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20100154928 | TABLET FILLING DEVICE - There is provided a tablet filling device, which can smoothly supply vials without any stop of the device even if the vials cause a jam within a stocker. The tablet filling device is related to removing a vial | 06-24-2010 |
20100181334 | TABLET DISCHARGING METHOD - There is provided a tablet discharging method capable of discharging a vial to an outlet corresponding to a size of the vial even if the size of the vial is changed. The tablet discharging method is related to removing a vial from a stocker accommodating a large number of vials according to a prescription data, dispensing tablets into the vial to fill the vial and discharging the vial filled with the tablets. The tablet discharging method includes the following steps of: determining a vial of an appropriate size according to a prescription data; checking for a stock of the determined vial; fixing a size by changing the determined vial to a vial of a size larger than that of the determined vial when the vial of the determined size is out-of-stock; and discharging the vial filled with the tablets to an outlet holding the vial of the fixed size. | 07-22-2010 |
20100230004 | Tablet Filling Instrument - A tablet filling instrument | 09-16-2010 |
20150111114 | FUNCTIONAL POROUS MATERIAL, METAL-AIR BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FUNCTIONAL POROUS MATERIAL - In a metal-air battery, a negative electrode, an electrolyte layer, and a positive electrode are concentrically disposed in the stated order, radially outward from the central axis, and the outer circumferential surface of the positive electrode is enclosed by a liquid-repellent layer ( | 04-23-2015 |
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20090316242 | OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanner includes an inductor, an electric supply unit, an emitter, a mirror, a first receiving element, a second receiving element, and a measuring unit. The electric supply unit applies a supply voltage to the inductor alternately in opposite applying directions. The mirror reflects a laser beam to scan a photosensitive body within a scanning range. Each of the receiving elements is positioned at one end of the scanning range. The measuring unit measures the scanning time taken for the laser beam to be detected by the second receiving element after the beam is detected by the first receiving element. When the mirror scans the photosensitive body along a first primary scanning line after the mirror scans the body along a second primary scanning line, the electric supply unit varies the supply voltage according to the scanning time measured for the second primary scanning line. | 12-24-2009 |
20110180394 | SPUTTERING METHOD AND SPUTTERING APPARATUS - There is provided a sputtering method in which abnormal discharging due to charge-up of a to-be-processed substrate is restrained and in which a good transparent conductive film can be formed on a to-be-processed large-area substrate. Out of a plurality of targets disposed side by side with, and at a predetermined distance from, one another so as to lie opposite to the to-be-processed substrate inside a sputtering chamber, electric power is applied, by alternately changing polarity at a predetermined frequency, to the targets that form respective pairs. Each target is thus alternately switched to anode electrode and cathode electrode. Glow discharge is thus generated between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode to thereby form plasma atmosphere, whereby each target is sputtered. During sputtering, electric power application to each of the targets is intermittently stopped. | 07-28-2011 |
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20090015516 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A sub-field lighting rate measuring unit measures a lighting rate in a final sub-field. When the measured lighting rate exceeds a threshold value, a blank signal generator maintains a blank signal at a low level in a sustain time period in a sub-field. An output control circuit brings an output control signal into a low level on the basis of the blank signal. In this case, no data pulse is applied to an address electrode, so that there is no power consumed at the time of the rise and the fall of the data pulse. | 01-15-2009 |
20090128542 | Plasma Display Panel Driving Method and Plasma Display Apparatus - A plasma display panel driving method is provided in which one field of an image signal includes a plurality of sub fields each having an initialization period, an address period and a sustain period, one field period includes an all-cell initialization sub field in which an initializing discharge is generated by applying an initialization voltage to all the discharge cells to display the image in the initialization period, the initialization voltage can be varied, and the initialization voltage when an image satisfying predetermined conditions is displayed is set to be lower than an initialization voltage when an image satisfying no predetermined conditions is displayed. | 05-21-2009 |
