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20120116595 | INFORMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPTIMIZING COOLING EFFICIENCY OF AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner that cools inside a room wherein a plurality of server apparatuses is arranged, is driven with high efficiency. An information apparatus is communicatively coupled to a plurality of server apparatuses each capable of implementing a virtual server, stores a relation between a cooling performance and a cooling efficiency of an air conditioner that cools a room wherein the server apparatuses are arranged stores a history of load on each of the server apparatuses, the load being generated by a virtual server implemented in the server apparatus, creates a plurality of virtual server allocation patterns having varying allocations of virtual servers to be implemented by the server apparatuses, simulates, for each of the created allocation patterns, an amount of heat generation of each of the server apparatuses on the basis of the history of load on the server apparatus, seeks a cooling performance required to be offered by the air conditioner on a basis of the simulated amount of heat generation, and identifies the allocation pattern with which the cooling efficiency corresponding to the sought cooling performance is not less than a threshold set in advance. | 05-10-2012 |
20120278045 | MANAGEMENT COMPUTER, COMPUTER SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ALLOCATING PLAN FOR IT EQUIPMENT - There are a large number of operation workload reallocating plans, but in terms of a required calculation resource, it is undesirable to, in each case, derive power consumption required for a cooling apparatus, select and control operation workload deployment for minimizing a total value of the derived power consumption and server power. The present invention derives a rule about the IT workload allocation in advance from configuration information (static information) including position information of facilities including an air conditioner of the data center and the IT equipment items, changes priority of an applied rule on the basis of dynamic information including ambient temperature, and changes the IT workload allocation, thereby reducing the power consumption of the air conditioner. | 11-01-2012 |
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20110113273 | OPERATION MANAGEMENT METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a computer room including information processing devices and air conditioners, power saving of the computer room by means of optimization of workload allocation to the information processing devices is achieved in a short time. There, a coefficient of air conditioner performance with respect to the information processing device (device-specific COP) is calculated for each air conditioner. Further, a device-associated power consumption expression representing a total of device power and air conditioner power is created for each information processing device. Also, power consumption of the entire computer room is calculated from the device-associated power consumption expression of the information processing devices. Also, workload allocation is determined by using power saving performance evaluation indexes based on the device-associated power consumption expression of the information processing devices. Further, output of the air conditioner is controlled based on a result of the air conditioner power calculation. | 05-12-2011 |
20110126206 | OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT APPARATUS OF INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM - Information processing equipment and power/cooling facilities are managed together for power savings without degrading system processing performance. An operations management apparatus | 05-26-2011 |
20120198253 | Operational Management Method for Information Processing System and Information Processing System - In an information processing system comprising an information processing equipment group and a facility equipment group, both an increase in performance and a reduction in power consumption are obtained, thereby achieving an efficient and flexible operational management. The plurality of information processing equipments are divided into a plurality of groups, each of which includes power feed equipments and cooling equipments. The operation management method for the information processing system includes: a procedure for acquiring, from each of the groups, operating information indicating the performances and the power consumptions of the information processing equipments, the power feed equipments, and the cooling equipments included in each of the groups; and another procedure for controlling, based on the operating information, the information processing equipments, the power feed equipments, and the cooling equipments included in each of the groups so that the performances with respect to the power consumptions become large. | 08-02-2012 |
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20080256266 | Computer system using remote I/O and I/O data transfer method - To improve throughput in data transfer in a remote I/O system, this invention provides a computer system including: a host computer; a device which communicates with the host computer; and a network which connects the host computer and the device, in which the device is coupled to the network via a device bridge including a bridge memory, and the host computer includes a host memory and a device driver. The device driver writes, when at least one of data and an address is written in the host memory, in the bridge memory the at least one of the data and address stored through the writing in the host memory; and sends a data transfer request to the device bridge, and the device bridge reads, upon reception of the data transfer request, an address from a predetermined area; and reads data from an area that is indicated by the read address. | 10-16-2008 |
