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20080217184 | Method and Apparatus for Producing Ti Through Reduction by Ca - An apparatus for producing Ti by Ca reduction by the invention includes a reaction tank retaining a molten salt in which a molten salt CaCl | 09-11-2008 |
20090048005 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes: a first body including an operation part; a second body including a display; and a connector which rotatably connects the first body and the second body. The connector is connected to the first body, and rotates with respect to the first body about a first rotating shaft. The connector is connected to a lateral end of the second body, and rotates with respect to the second body about a second rotating shaft orthogonal to the first rotating shaft. A first fitting portion is formed on a connected surface of the connector to be connected with the second body. A second fitting portion which is fitted to the first fitting portion, is formed on the second body. When the second body relatively rotates about the second rotating shaft to overlap the connector on the connected surface, the first fitting portion fits to the second fitting portion. | 02-19-2009 |
20090211916 | Method and apparatus for producing metal by electrolysis of molton salt - A process for production of a metal includes a step of filling a metal chloride in an electrolysis vessel having positive and negative electrodes, a step of heating and fusing the metal chloride to make an electrolytic bath, and a step of electrolyzing the electrolytic bath to deposit metal on the negative electrode in a solid state. In addition, in an apparatus for production of a metal in which a metal chloride is filled in an electrolysis vessel having positive and negative electrodes, the metal chloride is heated and molten to make an electrolytic bath and the electrolytic bath is electrolyzed to deposit the metal on the negative electrode in a solid state, the electrolytic bath is divided into an electrolysis chamber and a dissolution chamber by a dividing wall, the positive electrode is arranged in the electrolysis chamber, the negative electrode is arranged to enable orbital movement in a circle through the electrolysis chamber and dissolution chamber, and the metal deposited on the negative electrode in the electrolysis chamber is separated and recovered in the dissolution chamber. | 08-27-2009 |
20100020497 | SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE - It is intended to provide a substrate structure ensuring a shielding property and a heat discharge property of a resin part that collectively covers a plurality of electronic components and capable of downsizing, thinning, and a reduction in number of components. The substrate structure | 01-28-2010 |
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20140102410 | INTAKE DEVICE - An air intake device offers simplified construction, reduced size, lowered cost, etc., while facilitating disposing of throttle body and driving part in intake air passage, allowing throttle body to be reliably held, and eliminating possible occurrence of intake air leakage, etc., thus positively securing the performance. The air intake device includes an actuator and an intake air manifold made of resin. In actuator, there are provided a throttle body, a throttle valve, a motor for opening/closing throttle valve, and a power transmission mechanism. Throttle valve and motor are positioned and held on one side of a support member, and power transmission mechanism is on the other side. In intake air manifold, a housing chamber is provided. When a fixing part of support member is jointed to a part to be fixed of intake air manifold, throttle body and motor are accommodated in a predetermined position in housing chamber. | 04-17-2014 |
20140116372 | GASKET, THROTTLE BODY - A gasket which is mounted in a groove formed in a first member and is elastic and which seals between the first member and a second member, including: a first contact section that comes in contact with the second member; a second contact member that comes in contact with one sidewall surface of the groove which is formed in such a way that a width of the groove becomes larger toward an opening section of the groove from a bottom of the groove; a third contact section that comes in contact with another sidewall surface of the groove which is formed in such a way that a width of the groove becomes larger toward the opening section from the bottom; and a fourth contact section that comes in contact with the bottom. | 05-01-2014 |
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20120300416 | MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE - A multilayer substrate is configured by stacking conductive layers and insulation layers. The multilayer substrate includes a core that is one of the conductive layers and is thicker than any of other conductive layers, and a first signal line that is included in the conductive layers and is adjacent to the core so that a first insulation layer that is one of the insulation layers is interposed between the core and the first signal line, the first signal line being used for transmission of an RF signal. The core has a recess portion so as to face the first signal line. | 11-29-2012 |
20130162367 | CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE - A circuit substrate includes: a laminate substrate in which a conductive layer and an insulating layer are laminated; a filter chip that has an acoustic wave filter and is provided inside of the laminate substrate; and a chip component that is provided on a surface of the laminate substrate and is connected to the filter chip, at least a part of the chip component overlapping with a projected region that is a region of the filter chip projected in a thickness direction of the laminate substrate. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163212 | CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE - A circuit substrate includes: a laminate substrate in which a conductive layer and an insulating layer are laminated; a filter chip that has an acoustic wave filter and is provided inside of the laminate substrate; and an active component that is provided on a surface of the laminate substrate and is connected with the filter chip, at least a part of the active component overlapping with a projected region that is a region of the filter chip projected in a thickness direction of the laminate substrate. | 06-27-2013 |
20140104801 | MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE - A multilayer substrate is configured by stacking conductive layers and insulation layers. The multilayer substrate includes a core that is one of the conductive layers and is thicker than any of other conductive layers, and a first signal line that is included in the conductive layers and is adjacent to the core so that a first insulation layer that is one of the insulation layers is interposed between the core and the first signal line, the first signal line being used for transmission of an RF signal. The core has a recess portion so as to face the first signal line. | 04-17-2014 |
20140204549 | CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE - A circuit substrate includes: a laminate substrate in which a conductive layer and an insulating layer are laminated; a filter chip that has an acoustic wave filter and is provided inside of the laminate substrate; and a chip component that is provided on a surface of the laminate substrate and is connected to the filter chip, at least a part of the chip component overlapping with a projected region that is a region of the filter chip projected in a thickness direction of the laminate substrate. | 07-24-2014 |
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20130021412 | DROPLET EJECTION HEAD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DROPLET EJECTION HEAD, AND DROPLET EJECTION APPARATUS - A droplet ejection head that is attachable to and removable from a droplet ejection apparatus, includes: a nozzle plate having multiple nozzle holes to eject droplets; an individual-channel substrate in which multiple individual-liquid-chambers to supply liquid to the nozzle holes are formed; a common-channel substrate to supply liquid to the individual-channel substrate; a base plate made of metal and including a first positioning part to be engaged with a part of the droplet ejection apparatus at a given position to perform positioning with respect to the droplet ejection apparatus in a direction along an opening surface of the nozzle plate at which the nozzle holes are opened; and a housing made of resin and including a second positioning part to perform positioning with respect to the droplet ejection apparatus in a direction intersecting with the opening surface. | 01-24-2013 |
