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20080225173 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A signal processing apparatus capable of efficiently processing bitstream in a small circuit scale includes an input buffer in which a bitstream is stored, a first processor which generates a program for processing a signal B corresponding to a signal A by taking out the signal A from the bitstream stored in the input buffer and by using at least one related signal included in the signal A, the related signal being related to the signal B; and a second processor which acquires the program generated by the first processor and executes the acquired program to process the signal B corresponding to the signal A. | 09-18-2008 |
20140353148 | ANODE FOR OXYGEN GENERATION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention aims to provide an anode for oxygen generation and a manufacturing method for the same used for industrial electrolyses including manufacturing of electrolytic metal foils such as electrolytic copper foil, aluminum liquid contact and continuously electrogalvanized steel plate, and metal extraction. The present invention features an anode for oxygen generation and a manufacturing method for the same comprising a conductive metal substrate and a catalyst layer containing iridium oxide formed on the conductive metal substrate wherein the coating is baked in a low temperature region of 370° C.-400° C. in an oxidation atmosphere to form the catalyst layer containing amorphous iridium oxide and the catalyst layer containing amorphous iridium oxide is post-baked in a further high temperature region of 520° C.-600° C. in an oxidation atmosphere to crystallize almost all amount of iridium oxide in the catalyst layer. | 12-04-2014 |
20140374249 | ANODE FOR OXYGEN GENERATION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention aims to provide an anode for oxygen generation and a manufacturing method for the same used for industrial electrolyses including manufacturing of electrolytic metal foils such as electrolytic copper foil, aluminum liquid contact and continuously electrogalvanized steel plate, and metal extraction. The present invention features an anode for oxygen generation and a manufacturing method for the same comprising a conductive metal substrate and a catalyst layer containing iridium oxide formed on the conductive metal substrate wherein the coating is baked in a high temperature region of 410° C.-450° C. in an oxidation atmosphere to form the catalyst layer co-existing amorphous and crystalline iridium oxide and the catalyst layer co-existing the amorphous and crystalline iridium oxide is post-baked in a further high temperature region of 520° C.-560° C. in an oxidation atmosphere to crystallize almost all amount of iridium oxide in the catalyst layer. | 12-25-2014 |
20150075978 | HIGH-LOAD DURABLE ANODE FOR OXYGEN GENERATION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present invention aims to provide a high-load durable anode for oxygen generation and a manufacturing method for the same used for industrial electrolyses including manufacturing of electrolytic metal foils such as electrolytic copper foil, aluminum liquid contact and continuously electrogalvanized steel plate, and metal extraction, having superior durability under high-load electrolysis conditions. The present invention features an anode for oxygen generation and a manufacturing method for the same comprising a conductive metal substrate and a catalyst layer containing iridium oxide formed on the conductive metal substrate wherein the amount of coating of iridium per time for the catalyst layer is 2 g/m | 03-19-2015 |
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20090022314 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, READ TERMINAL, NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION READ SYSTEM, NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION READ METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION READ PROGRAM - In a personal information access system | 01-22-2009 |
20130257379 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR BATTERY CONTROL AND BATTERY PACK - A semiconductor device for battery control includes a CPU, a first bus coupled to the CPU, a second bus not coupled to the CPU, and a protective function circuit for protecting a battery from stress applied thereto. The semiconductor device also includes a non-volatile memory storing trimming data, a trimming circuit to perform trimming required to allow the protective function circuit to exert a protective function, and a bus control circuit capable of selectively coupling the first bus and the second bus to the non-volatile memory. The semiconductor device further includes a transfer logic circuit which causes, by making the bus control circuit select the second bus, a trimming data transfer path leading from the non-volatile memory to the trimming circuit to be formed and the trimming data stored in the non-volatile memory to be transferred to the trimming circuit without involving the CPU. | 10-03-2013 |
20130257380 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR BATTERY CONTROL AND BATTERY PACK - A semiconductor device for battery control is provided with a control circuit capable of controlling turning on/off of a charging transistor provided in a charging path of a battery, a CPU capable of controlling charging of the battery via the control circuit, and a deep discharge detection circuit capable of detecting a deeply discharged state of the battery. The semiconductor device is also provided with a switch circuit which, when a deeply discharged state of the battery is detected by the deep discharge detection circuit, preferentially sends the detection result to the control circuit and, thereby, forcibly turns off the charging transistor regardless of charging control by the CPU. When a deeply discharged state of the battery is detected, the charging path of the battery is shut off to prohibit subsequent charging regardless of charging control by the CPU. | 10-03-2013 |
20140203762 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND BATTERY PACK - In a battery monitoring system included in a secondary battery, high-accuracy charge control is enabled at low cost. A semiconductor device includes: a drive unit which drives a transistor for controlling the charge current of a secondary battery and which is configured to be capable of selecting one of plural different voltages as a drive voltage (VGC) for turning on the transistor; and a data processing control unit which performs program processing. The data processing control unit generates condition information including information about the battery level of the secondary battery based on measured values of the secondary battery voltage and current and adjusts the charge current of the secondary battery by changing the drive voltage selection. | 07-24-2014 |
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20100085288 | Liquid crystal display device and flicker prevention method for a liquid crystal display device - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: an image signal line drive unit that supplies an image voltage depending on an output image to a plurality of image signal lines set in a matrix pattern on a liquid crystal panel constituted of a plurality of pixels; an offset direction detection unit that detects offset directions of offset voltages on the plurality of image signal lines; and an offset direction combination unit that collectively combines the offset directions of the offset voltages of the plurality of image signal lines into one direction based on the offset directions. | 04-08-2010 |
20100182300 | Driver circuit of display device - A driver circuit of a display device includes a gray-scale voltage circuit that generates a plurality of different reference voltages, a first selector circuit that selects one of the reference voltages as a first selected voltage and selects one of the reference voltages different from the first selected voltage as a second selected voltage, an amplifier that outputs an output voltage based on the first selected voltage, and an output voltage regulator circuit that regulates a potential of the output voltage by using a regulated voltage generated based on the first and second selected voltages. The output voltage regulator circuit regulates a potential of the output voltage from the amplifier. This allows reduction of the number of reference voltages generated in the gray-scale voltage circuit and the number of lines connecting the gray-scale voltage circuit and the first selector circuit, enabling reduction of the chip area of the driver circuit. | 07-22-2010 |
20110216258 | DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL DRIVER, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A differential amplifying circuit includes first and second differential transistor pairs, first and second constant current sources, first and second current mirror circuits and first and second output transistors. The differential amplifying circuit also includes a feedback circuit configured to perform feed-back operations to the first and second current mirror circuits to restrain reduction of gate voltages of the output transistors. The constant current sources are configured to increase bias currents in response to reduction of the gate voltages of the output transistors. | 09-08-2011 |
20120235843 | DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER AND CIRCUIT - The selection circuit is supplied with a low-voltage-side power supply voltage from a low-voltage-side power supply, and outputs a voltage that changes in 2 | 09-20-2012 |
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20090202162 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION REPRODUCING DEVICE AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - The present invention allows usable information to be selected by comparing information regarding encoding with conditions regarding encoding processing. When delay modes, picture structures, and pulldown modes do not match each other between previous encoding time and re-encoding time, parameters are not reused. When they match and image frames do not match, a picture type is reused. When a bit rate in the previous encoding is smaller than that in the current encoding and a chroma format is larger than the current chroma format, a picture type and a motion vector are reused. When the conditions are not satisfied, parameters are supplied and received and a determination is made as to whether or not chroma formats match each other. When the chroma formats do not match each other, picture-type information, motion-vector information, and quantization-value information are reused. When the chroma formats match each other, stream data input to a decoding unit is output. The present invention can be applied to an encoding unit, an encoding device, or a transcoder. | 08-13-2009 |
