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20080260264 | Method and system for generating aesthetic characters, and business model of the same - The present invention relates to a method and system for generating aesthetic characters, and to a business model for commercially developing the method and system utilizing the Internet or the like. The present invention makes it possible to synthesize a variety of image patterns with arbitrary characters by adding stroke fonts. According to a first aspect, the present invention provides a method and system for generating aesthetic characters, in which an arbitrary image pattern is selected from a pattern database, and data on arbitrary characters constituting single lines are superposed on the selected image pattern, whereby the arbitrary image patterns are processed into various characters and generating aesthetic image patterns. Thus, it is possible to provide character bodies drawn with excellent aesthetic properties that are uniquely designed for attracting public attention, such as in the television broadcasts, Internet sites, headings of journals or newspapers, advertisements, and signboards. | 10-23-2008 |
20130302204 | HIGH CARBON STEEL WIRE ROD EXCELLENT IN DRAWABILITY AND FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS AFTER WIRE DRAWING - High performance high carbon wire with refined inclusions after wire rolling, extremely low wire breakage rates at the time of drawing even in tough applications, and excellent in fatigue characteristics after wire drawing, characterized by having a predetermined composition of ingredients and in that the number ratio of inclusions satisfying (% SiO | 11-14-2013 |
20140205855 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN IMPACT RESISTANCE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - [Summary] The present invention provides a high-strength steel sheet excellent in impact resistance. The high-strength steel sheet contains predetermined contents of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, Ti, N, and O, with the balance being iron and inevitable impurities, and has a steel sheet structure in which, in a ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness region across ¼ of a sheet thickness, 1 to 8% retained austenite is contained in volume fraction, an average aspect ratio of the retained austenite is 2.0 or less, an amount of solid-solution Mn in the retained austenite is 1.1 times an average amount of Mn or more, and TiN grains having a 0.5 μm average grain diameter or less are contained, and a density of AlN grains with a 1 μm grain diameter or more is 1.0 pieces/mm | 07-24-2014 |
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20100327924 | WAVEFORM EQUALIZATION CIRCUIT AND WAVEFORM EQUALIZATION METHOD - A waveform equalization circuit includes: a decision feedback equalization unit that feeds back and equalizes an input signal; a clock phase adjustment unit that adjusts a clock phase of a signal equalized by the decision feedback equalization unit based on a signal determined with a prescribed potential as a threshold; and a duo-binary decoder that encodes, into a duo-binary signal, the signal determined with the prescribed potential as a threshold based on a clock adjusted by the clock phase adjustment unit from the signal equalized by the decision feedback equalization unit; wherein the equalized signal is generated by adding the duo-binary signal encoded by the duo-binary decoder to the input signal. A first post-tap of the input signal is equalized by the clock phase adjustment unit without feedback equalization by the decision feedback equalization unit. Second and subsequent post-taps of the input signal are fed back and equalized by the decision feedback equalization unit. | 12-30-2010 |
20120092049 | EQUALIZATION DEVICE, EQUALIZATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an equalization device which receives a signal transmitted from a transmission side of the signal as an input signal, and equalizes the deterioration of a wave shape of the received input signal, wherein a bit value indicated by the input signal is judged in accordance with a clock on the basis of the wave shape of the input signal. From judged signals which result from the judgment and which are composed of a plurality of bits, a two-bit transition signal is detected so that the two-bit transition signal has two adjacent bit values having the same value, and bit values located before and after the two adjacent bit values are different from the bit value of the two adjacent bit values, and the phase of the clock is synchronized with the phase of the detected two-bit transition signal. | 04-19-2012 |
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20080243726 | EQUIPMENT USAGE INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT USAGE INFORMATION OBTAINING SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT USAGE INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Equipment, which are to be checked for the amount of usage of consumables, are extracted based on an agreement ID, and a closing day for checking the amount of usage of consumables specified for each of the extracted pieces of equipment is obtained. A check is subsequently performed, by the closing day, to ascertain whether or not a check date exists on which the amount of usage has been checked by referencing a log which records the amount of usage of consumables. When a check date does not exist in the log, the sequence for checking the amount of usage is changed in accordance with priority level data specified by the agreement ID. | 10-02-2008 |
20100195272 | MULTILAYER ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A multilayer electrolytic capacitor has a laminated body in which anode foils and cathode foils are alternately laminated with separators in between, and a lead member connected to corresponding electrode foils among the anode foils and cathode foils. Each of the anode foils and each of the cathode foils have their respective main electrode portions opposed to each other through the separator and their respective lead portions led from the associated main electrode portions. Each lead portion includes an end face intersecting with a direction in which the lead portions are led, and a side face intersecting with the end face and extending in a lamination direction in the laminated body. The lead member has a first portion extending in the direction in which the lead portions are led, and a second portion intersecting with the first portion and extending in the lamination direction. The second portion of the lead member is connected to the side faces of the lead portions. | 08-05-2010 |
20110129726 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electrochemical device according to the present invention has an outer package including a metal film; a battery element enclosed in the outer package; resin layers provided at least inside a sealing region of the outer package; and a lead extending from the battery element through between the resin layers in the sealing region of the outer package to the outside of the outer package, and a shape of the lead in the sealing region includes front and back surfaces both consisting of curved surfaces. In the sealing region, a maximum thickness Z | 06-02-2011 |
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20090072056 | FLUID SPRAYING DEVICE AND FLUID SPRAYING NOZZLE - A fluid spraying nozzle may include a flexible spray tube, and a guide which is disposed so as to surround the outside of said spray tube in the diametral direction. The ring-shaped tube side magnet may be provided on the spray tube. A ring-shaped guide side magnet may be provided on the guide. A polarity of an outer peripheral side of the tube side magnet and a polarity of an inner peripheral side of the guide side magnet may have the same polarity. | 03-19-2009 |
20090078293 | FLUID EJECTION GUN AND CLEANING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A fluid ejection gun includes: a flexible ejection tube for ejecting a fluid, the fluid being supplied to the inside of the ejection tube, the fluid being ejected from the tip of the ejection tube; a guide disposed to surround the ejection tube and introduce the ejection tube along the inner surface of the guide, the ejection tube being moved by the fluid ejected from the tip of the ejection tube; a casing disposed to surround the guide, the casing having an opening section forward in the ejection direction of the fluid ejected from the tip of the ejection tube; and a suction unit provided to the casing for sucking the fluid ejected from the ejection tube. | 03-26-2009 |
20100176219 | FLUID SPRAYING GUN - A fluid spraying gun of the present invention includes: a tube-shape guide, on which a brush extending forward is implanted; a nozzle, which is formed of a flexible pipe member with a front end thereof as a free end, and sprays one portion of gas, which is supplied from the flow separation portion and passes through the nozzle, toward the brush from the front end thereof, while the nozzle undergoes the gyrating motion guided by the tube-shape guide; an inner nozzle, which sprays gas which has passed through a flow rate adjustment portion from a tip portion thereof; and a liquid distribution pipe, which penetrates the tube-shape guide, links an inside of the tube-shape guide with a liquid supply source, has an intermediate portion into which the inner nozzle is inserted in a state where the inner nozzle is directed toward the tube-shape guide, and draws up liquid from the liquid supply source by a negative pressure arising from spraying of gas by the inner nozzle to cause spraying of liquid on the inside of the tube-shape guide. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a fluid spraying gun in which a liquid with an adequate flow rate can be mixed with a gas, converted into minute drops and sprayed. | 07-15-2010 |
