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20110007354 | PRINTER AND MESSAGE MANAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a commodity file configured to store, by commodity, commodity data including at least names of commodities, a message file configured to store massage data allocated to the commodity data and combined with the commodity data, an extracting unit configured to extract, from the message file, the message data allocated to none of the commodity data, a display unit configured to display the message data extracted by the extracting unit, and a deleting unit configured to delete, from the message file, the message data displayed by the display unit. | 01-13-2011 |
20110217106 | INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS, LABEL PRINTER AND INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD - An information output apparatus includes a reception part, a determination part and an information output part. The reception part receives identification information of a product. The determination part reads a content of a nutrient contained in the product having the identification information received by the reception part from a storage part, compares the read content of the nutrient with a reference value indicating a display allowable range in which a display relating to the content of the nutrient may be performed, and determines whether the display relating the content of the nutrient may be performed for the product. When it is determined that the display relating the content of the nutrient may be performed for the product, the information output part outputs information relating to the content of the nutrient. | 09-08-2011 |
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20100074831 | Non-thermofusible phenol resin powder, method for producing the same, thermosetting resin composition, sealing material for semiconductor, and adhesive for semiconductor - Disclosed is a non-thermofusible phenol resin powder having an average particle diameter of not more than 20 μm and a single particle ratio of not less than 0.7. This non-thermofusible phenol resin powder preferably has a chlorine content of not more than 500 ppm. This non-thermofusible phenol resin powder is useful as an organic filler for sealing materials for semiconductors and adhesives for semiconductors. The non-thermofusible phenol resin powder is also useful as a precursor of functional carbon materials such as a molecular sieve carbon and a carbon electrode material. | 03-25-2010 |
20100075228 | Non-thermofusible phenol resin powder, method for producing the same, thermosetting resin composition, sealing material for semiconductor, and adhesive for semiconductor - Disclosed is a non-thermofusible phenol resin powder having an average particle diameter of not more than 20 μm and a single particle ratio of not less than 0.7. This non-thermofusible phenol resin powder preferably has a chlorine content of not more than 500 ppm. This non-thermofusible phenol resin powder is useful as an organic filler for sealing materials for semiconductors and adhesives for semiconductors. The non-thermofusible phenol resin powder is also useful as a precursor of functional carbon materials such as a molecular sieve carbon and a carbon electrode material. | 03-25-2010 |
20100086782 | Phenol Resin Powder, Method For Producing The Same, And Phenol Resin Powder Dispersion Liquid - Disclosed is a thermofusible and thermosetting phenol resin powder having an average particle diameter of not more than 20 μm and a single particle ratio of not less than 0.7. This phenol resin powder preferably has an average particle diameter of not more than 10 μm, a variation coefficient of the particle size distribution of not more than 0.65, a particle sphericity of not less than 0.5 and a free phenol content of not more than 1000 ppm. Also disclosed are a dispersion liquid of such a phenol resin powder, and a method for producing a phenol resin powder having such characteristics. | 04-08-2010 |
20120135238 | NON-THERMOFUSIBLE PHENOL RESIN POWDER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION, SEALING MATERIAL FOR SEMICONDUCTOR, AND ADHESIVE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR - Disclosed is a non-thermofusible phenol resin powder having an average particle diameter of not more than 20 μm and a single particle ratio of not less than 0.7. This non-thermofusible phenol resin powder preferably has a chlorine content of not more than 500 ppm. This non-thermofusible phenol resin powder is useful as an organic filler for sealing materials for semiconductors and adhesives for semiconductors. The non-thermofusible phenol resin powder is also useful as a precursor of functional carbon materials such as a molecular sieve carbon and a carbon electrode material. | 05-31-2012 |
20120237830 | NON-THERMOFUSIBLE PHENOL RESIN POWDER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, THERMOSETTING RESIN COMPOSITION, SEALING MATERIAL FOR SEMICONDUCTOR, AND ADHESIVE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR - Disclosed is a non-thermofusible phenol resin powder having an average particle diameter of not more than 20 μm and a single particle ratio of not less than 0.7. This non-thermofusible phenol resin powder preferably has a chlorine content of not more than 500 ppm. This non-thermofusible phenol resin powder is useful as an organic filler for sealing materials for semiconductors and adhesives for semiconductors. The non-thermofusible phenol resin powder is also useful as a precursor of functional carbon materials such as a molecular sieve carbon and a carbon electrode material. | 09-20-2012 |
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20100232053 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HEAD WITH SPIN-TORQUE OSCILLATOR IN A DISK DRIVE - According to one embodiment, a disk drive has a magnetic disk and a magnetic head having a spin-torque oscillator. The disk drive further has a head amplifier IC configured to supply a write signal and a drive signal to the magnetic head. The write signal corresponds to write data. The drive signal is supplied to generate a high-frequency magnetic field. The head amplifier IC continuously supplies a drive signal of normal level to the spin-torque oscillator, and supplies a drive signal of high level higher than the normal level, only for a prescribed time after the polarity inversion of the write signal. | 09-16-2010 |