20090187694 | Computer system and management method thereof - Disclosed herewith is a composite type computer system that can assure that a PCI tree to be allocated to a computer is configured completely before the computer is powered. The composite type computer system includes a PCI switch that connects plural computers through PCI interfaces; plural PCI devices connected to the PCI switch; a system controller that controls the computers; and a PCI manager that controls allocation of the PCI devices to the computers. The system controller carries out processings in the steps of (a) powering an object computer to start up its OS; (b) acquiring the identifier of a PCI tree allocated by the system controller to the computer and PCI tree management information denoting the status of the PCI tree; (c) retrying the powering or canceling the powering of the computer if the acquired PCI tree management information denotes the status “not initialized”; and (d) carrying out the powering for the computer if the acquired PCI management information denotes the status “initialized”. | 07-23-2009 |
20090198862 | Method for switching I/O path in a computer system having an I/O switch - The physical server includes a hypervisor for managing an association between the virtual server and the I/O device allocated to the virtual server. The I/O switch includes: a setting register for retaining a request to inhibit a transaction from being issued from the I/O device to the virtual server; a Tx inhibition control module for performing an inhibition of the transaction from the I/O device to the virtual server, and guaranteeing a completion of a transaction from the I/O device issued before the inhibition; a virtualization assist module for converting an address of the virtual server into an address within a memory of the physical server; and a switch management module for managing a configuration of the I/O switch. | 08-06-2009 |
20090259345 | OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT METHODS AND DEVICES THEREOF IN INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEMS - Total power consumption of information-processing devices and power supply/cooling facilities is reduced to realize energy saving operation of information-processing system. The information-processing system includes information-processing devices, power supply facilities, cooling facilities and an operations management device. The operations management device is connected to the devices and the facilities and includes layout information constituted of locations and operating information of the devices and locations and environmental information of the facilities. Also, the operations management device obtains the power consumption of the devices, the power supply loss of the power supply facilities and the cooling power of the cooling facilities by using the layout information, and then allocates the workloads to the devices so as to reduce the total sum of power consumption, supply loss and cooling power. | 10-15-2009 |
20100106988 | CONTROL METHOD WITH MANAGEMENT SERVER APPARATUS FOR STORAGE DEVICE AND AIR CONDITIONER AND STORAGE SYSTEM - To provide a system that can reduce the power consumption of an air conditioner and the power consumption of a storage device. A control method with a management server apparatus for a plurality of storage devices and an air conditioner includes calculating plural combinations of allocating the work amount to the plurality of storage devices, calculating the heating value of each storage device included in the plurality of storage devices for each of the plural combinations, calculating the quantity of heat conducted to the air conditioner, based on the heating value and positional information of the plurality of storage devices and the air conditioner, calculating the power consumption to cool the quantity of heat conducted to the air conditioner, selecting a combination included in the plural combinations based on the power consumption of the air conditioner, and issuing a move instruction of moving the data stored in a first storage device to a second storage device to the plurality of storage devices, based on the selected combination. | 04-29-2010 |
20110153795 | Information platform and configuration method of multiple information processing systems thereof - An information platform system, the configuration thereof is able to change flexibly to meet the needs of the customers, and able to use a single adapter for multiple uses, wherein multiple general-purpose processing modules and dedicated processing modules for processing disks and external networks are connected to one another with switching hubs via respective adapters, and the platform system includes a management module having a system identifier management table specifying system type of the general-purpose processing modules, a functional set management table managing a functional set to be included by the general-purpose processing module of each system identifier, and the configuration management table managing the combination of the general-purpose processing modules and dedicated processing modules, and the management module selects a functional set from multiple functional sets, installs the selected functional set into a general-purpose processing module and an adapter, and manages the system configuration comprising of a general-purpose processing module and a dedicated processing module. | 06-23-2011 |