20110058751 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM - The present invention can code an I-picture that satisfies a predetermined condition using parameter information. When it is determined at step S | 03-10-2011 |
20110064321 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION REPRODUCING DEVICE AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - The present invention allows usable information to be selected by comparing information regarding encoding with conditions regarding encoding processing. When delay modes, picture structures, and pulldown modes do not match each other between previous encoding time and re-encoding time, parameters are not reused. When they match and image frames do not match, a picture type is reused. When a bit rate in the previous encoding is smaller than that in the current encoding and a chroma format is larger than the current chroma format, a picture type and a motion vector are reused. When the conditions are not satisfied, parameters are supplied and received and a determination is made as to whether or not chroma formats match each other. When the chroma formats do not match each other, picture-type information, motion-vector information, and quantization-value information are reused. When the chroma formats match each other, stream data input to a decoding unit is output. The present invention can be applied to an encoding unit, an encoding device, or a transcoder. | 03-17-2011 |
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20090154308 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS, GAIN SETTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an optical disc apparatus that includes a sound pickup portion, an optical pickup to record a sound picked up by the sound pickup portion as audio data onto an optical disc using laser light, a focus adjustment portion to adjust a focal position of the laser light based on the focus drive signal, a tracking control portion to control tracking so that the optical pickup traces a track formed on the optical disc, and a gain setting portion to change the gain of the focus drive signal during a first period when adjustment of the focal position of the laser light by the focus adjustment portion is performed and control by the tracking control portion is not performed according to a level of an operation sound of the focus adjustment portion. | 06-18-2009 |
20090231977 | Optical disk recording and reproduction apparatus and method of driving same - An optical disk recording and reproduction apparatus and a method of driving the optical disk recording and reproduction apparatus are provided which are capable of avoiding picking up of sled motor operation sound while a recording operation is being performed while utilizing high-speed accessibility of an optical disk. | 09-17-2009 |
20090288242 | OPENING/CLOSING DEVICE AND HELMET HAVING THE SAME - An opening/closing device for openably/closably supports an opening/closing part with regard to an opened/closed part, and the opening/closing device is characterized in that it comprises an attaching part attached to the opened/closed part so as to rotate around a rotation axis together with the opening/closing part, a rotation part rotatably attached to an attaching portion extending from a rotation center of the attaching part and engaged with the opened/closed part, and a friction torque generation means provided between the attaching portion of the attaching part and the rotation part, as well as in that the opening/closing device is so configured that it can bring the opening/closing part to stop using free-stop function, when the opening/closing part is opened and closed with regard to the opened/closed part. | 11-26-2009 |
20120128469 | Corrosive Environment Monitoring System and Corrosive Environment Monitoring Method - Provided are corrosive environment monitoring systems and methods whereby corrosive factors are measured in a steam turbine and a corrosive environment is correctly monitored. More specifically, provided is a corrosive environment monitoring system which measures corrosive factors having a part in damaging and deteriorating structural members in a steam turbine and which is configured in such a way that steam in the steam turbine is permitted to flow into the corrosive environment monitoring system. Furthermore, in the steam turbine, there are provided a condensing mechanism which condenses steam that has flowed in and a corrosive factor measuring device which is equipped with corrosive factor sensors that measure corrosive factors in condensed water generated by the condensing mechanism. | 05-24-2012 |
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20090212816 | Impedance adjustment circuit - Disclosed is an impedance adjustment circuit including a comparator and a resistor control circuit. The comparator compares the resistance value of an external resistor and that of a replica resistor that forms a replica of a terminal resistor. The resistor control circuit includes a replica resistor control counter, a resistor-under-adjustment control signal holding circuit and a monitor circuit. The replica resistor control counter counts up and down based on the comparison result by the comparator to output a control signal to the replica resistor. The resistor-under-adjustment control signal holding circuit holds a control signal that is delivered to the terminal resistor. The monitor circuit receives the state of the counter and an output of the retention circuit and, in case the difference between the count state of the replica resistor control counter and an output of the resistor-under-adjustment control signal holding circuit is within a preset range, delivers the output of the resistor-under-adjustment control signal holding circuit as an input to the resistor-under-adjustment control signal holding circuit. | 08-27-2009 |
20100142606 | Transmission line loss compensation circuit and transmission line loss compensation method - A transmission line loss compensation circuit and transmission line loss compensation method is provided. The transmission line loss compensation circuit includes a linear equalizer that compensates for a transmission line loss of high frequency components, a high-pass filter that extracts high frequency components from an output of the linear equalizer, a peak detector that compares the peak voltage of a high-pass filter output to first and second reference voltages, and a control circuit that controls the compensation intensity of the linear equalizer based on the detection results of the peak detector so that the peak voltage becomes an intermediate voltage between the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage. | 06-10-2010 |
20100329327 | EQUALIZER ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND ADAPTIVE EQUALIZER - An adaptive equalizer has an equalizer, a sampler, a code comparator, and an eye open/close determinator. The eye open/close determinator makes a determination as to whether a waveform of the input signal has an opening. The code comparator adjusts the equalizer characteristic, with reference to a sampling value by the sampler, and the determination as to whether the waveform has an opening. | 12-30-2010 |
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20090000085 | Fastener - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fastener including: a fastener body including: a cylindrical portion having an insertion hole formed therethrough; and a locking portion protruding outward from the cylindrical portion; and an unlocking member inserted into the insertion hole, wherein the locking portion is inserted into an attachment hole of an attachment object from a front side thereof, and exposed from a rear side of the attachment hole, wherein the locking portion has an elastic claw locked to an edge of the attachment hole at the rear side, wherein the elastic claw is elastically reducible in diameter, wherein the unlocking member is movable in a position rearward of the elastic claw, and wherein the locking portion is reduced in diameter when the unlocking member is pushed. | 01-01-2009 |
20090218464 | Assembling structure of clip and mounting member - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an assembling structure including: a mounting member having a mounting seat; and a clip having a head and a leg. The head includes: a neck portion; and first and second flanges outwardly protrudes therefrom to sandwich the mounting seat therebetween, wherein the mounting seat includes: a hole having a diameter larger than that of the neck portion; a groove formed to communicate the hole with outside the mounting seat; and a projection protruding from a peripheral edge of the hole, wherein the second flange includes: an inner face radially-outwardly extending therefrom to gradually come close to the first flange; a top portion; and an outer face further extending to gradually separate from the first flange, and wherein the inner face abuts the projection in an assembled state. | 09-03-2009 |
20100162534 | FASTENER - There is provided a fastener which can be fixed in a mounting hole in an ensured fashion and which can be removed from the mounting hole in an easy and ensured fashion. | 07-01-2010 |
20100320347 | Mounting structure for functional component - According to one embodiment, a functional component mounting structure includes: a functional component having: a base body; a functional portion formed on a front surface of the base body; and a latching portion extending from a back surface of the base body; a component receiver having: a base portion having an opening into which the latching portion is inserted from a front surface side to a back surface side thereof; and a latch receiving portion on which the latching portion is latched; and a cover member pivotally fitted to the component receiver to open and close the opening. | 12-23-2010 |
20110116890 | FASTENER - There is provided a fastener which can be brought into firm engagement with a mounting hole without being affected by a change in thickness of a member in which the mounting hole is provided or a larger or smaller inside diameter of the mounting hole. This fastener | 05-19-2011 |