20090146922 | Image Display Device - An image display device includes a pair of sustain pulse generators for applying either a first sustain pulse or a second sustain pulse to the display electrodes. The first and second sustain pulses generate a sustain discharge twice and once, respectively, in discharge cells when the voltage applied between the display electrodes changes. The application of the first sustain pulse is performed by generating a first discharge by applying a voltage to one of the display electrodes using the clamp corresponding to the one of the display electrodes, and then generating a second discharge by applying a voltage to the other of the display electrodes using the clamp corresponding to the other of the display electrodes. The application of the second sustain pulse is performed by generating a first discharge by applying a voltage to each of the display electrodes using the clamps corresponding to each of the display electrodes. | 06-11-2009 |
20090201285 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display driving method capable of displaying a vigorous image having enhanced maximum luminance and contrast. For this purpose, one field is divided into a plurality of sub-fields each including a sustain period. In the sustain period, the number of sustain pulses obtained by multiplying a proportionality factor by a brightness weight set for each of the sub-fields are applied to display electrode pairs to generate sustaining discharge in discharge cells having generated addressing discharge therein. Thus, the total number of the sustain pulses in one field period can be changed. When a predetermined image meeting predetermined conditions is displayed, the total number of the sustain pulses in one field period is made larger than those in the case where the other normal images are displayed. | 08-13-2009 |
20110148951 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A plasma display panel driving method is provided in which one field of an image signal includes a plurality of sub fields each having an initialization period, an address period and a sustain period, one field period includes an all-cell initialization sub field in which an initializing discharge is generated by applying an initialization voltage to all the discharge cells to display the image in the initialization period, the initialization voltage can be varied, and the initialization voltage when an image satisfying predetermined conditions is displayed is set to be lower than an initialization voltage when an image satisfying no predetermined conditions is displayed. | 06-23-2011 |
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20080253348 | Transmitter Device, Bridge Device, and Receiver Device, and Network System Including the Devices - A network system includes a transmitting apparatus; a transmission path; a relaying apparatus that receives real time information transmitted through the transmission path; a wireless network; and a receiving apparatus that receives data transmitted through the wireless network. The relaying apparatus has a reference time generating part that generates a reference time independently of the transmitting apparatus; and a network transmitting part that transmits both the real time information received from the transmitting apparatus and the reference time via the wireless network. The receiving apparatus has a network receiving part that receives the real time information and reference time transmitted through the wireless network; an internal time management part that generates an internal time from the reference time received by the wireless network receiving part; and a real time information processing part that decodes the real time information received by the wireless network receiving part to reproduce the content data and that then outputs the content data, based on the internal time generated by the internal time management part. This network system allows the receiving apparatus to synchronize and output video and audio, regardless of singularity or plurality of the receiving apparatus. | 10-16-2008 |
20090141718 | Communication Device and Communication System - High-quality communication using Multicast is realized in wireless communication where re-transmission processing is performed. | 06-04-2009 |
20110176432 | Radio Communication System Including Radio Terminal Apparatuses Each Arranged At Previously Determined Position - A radio communication system includes radio terminal apparatuses each arranged at a previously determined position, radio base station apparatuses for holding radio communications with these apparatuses, and a communication system controller for communicating with the respective radio terminal apparatus via the respective radio base station apparatuses connected thereto via a LAN. The communication system controller stores therein an ad-hoc radio communication permission table indicating permission or non-permission of each of direct radio communications between the respective radio terminal apparatuses, judges whether or not the direct radio communication is permitted based on the ad-hoc radio communication permission table, in response to a request signal for a direct radio communication with a further radio terminal apparatuses received from each radio terminal apparatuses via the radio base station apparatuses, and transmits a notice signal including a result of the judgment to the radio terminal apparatus which transmitted the request signal. | 07-21-2011 |