20110222186 | MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE, MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD, AND MAGNETIC STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording device based on shingled-write recording method comprises a magnetic storage medium, a recording head, and an actuator. The magnetic storage medium comprises dot rows wherein a phase shift is between adjacent rows. The recording head covers a predetermined number of dot rows of the magnetic storage medium and comprises an edge at one of the dot rows. The actuator configured to move a recording head by an amount equivalent to a dot row after recording is performed on one of the dot rows by the recording head. | 09-15-2011 |
20110255189 | METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCHDOWN OF MAGNETIC HEAD USING TIMESTAMPS, AND MAGNETIC DISK DRIVE TO WHICH THE METHOD IS APPLIED - According to one embodiment, a method of detecting contact of a magnetic head with a magnetic disk by changing the dynamic flying height of the magnetic head in a magnetic disk drive is disclosed. The method can detect a change in the rotational speed of the magnetic disk. The method can detect the contact of the magnetic head with the magnetic disk based on the detected change in the rotational speed. | 10-20-2011 |
20110317302 | DISK STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING FLYING HEIGHT OF A HEAD - According to one embodiment, a disk storage apparatus includes a read module, a measuring module, and a compensating module. The read module is configured to read first and second signals recorded on a disk, from which to measure the flying height of a head. The measuring module is configured to calculate the flying height of the head from the first and second measurement signals read by the read module. The compensating module is configured to use the data representing the flying height representing error resulting from superparamagnetic effect, thereby compensating for the flying height measured by the measuring module. | 12-29-2011 |
20110317306 | MAGNETIC RECORDING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RECORDING METHOD, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, there is provided a magnetic recording medium which includes a plurality of magnetic dot rows in which there is a phase shift between adjacent dot rows, and dots are arranged in a zigzag manner in a predetermined number of dot rows which are simultaneously read. | 12-29-2011 |
20130124585 | FILE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FILE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a file processing apparatus includes a file group generator, a divided file generator, and a recorder. The file group generator is configured to generate a file group formed by a plurality of first processing target files each having a size less than a threshold size of processing target files. The divided file generator is configured to generate first divided files by dividing the file group, and to generate second divided files by dividing a second processing target file having a size not less than the threshold size of the processing target files. The recorder is configured to record the first and second divided files. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125149 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a data processing apparatus has a magazine, an optical disc drive, a transport mechanism, and an inner shell. The magazine stores a plurality of optical discs. The optical disc drive has an insertion portion to be closed with a tray for holding an optical disc. The transport mechanism transports the optical disc between the magazine and the optical disc drive. The inner shell includes a mounting portion for holding the magazine and a seal mechanism for closing a path communicating exterior and interior. The inner shell isolates at least the loading slot, the insertion portion and the transport mechanism from the exterior while the magazine is inserted in the mounting portion. | 05-16-2013 |
20140043949 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS, AND FORMATTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information recording apparatus includes a divider, a generator, and a recorder. The divider is configured to divide recording data into a plurality of recording data blocks for each predetermined recording unit. The generator is configured to set, as a first block set, n recording data blocks recorded in corresponding areas in file system management areas of n, first to nth (n: integer, n≧2) storages, and generate first parity data from the n recording data blocks forming the first block set. The recorder is configured to record the n recording data blocks forming the first block set and the first parity data. | 02-13-2014 |
20140068641 | CASSETTE AND CHANGER APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL DISK - According to one embodiment, the cassette is provided with an outer shell, a plurality of trays, a shutter, and a lock mechanism. The outer shell has an upper wall and a lower wall each including a square shape and a circular shape, a side wall between edges of the square shapes, and an opening portion between edges of the circular shapes. A tray is an annular shape having a concave portion in which an optical disk is placed. The shutter is a semicircular shape, includes a gear on an outer peripheral wall and a plurality of shelves to support each of the trays on an inner peripheral wall, and rotates from a first position for closing an opening portion to a second position for opening the opening portion. The lock mechanism locks the shutter in the first position. | 03-06-2014 |
20140075461 | MEDIUM PROCESSING METHOD AND CASSETTE - According to one embodiment, a medium processing method includes first reading, second reading, and determining. The first reading is configured to read first medium identification information and cassette identification information which are stored in a first medium contained in a cassette. The second reading is configured to read cassette information from the cassette. The determining is configured to determine a cassette contained medium formed of the cassette and the medium as authentic, when the cassette information includes the first medium identification information and the cassette identification information. | 03-13-2014 |