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20100092195 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a rotary-type developing device and a development control device. The developing device includes a rotation holding member and plural developing units mounted on the rotation holding member. The rotation holding member is configured to stop rotating so that any of the developing units stops in a developing position. The development control device includes a receiving unit, a first determination unit, a first drive control unit and a second drive control unit. The receiving unit receives an image formation instruction relating to a series of image formation processes. The first determination unit determines as to whether or not the series of image formation processes are completed. When the first determination unit makes the determination, the second derive control unit returns the developing unit, which is finally located in the developing position in the image formation processes, to an initial waiting position. | 04-15-2010 |
20110255885 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A first image forming unit includes a first developing unit that develops a latent image, and a second image forming unit includes a second developing unit that develops a latent image. A transfer unit transfers an image formed by at least one of the first and second image forming units onto a recording medium. A controller performs control to form a transfer image on the recording medium through at least one of a first operation and a second operation. In the first operation, images formed by the first and second image forming units are transferred onto the recording medium as transfer images. In the second operation, the image formed by the first image forming unit is transferred onto the recording medium as a transfer image. A stopping unit stops operation of the second developing unit when the number of transfer images formed through the second operation reaches a preset value. | 10-20-2011 |
20110255887 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a latent image holder that holds a latent image; a developing unit that contains developer including toner particles and carrier particles, develops a latent image with the toner particles, and forms a toner image; a voltage applying unit that applies a voltage to the developing unit; a toner concentration detection unit that detects a toner concentration that is a proportion of the toner particles to the developer contained in the developing unit; and a setting unit that sets a setting value of the voltage on the basis of the toner concentration detected by the toner concentration detection unit, the voltage being applied by the voltage applying unit to the developing unit, wherein a difference between an upper limit and a lower limit of the set value increases as the toner concentration increases, the set value being set by the setting unit. | 10-20-2011 |
20120082487 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a developing roller; a housing that retains the developing roller such that the developing roller has exposed and unexposed portions, end portions of the housing having first faces curved along the unexposed portion and second faces facing inward; a layer-thickness regulating member having an edge near the developing roller; a first magnet including a first magnetic pole that attracts the developer and a second magnetic pole located downstream of the first magnetic pole and upstream of the exposed portion in a rotational direction of the developing roller, the second magnetic pole having a magnetic force of about 60 mT or less; second magnets retained on the first faces; and magnetic plates retained on the second faces and arranged such that developer chains formed thereon at the downstream ends in the rotational direction extend to positions upstream of the edge of the layer-thickness regulating member. | 04-05-2012 |
20130195501 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A developing device includes : a first developing body that develops a developing agent image on a development surface using a developing agent; a second developing body that develops a developing agent image on the development surface using the developing agent; and a sealing member that is disposed between a region where a first delivery pole and a second delivery pole are opposed to each other and the development surface, and adjacently to the first developing body and the second developing body at distances so small that developing agents formed as magnetic brushes on a first conveyance pole and a second conveyance pole respectively can touch the sealing member to secure sealing to prevent the developing agent from leaking to the outside of a device body. | 08-01-2013 |
20130236215 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a housing accommodating a developer containing a toner and a magnetic carrier; first and second developing members facing an image bearing member and having substantially-cylindrical first and second rotatable sleeves and first and second magnet rollers supported therein and having magnetic poles; a supply member supplying the developer onto the first sleeve; a layer regulating member facing the first sleeve and regulating a layer of the developer; and an electrode member facing the second sleeve with a distance therebetween and disposed upstream, in the second-sleeve rotational direction, of where the second sleeve receives the developer from the first sleeve and downstream of where the second developing member faces the image bearing member. An electric field removing the toner from the second sleeve or causing the toner on the carrier to adhere onto the second sleeve is generated between the electrode member and the second sleeve. | 09-12-2013 |
20130243493 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a first developer carrier that carries developer on a peripheral surface thereof; a second developer carrier that carries the developer on a peripheral surface thereof; a supplying section that supplies the developer to the peripheral surface of the first developer carrier; a layer thickness regulating member that regulates a layer thickness of the developer supplied to the peripheral surface of the first developer carrier by the supplying section; a first transfer magnetic pole disposed in an interior of the first developer carrier; a second transfer magnetic pole disposed in an interior of the second developer carrier; a first downstream magnetic pole disposed in the interior of the first developer carrier; and a second downstream magnetic pole disposed in the interior of the second developer carrier. | 09-19-2013 |
20130251414 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes first and second magnet members respectively including first and second transfer magnetic poles that have different polarities, that generate a magnetic force for transferring a developer from a first developer-transporting member to a second developer-transporting member, and that are located at positions where the developer-transporting members come close to each other, wherein (B | 09-26-2013 |
20140023408 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a developing device including a first developing roller that is disposed to be rotatable with a desired distance set between the first developing roller and an outer circumferential surface of a rotatable latent image holding member, transports a developer onto an outer circumferential surface thereof while holding the developer by magnetic force, and has a substantially cylindrical shape, and a second developing roller that is disposed to be rotatable with desired distances set between the second developing roller and the respective outer circumferential surfaces of the corresponding latent image holding member and the corresponding first developing roller at a position on the downstream side of the first developing roller in a rotation direction of the latent image holding member, transports the developer onto an outer circumferential surface thereof while holding the developer by magnetic force, and has a substantially cylindrical shape. | 01-23-2014 |
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20080235981 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING FILM AND SOLUTION CASTING METHOD - In a pin tenter, a wet film is conveyed and dried in a state that edges of the wet film are pierced by pins. The plurality of pins are fixed to a pin plate. The pin plate is supported by a pin carrier. The pin carrier is disposed between rails. Movement of the pin carrier is guided by the rails. Nitrogen gas is supplied through a nozzle to the inside of a rail cover in a gas purge area, and thus the inside of the rail cover is pressurized. Atmospheric gas containing solvent gas in the pin tenter is prevented from entering the inside of the rail cover. Accordingly, precipitation of additives and the like on the rails and the pin carrier is eliminated. A suction device sucks nitrogen gas together with foreign substances such as dust from the inside of the pressurized rail cover. | 10-02-2008 |
20080235982 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING FILM AND SOLUTION CASTING METHOD - In a pin tenter, a wet film is conveyed and dried in a state that edges of the wet film are pierced by pins. The plurality of pins are fixed to a pin plate. The pin plate is supported by a pin carrier. The pin carrier is disposed between rails. Movement of the pin carrier is guided by the rails. In a steam cleaning area, foreign substances adhered to the pins, the pin plates, and the pin carriers are removed by blowing steam. In a jet gas cleaning area, residual foreign substances and residual water content after the steam cleaning are blown off and removed by blowing nitrogen gas. | 10-02-2008 |
20080235983 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING FILM AND SOLUTION CASTING METHOD - In a pin tenter, a wet film is conveyed and dried in a state that side edges of the wet film are pierced by pins. The plurality of pins are fixed to a pin plate. The pin plate is supported by a pin carrier. The pin carrier is disposed between rails. Movement of the pin carrier is guided by the rails. In a steam cleaning area, steam is blown onto the pins, the pin plates, the pin carriers, and the like so as to remove foreign substances adhered thereto. In a jet gas cleaning area, nitrogen gas blows off residual foreign substances and residual water content remained from the steam cleaning. | 10-02-2008 |
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20080228676 | Computing device, method of controlling the computing device, and computer readable medium recording a program - A computing device stores a Bayesian network ( | 09-18-2008 |
