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20120166030 | ELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN VEHICLE - In an electrically driven vehicle equipped with a battery usable for running, a power generation unit of engine driven type that charges the battery is detachably mounted on the vehicle including a case where at least an engine of the power generation unit is detachably mounted, and the vehicle includes first stop means for bringing the power generation unit in a stopped state when the power generation unit is installed in or removed from the vehicle, and a generation stop switch for making an operation request to the power generation unit. More specifically, the first stop means stops an operation request signal to the power generation unit through low-voltage system wires when the generation stop switch is ON (no operation request is made). | 06-28-2012 |
20120228874 | ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE - An electrically driven vehicle equipped with a battery usable for running in which a power generation unit of engine driven type that charges the battery is detachably mounted on a vehicle body, includes including a first connection part that brings a high-voltage system in which the battery and the power generation unit are electrically connected together into a connected state in a state in which the power generation unit is mounted in a mounting position and brings the high-voltage system into a disconnected state in a state in which the power generation unit is dismounted from the mounting position, whereby the first connection part switches a connection state of the high-voltage system in accordance with installation or removal of the power generation unit. The first connection part includes a connector on the vehicle side and a connector on the power generation unit side. | 09-13-2012 |
20120253578 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electrically driven vehicle includes a vehicle body, a battery that is mounted in the vehicle body and is usable for running, and a generator unit that is detachably mounted in the vehicle body and charges the battery, a first fuel tank that stores fuel supplied to the generator unit being provided in the vehicle body. The generator unit includes a generator-unit-side fuel tank that stores fuel of the generator unit, and a fuel pipe is provided so as to detachably connect a vehicle-side fuel tank and the generator-unit-side fuel tank. | 10-04-2012 |
20120259495 | ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE - An electrically powered vehicle includes a vehicle body, a battery that is mounted in the vehicle body and is usable for running, and an engine driven type of generator unit that is detachably mounted in the vehicle body and charges the battery. In the electrically powered vehicle, at least some of exhaust system assembly components that form an exhaust system of an engine of the generator unit are provided in the vehicle body. Specifically, the electrically powered vehicle is configured to mount, for example, a catalyst out of the exhaust system assembly components in the vehicle body. | 10-11-2012 |
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20090028580 | Optical reception apparatus and controlling method thereof - The optical reception apparatus of the invention branches into two an RZ-DQPSK optical signal input from an optical transmission path via an optical amplifier, respectively sends this to delay interferometers and photoelectric converters on a pair of arms, separately detects a number of generated errors for the signals propagating through the arms in an error-number detection circuit, obtains a difference in the respective number of generated errors in an error-number detector, and controls phase shift in the delay interferometers so that the difference is within a preset tolerance. By so doing, it is possible to realize excellent reception performance by suppressing the occurrence of the burst error. | 01-29-2009 |
20090297161 | Optical transmission apparatus with clock selector - An optical transmission apparatus includes a first transceiver unit coupled to a first node, a second transceiver unit coupled to a second node, an electrical signal processing unit provided between the transceiver units, a first transmission clock generating unit configured to generate a clock used by the second transceiver unit based on a clock of a signal arriving through the first node, a second transmission clock generating unit configured to generate a clock used by the first transceiver unit based on a clock of a signal arriving through the second node, a selector configured to select an output clock of the first transmission clock generating unit at a time of optical input interruption at the second node, and a frequency dividing unit configured to produce a frequency-divided clock obtained by dividing frequency of the output clock selected by the selector for provision to the second transmission clock generating unit. | 12-03-2009 |
20100074386 | JITTER CONTROL APPARATUS - A jitter control apparatus used in a multiplexing apparatus multiplexing a plurality of signals by asynchronous mapping, includes: a detection unit configured to detect a frequency of timing compensation processes in the asynchronous mapping for each of the plurality of signals; and a selection unit configured to select, on basis of a detection result by the detection unit, a clock signal to be used as a carrier clock for the plurality of signals, from a plurality of clock signals including clock signals extracted from at least one of the plurality of signals. | 03-25-2010 |
