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20090309287 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An automatic document feeder device | 12-17-2009 |
20110102865 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide an image reading apparatus that has a simple mechanism for ejecting dust collected from a transparent member by a cleaner to the outside, thereby preventing stripe noise from being mixed into read image data. | 05-05-2011 |
20110262164 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER SUPPLY FOR TRANSFER - An image forming device comprising a rotatable image carrier, a transfer member which is a rotatable transfer member for transferring a toner image on the image carrier onto a recording paper sheet and forms a pressing nip by being pressed against the image carrier, a power supply for transfer for applying a voltage for transfer for transferring the toner image on the image carrier onto the recording paper sheet to the transfer member, and a recording paper sheet feed device for feeding the recording paper sheet into the pressing nip, and the method for controlling a power supply for transfer. The power supply for transfer is turned on by a power supply ON instruction signal, turned off by a power supply OFF instruction signal, and has a voltage set by an output voltage setting signal as an output voltage when it is on. The power supply for transfer is turned on and the output voltage of the power supply for transfer is set to 0 V before the transfer member is pressed against the image carrier, and the output voltage of the power supply for transfer is switched from 0 V to a high voltage for transfer after the transfer member is pressed against the image carrier. | 10-27-2011 |
20110319244 | PAPER FOLDING DEVICE FOR THREE-FOLDING SHEET OF PAPER - In a paper folding device, a first driving unit for forming a first folding line on the paper moves a first folding plate member to the paper fed to a first feeding position until load on the first folding plate member reaches a prescribed value or higher. A time period from the start of driving of the first folding unit by the first driving unit to the start of driving of a second folding unit by a second driving unit is determined based on characteristic of paper. | 12-29-2011 |
20130256978 | DOCUMENT FEEDER, DOCUMENT READER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED ACCURACY OF DOCUMENT SKEW CORRECTION - A document feeder feeds document sheets one by one from a stack on a tray by pressing one or more pick-up rollers against an uppermost document sheet and guiding one widthwise edge of the document sheet. The width direction is perpendicular to a document transport direction. The document feeder includes: a document size obtainer that obtains size information indicating a width of the document sheet; and a center-of-contact shifting mechanism that shifts a center of contact of each pick-up roller along an axial direction of the pick-up roller according to the obtained size information. The center of contact is a central point of an area where the pick-up roller is in contact with the document sheet. Each pick-up roller is in a barrel shape. The center-of-contact shifting mechanism shifts the center of contact of each pick-up roller by axially tilting the pick-up roller relative to the document surface. | 10-03-2013 |
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20090061117 | Sealant for one drop fill process, vertically conducting material and liquid crystal display device - It is an object of the present invention to provide a sealant for a One prop Fill process which hardly causes a peeling phenomenon between the sealant and a substrate in production of liquid crystal display device since the sealant has excellent adhesion to the substrate, and which is most suitable for producing a liquid crystal display device having low color irregularity in liquid crystal display since the sealant does not cause liquid crystal contamination, and relates to a sealant for a One prop Fill process, in which in production of liquid crystal display device by a One prop Fill process, even a portion where light may be not directly irradiated can be adequately cured, a liquid crystal is not deteriorated by ultraviolet light to be irradiated in curing the sealant, and high display quality and high reliability of the liquid crystal display device can be realized, a vertically conducting material, and a liquid crystal display device obtained by using these. | 03-05-2009 |
20090091045 | Themosetting Composition for Optical Semiconductor, Die Bond Material for Optical Semiconductor Device, Underfill Material for Optical Semiconductor Device, Sealing Agent for Optical Semiconductor Device, and Optical Semiconductor Device - A thermosetting composition for an optical semiconductor containing a silicone resin having a cyclic ether-containing groups and a thermosetting agent capable of reacting with said cyclic ether-containing group, wherein the silicone resin has, as the principal components, a structural unit expressed by the following formula (1) and a structural unit expressed by the following formula (2). The content of the structural unit expressed by the formula (1) is 0.6 to 0.95 (on a molar basis) and the content of the structural unit expressed by the formula (2) is 0.05 to 0.4 (on a molar basis) when total number of the structural units contained is taken as 1, and the content of the cyclic ether-containing group is 5 to 40 mol %: | 04-09-2009 |
20100171414 | SEALING AGENT FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT - The sealing agent for an optical semiconductor device, which comprises: a silicone resin having a cyclic ether-containing group in the molecular structure; a heat curing agent capable of reacting with the cyclic ether-containing group; and a fine particulate material of silicon oxide, and the sealing agent having a viscosity of 500 to 10,000 mPa·s measured by an E-type viscometer at 25° C. at 5 rpm, a thixotropic value of 1.2 to 2.5 calculated by dividing a viscosity measured by the E-type viscometer at 25° C. at 1 rpm by a viscosity measured at 10 rpm (viscosity at 1 rpm/viscosity at 10 rpm), and a minimum viscosity of 100 mPa·s or higher measured at 1 s | 07-08-2010 |
20100182977 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention includes a receiving antenna receiving information while changing plural different wireless base stations; a seat information acquiring unit acquiring position information of a destination seat paired; a wireless base station selecting unit selecting a wireless base station to be connected on the basis of position information; and a directivity switching unit changing directivity of the receiving antenna on the basis of position information, which transmits at least one of video information and audio information from a wireless base station to a user seated on the seat. | 07-22-2010 |
20100297453 | INSULATING SHEET AND MULTILAYER STRUCTURE - The present invention provides an insulating sheet which is used for bonding a heat conductor having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/m·K or higher to an electrically conductive layer. The handleability of the insulating sheet is excellent when it is uncured, and a cured product of the insulating sheet has higher adhesion, heat resistance, dielectric breakdown characteristics, and thermal conductivity. The insulating sheet used for bonding a heat conductor having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/m·K or higher to an electrically conductive layer comprises: (A) a polymer having an aromatic skeleton and a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more; (B) at least one of an epoxy monomer (B1) having an aromatic skeleton and a weight average molecular weight of 600 or less and an oxetane monomer (B2) having an aromatic skeleton and a weight average molecular weight of 600 or less; (C) a curing agent composed of a phenol resin, an acid anhydride having an aromatic skeleton or an alicyclic skeleton, a hydrogenated product of the acid anhydride, or a modified product of the acid anhydride; and (D) a filler. When the insulating sheet is uncured, the insulating sheet has a glass transition temperature Tg of 25° C. or lower. | 11-25-2010 |
