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20080251784 | Organic Semiconductor Material, Organic Transistor, Field Effect Transistor, Switching Device and Thiazole Compound - An organic semiconductor material comprising a compound having a substructure represented by Formula (10): | 10-16-2008 |
20090111210 | Method for Organic Semiconductor Material Thin-Film Formation and Process for Producing Organic Thin Film Transistor - A method for the formation of an organic semiconductor material film having improved mobility on a substrate, and a process for producing an organic thin film transistor which can develop high performance by utilizing the method. The production process of an organic thin film transistor utilizes the method for organic semiconductor material film formation, comprising coating an organic semiconductor material-containing liquid onto a surface of a substrate to form a semiconductor material thin film. The method for organic semiconductor material thin film formation is characterized in that, when the surface free energy of the surface of the substrate is γ | 04-30-2009 |
20100090199 | Organic Semiconductor Film Forming Method, Organic Semiconductor Film and Organic Thin Film Transistor - A method for forming an organic semiconductor film having a high carrier mobility is provided by having an average volatilization rate of a solvent within a prescribed range during a step of drying, at the time of applying a coating solution, which includes an organic semiconductor material and a non-halogen solvent, on a substrate. In such forming method, characteristic fluctuation in repeated use of the organic semiconductor film is suppressed, and an organic thin film transistor having an excellent film forming characteristic even on an insulator with reduced gate voltage threshold can be obtained. | 04-15-2010 |
20100178727 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC FILM TRANSISTOR - A method of fabricating an organic thin film transistor exhibiting excellent semiconductor performance by which an organic TFT can be formed continuously on a flexible base such as a polymer support through a simple coating process, and thus the fabrication cost can be reduced sharply, and an organic semiconductor layer thus formed has a high carrier mobility, In the method of fabricating an organic thin film transistor by forming a gate electrode, a gate insulation layer, an organic semiconductor layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode sequentially on a support, the organic semiconductor layer contains an organic semiconductor material having an exothermic point and an endothermic point in a differential scanning thermal analysis, and the organic semiconductor layer thus formed is heat-treated at a temperature not less than the exothermic point and less than the endothermic point. | 07-15-2010 |
20120241889 | GAS BARRIER FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GAS BARRIER FILM, AND ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - Disclosed is a gas barrier film which has both high gas barrier performance and high cracking (bending) resistance. Specifically disclosed is a gas barrier film which comprises, on a substrate in the following order, at least one silanol-containing layer and at least one gas barrier layer that contains silicon atoms and hydrogen atoms. The gas barrier film is characterized in that the relative SiOH ion strength in the central part of the silanol-containing layer in the film thickness direction as detected by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (Tof-SIMS) is 0.02-1.0 when the relative Si ion strength is taken as 1. Also disclosed is an organic photoelectric conversion element which comprises the gas barrier film. | 09-27-2012 |
20150104636 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a transparent conductive film, said method comprising: forming a compound layer containing a silazane compound on a substrate; supplying energy to the compound layer and thus converting at least a part of the silazane compound into a compound having a siloxane bond to thereby modify the compound layer; and then forming a metal layer, that is configured from silver or an alloy comprising silver as the main component, on the unmodified compound layer or the modified compound layer. | 04-16-2015 |
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20090059473 | ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR - A porous electrolytic solution reservoir which is capable of being impregnated with an electrolytic solution is provided in an exterior case so as to make contact with a separator. The average diameter of the pores in the electrolytic solution reservoir is greater than the average diameter of pores in the separator. The electrolytic solution reservoir is impregnated with a predetermined amount of electrolytic solution, so that the occupation ratio of electrolytic solution within the pores in the separator becomes 50% or more when fully charged, and the occupation ratio of electrolytic solution within the pores in the electrolytic solution reservoir becomes 100% or less when fully discharged. | 03-05-2009 |
20090136832 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE CELL AND ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - The storage cell comprises a flat roll electrode that includes a strip of positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector foil and a positive electrode layer formed thereon, a strip of negative electrode having an electrode current collector foil and a negative electrode layer formed, and a strip of electrically insulated separator, the strip of positive electrode and the strip of negative electrode being wound into a flat roll configuration with the strip of electrically insulated separator sandwiched therebetween; a sealed casing that hermetically seals the flat roll electrode impregnated with an electrolyte; a positive terminal and a negative terminal each electrically insulated from the sealed casing, connected to the positive current collector foil and the negative current collector foil, respectively. | 05-28-2009 |
20090147442 | ELECTRIC DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - The present invention relates to an electric double-layer capacitor and a method for producing same capable of evenly and rapidly doping a negative electrode layer with lithium ions. The electric double-layer capacitor comprises: a positive electrode including a positive electrode layer formed on one surface of a positive electrode current collector; a negative electrode including a negative electrode layer formed on one surface of a negative electrode current collector; a first separator disposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer; and a second separator disposed between the positive electrode current collector and the negative electrode current collector, in which the negative electrode includes holes penetrating through the negative electrode current collector and reaching the negative electrode layer. | 06-11-2009 |
20090148759 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE CELL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An energy storage device cell includes: a capacitor cathode including a capacitor cathode collector foil, and a capacitor cathode electrode layer formed on one face of the capacitor cathode collector foil and containing microparticles of activated carbon; a first separator; a common anode including an anode collector foil having a through-hole, and an anode electrode layer formed on one face of the anode collector foil; a second separator; and a battery cathode including a battery cathode collector foil, and a battery cathode electrode layer formed on one face of the battery cathode collector foil and containing particles of a lithium-containing metal compound. The first separator is sandwiched by the capacitor cathode electrode layer and the anode electrode layer. The second separator is sandwiched by the anode collector foil and the battery cathode electrode layer. | 06-11-2009 |
20110281170 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A method of manufacturing an energy storage device electrode in which breakage of electrode particles and warping of a collector are reduced, and internal resistance is lowered by lowering the contact resistance between the collector and an electrode layer. The method manufactures an electric double-layer capacitor electrode, and includes: forming a plurality of grooves that run in one direction in each of a front surface and rear surface of a collector foil; subsequently providing an electrode layer that includes plural electrode particles on each of the front surface and rear surface of the collector foil; and subsequently pressing the electrode layer toward the collector foil to move the plurality of electrode particles along the plurality of grooves until the plural electrode particles dig into the plurality of grooves. | 11-17-2011 |
