Ohnishi, Osaka
Hideki Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20110063456 | PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention accomplishes an image capture apparatus capable of allowing a user to more easily attain, as compared to a conventional image capture apparatus, image data of a captured image which includes no blown-out highlights or loss of shadow detail throughout an entire image. A portable terminal apparatus | 03-17-2011 |
Hidenori Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20120080705 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, LEAD FRAME OBTAINED USING THE SAME FOR OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention relates to an epoxy resin composition for an optical semiconductor device having an optical semiconductor element mounting region and having a reflector that surrounds at least a part of the region, the epoxy resin composition being an epoxy resin composition for forming the reflector, the epoxy resin composition including the following ingredients (A) to (D): (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a curing agent; (C) a white pigment; and (D) at least one antioxidant selected from the group consisting of hindered-phenol antioxidants, sulfide antioxidants and hindered-amine antioxidants. | 04-05-2012 |
Hisao Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20120274337 | Method and Apparatus for Diagnosing Electrochemical Sensor - A method and apparatus for diagnosing an electrochemical sensor that detects the concentration of a gas are operative for diagnosing whether or not the sensor is in an error state due to a rise in a resistance in the electrolyte of the sensor. Such detection is made on the basis of a current flowing between a sensing electrode and an opposite electrode or a voltage corresponding to the current. A method for diagnosing an electrochemical sensor having a solid or liquid electrolyte between a sensing electrode and an opposite electrode detects the concentration of the gas to be detected on the basis of a current flowing between the sensing electrode and the opposite electrode, or a voltage corresponding to the current. Whether or not the electrochemical sensor is in an error state is diagnosed on the basis of a resistance of the electrolyte between the two electrodes of the electrolyte. | 11-01-2012 |
Jiro Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20110058986 | ISOLATOR - An isolator includes a work chamber, a sterilizing substance supply unit, a gas flow channel pressure adjustment unit, a work chamber barometer, and a controller. The controller is configured to control execution of a gas flow channel leak test for checking a gas leak in a gas flow channel based on a detection result by the work chamber barometer after making the gas flow channel pressure adjustment unit increase or decrease the pressure in the gas flow channel, and is configured to control supply of the sterilizing substance by the sterilizing substance supply unit. The controller performs heating of a heater, which accompanies the supply of the sterilizing substance, in parallel with the gas flow channel leak test. | 03-10-2011 |
Kazuhiro Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20090034143 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR SURGE PROTECTION - A semiconductor device for surge protection having high surge resistance is provided. A semiconductor substrate ( | 02-05-2009 |
Kazuyuki Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20080300567 | Disposable Garment Comprising Meltblown Nonwoven Backsheet - A disposable garment includes a nonwoven backsheet formed by melt-blowing. The melt-blown nonwoven web has a basis weight of from about 3 g/m | 12-04-2008 |
20100272362 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING HAND-WRITTEN IMAGE - An image forming apparatus that allows easy and reliable extraction of a hand-written image and allowing reliable execution of a desired process on image data based on the hand-written image is provided. For this purpose, during a mark adding process, a scanner unit and an image processing unit form YMCK data based on an original image; a specific area extracting unit extracts image data of a specific area from the YMCK data; a mark image adding unit combines image data of the specific area with the mark image data to form combined data; and a printer unit outputs a first image based on the combined data. During image processing of the specific area, the scanner unit forms RGB data based on the first image; the mark area extracting unit extracts image data of the mark area from the RGB data; the specific area image processing unit performs prescribed image processing on the image data of mark area; and the printer unit outputs a second image based on the YMCK data after the prescribed image processing. | 10-28-2010 |
20120313875 | MANUAL OPERATING DEVICE - A manual operating device includes a display input device, an arm position sensing section, a physical position sensing section and a control section. The display input device includes a display section that displays an operating screen, and a touch panel. The arm position detecting section detects an arm of an operator at a plurality of positions in a right and left direction. The physical position sensing section detects a body of the operator at a plurality of positions in the right and left direction. The control section makes a determination as to whether it is right hand or left hand that the operator has touched the display input device with based on results detected by the arm position sensing section and the physical position sensing section, and then controls display of the display section based on the result of the right-or-left determination. | 12-13-2012 |
Kenji Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20090217627 | Production Method for Container Packing Filler and Tubular Net Rolling Apparatus - A method and an apparatus for producing a container packing filler are provided, which ensure that a net can be correctly and speedily rolled up into a bulk or ball shape. A stretchable tubular net (N) is fitted around a columnar support member ( | 09-03-2009 |