20080294743 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires user operation information with respect to information in a server, based on a history stored in the server; a second acquiring unit that acquires a user operation history in a user terminal; a first creating unit that creates user behavior information with respect to the information in the server, based on the user operation information acquired by the first acquiring unit and the user operation history acquired by the second acquiring unit; a second creating unit that inquires of the user terminal for the priority level of sample information, and creates a probability table of priority levels of items included in the user behavior information; and an estimating unit that estimates the priority level of the information in the server for the user, based on the user behavior information created by the first creating unit and the priority level probability table created by the second creating unit. | 11-27-2008 |
20090097756 | SIMILAR IMAGE SEARCH APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A similar image search apparatus includes a storage unit, a search unit, a text feature selection unit, an image feature transformation unit and a similar image search unit. The storage unit stores images and pieces of text information associated with the respective images. The search unit retrieves candidate images. Each candidate image has a similar image feature to a image feature of a key image. The text feature selection unit select a text feature of the respective candidate images which satisfies a given selecting condition. The image feature transformation unit, base on the selected text feature, transforms the image features. The similar image search unit retrieves similar images from the candidate images based on the transformed image features. The image features of the similar images are similar to the image feature of the key image. | 04-16-2009 |
20100014756 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image processing apparatus includes a dividing unit, a first extracting unit, a quantizing unit, a generating unit and an image output unit. The dividing unit divides an object image into regions. The first extracting unit extracts image features of the regions generated by the dividing unit. The quantizing unit quantizes the image features extracted by the first extracting unit. The generating unit generates an expected value of an occurrence probability of each topic variable indicating similar images from the image features quantized by the quantizing unit, using a correlation between the image features quantized by the quantizing unit and the topic variables. The image output unit outputs an image of a defective portion in the object image, using the expected values of the occurrence probabilities of the topic variables generated by the generating unit. | 01-21-2010 |
20100074529 | Image recognition apparatus - An image recognition apparatus includes an objective image data acquisition unit to acquire objective image data containing a face image portion, a feature area detection unit to detect an eye area corresponding to left and right eyes contained in the objective image data, an inclination estimation unit to estimate inclination of the face image portion in a depth direction thereof based on the relative position of the detected eye area, an area-to-be-extracted determination unit to determine a shape of an area to be extracted in response to the inclination estimated by the inclination estimation unit, and an area-to-be-extracted extraction unit to extract the area to be extracted of the shape determined from the objective image data. Preferably, the area to be extracted is subjected to predetermined processing. | 03-25-2010 |
20100076921 | SIMILAR IMAGE PROVIDING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a similar image providing device including: a lesion region extracting unit that extracts a lesion region from a subject diagnostic image; a local image feature extracting unit that extracts local image features; a quantizing unit that quantizes the local image features; a lesion classifying unit that classifies a lesion; a storing unit storing correlation coefficients between local image features and topic variables expressing degrees of progression or degrees of seriousness of lesions; an expected value estimating unit that acquires expected values of probabilities of occurrence of topic variables; an image storing unit that stores diagnostic images and the expected values; and a providing unit that provides diagnostic images corresponding to expected values of topic probabilities of occurrence that best approximate the expected values of the topic probabilities of occurrence. | 03-25-2010 |
20120039527 | COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING LEARNING-MODEL GENERATING PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE-IDENTIFICATION-INFORMATION ADDING PROGRAM, LEARNING-MODEL GENERATING APPARATUS, IMAGE-IDENTIFICATION-INFORMATION ADDING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-IDENTIFICATION-INFORMATION ADDING METHOD - A computer-readable medium storing a learning-model generating program causing a computer to execute a process is provided. The process includes: extracting feature values from an image for learning that is an image whose identification information items are already known, the identification information items representing the content of the image; generating learning models by using binary classifiers, the learning models being models for classifying the feature values and associating the identification information items and the feature values with each other; and optimizing the learning models for each of the identification information items by using a formula to obtain conditional probabilities, the formula being approximated with a sigmoid function, and optimizing parameters of the sigmoid function so that the estimation accuracy of the identification information items is increased. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039541 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, IMAGE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ADDING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ADDING METHOD - A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for adding image identification information is provided. The process includes: calculating first feature vectors for partial regions selected from a target image to be processed; and adding a piece of first identification information indicating content of the target image to the target image using a group of decision trees that are generated in advance on the basis of second feature vectors calculated for partial regions of a learning image and a piece of second identification information added to the entire learning image. | 02-16-2012 |
20120106838 | ACTION ANALYSIS APPARATUS - An action analysis apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires moving image data including a series of frame image data obtained by imaging a human body and environmental information in a period when the moving image data is imaged, a unit that detects at least one image area in which a predetermined portion of the imaged human body is imaged in the frame image data and generates and stores information to identify the detected image area, a unit that (i) generates feature quantity information, (ii) generates information to identify frames of the moving image data imaged at a timing at which the feature quantity information satisfies a predetermined condition, (iii) obtains a length of continuous timings at which a length of the feature quantity information exceeds the predetermined condition based on to generated information, and (iv) stores the information. | 05-03-2012 |
20120201464 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process for image processing. The process includes: calculating, on the basis of image feature information of a plurality of image areas each set with a classification information item, a probability distribution of the image feature information for each classification information item; acquiring a target image; calculating an evaluation value of each of pixels included in the target image relating to a specified classification information item, on the basis of the image feature information of an image area including the pixel and the probability distribution of the image feature information calculated for the specified classification information item; and extracting, from the target image, an image area relating to the specified classification information item, on the basis of the evaluation value calculated for each of the pixels included in the target image. | 08-09-2012 |
20130142420 | IMAGE RECOGNITION INFORMATION ATTACHING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECOGNITION INFORMATION ATTACHING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image recognition information attaching apparatus includes a retrieving unit that retrieves image information on a per piece basis of identification information, from the image information having the identification information associated thereto in advance, a generator unit that generates feature information from the image information retrieved by the retrieving unit, and a learning unit that provides a learning result by learning a relation between the feature information generated by the generator unit and the identification information of the image information corresponding to the feature information, using a stochastic model including a mixture of a plurality of probability distributions. | 06-06-2013 |
20140025682 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, INFORMATION CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes: acquiring posted information items, each of the posted information items including at least either of a text information item and an image information item; generating text information items including text items in such a manner that image information items are removed from the posted information items, and classifying the text items into first categories; generating image information items including images in such a manner that text information items are removed from the posted information items, and classifying the images into second categories; associating the classified text items and the classified images with each other on the basis of the first and second categories to obtain results; and outputting the text items and the images for each of the results. | 01-23-2014 |
