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20090127978 | Film bulk acoustic wave resonator, its fabrication method and film bulk acoustic wave resonator filter using the resonator - The film bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a laminate structure composed of a piezoelectric layer, and first and second electrode layers interposing at least part of the piezoelectric layer, in which the first metal electrode is dispersively formed on an electrode plane facing the second metal electrode, and a gap is formed in a substrate correspondingly to the laminate-structured resonance part. Except for an area of a wire electrode electrically connected to the first electrode layer and an area of a wire electrode electrically connected to the second electrode layer, the piezoelectric layer, first electrode layer and second electrode layer do not come in contact with the insulating substrate but are supported on a hollow. Also, a prop is formed in the gap to support the laminate structure. | 05-21-2009 |
20090295508 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE AND HIGH-FREQUENCY FILTER USING THE SAME - Boundary acoustic wave devices are both compact and possess excellent temperature stability. Yet these devices have the drawback that the Q value cannot be raised, and a high cost thin-film technology is required. This invention provides a boundary acoustic wave device possessing excellent Q value along with a low cost. A boundary acoustic wave device including a film whose main ingredient is aluminum at a thickness hm, and a shorting reflector (thickness hr) and a IDT with an electrode finger period of lambda, are patterned onto the surface of a theta YX-LN single crystalline piezoelectric substrate; and a silicon oxide film with a thickness h | 12-03-2009 |
20110037343 | Elastic Wave Device - In a boundary elastic wave resonator formed with a cross finger type transducer (IDT) of a wave length λ of a boundary elastic wave, a silicon oxide film, and an aluminum nitride film above a surface of a θYX-LN single-crystal piezoelectric substrate having a predetermined cut angle θ, a film thickness h | 02-17-2011 |
20110148257 | THIN FILM TUNING-FORK TYPE INFLECTION RESONATOR AND ELECTRIC SIGNAL PROCESSING ELEMENT - A compact resonator has a wide bandwidth and a small variation of the specific vibration frequency. The resonator is a thin film tuning-fork type inflection resonator in which a thin film made of a piezoelectric material is formed on a substrate on which a lower electrode is formed, and an upper electrode is formed on the piezoelectric thin film. | 06-23-2011 |
20110181154 | Thin film piezoelectric vibrator, thin film piezoelectric bulk acoustic wave resonator, and radio-frequency filter using such resonator - A thin film piezoelectric bulk acoustic wave resonator has a multilayer structure including a piezoelectric thin film, a first metal electrode film, and a second metal electrode film. At least a part of the piezoelectric thin film is interposed between the first and second metal electrodes. A resonance part and a connection part are formed on an insulating substrate as films by a thin film forming apparatus. The resonance part vibrates in radial extension mode with a center of the piezoelectric thin film used as a node, the piezoelectric thin film of two resonance parts is polarized in a direction perpendicular to a film surface, and a width of the connection part is one-fourth or less of a width of two resonance parts. | 07-28-2011 |
20110304243 | Thin-Film Piezoelectric Acoustic Wave Resonator and High-Frequency Filter - A thin-film piezoelectric acoustic wave resonator that has a large k2, can trap acoustic energy in a resonating part, does not excite spurious resonance, or can finely adjust resonance frequency and a high-frequency filter using the thin-film piezoelectric acoustic wave resonator are provided without increasing the number of processes. At both ends of a vibrating part ( | 12-15-2011 |
20130020880 | Energy Storage Circuit - An energy storage circuit includes a first capacitor connected with a power generating element via a first diode and a second capacitor connected with the power generating element via a second diode and a switch. The conduction state of the switch is controlled using the potential difference between its second and third electrodes (driving voltage V). The driving voltage when the switch enters its conductive state is higher than the driving voltage when the switch enters its non-conductive state. | 01-24-2013 |
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20080301164 | STORAGE SYSTEM, STORAGE CONTROLLER AND DATA COMPRESSION METHOD - Provided are a storage system, a storage controller and a data compression method that will not deteriorate the performance of a storage system by adjusting the compression processing time required for compressing data. This storage controller includes a statistical information management unit for managing a throughput value decided based on statistical information of previously compressed file data as a system performance value, a mode setting unit for setting a compression mode of either a system performance priority mode that terminates compression of the file data and gives priority to system performance or a compression priority mode that gives priority to compression of the file data based on a comparison between a system performance target value preset as a target value and the system performance value, and a compression controller for compressing the file data based on the compression mode set with the mode setting unit. | 12-04-2008 |
20100057948 | Storage control apparatus - A storage control apparatus capable of reducing a power consumption in network port units, including a host communication control unit | 03-04-2010 |
20110153884 | Storage system provided with function for detecting write completion - It is an object to prevent a processing speed of the storage system provided with a function for detecting a write completion of data from being reduced. | 06-23-2011 |
