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20090136110 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSOR - An image processor executes an image processing under an appropriate condition. The image possessor comprises an important area detecting section ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090279764 | SMALL-SCALE DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM - The present invention is to provide a small-scale diagnosis system for conducting simple and efficient examination, including: an image creating apparatus for creating photographic image data of examination object; a CPU to conduct image processing for creating defined photographic image data from the photographic image data; an input section to input the examination object information to specify the photographed examination object; a CPU to correlate the defined image data created and examination object information corresponding to the defined photographic image data; a server to store the defined photographic image data having been correlated and the examination object information; a display section capable of displaying at least any one of the photographic image data, the defined photographic image data or the examination object information; and a control device having at least the CPU to carry out image processing, the CPU to carry out correlation processing and the display section. | 11-12-2009 |
20130123632 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an ultrasound diagnostic imaging apparatus including an ultrasound probe which outputs transmission ultrasound waves toward a subject by a driving signal and which outputs received signals by receiving reflection ultrasound waves from the subject and a transmitting unit which generates the transmission ultrasound waves by the ultrasound probe by outputting the driving signal, and the transmitting unit generates the driving signal of square wave having a waveform in which a standard pulse signal where a pulse cycle is 2T is combined with two first pulse signals of same polarity having a pulse width A (A05-16-2013 | |
20130137986 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an ultrasound diagnostic imaging apparatus including an ultrasound probe which outputs a transmission ultrasound wave toward a subject due to a driving signal and which outputs a received signal by receiving a reflection ultrasound wave from the subject, a transmitting unit which makes the ultrasound probe generate the transmission ultrasound wave by outputting each of a first transmission signal, a second transmission signal, a third transmission signal and a fourth transmission signal as the driving signal, and a signal component extraction unit which extracts a higher harmonic component and a difference frequency component by compounding a first received signal, a second received signal, a third received signal and a fourth received signal. | 05-30-2013 |
20130274608 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an ultrasound diagnostic imaging apparatus including an ultrasound probe which outputs a transmission ultrasound toward a subject and a received signal obtained by receiving a reflected ultrasound from the subject, a transmission unit, a receiving unit and a puncture needle position detection unit which obtains a puncture needle echo information indicating an angle and a position of the puncture needle from the plane-wave received signal, and an ultrasound image is displayed on the basis of the received signal, the transmission unit applies the driving signal to the ultrasound probe so that a plane-wave transmission ultrasound is output from the ultrasound probe, and the receiving unit receives a plane-wave received signal which is obtained in such a way that the plane-wave transmission ultrasound is transmitted from the ultrasound probe, reflected by a puncture needle to be the reflected ultrasound and received by the ultrasound probe. | 10-17-2013 |
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20080317525 | BELT FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE HEATING DEVICE - A belt feeding apparatus includes an endless belt and a supporting member for rotatably supporting the belt. The belt feeding apparatus further includes a setting member for setting, when the belt is deviated from a widthwisely normal zone, an inclination angle of the supporting member to a return angle to return the belt toward the normal zone. The setting member also sets, when a predetermined time elapses from the belt returning to the normal zone, the inclination angle of the supporting member to a balance angle to keep the belt in the zone. | 12-25-2008 |
20080317526 | BELT FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE HEATING DEVICE - A belt feeding apparatus includes an endless belt; a supporting member for rotatably supporting said belt; and setting means for setting, when said belt is deviated from a widthwisely normal zone, an inclination angle of said supporting member to a returning angle to return said belt toward the normal zone, and for setting, when said belt is in the normal zone, the inclination angle of said supporting member to a balance angle. | 12-25-2008 |
20090009819 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image area of a main scanning line is segmented into a plurality of regions, with a first image being formed that has a first number of pixels in each of the plurality of regions, and a second image being formed that has a second number of pixels in each of the plurality of regions that differs from the first number of pixels. A scaling factor of an image in each of the plurality of regions is derived thereafter, in accordance with a difference in size between the first image and the second image in each region, and a differential between the first number of pixels and the second number of pixels. A determination is made with respect to a number of pixels to be either added to, or subtracted from, each of the plurality of regions, in accordance with a total number of correction pixels in order to adjust the size of the image of the main scanning line, and the scaling factor. The image data of each of the plurality of regions is corrected in accordance with the determined number of pixels in each region. | 01-08-2009 |