20140198980 | IMAGE IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS, IMAGE IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image identification apparatus includes following components. A first generative model creation unit extracts feature information from identification-target images which belong to an identification-target category, and creates a first generative model on the basis of the feature information. A classification unit applies the first generative model to each not-identification-target image which belongs to a not-identification-target category so as to determine a probability of the not-identification-target image belonging to the identification-target category, and classifies the not-identification-target image to a corresponding one of not-identification-target groups in accordance with the probability. A second generative model creation unit that extracts feature information from not-identification-target images which belong to a corresponding one of the not-identification-target groups, and creates a second generative model of each not-identification-target group on the basis of the corresponding feature information. | 07-17-2014 |
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20090240871 | MEMORY SYSTEM - A system includes: a first input buffer that functions as an input buffer for a third storing area; and a second input buffer that functions as an input buffer for the third storing area and that separately stores data with a high update frequency for the third storing area. In the system, a plurality of data written in a first storing area or a second storing area are flushed to the first input buffer in units of logical blocks. Also, a plurality of data written in the first input buffer are relocated to the third storing area in units of logical blocks. | 09-24-2009 |
20110238899 | MEMORY SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MEMORY SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A WC resource usage is compared with an auto flush (AU) threshold Caf that is smaller than an upper limit Clmt, and when the WC resource usage exceeds the AF threshold Caf, the organizing state of a NAND memory | 09-29-2011 |
20110307667 | MEMORY SYSTEM - A memory system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first management table that manages addresses concerning the data written in a first storing area; and a second management table that manages, in an address unit of a second management unit, information indicating temporal order of the data stored in the first storing area and manages, for each of addresses in a second management unit, number-of-valid-data information indicating a number of data in the first management unit included in the addresses in the second management unit. | 12-15-2011 |
20130246716 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND DATA WRITING METHOD - According to one embodiment, when a controller writes update data in a second memory to a first memory which is nonvolatile and a difference between a size of a page and a size of the update data is equal to or greater than a size of a cluster, the controller configured to generate write data by adding, to the update data, data which has the size of the cluster, store an update content of management information corresponding to the update data and an update content storage position indicating a storage position of the update content of the management information in the first memory, and write the generated write data to a block in writing of the first memory. | 09-19-2013 |
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20090067501 | DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING METHOD, DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING PROGRAM, AND DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM - A moving image encoding device measures a band of a target image to be encoded and a band of a reference image by a band analyzer, and generates band-related information representing these bands. A prediction signal generator generates a prediction signal such that the signal matches the band of the target image, from the reference image, based on the band-related information. A difference unit obtains a difference between the target image and the prediction signal to generate a differential signal. A converter and a quantizer each encode the differential signal to generate an encoded differential signal. An inverse quantizer and an inverter each decode the encoded differential signal to generate a decoded differential signal. An adder adds the prediction signal to the decoded differential signal to generate a reproduced image. An output terminal outputs at least the encoded differential signal and the band-related information. | 03-12-2009 |
20090257665 | DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING METHOD, DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING PROGRAM, AND DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM - An image encoding device including an input section inputting an input image constituting an encoding target; a reference image accumulation section accumulating a reference image; a reference image accompanying information accumulation section accumulating reference image accompanying information that accompanies the reference image; an encoding section modifying the reference image and the reference image accompanying information in accordance with the input image, generating a predictive signal for the input image, and encoding the input image; and an output section outputting, as encoded data, compressed data obtained by the encoding by the encoding section together with modification method information indicating a modification method for the reference image. Thereby, image information can be encoded/decoded more efficiently by generating an appropriate predictive signal. | 10-15-2009 |
20100002767 | DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING METHOD, DYNAMIC IMAGE ENCODING PROGRAM, AND DYNAMIC IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM - A device and method to perform encoding and decoding at a high compression rate even with a video of a mixture of pictures of different bandwidths. In a video encoding device, a predicted signal generator extracts spatial frequency components in a predetermined band from a predetermined extraction reference picture except for a target reference picture used as a picture for prediction of a target picture as an object to be encoded, among reference pictures stored in memory. The predicted signal generator generates a predicted signal for the target picture from the target reference picture and the extracted spatial frequency components. | 01-07-2010 |
20100002945 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM - A variable-length encoder that feeds a Coded Block Pattern (CBP) as an input symbol to variable-length code output part. Coded symbol memory supplies CBPs in neighboring blocks as coding map table reference information to coding map table provider. Coding map table provider determines a coding map table used in coding of the CBP, based on these CBPs in the neighboring blocks, and provides a coding map table H | 01-07-2010 |
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20090129837 | DEVELOPING DEVICE USING RECYCLED TONER - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a ratio of a recycled toner in a first developer is detected by an auto toner sensor for recycled toner. The carrying speed of a recycled toner mixer is controlled according to a detection result. Consequently, when recycled toner density in a recycled-toner carrying chamber increases, the recycled toner mixer is rotated at high speed to discharge the recycled toner from the recycled-toner carrying chamber at high speed. | 05-21-2009 |
20130113393 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE - An illuminating device includes a connecting portion supplied with power, a conversion circuit that converts power supplied from the connecting portion, a case having a tubular shape, a support body that divides the case in the radial direction, and a plurality of light emitting diodes provided on one surface of the support body. The illuminating device further includes a drive circuit that drives the light emitting diodes, a secondary battery provided on the other surface of the support body, a charge/discharge control circuit for the secondary battery, and a control section that lights the light emitting diodes by supplied power and charges the secondary battery. The control section permits lighting of the light emitting diodes by a discharge of the secondary battery in a state in which power supply is stopped. | 05-09-2013 |
20130252225 | STUDY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD - A system is provided for displaying data. The system comprises a managing device. The managing device is configured to receive user input specifying lesson data. The managing device is further configured to transmit a display command to display teaching data corresponding to the lesson data, the display command including the lesson data. The system further comprises a plurality of study devices. The study devices comprise a receiving component configured to receive, from the managing device, the display command. The study devices further comprise a teaching component configured to display, in response to the display command, the teaching data on a teaching screen. The study devices still further comprise a notebook component. The notebook component is configured to receive notebook data. The notebook component is further configured to display, on a notebook screen, the notebook data. | 09-26-2013 |
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20090074929 | METHOD FOR PRESERVING FOOD STERILIZED BY HEATING - A method for preserving food to be sterilized by heating which comprises sealing the food by using a multilayer container and a cap part and sterilizing the food by heating at 80° C. or higher, wherein the container has a layered structure having three or more layers in which a layer comprising polypropylene as the main component, an adhesive layer comprising an adhesive thermoplastic resin and a gas barrier layer comprising a polyamide resin having substantially no hydroxyl group are laminated in this order, and the cap part has a gas barrier layer. | 03-19-2009 |