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20110293255 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus comprising: a lens apparatus having: an image pickup optical system including a focus lens unit and a zoom lens unit; a zoom state detector; and a controller; a camera apparatus having: a light receiving unit; and an image display unit; an AF frame operation unit; and a distance measuring unit installed with a parallax with respect to an optical axis of the image pickup optical system, in which the controller is configured to: select, from among measured distances obtained by the distance measuring unit, a measured distance obtained in an angle of field of the AF frame, based on a position of the zoom lens unit detected by the zoom state detector and a position of the AF frame set in the display; and perform the focusing by driving the focus lens unit based on the selected measured distance. | 12-01-2011 |
20120019924 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a zoom lens including a focus lens portion, a zoom portion, an aperture stop, and a relay portion that does not move for zooming but comprises a negative fourth-first unit, a fourth-second unit interchangeable for an optical path, a positive fourth-third unit, and a fourth-fourth unit inserteable for the optical path for shifting a focal length range of an entire system to a long focal length side after removing the fourth-second unit from the optical path, and a distance on an optical axis between the aperture stop and a last lens surface of the fourth-fourth unit in a state of inserting the fourth-fourth unit in the optical path, a distance on the optical axis between a first lens surface and the last lens surface of the fourth-fourth unit, and an aperture diameter in an opened state of the aperture stop satisfy a predetermined conditions. | 01-26-2012 |
20120300118 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens including, in order from object side: a positive first unit fixed for zooming; a negative second unit moving for zooming; a zoom unit including at least one unit moving for zooming; a stop; and a fixed unit. The first unit includes a negative first sub-unit not moving for focusing, and a positive second sub-unit and a positive third sub-unit moving toward image side and object side, respectively, when focusing from infinity object to proximity object. A focal lengths of the first and second units, a distance from a vertex of a surface closest to the image side in the first unit to an image side principal point position of the first unit, a thickness of the first unit on an optical axis, and lateral magnifications of the second and third sub-units when focusing on infinity object are appropriately set. | 11-29-2012 |
20130038945 | WIDE-ANGLE CONVERTER LENS - A wide-angle converter lens capable of being detachably mounted on an enlargement side of an imaging lens includes a first optical element, at least one optical element having negative refractive power, and at least one optical element having positive refractive power, wherein, when an average value of relative partial dispersions of the first optical element and all optical elements of which the sign of refractive power is the same as that of the first optical element is denoted by θgF_ave, a relative partial dispersion of the first optical element is denoted by θgF, and an Abbe number of the first optical element is denoted by νd, these numerical values satisfy appropriate relationships. | 02-14-2013 |
20130188092 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus comprising: a lens apparatus having: an image pickup optical system including a focus lens unit and a zoom lens unit; a zoom state detector; and a controller; a camera apparatus having: a light receiving unit; and an image display unit; an AF frame operation unit; and a distance measuring unit installed with a parallax with respect to an optical axis of the image pickup optical system, in which the controller is configured to: select, from among measured distances obtained by the distance measuring unit, a measured distance obtained in an angle of field of the AF frame, based on a position of the zoom lens unit detected by the zoom state detector and a position of the AF frame set in the display; and perform the focusing by driving the focus lens unit based on the selected measured distance. | 07-25-2013 |
20130271850 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes in order from an object side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power which does not move for zooming; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power which moves during zooming; a third lens unit having a positive refractive power which moves during zooming; and a fourth lens unit having a positive refractive power which does not move for zooming, the third lens unit moving to an image side and then to the object side for zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, in which a focal length (f1) of the first lens unit, a focal length (f2) of the second lens unit, a focal length (f3) of the third lens unit, and a lateral magnification (β3w) of the third lens unit at the wide angle end when a ray enters from infinity are appropriately set. | 10-17-2013 |
20140049681 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens in which aberration variations at telephoto end during focusing are suppressed while suppressing breathing at wide angle end, which includes, from object side: a positive first unit which does not move for zooming; a negative second unit which moves during zooming; at least one zooming unit which moves during zooming; a stop; and an imaging unit which does not move for zooming. The first unit includes: a negative first sub unit which does not move for focusing; a positive second sub unit which moves to image side during focusing from infinity to proximity; and a positive third sub unit which moves to object side during focusing from infinity to proximity. Focal lengths of the first, second, first sub, and second sub units, and amounts of movement of the second and third sub units during the focusing from infinity proximity are appropriately set. | 02-20-2014 |
20140204252 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens including, in order from an object side, positive, negative, positive, positive, and positive lens units, or positive, negative, positive, positive, positive, and positive lens units. 1.507-24-2014 | |