20120176730 | ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE - An electric storage device includes an electric storage device body impregnated with an electrolyte solution, a sheath for hermetically sealing the electric storage device body, and a pressure regulator provided at the sheath. The pressure regulator includes a plurality of gas release mechanism portions. Further, the pressure regulator allows release of gases from an inside space of the sheath in which the electric storage device body exists to an outside space by causing the gases from the inside space to pass through the gas release mechanism portions in succession, and blocks entry of gases from the outside space to the inside space by the respective gas release mechanism portions. A buffer space is formed between the gas release mechanism portions by being partitioned by the gas release mechanism portions. | 07-12-2012 |
20120189890 | FLAT-WOUND ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE CELL AND FLAT-WOUND ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE MODULE - A cathode terminal includes a cathode collector foil connector connected to the blank of a cathode collector foil, a cathode terminal external lead-out portion, and an intra-cell cathode terminal radiator located between the cathode collector foil connector and the cathode terminal external lead-out portion and covering approximately half of one of the wide side surfaces of a flat-wound electrode portion. An anode terminal includes an anode collector foil connector connected to the blank of an anode collector foil, an anode terminal external lead-out portion, and an in-cell anode terminal radiator located between the anode collector foil connector and the anode terminal external lead-out portion and substantially covering a remaining portion of the one of the wider side surfaces of the flat-wound electrode portion. | 07-26-2012 |
20120276421 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE CELL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE - A power storage device cell is configured to include a capacitor positive electrode, a lithium positive electrode, and a common negative electrode in which electrode layers are formed on a collector foil in which penetration holes are formed, and such that the capacitor positive electrode and the lithium positive electrode are directly connected; each of the electrode layers of the common negative electrode is formed of a carbon-based material in which graphite particles and hard carbon particles are mixed, and the proportion of the hard carbon particles in the carbon-based material is from 5% by weight to 70% by weight. | 11-01-2012 |
20120282495 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE CELL, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND STORING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTRIC STORAGE DEVICE - A power storage device cell is configured such that a capacitor positive electrode and a lithium positive electrode are directly connected with each other; a second electrode layer is formed of a material including particles of phosphoric-acid-type lithium compound having an olivine-type structure; the third electrode layers are formed mainly of particles of lithium titanate; and a third collector foil is formed of an aluminum foil. | 11-08-2012 |
20140111145 | CHARGING CONTROL APPARATUS AND CHARGING CONTROL METHOD FOR SECONDARY BATTERY - A charging control apparatus for a secondary battery, including a current control apparatus for, upon charging for a secondary battery from an electric generator regenerating kinetic energy as regenerative energy, performing control so as to suppress charging current for the secondary battery at a start of charging to a predetermined suppression rate with respect to charging current at the start of charging in the case that the charging current is not suppressed, and decrease the suppression rate as time elapses. | 04-24-2014 |
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20080285084 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus, a printing apparatus and an image processing method are provided which can perform quantization processing on image data at high speed based on an error diffusion method while at the same time avoiding degradations in a quality of printed images. When an error value represented by error data is a particular value, the error data is converted into compressed error data with a data volume less than that of the original error data. | 11-20-2008 |
20090080693 | ELECTRONIC WATERMARK EMBEDDING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC WATERMARK EMBEDDING METHOD - An electronic watermark embedding apparatus and an electronic watermark embedding method can severally deal with both of the resistance property of an electronic watermark and the prevention of image quality deterioration. Electronic watermark information of a high importance level is embedded in a component having a strong resistance property, and electronic watermark information of a low importance level is embedded in a component exerting little influence on an image quality. As a result, the electronic watermark information to be embedded in the component having a strong resistance property is limited to that of a high importance level. Moreover, the image quality deterioration can be suppressed in comparison with the case of embedding all pieces of information, and the electronic watermark information of low importance level is embedded in the component having a weak resistance property but exerting little influence on an image quality. | 03-26-2009 |
20110286017 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing apparatus, fast error diffusion processing is performed without increasing the size of an error diffusion processing circuit, even in cases where the print data to be generated is 12 colors data or similarly large data. More specifically, with quantization by error diffusion, binarized image data for 12 colors is obtained by causing an image processing circuit that executes 6 colors quantization processing to operate twice. At this point, RAM realized by DRAM with comparatively slow operating speeds, for example, is accessed for error data diffused to a first raster and error data diffused from a last raster. In contrast, an error buffer realized by SRAM inside the image processing circuit with fast operating speeds is accessed for all other error data. Thus, as a result, memory access speeds for reading out and writing error data can be improved overall. | 11-24-2011 |
20120170063 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Obtaining a color correction value of an input image data color signal by referencing a lookup table according to the color signal, obtaining a color correction value of a color signal by performing an interpolation calculation with respect to 2 color correction values obtained by referencing the lookup table, determining whether the input image data color signal is a specified value, and outputting the specified value as the color correction value without performance of the interpolation calculation in the case where it is determined that the input image data color signal is the specified value. | 07-05-2012 |
20140218770 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image processing apparatus, fast error diffusion processing is performed without increasing the size of an error diffusion processing circuit, even in cases where the print data to be generated is 12 colors data or similarly large data. More specifically, with quantization by error diffusion, binarized image data for 12 colors is obtained by causing an image processing circuit that executes 6 colors quantization processing to operate twice. At this point, RAM realized by DRAM with comparatively slow operating speeds, for example, is accessed for error data diffused to a first raster and error data diffused from a last raster. In contrast, an error buffer realized by SRAM inside the image processing circuit with fast operating speeds is accessed for all other error data. Thus, as a result, memory access speeds for reading out and writing error data can be improved overall. | 08-07-2014 |