20130070021 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head; a carriage to which the recording head is detachably mounted; and a first head protection member that is arranged on the carriage; wherein the recording head is positioned with respect to the carriage in a relative movement direction by moving the recording head relative to the carriage until a first position reference plane of the recording head and a second position reference plane of the carriage come into contact; the first head protection member is arranged at both sides in the relative movement direction of a nozzle face of the recording head and protrudes further than the nozzle face; and the first head protection member is movable with respect to the carriage in the relative movement direction and moves along with the recording head when the recording head moves relative to the carriage. | 03-21-2013 |
20130215188 | INKJET HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet head includes an actuator substrate provided with a pressure generating chamber, a nozzle plate provided with multiple nozzle holes discharging liquid to form a nozzle surface opposite to a recording media, a common passage substrate provided with a common passage to supply liquid to the pressure generating chamber, and a cover member to cover a perimeter of the nozzle surface, with an opening to expose the nozzle holes. In a prescribed direction, a dimension of the opening of the cover Lc, an external dimension of the actuator substrate La, an external dimension of the nozzle plate Ln, and an external dimension of the common passage substrate Lm, satisfy inequalities, La≦Lc08-22-2013 | |
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20090037007 | GUIDANCE REPORT DEVICE, GUIDANCE REPORT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, GUIDANCE REPORT METHOD, AND GUIDANCE REPORT PROGRAM - A guidance issuing device has a guidance sound storage unit for storing a guidance sound set every guidance, a sound volume setting unit for setting the volume of the guidance sound, a sound volume storage unit for storing the volume set by the sound volume setting unit, and an output unit for outputting the guidance sound at the set volume level corresponding to the guidance sound of the sound volume storage unit. | 02-05-2009 |
20090128311 | SAFETY-DRIVE ASSISTANCE DEVICE - The present invention is to provide a safety-drive assistance device that can judges whether a driver recognizes an object to which a driver should pay an attention or not even if an accuracy of detecting a visual-line direction is almost equal to one degree. A traffic environment detecting unit | 05-21-2009 |
20110199462 | PARALLAX CALCULATION METHOD AND PARALLAX CALCULATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a stereo camera that implements ranging of an object that includes consecutive similar patterns. In stereo matching using the stereo camera, if a plurality of corresponding point candidates are present in an SAD or suchlike evaluation value distribution for a target point, an evaluation value map is generated by superimposing an evaluation value distribution of a target point for which a plurality of corresponding points are determined to be present and an evaluation value distribution of each other target point present in a peripheral area of that target point. By this means, the shape of an object is represented in real space around a target point for which a plurality of corresponding points are determined to be present, and it is possible to calculate the true distance of a railing or the like that extends in a straight line by extracting a line segment with the strongest linearity in the evaluation value map. | 08-18-2011 |
20120026295 | STEREO IMAGE PROCESSOR AND STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A stereo image processor ( | 02-02-2012 |
20120148104 | PEDESTRIAN-CROSSING MARKING DETECTING METHOD AND PEDESTRIAN-CROSSING MARKING DETECTING DEVICE - Provided are a pedestrian-crossing marking detecting method and a pedestrian-crossing marking detecting device, wherein the existence of pedestrian crossing markings and the positions thereof can be detected accurately from within a picked up image, even when detection of the intensity edges of painted sections is difficult. In the pedestrian-crossing mark detecting device ( | 06-14-2012 |
20130094713 | STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING STEREO IMAGE - Provided is a stereo image processing apparatus and a method of processing a stereo image, wherein calculation precision of disparity is improved, while maintaining a processing amount equal to the SAD method. In the stereo image processing apparatus ( | 04-18-2013 |
20130114887 | STEREO DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND STEREO DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD - Provided is a stereo distance measurement apparatus wherein a camera image itself is adjusted to correct the blur, thereby preventing the distance measurement time from being long, while improving the precision of disparity detection. In the apparatus ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130129148 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An object detection device that can accurately identify an object candidate in captured stereo images as an object or a road surface. The object detection device ( | 05-23-2013 |
20130148855 | POSITIONING INFORMATION FORMING DEVICE, DETECTION DEVICE, AND POSITIONING INFORMATION FORMING METHOD - Provided is a positioning information forming device which improves object detection accuracy. This device comprises a synthesis unit ( | 06-13-2013 |
20130163870 | FEATURE EXTRACTION UNIT, FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD, FEATURE EXTRACTION PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is a feature extraction device whereby it is possible, while using local binary patterns, to extract image features with which object detection which is robust against disparities in a photographic environment is possible. A feature extraction unit ( | 06-27-2013 |
20130335259 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD - Disclosed is an object detection device capable of improving object detection accuracy by preventing erroneous combination detection. In this device, a detection object region correction unit ( | 12-19-2013 |
20140104393 | CALIBRATION DEVICE AND CALIBRATION METHOD - Provided is a calibration device that can calculate the mounting state of a stereo camera without the placing of a physical marker. In this device, an area setting processor ( | 04-17-2014 |
20140159941 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING INTRUDING OBJECTS, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING INTRUDING OBJECTS - Provided is a device for detecting intruding objects that enables the detection of intruding objects without requiring antenna switching. Delay units ( | 06-12-2014 |
20140204238 | FEATURE EXTRACTION APPARATUS, FEATURE EXTRACTION PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a feature extraction device including a sub region setting unit ( | 07-24-2014 |
20140218485 | PARALLAX CALCULATION METHOD AND PARALLAX CALCULATION DEVICE - A disparity calculation apparatus for a stereo camera implements ranging of an object that includes consecutive similar patterns. In stereo matching, if a plurality of corresponding point candidates are present in a sum of absolute differences or similar evaluation value distribution for a target point, an evaluation value map is generated by superimposing an evaluation value distribution of a target point, for which a plurality of corresponding points are determined to be present, and an evaluation value distribution of each other target point present in a peripheral area of that target point. The shape of an object is represented in real space around a target point for which a plurality of corresponding points are determined to be present. The true distance of a railing that extends in a straight line is determined by extracting a line segment with the strongest linearity in the evaluation value map. | 08-07-2014 |
20150016679 | FEATURE EXTRACTION DEVICE, FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD, AND FEATURE EXTRACTION PROGRAM | 01-15-2015 |
20150036917 | STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a stereo image processing device, with which it is possible to compute disparity with high precision even for an object of a small image region size in a baseline length direction. With this device, an image matching unit ( | 02-05-2015 |
20150071498 | STEREO IMAGE PROCESSOR AND STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A stereo image processor ( | 03-12-2015 |
20150198710 | RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM - A radar signal processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: time-series phase data generating section | 07-16-2015 |
20150247924 | RADAR APPARATUS - Each of antenna system processors of a radar receiver generates, through correlation calculation of a reflection signal and a radar transmission signal, an array correlation signal for each delay in arrival of the reflection signal at each Doppler frequency. A static target candidate extractor extracts, on the basis of outputs of the antenna system processors and a Doppler frequency of a reflection signal from a static target located at a side of a moving body, array correlation signals corresponding to a candidate for the static target. A reference signal detector outputs a reference signal regarding the side of the moving body using, among the outputs of the static target candidate extractor, array correlation signals whose consistency is high. A correction value calculator calculates, using outputs of the reference signal detector, a correction value for correcting deviations between reception antennas included in an array antenna. | 09-03-2015 |