20140362450 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a zoom lens including a focus lens portion, a zoom portion, an aperture stop, and a relay portion that does not move for zooming but comprises a negative fourth-first unit, a fourth-second unit interchangeable for an optical path, a positive fourth-third unit, and a fourth-fourth unit insertable for the optical path for shifting a focal length range of an entire system to a long focal length side after removing the fourth-second unit from the optical path, and a distance on an optical axis between the aperture stop and a last lens surface of the fourth-fourth unit in a state of inserting the fourth-fourth unit in the optical path, a distance on the optical axis between a first lens surface and the last lens surface of the fourth-fourth unit, and an aperture diameter in an opened state of the aperture stop satisfy a predetermined conditions. | 12-11-2014 |
20150042846 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side: a negative first lens unit which does not move for zooming; a positive second lens unit which moves during the zooming; a negative third lens unit which moves during the zooming; and a positive fourth lens unit, wherein the following expressions are satisfied: | 02-12-2015 |
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20100102763 | HYBRID WORKING MACHINE - In a hybrid excavator, a generator motor and a hydraulic pump are driven by using an engine as a power source. A battery is charged with power generated by the generator motor. A rotation motor is driven by the generator motor and the battery. The voltage of a DC bus is detected by a voltage sensor, and whether the battery is unusable is determined by a breakdown detector. When the battery becomes unusable, emergency evacuation control is performed so that the power consumption of the rotation motor will be suppressed to be less than or equal to the power generation of the generator motor while maintaining the DC bus voltage greater than or equal to the normal operation voltage of the system. | 04-29-2010 |
20100294577 | HYBRID WORKING MACHINE - Since a stand including a plurality of supports and a top plate is built in on one side of a rear part of an upper frame of an upper rotating body as seen from an operator in a cabin, and a power storage device is installed on the top plate of this stand, the power storage device is arranged at the highest position among all the devices mounted in the upper rotating body. The power storage device is made up of a main body and a casing, and cooled down by taking cooling air into the casing. | 11-25-2010 |
20100294578 | WORKING MACHINE - A plurality of supports and a top plate attached to between upper ends of the supports are provided, and a power storage device and a controller are installed on the both upper and lower sides of the top plate respectively. Meanwhile, a hydraulic pump and a control valve are accommodated in space for hydraulic devices on the lower side of the top plate, and a heat insulating member and heat shield plates are provided as heat shield means for protecting the power storage device and the controller against heat from the exterior including heat of the hydraulic pump and the control valve. | 11-25-2010 |
20100297926 | HYBRID WORKING MACHINE - In a hybrid working machine including a power storage device serving as a power source for a generator motor and a controller for controlling this power storage device, the power storage device and the controller being each made up of a main body and casing covering the main body, the power storage device is arranged on the upper side of a top plate of a stand provided on an upper frame, the controller is arranged on the lower side, an intake port is provided in the casing of the power storage device, an exhaust port is provided in the casing of the controller, a ventilation port is provided in the top plate, and the cooling air is fed into the interior of the power storage device and the controller, so that the power storage device and the controller are cooled down. | 11-25-2010 |
20130026795 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING DEVICE IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - Provided is a method for mounting a device on a frame in a construction machine. The method includes forming plate holes in a beam member at respective mount-member-provision positions on the beam member; mounting a plate supporter on a back surface of the beam member at each of the mount-member-provision positions so as to border the plate hole at a lower side thereof; installing the beam member on the frame; putting the mount plate into the plate hole from above so as to make the mount plate be supported by the plate supporter and fixing the plate supporter in the plate hole after adjusting the position of the mount plate horizontally and vertically within the plate hole; and mounting the mount members to the mount plates fixed in the plate holes respectively and mounting the device on the beam member via the mount members. | 01-31-2013 |
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20080254644 | Method of Substrate Treatment, Computer-Readable Recording Medium, Substrate Treating Apparatus and Substrate Treating System - A disclosed substrate processing method in a single wafer substrate processing device including a first process position for introducing nitrogen atoms to a high-dielectric film and a second process position for performing heat treatment on the high-dielectric film includes: successively conveying plural substrates to be processed to the first process position and the second process position one by one; and successively performing the introduction of nitrogen atoms and the heat treatment on the high-dielectric film on the substrates to be processed, wherein the treatment on the substrate to be processed is started within 30 seconds at the second process position after the process at the first position. | 10-16-2008 |
20140038430 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING OBJECT - In a method for processing an object by heating the object, microwaves are irradiated to the object. In the microwave irradiation, the object is forcedly cooled. | 02-06-2014 |