20150015905 | APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus comprising a first transfer unit configured to DMA-transfer input data to a holding unit, a second transfer unit configured to DMA-transfer the input data held by the holding unit to at least one unit, a notification unit configured to notify, in accordance with the DMA transferring of the first transfer unit, that the input data held by the holding unit is updated, and a transfer control unit configured to control so as to operate the second transfer unit in one of a first mode for transferring the input data from the holding unit to the at least one unit in response to the notification and a second mode for transferring the input data independently of the notification, wherein the transfer unit performs the switching to the second mode after the operation in the first mode. | 01-15-2015 |
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20090276357 | Information processing apparatus and data communication method - An information apparatus switches a display at a predetermined area which includes at least a part of a portion where an electromagnetic-wave emitting unit used for data communications with a data storage device is disposed, according to data communication processing with the data storage device, and emits sound generated according to the processing at corresponding timing. | 11-05-2009 |
20120042356 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE OF EMISSION AMOUNT OR REDUCTION AMOUNT OF GREENHOUSE GASES, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - A management device of the emission amount or reduction amount of greenhouse gases including: a communication unit that performs communication with an IC card on which an ID and history information on activities outside of a designated area are recorded; a control unit that performs authentication by the read ID via the communication unit, and in a case when authentication is successful, reads the history information via the communication unit, and obtains information relating to the emission amount or reduction amount of greenhouse gases from the read history information; and a display unit that displays the information relating to the emission amount or reduction amount of greenhouse gases. | 02-16-2012 |
20130065552 | ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLYING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An electric-power supplying apparatus may include a power supply configured to supply electric power to an electric device via a power supply line, and at least one processor programmed to perform acts including transmitting a command signal to the electric device via the power supply line, receiving a response signal from the electric device via load modulation on the power supply line, and registering setting information for establishing wireless communication between the electric device and the apparatus based on the received response signal. An electric apparatus may include a power plug configured to receive electric power and a command signal from an external device, and an IC chip configured to use load modulation to transmit a response signal, in response to the command signal, to the external device via the power plug. | 03-14-2013 |
20130210249 | CONVERTER AND PROGRAM - There is provided a converter including a connecting terminal connectable to a connecting device, a communicating unit capable of carrying out communication, and a communication restricting unit configured to restrict the communication carried out by the communicating unit if the connecting device is removed from the connecting terminal. | 08-15-2013 |
20130210250 | CONVERTER AND PROGRAM - There is provided a converter including a converting unit converting a communication mode of a connecting device having a connecting terminal. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211606 | APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT METHOD - There is provided an appliance management apparatus including a connection state acquiring unit acquiring information generated due to an appliance terminal of an electronic appliance being positioned close to or connected to a power supplying terminal that supplies power, and a connection state management unit managing a connection state of the appliance terminal to the power supplying terminal using the information acquired by the connection state acquiring unit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211607 | POWER SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLYING METHOD - There is provided a power supplying apparatus including a terminal electrically connected to a terminal of another apparatus, an authentication information storage unit storing information regarding authentication of the other apparatus electrically connected to the terminal, and a power supplying control unit controlling supplying of power to the terminal. The power supplying control unit is operable, even when communication with an authentication apparatus that carries out authentication of the other apparatus electrically connected to the terminal is cut off, to continue supplying power to the other apparatus, operable, when an electrical connection between the other apparatus and the terminal is disconnected, to stop supplying power to the terminal, and operable when an apparatus is newly and electrically connected to the terminal, to control the supplying of power to the terminal by way of a comparison with the information stored in the authentication information storage unit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212643 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a transmission apparatus including a terminal electrically connected to a terminal of another apparatus, a body information acquiring unit acquiring body information of a user holding the transmission apparatus, and a transmission unit operable, by carrying out load modulation in accordance with the terminal contacting or being positioned close to the terminal of the other apparatus, to transmit, via the terminal, information on which the body information acquired by the body information acquiring unit is superimposed. | 08-15-2013 |
20130264888 | POWER SUPPLYING APPARATUS, POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, STATE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a power supplying apparatus including a state determining unit that determines whether power supply with respect to an external apparatus of a power supply object to supply power is enabled, an information generating unit that generates evidence information regarding a power supply disabled state, when the power supply with respect to the external apparatus of the power supply object is disabled, and a transmission control unit that transmits the generated evidence information to at least one external apparatus of a transmission object. | 10-10-2013 |
20140018967 | POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - There is provided a power consumption management device including a power measurement unit configured to measure power consumption of an electrical device, an environmental factor measurement unit configured to measure a factor of an environment in which the electrical device is used, a storage unit configured to store a predicted value related to the power consumption in which a value of the factor of the environment is designated as a parameter, and a calculation/control unit. The calculation/control unit obtains the predicted value related to the power consumption stored in the storage unit based on the value of the factor of the environment measured by the environmental factor measurement unit and compares the obtained predicted value related to the power consumption to an actual measurement value related to the power consumption obtained based on a power consumption value measured by the power measurement unit. | 01-16-2014 |
20140028265 | BATTERY CONTROL UNIT, CHARGE-DISCHARGE UNIT, ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL UNIT, BATTERY UNIT, ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A battery control unit includes: a storage section holding remaining amount data that indicates a remaining amount of a battery; and a control section managing the battery in a fashion of separating the battery into a first region and a second region, by a way of separating the remaining amount data into first remaining amount data and second remaining data and of allowing the storage section to hold the first and second remaining amount data. | 01-30-2014 |