20090297172 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which is capable of reducing a time before an image formation operation is started after toner bottle replacement. When a toner sensor detects that toner is out, and further a door sensor detects that there is a possibility that a toner bottle has been replaced, a toner replenishment rate is calculated from the rotational speed of a motor for rotating the toner bottle, and timing in which image formation is to be resumed is determined based on the toner replenishment rate. | 12-03-2009 |
20120008986 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that enables a high-quality color image having less image deterioration can be formed. First and second developing units develop an electrostatic latent image formed on each of first and second rotating members. First and second drive units drive the respective first and second rotating members. A control unit controls the first and second drive units in order that a phase of the first rotating member and a phase of the second rotating member have a predetermined relationship therebetween after the completion of an image formation, performs a stop process for stopping the first and second drive units, and further varies a period from the completion of controlling the drives of the first and second drive units to the execution of the stop process. | 01-12-2012 |
20120027465 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ROTATIONAL PHASE CONTROL OF IMAGE BEARING MEMBER - An image forming apparatus capable of preventing degradation of image quality and reducing time required for rotational phase control. Toner images different in color are formed on a plurality of photosensitive drums, respectively. The toner images are transferred onto an intermediate transfer belt in superimposed relation. A motor controller performs phase control for bringing phases of the respective photosensitive drums into predetermined relation based on a rotational phase difference detected using phase detection sensors. When the rotational phase difference is out of a predetermined range, the motor controller performs the phase control with the photosensitive drums and the intermediate transfer belt separated from each other, whereas when the rotational phase difference is within the predetermined range, the motor controller performs the phase control with the photosensitive drums and the intermediate transfer belt in contact with each other. | 02-02-2012 |
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20080223434 | SOLAR CELL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a solar cell that is useful for industry and has high photoelectric conversion efficiency and a method of manufacturing the same. A solar cell according to an aspect of the invention includes: a substrate; a buffer layer that is formed on the substrate and is composed of a group-III nitride semiconductor; and a group-III nitride semiconductor layer (p-type layer/an n-type layer) that has a p-n junction therein and is formed on the buffer layer. At least one of the buffer layer and the group-III nitride semiconductor layer having the p-n junction therein has a compound semiconductor layer formed by a sputtering method. | 09-18-2008 |
20090194784 | GROUP-III NITRIDE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, GROUP-III NITRIDE COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND LAMP - A group-III nitride compound semiconductor device of the present invention comprises a substrate, an intermediate layer provided on the substrate, and a base layer provided on the intermediate layer in which a full width at half maximum in rocking curve of a (0002) plane is 100 arcsec or lower and a full width at half maximum in rocking curve of a (10-10) plane is 300 arcsec or lower. Also, a production method of a group-III nitride compound semiconductor device of the present invention comprises forming the intermediate layer by using a sputtering method. | 08-06-2009 |
20090205707 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The object of the present invention is to provide a solar cell which is industrially beneficial and has high light conversion efficiency; and a method for producing a solar cell; and the present invention provides a solar cell comprising a substrate, a power generation layer for converting received light into electrical power, a translucent electrode, and another electrode, when light travels through each member from a first surface thereof, a surface opposite to the first surface is defined as a second surface, the power generation layer is formed at a second surface side of the substrate, the translucent electrode is formed on one surface of the power generation layer, and another electrode is formed on the other surface of the power generation layer, wherein the translucent electrode comprises hexagonal In | 08-20-2009 |
20100261308 | SOLAR CELL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a solar cell, comprising forming a buffer layer comprising a group-III nitride semiconductor on a substrate using a sputtering method, and forming a group-III nitride semiconductor layer and electrodes on the buffer layer. The group-III nitride semiconductor layer is formed on the buffer layer by at least one selected from the group consisting of the sputtering method, a MOCVD method, an MBE method, a CBE method, and an MLE method, and the electrodes are formed on the group-III nitride semiconductor layer. | 10-14-2010 |