20090239013 | POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION - A polyamide resin composition contains a resin component containing at least a polyamide (X) and a fatty acid metallic salt having from 10 to 50 carbon atoms, and contains arbitrarily an additive (A) and/or an additive (B). The polyamide (X) is obtained through melt polycondensation of a diamine component containing 70% by mol or more of m-xylylenediamine and a dicarboxylic acid component containing 70% by mol or more of an α,ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid. The additive (A) is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a diamide compound obtained from a fatty acid having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms and a diamine having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, a diester compound obtained from a fatty acid having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms and a diol having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and a surfactant, and the additive (B) is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a metallic hydroxide, a metallic acetate salt, a metallic alkoxide, a metallic carbonate salt and a fatty acid. | 09-24-2009 |
20100166208 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND HEADPHONE APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a reproducing apparatus including: a case; a headphone configured to be so provided as to protrude on one surface of the case and be inserted into an ear hole; an operating unit configured to be provided on a further surface orthogonal to the one surface of the case and near a base of the headphone and allow press-down operation and rotational operation; a reproducing unit configured to reproduce audio data; and a controller configured to be incorporated in the case and make the reproducing unit reproduce audio data stored in a storage medium based on operation input to the operating unit. | 07-01-2010 |
20100233401 | Multi-Layer Bottle - There is provided a multilayer bottle including outermost and innermost layers each made mainly of a polyester (A) and at least one barrier layer interposed between the outermost and innermost layers. The polyester (A) is a thermoplastic resin obtained by polymerizing a dicarboxylic acid component containing 80 mol % or more of terephthalic acid with a diol component containing 80 mol % or more of ethylene glycol. The barrier layer is composed of a polyamide (B) and a polyamide (C). The polyamide (B) is obtained by polycondensing a diamine component containing 70 mol % or more of m-xylylenediamine with a dicarboxylic acid component containing 70 mol % or more of an α,ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 20 carbon atoms. The polyamide (C) has a higher saturation water content than that of the polyamide (B) as measured at 23° C. and 50% RH under 1 atm, and a content of the polyamide (C) in the barrier layer is 20% by weight or less on the basis of a weight of the barrier layer. The multilayer bottle hardly suffers from delamination upon dropping or upon exposure to impact and, therefore, is not required to have a shape with less irregularities or less bends for preventing the delamination, and further has a large freedom of design choice. | 09-16-2010 |
20110288266 | HEAT-SHRINKABLE FILM - A heat-shrinkable film including at least one gas-barrier layer (A). The gas-barrier layer (A) is made of a stretched film of a polyamide resin which is obtained from a diamine component comprising 70 mol % or more of m-xylylenediamine and a dicarboxylic acid component comprising 80 to 98 mol % of α,ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 20 carbon atoms and 2 to 20 mol % of isophthalic acid. The polyamide resin has a moderate crystallization speed and does not cause whitening even when stretched at low temperature, to provide a heat-shrinkable film combining high heat shrinkability and high transparency. | 11-24-2011 |
20120258268 | POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION - A polyamide resin composition contains a resin component containing at least a polyamide, a fatty acid metallic salt having from 10 to 50 carbon atoms, and an additive. The polyamide is obtained through melt polycondensation of a diamine component containing 70% by mol or more of m-xylylenediamine and a dicarboxylic acid component containing 70% by mol or more of an α,ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid. The additive is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a diamide compound obtained from a fatty acid having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms and a diamine having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, a diester compound obtained from a fatty acid having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms and a diol having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and a surfactant. | 10-11-2012 |
20130065004 | POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a polyamide resin composition comprising polyamide (X) comprising a diamine unit containing 70 mol % or more of a metaxylylenediamine unit and a dicarboxylic acid unit and an alkali compound (A), wherein the following equations (1) to (4) are satisfied: | 03-14-2013 |
20130065005 | POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a polyamide resin composition comprising polyamide (X) comprising a diamine unit containing 70 mol % or more of a metaxylylenediamine unit and a dicarboxylic acid unit and an alkali compound (A), wherein the following equations (1) to (3) are satisfied: | 03-14-2013 |
20150030793 | POLYESTER-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND MOLDING USING RESIN COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a polyester-based resin composition containing: a resin component which contains 80 to 98 mass % of polyester resin (A) including aromatic dicarboxylic acid units and diol units, and 20 to 2 mass % of polyamide resin (B) including diamine units and dicarboxylic acid units, the diamine units containing 70 mol % or more m-xylylenediamine units and the dicarboxylic acid units containing 70 mol % or more α,ω-aliphatic dicarboxylic acid units; and 0.005 to 0.1 parts by mass of a specific epoxy-functional polymer (C) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin component. | 01-29-2015 |
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20090150151 | Audio processing apparatus, audio processing system, and audio processing program - Disclosed herein is an audio processing apparatus for processing a plurality of pieces of audio data of sounds picked up by a plurality of microphones. The apparatus includes: a speaker identification section configured to identify a speaker based on the audio data; a simultaneous speech section identification section configured to, when at least first and second speakers have been identified, identify speech sections during which the first and second speakers have made speeches, and identify a section during which the first and second speakers have made the speeches at the same time as a simultaneous speech section; and an arranging section configured to separate audio data of the first speaker and audio data of the second speaker from the simultaneous speech section, and allow the audio data of the first speaker and the audio data of the second speaker to be outputted at mutually different timings. | 06-11-2009 |
20090154692 | Voice processing apparatus, voice processing system, and voice processing program - A voice processing apparatus includes a band dividing portion dividing a first voice signal generated by a first microphone and a second voice signal generated by a second microphone into predetermined frequency bands, a sound source segregating portion segregating an echo component of a voice emitted by a first sound source included in a voice emitted by a second sound source in each of the predetermined frequency bands based on the power of the first and second microphones, and a band synthesis portion synthesizing the first and second voice signals from which the echo component of the first sound source has been segregated by the sound source segregating portion into a voice signal including the voice emitted by the first sound source and a voice signal including the echo component of the first sound source. | 06-18-2009 |
20100183163 | SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND DELAY TIME SETTING METHOD - An echo canceller formed of an adaptive filter is designed such that even under a condition where a system transmission delay is undefined, an appropriate delay time can be set in a delay circuit that absorbs a system delay, and that an effective echo cancellation effect can always be achieved. A time difference of a transmission path until a reproduction audio signal input to the delay circuit is input as a processing target signal of an adaptive filter system through a space between a speaker and a microphone is determined, and the delay time corresponding to this time difference is set in the delay circuit. At this time, the speaker and the microphone are placed so that the distance therebetween is small, and the delay time of the delay circuit is set to 0. Thus, the determined time difference indicates a system transmission delay in the above transmission path. That is, an accurate delay time corresponding to the system transmission delay can be set in the delay circuit. | 07-22-2010 |
20130063539 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A signal processing apparatus includes: an audio separator that separates audios into a first audio and a second audio using two inputted audio signals; an audio combiner that combines the first audio with the second audio based on proportions of the audios separated by the audio separator; and an image combiner that combines a first image corresponding to the first audio with a second image corresponding to the second audio based on the proportions of the audios separated by the audio separator. | 03-14-2013 |
20130297311 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including: a high-quality-voice determining section configured to determine a voice, which can be determined to have been collected under a good condition, as a good-condition voice included in mixed voices pertaining to a group of voices collected under different conditions; and a voice recognizing section configured to carry out voice recognition processing by making use of a predetermined parameter on the good-condition voice determined by the high-quality-voice determining section, modify the value of the predetermined parameter on the basis of a result of the voice recognition processing carried out on the good-condition voice, and carry out the voice recognition processing by making use of the predetermined parameter having the modified value on a voice included in the mixed voices as a voice other than the good-condition voice. | 11-07-2013 |