20120226856 | CONTROL METHOD WITH MANAGEMENT SERVER APPARATUS FOR STORAGE DEVICE AND AIR CONDITIONER AND STORAGE SYSTEM - Arrangements reducing power consumption of an air conditioner and a storage device. A control method with a management server apparatus for a plurality of storage devices and an air conditioner includes calculating plural combinations of allocating the work amount to the plurality of storage devices, calculating the heating value of each storage device included in the plurality of storage devices for each of the plural combinations, calculating the quantity of heat conducted to the air conditioner, based on the heating value and positional information of the plurality of storage devices and the air conditioner, calculating the power consumption to cool the quantity of heat conducted to the air conditioner, selecting a combination included in the plural combinations based on the power consumption of the air conditioner, and issuing a move of the data stored in a first storage device to a second storage device, based on the selected combination. | 09-06-2012 |
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20080239416 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image reading apparatus capable of continually conveying a plurality of originals in a stable manner while cleaning a contact glass of an image sensor and reducing streaks occurring in read images. An image sensor reads an original image via a contact member which the conveyed original may contact. A cleaning member, being provided on a turning member which is able to rotate or swing and disposed at a position opposing the image sensor, cleans the contact member's surface which the original may contact. The turning member is turned by a driving unit. A controlling unit controls the driving unit to turn the turning member so that cleaning of the contact member is performed by the cleaning member after the original has passed an image reading position of the image sensor and before a subsequent original reaches the image reading position. | 10-02-2008 |
20090109500 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AS WELL AS STORAGE MEDIUM - An image reading apparatus capable of increasing the detection accuracy of the size of an original and eliminating the need for an image sensor dedicated to detection of the size of an original. A first reading unit has a first light source disposed on one side of a conveyance path of an original for emitting light to one surface of the original. A second reading unit has a second light source disposed on the other side of the conveyance path for emitting light to be received by the first reading unit, an optical opening for causing the light emitted from the second light source and subsequently received by the first reading unit to pass therethrough toward the first reading unit. The original is detected on the basis of the resultant output of the first reading unit upon receipt of the light emitted from the second light source. | 04-30-2009 |
20140091516 | MULTI-FEED DETECTION APPARATUS, SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A multi-feed detection apparatus may include an ultrasonic transmission unit, arranged on one side of a conveyance path configured to convey a sheet-like member, for transmitting an ultrasonic wave toward the conveyance path, an ultrasonic reception unit, arranged on the other side of the conveyance path, for receiving the ultrasonic wave from the ultrasonic transmission unit, and a multi-feed determination unit for determining, based on the reception result of the ultrasonic wave received by the ultrasonic reception unit, whether multi-feed of sheet-like members has occurred. The ultrasonic transmission surface of the ultrasonic transmission unit is inclined with respect to the conveyance path, and the ultrasonic reception surface of the ultrasonic reception unit is arranged to be almost parallel to the conveyance path. | 04-03-2014 |
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20090196127 | OPTICAL RECORDING HEAD AND OPTICAL RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is an optical recording head in which a light beam from a light source is collected by an optical element and reflected on a reflecting surface to be formed into a spot light. Since a support portion for supporting the light source of the optical element at a predetermined position and the reflection surface for reflecting the light beam are formed integrally with each other, it is not required to perform the positioning thereof, and light can be collected to a very small spot with high efficiency, and an optical recording head and an optical recording apparatus having low heights can be provided. | 08-06-2009 |
20090303858 | OPTICAL RECORDING HEAD, MAGNETO-OPTICAL RECORDING HEAD AND OPTICAL RECORDING APPARATUS - An optical recording head simply structured, enabling a reduction in thickness, and having sufficient efficiency even if a light source with small output is used when a plasmon probe is used. The optical recording head includes a light source section for emitting light, a slider moving relative to a recording medium, and an optical waveguide disposed in the slider, guiding the light from the light source section and irradiating the surface of the recording medium with the light, and having a light emission angle not perpendicular to the surface, of the slider, facing the surface of the recording medium. | 12-10-2009 |
20130027692 | ECCENTRICITY MEASURING METHOD - In an eccentricity measuring method according to the present invention, a first position of a light source image formed by reflection at one optical surface is measured (S | 01-31-2013 |