20100327311 | GROUP III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND LAMP - There are provided a group III nitride semiconductor light emitting device which is constituted of a substrate, an intermediate layer formed thereon having a favorable level of orientation properties, and a group III nitride semiconductor formed thereon having a favorable level of crystallinity, and having excellent levels of light emitting properties and productivity; a production method thereof; and a lamp,
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20080248972 | Method of Immobilizing Protein, Protein Chip, Method of Immobilizing Cell and Cell Chip - It is intended to provide a novel method of immobilizing a protein and a protein chip, by which the protein can be immobilized at a high reproducibility while preventing the protein from inactivation without resort to a large-scaled apparatus and the protein can be immobilized even in a microchannel. Further, by using a cell adhesive protein as the protein to be immobilized, it is also possible to use a cell as a target and to provide a method of immobilizing a cell and a cell chip, by which a cell can be immobilized in an arbitrary region on a substrate. | 10-09-2008 |
20120177717 | SUSTAINED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM - Disclosed is a drug delivery system for delivering a drug at a sustained constant rate for a long period, which can be transplanted into an affected part safely and in a simple manner and can deliver a drug to the affected part for a long period. Specifically disclosed is a sustained drug delivery system in which an implant is implanted into a body, wherein the implant is a PEG capsule comprising a box-shaped PEG and a porous PEG sheet. | 07-12-2012 |
20130273136 | SUSTAINED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM - A drug delivery system for delivering a drug at a sustained constant rate for a long period, which can be transplanted into an affected part safely and in a simple manner and can deliver a drug to the affected part for a long period. A sustained drug delivery system in which an implant is implanted into a body, wherein the implant is a PEG capsule comprising a box-shaped PEG and a porous PEG sheet. | 10-17-2013 |
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20080254689 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR MARINE VESSEL PROPULSION SYSTEM, AND MARINE VESSEL RUNNING SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND MARINE VESSEL USING THE SAME - A control apparatus controls a marine vessel propulsion system which is equipped with a propeller system to generate a propulsive force and a steering mechanism to determine a steering angle of the propeller system. The control apparatus includes a target propulsive force setting unit arranged to set a target propulsive force, and a propeller system control unit arranged to control an output of the propeller system such that the output is lower than the target propulsive force while the steering angle is being changed. | 10-16-2008 |
20080299847 | MARINE VESSEL RUNNING CONTROLLING APPARATUS, AND MARINE VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME - A marine vessel running controlling apparatus is applicable to a marine vessel which includes a propulsive force generating unit having an engine with an electric throttle as a drive source for generating a propulsive force to propel a hull of the marine vessel. The marine vessel running controlling apparatus includes an operational unit to be operated by an operator of the marine vessel for controlling the propulsive force, and a control unit arranged to acquire a normal data sample by eliminating an abnormal data sample from actual data acquired during travel of the marine vessel and update control information related to an opening degree of the electric throttle with respect to an operation amount of the operational unit based on the normal data sample. | 12-04-2008 |
20090117788 | MARINE VESSEL RUNNING CONTROLLING APPARATUS, AND MARINE VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME - A marine vessel running controlling apparatus is applicable to a marine vessel which includes a propulsive force generating unit, a steering unit, and an operational unit to control a steering angle. The marine vessel running controlling apparatus includes a target characteristic storage unit arranged to store a target characteristic line which represents a target marine vessel maneuvering characteristic defining a relationship between a target turning behavior with respect to an operation amount of the operational unit and a traveling speed of the marine vessel, a target characteristic change inputting unit arranged to change a shape of the target characteristic line, and a target characteristic line updating unit arranged to update the target characteristic line according to an input from the target characteristic change inputting unit. The target characteristic change inputting unit includes an inflection point position change inputting unit arranged to change a position of an inflection point of the target characteristic line. | 05-07-2009 |
20090170387 | BOAT PROPULSION SYSTEM AND BOAT INCLUDING THE SAME AND BOAT CONTROL DEVICE AND BOAT CONTROL METHOD - A boat propulsion system includes a control section, a thrust calculation section, a thrust generating unit, a thrust detection section, and a control section. An accelerator opening is input to the control lever by operation of an operator. The accelerator opening detection section detects the input accelerator opening. The thrust calculation section calculates a thrust intended to be generated from the accelerator opening to output a calculated thrust. The thrust generating unit generates a thrust. The thrust detection section detects a thrust actually generated on the thrust generating unit to output it as an actual thrust. The control section controls an output of the thrust generating unit so that the actual thrust approaches the calculated thrust. | 07-02-2009 |