20110090172 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR - According to the capacitive touch sensor of the present invention, the first transparent conductor patterns are positioned upper than the second transparent conductor patterns. Each of the first and the second conductor patterns has a plurality of broadened parts. Each of the broadened parts of the second transparent conductor patterns is larger in area than each of the broadened parts of the first transparent conductor patterns. | 04-21-2011 |
20110135911 | INSULATING SHEET AND MULTILAYER STRUCTURE - The present invention provides an insulating sheet which is excellent in handleability when it is uncured, and provides a cured product excellent in dielectric breakdown characteristics, thermal conductivity, heat resistance, acid resistance, and processability, and a multilayer structure produced by the use of the insulating sheet. The insulating sheet comprising: (A) a polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more; (B) at least one of an epoxy resin (B1) having a weight average molecular weight of less than 10,000 and an oxetane resin (B2) having a weight average molecular weight of less than 10,000; (C) a curing agent; and (D) at least one of magnesium carbonate anhydrous (D1) represented by MgCO | 06-09-2011 |
20110159296 | INSULATING SHEET AND LAMINATED STRUCTURE - The present invention provides an insulating sheet which is excellent in handleability when it is uncured, prevents excessive flowage in laminating press, and provides a cured product excellent in dielectric breakdown characteristics, thermal conductivity, heat resistance, and processability. The insulating sheet used for bonding a heat conductor having a thermal conductivity of 10 W/m·K or higher to an electrically conductive layer, comprising: (A) a polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more; (B) at least one of an epoxy monomer (B1) having an aromatic skeleton and a weight average molecular weight of 600 or less and an oxetane monomer (B2) having an aromatic skeleton and a weight average molecular weight of 600 or less; (C) a curing agent; and (D) 20 to 60% by volume of a first inorganic filler; and (E) 1 to 40% by volume of at least one of an organic filler (E1), and a second inorganic filler (E2) that is different from the first inorganic filler (D) and has a new Mohs' hardness of 3 or less and, when the filler (E) contains the organic filler (E1), 3 to 40% by volume of the organic filler (E1). | 06-30-2011 |
20110316801 | CONTENTS DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTENTS DISPLAY METHOD - A contents display device includes a display section, a touch detection section, and a control section. The control section includes: a bookmarking determination section for determining, if multiple contacts have been simultaneously detected by the touch detection section, at least one contact among the multiple contacts to be a bookmark; a bookmark-position configuration section for configuring a bookmark position, based on a contact determined by the bookmarking determination section to be a bookmark; and a return-to-bookmark-position determination section for determining, after a bookmark position has been configured by the bookmark-position configuration section, to return the content displayed on the display section to the bookmark position, based on a contact detected by the touch detection section. When the return-to-bookmark-position determination section determines to return to the bookmark position, the content displayed on the display section is returned to the bookmark position. | 12-29-2011 |
20130094186 | SURFACE-TREATED FLUORESCENT BODIES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SURFACE-TREATED FLUORESCENT BODIES - The present invention aims to provide a surface-treated phosphor having high dispersibility and capable of significantly enhancing moisture resistance without deteriorating the fluorescence properties, and a method for producing the surface-treated phosphor. The surface-treated phosphor includes: a phosphor body; and a surface treatment layer containing at least one specific element selected from elements of the third to sixth groups of the periodic table, and fluorine, the phosphor body having the surface treatment layer on the surface thereof, wherein, when a cross section of the surface treatment layer is subjected to a thickness-wise elemental distribution analysis by a combination of an electron microscopic analysis and an energy-dispersive X-ray element analysis, a peak indicating the maximum content of the specific element appears nearer to the surface than a peak indicating the maximum fluorine content. | 04-18-2013 |
20140146640 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND OBJECT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE - An information terminal device ( | 05-29-2014 |
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20100303149 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING APPARATUS - An image processor to produce a local decoded image corresponding to an input image, a region partitioning module to classify the local decoded image into a plurality of regions using a given parameter, a filter designing module to design a filter coefficient for every classified region, a filter processor to filter the local decoded image according to a corresponding filter coefficient for every classified region, a frame memory to store a filtered image, a predictor to produce a prediction image using a stored image, and an encoder to output a parameter used for classification of the region and information of a filter coefficient every classified region as encoded data are provided. | 12-02-2010 |
20100322303 | VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A video encoding method wherein an encoded image is used as a reference image for prediction of an image to be encoded next, includes generating a restored image by applying a filter to a local decoded image of an encoded image, setting filter coefficient information of the filter, encoding the filter coefficient information, encoding specific information indicating the local decoded image used as a reference image or the restored image, and storing either the local decoded image or the restored image as the reference image in a memory based on the specific information. | 12-23-2010 |
20110069752 | MOVING IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH FILTERING FUNCTION CONSIDERING EDGES - According to one embodiment, a moving image encoding method is disclosed. The method can generate a prediction error image based on a difference between an input moving image and a predicted image. The method can execute transform and quantization on the prediction error image to generate quantized transformation coefficients. The method can generate edge information which indicates an attribute of an edge in a local decoded image corresponding to an encoded image. The method can generate, based on the edge information, control information associated with application of a filter to a decoded image at a decoding side. The method can set filter coefficients for the filter based on the control information. In addition, the method can encode the quantized transformation coefficients and filter coefficient information indicating the filter coefficients to output encoded data. | 03-24-2011 |
20110075732 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MOVING IMAGES - According to an embodiment, a moving image encoding method includes generating a predicted image of an original image based on a reference image, performing transform and quantization on a prediction error between the original image and the predicted image to obtain a quantized transform coefficient, performing inverse quantization and inverse transform on the quantized transform coefficient to obtain a decoded prediction error, adding the predicted image and the decoded prediction error to generate a local decoded image, setting filter data containing time-space filter coefficients for reconstructing the original image based on the local decoded image and the reference image, performing a time-space filtering process on the local decoded image in accordance with the filter data to generate a reconstructed image, storing the reconstructed image as the reference image, and encoding the filter data and the quantized transform coefficient. | 03-31-2011 |