20140314427 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - An optical transmission apparatus receives an optical signal of an optical wavelength. The optical transmission apparatus has a variable wavelength filter, a neighboring frequency detection unit, and an ADC/DSP. The variable wavelength filter detects a neighboring of another optical transmission apparatus that receives an optical signal of a wavelength different from the wavelength. The neighboring frequency detection unit determines whether or not a second frequency supported by the another optical transmission apparatus where a neighboring has been detected by the variable wavelength filter is different from a first frequency supported by the optical transmission apparatus. The ADC/DSP changes a parameter for removing a phase noise from the optical signal of the wavelength according to a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency when it is determined that the second frequency is different from the first frequency. | 10-23-2014 |
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20090162750 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LITHIUM ION-STORING/RELEASING MATERIAL, LITHIUM ION-STORING/RELEASING MATERIAL, AND ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE USING THE MATERIAL - A method of producing a material capable of electrochemically storing and releasing a large amount of lithium ions is provided. The material is used as an electrode material for a negative electrode, and includes silicon or tin primary particles composed of crystal particles each having a specific diameter and an amorphous surface layer formed of at least a metal oxide, having a specific thickness. Gibbs free energy when the metal oxide is produced by oxidation of a metal is smaller than Gibbs free energy when silicon or tin is oxidized, and the metal oxide has higher thermodynamic stability than silicon oxide or tin oxide. The method of producing the electrode material includes reacting silicon or tin with a metal oxide, reacting a silicon oxide or a tin oxide with a metal, or reacting a silicon compound or a tin compound with a metal compound to react with each other. | 06-25-2009 |
20090311578 | WATER REPELLENT CATALYST LAYER FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A water repellent catalyst layer for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, including a water repellent coating film provided on catalyst particles, which are coated with a proton-conductive electrolyte, and a manufacturing method for a water repellent catalyst layer for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell including the steps of: coating catalyst particles with a proton-conductive electrolyte; providing a fluorine-based compound having at least one polar group and having a molecular weight of 10,000 or less on the catalyst particles to form a fluorine compound coating film; and imparting hydrophobic property by stabilizing the fluorine compound coating film. The hydrophobic property is imparted even to the inside of fine pores of the catalyst layer to improve water evacuation performance, so that an effective surface area and a catalyst utilization ratio can be increased. | 12-17-2009 |
20100233384 | IMMOBILIZATION OF METAL NANOPARTICLES - A solution containing polymer-bound metal nanoparticles is deposited onto a substrate, at least the surface of which is insulating, to form a pattern, the substrate is dried, and then the pattern is subjected to plasma exposure. | 09-16-2010 |
20120321949 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LITHIUM ION-STORING/RELEASING MATERIAL, LITHIUM ION-STORING/RELEASING MATERIAL, AND ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE USING THE MATERIAL - A method of producing a material capable of electrochemically storing and releasing a large amount of lithium ions is provided. The material is used as an electrode material for a negative electrode, and includes silicon or tin primary particles composed of crystal particles each having a specific diameter and an amorphous surface layer formed of at least a metal oxide, having a specific thickness. Gibbs free energy when the metal oxide is produced by oxidation of a metal is smaller than Gibbs free energy when silicon or tin is oxidized, and the metal oxide has higher thermodynamic stability than silicon oxide or tin oxide. The method of producing the electrode material includes reacting silicon or tin with a metal oxide, reacting a silicon oxide or a tin oxide with a metal, or reacting a silicon compound or a tin compound with a metal compound to react with each other. | 12-20-2012 |
20130010829 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING PROBE, TEMPERATURE MEASURING APPARATUS, AND TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD - A temperature measuring probe is characterized in that it has a film | 01-10-2013 |
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20090102826 | Display device - A display device having a display element is configured such that the extending directions of electrodes are made different from each other among upper, lower, left and right pixels. | 04-23-2009 |
20100128210 | Display device - The present invention is intended to control the color temperature of white exhibited by a liquid crystal display device. White is produced when light waves emitted through pixels associated with three colors of red; green, and blue have maximum intensities. The amounts of light emitted through the respective pixels are controlled by differentiating the shapes of the pixel electrodes disposed at the respective pixels from one another. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. Otherwise, the shapes of interceptive films disposed at the respective pixels are differentiated from one another in order to control light waves emitted through the respective pixels. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. The interceptive film may be shaped like the pixel electrode. Otherwise, the interceptive film may be realized with an interceptive pattern other than that of the pixel electrode or one of openings bored in a black matrix. | 05-27-2010 |