20130301841 | AUDIO PROCESSING DEVICE, AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An audio processing device includes: a directivity adjustment unit adjusting directivity and sharpness thereof in audio picked up by plural microphones picking up audio; and a howling suppression adjustment unit adjusting intensity of suppressing howling of audio picked up by the plural microphones, wherein the directivity adjustment unit adjusts the directivity and sharpness thereof in preference to the howling suppression of audio performed by the howling suppression adjustment unit. | 11-14-2013 |
20130304462 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus including: a first A/D converter configured to execute A/D conversion by adjusting an input signal with a first gain; a second A/D converter configured to execute A/D conversion by adjusting an input signal with a second gain that is smaller than the first gain; a synthesis block configured to synthesize a first signal obtained by conversion by the first A/D converter with a second signal obtained by conversion by the second A/D converter to output a resultant synthesized signal if the first signal is clipped; and a signal processing block configured to execute signal processing by use of the signal outputted from the synthesis block. | 11-14-2013 |
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20090015577 | Driving method of flat panel display apparatus - A driving method of a flat panel display apparatus of a line-sequential driving system in which the display apparatus has N first wirings extending in a first direction, M second wirings extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and image display portions formed in overlapped regions of the first wirings and the second wirings, and the first to Nth first wirings are sequentially selected. A predetermined voltage is applied to each of the M second wirings for a period of time until the first first wiring is selected after the Nth first wiring was selected. | 01-15-2009 |
20090161015 | Display device, video signal correction device, and video signal correction method - Disclosed herein is a display device including: a display unit configured to carry out video displaying on a display panel based on a supplied video signal; and a video signal correcting unit configured to output a corrected video signal value obtained through arithmetic operation including division operation in response to an input video signal value, as correction processing suited to a characteristic of the display panel for a video signal to be supplied to the display unit, wherein the video signal correcting unit includes a memory table block having a plurality of reference tables, and a correction operation block that calculates a corrected video signal value through arithmetic operation including all or a part of addition, subtraction, and multiplication by using an input video signal value and the operation result values read out from reference tables dependent upon the input video signal value in the memory table block. | 06-25-2009 |
20100128053 | Method of calcuating correction value and display device - A method of calculating a correction value used when signal value correction is performed with respect to an image signal supplied to a display panel includes setting a target luminance value, which is not uniform in an overall surface of the display panel, as a target luminance value of one image signal value such that at least a portion of a distribution of target luminance values at each plane position of the display panel becomes a curved distribution, and calculating a correction value at each plane position of the display panel using luminance observed at each plane position of the display panel when one image signal value is given to the overall surface of the display panel and the target luminance value at each plane position of the display panel. | 05-27-2010 |
20120010822 | FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY COMPENSATION METHOD AND FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATION DEVICE - A fluorescence intensity compensation method, includes: receiving, with photodetectors having different input wavelength bands, fluorescence emitted from fluorochromes excited by irradiating light on microparticles multiply-labeled by a plurality of fluorochromes with overlapping fluorescence wavelengths; collecting detected values for the photodetectors; and obtaining a measurement spectrum, by approximating, from the linear sum of single-stain spectrums obtained from microparticles individually labeled with the fluorochromes; wherein approximation of the measurement spectrum by the linear sum of the single-stain spectrums is performed using the restricted least-square method. | 01-12-2012 |
20120016616 | FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CORRECTING METHOD, FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING METHOD, AND FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING APPARATUS - A fluorescence intensity calculating apparatus, includes: a measuring section configured to receive fluorescences generated from plural fluorescent dyes excited by radiating a light to a microparticle multiply-labeled with the plural fluorescent dyes having fluorescence wavelength bands overlapping one another by photodetectors which correspond to different received light wavelength bands, respectively, and whose number is larger than the number of fluorescent dyes, and obtain measured spectra by collecting detected values from the photodetectors; and a calculating section configured to approximate the measured spectra based on a linear sum of single-dyeing spectra obtained from the microparticle individually labeled with the fluorescent dyes, thereby calculating intensities of the fluorescences generated from the fluorescent dyes, respectively. | 01-19-2012 |
20120123722 | FLUORESCENT SPECTRUM CORRECTING METHOD AND FLUORESCENT SPECTRUM MEASURING DEVICE - A fluorescent spectrum correcting method includes comparing fluorescent spectrum obtained from micro-particles labeled with a plurality of fluorescent pigments with reference spectrum to separating the fluorescent spectrum into fluorescent spectrum for each pigment, and previously measured spectrum data is used as the reference spectrum. | 05-17-2012 |
20130026391 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF CORRECTING INTENSITY OF FLUORESCENCE SPECTRUM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including an estimation unit that expresses a light intensity distribution, which is obtained by irradiating light to a measurement object of a measurement target having a plurality of substances with mutually different responsive characteristics to the light on a surface and/or an inside of the measurement object, as a linear combination of light intensity distributions, which are obtained by irradiating the light to reference measurement objects, each of which has a single substance, models the light intensity distribution obtained from each of the reference measurement objects so as to follow a predetermined probability distribution, and estimates a combination coefficient of the linear combination from the light intensity distribution obtained from the measurement object of the measurement target. | 01-31-2013 |
20130182019 | METHOD OF CALCULATING CORRECTION VALUE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of calculating a correction value used when signal value correction is performed with respect to an image signal supplied to a display panel includes setting a target luminance value, which is not uniform in an overall surface of the display panel, as a target luminance value of one image signal value such that at least a portion of a distribution of target luminance values at each plane position of the display panel becomes a curved distribution, and calculating a correction value at each plane position of the display panel using luminance observed at each plane position of the display panel when one image signal value is given to the overall surface of the display panel and the target luminance value at each plane position of the display panel. | 07-18-2013 |
20130323825 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus, including a testing section performing statistical testing on simple staining data obtained by performing fluorescence measurement on a particle subjected to simple staining with a staining material having a prescribed fluorescence characteristic and unstaining data obtained by performing fluorescence measurement on an unstained particle for comparison for a frequency band, a masking processing section setting, in a case where there is no significant difference between the simple staining data and the unstaining data for the frequency band, the simple staining data to 0 or a prescribed value, and an estimation section estimating, in a manner that double staining data obtained by performing fluorescence measurement on a particle stained with a plurality of staining materials is represented by a linear combination of base vectors representing a distribution of the simple staining data corresponding to each staining material, a combination coefficient of the linear combination. | 12-05-2013 |
20140365159 | FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CORRECTING METHOD, FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING METHOD, AND FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING APPARATUS - A fluorescence intensity calculating apparatus, includes a measuring section configured to receive fluorescences generated from plural fluorescent dyes excited by radiating a light to a microparticle multiply-labeled with the plural fluorescent dyes having fluorescence wavelength bands overlapping one another by photodetectors which correspond to different received light wavelength bands, respectively, and whose number is larger than the number of fluorescent dyes, and obtain measured spectra by collecting detected values from the photodetectors, and a calculating section configured to approximate the measured spectra based on a linear sum of single-dyeing spectra obtained from the microparticle individually labeled with the fluorescent dyes, thereby calculating intensities of the fluorescences generated from the fluorescent dyes, respectively. | 12-11-2014 |
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20100062709 | Communication System - Stable receiving action is achieved with a receiver of simpler configuration. | 03-11-2010 |