20110258436 | System and Method for Providing Searchable Data Transport Stream Encryption - A packetized transport stream for protecting viewing content from unauthorized access and methods for manufacturing and using same. The transport stream includes a plurality of content frames, each having a frame header and a frame payload. Each frame header includes information for handling the content frame; whereas, the frame payload includes selected viewing content for which protection from unauthorized access is desirable. By encrypting only the frame payload, the header remains unencrypted and can be applied to prepare the encrypted frame payload for presentation. The viewing content thereby can be stored in an encrypted format and can be decrypted on-the-fly as the viewing content is needed for presentation. The combination of the unencrypted frame header and the encrypted frame payload advantageously enables the viewing content to be protected against unauthorized use, copying, and dissemination without impairing the presentation of the viewing content. | 10-20-2011 |
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20080308791 | ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND MAKING METHOD - In an organic field effect transistor with an electrical conductor-insulator-semiconductor structure, the semiconductor layer is made of an organic compound, and the insulator layer is made of a polymer obtained through polymerization or copolymerization of 2-cyanoethyl acrylate and/or 2-cyanoethyl methacrylate. | 12-18-2008 |
20100051927 | ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD - An organic field effect transistor (OFET) having a structure of a conductor layer/an insulator layer/a semiconductor layer is provided. This OFET comprises an insulator layer formed by mixing a polymer compound produced by polymerizing or copolymerizing a monomer represented by the formula (1): | 03-04-2010 |
20140031995 | CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE TO CONTROL MOVEMENT SPEED OF A SUBSTANCE AND USE THEREOF - Provided are: a control method and control device for the movement speed of a substance which are capable of controlling the movement speed of the substance with good precision, and of raising the durability of the device; and a use therefor. An substance with charge is caused to move by a movement path formed by a first electrical field and a second electrical field that are formed in directions that intersect with each other. | 01-30-2014 |
20140055150 | POLYNUCLEOTIDE BASE SEQUENCE DETERMINATION METHOD AND POLYNUCLEOTIDE BASE SEQUENCE DETERMINATION DEVICE - A maximum current value and pulse continuation duration are measured for each of plural pulses of tunnel current arising as a polynucleotide passes through between an electrode pair, and the polynucleotide base sequence is determined based on the maximum current value and the pulse continuation duration. | 02-27-2014 |
20140183040 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUBSTANCE MOVING SPEED AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling the moving speed of a substance, both of which can adjust the moving speed of a substance to a desired speed. The control method and control apparatus cause a substance to pass through an internal space, in which an electro-osmotic flow is generated, of a surround electrode formed so as to surround part of the moving path of the substance, whereby the control method and control apparatus change the moving speed of the substance. | 07-03-2014 |
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20150219593 | SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHOD - The analysis method allows analysis of samples with high sensitivity, irrespective of interelectrode distance. The method includes: a step of applying a voltage between a first electrode pair such that an electric field is formed in a direction intersecting a migration direction of a sample; a step of placing a solution, including an electrochemically active molecule that produces a redox reaction at the electrode pair, between the first electrode pair; a step of causing the sample to migrate; and a step of measuring an amount of change in current flow between the first electrode pair. | 08-06-2015 |
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20090317670 | Hydrazine supply device, fuel cell system utilizing the same, vehicle carrying the fuel cell system, and method of supplying hydrazine - Hydrazine supply device ( | 12-24-2009 |
20090318662 | Hydrazine storage resin - A hydrazine-fixing group such as a ketone group, a formyl group, a chlormethyl group or an amide group, which is capable of releasably fixing hydrazine, is introduced into a side chain of a synthetic resin, and hydrazine is fixed to the hydrazine-fixing group. Since a hydrazine storage resin of the present invention has a hydrazine-releasable group capable of releasing hydrazine, it is able to store hydrazine stably. In addition, hydrazine can be supplied by releasing hydrazine from the hydrazine-releasable group. Consequently, the hydrazine storage resin can be widely used in various industrial fields requiring supply of hydrazine. | 12-24-2009 |
20100105950 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING KETAZINE COMPOUND - A process for preparing a ketazine compound of the formula (1) from a ketone compound of the formula (2), ammonia and an oxidizing agent, wherein a solution containing the ketone compound of the formula (2) and ammonia is brought into contact with an aqueous solution of the oxidizing agent in a tubular reactor having a flow channel width of 2 to 10000 μm | 04-29-2010 |
20120121496 | METHOD FOR STORING A HYDRAZINE RESIN - A hydrazine-fixing group such as a ketone group, a formyl group, a chlormethyl group or an amide group, which is capable of releasably fixing hydrazine, is introduced into a side chain of a synthetic resin, and hydrazine is fixed to the hydrazine-fixing group. Since a hydrazine storage resin of the present invention has a hydrazine-releasable group capable of releasing hydrazine, it is able to store hydrazine stably. In addition, hydrazine can be supplied by releasing hydrazine from the hydrazine-releasable group. Consequently, the hydrazine storage resin can be widely used in various industrial fields requiring supply of hydrazine. | 05-17-2012 |
