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20090002035 | COMPARATOR CIRCUIT - A comparator circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a comparator configured to compare an input signal voltage with a reference voltage obtained by smoothing the input signal by use of a resistor and a capacitor, and output a result of the comparison, a discharge circuit configured to compare a first addition signal which is obtained by adding a positive first voltage to the input signal voltage, with the reference voltage, and discharge the capacitor when the first addition signal is lower than the reference voltage, and a charge circuit configured to compare a second addition signal which is obtained by adding a negative second voltage to the input signal voltage, with the reference voltage, and charge the capacitor when the second addition signal is higher than the reference voltage. | 01-01-2009 |
20100052733 | COMPARATOR CIRCUIT - A comparator circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a comparator configured to compare an input signal voltage with a reference voltage obtained by smoothing the input signal by use of a resistor and a capacitor, and output a result of the comparison, a discharge circuit configured to compare a first addition signal which is obtained by adding a positive first voltage to the input signal voltage, with the reference voltage, and discharge the capacitor when the first addition signal is lower than the reference voltage, and a charge circuit configured to compare a second addition signal which is obtained by adding a negative second voltage to the input signal voltage, with the reference voltage, and charge the capacitor when the second addition signal is higher than the reference voltage. | 03-04-2010 |
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20090185019 | REACTION LIQUID, SET OF INK AND REACTION LIQUID, INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - A reaction liquid destabilizing the dissolved state or dispersed state of a coloring material by being in contact with an ink containing the coloring material on a recording medium, wherein the reaction liquid contains at least calcium ions, glycerin and polyethylene glycols, and wherein the content and ratio of these components are specified. | 07-23-2009 |
20090258145 | INK JET INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - The invention provides provide an ink jet ink exhibiting such an excellent ejection property that when an ink containing a polymer capable of improving the scratch resistance of a recorded article is used, the deviation of the ink-droplet impact point on a recording medium is prevented. The ink jet ink contains a polymer and a surfactant, wherein the acid value of the polymer is from 100 mg KOH/g or more to 220 mg KOH/g or less, the weight-average molecular weight of the polymer is from 3,000 or more to 10,000 or less, and the surfactant has a structure represented by the following formula (1) | 10-15-2009 |
20120033009 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - Disclosed herein are an ink containing a self-dispersible pigment and a salt, wherein the self-dispersible pigment is a pigment to the surface of a particle of which a functional group containing at least a group having a hydrogen bonding property and two phosphonic acid groups is bonded, counter ions of the two phosphonic acid groups containing one of K | 02-09-2012 |
20120033012 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE, INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet ink including a self-dispersible pigment, a salt, a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether and a water-soluble organic solvent. The self-dispersible pigment is a pigment to a surface of a particle of which a functional group containing at least a phosphonic acid group is bonded, the introduced amount of the functional group bonded to the self-dispersible pigment is 0.10 to 0.33 mmol/g. The salt is constituted by combining a specific cation with a specific anion. The value (Concentration of anion)×(Valence number of anion) of the salt in the ink is 0.005 to 0.06 mol/L. The water-soluble organic solvent includes glycerol, the content of which in the ink is 35% to 78% by mass based on the total content of the water-soluble organic solvent in the ink. | 02-09-2012 |
20130027463 | INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink cartridge including a housing formed with a resin and an ink stored in the housing, wherein the resin includes a white mica composition; the ink includes a salt and a self-dispersible pigment having a functional group that contains two phosphonic acid groups and is bonded to the particle surface thereof; the salt includes a specific cation and a specific anion; and an amount of calcium in the ink after the ink is preserved in the housing at 60° C. for 2 months is 10.0 ppm or less. | 01-31-2013 |
20140192111 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides an ink that can achieve image characteristics for recording an image having excellent optical density, bleeding resistance, and white blur resistance and also can achieve reliability that provides excellent sticking resistance to a recording head. The ink is one for ink jet containing a first pigment and second pigment. The first pigment is a self-dispersible pigment to a surface of a particle of which a first functional group containing a phosphonic acid group is bonded. The second pigment is a self-dispersible pigment to a surface of a particle of which a second functional group not containing a phosphonic acid group but containing an anionic group other than the phosphonic acid group, and further containing another atomic group is bonded. The introduced amount of the functional group of the second pigment is 0.25 mmol/g or more. | 07-10-2014 |
20150022585 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet recording apparatus is provided which includes a recording unit including a recording head having a surface provided with an ejection opening therein, an aqueous ink that is ejected from the ejection opening to record an image on a recording medium, a protection unit including a covering member that covers the surface having the ejection opening, and a recovery unit separate from the covering member, having no member that scrapes the ink deposited in the ink receiving member or sucks the ink from the ejection opening. The recovery unit includes an ink receiving member that receives waste ink discharged from the ejection opening according to preliminary ejection data, directly from the ejection opening without interposing any other member. The aqueous ink contains a self-dispersible pigment containing the carboxyl group or the sulfonate group. | 01-22-2015 |