20140044200 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM - A power control server outputs power through a power line, outputs a high-frequency signal and communicates with an electronic device to which the power is output, through the power line, and reads out device information including at least identification information that identifies the electronic device, obtains user information related to a user who uses the electronic device, and transmits the obtained user information and the read out device information to an information management server. The information management server receives the user information and the device information transmitted from the power control server, and performs user registration related to the electronic device identified by the identification information included in the device information, based on the received user information. The present technology can be applied to a power supply control system that supplies the power to an electronic device, for example. | 02-13-2014 |
20140074308 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A control unit controls a reader/writer to generate a vehicle ID read signal that is formed of a high frequency signal and used to read a vehicle ID recorded in an ID circuit, and supply the signal to a high-pass filter. The read signal or a write signal formed of the high frequency signal is superimposed on a power supply line and supplied to the high-pass filter. The high-pass filter supplies the vehicle ID read signal formed of the high frequency signal to the ID circuit. On the basis of the read signal, the ID circuit reads the vehicle ID stored in an IC built in the own circuit and transmits it as a response signal to a charger along a reverse path. An authentication part of the control unit turns on a selector switch when the vehicle ID being the response signal is determined to be legitimate. | 03-13-2014 |
20140088784 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technique relates to a power supply device and method as well as a program which allow a billing process to be surely performed in charging a vehicle. When a vehicle ID registered in advance in an external storage matches a vehicle ID acquired by a reader/writer, a control unit controls a lock control part to fit a lock of an outlet into a hole in a projection of a plug and lock the connection between the outlet and the plug. The control unit in this state turns on a selector switch to charge a battery of an electric vehicle from a charger. Once charging has been completed, the control unit controls a billing part to calculate the amount of electric power so that a billing server performs a billing process for the amount of money corresponding to the amount of electric power. | 03-27-2014 |
20140097672 | BATTERY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE - This technology relates to a battery device, a control method, and an electric vehicle capable of providing a highly secure anti-theft function. A battery outputs DC power through a power line, a reader/writer communicates by outputting a high-frequency signal through the power line to read authentication information of an electronic device when the electronic device is connected to the battery through the power line, a microcomputer stores the read authentication information and controls the battery when first connection to the electronic device is performed, and performs an authentication process of the electronic device based on the read authentication information and the authentication information stored in the first connection and controls the battery according to a result of the authentication process of the electronic device when second or subsequent connection to the electronic device is performed. This technology may be applied to the battery device mounted on a power-assisted bicycle, for example. | 04-10-2014 |
20140114610 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - There is provided a management apparatus for an electrical apparatus, the management apparatus including a communication unit configured to receive conduction state information from an electrical apparatus, a storage unit configured to store reference conduction state information of the electrical apparatus, and a determination unit configured to compare the conduction state information of the electrical apparatus with the reference conduction state information of the electrical apparatus to determine a state of the electrical apparatus. | 04-24-2014 |
20140375138 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - Devices, methods, and programs for providing a notice indicating whether a device supports an authentication function. A method for providing notice may include performing communication with a device, making a determination whether the device is a power supply target, selectively transmitting power to the device based on a result of the determination, and providing a notice indicating whether the device supports an authentication function based on the result of the determination. A power supply device may include a communication unit, a determining unit, a power control unit, and a notice control unit. Another method for providing notice may include performing communication with a device, and providing a notice indicating whether the power supply device supports the authentication function based on a result of the communication. A power receiving device may include a communication unit and a notifying unit. | 12-25-2014 |
20150022185 | POWER RECEIVING DEVICE AND PROGRAM - There is provided a power receiving device including a connecting unit that is connected to a power line through which power is transmitted, a determining unit that determines whether transmitted power is chargeable, based on power identification information indicating whether the transmitted power is chargeable power, and a notification control unit that performs notification based on a determination result. | 01-22-2015 |
20150028690 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, POWER RECEIVING DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY METHOD, POWER RECEIVING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Devices and methods for supply or receiving electric power. A power supply method may include specifying a type of a power source, specifying a power receiving capability of a power receiving device, performing collation of the specified type of the power source with the specified power receiving capability, and controlling transmission of electric power from the power source of the specified type to the power receiving device based on the collation. A power receiving method may include specifying a type of a power source, specifying a power receiving capability of a power receiving device, performing collation of the specified type of the power source with the specified power receiving capability, and controlling, based on the collation, selective conversion of electric power transmitted from the power source of the specified type to the power receiving device. | 01-29-2015 |
20150130296 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technique relates to a power supply device and method as well as a program which can surely perform a billing process when a device is charged. When a vehicle ID registered in advance in an external storage matches a vehicle ID acquired by a reader/writer, a control unit makes a request to input, by operating a display unit formed of a touch panel, information which determines the amount of electric power to be charged. Once the information determining the amount of electric power to be charged has been input, the control unit controls a billing part to calculate the amount of electric power, so that a billing server performs a billing process on the amount of money corresponding to the amount of electric power. The control unit then controls a communication unit and turns on a selector switch. | 05-14-2015 |
20150333569 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a control apparatus including: a determination unit configured to determine whether a control target apparatus drivable with first power supplied from an external power supply and second power supplied from a battery is driven with the second power, on the basis of a supply state of the first power and a transmission signal acquired via a power line from an external communication apparatus connected to the power line through which the first power is transmitted; and a target control unit configured to drive the control target apparatus with the second power when the control target apparatus is determined to be driven with the second power. | 11-19-2015 |