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20090023037 | Ionic Conductor - A material which conducts protons or oxide ions with high ionic conductivity and is excellent in moisture resistance and reduction resistance is provided. A perovskite oxide represented by the formula (1): | 01-22-2009 |
20100111817 | TITANIUM OXIDE PHOTOCATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A titanium oxide photocatalyst that is capable of improving a decomposition rate, and a method for producing the same are provided. The titanium oxide photocatalyst of the present invention is a titanium oxide photocatalyst containing at least an anatase-type titanium oxide and fluorine, wherein a content of the fluorine is 2.5 wt % to 3.5 wt %, and 90 wt % or more of the fluorine is chemically bonded to the anatase-type titanium oxide. | 05-06-2010 |
20100135864 | PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIAL AND PHOTOCATALYTIC MEMBER AND PURIFICATION DEVICE USING THE PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIAL - Provided are a photocatalytic material that improves a decomposition performance and a decomposition rate, as well as a photocatalytic member and a purification device in which the photocatalytic material is used. The photocatalytic member is a photocatalytic member ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100282601 | PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND ENERGY SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A photoelectrochemical cell ( | 11-11-2010 |
20110174610 | PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - A photoelectrochemical cell ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110203661 | OPTICALLY PUMPED SEMICONDUCTOR AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - The optically pumped semiconductor according to the present invention is an optically pumped semiconductor that is a semiconductor of a perovskite oxide. The optically pumped semiconductor has a composition represented by a general formula: BaZr | 08-25-2011 |
20110315545 | HYDROGEN GENERATING DEVICE - A hydrogen generating device ( | 12-29-2011 |
20120063967 | HYDROGEN GENERATION SYSTEM AND HOT WATER PRODUCTION SYSTEM - A hydrogen generation system ( | 03-15-2012 |
20120080310 | PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - A photoelectrochemical cell ( | 04-05-2012 |
20120117919 | METHOD OF STORING PHOTOCATALYTIC MEMBER - A novel method for storing a photocatalytic member containing fluorine-containing anatase-type titanium oxide is provided, which is capable of suppressing the decrease in content of fluorine during storage in a photocatalytic member containing fluorine-containing anatase-type titanium oxide. The storage method of the present invention is a method for storing a photocatalytic member containing fluorine-containing anatase-type titanium oxide including storing the photocatalytic member in a surrounding environment with a relative humidity of 30% or less. According to the storage method of the present invention, for example, the elimination of fluorine from the surface of fluorine-containing titanium oxide can be suppressed, and the decrease in content of fluorine during storage in a photocatalytic member can be suppressed. | 05-17-2012 |
20120156578 | PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND ENERGY SYSTEM USING SAME - A photoelectrochemical cell ( | 06-21-2012 |
20120157300 | TITANIUM OXIDE PHOTOCATALYST AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A titanium oxide photocatalyst that is capable of improving a decomposition rate, and a method for producing the same are provided. The titanium oxide photocatalyst of the present invention is a titanium oxide photocatalyst containing at least an anatase-type titanium oxide and fluorine, wherein a content of the fluorine is 2.5 wt % to 3.5 wt %, and 90 wt % or more of the fluorine is chemically bonded to the anatase-type titanium oxide. | 06-21-2012 |
20120237842 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PHOTOCATALYST, HYDROGEN PRODUCING DEVICE, AND ENERGY SYSTEM - The method for producing the optical semiconductor of the present disclosure includes a mixing step of producing a mixture containing a reduction inhibitor and a niobium compound that contains at least oxygen in its composition; a nitriding step of nitriding the mixture by the reaction between the mixture and a nitrogen compound gas; and a washing step of isolating niobium oxynitride from the material obtained through the nitriding step by dissolving chemical species other than niobium oxynitride with a washing liquid. The optical semiconductor of the present disclosure substantially consists of niobium oxynitride having a crystal structure of baddeleyite and having a composition represented by the composition formula, NbON. | 09-20-2012 |
20120276464 | Photoelectrochemical Cell and Energy System Using Same - A photoelectrochemical cell ( | 11-01-2012 |
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20130075250 | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION DEVICE - The hydrogen production device of the present invention includes: a first electrode ( | 03-28-2013 |