20150249814 | STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | 09-03-2015 |
20150369912 | RADAR DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND MOVING OBJECT SPEED DETECTION METHOD - A radar device mounted in a moving object includes a radar transmitter and a radar receiver. The radar receiver includes a plurality of antenna brunch processors that perform correlation processing of the received returning signals and the radar transmission signal, and generate respective correlation signals each including arrival delay information of each of the received returning signals, an electric power profile generator that generates an electric power profiles for each arrival direction of the received returning signals and Doppler frequency component, using the generated correlation signals, and a stationary object group distribution generator that, based on the generated electric power profiles, obtains a first distribution of a Doppler frequency components of a stationary object group including a plurality of stationary objects as the plurality of targets in the perimeter of the moving object, for each azimuth angle. | 12-24-2015 |
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20140037147 | NUMBER OF PERSONS MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A person extraction unit extracts a person from an image input into an image input unit. An attribute extraction unit obtains an attribute of the person extracted by the person extraction unit. A motion path creation unit creates a motion path of the person from positional information within the image of the person extracted by the person extraction unit. A measurement reference coordinate setting unit sets a measurement line (a first measurement line to a third measurement line) for the motion path corresponding to the person according to the attribute of the person extracted by the attribute extraction unit. A people number counting unit counts the number of people based on positional relation between the motion path of the person created by the motion path creation unit and the measurement line set within the image. | 02-06-2014 |
20140334718 | HUMAN ATTRIBUTE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, HUMAN ATTRIBUTE ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND HUMAN ATTRIBUTE ESTIMATION METHOD - To provide a human attribute estimation system capable of improving estimation accuracy irrespective of an environment-dependent attribute is provided. An age/gender estimation system as a human attribute estimation system is provided with: a monitoring camera photographing a human targeted by attribute estimation and generating an image; an age/gender estimating section estimating an attribute of the human shown in the image generated by the monitoring camera using an estimation parameter; and an environment-dependent attribute specifying section specifying an environment-dependent attribute, which is an attribute dependent on an installation environment of the monitoring camera. The age/gender estimating section uses a parameter generated on the basis of learning data having an environment-dependent attribute within a predetermined distance from the environment-dependent attribute acquired by the environment-dependent attribute specifying section in an environment-dependent attribute space, as the estimation parameter. | 11-13-2014 |
20150086110 | PERSON ATTRIBUTE ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND LEARNING-USE DATA GENERATION DEVICE - There is provided a person attribute estimation system capable of accurately estimating an attribute of a person according to an environment in which a person who is the target of attribute estimation is to be captured. The person attribute estimation system includes a camera, an attribute estimation unit for estimating an attribute of a person shown in the image generated by the camera, by using an estimation model, a pseudo-site image generation unit for generating a pseudo-site image by processing data of a standard image which is a person image according to image capturing environment data indicating an image capturing environment of the attribute estimation target person by the camera, and an estimation model relearning unit for performing learning of the estimation model by using the pseudo-site image. | 03-26-2015 |
20150120693 | IMAGE SEARCH SYSTEM AND IMAGE SEARCH METHOD - Provided is an image search system with which, while preserving search precision, it is possible to alleviate transmission volume. A search server acquires from a recorder only low-dimension data which normally has a low data volume. When the density of low-dimension image data within a feature space is greater than or equal to a prescribed threshold value, that is to say, when the number of dimensions for carrying out an inter-image identification with only the low-dimension data is insufficient, the search server acquires from the recorder high-dimension image data for the low-dimension data. Thus, while preserving search precision, it is possible to alleviate data transmission volume of a communication path. | 04-30-2015 |
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20090027567 | Projection display apparatus - The present invention provides a projection display apparatus realizing easy recognition of the effect of registration adjustment. The projection display apparatus includes: a light source; a spatial light modulation device modulating, on the basis of a video signal, each of primary color lights for color display emitted from the light source; projecting means for projecting, onto a screen, each of the primary color lights modulated by the spatial light modulation device; and correcting means for correcting, based on a given correction value, the video signal for each of the primary color lights so as to reduce misregistration between the primary color lights projected on the screen, and supplying the corrected video signal to the spatial light modulation device. Validation/invalidation of correction on the video signal by the correcting means is switched in accordance with an operation from the user. | 01-29-2009 |
20090027568 | Projection display apparatus - A projection display apparatus includes: a light source; a spatial light modulation device modulating, on the basis of a video signal, each of primary color lights for color display emitted from the light source; projecting means for projecting, onto a screen, each of the primary color lights modulated by the spatial light modulation device; and correcting means for correcting, based on a given correction value, the video signal for each of the primary color lights so as to reduce misregistration between the primary color lights projected on the screen, and supplying the corrected video signal to the spatial light modulation device. The correcting means is configured to correct the video signal according to a single correction value such that a group of correction target points selected in a projected image on the screen are collectively processed as a single correction unit. | 01-29-2009 |
20090027569 | Projection display apparatus - The present invention provides a projection display apparatus realizing improved operability at the time of registration adjustment irrespective of a use situation of the apparatus. In the case where misregistration occurs between primary color lights, video signals for three colors are corrected (registration adjustment is performed) so as to reduce the misregistration in accordance with an input adjustment value. An image inverting process is performed on an input video signal so that the image is inverted in a display screen. By a configuration by the user, the image is properly inverted in the display screen. When the image inverting process is performed, an adjustment value, with a sign different from that in the misregistration direction in a coordinate system where the image is not inverted, is input by an operation on the display screen. | 01-29-2009 |
20100035547 | Video transmission apparatus and switch control method of output destination by video transmission apparatus - The present invention provides a video transmission apparatus including an input terminal input with a video signal; an output terminal wire connected to a video device; a wireless communication unit for modulating the video signal through a predetermined wireless modulation method and wirelessly transmitting the modulated video signal; an output switch unit, connected with the input terminal, the output terminal, and the wireless transmission unit, for switching an output destination of the video signal input from the input terminal to the output terminal or the wireless transmission unit; and a switch controller for causing the output switch unit to switch the output destination of the video signal in response to a switch request when receiving the switch request of the output destination by the wireless communication unit. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037280 | Video transmission apparatus, video transmission system, and reproduction control method by video transmission apparatus - The present invention provides a video transmission apparatus including a connection terminal to which a video reproduction device is connected; a wireless transmission unit for wirelessly transmitting a video signal input through the connection terminal; a transmission quality detection unit for detecting transmission quality of when wirelessly transmitted by the wireless transmission unit; and a reproduction control unit for controlling the video reproduction device to stop the reproduction of the video when degradation of the transmission quality is detected and to resume the reproduction of the video when the transmission quality is recovered. | 02-11-2010 |