20110225131 | STORAGE SYSTEM, STORAGE CONTROLLER AND DATA COMPRESSION METHOD - Provided are a storage system, a storage controller and a data compression method that will not deteriorate the performance of a storage system by adjusting the compression processing time required for compressing data. This storage controller includes a statistical information management unit for managing a throughput value decided based on statistical information of previously compressed file data as a system performance value, a mode setting unit for setting a compression mode of either a system performance priority mode that terminates compression of the file data and gives priority to system performance or a compression priority mode that gives priority to compression of the file data based on a comparison between a system performance target value preset as a target value and the system performance value, and a compression controller for compressing the file data based on the compression mode set with the mode setting unit. | 09-15-2011 |
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20090091284 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A P-range side delimiting position of a movable range of a range change mechanism is learned by rotating a motor to a corresponding rotational position, which corresponds to the P-range side delimiting position. A climb correction amount is set for a learning value of the P-range side delimiting position to correct the learning value of the P-range side delimiting position in view of presence of a relatively small angle of rotation of the motor beyond the corresponding rotational position, which corresponds to the P-range side delimiting position. The climb correction amount is set according to motor temperature information, which is one of a temperature of the motor and a temperature that relates to the temperature of the motor. | 04-09-2009 |
20090108791 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - At an initial drive operation after turning on of an electric power source, an ECU sequentially changes each current exciting phase among multiple phases through one complete cycle at a predetermined time schedule, so that a rotational position of a rotor and the corresponding exciting phase coincide with each other at some timing during the initial drive operation, and thereby the rotor is rotated. The ECU counts the A-phase signal and the B-phase signal during the rotation of the rotor in the initial drive operation and learns a relationship among a count value of the A-phase signal and the B-phase signal, a rotational position of the rotor and each exciting one of the plurality of phases at an end of the initial drive operation. When the ECU determines that a result of the learning is erroneous, the ECU re-executes the learning by re-executing the initial drive operation. | 04-30-2009 |
20150034032 | VALVE TIMING ADJUSTING DEVICE - In a valve timing adjusting device, a vane rotor includes a second supply oil passage connectable to a first supply oil passage of a second shaft. A check valve is provided between the vane rotor and the second shaft, and permits a flow from the first supply oil passage toward the second supply oil passage and prevents a flow from the second supply oil passage toward the first supply oil passage. A fixing unit is provided between the check valve and the second shaft, and fixes the check valve between the fixing unit and the vane rotor. The fixing unit includes a third supply oil passage which connects the first supply oil passage and the second supply oil passage. A filter is provided for the fixing unit and can capture foreign substances flowing through the third supply oil passage. | 02-05-2015 |
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20120031219 | Remote-controlled actuator - A remote controlled actuator includes a spindle ( | 02-09-2012 |
20120043100 | Remote-controlled work robot - A remote controlled work robot including a remote controlled actuator and a support device therefor. The remote controlled actuator includes a spindle guide section of an elongated configuration, a distal end member fitted to a distal end of the spindle guide section through a distal end member coupling structure for alteration in attitude, and a drive unit housing connected with a base end of the spindle guide section. The distal end member rotatably supports a spindle for holding a tool. The support device includes a single degree-of-freedom system, in which the remote controlled actuator has a degree of freedom in one direction, or a multi-degrees-of-freedom system, in which the remote controlled actuator has a two or more degrees of freedom relative to a base on which the support device is installed. A drive source and is also provided for driving the degree-of-freedom system. | 02-23-2012 |
20120152045 | REMOTE-CONTROLLED ACTUATOR - A remote control actuator includes a spindle guide section ( | 06-21-2012 |
20120240694 | FLEXIBLE WIRE - A flexible wire assembly of a compact structure that can transmit the torque for a high speed rotation even in a bent condition is provided. The flexible wire assembly (A) includes a flexible outer tube ( | 09-27-2012 |
20120255750 | REMOTE-CONTROLLED ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY - A remote-controlled actuator assembly includes a distal end member fitted to a tip end of a spindle guide section for alteration in attitude, a tool rotatably provided in the distal end member, a tool rotation drive source for rotating the tool, and an attitude altering drive source for operating the attitude of the distal end member. The spindle guide section has a rotary shaft for transmitting a rotation of the tool rotation drive source to the spindle and an attitude altering member to alter the attitude of the distal end member. The attitude altering drive source includes a reduction unit to reduce a speed of input rotation from the attitude altering drive source, a motion converter mechanism to convert a rotational output from the reduction unit to advance/retraction motion, and an output member to cause the attitude altering member to advance/retract according to an output of the motion converter mechanism. | 10-11-2012 |