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20110184798 | COMMODITY INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a commodity information processing system includes a second reading unit, a medium issue unit, a first storing unit having sale-in-a-set information stored therein, a specific-information generating unit, a determining unit, and an issue unit. The specifying information generating unit generates provisionally-registered commodity specifying information for specifying a commodity, commodity identification information of which is read by the second reading unit. The issue unit causes, if the determining unit determines that the commodity, the commodity identification information of which is read by the second reading unit, is a target commodity of the sale in a set, the medium issue unit to issue an information display medium on which sale-in-a-set information including the commodity as the target commodity and stored in the first storing unit and the provisionally-registered commodity specifying information are displayed. | 07-28-2011 |
20140236713 | SERVER, SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INFORMATION, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A server for an electronic receipt system includes a storing unit configured to store electronic receipt information including an item purchased by a customer, customer information, and promotion information for a predetermined item, a communication unit configured to receive a request for the electronic receipt information from a communication device, and transmit the electronic receipt information to the communication device, and a controller configured to associate the electronic receipt information with the promotion information if the purchased item is the predetermined item, and control the communication unit to transmit the electronic receipt information with the associated promotion information to the communication device in response to the request for the electronic receipt information. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236714 | ELECTRONIC RECEIPT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC RECEIPT MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An electronic receipt system generates, in association with a code of a shopper, electronic receipt information related to commodity sales data processing, stores the generated electronic receipt information in a storing unit, and stores additional information associated with commodity information and a specific condition in the storing unit. The electronic receipt system causes an information processing apparatus associated with the code of the shopper to display the electronic receipt information associated with the code and a selectable object for instructing a start of processing for the additional information related to the commodity information included in the electronic receipt information in a display unit. The electronic receipt system displays the electronic receipt information and displays. If the selectable object is operated, the electronic receipt system transmits a start signal for the processing for the additional information. | 08-21-2014 |
20140249909 | ELECTRONIC RECEIPT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An electronic receipt system includes an electronic receipt collective management unit which associates a code of a consumer with electronic receipt information including information concerning a payment made by the consumer in different stores, a reception unit which receives an input a search condition pertaining to an electronic receipt, a search unit which searches the electronic receipt collective management unit based on the search condition, and an output unit which outputs a result of search acquired by the search unit. | 09-04-2014 |
20150073928 | COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, a commodity sales data processing apparatus comprises an electronic receipt data sending module configured to generate electronic receipt data from receipt data generated based on transaction information of commodities subjected to settlement processing and send the generated electronic receipt data to an external device; a change receipt data generation module configured to generate new change receipt data according to the change of the transaction information; and a control module configured to generate, in a case in which the change receipt data generated by the change receipt data generation module contains customer specification information for specifying a customer, change electronic receipt data from the change receipt data and send the generated change electronic receipt data to the external device, and output printing data based on the change electronic receipt data to a printing section. | 03-12-2015 |
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20100035079 | HIGH-STRENGTH COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength of 340 MPa or more, which can prevent galling, can be manufactured even if a large number of the steel sheets are continuously press-formed. This is because a surface texture thereof is con-trolled so that the surface texture includes flat areas in which a roughness profile has a deviation of ±2 μm or less from a filtered waviness curve and a dented portion having a maximum depth between 10 μm and 50 μm from the filtered waviness curve, wherein an average area of the dented portion is more than 0.01 mm | 02-11-2010 |
20100132849 | HIGH TENSILE-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH TENSILE-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET - A high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet includes C: at least 0.05% but less than 0.12%, Si: at least 0.01% but less than 0.35%, Mn: 2.0% to 3.5%, P: 0.001% to 0.020%, S: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, Al: 0.005% to 0.1%, N: 0.0001% to 0.0060%, Cr: more than 0.5% but not more than 2.0%, Mo: 0.01% to 0.50%, Ti: 0.010% to 0.080%, Nb: 0.010% to 0.080%, and B: 0.0001% to 0.0030%, the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a microstructure that contains 20% to 70% by volume ferrite having an average grain size of 5 μm or less. The high tensile-strength galvanized steel sheet has a tensile strength of at least 980 MPa, and excellent formability and weldability. | 06-03-2010 |
20120040203 | HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY, WELDABILITY, AND FATIGUE PROPERTIES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength galvanized steel sheet including all in mass %, C: 0.05% to <0.12%, Si: 0.35% to <0.80%, Mn: 2.0 to 3.5%, P: 0.001 to 0.040%, S: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, Al: 0.005 to 0.1%, N: 0.0001 to 0.0060%, Cr: 0.01% to 0.5%, Ti: 0.010 to 0.080%, Nb: 0.010 to 0.080%, and B: 0.0001 to 0.0030%, optionally one or more of Mo: 0.01 to 0.15%, Ca: 0.0001 to 0.0050%, REM: 0.0001 to 0.1%, and Sb: 0.0001 to 0.1%, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as the balance, has a microstructure containing a ferrite phase with a volume fraction in a range of 20 to 70% and an average grain diameter equal to or smaller than 5 μm, and has a galvanized layer on a surface thereof at a coating weight (per side) of 20 to 150 g/m | 02-16-2012 |
20130071687 | HIGH STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT BENDABILITY AND WELDABILITY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A high strength galvanized steel sheet having excellent bendability and weldability, comprising by mass %: C: equal to or more than 0.05% and less than 0.12%; P: 0.001 to 0.040%; and S: equal to or less than 0.0050%, wherein a steel sheet surface layer, constituting a portion of the steel sheet up to a depth of 10 μm measured from each surface of the steel sheet, has a structure containing more than 70% of ferrite phase by a volume fraction, a steel sheet inner layer portion, on an inner side than the depth of 10 μm measured from each surface, has a structure containing 20 to 70% by a volume fraction of ferrite phase with an average crystal grain size equal to or smaller than 5 μm, the steel sheet has a tensile strength equal to or larger than 980 MPa, and the steel sheet has a galvanized layer on a surface thereof. | 03-21-2013 |
20130087257 | ULTRA HIGH STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT DUCTILITY AND DELAYED FRACTURE RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An ultra.-high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet with excellent ductility and delayed fracture resistance includes 0.15% to 0.75 C. 1.0% to 3.0% Si, 1.5% to 2.5% Mn, 0.05% or less P, 0.02% or less 5, 0.01% to 0.05% Al, and less than 0.005% N on a mass ratio, the remainder being Fe and =avoidable impurities, the ultra-high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having a metal microstructure including 40% to 85% of a tempered martensite phase and 15% to 60% of a ferrite phase on a volume fraction basis and a tensile strength of 1320 Mtn or more. | 04-11-2013 |