20110194393 | RECORDABLE OPTICAL DISK, RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, AND REPRODUCTION DEVICE - The present invention is to realize a proper inner zone layout in an optical disk having at least three layers. A test area is provided in the inner zone (inner circumference side area) in each of recording layers. The test areas of each layer are so disposed as to be prevented from overlapping with each other in the layer direction. Furthermore, the number of management information recording/reproduction areas overlapping with the test area in the layer direction at a position closer to the laser-incident surface than this test area is set equal to or smaller than one in each test area of each recording layer. The management information recording/reproduction areas are each so disposed as to be prevented from overlapping with the test areas in the respective recording layers in the layer direction on the disk substrate side of the test areas. | 08-11-2011 |
20120147276 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARAUTS WHICH ENABLES A SELECTED IMAGE INVERTING PROCESS TO BE PERFORMED TO FACILITATE REGISTRATION ADJUSTMENT - The present invention provides a projection display apparatus realizing improved operability at the time of registration adjustment irrespective of a use situation of the apparatus. In the case where misregistration occurs between primary color lights, video signals for three colors are corrected (registration adjustment is performed) so as to reduce the misregistration in accordance with an input adjustment value. An image inverting process is performed on an input video signal so that the image is inverted in a display screen. By a configuration by the user, the image is properly inverted in the display screen. When the image inverting process is performed, an adjustment value, with a sign different from that in the misregistration direction in a coordinate system where the image is not inverted, is input by an operation on the display screen. | 06-14-2012 |
20130201813 | RECORDABLE OPTICAL DISC, RECORDING DEVICE, AND RECORDING METHOD - The present invention is to realize a proper inner zone layout in a quadruple-layer disk. | 08-08-2013 |
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20090060563 | Cleaning device and image forming apparatus - A cleaning device includes a cleaning roll and an intervening member. The cleaning roll contacts the surface of a charge roll that charges a photoconductor, rotates, and cleans the surface of the charge roll. The intervening member is intervened between the charge roll and the cleaning roll and causes the charge roll and the cleaning roll to separate from each other. The intervening member may be spacers that are intervened at both end portions of the charge roll and the cleaning roll and form a gap between the charge roll and the cleaning roll. The intervening member may also be a lubricant. | 03-05-2009 |
20100111582 | POWDER MATERIAL RECOVERY CONTAINER, AND POWDER MATERIAL RECOVERY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING POWDER MATERIAL RECOVERY CONTAINER - A powder material recovery container includes: a container main body that accommodates a powder material; a conveying member that is arranged with a part existing at least in an intermediate position of a dropping movement of the powder material and rotates to convey it, the conveying member having a conveying part that conveys the powder material around a central line of rotation; and a moving passage surface arranged in a lower part of the part existing at least in the intermediate position, and opposed to one part of the conveying member and move it by a conveying force, wherein the moving passage surface has upper end parts of side surfaces opposed to each other with respect to the central line that are formed with relatively different heights, and the relatively lower upper end part is formed with height not higher than a height of the central line. | 05-06-2010 |
20130011145 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier unit, a determining section, an acquiring section, and a removal capability increasing section. The image carrier unit includes an image carrier and a cleaning member, and has a lubricant in the area of the cleaning member that contacts the image carrier when the image carrier unit is in an unused condition. The determining section determines whether or not the image carrier unit is unused. The acquiring section acquires the elapsed time since manufacture of the image carrier unit. The removal capability increasing section increases the removal capability for removing the lubricant from the surface of the image carrier by the cleaning member, in a case where it is determined that the image carrier unit is unused and the acquired elapsed time is equal to or more than a predetermined time, in comparison to other cases. | 01-10-2013 |
20140023414 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit that forms an image by using a first toner having a first average particle diameter, a second image forming unit that forms an image by using a second toner having a second average particle diameter that is greater than the first average particle diameter, and a transport path through which the first and second toners collected from the first and second image forming units, respectively, are transported. The transport path is configured such that a position at which the second toner is collected from the second image forming unit is located upstream of a position at which the first toner is collected from the first image forming unit in a transporting direction of the transport path. | 01-23-2014 |
20140178100 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic image developer includes a toner containing an external additive having a volume-average particle size of about 80 to 400 nm and an average circularity of about 0.7 to 0.85. The developer is used in an image forming apparatus including an image-carrying member having a top surface layer containing fluorocarbon resin particles, and a developer-carrying member that faces the image-carrying member and carries an electrostatic image developer, in which a value obtained by dividing the amount of developer on the developer-carrying member [g/m | 06-26-2014 |
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20110046275 | AQUEOUS COLORANT DISPERSION, METHOD OF PRODUCING AQUEOUS COLORANT DISPERSION, AND AQUEOUS INK FOR INKJET RECORDING - An aqueous colorant dispersion includes a colorant (A), a polymer (B) having an acid value of 85 mgKOH/g or higher, and an aqueous liquid medium (I), wherein the polymer (B) is a copolymer including at least one hydrophobic structural unit (a) which contains an aromatic ring linked to an atom in the main chain of the polymer (B) via a linking group, and comprising at least one hydrophilic structural unit (b) at a content of from 12% by mass to 20% by mass relative to the entire mass of the polymer (B), wherein the content of the aromatic ring is from 10% by mass to less than 21% by mass relative to the entire mass of the polymer (B). | 02-24-2011 |
20110074867 | AQUEOUS PIGMENT DISPERSION, INK COMPOSITION, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An aqueous pigment dispersion including: (A) a pigment; (B) a dispersion polymer having a neutralization degree of from 50% to 90% and a solubility of from 0.2 g to 0.8 g per 5 ml of water (25° C.), and containing an acidic group and a hydrophobic structural unit (a) having an aromatic ring linked via a linking group to an atom included in a main chain, a content ratio of the aromatic ring being from 10% by mass to less than 20% by mass based on a total mass of the polymer; and (C) a water-based liquid medium. | 03-31-2011 |
20110242199 | INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed is an ink set including: an ink composition containing at least water, a pigment, and a resin at least partially coating a surface of the pigment and having a structural unit represented by the following Formula (1) and a structural unit having an ionic group; and a treatment liquid containing a cationic polymer having reactivity to the pigment at least partially coated with the resin, | 10-06-2011 |
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20090014663 | CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - The present invention provides an electron beam writing method capable of suppressing a variation in position to be irradiated with an electron beam due to its drift and writing a predetermined pattern. | 01-15-2009 |