20090171520 | MARINE VESSEL RUNNING CONTROLLING APPARATUS, AND MARINE VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME - A marine vessel running controlling apparatus is applicable to a marine vessel which includes a propulsive force generating unit arranged to generate a propulsive force to be applied to a hull of the marine vessel, and a steering unit arranged to turn the hull. The marine vessel running controlling apparatus includes an operational unit to be operated by an operator of the marine vessel to control a steering angle of the steering unit, and a control unit arranged to update control information related to the steering angle of the steering unit with respect to an operation amount of the operational unit based on data acquired during travel of the marine vessel. | 07-02-2009 |
20100138083 | MARINE VESSEL MANEUVERING SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND MARINE VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME - A marine vessel maneuvering supporting apparatus is used in a marine vessel which includes a propulsion system and a steering mechanism. The marine vessel maneuvering supporting apparatus includes an operational unit, operated by an operator, arranged to control movement and turning of a marine vessel, a target value computing unit having a plurality of computing modes and arranged to compute target values including a target propulsive force for the propulsion system and a target steering angle for the steering mechanism in accordance with an operational input from the operational unit, and a switching unit arranged to switch the computing modes of the target value computing unit. | 06-03-2010 |
20100145558 | MARINE VESSEL MANEUVERING SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND MARINE VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME - A marine vessel maneuvering supporting apparatus is used in a marine vessel which includes a propulsion system and a steering mechanism. The marine vessel maneuvering supporting apparatus includes a first operational unit arranged select a forward drive position for forward drive of the propulsion system, a reverse drive position for reverse drive of the propulsion system, and a neutral position for an inactive state of the propulsion system, a second operational unit arranged to command rightward and leftward movement of the marine vessel, and a target value computing unit arranged to determine target values including a target propulsive force for the propulsion system and a target steering angle for the steering mechanism, such that the marine vessel undergoes parallel movement in a direction that is in accordance with an operation position of the first operational unit when rightward or leftward movement is commanded by the second operational unit. | 06-10-2010 |
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20110063674 | Information processing apparatus and computer-readable medium including computer program - An information processing apparatus is connected via a network to both an MFP and a virtual-space management server that manages a virtual space that contains a virtual device that is created by virtualizing the MFP. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit that displays map information on a display unit, wherein a device symbol that corresponds to the MFP is present in the map information at a position corresponding to the position of the MFP in the real world; a receiving unit that receives a selected device symbol in the map information; an output control unit that outputs image data to either a first data storage unit of the MFP that corresponds to the selected device symbol or to a second data storage unit for the virtual device that is created by virtualizing the MFP and corresponds to the selected device symbol. | 03-17-2011 |
20110231433 | Management system, management method, and temporary storage document server - A management system includes a document management server that receives an electronic document or the like in a client connected to a network together with predetermined metadata, a temporary storage document server that communicates with a briefcase provided in the Metaverse world and temporarily stores therein an electronic document or the like created or received in the Metaverse world together with predetermined metadata, a transmission unit that transmits an electronic document or the like and metadata in the temporary storage document server to the document server, and a transmission function of transmitting a Corresponding electronic document or the like to the client by searching metadata and/or electronic documents and the like as targets based on search bibliographic data transmitted from the client. The temporary storage document server includes a metadata acquisition unit that acquires predetermined metadata of a document when the document is temporarily stored in the client. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231434 | Information management apparatus - An information management apparatus managing information on avatars in the metaverse, includes: a static information acquisition unit which acquires static information of each of the avatars; a dynamic information acquisition unit which acquires dynamic information corresponding to behavior of each of the avatars; and an avatar information storage unit which stores therein the static information and the dynamic information in association with each of the avatars. | 09-22-2011 |