20130199679 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ULTRA HIGH STRENGTH MEMBER AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing an ultra high strength member includes heating a steel sheet at a first heating temperature within a temperature range of 700 to 1000° C.; forming the steel sheet into a shape of a member at the first heating temperature and simultaneously cooling the steel sheet; after completion of the cooling, shear punching the steel sheet into a desired shape to obtain an ultra high strength member; and after the shear punching, subjecting the ultra high strength member to a first heat treatment including heating the ultra high strength member at second heating temperature within a temperature range of 100° C. or higher, but lower than 300° C. and retaining the member at the second heating temperature for 1 second to 60 minutes, wherein the resulting ultra high strength member has a tensile strength of 1180 MPa or more. | 08-08-2013 |
20140234655 | HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has excellent workability, namely, excellent ductility and hole expansion formability, and high yield ratio. The steel sheet has a chemical composition containing by mass %: C: 0.05-0.15%; Si: 0.10-0.90%; Mn: 1.0-1.9%; P: 0.005-0.10%; S: 0.0050% or less; Al: 0.01-0.10%; N: 0.0050% or less; Nb: 0.010-0.100%; and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, in which: the steel sheet has a complex phase that includes: ferrite having an average crystal grain size of 15 μm or less to at least 90% in volume fraction; martensite having an average crystal grain size of 3.0 μm or less to 0.5% or more and less than 5.0% in volume fraction; pearlite to 5.0% or less in volume fraction; and the balance being a phase generated at low temperature. | 08-21-2014 |
20140246128 | HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Provided is a hot-rolled steel sheet that has a chemical composition including, by mass %: C: 0.060% to 0.150%; Si: 0.15% to 0.70%; Mn: 1.00% to 1.90%; P: 0.10% or less; S: 0.010% or less; Al: 0.01% to 0.10%; N: 0.010% or less; Nb: 0.010% to 0.100%; and the balance including Fe and incidental impurities. The hot-rolled steel sheet has a microstructure containing ferrite of 18 μm or less in average grain size by a volume fraction of at least 75% and pearlite of at least 2 μm in average grain size by a volume fraction of at least 5%, the balance being low-temperature-induced phases, the pearlite having a mean free path of at least 5.0 μm. | 09-04-2014 |
20140332119 | HIGH STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET WITH HIGH YIELD RATIO AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A high strength cold rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition including, by mass %, C: 0.06 to 0.13%, Si: 1.2 to 2.3%, Mn: 0.6 to 1.6%, P: not more than 0.10%, S: not more than 0.010%, Al: 0.01 to 0.10% and N: not more than 0.010%, the balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities. The steel sheet includes a microstructure containing not less than 90% in terms of volume fraction of ferrite with an average grain diameter of less than 20 μm and 1.0 to 10% in terms of volume fraction of pearlite with an average grain diameter of less than 5 μm. The ferrite has an average Vickers hardness of not less than 130. The steel sheet has a yield ratio of not less than 65% and a tensile strength of not less than 590 MPa. | 11-13-2014 |
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20120037070 | DISCHARGE SURFACE TREATMENT ELECTRODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A discharge surface treatment electrode used in discharge surface treatment for forming a wear-resistant film on a treatment target surface of a workpiece by use of the discharge energy of electric discharges caused between the electrode and the workpiece, the film being made of a material of an electrode or a substance obtained by a reaction of the material of the electrode with the discharge energy. The discharge surface treatment electrode is formed by: compression-molding a mixed powder into a green compact, the mixed powder being formed from a powder of a Stellite alloy with an average particle size of 3 μm or less prepared by use of a jet mill and a powder of a metal with an average particle size of 3 μm or less manufactured through an atomization process or a chemical process; and subjecting the green compact to heat treatment. | 02-16-2012 |
20140033831 | ROTATIONAL TORSION TESTER - A rotational torsion tester, comprising: a first drive shaft; a second drive shaft; a load applying unit that applies a torsional load to a workpiece; at least one bearing unit including a first bearing unit that supports the load applying unit to be rotatable about a rotation axis; a rotation drive unit having a first electric motor that drives the second drive shaft and the load applying unit to rotate in phase; and a torque sensor that detects the torsional load, wherein the load applying unit comprises: a second electric motor that drives the first drive shaft; the torque sensor is attached to a part at which the first drive shaft is inserted into the shaft part; the torque sensor is disposed between a pair of first bearings; and the torque sensor includes a strain gauge adhered to a narrowed part to detect the torsional load. | 02-06-2014 |
20140208863 | TORSION TESTER - A torsion tester including a plurality of driving units configured to connect with and rotate three or more input/output shafts of a test body, respectively, and a controller configured to control the plurality of driving units to be driven with one of individually-set rotational frequencies and individually-set torques, respectively. | 07-31-2014 |
20140208864 | TORSION TESTER - A torsion tester including a reaction force unit and a drive unit including a servo motor, a first reduction gear, a shaft transmitting an output force from the first reduction gear, a clutch having an input shaft fixed to the shaft, a second reduction gear decelerating rotation of an output shaft of the clutch, a chuck, and a connection mechanism connecting the chuck with one of the shaft and the second reduction gear, the drive unit configured to switch between a first mode where the clutch is disengaged, and the shaft is connected with the chuck by the connection mechanism and a second mode where the clutch is engaged, and the second reduction gear is connected with the chuck by the connection mechanism. | 07-31-2014 |
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20090202824 | TAPE SUBSTRATE AND ADHESIVE TAPE - Provided are a tape substrate having excellent oil resistance as well as balanced properties of flexibility, a hand cutting property and heat resistance, and an adhesive tape using the tape substrate. | 08-13-2009 |
20090263604 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF CROSS COPOLYMERS, CROSS COPOLYMERS OBTAINED BY THE PROCESS, AND USE THEREOF - To provide a novel cross copolymer and resin composition which are improved in heat resistance and compatibility over conventional ethylene/aromatic vinyl compound copolymers and which have low crystallinity, are excellent in softness, transparency and compatibility and show mechanical properties similar to soft vinyl chloride resins, as compared with conventional cross copolymers. | 10-22-2009 |
20110040038 | THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition comprising a cross-copolymer which meets specific requirements; and a polyphenylene ether resin, wherein the cross-copolymer is contained in an amount of 5 to 95 mass % and the polyphenylene ether resin is contained in an amount of 95 to 5 mass %. The thermoplastic resin composition has excellent heat resistant, excellent softness, excellent flexibility, excellent stretching properties, and excellent scratch-abrasion resistance. | 02-17-2011 |
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20100013072 | STACKED PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR FORMING STACKED PACKAGE - The present invention provides an inexpensive semiconductor chip module enabling sufficient heat dissipation without complicating the manufacture process. | 01-21-2010 |
20110001506 | TESTING APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An apparatus for testing an integrated circuit comprises: a chip unit with a plurality of electronic parts such as chip units arranged on the upside of a chip support; a probe unit having a plurality of contacts arranged on the underside of a probe support and spaced downward from the chip unit; a connection unit supporting the probe unit spaced downward from the chip unit on a pin support so as to penetrate the pin support in an up-down direction; and a coupling unit which couples separably the chip unit, the probe unit and the connection unit and displaces one of the chip support and the probe support and the pin support in a direction to approach each other and to be away from each other relative to the connection unit. | 01-06-2011 |
20110095779 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTING APPARATUS AND TESTING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An embodiment of an electrical connecting apparatus includes a chip unit having a plurality of electronic components arranged on the upper side of a chip supporting body, a probe unit having a plurality of contacts arranged on the lower side of a probe supporting body, and a connecting unit arranged between the chip unit and the probe unit and having a connecting member supporting body and a plurality of connecting members electrically connecting the chip unit to the probe unit. The chip unit, the probe unit and the connecting unit are vacuum-coupled. | 04-28-2011 |
