air bubbles are introduced into the clean fluid by the ejected air. | 03-17-2011 |
20130193056 | FILTERING APPARATUS - A filtering apparatus has a filter tank, a conveyer having a scraper, a primary filter, and a cylindrical rotating secondary filter. The filter tank is divided into a first filter tank portion and a second filter tank portion by the primary filter. Sludge deposited at the bottom of the first filter tank portion is conveyed toward a sludge discharge portion by a first portion of the scraper. A liquid in the first filter tank portion is filtered by the primary filter and flows into the second filter tank portion. A liquid in the second filter tank portion is filtered by the secondary filter and supplied to a clean tank. The sludge adhering to the secondary filter is dropped onto the primary filter. | 08-01-2013 |
20140360375 | PAINT BOOTH WITH PURIFIER - A paint booth is provided with a booth body and a purifier. The purifier is provided with a water tank, water rope formation mechanism, sludge removal mechanism, exhaust mechanism, barrier member, inclined plate, and windshield plate. Water falling from nozzles of a water case forms water ropes. The inclined plate has a water receiving surface sloping forwardly down from the barrier member toward a water surface of the water tank. A lower end of the windshield plate is in contact with water in the water tank. An airflow reversal section is formed between a lower end of the inclined plate and the water surface. Air directed downward from an airflow inlet is turned upward at the airflow reversal section and directed to an exhaust chamber through air circulation sections. | 12-11-2014 |
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20090254029 | BREAST PUMP - A breast pump can be configured to be capable of easily attaching/detaching a primary side serving as a sealed space which is in communication with a milking space and allows the passage of breast milk, with a secondary side in which a case is connected with a pressure changing apparatus. The breast pump can include a breast pump main body connected to the pressure changing apparatus by a conduit, wherein a milking part is disposed so as to liquid-tightly separate a sealed space (or a space that is in fluid communication with the sealed space), and the pressure changing apparatus from each other. A pressure transmission part for transmitting pressure changed by the pressure changing apparatus can be provided. The pressure transmission part can include a deformable part where a volume in the sealed space can be deformed by a pressure fluctuation generated by the pressure changing apparatus. A case can accommodate the deformable part and be connected with the pressure changing apparatus at one end, and the other end of the case can include attachment structure for communicably attaching/detaching the case with the portion of the milking part that forms the sealed space. | 10-08-2009 |
20110004155 | BREAST PUMP - The present disclosed subject matter provides a breast pump in which, by means of an operation performed by a user, the negative pressure (suctioning pressure) can be adjusted in accordance with the amount of the operation in a linear fashion without the occurrence of a steep gradient, and the negative pressure can be readily adjusted even during the expression of milk. The breast pump comprises: pressure changing means or structure, connected to a milk expressing section, for alternately generating a negative pressure state and at least an atmospheric pressure state as a pressure higher than the negative pressure state; a deformable member which is provided so as to liquid-tightly separate a sealed space formed by abutment of the milk expressing section against the user's breast during the expression of milk, or a space connected to the sealed space, from the pressure changing means or structure, and which is capable of deforming elastically in order to adjust the negative pressure state of the milk expressing section by transmission of the pressure that is changed by the pressure changing means or structure; and pressure adjustment means or structure for adjusting the negative pressure by adjusting the amount of deformation of the deformable member. | 01-06-2011 |
20120267334 | ARTIFICIAL NIPPLE AND NURSING CONTAINER USING SAME - An artificial nipple can include a nipple tip section that can sufficiently reach the sucking fossa and can be appropriately squashed The artificial nipple can have a base section that widens to match an attachment object, an areola section formed contiguously to the base section and that extends while narrowing gradually, and a nipple section that extends from the areola section and that narrows more than the areola section. A flange section can be provided in the base section with a predetermined thickness. A check valve can be formed with a valve body so as to be entirely accommodated within the thickness dimension of the flange, and provided in the base section. | 10-25-2012 |
20140100520 | Manual Breast Pump - The invention provides a manual breast pump which can be disassembled and assembled easily for cleaning purposes, and which can readily modify a negative pressure during expression of milk generated by a lever-type operating section. | 04-10-2014 |
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20140147254 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT EXHAUST TURBOCHARGER EQUIPPED WITH VARIABLE NOZZLE MECHANISM - A variable displacement exhaust turbocharger is provided with a plurality of nozzle vanes that are rotatably supported by a nozzle mount, a drive ring that is interlocked with an actuator and fits to a guide part of the nozzle mount, a lever plate having one end coupled to the drive ring and the other end coupled to the nozzle vane, and a variable nozzle mechanism that varies the vane angle of the nozzle vane by rotating the drive ring. A bulge suppressing portion is provided for absorbing bulging occurring on an outer peripheral surface of the guide part, the bulging being caused by the press-fitting of a nail pin into a press-fitting hole in a direction slightly toward the rotational axis with respect to the guide section and following the axial direction of the nozzle mount. | 05-29-2014 |