20100134439 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A display device of the invention includes a display panel attached to one face side of a light transmissive circuit board and a light transmissive substrate attached to the other face side of the circuit board. A mounted component is mounted on the other face side of the circuit board. The circuit board includes a light transmissive junction layer for joining the circuit board to the light transmissive substrate at a position avoiding the mounted component. The junction layer includes a core substrate formed of a resin, an adhesive layer formed on one face of the core substrate, and a bonding layer formed on the other face of the core substrate and cured. The adhesive layer is adhered to the circuit board, and the bonding layer is firmly fixed to the light transmissive substrate. | 06-03-2010 |
20100302132 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A projecting portion is formed on first and second side walls of the inner frame parallel to two sides of the non-overlapping region of the first substrate which intersect with one side of the non-overlapping region of the first substrate. The projecting portion of the inner frame has an opening portion. The lower frame has an opening portion through which the projecting portion of the inner frame penetrates. The projecting portion of the inner frame penetrates the opening portion of the lower frame and projects to a side of the lower frame opposite to the display panel. A protruding portion is formed on the casing correspondingly to the projecting portion of the inner frame. The inner frame is fixed to the casing by making an opening portion formed in the projecting portion of the inner frame engage with the protruding portion of the casing. | 12-02-2010 |
20110317110 | Display device - The present invention is intended to control the color temperature of white exhibited by a liquid crystal display device. White is produced when light waves emitted through pixels associated with three colors of red, green, and blue have maximum intensities. The amounts of light emitted through the respective pixels are controlled by differentiating the shapes of the pixel electrodes disposed at the respective pixels from one another. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. Otherwise, the shapes of interceptive films disposed at the respective pixels are differentiated from one another in order to control light waves emitted through the respective pixels. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. The interceptive film may be shaped like the pixel electrode. Otherwise, the interceptive film may be realized with an interceptive pattern other than that of the pixel electrode or one of openings bored in a black matrix. | 12-29-2011 |
20120113072 | Display Device - A display device having a display element is configured such that the extending directions of electrodes are made different from each other among upper, lower, left and right pixels. | 05-10-2012 |
20130187842 | Display Device - A display device having a display element is configured such that the extending directions of electrodes are made different from each other among upper, lower, left and right pixels. | 07-25-2013 |
20130265531 | Display Device - The present invention is intended to control the color temperature of white exhibited by a liquid crystal display device. White is produced when light waves emitted through pixels associated with three colors of red, green, and blue have maximum intensities. The amounts of light emitted through the respective pixels are controlled by differentiating the shapes of the pixel electrodes disposed at the respective pixels from one another. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. Otherwise, the shapes of interceptive films disposed at the respective pixels are differentiated from one another in order to control light waves emitted through the respective pixels. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. The interceptive film may be shaped like the pixel electrode. Otherwise, the interceptive film may be realized with an interceptive pattern other than that of the pixel electrode or one of openings bored in a black matrix. | 10-10-2013 |
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20090108107 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - When a fuel injection valve is mounted on an engine, a distance between a core and an armature during non-energization of a coil can be prevented from becoming narrow. The coil is arranged inside the core, and a body is fixedly secured at its one end to an end of the core. A housing is arranged outside the coil with its one end abutting a cylinder head. A cap is arranged at the other end of the housing, and abuts at its side opposite to the housing with a fastening unit. The armature is arranged for reciprocation inside the body, and is magnetically attracted to the magnetized core. A gap is formed between the housing and the body, with the cap and the core being fixed to each other, and upon mounting the valve on the engine, the housing and the fastening unit abut the cylinder head and the cap, respectively. | 04-30-2009 |