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20100248844 | GAME APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING GAME PROGRAM - As an example, a value obtained by adding the magnitudes of a plurality of angular velocities around respective axes indicated by angular velocity data obtained from an input device including gyroscopic sensors, is used to calculate a rotation parameter indicating a rotation amount. A predetermined object which is rotated, depending on the rotation amount corresponding to the rotation parameter, is displayed on a display device. As another example, when it is determined, based on the angular velocity data, that the attitude of the input device is stable, a stability flag which indicates that the attitude of the input device has been at least once stable is set and updated to ON. When there is an input device whose stability flag is OFF, the aforementioned determination is performed and a screen including a result of the determination is displayed on a display device. | 09-30-2010 |
20120190450 | GAME APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING GAME PROGRAM - As an example, a value obtained by adding the magnitudes of a plurality of angular velocities around respective axes indicated by angular velocity data obtained from an input device including gyroscopic sensors, is used to calculate a rotation parameter indicating a rotation amount. A predetermined object which is rotated, depending on the rotation amount corresponding to the rotation parameter, is displayed on a display device. As another example, when it is determined, based on the angular velocity data, that the attitude of the input device is stable, a stability flag which indicates that the attitude of the input device has been at least once stable is set and updated to ON. When there is an input device whose stability flag is OFF, the aforementioned determination is performed and a screen including a result of the determination is displayed on a display device. | 07-26-2012 |
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20100151833 | In-vehicle apparatus, cellular phone device, and method for controlling communication therebetween - A communication unit communicates with a cellular phone device simultaneously using a handsfree communication protocol for handsfree communication and a mail transfer protocol for mail transfer. The cellular phone device is selectively in one of: i) a handsfree communication state where voice is transmitted via voice units of the in-vehicle apparatus when opening a voice path with the in-vehicle apparatus using the handsfree communication protocol; and ii) a handset communication state where voice is transmitted via voice units of the cellular phone when closing the voice path. The control unit notifies an incoming mail in a normal manner when the cellular phone device is in the handsfree communication state. Alternatively, the control unit notifies an incoming mail such that an occupant other than a user hardly notices an incoming mail when the cellular phone device is, in the handset communication state. | 06-17-2010 |
20100197362 | HANDSFREE APPARATUS FOR USE IN VEHICLE - At least one of outbound call history data, inbound call history data, and phone book data is transferred to a handsfree apparatus for use in a vehicle at a predetermined timing for the purpose of obtaining near realtime update of the inbound/outbound call history data from a cellular phone. By utilizing simultaneous connection of HFP and PBAP, the handsfree apparatus establishes a Bluetooth communication with the cellular phone through HFP first, and then establishes another communication through PBAP simultaneously, for receiving the inbound call history data and the outbound call history data stored before establishing the Bluetooth communication from the cellular phone. The handsfree apparatus can thus be capable of placing a call by using the outbound call history data and the inbound call history data stored in a work memory after receiving those data. | 08-05-2010 |
20130122969 | HANDSFREE APPARATUS FOR USE IN VEHICLE - At least one of outbound call history data, inbound call history data, and phone book data is transferred to a handsfree apparatus for use in a vehicle at a predetermined timing for the purpose of obtaining near realtime update of the inbound/outbound call history data from a cellular phone. By utilizing simultaneous connection of HFP and PBAP, the handsfree apparatus establishes a Bluetooth communication with the cellular phone through HFP first, and then establishes another communication through PBAP simultaneously, for receiving the inbound call history data and the outbound call history data stored before establishing the Bluetooth communication from the cellular phone. The handsfree apparatus can thus be capable of placing a call by using the outbound call history data and the inbound call history data stored in a work memory after receiving those data. | 05-16-2013 |
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20120223579 | ELECTRICAL CHARGING AND DISCHARGING SYSTEM AND CHARGE AND DISCHARGE CONTROL DEVICE - The electric power generation system has a power generator configured to generate electric power using renewable energy, a battery configured to store electric power generated by the power generator, a detector configured to detect regularly a power data that is the amount of electric power generated by the power generator, a power output means configured to output electric power generated by the power generator and electric power discharged by the battery, and a controller configured to control the charge and discharge of the battery. The controller is configured to acquire the power data from the detector, to determine a first period based on the size of the fluctuations in the amount of electric power generated by the power generator from a first generated power output to a second generated power output, to control the charge and discharge of the battery. | 09-06-2012 |
20120228939 | POWER SUPPLY METHOD, A RECORDING MEDIUM WHICH IS COMPUTER READABLE AND A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A method of controlling a battery storing electric power generated by a power generator generating electric power using renewable energy, comprising: computing a output value for the electric power to be supplied to an electric power transmission system based on a predetermined maximum charge rate of the battery, and a predetermined maximum discharge rate for the battery; and supplying to the electric power transmission system with electric power corresponding to the output value from at least one of the power generator and the battery. | 09-13-2012 |