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20140004435 | PHOTOELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND ENERGY SYSTEM USING SAME, AND HYDROGEN GENERATION METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20150311552 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes: a reformer operative to generate a reformed gas by using a raw material gas; a fuel cell operative to generate electric power by using the reformed gas from the reformer and air; a desulfurizer operative to perform hydrodesulfurization of the raw material gas; a recycled gas passage through which a part of the reformed gas is supplied as a recycled gas to a raw material gas passage provided upstream of the desulfurizer; and a heat exchanger operative to cause the recycled gas flowing through the recycled gas passage to perform heat exchange with one of the raw material gas and the air. | 10-29-2015 |
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20090270291 | Wet Lubricant Surface Coating Having Excellent Durability, Method for Surface Coating, and a Medical Device Having The Surface Coating - A lubricant surface coating having good lubricity and high durability, comprising (A) an urethane polymer layer comprising (a) 40 to 80% by weight of at least one component selected from an aromatic diisocyanate, an aliphatic diisocyanate and an alicyclic diisocyanate and (b) 20 to 60% by weight of a polyol having at least trifunctionality and (B) a hydrophilic polymer layer provided as the outer layer for the urethane polymer layer which comprises a polyalkylene glycol and/or a monomethoxypolyalkylene glycol; and a medical device having the surface coating. | 10-29-2009 |
20100041783 | Foam and Process for Producing the Same - It is intended to provide a resin foam which can be preferably used for medical use, and a flexible silicone type resin foam having a water-absorbing property. The resin foam which has a low toxicity and excellent physical properties for medical use such as moisture permeability, skin compatibility and low irritation can be obtained by using a resin which has a siloxane unit and an oxyalkylene unit in its molecular structure and does not contain a unit derived from an isocyanate group. Further, the flexible silicone type resin foam having a water-absorbing property can be obtained by allowing it to have a specific resin composition and a foam structure. | 02-18-2010 |
20110250447 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET TO BE STUCK TO THE SKIN - A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet to be stuck to the skin which comprises a support and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer located on the support, characterized in that the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed by curing a composition containing (A) a polyoxyalkylene polymer having at least one alkenyl group per molecule, (B) a compound having hydrosilyl groups at both ends, (C) a compound having two or more hydrosilyl groups on average per molecule, and (D) a hydrosilylation catalyst. Compared with the existing pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets to be stuck to the skin, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet to be stuck to the skin as described above little irritates the skin and can achieve a sufficient pressure-sensitive adhesion force and a long-lasting fixation force to the skin. | 10-13-2011 |
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20130119603 | Sheet Feeding Device and Image Forming Apparatus Including the Same - A sheet feeding device includes a sheet guide portion disposed upstream of a nip portion so as to guide a leading edge of a sheet sent from a sheet storing portion to the nip portion, and a manual bypass guide member which extends from a manual bypass sheet feeder and has a leading edge portion disposed between the sheet guide portion and the nip portion and can be elastically deformed in up and down direction so as to guide a manual bypass sheet to the nip portion. The manual bypass sheet is guided by the manual bypass guide member toward the nip portion and is sent out by the feed roller to a sheet transport path. | 05-16-2013 |
20130228963 | SHEET SEPARATION TRANSPORT MECHANISM, AND SHEET TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A sheet separation transport mechanism according to the present disclosure includes a sheet feed member, a separation member, a support member, a sheet member and a concave portion. The sheet feed member feeds a sheet in a transport direction. The separation member is pressed onto the sheet feed member. The support member includes: a separation member retaining portion; and a guide portion which guides lead edges of a plurality of sheets to the downstream side along the inclined surface. The sheet member is adhered from the guide portion so as to overlap the separation member and has a frictional coefficient lower than the separation member. The concave portion is formed in the shape of a groove in a position of the guide portion where the sheet member is adhered such that the depth of the concave portion is greater than the thickness of the sheet member. | 09-05-2013 |
20140234000 | RECORDING MEDIUM STORAGE CASSETTE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A recording medium storage cassette includes a recording medium loading plate and a rear end cursor. The rear end cursor aligns rear end positions of recording media. The rear end cursor includes a cursor main body portion, an abutting portion that abuts rear ends of the recording media, a lock portion having a protrusion for engaging with a rack, and a biasing member disposed between the abutting portion and the lock portion so as to bias the abutting portion and the lock portion in a direction away from each other. | 08-21-2014 |