20130093273 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE - A rotary electric machine includes a rotor, a stator having coils wound to surround the rotor, a cylindrical ring member fixedly mounted on the stator by shrinkage fitting, and a frame disposed on the outside of the ring member with a gap created in between. The distance of the gap varies as a result of thermal expansion of the stator and the ring member. An outer surface of the ring member goes into contact with the frame when the stator and the ring member thermally expand, whereby the stator and the ring member are efficiently cooled. | 04-18-2013 |
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20100260511 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to clean a collecting member without making toner on the collecting member enter a developing device and to reduce deterioration in throughput accompanying the operation of cleaning the collecting member with a simple configuration. A control unit is provided that executes cleaning operation of transferring toner collected by a cleaning roller to a conveyance belt via a photosensitive drum and collecting the toner by a cleaning device. In the cleaning operation, the control unit develops at least a surface part to which the toner is transferred from the cleaning roller, in the surface portion of the photosensitive drum with the toner by the developing device. | 10-14-2010 |
20110200340 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a plurality of developing cartridges including respective toner accommodating portions for accommodating toners for forming an image on the image bearing member; a discriminating portion for discriminating color of the toner accommodated in each of the plurality of developing cartridges; a controller capable of controlling an image forming operation in a state in which the developing cartridges, of the plurality of developing cartridges, accommodating the toners of the same color are mounted; and a storing portion for storing lifetime information of the plurality of developing cartridges, respectively. When the developing cartridges accommodating the toners of the same color are mounted, the controller determines the developing cartridge, of the developing cartridges accommodating the toners of the same color, to be used for performing the image forming operation, on the basis of the lifetime information. | 08-18-2011 |
20140153989 | CLEANING MEMBER, CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning member includes: a blade portion contacted to the member-to-be-cleaned with respect to a counter direction to a movement direction of the member-to-be-cleaned; and a flexible supporting member. The supporting member includes one end portion where the blade portion is provided, another end portion including a portion-to-be-fixed for being fixed at the fixing portion, and a bent portion between the one end portion and the another end portion in a side remote from a surface of the member-to-be-cleaned toward an outside with respect to a line connecting the portion-to-be-fixed and a contact portion where the blade portion is contacted to the member-to-be-cleaned. The portion-to-be-fixed is provided downstream of the contact portion with respect to movement direction of the member-to-be-cleaned. The blade portion is supported by the supporting member in contact to only the one end portion. | 06-05-2014 |
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20110189348 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SUCRALOSE AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Novel utilization of sucralose which is a high intense sweetener. Compositions containing sucralose including: sweetening compositions having excellent sweetness qualities based on the characteristics of sucralose; foods with a masked unpleasant smell and unpleasant taste; performance food compositions (viscous food compositions, gel food compositions, emulsified food compositions); foods with improved flavors; preservatives and foods with improved quality of taste; and flavor compositions with improved flavors. Novel utilization of sucralose as a sweetener improver, a masking agent for unpleasant smell/unpleasant taste, a flavor improver, a function improver (viscosity, gelling properties, emulsification properties), a taste characteristic improver, and a flavor improver/enhancer. | 08-04-2011 |
20120121734 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SUCRALOSE AND APPLICATION THEREOF - Novel utilization of sucralose which is a high intense sweetener. Compositions containing sucralose including: sweetening compositions having excellent sweetness qualities based on the characteristics of sucralose; foods with a masked unpleasant smell and unpleasant taste; performance food compositions (viscous food compositions, gel food compositions, emulsified food compositions); foods with improved flavors; preservatives and foods with improved quality of taste; and flavor compositions with improved flavors. Novel utilization of sucralose as a sweetener improver, a masking agent for unpleasant smell/unpleasant taste, a flavor improver, a function improver (viscosity, gelling properties, emulsification properties), a taste characteristic improver, and a flavor improver/enhancer. | 05-17-2012 |
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20110109789 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system includes: a body unit; at least one type of interchangeable lens unit; and at least one type of external unit, wherein in the case where the body unit and one of the at least one type of interchangeable lens unit are connected integrally, the imaging system becomes an imaging device capable of shooting a photographic subject, and in the case where the body unit and one of the at least one type of external unit are connected integrally, the imaging system becomes a device having a specific function of the external unit connected to the body unit, and wherein when the interchangeable lens unit or the external unit is connected to the body unit, the body unit obtains information on the type of unit connected to the body unit, and is capable of changing control of an entire device including the body unit and the unit connected to the body unit based on the type of unit connected to the body unit. | 05-12-2011 |