20140161595 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT TURBOCHARGER AND ASSEMBLY METHOD OF VARIABLE NOZZLE MECHANISM - It is provided with: a variable nozzle mechanism for regulating a flow of exhaust gas to a turbine rotor; a link mechanism for converting reciprocal displacement from an actuator that operates a variable nozzle mechanism into rotational displacement and transmitting the rotational displacement to an inner section of a bearing housing; and an engaging part for engaging an output section of the link mechanism and an input section of the variable nozzle mechanism, and the engaging part is constituted by a pin and a pin insertion slot where the pin is inserted, and a smooth surface is formed around an insertion position of the pin so as to guide a tip of the pin to the insertion position. | 06-12-2014 |
20140169947 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT EXHAUST TURBOCHARGER EQUIPPED WITH VARIABLE NOZZLE MECHANISM - It is intended to achieve weight reduction and production reduction of a nozzle mount for pivotably supporting a drive ring constituting a variable nozzle mechanism, and is characterized by: providing on an end face of a guide part | 06-19-2014 |
20140169949 | STOPPER STRUCTURE FOR REGULATING OPENING DEGREE OF NOZZLE VANE IN TURBOCHARGER | 06-19-2014 |
20140178181 | OPENING DEGREE REGULATING STRUCTURE FOR VARIABLE NOZZLE MECHANISM AND VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT TURBOCHARGER - It is provided with: a variable nozzle mechanism section | 06-26-2014 |
20140241858 | SEAL RING MOUNTING METHOD FOR TURBOCHARGER, AND TURBOCHARGER - It is intended to provide a seal ring mounting method for a turbocharger and a turbocharger with the seal ring, whereby the seal ring is less likely to be affected by other parts. An annular protrusion ( | 08-28-2014 |
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20130046942 | CONTROLLER FOR STORAGE DEVICES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STORAGE DEVICES - A controller is connectable to a host system and a plurality of storage devices. A monitor unit monitors operating status of a plurality of storage devices and sets the operating status of the storage devices in a status table. Upon receiving a write command from the host system, a command responding unit receives write data sent from the host system within a certain period of time after the write command, holds the write data received in a buffer memory, instructs a timer to start counting, sets a write destination for data in the status table, outputs a control signal that gives an instruction to write data to the storage device of the write destination, and returns a write completion response corresponding to the write command to the host system when receiving the deadline notification from the timer. | 02-21-2013 |
20130067144 | CONTROLLER FOR STORAGE APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR STORAGE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a controller for a storage apparatus is disclosed having interfaces connectable to a host system, a first storage apparatus and a second storage apparatus. A data in the first storage apparatus and a data in the second storage apparatus are duplicates. A status table stores the operating state regarding the first storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus, wherein the operating state indicates among writing, reading, or standing by. A monitor monitors the interfaces and set up the operating state into the status table. A buffer memory buffers the data for writing in the first storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus. A command response unit receives the data for writing and write-in request from a host system, and directs the writing of the data to the first storage apparatus and the second storage apparatus while making the buffer memory buffer the received data. | 03-14-2013 |
20130198420 | CONTROLLER FOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STORAGE DEVICE - A controller for a storage device is connected to a host system and the storage device. A buffer memory includes first and second storage areas. A timer counts a preset given time in response to an instruction to start counting and sends a deadline notification when A given time is elapsed. A command responding portion, when receiving a read command from the host system, instructs the timer to start counting and thereafter outputs a read instruction to read data from the storage system. A data processing portion, in response to the read instruction by the command responding portion, reads specified data from the storage device and holds the read data in the second storage area of the buffer memory. A read control portion sends the host system the data held in the second storage area of the buffer memory when the deadline notification is received from the timer. | 08-01-2013 |
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20140150085 | USER AUTHENTICATION BASED ON A USER'S OPERATION ON A DISPLAYED THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL - An authentication device authenticates a user based on a user's operation. The authentication device comprises a display control unit, an operation input unit, and an authentication unit. The display control unit is a processor-based logic that displays a three-dimensional model on a display device. The operation input unit is a hardware unit that inputs a user's operation on the displayed three-dimensional model. The authentication unit is a processor-based logic that authenticates the user based on the user's operation, wherein the user's operation comprises a change operation of at least one of a position and posture of the three-dimensional model having been input from the user. | 05-29-2014 |