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20090162860 | Method of nucleic acid sequence detection and nucleic acid sequence detection substrate - According to an aspect of the present invention, a pair of oligonucleotide strands are anchored onto the surface of a substrate by immobilizing one of the ends thereof onto the substrate. Each of the immobilized oligonucleotide strands is bound to a target nucleic acid sequence (single-stranded) having complementary sequences thereto to form a cross-linked structure on the substrate, thereby forming a finely reticulated space. Ligands are captured by this reticulated space through physical adsorption and caused to color with active substances reactive to the ligands. As a result of this, the present invention is capable of highly sensitively detecting even an exceedingly small concentration of a particular target nucleic acid sequence to be detected, at low cost and for a short time. | 06-25-2009 |
20090202746 | Flat membrane element and regeneration method thereof - To reuse support plate and to fix a membrane sheet by the same method both in a new product manufacturing and in regeneration. In a flat membrane element including a deposit fixed portion formed by lapping a membrane sheet performing solid-liquid separation onto a support plate supporting the membrane sheet and by emitting a laser to a circumferential edge of the membrane sheet to deposit fix the member sheet onto the support plate, and making an inside of the membrane sheet surrounded by the deposit fixed portion be a solid-liquid separating area; an embrocation having laser absorption property is applied on the surface of the membrane sheet of the deposit fixed portion. At the time of regeneration, such a portion of the membrane sheet that corresponds to the solid-liquid separating area is cut off and, after that, a new membrane sheet is lapped on the embrocation and the new membrane sheet and the embrocation are deposit fixed by a laser. | 08-13-2009 |
20100243544 | SEWAGE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND SEWAGE REUSE SYSTEM - The present patent aims to control a water storing quantity of reuse water which is stored by a sewage treatment apparatus of a satellite treatment plant. The sewage treatment apparatus of the present invention comprises: a membrane separation active-sludge treating section which performs a biological treatment on a part of sewage, which is introduced by a water introducing section while flowing through a sewer trunk line, to generate first treated sewage; a membrane highly treating section which performs a membrane high treatment on said first treated sewage to generate second treated sewage; a membrane treating tank which stores said first treated sewage; a membrane highly treating tank which stores said second treated sewage; water level sensors which respectively measure water level of said membrane treating tank and said membrane highly treating tank; and a power-control section which controls water introducing quantity of said water introducing section on the basis of the water level data measured by said water level sensors. | 09-30-2010 |
20100252489 | SEWAGE REUSE SYSTEM - The present patent aims to control and adjust water storing quantities of a plurality of treated sewage tanks distributed along a sewer trunk line by a unified management. The sewage reuse system of the present invention distributes a plurality of reuse water supply sections, each consisting of a water introducing opening formed in a sewer trunk line; a treated sewage tank for storing reuse water that has been generated through a sewage treatment; and a water level sensor for measuring a water level of the treated sewage tank, in a demand area of reuse water along the sewer trunk line, and comprises: a movable sewage treatment section which moves to any of the plurality of water introducing openings; performs the sewage treatment to generate reuse water; and supplies the generated reuse water to the treated sewage tank, a communication section which transmits the water level data measured by the water level sensor, and a central control section which controls a water storing quantity of the treated sewage tank on the basis of the demand information of reuse water and the water level data received from the communication section. | 10-07-2010 |
20110190158 | Method of nucleic acid sequence detection and nucleic acid sequence detection substrate - According to an aspect of the present invention, a pair of oligonucleotide strands are anchored onto the surface of a substrate by immobilizing one of the ends thereof onto the substrate. Each of the immobilized oligonucleotide strands is bound to a target nucleic acid sequence (single-stranded) having complementary sequences thereto to form a cross-linked structure on the substrate, thereby forming a finely reticulated space. Ligands are captured by this reticulated space through physical adsorption and caused to color with active substances reactive to the ligands. As a result of this, the present invention is capable of highly sensitively detecting even an exceedingly small concentration of a particular target nucleic acid sequence to be detected, at low cost and for a short time. | 08-04-2011 |
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20080255190 | 8-Cyanoquinolonecarboxylic Acid Derivative - To provide a quinolone antibacterial drug and a therapeutic agent for infectious diseases, which exhibit potent antibacterial activity on Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and which is highly safe. | 10-16-2008 |
20090012119 | FLUOROALKYLPYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE - This invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula (1): | 01-08-2009 |
20090270637 | PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF TETRASUBSTITUTED 5-AZASPIRO[2.4]- HEPTANE DERIVATIVES AND OPTICALLY ACTIVE INTERMEDIATES THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for effectively producing an optically active form of tetrasubstituted-5-azaspiro[2.4]heptane derivative, which serves as a useful production intermediate for quinolonecarboxylic acid antibacterial agents, and intermediates for the derivative. The present invention is directed to a method for producing a compound (VII) according to the following scheme. | 10-29-2009 |
20100159679 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR EPITAXIAL WAFER - To provide a manufacturing method for an epitaxial wafer that alleviates distortions on a back surface thereof due to sticking between a wafer and a susceptor, thereby preventing decrease in flatness thereof due to a lift pin. A manufacturing method for an epitaxial wafer according to the present invention includes: an oxide film forming step in which an oxide film is formed on a back surface thereof; an etching step in which a hydrophobic portion exposing a back surface of the semiconductor wafer is provided by partially removing the oxide film; a wafer placing step in which the semiconductor wafer is placed; and an epitaxial growth step in which an epitaxial layer is grown on a main surface of the semiconductor wafer; and the diameter of the lift pin installation circle provided on a circle on a bottom face of a susceptor is smaller than that of the hydrophobic portion. | 06-24-2010 |
20110135374 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus having a function of sorting recording sheets is reduced in size and cost. The recording apparatus conveys the recording sheets, records on the recording sheets, discharges the recording sheets, and sorts the discharged recording sheets. The recording apparatus includes: a movable carriage that holds a recording head for recording on the recording sheets; and a sorting mechanism that controls positions of the recording sheets so that the discharged recording sheets are sorted, and the sorting mechanism is configured to be operated by the carriage and sort the recording sheets in accordance with a position of the carriage. | 06-09-2011 |
20120108582 | Fused substituted aminopyrrolidine derivative - A quinolone synthetic antibacterial agent having excellent properties as a medicine is provided, which has strong antibacterial activity not only to Gram-negative bacteria but also to Gram-positive cocci that have low sensitivity to quinolone antibacterial agents, and which exhibits high safety and excellent pharmacokinetics. A compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof. Specifically, a quinolone derivative of the formula (I) wherein substituents R6 and R7 taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded form a cyclic structure which may contain an oxygen atom as a ring constituent atom, the cyclic structure forming a 5-4, 5-5, or 5-6 fused bicyclic pyrrolidinyl substituent, the substituent being bonded to a quinolone mother skeleton Q containing a pyridobenzoxazine structure. | 05-03-2012 |