20130162879 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a shooting lens having a focus lens for adjusting a degree of focus on an imaging plane; an image sensor converting an optical image of a photographic subject to an electric image signal and outputting it; a confirmation image creator creating a focus state confirmation image in which a part, or a whole of an image expressed by the image signal is enlarged; a display displaying the focus state confirmation image; and a focus evaluation value calculator calculating a focus evaluation value based on the image signal; wherein when a state of an inclination of change in a focus evaluation value calculated at a plurality of positions of the focus lens while moving the focus lens is different from a state of an inclination of change in a focus evaluation value calculated immediately before, the focus state confirmation image is displayed on the display. | 06-27-2013 |
20140118565 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system includes: a body unit; at least one type of interchangeable lens unit; and at least one type of external unit, wherein in the case where the body unit and one of the at least one type of interchangeable lens unit are connected integrally, the imaging system becomes an imaging device capable of shooting a photographic subject, and in the case where the body unit and one of the at least one type of external unit are connected integrally, the imaging system becomes a device having a specific function of the external unit connected to the body unit, and wherein when the interchangeable lens unit or the external unit is connected to the body unit, the body unit obtains information on the type of unit connected to the body unit, and is capable of changing control of an entire device including the body unit and the unit connected to the body unit based on the type of unit connected to the body unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20150070576 | IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING A BODY UNIT TO WHICH A FIRST UNIT OR A SECOND UNIT IS MOUNTED - An imaging system includes: a body unit; at least one type of interchangeable lens unit; and at least one type of external unit, wherein in the case where the body unit and one of the at least one type of interchangeable lens unit are connected integrally, the imaging system becomes an imaging device capable of shooting a photographic subject, and in the case where the body unit and one of the at least one type of external unit are connected integrally, the imaging system becomes a device having a specific function of the external unit connected to the body unit, and wherein when the interchangeable lens unit or the external unit is connected to the body unit, the body unit obtains information on the type of unit connected to the body unit, and is capable of changing control of an entire device including the body unit and the unit connected to the body unit based on the type of unit connected to the body unit. | 03-12-2015 |
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20090194151 | Semiconductor substrate, method for forming electrode, and method for fabricating solar cell - The present invention is directed to a semiconductor substrate having at least an electrode formed thereon, in which the electrode has a multilayer structure including two or more layers, of the multilayer structure, at least a first electrode layer directly bonded to the semiconductor substrate contains at least silver and a glass frit, and contains, as an additive, at least one of oxides of Ti, Bi, Zr, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Si, Al, Ge, Sn, Pb, and Zn, and, of an electrode layer formed on the first electrode layer, at least an uppermost electrode layer to be bonded to a wire contains at least silver and a glass frit and does not contain the additive. This makes it possible to form, on a semiconductor substrate, an electrode adhered to the semiconductor substrate with sufficient adhesive strength and adhered to a wire via solder with sufficient adhesive strength by lowering both contact resistance and interconnect resistance. | 08-06-2009 |
20090243111 | SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, ELECTRODE FORMING METHOD, AND SOLAR CELL FABRICATING METHOD - The present invention is directed to a semiconductor substrate having an electrode formed thereon, the electrode including at least silver and glass frit, the electrode including: a multi-layered structure constituted of a first electrode layer joined directly to the semiconductor substrate, and an upper electrode layer formed of at least one layer and disposed on the first electrode layer; wherein the upper electrode layer is formed by firing a conductive paste having a total silver content of 75 wt % or more and 95 wt % or less, the content of silver particles having an average particle diameter of 4 μm or greater and 8 μm or smaller with respect to the total silver content in the upper electrode layer being higher than that in the first electrode layer. As a consequence, it is possible to form the electrode, which has the high aspect ratio and hardly suffers an inconvenience such as a break, on the semiconductor substrate by a simple method. | 10-01-2009 |