20130055843 | LINK ACTUATION DEVICE - An output member is connected with an input member through three sets of link mechanisms for alteration in attitude. The link mechanism includes end portion link mechanisms on an input side and an output side, respectively, and an intermediate link member. The link mechanism is such that a geometric model of each of the link members expressed by lines represents such a shape as an input side portion and an output side portion relative to a center of the intermediate link member are symmetrical with each other. By actuating two or more sets of the link mechanisms by means of a link mechanism drive source, the attitude of the output member is controlled. Through the inside of an arrangement of the link mechanisms, a flexible wire is provided for transmitting a rotational force in a direction of arrangement of the input and output members. | 03-07-2013 |
20130184863 | REMOTE CONTROLLED ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY - An actuator main body ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130192420 | LINK ACTUATING DEVICE - A link actuating device connects an output member to an input member through three or more link mechanisms for alteration in posture. Each of the link mechanisms includes end portion link members on input and output sides, and an intermediate link member. The link mechanisms are of such shapes that geometric models representing the link members by straight lines are such that input and output side portions are symmetrical to each other relative to an intermediate portion of each of the intermediate link members. Immobilizing mechanisms are provided in all of the link mechanisms to immobilize the output member in an arbitrary attitude relative to the input member. A structure body is provided to connect the input and output member to each other while being in contact with contacted portions formed in the input and output member. | 08-01-2013 |
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20090117383 | Titanium Oxide, Conductive Titanium Oxide, and Processes for Producing These - Titanium dioxide and an electro-conductive titanium oxide which each includes particles having a large major-axis length in a large proportion and comprises columnar particles having a satisfactory particle size distribution. A titanium compound, an alkali metal compound, and an oxyphosphorus compound are heated/fired in the presence of titanium dioxide nucleus crystals having an aspect ratio of 2 or higher to grow the titanium dioxide nucleus crystals. Subsequently, a titanium compound, an alkali metal compound, and an oxyphosphorus compound are further added and heated/fired in the presence of the grown titanium dioxide nucleus crystals. Thus, titanium dioxide is produced which comprises columnar particles having a weight-average major-axis length of 7.0-15.0 μm and in which particles having a major-axis length of 10 μm or longer account for 15 wt. % or more of all the particles. A solution of a tin compound and a solution of compounds of antimony, phosphorus, etc. are added to a suspension obtained by suspending the titanium dioxide. The particles are sedimented. Subsequently, the product obtained is heated/fired to produce an electro-conductive titanium oxide which comprises the titanium dioxide and an electro-conductive coating formed on the surface thereof. | 05-07-2009 |
20120288711 | TITANIUM OXIDE, CONDUCTIVE TITANIUM OXIDE, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THESE - Titanium dioxide which includes particles having a large major-axis length in a large proportion and comprises columnar particles having a satisfactory particle size distribution. A titanium compound, an alkali metal compound, and an oxyphosphorus compound are heated/fired in the presence of titanium dioxide nucleus crystals having an aspect ratio of 2 or higher to grow the titanium dioxide nucleus crystals. Subsequently, a titanium compound, an alkali metal compound, and an oxyphosphorus compound are further added and heated/fired in the presence of the grown titanium dioxide nucleus crystals. Thus, titanium dioxide is produced which comprises columnar particles having a weight-average major-axis length of 7.0-15.0 μm and in which particles having a major-axis length of 10 μm or longer account for 15 wt. % or more of all the particles. | 11-15-2012 |
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20090090963 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A plurality of memory cells each constituted of a memory cell transistor having a gate electrode in a laminated structure composed of a charge storage layer and a control gate layer and a select transistor having source/drain diffusion layers while one of the source/drain diffusion layers is shared by the memory cell transistor are arranged in and on a semiconductor substrate. The impurity concentration of the source/drain diffusion layer shared by the memory cell transistor and the select transistor in each of the plurality of memory cells is set lower than the impurity concentration of the other source/drain diffusion layers in each of the memory cells. | 04-09-2009 |
20100068857 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SAME - A semiconductor device in which a channel region of MOS transistor is provided not to include a non-flat active region end portion and a manufacturing method thereof is disclosed. According to one aspect, there is provided a semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, a device isolation separating active region, wherein at least a portion of the device isolation is provided in the semiconductor substrate, and a memory cell including a memory cell transistor that comprises a channel region separated by a slit and constituted of a flat active region alone, a charge storage layer provided on a gate dielectric on the channel region, and a first gate electrode provided on an inter-electrode dielectric so as to cover the charge storage layer, and a select transistor that comprises a second gate electrode provided on the gate dielectric on the active region and electrically connected to a wiring. | 03-18-2010 |