20140204833 | COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICAITON CONTROL PROGRAM - A relay device is communicable with a communication management system that stores relay device identification information for identifying a relay device capable of communicating with a communication terminal using a first communications protocol, in association with configuration data that allows the communication terminal to communicate using a second communications protocol. In response to a configuration data request received from a communication terminal using the first communications protocol, the relay device transmits relay device identification information to the communication management system to obtain configuration data associated with the relay device identification information, and transmits the configuration data to the communication terminal. | 07-24-2014 |
20140365628 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A communication terminal reads, from a removable memory, user-specific application information indicating one or more of the plurality of applications that are allowed for use by a specific user, and transmits a request for address information that includes application identification information of each one of one or more applications that are allowed for use by the specific user at the communication terminal to obtain address information associated with the application identification information. | 12-11-2014 |
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20090045340 | ELECTRON MICROSCOPE WITH ELECTRON SPECTROMETER - A lens adjustment method and a lens adjustment system which adjust a plurality of multi-pole lenses of an electron spectrometer attached to a transmission electron microscope, optimum conditions of the multi-pole lenses are determined through simulation based on a parameter design method using exciting currents of the multi-pole lenses as parameters. | 02-19-2009 |
20090302234 | Method and Apparatus for Observing Inside Structures, and Specimen Holder - An object of the invention is to provide a method and apparatus for observing inside structures and a specimen holder, wherein aging degradation of a good sample to a bad sample can be tracked in the same field of view, using the same specimen in order to determine the mechanism of failure. The present invention is a method for observing inside structures. The method comprises irradiating a specimen with a corpuscular beam generated from a corpuscular beam source, detecting transmitted particles transmitted by the specimen, applying a voltage to a portion of the specimen, and observing of a detection status of the transmitted particles in the voltage-applied portion as needed. | 12-10-2009 |
20110095182 | ELECTRON MICROSCOPE WITH ELECTRON SPECTROMETER - A lens adjustment method and a lens adjustment system which adjust a plurality of multi-pole lenses of an electron spectrometer attached to a transmission electron microscope, optimum conditions of the multi-pole lenses are determined through simulation based on a parameter design method using exciting currents of the multi-pole lenses as parameters. | 04-28-2011 |
20120241611 | Electron Microscope - An object of the present invention relates to measurement of a quantitative element image with a high S/N ratio and measurement of an electron energy loss spectrum with high energy precision and energy resolution. The present invention relates to measurement of a characteristic X-ray spectrum obtained by correcting dead time due to excessive X rays and measurement of an electron energy loss spectrum obtained by correcting energy based on a zero loss peak in the case where the characteristic X-ray spectrum and the electron energy loss spectrum are measured by irradiating one irradiation position on a sample with an electron beam for a predetermined time while scanning the surface of the sample to observe a Z-contrast image. According to the present invention, it becomes possible to measure a quantitative element image with a high S/N ratio by a characteristic X ray, an element image with a high S/N ratio by an electron energy loss spectrum and a high energy resolution spectrum. | 09-27-2012 |
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20090297204 | BELT CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - The image heating apparatus has a plurality of heat generators which are capable of forming a plurality of heat generating distribution in the longitudinal direction for supplying heat to a heating member. Unevenness in temperature is decreased by changing the heat generating distribution when cooling by a fan for the heating member starts. The heat generating distribution is changed so that heat generating amount at an area in the longitudinal direction corresponding to the cooling area by the fan is to be larger than the heat generating amount before starting the cooling. | 12-03-2009 |
20110045310 | FIXING BELT AND FIXING DEVICE - A fixing belt includes a cylindrical base composed of a metal and a polyimide resin layer formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical base, in which the polyimide resin layer has an imidization rate of 70% to 93%, and comprises a polyimide resin containing a specific constitutional unit. | 02-24-2011 |
20120014706 | BELT CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - The image heating apparatus has a plurality of heat generators which are capable of forming a plurality of heat generating distributions in the longitudinal direction for supplying heat to a heating member. Unevenness in temperature is decreased by changing the heat generating distribution when cooling by a fan for the heating member starts. The heat generating distribution is changed so that heat generating amount at an area in the longitudinal direction corresponding to the cooling area cooled by the fan is to be larger than the heat generating amount before starting the cooling. | 01-19-2012 |