Manabu Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20080265252 | Semiconductor device - Input/output cells are formed so as to be peripherally arranged adjacent to a corner cell on a surface of a semiconductor chip, and electrode pads are formed on the respective input/output cells. The electrode pads are configured in a zigzag pad arrangement so as to form inner and outer pad arrays. However, of the electrode pads forming the inner pad array, those electrode pads in predetermined areas adjacent to the two sides of the corner cell are not disposed, such that an interconnect pattern of a carrier which is bump-bonded to the semiconductor chip and vias are prevented from becoming complex. | 10-30-2008 |
20100117083 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Input/output cells are formed so as to be peripherally arranged adjacent to a corner cell on a surface of a semiconductor chip, and electrode pads are formed on the respective input/output cells. The electrode pads are configured in a zigzag pad arrangement so as to form inner and outer pad arrays. However, of the electrode pads forming the inner pad array, those electrode pads in predetermined areas adjacent to the two sides of the corner cell are not disposed, such that an interconnect pattern of a carrier which is bump-bonded to the semiconductor chip and vias are prevented from becoming complex. | 05-13-2010 |
20110037173 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Input/output cells are formed so as to be peripherally arranged adjacent to a corner cell on a surface of a semiconductor chip, and electrode pads are formed on the respective input/output cells. The electrode pads are configured in a zigzag pad arrangement so as to form inner and outer pad arrays. However, of the electrode pads forming the inner pad array, those electrode pads in predetermined areas adjacent to the two sides of the corner cell are not disposed, such that an interconnect pattern of a carrier which is bump-bonded to the semiconductor chip and vias are prevented from becoming complex. | 02-17-2011 |
20120241970 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Input/output cells are formed so as to be peripherally arranged adjacent to a corner cell on a surface of a semiconductor chip, and electrode pads are formed on the respective input/output cells. The electrode pads are configured in a zigzag pad arrangement so as to form inner and outer pad arrays. However, of the electrode pads forming the inner pad array, those electrode pads in predetermined areas adjacent to the two sides of the corner cell are not disposed, such that an interconnect pattern of a carrier which is bump-bonded to the semiconductor chip and vias are prevented from becoming complex. | 09-27-2012 |
Masahito Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20120223651 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM - An illumination system includes a lighting apparatus having a solid-state light emitting element as a light source; and a dimmer including a bidirectional switching element having a self-sustaining function and connected to a serial circuit of the lighting apparatus and an external power source. The dimmer varies a conduction angle of the bidirectional switching element by controlling a phase of an AC voltage of the external power source, wherein the lighting apparatus performs dimming of the light source based on the conduction angle of the bidirectional switching element, and the dimmer continues to apply driving current to the bidirectional switching element during a first period, which is a part of a second period, the bidirectional switching element being allowed to conduct throughout the second period. | 09-06-2012 |
Masanori Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20130212605 | DISK DEVICE - There is provided a disk device that prevents entering of foreign matters, and that forms an opening/closing lid using an inclined surface of a front wall so that the disk device has a design according to which the thickness is not noticeable. A front wall | 08-15-2013 |
20130314857 | MUSIC REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A music reproduction apparatus in which a first reproduction unit that has a first retainer capable of retaining a first external audio source and a second reproduction unit that has a second retainer capable of retaining a second external audio source are arranged next to each other. The music reproduction apparatus includes an opening-closing door that covers the first reproduction unit and the second reproduction unit in an openable and closable manner. The second retainer is positioned at an accommodation position on the deeper side than the opening-closing door in the state covered by the opening-closing door. When the opening-closing door is moved to uncover the second retainer, the second retainer is drawn from the accommodation position to move to a draw out position. | 11-28-2013 |
20130326548 | DISC DEVICE - The disc device supplies a disc to each of the plurality of disc drives. The disc device includes a carrier which retains a plurality of discs being stacked in such a stacked state, which separates one disc from the retained plurality of discs above a tray ejected from an arbitrary one of the disc drives, and which places the separated disc on the tray. The carrier includes a plurality of claw portions holding the inner circumferential portion of the bottommost disc out of the plurality of discs, and a disc press pressing the topmost disc out of the plurality of discs so as to be in parallel to the disc placing face of the tray. | 12-05-2013 |
20130336098 | DISC DEVICE - A disc device with which the disc replacing time can further be suppressed includes a carrier which retains a plurality of discs in a stacked state, which supplies the retained plurality of discs to a plurality of disc drives, respectively, and which collects the supplied plurality of discs in a stacked state. The carrier is structured to retain a stacked object made up of a first plurality of discs collected from the plurality of disc drives and a second plurality of discs to be supplied next to the plurality of disc drives. | 12-19-2013 |
20140007144 | ROTARY ELEMENT ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE | 01-02-2014 |
20150074692 | DISC DEVICE - A disc device according to the present invention includes a plurality of magazines each having a tray that stores a plurality of discs, a plurality of disc drives that performs recording or reproducing of information on or from a disc, respectively, a picker that draws out the magazine tray from one magazine selected from the plurality of magazines and that conveys the magazine tray to a position near the plurality of disc drives, and a disc separating and supplying device that, at the position near the disc drives, holds the plurality of discs stored in the magazine tray, that separates at least one disc from the held plurality of discs, and that supplies the separated disc to the disc drive. | 03-12-2015 |