20110031549 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A memory includes active areas and an isolation on a semiconductor substrate. A tunnel dielectric film is on active areas. Floating gates include lower gate parts and upper gate parts. An upper gate part has a larger width than that of a lower gate part on a cross section perpendicular to an extension direction of an active area, and is provided on the lower gate part. An intermediate dielectric film is on an upper surface and a side surface of each floating gate. The control gate is on an upper surface and a side surface of each floating gate via the intermediate dielectric film. A height of a lower end of each control gate from a surface of the semiconductor substrate is lower than a height of an interface between the upper gate part and the lower gate part from the surface of the semiconductor substrate. | 02-10-2011 |
20110205810 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor storage device includes a first well region of a first conductivity type, a second well region of the first conductivity type, a third well region of a second conductivity type, a bit line and a column decoder. A first cell array including a plurality of memory cells is formed in the first well region. A second cell array including a plurality of memory cells is formed in the second well region. The third well region includes the first and second well regions. The bit line is connected to the memory cells included in the first cell array and the memory cells included in the second cell array. The column decoder is connected to the bit line. | 08-25-2011 |
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20110190427 | Non-aqueous inkjet ink and ink set - A non-aqueous inkjet ink includes a polyvinyl chloride resin synthesized by a suspension polymerization method or an emulsion polymerization method and has blended therein a radical polymerization inhibitor for preventing the polyvinyl chloride resin from gelling in a short period and causing a discharge fault, clogging, etc. With an ink set, at least one of inks of respective colors of at least cyan, magenta, yellow, and black is the non-aqueous inkjet ink. | 08-04-2011 |
20140113996 | NON-AQUEOUS INKJET INK AND INK SET - A non-aqueous inkjet ink includes a polyvinyl chloride resin synthesized by a suspension polymerization method or an emulsion polymerization method, an organic solvent that is a mixed solvent including diethylene glycol ethyl methyl ether, diethylene glycol diethyl ether, and diethylene glycol monoethyl ether in which the polyvinyl chloride resin is dissolved. This inkjet ink also includes a pigment, and a radical polymerization inhibitor. The radical polymerization inhibitor prevents the polyvinyl chloride resin from gelling in a short period and causing a discharge fault, clogging, etc. An ink set of inkjet inks includes a combination of the non-aqueous inkjet inks above having respective colors and including at least a cyan ink, a magenta ink, a yellow ink, and a black ink. | 04-24-2014 |
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20110020879 | REACTION DEVICE, REACTION METHOD AND METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING cDNA - The present invention provides a device and a method whereby plural kinds of reaction operations and washing operations can be conducted in parallel without washing or replacing an instrument used in transferring a solution and the like in each operation. A reaction device having a plurality of projecting barriers provided in a line on one surface of a substrate, wherein the projecting barrier has at least one cutoff portion and an inner space capable of holding a droplet, and at least the face holding the droplets of the substrate surface has a contact angle to pure water of from 90 to 150 degrees. A reaction method using the above reaction device wherein a substance immobilized on magnetic beads is sequentially transferred in and between droplets of a solution containing a surface tension reducing agent that are held in the spaces for holding a droplet defined by the above-described projecting barriers by means of a magnet located on the opposite surface of the substrate to the surface having the projecting barriers to thereby conduct reactions and washings. | 01-27-2011 |
20110117609 | Homologous Recombination Method, Cloning Method, and Kit - Disclosed is a method which can achieve the homologous recombination of a gene of interest selectively. Also disclosed is a recombinant DNA molecule produced by the method. Specifically disclosed is a homologous recombination method which uses a PCR product and a linearized vector. The PCR product comprises a sequence for a target gene and amplification primer sequences P | 05-19-2011 |
20130023009 | METHOD FOR SPECIFICALLY PRODUCING A JOINED DNA FRAGMENT COMPRISING A SEQUENCE DERIVED FROM A TARGET GENE - Provided is a method for selectively obtaining, for a given target gene, a “joined DNA fragment” wherein just a target gene fragment is joined with desired other DNA fragments, regardless of whether a DNA fragment containing a target gene sequence has been purified. In the provided method, a double-stranded joining DNA fragment containing a sequence A and/or a sequence B is selectively joined to the ends of a target gene fragment. A mixture of a double-stranded gene fragment, the 3′ end of which is protruding, and the double-stranded joining DNA fragment, which are related in a prescribed manner, undergoes at least two cycles of thermal denaturation, reassociation, and DNA synthesis, resulting in a “joined DNA fragment,” which is a double-stranded DNA fragment including at least one instance of a sequence resulting from joining sequence A, the target gene sequence, and sequence B. A “single-side joined DNA fragment” can also be obtained, by a similar method. | 01-24-2013 |
20130029325 | FLUORESCENT PROBE FOR PLASMA CELL IDENTIFICATION AND ISOLATION, AND PLASMA CELL IDENTIFICATION OR ISOLATION METHOD USING THE PROBE - A method which can isolate plasma cells and plasmablasts efficiently and with high purity, from mammals and birds, without using a cell surface marker is provided. | 01-31-2013 |