20090084990 | CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - A timing control circuit controls the timing for applying a voltage to a sub deflector when changing a position to be irradiated with the charged-particle beam. A control computer compares a target line width and a line width of a pattern written with the timing for applying voltage to the sub deflector changed, and determines appropriate timing for applying voltage to the sub deflector from a timing range corresponding to a predetermined allowable range of the difference between the target line width and the line width of the written pattern. The control computer then controls the timing control circuit based on the determined timing. | 04-02-2009 |
20090242807 | CORRECTING SUBSTRATE FOR CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A correcting substrate for a charged particle beam lithography apparatus includes a substrate body using a low thermal expansion material having a thermal expansion lower than that of a silicon oxide (SiO | 10-01-2009 |
20100178611 | Lithography method of electron beam - A charged particle beam writing method on a chemical amplification type resist, comprising: coating said chemical amplification type resist which contains an acid diffusion inhibitor, on a surface of a mask substrate, exposing charged particle beams to said chemical amplification type resist layer on said surface of the mask substrate, baking said chemical amplification type resist layer which said charged particle beams were exposed, and developing said chemical amplification type resist after the baking, wherein an exposure current density of said electron beams exposing ranges of 50 | 07-15-2010 |
20100288939 | METHOD OF DETERMINING MAIN DEFLECTION SETTLING TIME FOR CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING, METHOD OF WRITING WITH CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM, AND APPARATUS FOR WRITING WITH CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM - An electron beam is moved a long distance along a straight line from a sub-deflection region | 11-18-2010 |
20130264499 | ACQUISITION METHOD OF CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEFLECTION SHAPE ERROR AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD - An acquisition method of a charged particle beam deflection shape error includes writing a plurality of figure patterns, each smaller than a deflection region of a plurality of deflection regions, with charged particle beams, at a pitch different from an arrangement pitch of the plurality of deflection regions to be deflected by a deflector that deflects the charged particle beams, synthesizing writing positions of the plurality of figure patterns into one virtual deflection region of the same size as the deflection region, based on a positional relationship between the deflection region including a position where a figure pattern concerned of the plurality of figure patterns has been written and the position where the figure pattern concerned has been written, and calculating, to output, a shape error in the case of writing a pattern in the deflection region, using a synthesized writing position of each of the plurality of figure patterns. | 10-10-2013 |
20140054469 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING SETTLING TIME - A method for acquiring a settling time according to an embodiment, includes writing a plurality of first patterns, arranged in positions apart from each other by a deflection movement amount, by using a DAC amplifier in which a settling time of the DAC amplifier is set to a first time to be a sufficient settling time; writing a plurality of second patterns, in a manner where corresponding first and second patterns are in a position adjacent, for each second time of different second times containing the sufficient settling time set as variable; measuring a width dimension of each of a plurality of combined patterns after adjacent first and second patterns are combined for the each second time set as variable; and acquiring the settling time of the DAC amplifier needed for deflection by the deflection movement amount, using the width dimensions. | 02-27-2014 |
20140284500 | SETTLING TIME ACQUISITION METHOD - A settling time acquisition method includes writing at least one reference pattern formed by at least one shot of a charged particle beam, writing an evaluation pattern, which has been formed by combination of the first and second shots of a charged particle beam shaped to first and second patterns of different sizes and whose width size is the same as that of the reference pattern, while changing, concerning beam shaping of the second shot, a settling time of a DAC amplifier, wherein writing is performed for each settling time, measuring the width size of the reference pattern, measuring the width size of the evaluation pattern for each settling time, calculating, for each settling time, a difference between the width sizes of the reference and evaluation patterns, and acquiring a settling time from each settling time of the DAC amplifier when the difference is not exceeding a threshold value. | 09-25-2014 |
20150228453 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING SETTLING TIME - A method for acquiring a settling time includes forming, using a deflector, a reference pattern so that a deflection movement amount of the beam may be smaller than an evaluation deflection movement amount; forming, while variably setting the settling time of the DAC amplifier, an evaluation pattern such that both ends of the width dimension of the evaluation pattern being the same design width dimension as that of the reference pattern, for each of times set variably, such that a deflection movement amount of a second beam shot of two beam shots successively shot is equivalent to the evaluation deflection movement amount; calculating a difference between the width dimension of the evaluation pattern concerned and that of the reference pattern, for each of the times set variably; and acquiring a settling time of the DAC amplifier necessary for the deflection movement amount, using the difference. | 08-13-2015 |
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20100078070 | SOLAR BATTERY - A solar battery, which contains a transparent conductive layer having an average transmittance of 80% or more with an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of 1,100 nm to 2,000 nm, and a sheet resistance of 20 ohm/sq. or less, in which the transparent conductive layer contains metal nanowires. | 04-01-2010 |
20100078197 | METAL NANOWIRES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND TRANSPARENT CONDUCTOR - The present invention provides metal nanowires containing at least metal nanowires having a diameter of 50 nm or less and a major axis length of 5 μm or more in an amount of 50% by mass or more in terms of metal amount with respect to total metal particles. | 04-01-2010 |
20100078602 | METAL NANOWIRE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, AND TRANSPARENT CONDUCTOR - The present invention provides a metal nanowire-containing composition containing at a least metal nanowire and a heterocyclic compound having an interaction potential of less than −1 mV. | 04-01-2010 |
20110070548 | SILVER HALIDE PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a silver halide photographic photosensitive material which includes a support and at least one silver halide photosensitive layer on the support, wherein the average equivalent sphere diameter of the silver halide of the silver halide photosensitive layer is 0.30 μm or less, the silver halide photosensitive layer includes four or more kinds of silver halide grains having mutually different average equivalent sphere diameters, and the thickness between a surface of the support at a side at which the silver halide photosensitive layer is provided and a surface of the silver halide photosensitive layer at a side opposite to the support is 10 μm or less. | 03-24-2011 |
20120088189 | CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITION, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, DISPLAY ELEMENT AND INTEGRATED SOLAR BATTERY - To provide a conductive composition including: a binder, a photosensitive compound, metal nanowires, and a solvent, wherein the solvent has a solubility parameter value of 30 MPa | 04-12-2012 |
20140246629 | METAL PARTICLE DISPERSION WITH METAL NANOWIRES - The present invention provides metal nanowires containing at least metal nanowires having a diameter of 50 nm or less and a major axis length of 5 μm or more in an amount of 50% by mass or more in terms of metal amount with respect to total metal particles. | 09-04-2014 |
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20100197534 | MULTILAYERED SINTERED SLIDING MEMBER - In a multilayered sintered sliding member, a porous sintered alloy layer comprising 3 to 10 wt. % of an Sn component, 10 to 30 wt. % of an Ni component, 0.5 to 4 wt. % of a P component, 30 to 50 wt. % of an Fe component, 1 to 10 wt. % of a high-speed tool steel component, 1 to 5 wt. % of a graphite component, and 20 to 55 wt. % of a copper component is integrally diffusion-bonded to a backing plate. | 08-05-2010 |