20120129408 | CONTACT AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTING APPARATUS - A contact according to the present invention comprises a plate-shaped first plunger contacting one member, a plate-shaped second plunger contacting the other member in a state of being overlapped with the first plunger and conducting electricity between the one member and the other member in cooperation with the first plunger, and a compression coil spring which is a member coupling the first plunger with the second plunger in a state where contact pieces thereof are in opposite directions from each other, covering outer circumferences of coupling portions of the first plunger and the second plunger, abutting on spring receiving portions of the respective plungers, and supporting the respective plungers to be relatively slidable. In an electrical connecting apparatus, the contacts are incorporated. | 05-24-2012 |
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20110034447 | TDP-43-STORING CELL MODEL - Disclosed is a transformed cell (a cell model) which can form a cytoplasmic inclusion body derived from TAR DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) that is found in the brain of a patient suffering from a neurodegenerative disease such as FTLD and ALS. The transformed cell is characterized by having, introduced therein, a promoter capable of functioning in a host cell and a mutant TDP-43 gene. | 02-10-2011 |
20110287453 | ANTIBODY BINDING SPECIFICALLY TO TDP-43 AGGREGATE - The present invention provides an antibody that specifically binds to an abnormal TDP-43 protein aggregate, an agent comprising the antibody for detecting a TDP-43 proteinopathy lesion, and a method for detecting or diagnosing a TDP-43 proteinopathy lesion by using the antibody. | 11-24-2011 |
20140099660 | TDP-43-STORING CELL MODEL - Disclosed is a transformed cell (a cell model) which can form a cytoplasmic inclusion body derived from TAR DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) that is found in the brain of a patient suffering from a neurodegenerative disease such as FTLD and ALS. The transformed cell is characterized by having, introduced therein, a promoter capable of functioning in a host cell and a mutant TDP-43 gene. | 04-10-2014 |
20140248657 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING INSOLUBLE AGGREGATE OF NEURODEGENERATIVE-DISEASE-RELATED PROTEIN - The purpose of the present invention is to develop a method for producing a large amount of an insoluble aggregate that is equivalent to an insoluble aggregate formed in the brain of a patient. A method of producing an insoluble aggregate of a neurodegenerative-disease-related protein according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (1) introducing an insoluble fraction originated from the brain of a neurodegenerative disease patient into a cultured cell in which the neurodegenerative-disease-related protein can be expressed in a constitutive manner; (2) culturing the cultured cell into which the insoluble fraction has been introduced; and (3) extracting separating an insoluble fraction from the cultured cell. Optionally, the method may additionally comprise a step of amplifying the insoluble aggregate of the neurodegenerative-disease-related protein in the cultured cell. | 09-04-2014 |
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20090137761 | POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND HAVING FUSED RING AND HOMO- AND COPOLYMER OF THE POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND - A polymerizable liquid crystal compound of formula (1). The compound has high optical (refractive index) anisotropy (Δn), exhibits a liquid crystal phase at room temperature (having a broad liquid crystal phase temperature range) without crystallization, has high solubility in cyclohexanone, methyl ethyl ketone or like organic solvents, exhibits excellent coating properties and orientation properties, and, after polymerization, has high transparency. | 05-28-2009 |
20100032620 | POLYMERIZABLE OPTICAL ACTIVE COMPOUND AND POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - A polymerizable optically active compound of formula (1) has high helical twisting power. When added to a liquid crystal (LC) composition it achieves required helical pitch without largely impairing the physical and optical properties of the LC composition. The compound is suited to be compounded with a LC material, particularly a cholesteric LC material for making an optically anisotropic element excellent in heat resistance, solvent resistance, transparency, optical characteristics, and LC alignment fixing ability. The compound is also useful to form a LC alignment layer, a LC alignment controlling agent, a coating material, a protective film, etc. | 02-11-2010 |
20100032621 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUNDS AND POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITIONS - A polymerizable compound represented by general formula (1) of the invention has good solvent solubility and excellent alignment control properties and optical characteristics. | 02-11-2010 |
20140252278 | BIBENZO[B]FURAN COMPOUND, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION MATERIAL, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - Disclosed is a p-type organic semiconductive material that is easy to produce and that has a high planarity in its polymer skeleton, and also provides a photoelectric conversion material, a photoelectric conversion layer, a photoelectric conversion element, and an organic thin film solar cell each having high photoelectric conversion efficiency and using the p-type organic semiconductive material. Specifically, the invention provides a bibenzo[b]furan compound having at least one constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1) or (2), as well as a photoelectric conversion material, a photoelectric conversion layer, a photoelectric conversion element, and an organic thin film solar cell each using that compound for a p-type organic semiconductive material. (In the formulae, R | 09-11-2014 |
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20090096706 | IC Tag - According to the present invention, there is disclosed an antenna circuit characterized by comprising:
| 04-16-2009 |
20090250109 | ACRYLIC PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, DOUBLE COATED ADHESIVE SHEET, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE - An acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising (A) an acrylic polymer having a carboxyl group and (B) a tetrafunctional epoxy compound, without a substantial amount of a tackifying resin, wherein the acrylic polymer (A) has been prepared by copolymerizing (a) 50% to 80% by weight of butyl acrylate, (b) 5% to 40% by weight of ethyl acrylate, and (c) 7% to 22% by weight of at least one carboxyl group-containing compound selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, crotonic acid, monobutyl maleate and β-carboxyethyl acrylate; and which has a weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of about 600000 to about 800000 and a glass transition temperature of −35° C. to −10° C., is disclosed. Further, a double-coated adhesive sheet comprising the acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition, and a photovoltaic device fabricated, using the double-coated adhesive sheet, is disclosed. | 10-08-2009 |
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20100053360 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method includes acquiring shooting data indicating a condition used for capturing image data, calculating an adaptation field size using data indicating an adaptation field angle and the acquired shooting data, executing filter processing on the image data according to the adaptation field size to calculate data indicating an adaptation state of a scene that is a shooting object of the image data, and calculating data indicating appearance of the scene using the data indicating the adaptation state. | 03-04-2010 |
20100053381 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A white point of a shooting condition corresponding to image data is acquired, and information of a local white point corresponding to a pixel of interest of the image data is calculated using surrounding pixels of the pixel of interest. An adapting white point corresponding to the pixel of interest is calculated based on the white point of the shooting condition and the information of the local white point. Image data of the pixel of interest is corrected using the adapting white point. | 03-04-2010 |
20110013848 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image processing apparatus that generates image data having a high dynamic range by combining a plurality of image data having different exposure amounts includes: an input unit configured to input a plurality of M-bit image data; a determining unit configured to determine reference image data serving as an exposure reference from among the plurality of input M-bit image data; a composition unit configured to combine the plurality of M-bit image data, and generate one N-bit composite image data (N>M); a characteristic parameter setting unit configured to set a characteristic parameter of tone compression on the N-bit composite image data such that a predetermined reference luminance in the reference image data does not change; and a generating unit configured to generate M-bit composite image data by compressing a luminance tone of an image component based on the set characteristic parameter. | 01-20-2011 |