20120234358 | CLEANING METHOD - To provide a cleaning method which makes it possible to reduce alkaline component mixing in an ozone cleaning solution, thereby preventing impairment of cleaning ability of ozone. In the cleaning method, before chuck members retain another workpiece having previously been dipped in an ozone cleaning solution in an ozone cleaning tank, alkaline component attached to part of transfer arms and the chuck members is removed by cleaning, thereby preventing the alkaline component from mixing into the ozone cleaning solution. | 09-20-2012 |
20130029977 | Fused substituted aminopyrrolidine derivative - A quinolone synthetic antibacterial agent having excellent properties as a medicine is provided, which has strong antibacterial activity not only to Gram-negative bacteria but also to Gram-positive cocci that have low sensitivity to quinolone antibacterial agents, and which exhibits high safety and excellent pharmacokinetics. A compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof. Specifically, a quinolone derivative of the formula (I) wherein substituents R6 and R7 taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded form a cyclic structure which may contain an oxygen atom as a ring constituent atom, the cyclic structure forming a 5-4, 5-5, or 5-6 fused bicyclic pyrrolidinyl substituent, the substituent being bonded to a quinolone mother skeleton Q containing a pyridobenzoxazine structure. | 01-31-2013 |
20130044174 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a housing having an access cover, a paper feed tray, and a paper discharge tray provided on a side thereof in a rotatable manner. A rotation pivot of the paper feed tray and a rotation pivot of the access cover are arranged on the same axis, and a rotation pivot of the paper discharge tray is arranged with a shift from the rotation pivot of the access cover. | 02-21-2013 |
20140142096 | Fused Substituted Aminopyrrolidine Derivative - A quinolone synthetic antibacterial agent having excellent properties as a medicine is provided, which has strong antibacterial activity not only to Gram-negative bacteria but also to Gram-positive cocci that have low sensitivity to quinolone antibacterial agents, and which exhibits high safety and excellent pharmacokinetics. A compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a hydrate thereof. Specifically, a quinolone derivative of the formula (I) wherein substituents R6 and R7 taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are bonded form a cyclic structure which may contain an oxygen atom as a ring constituent atom, the cyclic structure forming a 5-4, 5-5, or 5-6 fused bicyclic pyrrolidinyl substituent, the substituent being bonded to a quinolone mother skeleton Q containing a pyridobenzoxazine structure. | 05-22-2014 |
20140246825 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a housing having an access cover, a paper feed tray, and a paper discharge tray provided on a side thereof in a rotatable manner. A rotation pivot of the paper feed tray and a rotation pivot of the access cover are arranged on the same axis, and a rotation pivot of the paper discharge tray is arranged with a shift from the rotation pivot of the access cover. | 09-04-2014 |
20150055198 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading device includes: a sensor unit; a first reading part at which the sensor unit reads a document through a first transparent member; a second reading part at which the sensor unit reads a document through a second transparent member different from the first transparent member; and a color reference, wherein measurement of the color reference is able to be performed through the first transparent member by the sensor unit for calibration for reading at the first reading part, and measurement of the color reference is able to be performed through the second transparent member by the sensor unit for calibration for reading at the second reading part. | 02-26-2015 |
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20140300731 | Onboard Environment-Recognition Device - Disclosed is an onboard environment-recognition device | 10-09-2014 |
20150161881 | In-Vehicle Surrounding Environment Recognition Device - An in-vehicle surrounding environment recognition device includes: a photographic unit that photographs a road surface around a vehicle and acquires a photographic image; an application execution unit that recognizes another vehicle on the basis of the photographic image, and detects a relative speed of the other vehicle with respect to the vehicle; a reflection determination unit that, on the basis of the photographic image, determines upon presence or absence of a reflection of a background object from the road surface; a warning control unit that controls output of a warning signal on the basis of the result of recognition of the other vehicle; and a warning prevention adjustment unit that suppresses output of the warning signal on the basis of the relative speed of the other vehicle, if it has been determined that there is the reflection of the background object from the road surface. | 06-11-2015 |
20150220793 | Image Processing Device - An image processing device includes: an image acquisition unit that obtains a photographic image of an area outside of a vehicle captured and output by a camera; a sun decision unit that calculates a sun position which indicates, at least, a solar elevation and makes a decision as to whether or not the solar elevation is equal to or lower than a predetermined elevation; an opacity detection unit that detects clouding of a lens surface of the camera; a vehicle detection unit that detects another vehicle, different from the vehicle, based upon image information of a first image area in the photographic image; and a control unit that suspends detection of the other vehicle by the vehicle detection unit if the opacity detection unit detects opacity in, at least, the first image area and the sun decision unit decides that the solar elevation is equal to or lower than the predetermined elevation. | 08-06-2015 |
20150334385 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE - A vehicle-mounted environment recognition device includes an imaging unit that acquires an image taken by an imaging device; an image self-diagnosis unit that diagnoses contamination of a lens of the imaging device with respect to the image acquired by the imaging unit; an application execution unit that executes an application selected from a predetermined application group; and a fail determination unit that determines, on the basis of a diagnosis result from the image self-diagnosis unit, whether the lens contamination state is in an endurance range of the application and, if within the endurance range, sets the operation of the application executed by the application execution unit to a suppression mode. If outside the endurance range, contamination removal control is implemented, or a fail determination is made for the application. Contamination removal and fail determination can be implemented utilizing parameter adjustment and hardware, or an image-based self-diagnosis can be conducted. | 11-19-2015 |
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20090043908 | CONTENT PLAYBACK DEVICE, CONTENT PLAYBACK METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CONTENT PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A content playback device has a processor, a memory, a data acquisition portion that acquires streaming data for content from a data transmission device, and a storage portion that stores the acquired streaming data in a storage medium. The content playback device also has a playback portion that plays back the content based on the stored streaming data, a playback control portion that causes the playback portion to halt playback of the content in response to a halt playback request, and an acquisition control portion. The acquisition control portion causes the data acquisition portion to stop acquisition of the streaming data in response to the halt playback request, and causes the data acquisition portion to restart acquisition of the streaming data in response to a resume playback request. The storage portion stores, in the storage medium, the streaming data acquired in response to the resume playback request, starting from a position at which acquisition of the streaming data was stopped. | 02-12-2009 |