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20110019510 | RECORDING HEAD AND RECORDER - A recorder has a recording medium for information recording, a light source, an optical system, a slider, and an optical waveguide. To the optical system, light from the light source enters, and the slider moves relative to the recording medium while not in contact therewith. The optical waveguide is arranged at position facing the recording medium in the slider so that light entering from the optical system is irradiated on the recording medium. Where the mode field diameter of the optical waveguide on the light output side is d and the mode field diameter thereof on the light input side is D, the mode field diameter is converted by smoothly changing the diameter of the optical waveguide to satisfy D>d. | 01-27-2011 |
20120069721 | RECORDING HEAD AND RECORDER - A recorder has a recording medium for information recording, a light source, an optical system, a slider, and an optical waveguide. To the optical system, light from the light source enters, and the slider moves relative to the recording medium while not in contact therewith. The optical waveguide is arranged at position facing the recording medium in the slider so that light entering from the optical system is irradiated on the recording medium. Where the mode field diameter of the optical waveguide on the light output side is d and the mode field diameter thereof on the light input side is D, the mode field diameter is converted by smoothly changing the diameter of the optical waveguide to satisfy D>d. | 03-22-2012 |
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20100195015 | BACKLIGHT CHASSIS FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A backlight chassis is constituted by combining a right end chassis plate, a left end chassis plate, and an intermediate chassis plate obtained by cutting a metal sheet into a predetermined shape and pressing. A trough portion is formed in each chassis plate at a portion to be the long side of the backlight chassis, and the trough portions are superimposed at the boundary of adjoining chassis plates. Furthermore, a superimposed portion constituting a beam-shaped portion is provided at the boundary of adjoining chassis plates. The chassis plates are coupled by screws penetrating the superimposed portion of the trough portions or the beam-shaped portions. The right end chassis plate and the left end chassis plate have point symmetric shapes. | 08-05-2010 |
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20110249453 | FRAME FOR LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device capable of preventing optical members and a display panel from getting in contact with each other and thus from getting a scratch while preventing luminosity at a border portion of the display panel from being lowered. A frame ( | 10-13-2011 |
20130148039 | LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TELEVISION DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting device in which a problem is hardly caused by a hole formed in a chassis of the lighting device. A backlight unit (a lighting device) | 06-13-2013 |
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20100015596 | RS VIRUS DETECTING KIT USING ANTI-RS VIRUS MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY, IMMUNO-CHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST DEVICE, AND NEW ANTI-RS VIRUS MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY - A kit or an immuno-chromatographic test device for detection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), comprising at least an RSV F protein-recognizing anti-RSV monoclonal antibody produced by hybridoma RSF2-412. An anti-RSV monoclonal antibody recognizing an RS virus F protein, which is selected from the group consisting of an antibody produced by hybridoma RSF2-412, an antibody produced by hybridoma RSF1-1565, and an antibody produced by hybridoma RSF6-255. | 01-21-2010 |
20100055675 | METHOD FOR DETECTING MEASLES VIRUS, MEMBRANE ASSAY TEST DEVICE, AND MEMBRANE ASSAY TEST KIT - Method for detecting a measles virus in an analyte, comprising forming a complex of a first monoclonal antibody being capable of binding to a first epitope of a measles virus nuclear protein and being immobilized on a solid phase, a second monoclonal antibody being capable of binding to a second epitope of a measles virus nuclear protein different from the first epitope and being labeled, and a measles virus nuclear protein contained in the analyte, on the solid phase; and detecting the measles virus based on the amount of the label of the complex formed on the solid phase, is disclosed. Membrane assay test device, and membrane assay test kit are also disclosed. | 03-04-2010 |
20130149793 | ANTI-FDP MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY, FDP MEASUREMENT REAGENT AND REAGENT KIT USING SAME, AND FDP MEASUREMENT METHOD - The present invention relates to an anti-FDP monoclonal antibody selected from the first, second and third monoclonal antibodies having different reactivity towards FDP. The present invention also relates to a reagent and reagent kit for the measurement of FDP and a method for measurement of FDP using the anti-FDP monoclonal antibodies. | 06-13-2013 |
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20130303290 | DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A GAME - One object is to provide a video game that attracts game players to a real sports game. A server device according to one aspect is connected to a terminal device of a game player via a communication network and configured to provide a video game to the terminal device. The server device includes: a setting unit configured to set, as a specific event, an event designated by the terminal device among events anticipated in a real game; and a sending unit configured to send a question message representing a question related to the specific event, to the terminal device via a communication network when the specific event occurs in the real sports game. | 11-14-2013 |