20120178327 | SLIDING CONTACT SURFACE-FORMING MATERIAL, AND MULTI-LAYERED SLIDING CONTACT COMPONENT HAVING THE SAME - A sliding contact surface-forming material includes a reinforcing base impregnated with a resol-type phenolic resin having polytetrafluoroethylene resin dispersed therein. The reinforcing base being composed of a woven fabric formed by using, respectively as the warp and the weft, a ply yarn which is formed by paralleling at least two strands of a single twist yarn spun from fluorine-containing resin fiber and a single twist yarn spun from polyester fiber, and by twisting them in the direction opposite to the direction in which the single twist yarns were spun Additionally, a multi-layered sliding contact component having the overall shape of a flat plate or a circular cylinder includes the above-described sliding contact surface-forming material so as to configure at least the sliding-contact surface thereof. | 07-12-2012 |
20120178328 | SLIDING CONTACT SURFACE-FORMING MATERIAL, AND MULTI-LAYERED SLIDING CONTACT COMPONENT HAVING THE SAME - A sliding contact surface-forming material includes a reinforcing base impregnated with a resol-type phenolic resin having polytetrafluoroethylene resin dispersed therein. The reinforcing base is composed of a woven fabric formed by using, respectively as the warp and the weft, a ply yarn which is formed by paralleling at least two strands of a single twist yarn spun from fluorine-containing resin fiber and a single twist yarn spun from polyphenylene sulfide fiber, and by twisting them in the direction opposite to the direction in which the single twist yarns were spun. Also, a multi-layered sliding contact component having the overall shape of a flat plate or a circular cylinder includes the sliding contact surface-forming material so as to configure at least the sliding-contact surface thereof. | 07-12-2012 |
20130146396 | MAST ASSEMBLY FOR FORKLIFT TRUCK - A mast assembly for a forklift truck includes a plurality of guide units. At least one of the guide units includes a sliding pad member made of a plastic material and having a block-shaped body, which is hollow, is open at its base side, and has a rectangular ring-shaped cross section. The sliding pad member has a rectangular, plain, front wall provided at the side of the block-shaped body opposite to the base side thereof. The front wall has a sliding contact surface. Reinforcement ribs are formed on the inner surface of the front wall. Grooves are formed in the sliding contact surface, extending along the respective ones of the reinforcement ribs and helping avoid formation of shrinkage depressions in the sliding contact surface. The block-shaped body includes first and second pairs of opposing side walls. Tabs are formed on the first pair of opposing side walls. | 06-13-2013 |
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20100007827 | WIRE-GRID POLARIZER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE WIRE-GRID POLARIZER, RETARDATION FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE RETARDATION FILM - A method for producing a wire-grid polarizer includes the steps of preparing a resin film including a concave part formed thereon, the concave part having a submicron-sized grating pattern, the resin film having a visible light transmittance of 80% or more; filling the concave part with an electroconductive nano-material having an average diameter equal to or smaller than one-half of an average line width of the concave part; and removing the electroconductive non-material which has not been filled into the concave part. | 01-14-2010 |
20100046071 | LATENT IMAGE FORMING FILM, LATENT IMAGE IDENTIFYING KIT AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING LATENT IMAGE - A latent image forming film comprising: a reflective layer; and a polarization converting and rotating layer placed on a surface of the reflective layer, the polarization converting and rotating layer changing an ellipticity of polarized incident light and concurrently rotating a polarization direction of the polarized incident light. | 02-25-2010 |
20120018705 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an organic EL element having a corrugated structure, the organic EL element comprising a transparent supporting substrate, a transparent electrode, an organic layer, and a metal electrode, the method comprises the steps of: laminating on the transparent supporting substrate a curable-resin layer having concavity and convexity formed thereon in a periodic arrangement in a way that a curable resin is applied onto the transparent supporting substrate, the curable resin is then cured with a master block being pressed thereto, and thereafter the master block is detached; and obtaining an organic EL element by laminating on the curable-resin layer the transparent electrode, the organic layer, and the metal electrode individually so that a shape of the concavity and convexity formed on a surface of the curable-resin layer can be maintained. | 01-26-2012 |
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20140104521 | DISPLAY - A display includes: a display panel; an illumination unit; and a driving unit. The illumination unit includes a pair of light transmissive substrates, two light sources, an optical modulation layer configured to exhibit diffusion or transparency for light from each of the two light sources, and an electrode. The optical modulation layer is configured to switch a wide-angle diffusion intensity and a front diffusion intensity of light emitted from the illumination unit, by switching of a magnitude of a voltage applied to the electrode. The driving unit allows a diffusion intensity ratio of the light emitted from the illumination unit in a dual-view mode to be higher than the diffusion intensity ratio in a normal mode by switching the magnitude of the voltage applied to the electrode. The diffusion intensity ratio is defined as dividing the wide-angle diffusion intensity by the front diffusion intensity. | 04-17-2014 |
20150070306 | SENSOR DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A sensor device includes: a first sensor including a first electrode board including a plurality of first capacitive elements arranged in a matrix, a first conductor layer facing the first electrode board, a first support layer arranged between the first electrode board and the first conductor layer, the first support layer being deformable, and a first operation input surface provided on the first electrode board or the first conductor layer, the first electrode board and/or the first conductor layer being flexible; and a second sensor layered on the first sensor, the second sensor including a second electrode board including a plurality of second capacitive elements, a second conductor layer facing the second electrode board, and a second support layer arranged between the second electrode board and the second conductor layer, the second support layer being deformable, the second electrode board and/or the second conductor layer being flexible. | 03-12-2015 |
20150070600 | SENSOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SENSOR DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND INPUT APPARATUS - A sensor device includes: a first base material and a second base material disposed apart to face each other; a plurality of first adhesion sections that are two-dimensionally arranged in a gap between the first base material and the second base material and have elasticity; and a mitigation section configured to mitigate an increase in contact area of each of the first adhesion sections to one of the first base material and the second base material, the contact area increasing as the gap narrows. | 03-12-2015 |
20150277626 | SENSOR DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a sensor device, including: a deformable first surface; a second surface facing the first surface; an electrode board between the first surface and the second surface, the electrode board including a plurality of capacitive elements arranged in a matrix; a support including a first support layer and a second support layer, the first support layer including a plurality of first columns, the second support layer being layered on the first support layer, the support being deformable following deformation of the first surface, the support connecting at least one of the first surface and the second surface to the electrode board; and a conductor layer supported by the support. | 10-01-2015 |
20150346839 | INPUT APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SENSOR SHEET - There is provided an input apparatus including a deformable sheet-like operational member having a plurality of key areas; an electrode substrate having a plurality of first electrode lines and a plurality of second electrode lines disposed facing to a plurality of the first electrode lines and crossing with a plurality of the first electrode lines, being capable of electrostatically detecting a change in a distance to each of a plurality of the key areas; and a support having a plurality of structures connecting the electrode substrate and the operational member, first spaces formed between a plurality of the structures corresponding to each of a plurality of the key areas, and second spaces formed between a plurality of the structures common to a predetermined plurality of the key areas. | 12-03-2015 |