20140031528 | METHOD FOR SELECTING PLASMA CELLS OR PLASMABLASTS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TARGET ANTIGEN SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES, AND NOVEL MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES - [Problem] To provide a method that efficiently produces antigen-specific monoclonal antibodies from a wide range of animal species, and to provide a new antigen-specific monoclonal antibody using this technique. [Solution] A nonhuman animal is immunized with a target antigen, lymph fluid or the like is collected from the immunized nonhuman animal, or lymph fluid or the like is collected from a human having antibodies to the target antigen, the collected lymph fluid or the like is combined with (1) a labeled target antigen and (2) a marker that can selectively binds to plasma cells and/or plasmablasts, and cells that have bound to (1) the labeled target antigen and (2) the marker are then selected. The plasma cells and or the plasmablasts that have specifically bound to the target antigen by the method are selected, an gene of an antibody for the target antigen is collected from the selected cells, the base sequence thereof is identified, an antibody or antibody fragment is prepared on the basis of the base sequence of the identified gene, and an antibody or antibody fragment specific to the target antigen is produced. | 01-30-2014 |
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20090021892 | Aluminum Plate For Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor Electrode, Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor, and Method For Manufacturing Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor - An aluminum plate having an aluminum purity of not less than 99.98% by mass and an Fe content of 5 to 50 ppm with the balance consisting of unavoidable impurities is used to realize increased capacitance of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, reduced height, and improved high frequency characteristics. In this aluminum plate, the total content of Fe in crystal/precipitate is 1 to 50% based on the original content, and the thickness of the aluminum plate is 0.2 to 1 mm. In the formation of a capacitor anode, the aluminum plate is subjected to alternate current etching so as to leave a core part having an average thickness of 50 to 150 μm in the center part in the thickness-wise direction to increase the surface area, followed by anodic oxidation. | 01-22-2009 |
20090303661 | ALUMINUM ELECTRODE PLATE FOR ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - This invention provides an aluminum electrode plate for an electrolytic capacitor, which, even when the thickness of an etching layer is large, can realize a high level of impregnation of a solid electrolyte and can reduce ESR of a capacitor. An aluminum plate having an aluminum purity of not less than 99.98% by mass is etched to form an etching layer having a depth of 70 μm or above. When a plane cross section of a position deeper than 20 μm from the surface in the etching layer is measured with an image analyzer, for each measured face, not less than 70% of the total number of pits within the measured face is accounted for by pits having a diameter of 0.01 to 1 μm φ; in terms of equivalent circle diameter. The aluminum plate has an aluminum purity of not less than 99.98% by mass and comprises 5 to 50 ppm of Fe and 5 to 40 ppm of Cu with the balance consisting of inevitable impurities. The aluminum plate further contains 1×10 | 12-10-2009 |
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20090277557 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - The present invention provides a pneumatic tire that inhibits any fatigue rupture at an edge portion of a circumferential-direction reinforcing belt layer and also inhibits any separation at an edge portion of crossed belt layers. In the pneumatic tire, at least two crossed belt layers are disposed on the outer circumferential side of a carcass layer in a tread portion. At least one circumferential-direction reinforcing belt layer with a width smaller than those of the crossed belt layers is disposed between the crossed belt layers. Moreover, a stress relaxation layer of a rubber composition having a fixed thickness is disposed between the crossed belt layers while lying adjacent to an edge portion of and outside, in the width directions of, the circumferential-direction reinforcing belt layer. | 11-12-2009 |
20100032072 | METHOD OF PRODUCING PNEUMATIC TIRE - Provided is a method of producing a pneumatic tire, which makes it possible to prevent, in forming a circumferential reinforcement layer by using a jointless material including one or more steel cords coated with rubber, occurrence of air pockets caused by variation in positions of wrapping of the jointless material. The method of producing a pneumatic tire includes forming a circumferential reinforcement layer in a way that while being oriented in the tire circumferential direction, a jointless material is wrapped helically in the tire axial direction around the outer peripheral side of a carcass layer in a tread portion, the jointless material including one or a plurality of steel cords coated with rubber. In the method, a lateral cross-sectional shape of the jointless material is formed substantially as a parallelogram, and a range of an inclination angle α of the parallelogram is set to 5°≦α≦20°. | 02-11-2010 |
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20100110178 | IMAGE TAKING SYSTEM AND LENS APPARATUS - An image taking system comprises a distance calculator | 05-06-2010 |
20110044676 | IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM HAVING RANGING FUNCTION - The image pickup system includes a ranging part measuring object distances in plural ranging areas in an image pickup region in a state where the image pickup system and a moving object are in movement with respect to a still object, a first setting part setting, among the plural ranging areas, a first ranging area including the moving object, a second setting part setting, among the plural ranging areas, a second ranging area including the still object. The system further includes a calculating part calculating a moving speed of the moving object based on the object distances measured in the first and second ranging areas by the ranging part at a first time point and the object distances measured in the first and second ranging areas by the ranging part at a second time point different from the first time point. | 02-24-2011 |