20110292070 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A virtual environment corresponding to the viewing environment of a printed material is generated. By referring to a color transition characteristic, the color values of the diffuse component and the glossy component of light reflected by a virtual printed material in the virtual environment are obtained. The color value of the diffuse component is mapped in the color gamut for a monitor for displaying the image of the printed material. The color value of the glossy component is mapped in the color gamut for the monitor. The color values of the diffuse and glossy components after the color gamut mapping are synthesized to generate the image of the printed material. | 12-01-2011 |
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20080200126 | Transmitter - In a transmitter that suppresses the peak level of a multi-carrier signal produced by synthesizing a plurality of carrier signals, high signal quality is maintained for any transmission signal pattern, for example. In a peak power suppression means shown in the drawings, suppression signal generation means | 08-21-2008 |
20090245414 | Transmitter - A transmitter, which may suppress peak power in a transmission signal, effectively suppresses peak power occurring in a transmission signal. In a transmitter that may suppress peak power in a transmission signal, a plurality of peak-suppression-signal generating means generate peak suppression signals for suppressing the peak power in the transmission signal respectively, peak-suppression-signal synthesizing means synthesizes peak suppression signals generated by the plurality of peak-suppression-signal generating means, and subtraction means subtracts a signal as a synthesis result given by the peak-suppression-signal synthesizing means from the transmission signal. | 10-01-2009 |
20110155904 | Method and Apparatus for Pattern Position and Overlay Measurement - Systems and methods using imaged device patterns to measure overlay between different layers in a semiconductor manufacturing process, such as a double-patterning process. Images of pattern features are acquired by scanning electron microscopy. The position of a patterning layer is determined using positions of pattern features for the patterning layer in the images. A relative position of each patterning layer with respect to other pattern features or patterning layers is determined in vector form based on the determined pattern positions. Overlay error is determined based on a comparison of the relative position with reference values from design or simulation. Overlay can be measured with high precision and accuracy by utilizing pattern symmetry. | 06-30-2011 |
20120267528 | Pattern Measuring Apparatus and Computer Program - A pattern measuring apparatus which can identify a kind of gaps formed by a manufacturing process having a plurality of exposing steps such as SADP, particularly, which can suitably access a gap even if a sample has the gap that is not easily accessed is disclosed. A feature amount regarding one end side of a pattern having a plurality of patterns arranged therein and a plurality of kinds of feature amounts regarding the other end side of the pattern are extracted from a signal detected on the basis of scanning of a charged particle beam. With respect to proper kinds of feature amounts among the plurality of kinds of feature amounts, the feature amount on one side of the pattern and that on the other end side of the pattern are compared. On the basis of the comparison, the kinds of spaces among the patterns are determined. | 10-25-2012 |
20130161536 | MICROORGANISM DETECTING APPARATUS CALIBRATION METHOD AND MICROORGANISM DETECTING APPARATUS CALIBRATION KIT - A method for calibrating a microorganism detecting apparatus including drawing, into a microorganism detecting apparatus, polystyrene particles that, when exposed to light produce fluorescence of essentially the same intensity as the intensity of fluorescence produced by microorganisms; exposing the polystyrene particles to light from a light source of the microorganism detecting apparatus and detecting, using a fluorescence detector of the microorganism detecting apparatus, the fluorescence produced from the polystyrene particles; and calibrating the microorganism detecting apparatus based on the intensity of the detected fluorescence. | 06-27-2013 |
20140048706 | PATTERN DIMENSION MEASUREMENT METHOD AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - The present invention aims to provide a pattern dimension measurement method for accurately measuring an amount of shrinkage of a pattern that shrinks and an original dimension value before the shrinkage and a charged particle beam apparatus. | 02-20-2014 |
20140077100 | MICROORGANISM DETECTING APPARATUS CALIBRATION METHOD AND MICROORGANISM DETECTING APPARATUS CALIBRATION KIT - A method for calibrating a microorganism detecting apparatus includes drawing into the microorganism detecting apparatus polystyrene particles with a weight-average molecular weight of no less than 250,000 and no more than 850,000 that, when exposed to light, produce a fluorescence of an intensity that is substantially identical to an intensity of fluorescence produced by a microorganism. The polystyrene particles are exposed to light from a light source of the microorganism detecting apparatus. A fluorescence detector of the microorganism detecting apparatus detects the fluorescence produced by a polystyrene particle. The microorganism detecting apparatus is calibrated based on a detected intensity of the fluorescence. | 03-20-2014 |
20140092384 | DIFFRACTION GRATING MANUFACTURING METHOD, SPECTROPHOTOMETER, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide a manufacturing technique capable of manufacturing a diffraction grating which is suitable for use in a spectrophotometer and has an apex angle of a convex portion of about 90° and can satisfy high diffraction efficiency and a low stray light amount. A method of manufacturing a diffraction grating, the method including: setting an exposure condition such that a sectional shape of a convex portion of a resist on a substrate, which has been formed by exposure, is an asymmetric triangle with respect to an opening portion shape of a mask having an opening portion with a periodic structure and an angle formed by a long side and a short side of the triangle is about 90°; and performing exposure. | 04-03-2014 |
20140255980 | MICROORGANISM DETECTING APPARATUS AND MICROORGANISM DETECTING METHOD - A microorganism detecting device includes a light source that illuminates a particle with an excitation beam, a fluorescence detector that detects fluorescence produced by the particle, an evaluating portion that evaluates that the particle is a microorganism if there is a plurality of peaks in the fluorescence spectrum, and evaluates that the particle is a non-microorganism if there is a single peak in the fluorescence spectrum. | 09-11-2014 |
20140302679 | PHASE SHIFT MASK, METHOD OF FORMING ASYMMETRIC PATTERN, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DIFFRACTION GRATING, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A technique of forming an asymmetric pattern by using a phase shift mask, and further, techniques of manufacturing a diffraction grating and a semiconductor device, capable of improving accuracy of a product and capable of shortening manufacturing time. In a method of manufacturing a diffraction grating by using a phase shift mask (in which a light shield part and a light transmission part are periodically arranged), light emitted from an illumination light source is transmitted through the phase shift mask, and a photoresist on a surface of a Si wafer is exposed by providing interference between zero diffraction order light and positive first diffraction order light which are generated by the transmission through this phase shift mask onto the surface of the Si wafer, and a diffraction grating which has a blazed cross-sectional shape is formed on the Si wafer. | 10-09-2014 |
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20100044614 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE - A surface of a valve rod of an EGR valve is plated with chromium plating, and then the surface of the chrome plating is polished to the maximum height surface roughness of 1.0 μm to 3.2 μm. | 02-25-2010 |
20100065026 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE - In an EGR valve provided in an exhaust gas recirculation passage for recirculating the exhaust gas of an engine, a filter | 03-18-2010 |
20100065027 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE - An inner surface of an exhaust gas passage | 03-18-2010 |
20100313859 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE - An exhaust gas recirculation valve is fabricated by fitting a valve head | 12-16-2010 |
20110088670 | EGR VALVE DEVICE - An EGR valve device includes a housing having an exhaust gas passage formed inside, a support shaft slidably supported within the housing through a bearing, a valve disposed on the support shaft to open and close the exhaust gas passage, an urging member for urging the support shaft in a direction to close the valve, a valve seat, insert-cast integral with the housing, for closing the exhaust gas passage by abutting against the valve, and an actuator for driving the support shaft in a direction to open the valve, wherein a plurality of recesses or projections are provided axisymmetrically or uniformly in the peripheral portion of the valve seat to be insert-cast. | 04-21-2011 |