20140172426 | Method for Processing Speech of Particular Speaker, Electronic System for the Same, and Program for Electronic System - An object of the present invention is to process the speech of a particular speaker. The present invention provides a technique for collecting speech, analyzing the collected speech to extract the features of the speech, grouping the speech, or text corresponding to the speech, on the basis of the extracted features, presenting the result of the grouping to a user, and when one or more of the groups is selected by the user, enhancing, or reducing or cancelling the speech of a speaker associated with the selected group. | 06-19-2014 |
20150178223 | Information Processing Technique to Manage Security Attributes of Data Generated in Different Modes - An information processing apparatus includes a storage managing unit configured to manage a storage device by dividing the storage device into a plurality of physical storage regions corresponding to respective modes used by the information processing apparatus, and a storage processing unit configured to cause data generated by the information processing apparatus during operation in a mode to be stored in a physical storage region corresponding to the mode. For example, the storage managing unit stores a policy in the storage device. The policy defines whether to permit the use of data between a plurality of security attributes corresponding to the respective physical storage regions. | 06-25-2015 |
20160006745 | PROPAGATING AUTHENTICATION BETWEEN TERMINALS - Propagating authentication between terminals connected to a server having identification information and user information for the terminals. The terminal receives identification information, user information, location information and a login status from a first terminal and a second terminal in response to a predetermined impact between the terminals, or the terminals coming within a predetermined distance of each other, the login status of the terminals being either authenticated or unauthenticated. The server then authenticates the second terminal in response to the users of the first terminal matching some or all of the users of the second terminal based on the identification and user information, in response to the terminals being located within a predetermined distance of each other, and in response to the first terminal being authenticated and the second terminal being unauthenticated on the basis of the login status. | 01-07-2016 |
20160034269 | Updating Software based on Similarities between Endpoints - An apparatus for updating software or changing configuration of software installed in a plurality of terminals, including: a recognition unit for recognizing that the software installed in a first terminal has been successfully updated or the configuration of the software installed in the first terminal has been successfully changed; a selection unit for selecting, in response to the recognition that the software installed in the first terminal has been successfully updated or the configuration of the software installed in the first terminal has been successfully changed, a second terminal in a case where a degree of similarity between a configuration of the first terminal and a configuration of the second terminal is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference value; and an instruction unit for giving an instruction to update the software or to change the configuration of the software installed in the second terminal. | 02-04-2016 |
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20140129327 | ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY DEVICE AND ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY METHOD - An advertisement delivery device acquires a value regarding a degree of relevance with content to which advertisement information set to the content is allowed to be delivered when a delivery request of advertisement information to be delivered to content is received, calculates a degree of relevance between the content and the advertisement information, determines whether the calculated degree of relevance is higher than the acquired value regarding the degree of relevance, and delivers the advertisement information as the advertisement information to be delivered to the content when the degree of relevance is determined as being higher than the value regarding the degree of relevance. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129350 | ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD - An advertisement distribution apparatus of the present application includes a storage unit, a calculating unit, a determining unit, and a distributing unit. The storage unit stores a value related to degree of association with content to which advertisement information is allowed to be distributed. The calculating unit calculates degree of association between content and advertisement information upon receiving a distribution request for advertisement information to be distributed to the content. The determining unit determines whether the degree of association calculated by the calculating unit is within a range determined by the value related to the degree of association stored in the storage unit. The distributing unit distributes the advertisement information as advertisement information to be distributed to the content when the determining unit determines that the degree of association is within the range. | 05-08-2014 |