20130121712 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE HEATING SYSTEM - When a heater is turned off before passing of a rear end of a sheet through a fixing device, a poor image such as a poor fixing occurs and it is difficult to reduce power consumption. A stop timing of the heater is controlled according to a temperature state of the fixing device, an installation environment of the apparatus, a kind of the sheet, or the like. | 05-16-2013 |
20140286656 | IMAGE HEATING DEVICE - An image heating device includes a belt, a light emitting portion, a light receiving portion, and a control portion. The belt heats an image on a sheet in an image heating operation. The light emitting portion emits light from one widthwise end of the belt to the other widthwise end of the belt such that the light passes near a peripheral surface of the belt. The light receiving portion receives the light from the light emitting portion. The control portion controls, according to an output of the light receiving portion, whether or not to prohibit the image heating operation. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090247082 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises a wireless communication device configured to conduct wireless communication with an external apparatus, a switch connected to a radio frequency circuit of the wireless communication device, and configured to couple an RF signal input and output port of the radio frequency circuit to one of a wireless communication antenna and a cable connected to the external apparatus, and a control module configured to control the switch to switch a mode of conducting communication with the external apparatus between a wireless communication mode and a wired communication mode, a wireless signal being transmitted and received between the external apparatus and the wireless communication device through the wireless communication antenna in the wireless communication mode, the wireless signal being transmitted and received between the external apparatus and the wireless communication device through the cable in the wired communication mode. | 10-01-2009 |
20100306561 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POWER CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a wireless communication device and a power management module. The power management module is configured to transmit, in response to disconnection of an external power supply device from a power connector of the information processing apparatus, a command instructing turn-off of a power supply circuit within the external power supply device to a wireless communication circuit within the external power supply device via the wireless communication device. | 12-02-2010 |
20110128222 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a switch circuit switches a resonance frequency band of an antenna in a display unit between first and second resonance frequency bands. The second resonance frequency band is overlapped with a part of the first resonance frequency band and is higher than the first resonance frequency band. A wireless communication module wirelessly transmits and receives signals using a transmission frequency band and a reception frequency band which are included in the first resonance frequency band. A screen image orientation control module changes an orientation of a screen image displayed on the display unit. A resonance frequency shift module shifts the resonance frequency band of the antenna from the first resonance frequency band to the second frequency band by controlling the switch circuit when the orientation of the screen image is an orientation in which the antenna is positioned on a downward side of the screen image. | 06-02-2011 |
20130295988 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a switch circuit switches a resonance frequency band of an antenna in a display unit between first and second resonance frequency bands. The second resonance frequency band is overlapped with a part of the first resonance frequency band and is higher than the first resonance frequency band. A wireless communication module wirelessly transmits and receives signals using a transmission frequency band and a reception frequency band which are included in the first resonance frequency band. A screen image orientation control module changes an orientation of a screen image displayed on the display unit. A resonance frequency shift module shifts the resonance frequency band of the antenna from the first resonance frequency band to the second frequency band by controlling the switch circuit when the orientation of the screen image is an orientation in which the antenna is positioned on a downward side of the screen image. | 11-07-2013 |
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20080208161 | Application of procedure through natural orifice - The application of the procedure through a natural orifice of the present invention includes the steps of: inserting a flexible endoscope through the natural orifice to the alimentary tract; incising the close-contact portion of the alimentary tract and the gall bladder under a guidance of a device for identifying the positional relationship from the alimentary tract side and forming an puncture; extracting stones in the gall bladder from the body; and removing the endoscope after completing the procedure. | 08-28-2008 |