20150363023 | SENSOR DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The sensor device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, an electrode substrate, a first support, and a second support. The first conductive layer is formed to be deformable sheet-shaped. The second conductive layer is disposed to be opposed to the first conductive layer. The electrode substrate includes multiple first electrode wires and multiple second electrode wires and is disposed to be deformable between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, the multiple second electrode wires being disposed to be opposed to the multiple first electrode wires and intersecting with the multiple first electrode wires. The first support includes multiple first structures, the multiple first structures connecting the first conductive layer and the electrode substrate. The second support includes multiple second structures, the multiple second structures connecting the second conductive layer and the electrode substrate. | 12-17-2015 |
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20090140999 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAMS USED THEREIN - In an information-processing apparatus employing a coordinate input unit such as a touch panel, processing of explicitly reporting the state of an operation carried out by the user to the user is carried out in order to present a result of the operation to the user. In the information-processing apparatus employing the coordinate input unit and a display unit integrated with the coordinate input unit, in accordance with the type of an operation carried out by the user on the coordinate input unit, the apparatus issues a notice for verifying the state of the operation as well as a result of the operation and avoiding an incorrect operation to the user. To put it concretely, in the configuration of the information-processing apparatus, by outputting a display detectable by the visual sense, a sound or a vibration pattern in accordance with the number of times contact with the coordinate input unit has been made during an operation or in accordance with the state of sustaining such contact, it is possible to verify whether a tap operation or a drag operation has been carried out as intended by the user. | 06-04-2009 |
20100054702 | Information processing device, information processing method, and program - An information processing device performing a process of correcting a difference in time information between section boundaries of contents data of recording contents and section boundaries of independently acquired metadata of the recording contents is disclosed, which includes: difference calculating means for calculating a time difference candidate, which is a candidate for time correction, as a correction time for matching a predetermined section boundary of the metadata with that of the contents data; evaluation value calculating means for calculating an evaluation value indicating a degree of match of the section boundaries of the contents data and the metadata; and correction means for correcting the difference in time information using the time difference candidate having a highest evaluation value among the evaluation values calculated for the time difference candidates of all combinations of the section boundaries of the metadata and the contents data, as the correction time of the time information. | 03-04-2010 |
20100253486 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAMS USED THEREIN - A method for displaying information includes detecting an input to a surface of a display, the input commanding a predetermined operation; determining a type of operation commanded based on the input; performing a command corresponding to the type of operation; and notifying a user of the type of operation by emitting a sound or vibration pattern associated with the type of operation. | 10-07-2010 |
20110050616 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAMS USED IN INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information-processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention allows the user to select one of a plurality of input operation modes of the absolute coordinate input unit. One of the input operation modes is a specific mode allowing a display range to be moved to a desired position in a state where the highest resolution of a display unit integrated with the absolute coordinate input unit is lower than the resolution of an entire screen. The information-processing apparatus has a configuration in which, when an operation face of the absolute coordinate input unit is touched to carry out a drag operation in this specific mode, the distance of a movement made in the drag operation is detected, and the position of the display range is then changed by moving the display range by the detected distance. | 03-03-2011 |
20120089538 | SERVER RESERVATION METHOD, RESERVATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device including a communication interface that exchanges data with a first device and a second device; and a processor that performs authentication of the first device; receives content data from the first device via the communication interface; and controls the communication interface to send the content data in real time to the second device based on an access control setting, which indicates a restriction on sending the content data. | 04-12-2012 |
20120198525 | SERVER RESERVATION METHOD, RESERVATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device including a communication interface that exchanges data with a first device and a second device; and a processor that performs authentication of the first device; receives content data from the first device via the communication interface; and controls the communication interface to send the content data in real time to the second device based on an access control setting, which indicates a restriction on sending the content data. | 08-02-2012 |
20120203836 | METHOD OF USING SERVER, SERVER RESERVATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - In a content supply system, in order to use a streaming server to perform a live distribution, a user PC used makes a reservation for a time zone, etc. to a server reservation control center. When the user PC sends desired reservation information to the server reservation control center via the Internet, if the reservation is accepted, a reservation ID only used for authentication of the reservation is created and sent from the server reservation control center to the user PC via the Internet. When a distribution request is sent from the user to the streaming server, authentication processing using this reservation ID is performed. | 08-09-2012 |
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20090218943 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A display device includes: a display area having a resonator structure for resonating produced light; a protective film formed to cover the display area; a resin layer formed on the protective film; and a sealing layer attached by the resin layer, wherein the protective film includes a single silicon nitride layer, and has a refractive index between 1.65 and 1.75 at a wavelength of nm. | 09-03-2009 |
20090309486 | DISPLAY - There is provided a display capable of protecting a light-emitting device by a protective film having good sealing characteristics and sidewall step coverage and preventing deterioration of the light-emitting device, thereby maintaining good display characteristics. A display device | 12-17-2009 |
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20120280614 | DISPLAY - A display device including an organic electroluminescence device provided on a substrate and protected by a protective film characterized in that the protective film is composed of silicon nitride films formed in layers by a chemical vapor deposition method using an ammonia gas, a high-density silicon nitride film being provided in a surface layer of the protective film, and a low-density silicon nitride film having a lower density than that of the high-density silicon nitride film being provided below it. | 11-08-2012 |
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20100025569 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate including a pixel portion having a photoelectric conversion portion and a peripheral circuit portion; a first sidewall composed of a sidewall film and disposed on each sidewall of gate electrodes of MOS transistors in the pixel portion; a second sidewall composed of the sidewall film and disposed on each sidewall of gate electrodes of MOS transistors in the peripheral circuit portion; a first silicide blocking film composed of the sidewall film and disposed on the photoelectric conversion portion and a part of the MOS transistors in the pixel portion; and a second silicide blocking film disposed on the MOS transistors in the pixel portion so as to overlap with a part of the first silicide blocking film, wherein the MOS transistors in the pixel portion are covered with the first and second silicide blocking films. | 02-04-2010 |