20090055549 | Content Reproduction Apparatus, Content Reproduction Method, and Program - A content reproduction apparatus is provided for reproducing variable-speed content. The content reproduction apparatus includes a data acquisition section for obtaining first streaming data and second streaming data, wherein the first streaming data includes first reproduction time data indicating a time to reproduce the first streaming data at a first streaming speed, and wherein the second streaming data includes second reproduction time data indicating a time to reproduce the second streaming data at a second streaming speed. The content reproduction apparatus also includes a reproduction time acquisition section for calculating a third reproduction time according to the first reproduction time data, the second reproduction time data, and a relationship between the first streaming speed and the second streaming speed, the third reproduction time being a time to reproduce the first streaming data at the first streaming speed followed by the second streaming data at the first streaming speed. | 02-26-2009 |
20090070499 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPRATUS, CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - A content reproduction method is provided, which acquires, from a data transmission apparatus, first streaming data that is used to play a content at a first speed, and records the first streaming data on a storage medium. The content reproduction method plays the content at the first speed, based on the stored first streaming data. The content reproduction method also starts acquisition of second streaming data in response to a varied-speed reproduction request for the content, wherein the second streaming data is used to play the content at a second speed, and plays the content at a transition speed based on the stored first streaming data, in response to the varied-speed reproduction request. The content reproduction method plays the content at the second speed based on the second streaming data, after the acquisition of the second streaming data progresses to a reproduction preparation complete state. | 03-12-2009 |
20090245124 | Receiving device, clock synchronizing method, and computer program - There is provided a receiving device including: a receiving unit that receives a packet stream; an oscillator; a measuring unit that performs a measuring operation; an acquiring unit that reads the newest time stamp read from the packet stream received by the receiving unit and the newest measurement value measured by the measuring unit with a predetermined period, from a point of time when the packet stream starts to be received; a calculating unit that calculates an accumulation value of the time stamps and the measurement values acquired by the acquiring unit; a comparing unit that compares a difference between the accumulation value of the time stamps and the accumulation value of the measurement values calculated by the calculating unit, and a value corresponding to a network jitter; and a frequency control unit that controls the oscillation frequency of the oscillator based on the comparison result by the comparing unit. | 10-01-2009 |
20100082833 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes a reception section, a buffer section, a reproduction section, an operation reception section, a transmission section, and a control section. The reception section receives data of a content transmitted through streaming from a transmission apparatus. The buffer section buffers the received data. The reproduction section successively reads out and reproduces the buffered data. The operation reception section receives a pause operation and a resume operation regarding reproduction of the data. The transmission section transmits, in response to the pause operation and the resume operation, a pause request and a resume request regarding the reproduction to the transmission apparatus. The control section controls the buffer means to discard data overlapping data received after the resume request among the data buffered by the buffer means and buffer data identical to the discarded data, that is received after the resume request. | 04-01-2010 |
20100088426 | RECEPTION APPARATUS RECEPTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A reception apparatus receiving a stream delivered by multicast through a network includes: a stream reception section receiving a stream of a first channel as a viewing stream and one or more streams of second channels as viewing candidate streams; a buffer section storing the streams of the channels received by the stream reception section; a reproduction processing section performing processing for viewing the stream stored as the viewing stream in the buffer section; and a channel processing section causing, when an instruction to switch over, as a viewing target, from the first channel to any one of the second channels of the streams being received as the viewing candidate streams is input, the reproduction processing section to process as the viewing stream the stream corresponding to the second channel and stored in the buffer section, and the stream reception section to receive the stream as the viewing stream. | 04-08-2010 |
20100100635 | Reception Apparatus, Content Reception Method, and Program - A reception apparatus includes a download section, a storage section, a judgment section, and a presentation section. The download section downloads a content via a network. The storage section stores the content being downloaded. The judgment section judges, based on a transmission rate of the content being downloaded and a standard reproduction rate of the content, whether the content can be reproduced continuously. The presentation section presents a result of the judgment to a user. | 04-22-2010 |
20110137896 | Information processing apparatus, predictive conversion method, and program - Provided is an information processing apparatus including an input portion, a metadata acquiring portion, a data forming portion, and a predictive converting portion. The input portion receives selection of content from a user. The metadata acquiring portion acquires metadata including a word indicative of information concerning the content whose selection was received by the input portion. The data forming portion extracts the word from the acquired metadata and forms predictive conversion data for each of the words. The predictive converting portion carries out predictive conversion of a word with respect to input data from the user using the formed predictive conversion data. | 06-09-2011 |
20120023204 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a communication system able to share content on the basis of metadata. A storage unit | 01-26-2012 |
20130050518 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: an image receiving unit receiving an image series from a remote control apparatus, the remote control apparatus including a camera unit enabling continuous-shooting, the remote control apparatus being capable of sending the image series to an information processing apparatus via a wireless medium, the image series being obtained by continuous-shooting by the camera unit; a display unit having a display screen; a display controller displaying the received image series on the display screen in series; an image storing unit selecting, in response to a first control signal sent from the remote control apparatus via a wireless medium, a store-target image from the displayed image series, and storing the store-target image; and a content obtaining unit obtaining display-dedicated content. The display controller simultaneously displays the obtained display-dedicated content and the received image series on the display screen of the display unit. | 02-28-2013 |
20130201129 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a position detecting unit detecting a contact position at which an input object has touched a touch panel, an area detecting unit detecting a contact area between the touch panel and the input object, and a selecting unit selecting any one of a plurality of objects based on the contact position and the contact area. | 08-08-2013 |
20140218326 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, CONTENT TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit content and a point of interest indicator to a second device. The content and the point of interest indicator are selected by a user of the first device using a single action. The point of interest indicator identifies a portion of the content to be highlighted by the second device. | 08-07-2014 |