20110272613 | VALVE ELEMENT MECHANISM FOR EXHAUST GAS CIRCULATION VALVE - A valve element mechanism for an exhaust gas circulation valve has: a primary eccentricity A causing a center O of a support shaft | 11-10-2011 |
20120056118 | VALVE OPENING AND CLOSING MECHANISM - A valve opening and closing mechanism includes: an input shaft | 03-08-2012 |
20120061603 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE - A rotation axis O | 03-15-2012 |
20120193562 | STRUCTURE FOR REDUCING AXIAL LEAKAGE OF VALVE | 08-02-2012 |
20120313025 | FLUID CONTROL VALVE - An actuator unit | 12-13-2012 |
20120326069 | STEP TYPE VALVE | 12-27-2012 |
20130167812 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE - An exhaust gas recirculation valve includes an exhaust passage having an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet aligned on the same line, an EGR passage branched from the exhaust passage, a shaft attached rotatably at a branching point between the exhaust passage and the EGR passage, and an elliptically shaped butterfly valve rotating integrally with the shaft to open/close the exhaust passage and the EGR passage. | 07-04-2013 |
20130299728 | BUTTERFLY VALVE - A thickness of a valve is set smaller than a distance (inter-seat distance) in a valve thickness direction from a first seat part to a second seat part, and hence a gap between the valve and the first seat part and a gap between the valve and the second seat part are reduced to suppress seat leakage with all a variation of dimension thereof. | 11-14-2013 |
20140252259 | BUTTERFLY VALVE - Bearings 18 and 19 each are formed to have an inside diameter gradually extending toward two ends along an axial direction of a shaft 20 such that the inside diameter of the bearing is smaller at the center portion thereof and is larger at the two ends thereof. | 09-11-2014 |
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20120154383 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a first generation module, a second generation module, and processor. The first generation module is configured to generate 3D image data. The second generation module is configured to generate 3D graphics data. The processor is configured to make the 3D image data fall within a first display range which has a first depth range in a depth direction, and makes the 3D graphics data fall within a second display range which has a second depth range which does not overlap the first display range in the depth direction. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154538 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus including background image generator which generates background image, receiver which receives additional information, depth calculator which determines first depth based on additional information, and calculates second depth based on first depth, first three-dimensional image generator which generates first object image based on additional information, and generates first three-dimensional image based on first object image and first depth, second three-dimensional image generator which generates second object image based on additional information, and generates second three-dimensional image based on second object image and second depth, at least part of second three-dimensional image being displayed in area overlapping first three-dimensional image, image composite module which generates video signal by displaying background image, displaying second three-dimensional image in front of displayed background image, and displaying first three-dimensional image in front of displayed second three-dimensional image, and output module which outputs video signal. | 06-21-2012 |
20120154539 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus including a background image generator which generates a background image, a receiver which receives additional information, a depth memory which stores in advance a depth for each of types of the additional information, a depth decide module which determines a type of the additional information received by the receiver, and reads a depth which is associated with the determined type from the depth memory, a three-dimensional image generator which generates an object image based on the additional information, and generates a three-dimensional image based on the object image and the depth which is read by the depth decide module, an image composite module which generates a video signal by displaying the background image and displaying the three-dimensional image in front of the displayed background image, and an output module which outputs the video signal generated by the image composite module. | 06-21-2012 |
20140139650 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus including a background image generator which generates a background image, a receiver which receives additional information, a depth memory which stores in advance a depth for each of types of the additional information, a depth decide module which determines a type of the additional information received by the receiver, and reads a depth which is associated with the determined type from the depth memory, a three-dimensional image generator which generates an object image based on the additional information, and generates a three-dimensional image based on the object image and the depth which is read by the depth decide module, an image composite module which generates a video signal by displaying the background image and displaying the three-dimensional image in front of the displayed background image, and an output module which outputs the video signal generated by the image composite module. | 05-22-2014 |
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20080255599 | ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE - An acupuncture needle gives skin a favorable stimulus without invading the skin when in contact with or pressed against the skin. The acupuncture needle includes a base plate and projections formed on a surface of the base plate integrally therewith. Each of the projections have elasticity and includes a base portion and a substantially cylindrical head portion formed on the base portion. The head portion has a flat top surface substantially parallel to the surface of the base plate and a side perpendicular to the surface f the base plate. The base portion has an inwardly depressed external curved line in a central vertical section and a diameter in a transverse cross section gradually becoming larger toward the surface of the base plate. The projections sway in a direction substantially parallel to the skin when the acupuncture needle is in contact with or pressed against the skin. | 10-16-2008 |
20090219562 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus that can flexibly deal with various needs of a user while effectively utilizing a memory unit thereof that can store a plurality of data. The data processing apparatus, which is equipped with a memory unit capable of storing data, executes processing of transmitting the data of the memory unit to an external apparatus and erasing the data of the object of transmission to the external apparatus from the memory unit. An acceptance of a specific user request related to processing of the data transmitted to the external apparatus is allowed in a case where the data has been transmitted to the external apparatus. The data processing apparatus executes processing using the data transmitted to the external apparatus in a case where the acceptance of the specific user request is performed via the user interface unit. | 09-03-2009 |
20100190017 | GYPSUM BOARD HAVING MOLD RESISTANCE - A gypsum board having mold resistance includes a gypsum core containing a first anti-mold agent poorly soluble in water and a waterproofing agent; and gypsum board paper containing a second anti-mold agent poorly soluble in water. | 07-29-2010 |
20140335365 | GYPSUM BOARD HAVING MOLD RESISTANCE - A gypsum board having mold resistance includes a gypsum core and gypsum board paper covering two surfaces of the gypsum core. The gypsum core contains first and second anti-mold agents, each having a water solubility of 200 ppm or less, and a waterproofing agent. A mixture consisting of the first and second anti-mold agents and starch is applied on a surface of the gypsum board paper, which surface is out of contact with the gypsum core. The first anti-mold agent is 2-(4-thiazolyl)-benzimidazole (TBZ) or 2-benzimidazol carbamic acid methyl ester (BCM), and the second anti-mold agent is 3-iodo-2-propyl butyl carbamate (IPBC). The total amount of the first and second anti-mold agents contained in the gypsum core is 0.03% to 0.2% of gypsum forming the gypsum core on an active ingredient basis, and the additive amount of the waterproofing agent is 0.3% to 1.5% of the gypsum forming the gypsum core. | 11-13-2014 |