20150380043 | DISC DEVICE - A disc device according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of magazines each having a tray that stores a plurality of discs, a plurality of disc drives that performs recording or reproducing of information on or from a disc, respectively, a picker that draws out the magazine tray from one magazine selected from the plurality of magazines and that conveys the magazine tray to a position near the plurality of disc drives, and a disc separating and supplying device that, at the position near the disc drives, holds the plurality of discs stored in the magazine tray, that separates at least one disc from the held plurality of discs, and that supplies the separated disc to the disc drive. | 12-31-2015 |
Masato Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20110242265 | FIXING MECHANISM OF OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing mechanism of an optical scanning device, the optical scanning device emitting a light beam and performing a scanning, the optical scanning device further being fixed to a frame at an external part, the optical scanning device further including a housing, and the fixing mechanism including: a penetration hole provided in the frame; and a protruding pin provided at both ends of the housing thereby forming a plurality of protruding pins, wherein at least one of the plurality of protruding pins is insertable to the penetration hole formed in the frame; and a biasing member biasing the housing in a direction. | 10-06-2011 |
20130314485 | ATTACHMENT MECHANISM OF OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An attachment mechanism of an optical scanner includes a supporting structure with an opening and a fixing member. The fixing member positions and fixes the optical scanner with a positioning boss held by the opening. The fixing member includes an annular part having an outer circumference face fitted in the opening and an internal circumference face fitted on the positioning boss. One of the internal circumference face and an outer circumference face of the positioning boss includes a projection and another includes a depression for insertion of the projection. A top face of the projection and/or a bottom face of the depression slope(s) slanted from the circumference. By inserting the positioning boss in the opening, fitting the annular part in the opening, and turning the fixing member to narrow a gap between the top face and bottom face, the optical scanner is fixed to the supporting structure. | 11-28-2013 |
Mitsuhisa Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20110050111 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE - A light source device which is used as the backlight device and does not generate sound is provided. One or more flat substrates each having a light emitting element on its surface side are supported by a chassis having a conductive flat plate surface so that back surfaces of the substrates are opposed to the flat plate surface. The substrate comprises first wiring conductive thin films on a surface side of an insulation substrate, and one or more second radiating or wiring conductive thin films on a back surface side of the insulation substrate. Two terminals of the light emitting element are connected to the two adjacent first conductive thin films. A potential of at least one of the second conductive thin films is fixed to have a constant potential difference or preferably fixed to the same potential with respect to that of the flat plate surface of the chassis. | 03-03-2011 |
Rumi Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20160037233 | INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION - An information provision system provides a program-related information in parallel with broadcast of a television program. The system includes: a program-related information server; a television receiver; and a terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes: a display unit; a program-related information display controller for acquiring the program-related information, and for displaying the acquired program-related information in a first display region on the display unit; and a net information display controller for acquiring net information from a net information server, and for displaying the acquired net information in a second display region on the display unit. The net information display controller displays the net information in the second display region after a lapse of a predetermined delay time. | 02-04-2016 |
Ryota Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20150095481 | SERVER, ROUTER, RECEIVING TERMINAL, AND PROCESSING METHOD - A server according to the present disclosure includes: a converting unit that converts content data to enhance a real-time property, and creates a packet of the converted content data; and a server control unit that updates a routing table that describes processing for an interest packet, wherein when an interest packet for content including converted content data is received, the server control unit performs control of issuing an interest packet for original content data of the content which is to be converted, and when original content data to be processed is received from a CCN, the server control unit performs control of causing the original content data to be converted, a packet of the converted original content data to be created, and the packet of the converted original content data to be transmitted as a response packet for the interest packet for the content including the converted content data. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095483 | COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL, TRANSFER TERMINAL, AND CONTENT PUBLICATION METHOD - A communications terminal that forms CCN includes an original content obtaining unit configured to obtain original content including original blocks, a content editing unit configured to generate edited content including edited blocks from the original content, a name deciding unit configured to decide upon a name of the edited content and names of the edited blocks, and a publishing unit configured to publish the edited blocks and index information of the edited content. In the case where an edited block, among the edited blocks, has contents identical to contents of a corresponding one of the original blocks, the name deciding unit decides that the name of the original block is to be the name of the edited block. | 04-02-2015 |