20150066887 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a favorite list acquisition unit, a unique information acquisition unit, and a search result acquisition unit. The favorite list acquisition unit is configured to acquire a favorite list serving as a list of contents on which a favorite operation expressing a positive impression of a user has been performed. The unique information acquisition unit is configured to acquire, when one of the contents is selected from the favorite list, unique information unique to the selected content serving as the content selected from the favorite list. The search result acquisition unit is configured to acquire a search result obtained by searching for contents with the selected content as a keyword. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067522 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a control apparatus including a control unit configured to control, based on a content list as a list of content items to be provided by providing apparatuses that are connected to a network and capable of providing the content items and on connection relationship information indicating connection relationships between the providing apparatuses and input terminals of output apparatuses that are connected to the network and capable of outputting the content items, a providing apparatus to provide a selected content item that is selected from among the content items in the content list and an output apparatus including an input terminal to which the providing apparatus is connected, as control targets via the network. | 03-05-2015 |
20150310854 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including an analysis unit configured to analyze a character string indicating contents of utterance obtained as a result of speech recognition, and a display control unit configured to display the character string indicating the contents of the utterance and an analysis result on a display screen. | 10-29-2015 |
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20090006783 | Information Processing System, Reader/Writer, Information Processing Apparatus, Access Control Management Method and Program - There is provided an information processing system having a reader/writer and an information processing apparatus. The reader/writer include a processing section for executing service processing, a processing completion determining section for determining completion of the processing, a control information generating section for generating control information, depending on the determination result and a control information transmitting section for transmitting the control information, and the information processing apparatus includes an internal memory having an access control area, an in-chip communication section for receiving the control information, an internal memory managing section for storing the received control information in the internal memory, a control information obtaining section for obtaining the control information from the internal memory and an access control managing section for setting the access control for the access control area based on the control information. | 01-01-2009 |
20090106582 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR DATA RECOVERY AFTER FAILURE - An information processing device and information processing method including a management table that includes three pages. A pair of first and second pages is alternately used as a valid page and an invalid page to secure the data. The valid page is copied to a third page. Even when the power is shut off in the process of updating the page, at the next start time, the status of the data writing operation when the power is shut off is determined based on the validity and stability of the pages. Therefore, the data is restored without any corruption of valid page by using a proper restoring method. | 04-23-2009 |
20090307491 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An information processing device includes: a data storage portion that can store user data used in a particular non-contact communication service and management information to manage the user data in different storage areas corresponding to different encryption methods and that has a first storage area storing management information corresponding to a first encryption method; an issuing information receiver that receives issuing information encrypted with the first encryption method from an issuing device delivering the issuing information to issue management information corresponding to a second encryption method; an issuing information decryption portion that decrypts the received issuing information with the first encryption method, based on the management information corresponding to the first encryption method stored in the first storage area; and a management information issuing portion that, based on the decrypted issuing information, issues the management information corresponding to the second encryption method and stores it in a second storage area. | 12-10-2009 |
20100034387 | COMMUNICATION APPARTUS, READER/WRITER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - There is provided a communication apparatus including a non-contact communication unit for performing a non-contact communication with a reader/writer; a storage unit for storing data for every logic system corresponding to at least one encryption method, and retransmission interval information of each communication command transmitted from the reader/writer for every encryption method; and a selection unit for selecting the retransmission interval information of each communication command in the encryption method to which the logic system specified by the reader/writer corresponds from the storage unit. The retransmission interval information selected by the selection unit is transmitted from the non-contact communication unit to the reader/writer. | 02-11-2010 |
20100325713 | MOBILE TERMINAL, DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A mobile terminal includes a near-field communication device capable of performing near-field wireless communication with an external device, and a controller configured to instruct the external device or the near-field communication device to execute a command. The near-field communication device has a storage unit, a first mutual authentication unit for authenticating the controller and for requesting the controller to authenticate the near-field communication device, a first communication key setting unit for setting a first communication key, a second mutual authentication unit for authenticating the external device and for requesting the external device to authenticate the near-field communication device, and a second communication key setting unit for setting a second communication key. The controller and the near-field communication device perform secure communication using the first communication key, and the near-field communication device and the external device perform secure communication using the second communication key. | 12-23-2010 |
20110090044 | Information processing apparatus, communication apparatus, and program - An information processing apparatus includes: a storage block configured to store a first region as part of a layer structure; an execution block which, in response to a designation command transmitted by a communication apparatus to designate the creation of a second region as a lower layer of the first region, performs a region creation process for creating the second region as the lower layer of the first region; and a transmission block which, if the region creation process is stopped, then transmits first information indicating whether or not the second region is already created to the communication apparatus, in response to a request from the communication apparatus. | 04-21-2011 |
20110252458 | Information processing device, information processing method, and program - An IC card compatible with a DES scheme and an AES scheme having a security strength different from that of the DES scheme, includes an inhibition information receiving section for receiving inhibition information for inhibiting predetermined manipulation from being performed in a storage region of the IC card using the DES scheme from an issuing device using the AES scheme, an inhibition flag setting section for performing inhibition processing for inhibiting the predetermined manipulation by the inhibition information, a manipulation request receiving section for receiving a manipulation request from a service providing device or the issuing device, and a manipulation executing section for executing the requested manipulation if the requested manipulation does not correspond to the predetermined manipulation inhibited by the inhibition information. | 10-13-2011 |