20140041682 | METHOD FOR CLEANING MICROWAVE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method for cleaning a microwave processing apparatus including a processing chamber for accommodating therein an object to be processed, a microwave introducing unit for introducing microwaves into the chamber, and a gas introducing unit for introducing a gas into the processing chamber is provided. The method includes loading an object for cleaning into the processing chamber, introducing a gas into the processing chamber, introducing microwaves into the processing chamber, and unloading the object from the processing chamber. | 02-13-2014 |
20140042153 | MICROWAVE PROCESSING METHOD AND MICROWAVE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A microwave processing method for processing an object in a processing chamber is probided by using microwaves. The method includes loading the object into the processing chamber in a state where a pressure in the processing chamber is higher than that of an outside environment; discharging O | 02-13-2014 |
20140246424 | MICROWAVE HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed are a microwave heat treatment apparatus and a processing method in which a purging process time may be reduced while suppressing a use amount of a purging gas with simple facilities. An internal space of the processing container | 09-04-2014 |
20140291318 | MICROWAVE HEATING APPARATUS - A microwave heating apparatus is provided to perform heat treatment on a substrate to be processed by irradiating a microwave to the substrate in a processing chamber. The microwave heating apparatus includes a supporting table configured to support the substrate in the processing chamber, a microwave introducing unit configured to introduce the microwave into the processing chamber, a coolant channel formed in the supporting table, and a coolant supply source configured to supply a coolant to the coolant channel. At least a surface of the supporting table which supports the substrate is made of a material in which a product of a relative dielectric constant and a dielectric loss angle is smaller than 0.005, and the coolant supplied from the coolant supply source is liquid having no electrical polarity. | 10-02-2014 |
20140367377 | MICROWAVE HEATING APPARATUS AND HEATING METHOD - A microwave heating apparatus includes a phase control unit configured to change a phase of a standing wave of microwave introduced into the process chamber by the microwave introduction unit. The phase control unit includes a recessed portion with respect to an inner surface of the bottom wall. The phase control unit is formed of a bottom portion and a fixing plate installed at a lower surface of the bottom portion from the outer side of the process chamber. The phase of the standing wave in the process chamber is changed by the incidence and reflection of the microwave in the recessed portion of the phase control unit surrounded by metallic wall. | 12-18-2014 |
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20090199620 | CHROMATOGRAPH MASS ANALYSIS DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - In the case where a given mass range is repeatedly scanned to sequentially create mass spectra and create a mass chromatogram or the like, when a number of data, which are arranged on the mass axis and constitute a mass profile of the given mass range, are collected for a predetermined number of the alignment (S | 08-13-2009 |
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20100271418 | SELF-DISPERSION PIGMENT, PRODUCTION PROCESS OF SELF-DISPERSION PIGMENT, INK SET AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - The invention provides a self-dispersion pigment including a pigment, an ionic group directly bonded to the pigment and a nonionic molecular chain bonded to the pigment through an amide bond. | 10-28-2010 |
20130250020 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording method includes recording an intermediate image by applying an ink to an intermediate transfer body, the ink containing a coloring material and polymer fine particles; and transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium while heating the intermediate. The polymer fine particles are composed of a copolymer of a first compound that satisfies condition (1) (a polymer obtained by homopolymerization of the first compound is a crystalline polymer having a melting point equal to or lower than a temperature of the transfer) and a second compound that satisfies condition (2) (a polymer obtained by homopolymerization of the second compound is an amorphous polymer having a glass transition point equal to or lower than the temperature of the transfer). | 09-26-2013 |
20130250021 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording method includes recording an intermediate image by applying an ink to an intermediate transfer body, and transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium while heating the intermediate image. The ink contains a coloring material and polymer fine particles each including a core constituted by a crystalline polymer and a shell constituted by an amorphous polymer. In transferring the intermediate image, the intermediate image is heated to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the crystalline polymer constituting the core and equal to or higher than a glass transition point of the amorphous polymer constituting the shell. | 09-26-2013 |
20130251895 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording method includes recording an intermediate image by applying an ink to an intermediate transfer body and transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium while heating the intermediate image. The ink contains a coloring material and polymer fine particles which are a mixture of a crystalline polymer and an amorphous polymer. In transferring the intermediate image, the intermediate image is heated to a temperature equal to or higher than a melting point of the crystalline polymer and equal to or higher than a glass transition point of the amorphous polymer. | 09-26-2013 |