20110150080 | MOVING-PICTURE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a moving-picture decoding apparatus is disclosed. A decoding unit decodes input coded data to generate a quantized transform coefficient and filter information. An inverse-transform/inverse-quantization unit executes inverse-quantization and inverse-transform on the quantized transform coefficient to generate a prediction error picture. A decoded-picture generation unit generates a decoded picture using the prediction error picture and a predicted picture. A luminance filter processing unit applies a luminance filter to the luminance signal of the decoded picture based on luminance filter information to generate the luminance signal of a restored picture. A chrominance filter processing unit applies a chrominance filter to the chrominance signal of the decoded picture based on chrominance filter information to generate the chrominance signal of the restored picture. | 06-23-2011 |
20110228844 | MOVING PICTURE ENCODING METHOD AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a moving picture encoding method includes deriving a target filter to be used for a decoded image of a target image to be encoded. The method includes setting a correspondence relationship between target filter coefficient in the target filter and reference filter coefficient in a reference filter in accordance with tap length of the target filter and tap length of the reference filter. The method includes deriving coefficient difference between the target filter coefficient and the reference filter coefficient in accordance with the correspondence relationship. The method includes encoding target filter information including the tap length of the target filter and the coefficient difference. | 09-22-2011 |
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20090261299 | SILICON WAFER - A silicon wafer which has DZ layers formed on both sides thereof by heat treatment in an atmosphere of reducing gas (such as hydrogen) or rare gas (such as argon) with a specific temperature profile for heating, holding, and cooling, and which also has a gettering site of BMD in the bulk inside the DZ layer. A silicon wafer which has a silicon epitaxial layer formed on one side thereof. The DZ layer and the silicon epitaxial layer contain dissolved oxygen introduced into their surface parts, with the concentration and distribution of dissolved oxygen properly controlled. Introduction of oxygen into the surface part is accomplished by heat treatment and ensuing rapid cooling in an atmosphere of oxygen-containing gas. | 10-22-2009 |
20110053350 | SILICON WAFER - A silicon wafer which has DZ layers formed on both sides thereof by heat treatment in an atmosphere of reducing gas (such as hydrogen) or rare gas (such as argon) with a specific temperature profile for heating, holding, and cooling, and which also has a gettering site of BMD in the bulk inside the DZ layer. A silicon wafer which has a silicon epitaxial layer formed on one side thereof. The DZ layer and the silicon epitaxial layer contain dissolved oxygen introduced into their surface parts, with the concentration and distribution of dissolved oxygen properly controlled. Introduction of oxygen into the surface part is accomplished by heat treatment and ensuing rapid cooling in an atmosphere of oxygen-containing gas. | 03-03-2011 |
20120000294 | FIELD DEVICE WITH INTERNAL BATTERY - A wave ring spring is provided between a top face of a battery case and an inner wall of an equipment case. A plurality of silicone rubber pieces is provided between a bottom face of the battery case and an inner wall of the equipment case. A plurality of elastic tabs is provided between the outer peripheral surfaces that connect between the top face and the bottom face of the battery case and inner walls of the equipment case. The elastic tabs are formed integrally with the outer peripheral surfaces of the battery case. | 01-05-2012 |
20120081847 | SOCKET FOR HOLDING ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FLAME SENSOR - A case is provided for holding an ultraviolet detecting device in a state wherein an electrode-side terminal portion of the ultraviolet detecting device is inserted into one end portion. A conducting portion is provided connected on one end to an electrode terminal portion of the ultraviolet detecting device with the other end led out from the other end portion of the case. A sealing member is provided attached removably to the case. The sealing member seals airtight between the inside and the outside of the case in a state wherein a cable of the conducting portion passes therethrough. | 04-05-2012 |
20120083168 | SOCKET FOR HOLDING ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FLAME SENSOR - A recessed portion is provided into which an ultraviolet detecting device is inserted, and a case is provided for holding removably in the state wherein the ultraviolet detecting device is inserted into the recessed portion. A conducting portion is provided that is connected on one end to the electrode portion of the ultraviolet detecting device and wherein the other end is led out from the case. The recessed portion is provided with first through fourth protrusions which insert into grooves that are formed in the ultraviolet detecting device. | 04-05-2012 |
20120318015 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle air conditioner control system has an air conditioning device has a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator, a compressor running rate control device, a deceleration fuel cutoff executing device, and a fuel supply recovery executing device that cancels cutoff of fuel supply and recovers fuel supply at a higher vehicle speed during vehicle deceleration fuel cutoff period with air-conditioner ON than during vehicle deceleration fuel cutoff period with air-conditioner OFF. The compressor running rate control device increases the compressor running rate for a predetermined period just before a fuel supply recovery time with air-condition ON during the deceleration fuel cutoff period more than during non-execution of the deceleration fuel cutoff, and subsequently decreases the compressor running rate at or just before the fuel supply recovery time with air-condition ON equal to or less than during non-practice of the deceleration fuel cutoff. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324929 | VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONER CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle air conditioner control system has an air conditioning device for performing a refrigerating cycle, having a compressor that intakes, compresses, and discharges a refrigerant, a condenser that condenses the refrigerant discharged from the compressor, an expansion valve that depressurizes the refrigerant condensed by the condenser, an evaporator that performs heat exchange between open air and the refrigerant to vaporize the refrigerant, a compressor ON/OFF control device that controls a running rate of the compressor by alternating between an ON state and an OFF state, a vehicle deceleration fuel cut-off executing device that performs cut-off fuel supply during vehicle deceleration, and a fuel supply recovery executing device that cancels fuel cut-off and recovers fuel supply during vehicle deceleration fuel cut-off period based on a demand to turn on the compressor. | 12-27-2012 |
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20080220243 | Composition, sintered product of silicon nitride, article of manufacture, and cutting method - A sintered product of silicon nitride includes a crystal phase mainly having silicon nitride crystal grains and an amorphous grain-boundary phase located on the grain boundaries of the silicon nitride crystal grains. The grain-boundary phase contains lanthanum, aluminum, magnesium, silicon, and oxygen. The sintered product described above contains 0.1% by mass or more of lanthanum on an oxide basis, 0.05 to 0.6% by mass of aluminum on an oxide basis, 0.3% by mass or more of magnesium on an oxide basis, and 2.5% by mass or less of oxygen. The total amount of lanthanum on an oxide basis, aluminum on an oxide basis, and magnesium on an oxide basis is 3.5% by mass or less. | 09-11-2008 |