20110158627 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING FOCUS OPERATING APPARATUS AND FOCUS CONTROL METHOD - Provided is an image pickup apparatus including a lens apparatus and a focus operating apparatus. The lens apparatus includes a focus lens unit, a focus driving unit for driving the focus lens unit, and a drive control unit controlling to drive the focus driving unit and having a autofocus function. The focus operating apparatus includes a manual focus (MF) operating unit for manual focus adjustment and an MF command unit for outputting a command value based on an operation amount of the MF operating unit. When the MF operating unit is in operation, the drive control unit controls the focus driving unit based on the command value from the MF command unit. When the MF operating unit is not in operation, the drive control unit controls the focus driving unit to perform autofocus adjustment. | 06-30-2011 |
20110293255 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus comprising: a lens apparatus having: an image pickup optical system including a focus lens unit and a zoom lens unit; a zoom state detector; and a controller; a camera apparatus having: a light receiving unit; and an image display unit; an AF frame operation unit; and a distance measuring unit installed with a parallax with respect to an optical axis of the image pickup optical system, in which the controller is configured to: select, from among measured distances obtained by the distance measuring unit, a measured distance obtained in an angle of field of the AF frame, based on a position of the zoom lens unit detected by the zoom state detector and a position of the AF frame set in the display; and perform the focusing by driving the focus lens unit based on the selected measured distance. | 12-01-2011 |
20120044397 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS - A focus detection apparatus includes: a photoelectric conversion unit of a charge accumulation type, including a plurality of sensors; an accumulation controller for controlling charge accumulation of the photoelectric conversion unit; an accumulation time measuring unit for measuring accumulation time; a correction computing unit for performing correction computing of a photoelectric conversion signal; and a focus detection computing unit for performing focus detection computing. The accumulation controller detects a signal of accumulation completion in a first sensor of the plurality of sensors, and then forces sensors except the first sensor to terminate the charge accumulation. The correction computing unit performs the correction computing of the photoelectric conversion signal based on first accumulation time that is accumulation time of the first sensor and second accumulation time that is different from the first accumulation time. | 02-23-2012 |
20120169917 | AUTOMATIC FOCUSING APPARATUS AS WELL AS LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM INCLUDING THE AUTOMATIC FOCUSING APPARATUS - An automatic focusing apparatus includes: a first focus detector that detects a first focus evaluation value based on a phase difference; a second focus detector that detects a second focus evaluation value using a signal from an image pickup element; a focusing mechanism; a focus controller that controls the focusing mechanism based on the first focus evaluation value obtained by the first focus detector and the second focus evaluation value obtained by the second focus detector; and a speed setting unit that sets, in a process obtaining an in-focus state by using the focus controller, a driving speed for the focus controller to drive the focusing mechanism based on a first data detected by the first focus detector and the second focus evaluation value. | 07-05-2012 |
20130188092 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus comprising: a lens apparatus having: an image pickup optical system including a focus lens unit and a zoom lens unit; a zoom state detector; and a controller; a camera apparatus having: a light receiving unit; and an image display unit; an AF frame operation unit; and a distance measuring unit installed with a parallax with respect to an optical axis of the image pickup optical system, in which the controller is configured to: select, from among measured distances obtained by the distance measuring unit, a measured distance obtained in an angle of field of the AF frame, based on a position of the zoom lens unit detected by the zoom state detector and a position of the AF frame set in the display; and perform the focusing by driving the focus lens unit based on the selected measured distance. | 07-25-2013 |
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20110195408 | Labeling Dye for Detecting Biomolecule, Labeling Kit, and Method for Detecting Biomolecule - A labeling dye of the present invention includes a coloring portion comprising an organic EL-dye, a bonding portion to be bonded with a biomolecule and a spacer portion for linking the coloring portion and the bonding portion. The present invention provides a high incorporation ratio and also high fluorescence intensity in solid state. | 08-11-2011 |
20130335817 | MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCE MICROSCOPE - Provided is a multiple light source microscope which is capable of performing not only electron image observation but also fluorescence image observation, fluoroscopic image observation and the like for the same biological tissue sample, and is provided with a plurality of observation-use light sources. Disclosed is this multiple light source microscope configured by: an optical microscope unit for observing fluorescence, provided with a light source unit; and a scanning electron microscope unit, wherein the optical microscope has a Cassegrain mirror with an aspherical reflecting surface, and the Cassegrain mirror is arranged in a lens barrel of the scanning microscope unit so as to be coaxial with an optical axis of an electron beam of the scanning electron microscope unit. | 12-19-2013 |