20100173235 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WRITING - A writing method includes calculating a proximity effect-corrected dose for correcting a proximity effect in charged particle beam writing, for each first mesh region made by virtually dividing a writing region of a target object into a plurality of first mesh regions of a first mesh size, calculating a fogging effect-corrected dose by using the proximity effect-corrected dose calculated and an area density in the first mesh size with respect to a part of a calculation region for calculating the fogging effect-corrected dose for correcting a fogging effect in the charged particle beam writing, and by using an area density in a second mesh size larger than the first mesh size with respect to a remaining part of the calculation region, synthesizing the fogging effect-corrected dose and the proximity effect-corrected dose for the each first mesh region, and writing a pattern on the target object by using a charged particle beam based on a synthesized correction dose. | 07-08-2010 |
20110033788 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DRAWING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A charged particle beam drawing apparatus has a drawing chamber including a movable stage which supports a mask, the mask being formed by applying a resist to an upper surface of a mask substrate, an optical column for applying a charged particle beam to draw patterns in the resist, a charged particle beam dose correction portion for correcting a dose of the charged particle beam applied from the optical column to the resist on the basis of proximity effect and fogging effect, and a conversion coefficient changing portion for changing a conversion coefficient on the basis of pattern density in the resist and a position in the resist, wherein the conversion coefficient is a ratio of an accumulation energy of the charged particle beam accumulated in the resist, to an accumulation dose of the charged particle beam accumulated in the resist. | 02-10-2011 |
20120001097 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DRAWING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A charged particle beam drawing apparatus applies a predetermined dose of a charged particle beam for drawing patterns corresponding to figures included in a drawing data, in a whole of a drawing area of a workpiece, before a result of calculation of a fogging effect correction dose is obtained, wherein a proximity effect correction dose is incorporated in the predetermined dose, and the fogging effect correction dose is not incorporated in the predetermined dose, then, the charged particle beam drawing apparatus applies a predetermined dose of the charged particle beam for drawing the patterns which overlap the patterns drawn before the result of calculation of the fogging effect correction dose is obtained, in the whole of the drawing area of the workpiece, after the calculation of the fogging effect correction dose, wherein the proximity effect correction dose and the fogging effect correction dose are incorporated in the predetermined dose. | 01-05-2012 |
20120211674 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a storage unit to store each pattern data of plural figure patterns arranged in each of plural small regions made by virtually dividing a writing region of a target workpiece to be written on which resist being coated. The charged particle beam writing apparatus further including an assignment unit to assign each pattern data of each figure pattern to be arranged in each of the plural small regions concerned, and a writing unit to write, for each of plural groups, each figure pattern in each of the plural small regions concerned by using a charged particle beam. | 08-23-2012 |
20130099139 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a unit to calculate a gradient of a convolution amount that is calculated from a convolution operation between an area density and a distribution function, a unit to calculate a small influence radius phenomenon dose correction coefficient that corrects for dimension variation due to a phenomenon whose influence radius is on an order of microns or less, by using the convolution amount and the gradient, a unit to calculate a proximity effect dose correction coefficient that corrects for dimension variation due to a proximity effect, by using a first function depending on the small influence radius phenomenon dose correction coefficient, a unit to calculate a dose by using the proximity effect dose correction coefficient and the small influence radius phenomenon dose correction coefficient, and a unit to write a figure pattern concerned on a target object, based on the dose. | 04-25-2013 |
20130256519 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A apparatus according to an embodiment includes a unit to generate first blocks in a writing region in which at least one of writing groups respectively using different base doses is to be written, a unit to generate second blocks for proximity effect correction, in the each of the regions of the groups, a unit to calculate an area density in each of the first blocks, a unit to perform a weighting calculation on the area density for each of the first blocks by using a base dose of a corresponding group, a unit to calculate a dose coefficient for proximity effect correction, for each of the second blocks, by using a corresponding weighted area density, and a unit to calculate a dose by using the base dose of the each of the groups and the dose coefficient of the each of the second blocks. | 10-03-2013 |
20130264478 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS, INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD OF PATTERN WRITING DATA - An inspection method of pattern writing data includes creating an area map of a figure pattern written on a target object for each modulation rate for modulating a dose by using modulation rate data to modulate the dose in a case that a plurality of figure patterns is written on the target object by using a charged particle beam, and layout data in which the plurality of figure patterns is defined; converting the layout data into pattern writing data to be input into a lithography apparatus; and inspecting an amount of electric charge for each predetermined region by using the area map when a pattern is written on the target object by using the pattern writing data. | 10-10-2013 |
20140017349 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND IRRADIATION TIME APPORTIONMENT METHOD OF CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMS FOR MULTIPLE WRITING - A beam writing apparatus includes a unit to obtain a specific value by calculating an integer by dividing a total irradiation time by a multiplied value of a region number and a repeating times number, and by multiplying the integer by the repeating times number, to add the repeating times number to the specific value when a region is in the multiple writing unit regions and is not a specific region and when a region number of the multiple writing unit region, defined excluding the specific region, is below or equal to a value obtained by dividing the total irradiation time by the multiplied value of the region number and the repeating times number, to obtain a first remainder, and dividing the first remainder by the repeating times number, and to treat an added value of the repeating times number and the specific value, as a total irradiation time. | 01-16-2014 |
20140138527 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DOSE CHECK METHOD - A charged particle beam writing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a calculation unit to calculate a dose density that corrects a dimensional variation caused by at least one of a proximity effect, a fogging effect, and a loading effect, and indicates a dose per unit area of a charged particle beam, where the dose density has been modulated based on a dose modulation amount input from outside, a determination unit to determine whether the dose density exceeds an acceptable value, and a writing unit to write a pattern on a target object with the charged particle beam. | 05-22-2014 |
20140237196 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS, AND BUFFER MEMORY DATA STORAGE METHOD - A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a buffer memory including a memory region capable of contemporarily storing writing data for data processing regions, wherein writing data including data files is temporarily stored for each of the data processing regions, a dividing unit to divide the memory region of the buffer memory into a first region being large and a second region being small, a specifying unit to specify the memory region such that a data file being large is preferentially stored in the first region and a data file being small is stored at least in the second region, concerning the data files for each of the data processing regions included in the writing data, and a data processing unit to read data files corresponding to each of the data processing regions from the buffer memory, and to perform data processing using the read data files. | 08-21-2014 |
20140291553 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING DOSE MODULATION COEFFICIENT OF CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM - A apparatus includes a unit to operate a first dose of a beam corrected for a proximity effect for each of second mesh regions of a second mesh size obtained by dividing the first mesh size by a product of a natural number and a number of passes, by using a dose model using a dose threshold; a unit to operate a representative temperature rising due to heat transfer originating from irradiation of the beam by using a dose for an applicable pass of the first dose and a unit to operate a polynomial having a term obtained by multiplying a dose modulation coefficient based on the representative temperature by a pattern area density as an element, and a dose that makes a difference between a value obtained by operating the polynomial and the dose threshold within a tolerance is used. | 10-02-2014 |
20150041684 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes an area density calculation unit to calculate a pattern area density weighted using a dose modulation value, which has previously been input from an outside and in which an amount of correction of a dimension variation due to a proximity effect has been included, a fogging correction dose coefficient calculation unit to calculate a fogging correction dose coefficient for correcting a dimension variation due to a fogging effect by using the pattern area density weighted using the dose modulation value having been input from the outside, a dose calculation unit to calculates a dose of a charged particle beam by using the fogging correction dose coefficient and the dose modulation value, and a writing unit to write a pattern on a target object with the charged particle beam of the dose. | 02-12-2015 |
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