20100176273 | Image pickup element and image pickup device - An image pickup element includes a light-receiving portion having a matrix arrangement formed by disposing first-direction arrays, each having photoelectric conversion portions arranged in a first direction with a predetermined gap maintained therebetween, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and micro-lenses provided above the light-receiving portion. A certain first-direction array in the matrix arrangement is provided with a pair of photoelectric conversion portions that optically receive, via a pair of micro-lenses, photographic-subject light beams passing through a pair of segmental regions in an exit pupil of a photographic optical system, the pair of segmental regions being disposed biasedly in opposite directions from each other in the first direction. The pair of micro-lenses is disposed such that light axes thereof extend through vicinities of edges of the pair of photoelectric conversion portions, the edges being the farthest edges from each other in the first direction. | 07-15-2010 |
20100177205 | Image pickup element and image pickup device - An image pickup element includes a light receiver having a matrix arrangement formed by disposing first-direction arrays, each having photoelectric converters arranged in a first direction with a gap therebetween, in a second direction orthogonal thereto, and micro-lenses above the light receiver. In the matrix arrangement, a certain first-direction array has two first photoelectric converters receiving, via two micro-lenses, photographic-subject light passing through two segmental regions in an exit pupil of a photographic optical system, and a certain second-direction array has two second photoelectric converters receiving photographic-subject light passing through two segmental regions in the exit pupil. Light axes of the two micro-lenses extend through vicinities of edges, farthest from each other in the first direction, of the first photoelectric converters. The first photoelectric converters include two photoelectric converters that flank one photoelectric converter, disposed at an intersection between the certain first-direction and second-direction arrays, in the certain first-direction array. | 07-15-2010 |
20100224951 | Solid-state imaging device, method for producing the same, and electronic apparatus - A solid-state imaging device includes: a peripheral circuit element formed on a semiconductor substrate having an image sensing area where an image sensing element that captures an image of an object is provided and a peripheral area located on the periphery of the image sensing area, the peripheral circuit element being in the peripheral area; a plurality of insulation films formed to cover at least the peripheral circuit element; and a contact plug formed in a contact hole through the plurality of insulation films and above the peripheral circuit element in such a manner that the contact plug is electrically connected to the peripheral circuit element; the plurality of insulation films including a first insulation film, and a second insulation film formed to cover the first insulation film, the contact hole being formed by etching the second insulation film so as to remove a portion thereof where the contact hole is to be formed, and then etching the first insulation film so as to remove a portion thereof where the contact hole is to be formed, the first insulation film being formed to serve as an etching stopper layer during etching of the second insulation film, the first insulation film also being formed to cover a portion where the contact hole is to be formed above the peripheral circuit element, with portions other than the portion where the contact hole is to be formed above the peripheral circuit element being exposed. | 09-09-2010 |
20100245656 | Imaging device and focus detecting method - An imaging device includes an image pickup device having an arrangement of photoelectric converting units, the arrangement in which a plurality of pairs of photoelectric converting units are arranged along a predetermined direction, each pair of photoelectric converting units receiving light beams of a subject passing through partial areas in a pair that are lopsided in reverse to each other along the predetermined direction in an exit pupil of a shooting optical system, and a focus detector for performing focus detection of a phase-difference detecting technique according to data obtained from the pair of photoelectric converting units in the arrangement of the photoelectric converting units. The focus detector corrects the data according to a correction amount corresponding to a positional shift amount from the normalized position, and performs focus detection of the phase-difference detecting technique according to the corrected data. | 09-30-2010 |
20110273581 | IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A technology of a phase-difference detecting image pickup element that can precisely detect a focus by a phase difference detection method and that can be properly produced even if pixels are becoming finer is provided. An image pickup element of an image pickup device includes an AF pixel pair | 11-10-2011 |
20120104479 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate including a pixel portion having a photoelectric conversion portion and a peripheral circuit portion; a first sidewall composed of a sidewall film and disposed on each sidewall of gate electrodes of MOS transistors in the pixel portion; a second sidewall composed of the sidewall film and disposed on each sidewall of gate electrodes of MOS transistors in the peripheral circuit portion; a first silicide blocking film composed of the sidewall film and disposed on the photoelectric conversion portion and a part of the MOS transistors in the pixel portion; and a second silicide blocking film disposed on the MOS transistors in the pixel portion so as to overlap with a part of the first silicide blocking film, wherein the MOS transistors in the pixel portion are covered with the first and second silicide blocking films. | 05-03-2012 |
20130021499 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - A solid-state image pickup device includes a lens, a first light receiving element, a second light receiving element, and an element separation area. The first light receiving element is configured to receive light from the lens. The second light receiving element is configured to receive light from the lens. The element separation area is between the first light receiving element and the second light receiving element. The lens has an optical axis, which is offset from a center of the element separation area. | 01-24-2013 |
20130021517 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - A solid-state image pickup device includes a first unit to convert light into an electrical signal and a second unit to convert light into an electrical signal. The first unit includes a first lens and a first pair of light receiving elements to receive light from the first lens. The second unit includes a second lens and a second pair of light receiving elements to receive light from the second lens. A profile of the second pair of light receiving elements is different in plan view than a profile of the first pair of light receiving elements. | 01-24-2013 |
20130113982 | IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An image pickup element includes a light-receiving portion having a matrix arrangement formed by disposing first-direction arrays, each having photoelectric conversion portions arranged in a first direction with a predetermined gap maintained therebetween, in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and micro-lenses provided above the light-receiving portion. A certain first-direction array in the matrix arrangement is provided with a pair of photoelectric conversion portions that optically receive, via a pair of micro-lenses, photographic-subject light beams passing through a pair of segmental regions in an exit pupil of a photographic optical system, the pair of segmental regions being disposed biasedly in opposite directions from each other in the first direction. The pair of micro-lenses is disposed such that light axes thereof extend through vicinities of edges of the pair of photoelectric conversion portions, the edges being the farthest edges from each other in the first direction. | 05-09-2013 |
20150103233 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND IMAGE PICKUP METHOD - A solid-state image pickup device includes a lens, a first light receiving element, a second light receiving element, and an element separation area. The first light receiving element is configured to receive light from the lens. The second light receiving element is configured to receive light from the lens. The element separation area is between the first light receiving element and the second light receiving element. The lens has an optical axis, which is offset from a center of the element separation area. | 04-16-2015 |