20120228941 | ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, MASTER CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM STABILIZATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE MASTER CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE MASTER CONTROL DEVICE - An electrical power supply system is managed by a master management system external to the supply system. The system includes a power generator generating electric power using renewable energy, a battery storing electric power generated by the power generator, and a power output device outputting power from the power generator or the battery. The system also includes a charge and discharge controller acquiring generated power data from the power generator, transmitting the generated power data to the master management system, computing a target output value for output from the power output device, and controlling charge and discharge of the battery such that the target output value is outputted from the power output device. The charge and discharge controller receives charge and discharge instruction signals from the master management device, and initiates or terminates the charge and discharge of the battery based on the charge and discharge instruction signals. | 09-13-2012 |
20120228950 | STABILIZATION SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF THE MASTER MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR THE MASTER MANAGEMENT DEVICE - This stabilization system providing plural power supply systems, the power supply systems comprising, distributed type power sources, and detection unit detecting the power passing through specific parts of the distribution lines between the distributed type power sources and the power grid, wherein smoothing control is performed on the power output to the power grid based on the detected power output data of the detection unit, and said plural power supply systems include a first power supply system performing smoothing control in the event that the amount of fluctuation of the value of said detected power output is not less than a first threshold value, and a second power supply system performing smoothing control in the event that the amount of fluctuation of the value of said detected power output is not less than a second threshold value which is greater than the first threshold value. | 09-13-2012 |
20120229093 | ELECTRICAL CHARGE AND DISCHARGE SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL CHARGE AND DISCHARGE OF A BATTERY, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - This electrical charge and discharge system comprises a battery configured to store electric power generated by a power generator using renewable energy, a power output device configured to output power generated by the power generator and power discharged by the battery and a controller configured to control charge and discharge of the battery and to terminate the charge and discharge control of the battery when determined that a fluctuation in power generated by the power generator is less than a standard in continuity for not less than a first period. | 09-13-2012 |
20120235484 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A BATTERY, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE CONTROLLING A BATTERY - The method of controlling a battery storing electric power generated by a power generator generating electric power using renewable energy comprises detecting an amount of electric power generated by the power generator at a first time and a second time that is prior to the first time; computing a rate of increase or decrease of the amount of electric power between the first time and the second time; computing a target output value for the electric power to be supplied to an electric power transmission system based on the rate, and supplying to the electric power transmission system electric power corresponding to the target output value from at least one of the power generator and the battery. | 09-20-2012 |
20120235497 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A BATTERY, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE CONTROLLING A BATTERY - This method of controlling a battery storing electric power generated by a power generator generating electric power using renewable energy comprising, detecting a power output data at plural points in time during a specified period, the power output data being amounts of electric power generated by the power generator, computing a target output value for supplying to an electric power transmission system based on an average value of the power output data detected at the plural points, and supplying to the electric power transmission system electric power corresponding to the target output value from at least one of the power generator and the battery, wherein the average value is determined so that different weights are applied to the power output data detected at the plural points in calculating the average value. | 09-20-2012 |
20120253537 | POWER SUPPLY METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM WHICH IS COMPUTER READABLE AND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - The method of controlling a power generator generating electric power using renewable energy and a battery storing electric power generated by the power generator, comprising: acquiring data on an amount of electric power generated by the power generator at predetermined time intervals over a sampling period, the data being acquired as electric signals; computing a target output value for the electric power to be supplied to an electric power transmission system based on the data on the amount of electric power generated by the power generator; supplying to the electric power transmission system electric power equal to the target output value from at least one of the power generator and the battery; determining a fading condition of the battery; and varying the sampling period in accordance with the fading condition of the battery. | 10-04-2012 |
20120256483 | ELECTRICAL CHARGE AND DISCHARGE SYSTEM, METHOD OF MANAGING A BATTERY AND A POWER GENERATOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - This charge and discharge system comprises a battery connected to a bus to which multiple power a generator and an electric power transmission system are connected, a charger configured to supply power from the bus to the battery, a discharger separate from the charger and configured to output electric power from the battery to the bus, and a controller configured to separately control the charger and the discharger. | 10-11-2012 |