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20090093908 | Target Position detection apparatus for robot - A target position detection apparatus for a robot includes: a robot including an arm configured to be freely moved in at least two directions of X and Y axes, the arm having a wrist axis provided at a distal end of the arm and configured to be freely moved in a horizontal direction, and the wrist axis being provided with an end effector; and a control unit adapted for driving a memory to store a teaching point therein and controlling an operation of the robot such that the end effector will be moved toward the teaching point stored in the memory. The control unit is further adapted for changing a pressing force of the end effector against a target by changing a control loop gain, and bringing the end effector into contact with the target, while setting the control loop gain of the wrist axis lower than a predetermined value at least from a position adjacent to the teaching point at which the target is located, so as to capture a position in a state in which the end effector is in contact with the target, thereby detecting the position of the target. | 04-09-2009 |
20110118873 | ROBOT AND INSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A robot arm having a distal end to which a wrist axis is rotatably provided; arm drive unit, each configured to move the robot arm; a wrist axis drive unit configured to rotate the wrist axis; and a robot control unit configured to control the arm drive unit and wrist axis drive unit. The robot control unit is configured to control the arm drive unit to move the distal end of the robot arm to bring a contact member attached to the wrist axis into contact with an instruction target, thereby detecting a posture of the robot arm and an angular position of the wrist axis when the wrist axis begins to be angularly displaced due to the contact between the contact member and the instruction target, thus determining a position of an instruction point. | 05-19-2011 |
20110160897 | ROBOT AND INSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A robot control unit that turns off a holding unit for a plate member, while the plate member is placed on an end effector, and lower the end effector, by a predetermined distance, from an initial position higher than a preset temporary placing position toward the temporary placing position. Then the robot control unit switches the holding member, from an OFF state to an ON state, while the end effector is stopped, and determines whether the plate member is held by the holding unit, with a holding-state detection unit. When the plate member is held by the holding unit, the robot control unit will turn turns off the holding unit while further lowering the end effector by the predetermined distance. When the plate member is not held by the holding unit, the robot control unit detects a position of the end effector at this point of time, as a normal placing position. | 06-30-2011 |
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20110290279 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A substrate processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a process tank including a pair of opposed sidewalls, storing a chemical liquid therein and processing a plurality of substrates by the chemical liquid; a substrate holding mechanism including a holding part holding the plurality of substrates, and a back part connected to the holding part and interposed between the substrates held by the holding part and one of the pair of sidewalls when the substrate holding mechanism is loaded into the process tank. A heating device is disposed on the process tank and heats the stored chemical liquid. The heating device includes a first heating device disposed on the one sidewall, and a second heating device disposed on the other sidewall. Outputs of the first heating device and the second heating device are independently controlled. | 12-01-2011 |
20130220478 | PROCESS LIQUID CHANGING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A process liquid changing method is provided for changing process liquids in a substrate processing apparatus including storage tank, a circulation line with a circulation pump, and a process liquid supply nozzle connected to the circulation line through a branch line. The method includes: discharging the process liquid in the storage tank; discharging a process liquid remaining in the circulation line from a drain connected to the circulation line at a second position of the circulation line, while supplying a purge gas to the circulation line at a first position of the circulation line, wherein the first position is located upstream of a junction area where the branch line is connected to the circulation line, and the second position is located downstream of the junction area and upstream of the storage tank; and supplying a process liquid into the storage tank. | 08-29-2013 |
20140080312 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A wafer is held horizontally and rotated by a substrate holding mechanism. An aqueous alkaline solution is supplied to a wafer by a nozzle and caused to flow from a central portion to a peripheral edge portion of the wafer, thereby etching the wafer. An amount of oxygen, which is equal to or more than the amount of oxygen in atmospheric air involved in the aqueous alkaline solution flowing on the wafer, is previously dissolved in the aqueous alkaline solution. | 03-20-2014 |
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20120067521 | VACUUM PROCESSING SYSTEM - A vacuum processing system including a cassette holder for setting up cassettes in which samples are stored, an air-transfer chamber for transferring the samples, lock chambers for storing the samples transferred from the air-transfer chamber, the lock chambers being capable of switching between air atmosphere and vacuum atmosphere in their inside, a vacuum transfer chamber connected to the lock chambers, vacuum containers for processing the samples transferred via the vacuum transfer chamber, a cooling chamber for cooling the samples down to a first temperature, the samples being processed in at least one of the vacuum containers, and a cooling unit for cooling the samples down to a second temperature, the samples being cooled in the cooling chamber. The cooling unit is deployed in the air transfer chamber, and has a cooling part for cooling the samples, being cooled in the cooling chamber, down to the second temperature. | 03-22-2012 |