20090246464 | SILICON NITRIDE CUTTING TOOL - A silicon nitride cutting tool comprising a sintered product is disclosed. The sintered product comprises silicon nitride, at least one rare earth element compound, and a magnesium compound. The silicon nitride cutting tool further comprises a surface region and an inside region comprising the sintered product with varying content ratios of component compounds to provide enhanced wear and fracture resistance. | 10-01-2009 |
20100129168 | CUTTING TOOL - An object of embodiments according to the invention is to provide a cutting tool having good wear resistance, good sliding property and good fracture resistance. | 05-27-2010 |
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20090099748 | PARKING BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM - A motor current detecting device is provided in a parking brake control system for detecting electric current flowing through an electric motor. And current supply to the electric motor is stopped in case of carrying out a parking brake releasing operation, when a time period in which a differentiated value of the electric current flowing through the electric motor is smaller than a predetermined threshold value exceeds a predetermined time. As a result, a partial braking condition, in which parking brake force partly remains even after the parking brake releasing operation, and which is caused by, for example, the elongation of the brake cable is prevented. | 04-16-2009 |
20090200976 | PARKING BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - In a parking brake control device, the minimum value of a motor current is set as an idle current after a motor begins to be driven, specifically, in a period during which the idle current is being sampled. As a result, the idle current is set to a value which reflects the temperature of an electric parking brake and the dispersion of individual units of the motor. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a parking brake control device, which can set a target current value capable of coping with the dispersion of the individual units of the motor by calculating the target current value by adding a target effective current necessary to generate an actuation force to the idle current set as described above. | 08-13-2009 |
20090204302 | PARKING BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - When a release control is executed while a service brake is operating, a parking brake control device continues the release control until a first predetermined time passes even if the pressing force for moving a friction material becomes a target value, wherein the first predetermined time is a time period which is longer than a time period which it is supposed to take until the negative influence of the service brake vanishes. | 08-13-2009 |
20090206650 | PARKING BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - The parking brake control device sets a lock control target tension TTAR to a value which depends on the brake fluid pressure (i.e. M/C pressure), wherein the lock control target tension TTAR is used as a threshold determining whether the condition for terminating a lock control is satisfied or not. This operation is aimed for compensating the decrease of the tension applied to the brake cable which occurs caused by the service brake when the service brake is operating and does not occur when the service brake is not operating. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the service brake from causing a problem in which the lock control is terminated while a desired brake force is not achieved at the EPB. | 08-20-2009 |
20100072811 | PARKING BRAKE CONTROL UNIT - When a brake force is generated by a service brake in accordance with the depression of a brake pedal by a driver, a brake force generated by an electric parking brake is reduced when lock control is performed, taking the brake force generated by the service brake into consideration. More specifically, a target motor current value increase amount is corrected such that as the brake force generated by the service brake becomes larger, the target motor current value increase amount becomes smaller. Thus, when brake force is generated by the electric parking brake and the service brake compensates for the brake force, it is possible to inhibit generation of a brake force larger than necessary. | 03-25-2010 |
20130116904 | VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle brake control device is configured to correct deformation failure of a seal member and inhibit insufficient pullback of a pressing member caused by insufficient deformation of the seal member. Within a time period from a start of a lock operation to an end of the release operation, a W/C pressure is automatically increased and insufficient deformation of a seal member is corrected. It is thus possible to generate a large restoring force by the seal member when pulling back a piston, and the piston can be pulled back based on the restoring force. The piston is therefore sufficiently moved, and it is possible to inhibit insufficient piston pullback. Further, it is possible to cause a brake pad to be separated from a brake disc by a predetermined distance, and it is possible to inhibit a feeling of drag of a brake from being imparted to a driver. | 05-09-2013 |
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20090097018 | Surface inspection apparatus - A surface inspection apparatus for observing an edge portion of an object to be inspected includes an illumination device that irradiates an illumination light to the edge portion; and an observation device that forms an image of an observation region of the edge portion illuminated with the illumination light. The illumination device emits a first irradiation beam and a second irradiation beam as the illumination light. The first irradiation beam is incident at approximately right angles to the edge portion for compensating brightness of the image and the second irradiation beam is obliquely incident laterally to the observation region of the edge portion for generating a shadow depending on a surface state of the observation region. | 04-16-2009 |
20100053603 | Surface inspection apparatus and surface inspection method - A surface inspection apparatus includes an illuminating part illuminating an edge part of a substrate from a direction deviated from a direction of normal line of the edge part by an angle being predetermined, the edge part being inclined and the substrate being an inspection target, an imaging optics forming an image from a diffracted light from a captured area of the edge part as a dark field image, an imaging part capturing the dark field image obtained by the imaging optics, and a detecting part detecting a defect based on whether or not a striated image appears on the dark field image corresponding to the edge part obtained by the imaging part. | 03-04-2010 |
20110109738 | OBSERVATION DEVICE AND OBSERVATION METHOD - An observation device ( | 05-12-2011 |
20120026490 | SURFACE INSPECTION APPARATUS - A surface inspection apparatus for observing an edge portion of an object to be inspected includes an illumination device that irradiates an illumination light to the edge portion; and an observation device that forms an image of an observation region of the edge portion illuminated with the illumination light. The illumination device emits a first irradiation beam and a second irradiation beam as the illumination light. The first irradiation beam is incident at approximately right angles to the edge portion for compensating brightness of the image and the second irradiation beam is obliquely incident laterally to the observation region of the edge portion for generating a shadow depending on a surface state of the observation region. | 02-02-2012 |
20130083896 | APPARATUS, X-RAY IRRADIATION METHOD, AND STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING METHOD - There is provided an apparatus configured to irradiate an object with an X-ray and detect a transmission X-ray transmitted through the object, including: a chamber member defining a first space; and a first supply port arranged in the first space to supply a temperature-controlled gas to a part of an X-ray source configured to irradiate the object with the X-ray. | 04-04-2013 |