20140379463 | ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT METHOD - An advertisement distribution management apparatus according to an embodiment includes an estimation unit, an assignment unit, an inquiry unit, and a selection unit. The estimation unit estimates an expected profit value in a case in which advertising content is distributed by a first advertisement distribution apparatus in response to an advertisement request. The assignment unit assigns a price rank to the advertisement request on the basis of the expected profit value. The inquiry unit inquires of one or more second advertisement distribution apparatuses whether to distribute the advertising content at the price rank in response to the advertisement request. The selection unit selects the first advertisement distribution apparatus as a distribution source of the advertising content corresponding to the advertisement request when there is no second advertisement distribution apparatus, in response to the inquiry, which distributes the advertising content at the price rank in response to the advertisement request. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379488 | ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT METHOD - An advertisement distribution management apparatus in an embodiment includes a distribution management unit. The distribution management unit selectively executes a first operating mode selecting a distribution source apparatus of advertising content for an advertisement request from among the advertisement distribution apparatuses on the basis of a given condition and a second operating mode defining a specific advertisement distribution apparatus as the distribution source apparatus from among the advertisement distribution apparatuses depending on a user making the advertisement request. The distribution management unit further divides the users into a plurality of groups, and performs an assignment process assigning a plurality of time periods shifted from one another within a given period of time to the respective groups as the time periods of the second operating mode. | 12-25-2014 |
20150248491 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing device according to the present application includes an acquisition unit and a generation unit. The acquisition unit acquires first user information that includes a behavior history of a user. The generation unit generates second user information acquired by decomposing the first user information acquired by the acquisition unit for each predetermined behavior type. For example, the data processing device generates the second user information that can efficiently utilize the first user information by decomposing the first user information for each behavior type. | 09-03-2015 |
20160042403 | EXTRACTION DEVICE, EXTRACTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The extraction device according to the present application includes an acquisition unit and an extraction unit. The acquisition unit acquires behavior histories of users being candidates to whom content is to be distributed. The extraction unit extracts target users expected to perform specified behavior, based on a behavior history designated by a content provider, of the behavior histories acquired by the acquisition unit. For example, the extraction unit uses a model for determining the degree of similarity between a user performing the specified behavior and a target user expected to perform specified behavior based on the behavior history designated by the content provider in order to extract the target users. | 02-11-2016 |
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20110197600 | HEAT PUMP WATER HEATER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A refrigerant circuit of a heat pump water heater has a compressor, a four-way valve, a water heat exchanger, a heat storage transfer pipe contained in a heat storage water tank, an expansion valve, and an air heat exchanger and forms a refrigerating cycle by sequentially connecting them. A water circuit of the heat pump water heater has a water inlet pipeline that supplies water to the water heat exchanger, a hot water tank, and a water outlet pipeline that allows the water heat exchanger to communicate with the hot water tank, in which water is supplied to the heat storage water tank through a heat storage water tank water feed pipe branching from the water inlet pipeline by opening a heat storage water tank water feed opening/closing valve) and the water in the heat storage water tank can be discharged through the heat storage water tank water discharge pipe (by opening a heat storage water tank water discharge opening/closing valve). | 08-18-2011 |
20130031932 | CROSS-FIN TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A plurality of heat transfer fins are arranged so as to surround straight pipe portions of heat transfer tubes connected through bends in a serpentine arrangement. Heat transfer surfaces for transferring heat between air of the heat transfer tubes and the heat transfer fins have holes each having a radius smaller than the critical radius of a nucleus that occurs upon phase change from water vapor to condensed water droplets such that the holes are filled with the air at all times. Water is allowed to move from the holes filled with the air having low surface energy to metal part having high surface energy, thus improving drainage. | 02-07-2013 |
20140216092 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a compressor, a condenser such as an indoor heat exchanger, first expansion means, and an evaporator such as an outdoor heat exchanger that are connected by refrigerant pipes to form a refrigeration cycle. The evaporator is a heat exchanger including a plurality of plate-like heat transfer fins arranged in parallel and subjected to water slip or water repellent treatment, and a heat transfer tube provided in contact with the plurality of heat transfer fins such that refrigerant flows therein. The refrigeration cycle apparatus further includes a drain pan disposed below the evaporator, an evaporator fan for producing an air current flowing to the evaporator, such as an outdoor fan, and a heating unit disposed at a position below the heat transfer fins and on a leeward side of the heat transfer fins. | 08-07-2014 |