20120289044 | SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, ELECTRODE FORMING METHOD, AND SOLAR CELL FABRICATING METHOD - A semiconductor substrate having an electrode formed thereon, the electrode including at least silver and glass frit, the electrode including: a multi-layered structure with a first electrode layer joined directly to the semiconductor substrate, and an upper electrode layer formed of at least one layer and disposed on the first electrode layer. The upper electrode layer is formed by firing a conductive paste having a total silver content of 75 wt % or more and 95 wt % or less, the content of silver particles having an average particle diameter of 4 μm or greater and 8 μm or smaller with respect to the total silver content in the upper electrode layer being higher than that in the first electrode layer. | 11-15-2012 |
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20100014879 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A developing device includes a container storing a two-component developer including a toner and a carrier, a toner carrying body carrying the toner in the container and supplying the toner to a predetermined image carrying body by rotation, a restricting member held in press contact with the toner carrying body, and a restricting nip section formed between the toner carrying body and the restricting member. The restricting nip section selects only the toner in the two-component developer to form a uniform toner layer on the toner carrying body. | 01-21-2010 |
20110064484 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A developing device includes a developer storing portion, a developer carrying body, a first regulating member having a first regulating surface regulating a layer thickness of the developer on the developer carrying body, a second regulating member having a second regulating surface that is set so as to gradually become apart from the developer carrying body toward the upstream side with respect to the rotation direction of the developer carrying body to regulate an amount of the developer conveyed to the first regulating surface, the second regulating surface being arranged with a step formed between the second regulating surface and the first regulating surface, and a sheet member so attached to the second regulating surface as to cover at least a portion of the step between the first regulating surface and the second regulating surface. | 03-17-2011 |
20110064485 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME - A developing device includes: a developer carrying body which supplies developer to a predetermined image carrying body; a layer thickness regulating member which is made of a magnetic material, which has a layer thickness regulating face opposing the developer carrying body so as to form a predetermined gap between the layer thickness regulating face and the developer carrying body and regulating the layer thickness of the developer on the developer carrying body, and which forms a magnetic path between the layer thickness regulating face and the developer carrying body; an installation member on which the layer thickness regulating member is installed; and an elastic sheet member arranged in the gap in a state of contact with a surface of the developer carrying body. | 03-17-2011 |
20110150539 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - The development device includes a developer storage part storing a developer, a developer carrier having a carrying surface for carrying the developer and a first magnet, and receiving the developer from the developer storage part on the carrying surface while rotating in a predetermined direction, and supplying the developer to a predetermined image carrier, a magnetic member formed from a magnetic material, forming a predetermined regulatory gap with the carrying surface, and arranged opposite to the first magnet, a second magnet disposed more upstream than the magnetic member when viewed from the rotating direction of the developer carrier, and having a magnetic pole of the same polarity as the first magnet, and a deterioration suppressing part suppressing deterioration of the developer transported to the regulatory gap along with the rotation of the developer carrier. | 06-23-2011 |
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20120193044 | WINDOW SHADE DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - A window shade device for vehicles includes a horizontally shielding window shade, a windup device winding up this, a guide and support mechanism supporting a horizontally shielding movable member so as to move along a guide path, and an arm supported by the horizontally shielding movable member so as to change a position thereof between a first position and a second position. The arm is connected to the horizontally shielding window shade. A first gear is provided to the arm, and a second gear is provided to the guide path by the guide and support mechanism. In the middle of the process where the horizontally shielding movable member is being directed toward the drawing direction side, the first gear and the second gear mesh with each other, and accordingly the position of the arm is changed from the first position to the second position. | 08-02-2012 |
20120247694 | VEHICLE WINDOW SHADE DEVICE - A vehicle window shade device includes: a window shade; a windup device winding up the window shade; a stay attached to a tip side of the window shade; a frame including a drawing slit for the window shade; a cover provided in the drawing slit to be opened and closed; and a biasing member biasing the cover toward an open direction. The action of the stay attached to the window shade wound up by the windup device is transmitted by the transmission member as the force in the direction in which the cover is closed. At least one of the cover, the stay and the transmission member includes a difference absorbing mechanism installed therein, the difference absorbing mechanism absorbing a difference between an action of the stay and an action of the cover. | 10-04-2012 |