20140002814 | OBSERVATION DEVICE AND OBSERVATION METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140283385 | X-RAY DEVICE, X-RAY IRRADIATION METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR STRUCTURE - Provided is an x-ray device capable of suppressing reduction in detection precision. The X-ray device irradiates x-rays on an object and detects X-rays that pass through the object. The X-ray device comprises: an X-ray source that emits X-rays; a stage that holds the object; a detection device that detects at least some of the x-rays that have been emitted from the X-ray source and have passed through the object; a chamber member that forms an internal space wherein the X-ray source, the stage, and the detection device are arranged; and a partitioning section that separates the internal space into a first space wherein the X-ray source is arranged and a second space wherein the detection device is arranged. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090041380 | Information display device and information display method - In order to prevent interception of the information through the leakage electromagnetic waves when transmitting the information using an image display unit, an image converter generates plural converted images, stores the generated converted images in an image storage, an image output unit reads out the converted images from the image storage and transmits the converted images to a screen control unit successively. The screen control unit displays a reception image on an image display unit. The image output unit outputs the converted image group at a high speed, thereby performing a switching display on the image display unit, and to show an image visually equivalent to the input image. | 02-12-2009 |
20090154765 | Information Display Device And Information Display Method - In order to prevent interception of information through leakage electromagnetic waves when transmitting the information using an image display unit, an image converter generates plural converted images, stores the generated converted images in an image storage, an image output unit reads out the converted images from the image storage and transmits the converted images to a screen control unit successively. The screen control unit displays a reception image on an image display unit. The image output unit outputs the converted image group at a high speed, thereby performing a switching display on the image display unit, and shows an image visually equivalent to the input image. | 06-18-2009 |
20090160829 | Display device - To realize a random number generating circuit that is optimum for a liquid crystal display device that is used in a terminal device that includes a display/input component. A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel, a control circuit and a random number generating circuit, the random number generating circuit comprises plural shift registers, an output circuit and a register that stores an initial value, and the random number generating circuit is equipped with plural initial values, whereby the randomness of the random numbers is improved. Further, it becomes possible to increase and output frequencies by the output circuit because it is possible to output respectively different random numbers from the plural shift registers. | 06-25-2009 |
20100026808 | Surveillance System for Terminals - A surveillance system for terminals for controlling generation of false or wrong information by displaying an inquiry message to a user. The surveillance system includes a terminal having an individual information acquirement unit acquiring private information on a user and also having an operation guide information display unit displaying an operational guide to prompt the user to enter an input; a monitor camera taking the terminal; an abnormality detection device for detecting a suspicious behavior of the user based on a video of the user; and a display control unit causing the operation guide information display unit of the terminal to display inquiry information to the user when the abnormality detection device detects a suspicious behavior of the user. The abnormality detection device selects subsequent processing operations according to input information of the user to the inquiry information. | 02-04-2010 |
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20090133388 | Exhaust gas purification apparatus and exhaust gas purification method - An exhaust gas purification apparatus which is installed in a flow channel of an exhaust gas discharged from an engine, includes: a first purification device that purifies one component contained in the gas; a heating device that heats the purification device to a predetermined temperature in a period from before the engine is started to a first point in time that is after the engine is started; control device that controls an air-fuel ratio of the gas so as to obtain a air-fuel ratio suitable for purifying the one component in a period from the time when the engine is started to a point in time that is on or after a time at which the purification device is heated to the predetermined temperature; and an adsorption device that communicates with the downstream of the first purification device and adsorbs another component contained in the gas. | 05-28-2009 |
20090211233 | Abnormality determination apparatus for electrically heated catalyst - An abnormality determination apparatus for an electrically heated catalyst provided in a plug-in hybrid vehicle having a battery that is charged by connecting an external charging device to an external electric power supply is equipped with an abnormality determination portion that makes a determination on an abnormality in the electrically heated catalyst when the external charging device is connected to the external electric power supply. | 08-27-2009 |
20110276250 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE INCLUDING VARIABLE VALVE OPERATING MECHANISM - The present invention has its object to provide a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine including a variable valve operating mechanism which is capable of accurately and effectively identifying an abnormality-occurring cylinder during operation while preventing the deterioration of a catalyst. A fuel injection valve which is capable of injecting fuel for each cylinder is provided. Variable valve operating mechanisms which are capable of halting the operation of the intake and exhaust valves in the closed state for each cylinder are provided. An abnormality evaluation index value is acquired during the operation of the internal combustion engine and, based on the abnormality evaluation index value, an abnormality which has occurred in at least one cylinder in the internal combustion engine is detected. When the abnormality is detected, a cylinder halting to perform the halting of fuel supply and the halting of the valve operation in the closed state is executed with a first partial cylinder made up of at least two cylinders as the target. After the cylinder halting, with the cylinder to be halted being changed, a cylinder halting is executed with a second partial cylinder made up of at least one cylinder as the target. Based on the change in the abnormality evaluation index value associated with the changing of the cylinder to be halted, the abnormality-occurring cylinder is identified. | 11-10-2011 |
20110313642 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE INCLUDING VARIABLE VALVE OPERATING MECHANISM - Provided is a control apparatus, which can successfully suppress that deterioration of combustion is caused in response to inflow of a large amount of blow-by gas to cylinders at the time of a valve return from a valve stop state in an internal combustion engine including a positive crankcase ventilation system and a variable valve operating mechanism that is capable of stopping at least one valve of an intake valve and exhaust valve in a closed state. A valve stop control is performed which stops the intake valve and exhaust valve in a closed state when a fuel cut of the internal combustion engine is executed. A deviation amount ΔA/F between a predetermined target air fuel ratio and an actual air fuel ratio detected by an A/F sensor at the time of a valve return is obtained. A correction is performed to decrease a fuel injection amount by a fuel amount equivalent to the deviation amount ΔA/F at the time of the subsequent valve returns. | 12-22-2011 |