20080208214 | Applicator and tissue fastening method through natural orifice - The applicator related to the present invention is provided with a flexible sheath longer than the overall length of an instrument channel of a flexible endoscope; an operation part used outside the instrument channel; a deployed section that can be made to protrude from the front end of the sheath by operating the operation part and to pierce a tissue; a tissue fastening tool made of a superelastic wire formed in coil shape and housed inside the deployed section in a substantially extended condition; and a pusher that pushes out the tissue fastening tool from the deployed section when the operation part is operated. | 08-28-2008 |
20080208220 | Suture instrument - A suture instrument according to the present invention includes a suture tool having an anchor anchored to a biological tissue, a suture thread drawn out of the anchor, and a stopper disposed on the suture thread; a hollow puncture needle, which can house the anchor thereinside, having a hard needle portion formed with an opening at the distal end thereof; a pusher which is disposed to advance and retreat in the puncture needle and a proximal side of which extends to a proximal side with its distal end being in contact with the anchor; and an outer sheath which houses the puncture needle so as to advance and retreat, in which an engaging portion, which is detachably engaged with the suture thread which is drawn in a state where the anchor is housed in the puncture needle, is disposed in the puncture needle or in the pusher. | 08-28-2008 |
20110152886 | APPLICATOR AND TISSUE FASTENING METHOD THROUGH NATURAL ORIFICE - The applicator related to the present invention is provided with a flexible sheath longer than the overall length of an instrument channel of a flexible endoscope; an operation part used outside the instrument channel; a deployed section that can be made to protrude from the front end of the sheath by operating the operation part and to pierce a tissue; a tissue fastening tool made of a superelastic wire formed in coil shape and housed inside the deployed section in a substantially extended condition; and a pusher that pushes out the tissue fastening tool from the deployed section when the operation part is operated. | 06-23-2011 |
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20120013693 | PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING METHOD, SHEET-FED PRINTING PRESS, AND ROTARY PRINTING PRESS - A printing device includes a rotatable printing cylinder, a blanket cylinder configured to make a synchronous rotation with the printing cylinder in contact with each other and to convey a printing medium by nipping the printing medium with the printing cylinder, an inkjet head that forms an image on a surface of the blanket cylinder by squirting heatset ink onto the surface of the blanket cylinder, and a first heating unit that heats up either the printing medium conveyed into a contact portion of the printing cylinder and the blanket cylinder or the blanket cylinder. | 01-19-2012 |
20120069117 | PRINTING PRESS - In a printing press, it is configured such that a newspaper web offset printing press is composed by a feeder device, a printing device, a guiding device, a turn bar device, and a folding unit; as a guiding device, there are provided an upstream side guide roller and a downstream side guide roller which are disposed with a predetermined interval along a transportation direction of a web for guiding transportation of the web; and there is disposed an ink-jet printer for performing digital printing on the web guided between the guide rollers. By setting diameters of the upstream side guide roller and the downstream side guide roller to different values, vibration of the print medium which is transported while being guided by the guide rollers is suppressed, and the print quality is thereby improved. | 03-22-2012 |
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20090036631 | Aromatic Ether Polymer, Method For Producing The Same, And Polymer Composition - Disclosed is a polymer which is useful for the preparation of an epoxy resin composition or a cured product thereof in film or sheet exhibiting high heat resistance, high thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion, high gas barrier property, and high toughness. The polymer is a thermoplastic aromatic ether polymer comprising a unit represented by the following general formula (1) at a ratio of 10 to 100 mol % and having a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 or more; | 02-05-2009 |
20100016473 | CRYSTALLINE RESIN CURED PRODUCT, CRYSTALLINE RESIN COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided are a crystalline resin cured product which shows high thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion, high heat resistance, low moisture absorption, and good gas barrier properties and a crystalline resin composite material produced therefrom. Further provided is a method for producing the crystalline resin cured product and the crystalline resin composite material. The crystalline resin cured product is obtained by the reaction of an aromatic diglycidyl compound or a diglycidyl resin with an aromatic dihydroxy compound or with a dihydroxy resin and it shows a heat of melting of 10 J/g or more in differential thermal analysis while the endothermic peak corresponding to the melting appears in the range of 120 to 320° C. The crystalline resin composite material is obtained by combining the crystalline resin cured product with a filler or a base material. The crystalline resin cured product has a unit represented by -A-O—CH | 01-21-2010 |
20100016498 | Epoxy resin composition and cured article thereof - Disclosed is an epoxy resin composition that cures with high thermal conductivity and low thermal expansion and is capable of dissipating heat efficiently and displaying good dimensional stability when applied to encapsulation of semiconductor devices or to printed wiring boards. The epoxy resin composition is formulated from epoxy resins 50 wt % or more of which is a diphenyl ether type epoxy resin represented by the following general formula (1) | 01-21-2010 |