20120067522 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - A vacuum processing apparatus having an atmospheric-pressure transport chamber for conveying samples, lock chambers that accommodate the samples conveyed in and have an ambient capable of being switched between an atmospheric ambient and a vacuum ambient, a vacuum transport chamber coupled to the lock chambers, and at least one vacuum chamber for processing the samples. The apparatus further includes cooling portions operable to cool the high-temperature samples processed by the vacuum chamber. Each cooling portion has: a sample stage over which the high-temperature samples are placed and which has a coolant channel; gas-blowing tubes disposed closer to the inlet/exit port and acting to blow gas toward the sample stage; and an exhaust port disposed on the opposite side of the sample stage with regard to the inlet/exit port and acting to discharge the gas blown from the gas-blowing tubes. | 03-22-2012 |
20120093617 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VACUUM PROCESSING METHOD - A vacuum processing apparatus including a processing chamber for processing a sample to be processed, a cooling chamber for cooling the high-temperature sample processed in the processing chamber, and a vacuum transfer chamber for establishing a connection between the processing chamber and the cooling chamber, a vacuum transfer robot equipped inside the vacuum transfer chamber, wherein the cooling chamber includes a gas-exhausting unit for reducing pressure inside the cooling chamber, a gas-supplying unit for supplying a gas into the cooling chamber, a pressure-controlling unit for controlling the pressure inside the cooling chamber, a supporting unit for supporting the high-temperature sample, and a mounting stage for proximity-holding the sample supported by the supporting unit, the mounting stage having a temperature-adjusting unit for adjusting the temperature of surface of the mounting stage into a temperature which is capable of cooling the high-temperature sample, the supporting unit having an ascending/descending-speed varying unit. | 04-19-2012 |
20130142595 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME - A vacuum processing apparatus includes a row of containers of vacuum transfer chambers connected to each other behind a lock chamber, a wafer being transferred through depressurized inside of the row of the containers of the vacuum transfer containers, an intermediate chamber disposed between the containers of the vacuum transfer chambers, a plurality of processing units including processing containers respectively connected to left or right side walls of the containers of the vacuum transfer chambers and the wafer is processed therein, and a bypass chamber which constitutes a bypass path connecting the processing units, where only either the wafer which is being transferred from the lock chamber toward one of the processing units or the wafer which was processed in one of the processing units and is being transferred toward the lock chamber is transferred through the containers of the vacuum transfer chambers. | 06-06-2013 |
20130267098 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A plasma processing apparatus is offered which has evacuable vacuum vessel, processing chamber disposed inside the vacuum vessel and having inside space in which plasma for processing sample to be processed is generated and in which the sample is placed, unit for supplying gas for plasma generation into processing chamber, vacuum evacuation unit for evacuating inside of processing chamber, helical resonator configured of helical resonance coil disposed outside the vacuum vessel and electrically grounded shield disposed outside the coil, RF power supply of variable frequency for supplying RF electric power in given range to the resonance coil, and frequency matching device capable of adjusting frequency of the RF power supply so as to minimize reflected RF power. The resonance coil has electrical length that is set to integral multiple of one wavelength at given frequency. The helical resonance coil has feeding point connected to ground potential using variable capacitive device. | 10-10-2013 |
20140044502 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - In a vacuum processing apparatus including a plurality of vacuum transfer vessels arranged back and forth at the back of a lock chamber, an intermediate chamber arranged between them and capable of accommodating wafers, and processing units connected to respective vacuum transfer vessels, a wafer processed in a pre-processing vessel out of the processing units connected to the respective vacuum transfer vessels is transferred to a post-processing vessel connected to the same vacuum transfer vessel and post-processing is performed. | 02-13-2014 |
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20090023888 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SULFUR-CONTAINING AROMATIC POLYMER - A method of producing a polymer of a sulfur-containing aromatic compound includes reacting, under heating, a halide of a sulfur-containing aromatic compound having at least one aromatic ring and at least one ring containing one or more disulfide bonds wherein one side of the disulfide-containing ring constitutes one side of the aromatic ring, with inorganic sulfur in an amount equivalent to 2 to 8 S atoms relative to 1 mol of the halide of the sulfur-containing aromatic compound in the presence of at least one inorganic base selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal hydroxide, an alkali metal hydrogen carbonate and an alkali metal carbonate and/or at least one organic base selected from the group consisting of a tri(lower alkyl)amine and a heterocyclic amine in an organic solvent. | 01-22-2009 |
20090095942 | Positive Electrode Material for Lithium Secondary Battery - It is a first object of the present invention to provide a lithium secondary battery using a conductive polymer such as polyaniline, which exhibits a stable electrical conductivity over a long time. To achieve the first object, there is provided a positive electrode material for a lithium secondary battery, comprising an electrically conductive polymer having an amino group, a hydrogen bonding compound, and a protonic acid. Further, it is a second object of the present invention to provide a lithium secondary battery exhibiting a high charge-discharge capacity while using a conductive polymer such as polyaniline. To achieve the second object, there is provided a positive electrode material for a lithium secondary battery, comprising an electrically conductive polymer, and LiNiO | 04-16-2009 |