20130255892 | VEHICLE WINDOW SHADE APPARATUS - A window shade device includes a windup device that winds up a window shade to be drawn/housed, a guide and support mechanism that includes a guide rail including a guide path and a movable member configured to move along the guide rail, and an arm that is coupled to the window shade and is supported by the movable member so as to change its posture. A first gear is provided to the arm, and a second gear is provided to at least a part of the guide path. A deceleration gear mechanism configured to mesh with the first gear and the second gear decelerates and transfers the rotational movement upon meshing with the second gear as the rotational movement for causing the arm to change its posture upon meshing with the first gear. | 10-03-2013 |
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20080218636 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING INPUTTED COLOR CONCERNING TOTAL AND SPECIFIC COLORS - A specific color-adjusting stage adjusts data of an inputted color with respect to a specific color. A total color-adjusting stage adjusts the data of the inputted color with respect to a total color. The specific color-adjusting stage and the total color-adjusting stage are provided in parallel. A composing unit composes linearly an output of the specific color-adjusting stage and an output of the total color-adjusting stage. When a degree that the total color-adjusting stage adjusts the data of the inputted color increases, then a degree that the specific color-adjusting stage adjusts the data of the inputted color decreases, and vice versa. | 09-11-2008 |
20090022396 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The present invention executes color correction that improves the feeling of depth of a 2D image with ease and by using a preexisting device. | 01-22-2009 |
20100194990 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a target correction amount calculating unit operable to calculate a target correction amount based on input image signals, a frame memory operable to store the input image signals, and a scene change amount calculating unit operable to calculate a scene change amount based on an input image signal of a present frame and an input image signal of a previous frame. Moreover, the image processing device includes a correction amount calculating unit operable to calculate a correction amount for the input image signal of the present frame, based on the target correction amount and the scene change amount, and a correcting unit operable to perform image quality correction to the input image signal of the present frame to generate a corrected input image signal, thereby outputting a corrected input image signal as an output image signal. | 08-05-2010 |
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20080316486 | TARGET SUBSTANCE-DETECTING APPARATUS AND TARGET SUBSTANCE-DETECTING METHOD - A target substance-detecting apparatus comprises a target substance-detecting element comprising metal structures, a light irradiation section for irradiating the target substance-detecting element with a light, a light-polarizing section which polarizes the irradiating light and separates an output light emitted from the target substance-detecting element into a first polarized light and a second polarized light, first and second light-receiving sections for outputting first and second signals according to intensity of the first and second polarized lights, respectively; and a control section which determines peaks of absorbances of the first and second polarized lights by measuring the absorbances from the first and second signals respectively, and controls the target substance-detecting element so that the peak values of the first and second absorbances can be maximized and minimized respectively by controlling a incidence angle of formed by a vibration direction of the incident light and a main axis of the target substance-detecting element. | 12-25-2008 |
20090104716 | TARGET SUBSTANCE DETECTING ELEMENT, TARGET SUBSTANCE DETECTING APPARATUS, AND TARGET SUBSTANCE DETECTING METHOD - The present invention enables to classify and measure two or more kinds of target substances which have the same recognition site recognized by a specific capturing body. Specifically, by using a target substance detecting element for detecting two or more targets, whose kinds are different mutually, at the same time, the target substance detecting element, characterized by having a base material, two or more kinds of metal structures provided on a surface of the base material, and a target capturing body provided on each surface of the two or more kinds of metal structures, and in that the number of kinds of the metal structures are equal to or more than the number of kinds of the target substances, concentrations of the two or more kinds of target substances can be calculated by integrating and analyzing detection signals detected from the target substance detecting element. | 04-23-2009 |
20110143026 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING CHEMICAL SENSOR ELEMENT - A chemical sensor that utilizes localized surface Plasmon resonance including a substrate, metal-containing particles and dielectric particles, wherein the metal-containing particles and the dielectric particles are disposed on the substrate, is used as a chemical sensor element. Thereby, a chemical sensor element having a sufficient detecting sensitivity when localized surface Plasmon resonance is utilized, and a method for the fabrication thereof, can be provided. | 06-16-2011 |
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