20130291630 | FAILURE DETECTION APPARATUS FOR AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED CATALYST - Whether or not an electrically heated catalyst is normal is detected by accurately detecting whether the temperature of the electrically heated catalyst has gone up. To this end, provision is made for an air fuel ratio control device that adjusts an air fuel ratio of an exhaust gas flowing into the electrically heated catalyst to a rich air fuel ratio, at the time of starting of an internal combustion engine, a downstream side detection device that is arranged at the downstream side of the electrically heated catalyst and detects a concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas, and a determination device that determines whether the electrically heated catalyst is electrically energized, based on the time at which the oxygen concentration detected by the downstream side detection device changes to a value indicating a rich air fuel ratio at the time when the air fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is adjusted by the air fuel ratio control device to the rich air fuel ratio, after starting of the internal combustion engine. | 11-07-2013 |
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20090075477 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device has forming a silicon-containing layer over a semiconductor substrate, forming a metal layer over the semiconductor substrate and the silicon-containing layer, forming a silicide-containing layer over the semiconductor substrate and the silicon-containing layer by heat treatment of the semiconductor substrate and the silicon-containing layer, and applying flash annealing to the silicide-containing layer. | 03-19-2009 |
20090215267 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: polishing a semiconductor substrate to expose a polysilicon film on the semiconductor substrate using a chemical mechanical polishing method; cleaning the semiconductor substrate using a first acid cleaning solution; cleaning the semiconductor substrate with an ultrasonic wave using a second cleaning solution after cleaning the semiconductor substrate with said first acid cleaning solution; and cleaning the semiconductor substrate using a third cleaning solution, which is alkaline, after cleaning the semiconductor substrate with an ultrasonic wave. | 08-27-2009 |
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20080316346 | Color solid-state image pickup device and method for reading out pixel signals - A color solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel section having sets of a total of four adjacent pixels arrayed 2×2 in horizontal and vertical directions. Each of the sets consists of an first pixel serving as an upper left pixel and having a first spectral characteristic, a second pixel serving as an upper right pixel and having a second spectral characteristic, a third pixel serving as a lower left pixel and having a third spectral characteristic, and a fourth pixel serving as a lower right pixel and having a fourth spectral characteristic. The pixel section is formed by arraying the sets in the horizontal and vertical directions so that the sets form a matrix. The color solid-state image pickup device uses, as a unit of addition, a total of 16 pixels consisting of four adjacent sets arrayed 2×2 in the horizontal and vertical directions. The color solid-state image pickup device adds up and reads out respective pixel signals of the pixels. The color solid-state image pickup device creates a luminance signal by adding up and reading out respective pixel signals of the first, second, third, and fourth pixels constituting the set. This makes it possible to achieve both high sensitivity and high resolution by inhibiting the resolution from being reduced by adding up pixel signals. | 12-25-2008 |
20090114919 | SEMICONDUCTOR RANGE-FINDING ELEMENT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A semiconductor range-finding element and a solid-state imaging device, which can provide a smaller dark current and a removal of reset noise. With n-type buried charge-generation region, buried charge-transfer regions, buried charge read-out regions buried in a surface of p-type semiconductor layer, an insulating film covering these regions, transfer gate electrodes arranged on the insulating film for transferring the signal charges to the buried charge-transfer regions, read-out gate electrodes arranged on the insulating film for transferring the signal charges to the buried charge read-out regions, after receiving a light pulse by the buried charge-generation region, in the semiconductor layer just under the buried charge-generation region, an optical signal is converted into signal charges, and a distance from a target sample is determined by a distribution ratio of the signal charges accumulated in the buried charge-transfer regions. | 05-07-2009 |
20090128672 | Color solid-state image capturing apparatus and electronic information device - A color solid-state image capturing apparatus is provided, where a plurality of light receiving sections are arranged on a light receiving surface of an image capturing area, a plurality of color filters are positioned in a constant period above the plurality of light receiving sections, and a plurality of microlenses for focusing light on the plurality of respective light receiving sections are positioned on the plurality of color filters, and a plurality of color signals are output in accordance with the plurality of color filters, where the constant period of the plurality of color filters is defined as a unit, and the size of the plurality of microlenses is variable for each light receiving section so that the ratio of the plurality of color signals is constant in the unit. | 05-21-2009 |
20110230729 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR MEASURING AT APPROPRIATE TIMING - A blood pressure measurement device includes a finger cuff for measuring a blood oxygen saturation level of a subject as physiological information excluding a blood pressure, a pulse wave detecting portion, and an oxygen saturation level calculating portion, where a start of blood pressure measurement in a sphygmomanometer is determined by a comparing and determining portion when a value becomes greater than or equal to a reference value. After the end of the measurement, a time limit for limiting the start of the blood pressure measurement is set. The comparing and determining portion determines not to start the blood pressure measurement within the time limit even if the blood oxygen saturation level becomes greater than or equal to the reference value. | 09-22-2011 |
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20140081101 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A blood pressure measurement apparatus for measuring blood pressure in a predetermined period includes a blood pressure measuring unit for measuring the blood pressure of a subject, an information acquiring unit for acquiring information that is related to variation in blood pressure and changes in a time-series in the predetermined period, a determining unit for determining whether or not the information acquired by the information acquiring unit satisfies a predetermined condition, and a trigger output unit for, in a case where the determining unit determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied, causing the blood pressure measuring unit to start and execute blood pressure measurement. The predetermined condition is expressed as a function of time that varies and is measured in the predetermined period. | 03-20-2014 |
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20090093562 | CURING RESIN COMPOSITION, SEALING MATERIAL FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - It is the object of the invention to provide a curable resin composition which causes no liquid crystal contamination, which are excellent in the adhesive property to a glass, and which causes no cell gap inequality in the case it is used as a sealant for a liquid crystal display element to produce a liquid crystal display element by a one drop fill process, a sealant for a liquid crystal display element, and a liquid crystal display element. | 04-09-2009 |