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20140236375 | ELECTRIC POWER CONDITIONING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONING ELECTRIC POWER - The electric power conditioning device, connected to an apparatus and an electric storage device in a house, comprises an electric power receiving section, a communication section and an operation section. The electric power receiving section, connected to a commercial power supply, acquires a total electric power consumption amount of the commercial power supply. The operation section makes comparison as to whether an integrated value obtained by integrating the total electric power consumption amount and an electric power consumption amount which is an amount of electric power expected to be consumed when the apparatus is operated exceeds a predetermined value. When the integrated value does not exceed, the operation section transmits a use permission signal to the apparatus via the communication section. When the integrated value exceeds, the electric power conditioning device transmits to the electric storage device a supply electric power inquiring signal via the communication section. | 08-21-2014 |
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20080279364 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD USED IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a receiver which receives a Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) signal for specifying a control request is transmitted from a management apparatus, the control request including connection destination information for specifying a management apparatus, the management apparatus is connected to the public network and remotely controls the communication process, a calculator which obtains a control request from the DTMF signal, and a controller which creates a session for management using a known protocol passable through the firewall with respect to the management apparatus based on the connection destination information included in the control request, and allows the management apparatus to execute a process based on contents of the control request. | 11-13-2008 |
20090028145 | TELEPHONE EXCHANGE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR USE IN THE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a telephone exchange apparatus includes a memory stores a management table in which a connecting destination ID specifying a communication partner on the packet communication network and a first waiting time from a time of signal transmission to the communication partner up to a time of an arrival of a response signal are associated with each other, a monitoring unit refers to the management table and monitors presence or absence of the response signal from the communication partner within the first waiting time corresponding to connection ID of the communication partner based on the reference result, and a controller stops transmission of a signal necessary for communication establishment to the connecting destination ID in the management table and updates first waiting time corresponding to the connecting destination ID in the management table into second waiting time shorter than the first waiting time. | 01-29-2009 |
20090086722 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND TERMINAL REGISTRATION METHOD FOR USE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus includes an agent server module configured to connect to the telephone terminal connected to the public network, while bypassing the public network and the private network, and configured to receive a registration request including the terminal ID of the telephone terminal from the telephone terminal, and a controller which performs registration processing based on the registration request received by the agent server module via the bypass, and generates a session for terminal control with respect to the telephone terminal of a requester via the NAT router. | 04-02-2009 |
20110268107 | Registry Proxy Server Apparatus, Communication System, and Operation Mode Changing Method - According to one embodiment, a registry proxy server apparatus includes a connector, a register controller, a monitor and a change controller. The connector connects a plurality of IP telephone servers registering a plurality of IP telephone terminals and including a normal mode and an ecology mode. The register controller determines an arbitrary IP telephone server and allows the determined server to perform registry a IP telephone terminal as request source. The monitor monitors respective operational states of the plurality of IP telephone terminals and the plurality of IP telephone servers. The change controller changes an operation mode of at least one of the plurality of IP telephone servers based on a monitoring result obtained by the monitor. | 11-03-2011 |
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20080271667 | Nitride crystal, nitride crystal substrate, epilayer-containing nitride crystal substrate, semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same - A nitride crystal is characterized in that, in connection with plane spacing of arbitrary specific parallel crystal lattice planes of the nitride crystal obtained from X-ray diffraction measurement performed with variation of X-ray penetration depth from a surface of the crystal while X-ray diffraction conditions of the specific parallel crystal lattice planes are satisfied, a uniform distortion at a surface layer of the crystal represented by a value of |d | 11-06-2008 |
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