20140206872 | FLUORESCENT DYE - There is provided a fluorescent dye which can improve the fluorescent intensity at the time of labeling to thereby detect a biomolecule with higher sensitivity. The fluorescent dye of the present invention includes a nitrogen cation-containing group or a nitrogen-containing group. Its high water solubility can improve the rate of labeling for a biomolecule to thereby detect a biomolecule with high sensitivity. | 07-24-2014 |
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20090016354 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A compact, energy-saving and dynamic reconfigurable information processing apparatus achieving high-performance server services for application layers such as databases. Multiple PE matrices are formed in the dynamic reconfigurable processor of an apparatus containing that DRP. A scheduling unit is mounted in the packet I/O for deciding which PE matrix will process subsequent packets while one PE matrix is processing the first packet. When the second packet must be processed based on the same configuration information as the first packet, and the third packet must be processed based on configuration information different from the first packet, the scheduling unit makes the second packet wait until processing of the first packet is complete, and then gives priority to the third packet for processing in the second PE matrix. | 01-15-2009 |
20090094353 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus equipped with a many-core processor providing a VOD service having a fast playing response speed with a small size and power saving and an information processing system. In the information processing apparatus equipped with a many-core processor configuring an operation matrix that performs a reconfiguration for each packet based on a communication state, the functions and wirings of the operation matrix are reconfigured so that data is transmitted in a wideband transmission process when a transmitted data amount is smaller than a preset threshold value and the data is transmitted in a narrowband transmission process when the transmitted data amount is larger than the threshold value by comparing the transmitted data amount obtained by counting a transmission data amount of a transmission byte counter with the threshold value in a transmission amount/time determining unit and changing a communication state in a wideband/narrowband transmission state changing unit according to the comparison result. | 04-09-2009 |
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20120040499 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE, METHOD FOR ENCAPSULATING SEMICONDUCTOR, AND SOLVENT-BORNE SEMICONDUCTOR ENCAPSULATING EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a novel method for manufacturing a semiconductor package, which can suppress the formation of voids in an encapsulating resin. Specifically disclosed is a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package, which comprises: (1) a step wherein a first member, which is selected from a group consisting of semiconductor chips and circuit boards, is coated with solvent borne semiconductor encapsulating epoxy resin composition that essentially contains (A) an epoxy resin, (B) a phenol novolac resin in such an amount that the mole number of phenolic hydroxyl groups is 0.8-1.2 times the mole number of epoxy groups in the component (A), (C) a curing accelerator and (D) a solvent: (2) a step wherein the coated composition is dried by volatilizing the solvent therefrom; and (3) a step wherein the first member and a second member, which is selected from a group consisting of semiconductor chips and circuit boards to form, together with the first member, a semiconductor chip/circuit board pair or a semiconductor chip/semiconductor chip pair, are thermally compression bonded with each other with the coated and dried composition interposed therebetween. | 02-16-2012 |
20120308831 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION - A low temperature curable epoxy resin composition which comprises: an epoxy component that contains an epoxy compound having per molecule at least two epoxy groups and that is liquid at 25° C.; an aromatic amine based curing agent that contains an aromatic amine compound having per molecule at least two amino groups directly bonded to the aromatic ring and that is liquid at 25° C.; and Mg(II) acetylacetonate as a cure accelerator. The composition, which contains a novel cure accelerator using a metal complex, exhibits high stability at room temperature while lowering a cure temperature or shortening a cure time. | 12-06-2012 |
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20120042740 | LINEAR MOTION MECHANISM AND ROBOT - To provide a linear motion mechanism and a robot in which when a magnetic joint is disengaged, the joint relation of the magnetic joint can be easily restored. A linear motion mechanism includes a movable part that receives a reaction force from a guild disposed in one axis direction, and moves along the guide, a sliding part that slides along the guides, a magnetic joint that magnetically joins the movable part to the sliding part, and a restoration member that restores a joint relation between the movable part and the sliding part. | 02-23-2012 |