Shigeo Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20100080037 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - Provided is a nonvolatile semiconductor device capable of performing writing operations of different resistance changes for memory cells having variable resistive elements whose resistive characteristics are changed by voltage applications, individually and simultaneously. The device comprises: a load resistive characteristic variable circuit for each bit line connected commonly with the memory cells on the same column for selecting one of two load resistive characteristics according to a first writing operation where the resistive characteristics of the variable resistive element to be written transit from a low resistance state to a high resistance state or a second writing operation where they transit reversely; and a writing voltage pulse application circuit for applying a first voltage pulse in a first writing operation and a second voltage pulse in a second writing operation to the memory cells to be written through the load resistive characteristic variable circuits and the bit limes. | 04-01-2010 |
20100172170 | VARIABLE RESISTIVE ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME, AND NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - Provided is a variable resistive element which performs high speed and low power consumption operation. The variable resistive element comprises a metal oxide layer between first and second electrodes wherein electrical resistance between the first and second electrodes reversibly changes in accordance with application of electrical stress across the first and second electrodes. The metal oxide layer has a filament, which is a current path where the density of a current flowing between the first and second electrodes locally increases. A portion including at least the vicinity of an interface between the certain electrode, which is one or both of the first and second electrodes, and the filament, on an interface between the certain electrode and the metal oxide layer is provided with an interface oxide which is an oxide of at least one element included in the certain electrode and different from the oxide of the metal oxide layer. | 07-08-2010 |
Takaaki Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20120180684 | BLASTING CARTRIDGE, BLASTING APPARATUS, AND BLASTING METHOD - A blasting cartridge includes a generally cylindrical blasting container, a blasting substance filled in the blasting container, a pair of leadwires contained in the blasting container, and a single thin metal wire connected to tip portions of the pair of leadwires. The leadwires and the thin metal wire are positioned within the blasting substance within the blasting container. The blasting substance is nitromethane, and the thin metal wire is formed of tungsten. With an electric discharge impact blasting apparatus, since the thin metal wire has a higher heating value than a copper wire because of its higher resistance and vaporizes at higher temperatures, it is possible to obtain a greater blasting force at lower voltages than with a blasting apparatus using a copper wire. | 07-19-2012 |
20130263753 | BLASTING APPARATUS - A blasting cartridge includes a generally cylindrical blasting container, a blasting substance filled in the blasting container, a pair of leadwires contained in the blasting container, and a single thin metal wire connected to tip portions of the pair of leadwires. The leadwires and the thin metal wire are positioned within the blasting substance within the blasting container. The blasting substance is nitromethane, and the thin metal wire is formed of tungsten. With an electric discharge impact blasting apparatus, since the thin metal wire has a higher heating value than a copper wire because of its higher resistance and vaporizes at higher temperatures, it is possible to obtain a greater blasting force at lower voltages than with a blasting apparatus using a copper wire. | 10-10-2013 |
Teruhito Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20090273429 | INDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - An inductor includes a flat substrate and a conductor in a spiral shape having a plurality of turns. The plane on which the conductor is formed is substantially in parallel with a principal surface of the substrate. The turns of the conductor are equally spaced from each other in a direction parallel to the plane on which the conductor is formed. An outer one of the turns of the conductor is wider and thinner than an inner one of the turns of the conductor. A level of at least one of a top and a bottom of the conductor differs from one turn to another in a cross section vertical to the plane on which the conductor is formed. | 11-05-2009 |
Toshiaki Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20100202555 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE - The present invention aims to provide a transmission device that, in a communication system using multilevel modulation with 2̂n levels (n being an integer greater than or equal to two), limits the run length to a predetermined value or less and guarantees DC balance. | 08-12-2010 |
20110205920 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication device according to the present invention includes: a receiving unit which receives a block transmitted by a communication device; a photocurrent measuring unit which measures a reception quality of the received block; a PHY rate determining unit which determines, based on the reception quality, a PHY rate that is used by the communication device for transmitting a next block; a block size control unit which determines, based on the measured reception quality, a block size; and a transmission unit which transmits feedback information including the determined PHY rate and the determined block size to the communication device, and the block size control unit determines the block size to be a value smaller than a maximum value of a block size that can be transmitted by the communication device, when a value indicating the reception quality of the block is within a predetermined range including a PHY rate threshold. | 08-25-2011 |