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20100069141 | GAMING MACHINE EXECUTING EFFECTS USING SYMBOLS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A gaming machine of the present invention performs an effect of rotating an image displayed in each display block having a second specific symbol rearranged therein in a direction so as to turn a display screen of a display over to the other side after scroll-displaying a specific character image to the display in a direction from one side of a symbol display region toward the opposite side, and also changing the second specific symbol rearranged in the each display block into a first specific symbol, when the first specific symbol and the second specific symbol have been rearranged in the symbol display region and also when it has been determined to display the specific character image; and offers an award in accordance with the number of first specific symbols arranged in the symbol display region as a result thereof. | 03-18-2010 |
20100087244 | Gaming Machine - While one video reel is being scrolled and the remaining video reels stop scrolling, a map of Japan or a map of America is displayed on a liquid crystal panel. A territory corresponding to a player is distinguished by color on the map. There is a correlation in terms of probability between the territory corresponding to the player distinguished by color and a payout amount corresponding to a symbol combination to be realized upon stop of scroll of all the video reels. | 04-08-2010 |
20120025746 | MOTOR, ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOTOR - In a motor driven by a drive circuit such as an inverter, there is a problem that electric current flowing through a bearing causes electric corrosion, which impairs the durability of the bearing. A motor of the invention includes: a stator in which a winding is applied through an insulating part to a stator core formed by laminating a predetermined number of electromagnetic steel plates which have been punched into a predetermined shape; a rotor assembly in which a rotor and bearings and formed by rolling bearings are fitted to a shaft; a printed wiring board which is arranged at an end part of the stator in an axial direction and to which a drive circuit is mounted; a bracket imposed to at least the end part of the stator in the axial direction to which the printed wiring board is arranged; and a conductive sheet provided between the printed wiring board and the bracket. | 02-02-2012 |
20120190427 | GAMING MACHINE EXECUTING EFFECTS USING SYMBOLS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A gaming machine of the present invention performs an effect of rotating an image displayed in each display block having a second specific symbol rearranged therein in a direction so as to turn a display screen of a display over to the other side after scroll-displaying a specific character image to the display in a direction from one side of a symbol display region toward the opposite side, and also changing the second specific symbol rearranged in the each display block into a first specific symbol, when the first specific symbol and the second specific symbol have been rearranged in the symbol display region and also when it has been determined to display the specific character image; and offers an award in accordance with the number of first specific symbols arranged in the symbol display region as a result thereof. | 07-26-2012 |
20130175012 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE, MOTOR INCLUDING THE SAME, AIR CONDITIONER HAVING THE MOTOR INCORPORATED THEREIN, AND VENTILATION FAN HAVING THE MOTOR INCORPORATED THEREIN - A power conversion device includes a printed circuit board, whose mounting surface is opposite to an annular surface formed by an annular stator that constitutes a motor, arranged to be separated from the annular surface with a predetermined distance, and mounted with a Hall element that detects a rotation position of a rotor of the motor on a mounting surface on a side of the stator; an inverter IC that is mounted on the mounting surface on the side of the stator of the printed circuit board to supply a high-frequency current to the stator; and an overheat detection unit that is mounted on the mounting surface on the side of the stator of the printed circuit board and detects an overheated state of the inverter IC. When the overheat detection unit detects an overheated state, the inverter IC restricts or stops a current to be supplied to the stator. | 07-11-2013 |
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20090312025 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MAINTENANCE TERMINAL, ADJACENT CELL INFORMATION OPTIMIZING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A maintenance terminal comprises a detected cell information collection unit that collects detected cell information including identification information of a handover original cell and identification information of a cell as an expected movement destination from a radio network controller, a detection count record unit that records the number of detection times that the relationship between the identification information of the handover original cell and the identification information of the cell as the detected expected movement destination is determined as not included in the relationship between the identification information of the handover original cell and the identification information of the adjacent cells recorded in the radio network controller, based on the collection of the detected cell information, and an adjacent cell information additional-registration unit that additionally registers the relationship between the identification information of the handover original cell and the identification information of the adjacent cells corresponding to the number of detection times in the adjacent cell information, when the number of detection times exceeds a threshold value. | 12-17-2009 |
20100302662 | TESTING METHOD OF WAFER WITH THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEADS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THIN-FILM MAGNETIC HEAD - A testing method of a wafer provided with a plurality of thin-film magnetic heads is provided. Each of the plurality of thin-film magnetic heads includes a main pole layer, a first test pad formed on the wafer and electrically connected with an extended top end section of the main pole layer and a second test pad formed on the wafer and electrically connected with a back end section of the main pole layer. The testing method includes a step of measuring an electrical resistance between the first test pad and the second test pad, a step of judging whether the measured electrical resistance is within a set range, and a step of discriminating that the thin-film magnetic head is a non-defective product when the measured electrical resistance is within the set range. | 12-02-2010 |
20110310512 | THIN FILM MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE - A thin film magnetic head has a plurality of electrode terminals formed on substantially the same surface as the head formation surface on which magnetic head element is laminated. The plurality of electrode terminals is arranged in an array near and along the second side of the head formation surface that is opposite the first side on the ABS side, from which the functional end of the magnetic head is exposed. The plurality of electrode terminals is formed to include a pad and a protrusion formed along a part of the periphery of the pad. | 12-22-2011 |
20120184230 | WIRELESS TERMINAL - A wireless terminal may include a sensor unit that generates data, a wireless communication unit that wirelessly transmits the data, a main power supply unit that supplies power to the sensor unit and the wireless communication unit, a determination unit that determines a level of transmission urgency of wireless transmission of the data; and a control unit that controls the wireless communication unit to wirelessly transmit the data, the control unit executing control to inhibit the wireless communication unit from using power supplied from the main power supply unit when causing the wireless communication unit to wirelessly transmit the data of which the transmission urgency is determined to be low by the determination unit. | 07-19-2012 |
20120202433 | PORTABLE WIRELESS TERMINAL, WIRELESS TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - Disclosed is a wireless terminal for performing independent distributed-type wireless communication with a portable wireless terminal. The wireless terminal is provided with: a channel setting section for setting a channel on which wireless communication with the portable wireless terminal is performed; a trigger receiving section for receiving a trigger; a free channel search section for searching for a free channel in response to the trigger received, and for delivering a signal, which changes the set channel in accordance with the search result, to the channel setting section; and a transmission section for transmitting to the portable wireless terminal a signal which reports the change. | 08-09-2012 |
20120220232 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal may include a first interface that receives urgency data indicating urgency of an event detected by an implantable medical device and being transmitted from the implantable medical device using a first wireless communication protocol, and detailed data indicating details of the event and having a greater data size than the urgency data and being transmitted from the implantable medical device using a second wireless communication protocol, a second interface that transmits the detailed data to an external device using the second wireless communication protocol, a display unit that displays information, and a control unit that performs control to cause the display unit to display summary information based on the urgency of the event, and the second interface to transmit the detailed data received by the first interface to the external device based on the urgency data received by the first interface. | 08-30-2012 |