20150081409 | SERVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER WITH REWARD - A server according to an embodiment allows a user to more comfortably enjoy communication with other users. This server executes a reward granting program including a user identification module that identifies, in response to a request from a terminal device of one user, one or a plurality of users from among the plurality of users based on present locations of the plurality of users, a user information transmission module that transmits information on the identified users to the terminal device of the one user, a first execution module that receives, from the terminal device of the one user, a request for execution of greeting transmission by the one user on another user selected by the one user from among the identified users and executes the greeting transmission, a second execution module that receives, from a terminal device of the other user, a request for execution of greeting reply to the one user by the other user for whom the greeting transmission is executed and executes the greeting reply, and a reward granting module that grants points to the one user and the other user in accordance with execution of the greeting reply to the one user by the other user. | 03-19-2015 |
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20090200979 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR ANGULAR TRANSMISSION ERROR OF AN ACTUATOR - The non-linear elastic deformation component included in the angular transmission error of an actuator provided with a wave gear drive is a component of the angular transmission error occurring due to elastic deformation of a flexible externally-toothed gear when the direction of rotation of the motor shaft changes. This component can be analyzed by driving the motor in a sine-wave shape. A model of the non-linear elastic deformation component (non-linear model) obtained from the analysis results is used to store data or a function for compensating for this component in a motor-control device. Compensation for the non-linear elastic deformation component (θ | 08-13-2009 |
20110248661 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POSITIONING OF ACTUATOR COMPRISING WAVE GEAR DEVICE - A method for controlling positioning of an actuator having a wave gear device uses a strict linearization technique to compensate for the effects relative to positioning control of a load shaft in the, as caused by the non-linear spring characteristics of the wave gear device. In the method, a plant model is constructed from the actuator to be controlled, the model being linearized using a strict linearization technique; measurements are taken of the non-linear elastic deformation of the wave gear device relative to load torque; the non-linear spring model τg(θtw) is defined using a cubic polynomial with the constant defined as zero to allow the measurement results to be recreated; and the current input into the plant model and the motor position of the plant model when a load acceleration command is a command value are entered into a semi-closed loop control system for controlling the positioning of the load shaft, as a feed-forward current command and a feed-forward motor position command. | 10-13-2011 |
20110251722 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING ADAPTIVE FRICTION COMPENSATION IN AN ACTUATOR ACCOUNTING FOR VARIATION IN FRICTION CHARACTERISTICS OF WAVE GEAR DRIVE ACCOMPANYING CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE - According to a method for performing adaptive friction compensation of an actuator including a wave gear drive, there is used as a friction compensation current applied to a motor drive current a static friction compensation current i | 10-13-2011 |
20140203752 | POSITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ACTUATOR PROVIDED WITH WAVE GEAR DEVICE - A positioning control system for an actuator provided with a strain wave gearing is provided with: a semi-closed feedback controller FB(s) that controls a load shaft position θ | 07-24-2014 |
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20090188589 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A high-strength steel sheet comprises a metallic structure consisting of a ferrite phase and a hard second phase dispersed in the ferrite phase, the hard second phase in the metallic structure having an area ratio of 30 to 70%, and the ferrite of which grain sizes are not more than 1.2 μm having an area ratio of 15 to 90% in the ferrite phase. The term ds is an average grain size of the ferrite of which grain sizes are not more than 1.2 μm, the term dL is an average grain size of ferrite of which grain sizes are more than 1.2 μm, and the ds and the dL satisfy the following equation (1): | 07-30-2009 |
20110008648 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET, STRENGTH MEMBER FOR VEHICLES USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING STRENGTH MEMBER FOR VEHICLES - A high-strength steel sheet includes a stress-strain diagram obtained by a tensile test of the steel, and a gradient of stress in the stress-strain diagram, wherein the gradient dσ/dε in 3 to 7% of true strain is 5000 MPa or more. | 01-13-2011 |
20120070330 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND THE METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREFOR - A high-strength steel sheet comprises, by weight, not less than 0.25% and not more than 0.5% of C, not less than 4% and not more than 14% of Mn, not less than 6.5% and not more than 9.5% of Cr, and not less than 0.3% and not more than 3% of Si. The high-strength steel sheet satisfies the following formulas 1 and 2 and mainly consists of austenite, and the high-strength steel sheet has yield strength of not less than 1000 MPa and total elongation of not less than 20%. | 03-22-2012 |