20090134358 | CURING RESIN COMPOSITION, SEALING MATERIAL FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - It is the object of the invention to provide a curable resin composition which causes no liquid crystal contamination, which are excellent in the adhesive property to a glass, and which causes no cell gap inequality in the case it is used as a sealant for a liquid crystal display element to produce a liquid crystal display element by a one drop fill process, a sealant for a liquid crystal display element, and a liquid crystal display element. | 05-28-2009 |
20120126282 | SEALANT FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTORS AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides a sealant for an optical semiconductor device which has high gas barrier property against corrosive gas, and is less likely to crack or is less likely to peel off even when used in harsh environments. | 05-24-2012 |
20120146088 | ENCAPSULANT FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention provides a sealant for an optical semiconductor device which is less likely to reduce its luminance and is also less likely to change its color even used in an energized state in harsh environments of high temperature and high humidity. | 06-14-2012 |
20120153342 | DIE-BONDING MATERIAL FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention provides a die bonding material for an optical semiconductor device which has high thermal conductivity and can prevent cracking in an optical semiconductor device including the die bonding material. | 06-21-2012 |
20130208064 | CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR INKJET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Provided is a curable composition for inkjet capable of improving uniformity of a cured product film and heat resistance of a cured product. The curable composition for inkjet according to the present invention contains a compound having a (meth)acryloyl group and a cyclic ether group, a photoreactive compound, a compound having a cyclic ether group, a photopolymerization initiator, and a potential curing agent, the photoreactive compound and the compound having a cyclic ether group each are a compound other than the compound having a (meth)acryloyl group and a cyclic ether group, the compound having a (meth)acryloyl group and a cyclic ether group has one or two (meth)acryloyl groups, and the viscosity at 25° C. of the curable composition for inkjet according to the present invention is 160 mPa·s or more and 1200 mPa·s or less. | 08-15-2013 |
20130216726 | CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR INKJET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Provided is a curable composition for inkjet applied by an inkjet method, that has a long pot life even in the environment in an inkjet device warmed to 50° C. or higher and excellent insulation reliability by the cured product after curing despite containing a compound having a cyclic ether group. The composition for inkjet according to the present invention is applied by an inkjet method, and cures by heat addition, the composition for inkjet according to the present invention contains a compound having a cyclic ether group and a curing agent, and the curing agent is a reaction viscous product obtained by reacting dicyandiamide with a functional group-containing compound having a functional group reactive with the dicyandiamide. | 08-22-2013 |
20130221400 | ENCAPSULATING AGENT FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING SAME - Provided is an encapsulant for optical semiconductor devices, which is capable of enhancing the adhesion between a housing and the encapsulant when an optical semiconductor device is encapsulated in the housing, and which is also capable of enhancing the bonding reliability with respect to humidity. The encapsulant for optical semiconductor devices includes: a first organopolysiloxane having an alkenyl group bonded to a silicon atom and an aryl group bonded to a silicon atom, but not having a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom; a second organopolysiloxane having a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom and an aryl group bonded to a silicon atom; a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction; and an organic compound having a titanium atom. | 08-29-2013 |
20140175505 | SEALING AGENT FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides an encapsulant for optical semiconductor devices, which is capable of suppressing surface tackiness of a cured product and is also capable of enhancing the heat resistance and thermal cycle characteristics of the cured product. An encapsulant for optical semiconductor devices according to the present invention which includes: a first organopolysiloxane which is represented by formula (1A) or formula (1B) and has an alkenyl group and a methyl group bonded to a silicon atom; a second organopolysiloxane which is represented by formula (51A) or formula (51B) and has a hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom and a methyl group bonded to a silicon atom; and a catalyst for hydrosilylation reaction, and the content ratios of methyl groups bonded to silicon atoms in the first and second organopolysiloxanes each are 80 mol % or more. | 06-26-2014 |
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20080315176 | Light-Emitting Diode and Method For Fabrication Thereof - A light-emitting diode includes a substrate, a compound semiconductor layer including a p-n junction-type light-emitting part formed on the substrate, an electric conductor disposed on the compound semiconductor layer and formed of an electrically conductive material optically transparent to the light emitted from the light-emitting part and a high resistance layer possessing higher resistance than the electric conductor and provided in the middle between the compound semiconductor layer and the electric conductor. In the configuration of a light-emitting diode lamp, the electric conductor and the electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer on the side opposite to the electric conductor across the light-emitting layer are made to assume an equal electric potential by means of wire bonding. The light-emitting diode abounds in luminance and excels in electrostatic breakdown voltage. | 12-25-2008 |
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20140132753 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - A display control element of a driving assistance device is equipped with a function of displaying a detailed guide information of navigation information to an indicator, in a case where a current position of a vehicle is inside a detailed guide zone, and a function of displaying the captured image of side-rearward to the indicator, in a case where a course change of the vehicle is detected in case the current position of the vehicle is outside the detailed guide zone, and also maintains the display of the detailed guide information without relying on a detection of the course change of the vehicle, in case where the current position of the vehicle is inside the detailed guide zone. | 05-15-2014 |
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20120004801 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE - In a hybrid vehicle, an ECU executes drive control of an EHC. For the control, the ECU first executes low-voltage drive in which a drive voltage is reduced to 50 V when an energization request of the EHC is made. Then, based on a resistance value of the EHC, the ECU detects whether or not electric leakage is caused by dew formation of condensed water in the EHC. Consequently, if the electric leakage is detected, the energization of the EHC is inhibited. If electric leakage is not detected, the drive voltage Vd is increased to 200 V for normal drive to heat a catalyst by the EHC. | 01-05-2012 |
20120324870 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine is mounted on a vehicle, and includes an engine, a catalyst and a control unit. The engine is a bifuel engine using gas fuel and liquid fuel as its fuel source. The control unit makes an air fuel ratio rich and increases a proportion of the gas fuel if a temperature of the catalyst is higher than a predetermined upper limit value at a time when the liquid fuel is used. | 12-27-2012 |