20130041509 | ARTICULATED ARM ROBOT, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An articulated arm robot includes a support part capable of extending and contracting upward and downward, a first arm part with one end joined to the support part through a first joint to be rotatable about a yaw axis and having a second joint rotatable about a roll axis between both ends, a second arm part with one end joined to the other end of the first arm part through a third joint to be rotatable about the yaw axis or a pitch axis, an end effector part joined to the other end of the second arm part through a fourth joint to be rotatable about the yaw axis or the pitch axis, and drivers that respectively cause the first to fourth joints to rotate and the support part to extend and contract, and a controller that performs drive control of the drivers of the first to fourth joints by switching the arm between a SCARA mode where the first, second and third arm parts rotate only in a horizontal plane and a perpendicular mode where the second and third arm parts rotate only in a vertical plane. | 02-14-2013 |
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20090180754 | INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An information recording/reproducing apparatus includes a registration unit that registers scheduling information to periodically record information; a recording unit that records the information on a recording medium based on the scheduling information; a reproduction unit that reproduces the information recorded on the recording medium; a deletion unit that deletes the information according to a deletion instruction from the recording medium; and an erasure unit that erases, when the number of times of reproducing the information according to the deletion instruction is zero, the scheduling information associated with the information from the registration unit. | 07-16-2009 |
20090185787 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS - An information recording apparatus includes a registration unit that registers scheduling information to schedule single recording of information provided periodically; a recording unit that records the information on a recording medium based on the registered scheduling information; a counting unit that counts the number of times of registering the scheduling information of the information; a determination unit that determines whether the number of times of registering the scheduling information of the information exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and a registering unit that generates, when the number of times of registering the scheduling information of the information exceeds the predetermined threshold value, repeated scheduling information to enable the recording unit to periodically and repeatedly record the information, and registers the repeated scheduling information in the registration unit. | 07-23-2009 |
20120076470 | CONTENT PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A content processing method includes receiving content and recording the content in a recording apparatus, recording first information to indicate a first period in which the content is displayed on a display apparatus and a second period in which the content is not displayed on the display apparatus during a period in which the content is recorded, in accordance with the content, and displaying, on the display apparatus, a selection screen which is provided to select any one of the first period and/or the second period as an objective for performing any one of a plurality of processes including a deleting process for deleting a part of the content or a writing process for writing a part of the content on a recording medium with respect to a part of the recorded content, by using the first information. | 03-29-2012 |
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20100163119 | MASS FLOW METER AND MASS FLOW CONTROLLER - In order to improve a measurement accuracy of a mass flow meter, the mass flow meter comprises a flow rate calculating section that obtains an output signal from a sensor section having a thermosensitive resistive element arranged in a flow channel where a sample gas flows and that calculates a flow rate of the sample gas, a pressure measuring section that measures a primary side pressure in the flow channel, and a flow rate correcting section that corrects the measured flow rate obtained by the flow rate calculating section by the use of the primary side pressure obtained by the pressure measuring section and a gas coefficient determined by an isobaric specific heat of the sample gas. | 07-01-2010 |
20100229965 | MASS FLOW METER, MASS FLOW CONTROLLER, MASS FLOW METER SYSTEM AND MASS FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM CONTAINING THE MASS FLOW METER AND THE MASS FLOW CONTROLLER - An object of this invention is to provide a superior mass flow meter or the like that can flexibly cope with a change of a sample fluid such as a gas kind without requiring a special troublesome labor and that can measure a flow rate with high accuracy. The mass flow meter comprises a sensor section that detects a flow rate of a sample fluid flowing in a flow channel, a setting section that sets a flow rate characteristic function that is intrinsic to each fluid to determine a flow rate based on a flow rate detected value output by the sensor section and an instrumental error correction parameter that is independent from the flow rate characteristic function and common to multiple sample fluids to correct an instrumental error of each mass flow meter, and a flow rate calculating section that calculates a flow rate measurement value of the sample fluid by applying the flow rate characteristic function and the instrumental error correction parameter to the flow rate detected value. | 09-16-2010 |
20120298221 | MASS FLOW CONTROLLER SYSTEM - A mass flow controller with high accuracy flow rate output control is disclosed. In the mass flow controller, relation data that indicates a corresponding relation between a flow rate of a reference gas and a CF value of a sample gas is stored, a target flow rate is converted into a reference gas flow rate by the use of a predetermined CF value, a sample gas flow rate is calculated from the converted reference gas flow rate and a CF value corresponding to the reference gas flow rate, the sample gas flow rate is compared with the target flow rate, and the CF value that is used for conversion of the reference gas flow rate or calculation of the sample gas flow rate is updated by the use of the corresponding relation based on the error between the sample gas flow rate and the target flow rate. | 11-29-2012 |