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20090097746 | COLOR CLASSIFICATION METHOD, COLOR RECOGNITION METHOD, COLOR CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS, COLOR RECOGNITION APPARATUS, COLOR RECOGNITION SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A color classification method including: determining a plurality of predetermined process target regions from a plurality of pickup images taken by an imaging device; calculating a plurality of color distributions of pixels contained in the respective determined process target regions; and forming a plurality of clusters by executing a clustering process based on the calculated color distributions for the pickup images, the method being for classifying a plurality of colors with respect to the respective formed clusters, the forming step including: extracting predetermined number of the classified colors, whose calculated rates are highest in the calculated plurality of the rates, from among the predetermined classified colors; defining a plurality of color spaces, dimensions of each of which are selected from the predetermined number of the extracted classified colors. | 04-16-2009 |
20130163820 | SURVEY APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND SURVEY METHOD - A determination unit determines, on images of video data where a road set as a survey target was shot in different times, whether or not the shooting position of the image is within a tolerance value with the shooting position of any of the images as a reference, for each image having a corresponding shooting position. When the shooting position is determined to be within the tolerance value, a creation unit creates screen information of a screen where images that has been determined to be within the tolerance value is displayed in synchronization. Moreover, when the shooting position is determined to be beyond the tolerance value, the creation unit creates screen information of a screen where an image that has been determined to be beyond the tolerance value is undisplayed. | 06-27-2013 |
20130169794 | ROAD SURFACE INSPECTION DEVICE, ROAD SURFACE INSPECTION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A road surface inspection device detects an abnormal region on a road surface from the road surface on a road image captured by a camera. The road surface inspection device determines whether the detected abnormal region overlaps a trace on the road image, along which the wheels of a patrol car are expected to pass on the road surface. When the abnormal region overlaps the trace of wheels, the road surface inspection device determines whether an acceleration at the measurement time corresponding to the captured time of the road image among the accelerations measured during driving on the road surface by a G-sensor is outside a predetermined range. | 07-04-2013 |
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20090253353 | POLISHING PAD - It is an object of the invention to provide a polishing pad capable of high precision optical detection of an endpoint during polishing in progress and prevention of slurry leakage from between a polishing region and a light-transmitting region during the use thereof even after the polishing pad has been used for a long period. It is a second object of the invention to provide a polishing pad capable of suppression of deterioration of polishing characteristics (such as in-plane uniformity) and generation of scratches due to a difference in behavior of a polishing region and a light-transmitting region during polishing. It is a third object of the invention to provide a polishing pad having a polishing region and a light-transmitting region with a concentration of a specific metal equal to or lower than a specific value (threshold value). | 10-08-2009 |
20100048102 | POLISHING PAD - A polishing pad capable of maintaining a high level of dimensional stability upon moisture absorption or water absorption and providing high polishing rate includes a polishing layer of a polyurethane foam having fine cells, wherein the polyurethane foam includes a cured product of a reaction of (1) an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer (A) that includes an isocyanate monomer, a high molecular weight polyol (a), and a low molecular weight polyol, (2) an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer (B) that includes a polymerized diisocyanate and a polyethylene glycol with a number average molecular weight of 200 to 1,000, and (3) a chain extender. | 02-25-2010 |
20110218263 | POLISHING PAD - A polishing pad generates very few scratches on a surface of a polishing object, and is excellent in planarization property. The polishing pad has a high polishing rate and is excellent in planarization property. The polishing pad grooves become very little clogged with abrasive grains or polishing swarf during polishing and, even when continuously used for a long period of time, the polishing rate is scarcely reduced. | 09-08-2011 |
20130005228 | POLISHING PAD - A polishing pad generates very few scratches on a surface of a polishing object, and is excellent in planarization property. The polishing pad has a high polishing rate and is excellent in planarization property. The polishing pad grooves become very little clogged with abrasive grains or polishing swarf during polishing and, even when continuously used for a long period of time, the polishing rate is scarcely reduced. | 01-03-2013 |
20150059253 | POLISHING PAD - A polishing pad capable of maintaining a high level of dimensional stability during absorption of moisture or water includes a polishing layer including a polyurethane foam having fine cells, wherein the polyurethane foam includes a cured product of a reaction of an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer (a), a polymerized diisocyanate, and a chain extender, and the isocyanate-terminated prepolymer (a) includes an isocyanate monomer, a high molecular weight polyol (a), and a low molecular weight polyol. A method for manufacturing such a polishing pad includes mixing a first component containing an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer with a second component containing a chain extender and curing the mixture to form a polyurethane foam. The pad so made is used in the manufacture of semiconductor devices. | 03-05-2015 |