20130000607 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel supply apparatus applied to an internal combustion engine ( | 01-03-2013 |
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20130055702 | ELECTRICALLY HEATED CATALYST - The present invention is intended to suppress a decrease in insulation resistance between electrodes and a case in an electrically heated catalyst (EHC). The EHC according to the present invention is provided with a heat generation element that is electrically energized to generate heat thereby to heat a catalyst, a case that receives a heat generation element therein, an insulating member that is arranged between the heat generation element and the case for insulating electricity, electrodes that are connected to the heat generation element through an electrode chamber which is a space located between an inner wall surface of the case and an outer peripheral surface of the heat generation element, and a communication passage that makes communication between a portion of an exhaust system of the internal combustion engine, which is other than a portion thereof in which the electrically heated catalyst is arranged, and the electrode chamber. | 03-07-2013 |
20130312612 | AIR-PURIFYING DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an air-purifying device for a vehicle that uses an ozone purifier including activated carbon. This air-purifying device for a vehicle, provided by the present invention, comprises an ozone purifier which includes activated carbon and being disposed on the surface of an on-vehicle component arranged on a portion Where an air flow passage is formed while a vehicle is traveling. The ozone purifier is prepared so that the mean pore size of the activated carbon is preferably 10 nm or less so as to be smaller than the mean particle size of the particulate matter from the vehicle. | 11-28-2013 |
20140030153 | AIR PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - An ozone purification body supported on a vehicle component has manganese dioxide and activated carbon as ozone purification components. The mixing ratio (weight basis) of activated carbon and manganese dioxide is 4:1 to 1:4. | 01-30-2014 |
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20120038050 | SPUTTERING TARGET - A sputtering target consists of high purity Nb of which Ta content is 3000 ppm or less and oxygen content is 200 ppm or less. Dispersion of the Ta content in all the sputtering target is within ±30% as a whole target. Dispersion of the oxygen content is within ±80% as a whole target. According to such sputtering target, an interconnection film of low resistivity can be realized. In addition, each grain of Nb in the sputtering target has a grain diameter in the range of 0.1 to 10 times an average grain diameter and ratios of grain sizes of adjacent grains are in the range of 0.1 to 10. According to such sputtering target, giant dust can be largely suppressed from occurring. The sputtering target is suitable for forming a Nb film as liner material of an Al interconnection. | 02-16-2012 |
20120128073 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND A VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, includes an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block. | 05-24-2012 |
20130022109 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, AND APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a method can generate an interpolation image signal including the integer-pixel and interpolation pixel values, based on, if the interpolation pixel is not located at the integer-pixel position and in a row of an integer-pixel, and the interpolation pixel is located at a first pixel position displaced from the integer-pixel in horizontal and vertical directions by a half pixel, applying a first filter, and if the interpolation pixel is located at a second pixel position displaced from the integer-pixel in the directions by a quarter pixel, applying a second filter, and if the interpolation pixel is not located at the first and second pixel positions, applying the second and first filters. | 01-24-2013 |
20130045989 | STABILIZED CRYSTAL OF 2-ETHYL-3,7-DIMETHYL-6-(4-(TRIFLUOROMETHOXY)PHENOXY)QUINOLINE-4-YL METHYL CARBONATE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE CRYSTAL, AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE CRYSTAL - An objective of the present invention is to provide a crystal of 2-ethyl-3,7-dimethyl-6-(4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenoxy)quinoline-4-yl methyl carbonate having stable physicochemical properties. | 02-21-2013 |
20130060042 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PYRIPYROPENE DERIVATIVES - Disclosed is a process for efficiently producing pyripyropene derivatives having acyloxy at the 1-position and 11-position and hydroxyl at the 7-position. The process comprises selectively acylating hydroxyl at the 1-position and 11-position of a compound represented by formula B1 through one to three steps with an acylating agent in the presence or absence of a base. | 03-07-2013 |
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20140177727 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block. | 06-26-2014 |
20140185666 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOVING IMAGE ENCODING AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOVING IMAGE DECODING - According to certain embodiment, there is provided a moving image encoding apparatus in which a first encoding unit performs a first encoding process on an input image to generate first encoded data and to perform a first decoding process on the first encoded data to generate a first decoded image, a difference calculating unit generates a difference image between the input image and the first decoded image, a first pixel range converting unit converts pixel values of the difference image to be within a first specific range to generate a first converted image, a second encoding unit performs a second encoding process on the first converted image to generate second encoded data, the second encoding process being different from the first encoding process and the first specific range is a range including a range of pixel values that can be encoded by the second encoding unit. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185683 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND A VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185684 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185685 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND A VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block. | 07-03-2014 |
20140192888 | VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS - A video encoding apparatus is a video encoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated prediction coding, comprising an acquisition module to acquire available blocks of blocks having motion vectors from encoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-encoded block and number of the available blocks, an acquisition/selection module to select one selection block from the encoded available blocks, a selection information encoder to encode selection information specifying the selection block using a code table corresponding to the number of available blocks, and an image encoder to subject the to-be-encoded block to motion compensated prediction coding using a motion vector of the selection block. | 07-10-2014 |
20140270554 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS AND IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image encoding apparatus includes a parameter selector and an output selector. The parameter selector selects a coding parameter controlling the first encoder. The coding parameter makes a first code amount generated by the first encoder smaller than a target code amount if the coding parameter is applied to the first pixel group. The output selector selects the encoding result from the first encoder provided that the first code amount generated by the first encoder when the selected coding parameter is applied to the second pixel group is smaller than the second code amount generated by the second encoder. | 09-18-2014 |