20120019674 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - The communication device can easily serve as an extended user interface such as a remote controller of a target apparatus without causing any complicated operations to a user. The communication device includes the following units. An apparatus information obtainment unit ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120171952 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A relay device ( | 07-05-2012 |
20120302166 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal apparatus that communicates with a mobile apparatus includes a near-field communication unit that receives time-of-day information from the mobile apparatus through near-field communication, a use history information generation unit that extracts operation information of the terminal apparatus, and generates use history information on the basis of the time-of-day information received by the near-field communication unit, the use history information including time-of-day information associated with the detected operation information and indicating the time of day at which the corresponding operation was performed, and a main memory that stores the generated use history information. | 11-29-2012 |
20120309311 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A repeater apparatus includes a network communication unit that acquires, from a server through a network, first terminal identification information for identifying a terminal to be controlled and control information for controlling the terminal to be controlled, a near-field communication unit that acquires, by near-field communication from the terminal, second terminal identification information for identifying the terminal and stored in the terminal, and a comparison unit that decides whether the first terminal identification information agrees with the second terminal identification information. The near-field communication unit transmits the control information to the terminal by near-field communication, in the case where the comparison unit decides that the first terminal identification information agrees with the second terminal identification information. | 12-06-2012 |
20120322374 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention provides a communication apparatus and a communication method that can easily indicate the position of the antenna incorporated in the communication apparatus to a user and can align the antenna of the communication apparatus with the antenna of an external device. A portable device ( | 12-20-2012 |
Toshiyuki Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20090007526 | Enveloping Device - An enveloping device ( | 01-08-2009 |
Yasuyuki Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20110248252 | ORGANIC EL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - An organic EL display element ( | 10-13-2011 |
20140139794 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device reducing display unevenness and image sticking even though employing a PSA polymerization step in which monomers are added to a liquid crystal layer. The liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates, at least one of the substrates including an alignment film and a structure consisting of an organic insulating material; a polymer layer that is formed on the alignment film to control the alignment of liquid crystal molecules; and a liquid crystal layer containing a liquid crystal material, the layer being placed between the pair of substrates, wherein the polymer layer is formed by polymerization of one or more kinds of radical polymerizable monomers contained in the liquid crystal layer, and at least one kind of the radical polymerizable monomers includes a structure which generates radicals through self-cleavage reaction by light irradiation and two or more radical polymerizable groups. | 05-22-2014 |
20150234236 | POLYMER FOR ALIGNMENT FILMS, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are: a polymer for alignment films, which enables the production of a liquid crystal display device that is suppressed in image burn-in even if the light irradiation time is reduced; and a liquid crystal display device which is suppressed in image burn-in even if the light irradiation time is reduced. A polymer for alignment films, which has a main chain and a side chain that contains a structure represented by chemical formula —O—C(C | 08-20-2015 |
Yuji Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20100128441 | ARC DISCHARGE DEVICE - [Object] To incorporate more semiconductor elements in a small-sized lightweight power semiconductor module provided in an arc discharge device. | 05-27-2010 |
Yuki Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20100127387 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE | 05-27-2010 |
Yuzo Ohnishi, Osaka JP
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20100284719 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first and second ejection portions, a first and second conveying paths, a branch portion connecting the first conveying path with the second conveying path, a switching member movable between a first and second positions, a drive unit that moves the switching member from the first position to the second position or vice versa, a reference position setting unit setting the reference position of the switching member in an initial state, and a control unit controlling the drive unit such that the switching member in the initial state is positioned at the reference position set by the unit. | 11-11-2010 |
20130127111 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a first and second ejection portions, a first and second conveying paths, a branch portion connecting the first conveying path with the second conveying path, a switching member movable between a first and second positions, a drive unit that moves the switching member from the first position to the second position or vice versa, a reference position setting unit setting the reference position of the switching member in an initial state, and a control unit controlling the drive unit such that the switching member in the initial state is positioned at the reference position set by the unit. | 05-23-2013 |