20150239689 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a cover, a conveying unit, and a sheet feeding unit. The cover is provided to be able to open and close an opening of a housing. The conveying unit is disposed adjacent to an inner side of the cover. The sheet feeding unit is disposed in an inner side of the conveying unit. The cover is rotatably supported to a pair of first bearings between an opened position and a closed position of the opening. The conveying unit is rotatably supported to a pair of second bearings, which are provided inward from the first bearings, in the same direction as an opening and closing direction of the cover and is detachably provided with respect to the housing at a position at which the conveying unit has rotated in the opening direction of the cover by a predetermined angle. | 08-27-2015 |
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20090078746 | BUMP FORMING METHOD AND BUMP FORMING APPARATUS - A method for forming bumps | 03-26-2009 |
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20130199593 | THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT MODULE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a thermoelectric conversion element, a thermoelectric conversion element module, and a method of manufacturing the same that can easily realize high-density arrangement of thermoelectric conversion elements and securement of connection reliability. The thermoelectric conversion element has, for example, rod-shaped thermoelectric conversion material, tube that has an insulation property and an adiabatic property and houses thermoelectric conversion material, and electrodes that are in close adhesion to the end surfaces of thermoelectric conversion material and tube. A surface roughness Ra of the end surfaces is larger than 0.8 micrometers. In the present invention, the thermoelectric conversion elements can be arranged at a high density such that tubes are in close adhesion to each other. Also, since the close adhesion surface of electrodes on the end surfaces is large, the connection reliability of electrodes is further improved. | 08-08-2013 |
20140020750 | SILICON SUBSTRATE HAVING TEXTURED SURFACE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel silicon substrate having a textured surface by dry-etching the surface of a silicon substrate having (111) orientation and thereby forming a texture thereon. The present invention provides a silicon substrate having (111) orientation, said silicon substrate having a textured surface that includes multiple protrusions which each comprise three slant faces and have heights of 100 to 8000 nm. This process for producing a silicon substrate includes: a step of preparing a silicon substrate having (111) orientation; and a step of blowing an etching gas onto the surface of the silicon substrate, said etching gas containing one or more gases selected from the group consisting of ClF3, XeF2, BrF3, BrF5 and NF3. | 01-23-2014 |
20140305590 | NON-PLASMA DRY ETCHING APPARATUS - A non-plasma dry etching apparatus forms textures by processing plural substrates at the same time, and all substrates and textures in respective substrate planes are formed to be uniform at the time of processing and all substrates and values of the reflectance in respective substrate planes are formed to be uniform as well as size reduction of equipment. The substrates are placed in plural stages so as to be parallel to the flow of a process gas in a reaction chamber. The uniform etching is realized by installing turbulent flow generation blades in the upstream side of the flow. | 10-16-2014 |
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20150269782 | AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEM, AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND SERVER - An augmented reality information generating apparatus acquires a content stored in an external device, determines a display area defined by a relative position to an object in the content, acquires related information related to the object, and generates augmented reality information in which the content, area information indicating the display area, and the related information are associated with each other. An augmented reality display apparatus acquires a first content, acquires augmented reality information that includes a second content having an identical object with an object in the first content, determines a reality display area in which a relative position to the object in the first content has the same relation with a relative position between the object in the second content and the display area, and displays the related information included in the augmented reality information in the reality display area. | 09-24-2015 |
20150365552 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A processing apparatus having a function to perform specific processing based on a request from a terminal is provided. The processing apparatus includes a connection portion configured to connect the processing apparatus to the terminal; and a processor configured to control the terminal to display a second screen including a part or a whole of a first screen, the first screen having been displayed in the terminal by another processing apparatus with the function before the processing apparatus connects to the terminal. | 12-17-2015 |