20120315863 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal may include a power supply unit that supplies direct current (DC) power, a wireless communication antenna, a wireless communication module that transmits communication data to an external terminal through the wireless communication antenna, an activation signal output unit that converts an electromagnetic wave received through the wireless communication antenna into DC power, and generates and outputs an activation signal if the converted DC power is greater than or equal to a predetermined power value, and a control unit that performs control such that the DC power is supplied from the power supply unit to the wireless communication module if the activation signal is output from the activation signal output unit. | 12-13-2012 |
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20100049460 | QUALITY DEGRADATION POINT ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND QUALITY DEGRADATION POINT ESTIMATING METHOD - A quality degradation point estimating method for estimating a quality degradation point in a directed link set through which a communication flow passed is provided. The quality degradation point estimating method has: (A) determining a test flow set for estimating a quality degradation point; and (B) estimating the quality degradation point in the directed link set by sending the test flow set to the network. The (A) step includes a step of setting the flow, which passes through a partial set as a part of the directed link set, as the test flow and adding the set test flow to the test flow set. The test flow is sent from the test terminal on the network to a predetermined node in the partial set. A response is obtained at the predetermined node, and the response is sent from the predetermined node to a predetermined terminal. | 02-25-2010 |
20100150029 | TOPOLOGY SPECIFYING METHOD AND TOPOLOGY SPECIFYING APPARATUS - A topology specifying apparatus | 06-17-2010 |
20110216673 | TOPOLOGY DETECTION METHOD AND TOPOLOGY DETECTION APPARATUS - A topology detection apparatus includes, in a network having a tree-type topology: a route overlap judgment part that judges an existence or non-existence of an overlap between: a first route between terminals whose connection position are known; and a second route between a terminal whose connection position is known and a terminal whose connection position is unknown; and a topology detection part which determines the network topology based on the existence or non-existence of the first route and the second route. | 09-08-2011 |
20120063493 | TRANSMISSION RATE CONTROL METHOD, TRANSMISSION UNIT, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmission unit includes: transmission rate control means for controlling a transmission rate; first transmission error detecting means for detecting data loss caused due to congestion in a transmission network; and second transmission error detecting means for detecting data loss (for example, packet loss) caused due to data error in the communication network. In the transmission unit, the transmission rate control means controls the transmission rate separately for a case where the first transmission error detecting means has detected data loss and a case where the second transmission error detecting means has detected data loss caused due to data error. | 03-15-2012 |
20120230671 | COMMUNICATION DATA TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT, A COMMUNICATION DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, A COMMUNICATION DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND A COMMUNICATION DATA TRANSMISSION PROGRAM - Even in a network system including a transmission line of which dominant cause of delay is a transmission line delay, controlling communication speed of the network system as a whole efficiently and suppressing the delay is made possible. | 09-13-2012 |
20120314576 | HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION METHOD - A high-speed communication system according to the present invention includes: a plurality of nodes disposed on a communication path; and a plurality of communication connections established between the plurality of nodes. The plurality of nodes exchange a plurality of pieces of performance model information between the nodes, the plurality of pieces of performance model information representing communication performances achievable by each of the plurality of communication connections. Each of the plurality of nodes executes communication control based on any one of the plurality of pieces of performance model information. | 12-13-2012 |
20130295784 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLED COMPONENT, PLUG CONNECTOR, AND RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR - An electrical connector assembled component includes a plug connector and a receptacle connector. The receptacle connector includes a plurality of mating terminals having receptacle contact portions and a receptacle housing. The plug connector includes a plurality of terminals having plug contact portions and a plug housing. The plug housing includes a fitting portion. The terminals include an edge terminal disposed on one end portion of the fitting portion. The edge terminal includes a plug side plate portion, a plug edge plate portion, and a locking portion. The mating terminals include an edge mating terminal disposed on one end portion of the receptacle housing. The edge mating terminal includes a receptacle side plate portion, a receptacle edge plate portion, and a locked portion formed on the receptacle edge plate portion for engaging with the locking portion. | 11-07-2013 |
20140355472 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DATA RECEIVING TERMINAL - A communication system includes a data sending terminal which sends data and a data receiving terminal which sends an acknowledgement, which indicates that the data is received, to the data sending terminal in reply to receiving the data, and the data receiving terminal includes a unit which judges whether it is necessary to resend the acknowledgement on the basis of judgment whether the data receiving terminal receives new data from the data sending terminal within a predetermined time since sending the acknowledgement. | 12-04-2014 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100118936 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND CODED BIT STREAM CONVERTING APPARATUS - An image decoding apparatus is capable of decoding coded bit streams with different coding schemes. The image decoding apparatus includes a coding scheme decision section for deciding a coding scheme from coding scheme identification information multiplexed into a coded bit stream, a setting unit for setting header information on a second coding scheme in accordance with header information in a first coding scheme, and a decoder for decoding image coded data in the first coding scheme in response to the header information on the second coding scheme, which is set. | 05-13-2010 |
20100118975 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND CODED BIT STREAM CONVERTING APPARATUS - An image decoding apparatus is capable of decoding coded bit streams with different coding schemes. The image decoding apparatus includes a coding scheme decision section for deciding a coding scheme from coding scheme identification information multiplexed into a coded bit stream, a setting unit for setting header information on a second coding scheme in accordance with header information in a first coding scheme, and a decoder for decoding image coded data in the first coding scheme in response to the header information on the second coding scheme, which is set. | 05-13-2010 |
20100118976 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND CODED BIT STREAM CONVERTING APPARATUS - An image decoding apparatus is capable of decoding coded bit streams with different coding schemes. The image decoding apparatus includes a coding scheme decision section for deciding a coding scheme from coding scheme identification information multiplexed into a coded bit stream, a setting unit for setting header information on a second coding scheme in accordance with header information in a first coding scheme, and a decoder for decoding image coded data in the first coding scheme in response to the header information on the second coding scheme, which is set. | 05-13-2010 |
20100172415 | VIDEO ENCODER, VIDEO DECODER, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO DECODING METHOD, AND VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING SYSTEM - A method and a video decoder for decoding an encoded bitstream of video data in a picture encoding and decoding system are disclosed. The video decoder includes a motion compensation unit for calculating a position for a sample image portion using an encoded bitstream of video data having a motion vector and rounding information. The calculated position of a sample image is rounded with the rounding information. The rounding information indicates the accuracy for rounding, and it is decoded from the bitstream. An image reconstruction unit reconstructs a decoded image portion of the video data from the sample image portion. | 07-08-2010 |