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20090296116 | Print System, Program, and Printer - A print system, computer readable media, and printer are provided. The print system includes a printer and a computer. The printer includes a print unit that generates an image on a sheet from output data; a generation unit that generates correction data for correcting print data; and a transmission unit that transmits the correction data to the computer. The computer includes a correction unit that corrects the print data using the correction data transmitted from the transmission unit, thereby generating the output data; and an output unit that outputs the output data to the printer. The printer system also includes a wait state maintain unit that is configured to maintain a wait state so as not to start a printing of the output data corrected in accordance with the correction data generated during a period from a time at which generation of the correction data is commenced by the generation unit until a time at which the transmission unit transmits the correction data. | 12-03-2009 |
20100058360 | STORING MEDIUM - A storing medium includes a driver program installable on a host computer and a plurality of files. The host computer includes a controller, and is connectable to a plurality of different types of peripheral devices. Each file includes separately a common setting file and an individual setting file. The common setting file includes common setting information that is commonly applicable to at least two types of peripheral devices. The individual setting file includes individual setting information that is unique to a single type of peripheral device. The driver program instructs the controller to select target setting information for controlling one peripheral device from the common setting information and the individual setting information included in the file corresponding to the one peripheral device, and to control the peripheral device based on the selected target setting information. | 03-04-2010 |
20110242591 | Print Controller, Computer Readable Medium Having Computer Program Product for Generating Print Data Based on Print Setting Information Stored Thereon, and Method of Generating Print Setting Information - An apparatus includes a processing unit and memory. The memory stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to provide an application tool and a generation section. The application tool is configured to edit a print condition based on print functional information relating to print functions provided with a printer. The generation section is configured to generate print setting information including a first print condition and a second print condition. The generating section generates the first print condition in a form so as to be editable by the application tool and generates the second print condition including at least a part of the first print condition in a form so as not to be editable by the application tool. The print data producing section is configured to produce print data based on the print setting information including the first print condition that has been edited by the application tool and the second print condition. | 10-06-2011 |
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20080297842 | Print Control Device, Printing System and Computer-Readable Recording Medium Storing Printing Program - A print controlling device for transmitting printer controlling information to a printer connected thereto is configured such that print setting data is generated based on desired print settings which may include operational control setting data in accordance with a setting by a user. The print controlling device is capable of generating print data including the print setting data as header information thereof, and converting the print data to the printer controlling information. When the print data is converted, it is judged whether the print setting data included in the print data contains the operational control setting. If the print setting data includes the operational control setting, job controlling information which corresponds to the operational control setting is transmitted to the printer. | 12-04-2008 |
20090046311 | Printing Apparatus, Displaying Device, and Computer Usable Medium Therefor - A printing apparatus to process a print job is provided. The printing apparatus includes a printing unit to form an image according to print data, a displaying device to display information concerning an operation of the printing apparatus, a first storage unit to store first user information, which identifies a user of an information processing apparatus, in association with a user-specific thumbnail image, which is to be displayed in the displaying device to identify the print job provided by the user, a first judging unit to determine as to whether the print job includes first security information, which is specified by the user to prevent contents of the print data from being disclosed, and the first user information, and a first display control unit to display the user-specific thumbnail image when the first judging unit determines that the print job includes the first security information and the first user information. | 02-19-2009 |
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20090111739 | SUGAR CHAIN ADDED GLP-1 PEPTIDE - The present invention relates to an oligosaccharide chain added GLP-1 peptide that has higher stability in blood than that of GLP-1 and, preferably, exhibits higher activity of controlling blood-sugar levels than that of GLP-1. The present invention relates to an oligosaccharide chain added GLP-1 peptide having GLP-1 activity, wherein at least one amino acid is substituted with an oligosaccharide chain added amino acid, in: (a) GLP-1; (b) a peptide having the amino acid sequence of GLP-1 with deletion, substitution or addition of one or several amino acids; or (c) a GLP-1 analog. | 04-30-2009 |
20110195897 | GLYCOSYLATED GLP-1 PEPTIDE - Oligosaccharide chain added GLP-1 peptides are more stable in blood and more active in controlling blood-sugar levels than GLP-1 peptides without added oligosaccharides. Oligosaccharide chain added GLP-1 peptides having GLP-1 activity include at least one or at least two amino acids each substituted with an oligosaccharide chain added amino acid in GLP-1; a peptide having the amino acid sequence of GLP-1 with deletion, substitution or addition of one or several amino acids; or a GLP-1 analog. Oligosaccharide chain added GLP-1 peptides with at least one amino acid substituted with an oligosaccharide chain added amino acid include an oligosaccharide chain with oligo hyaluronic acid. Oligosaccharide chain added amino acids include oligosaccharide chains attached to amino acids via linkers. | 08-11-2011 |
20110245166 | SUGAR CHAIN ADDED GLP-1 PEPTIDE - The present invention relates to an oligosaccharide chain added GLP-1 peptide that has higher stability in blood than that of GLP-1 and, preferably, exhibits higher activity of controlling blood-sugar levels than that of GLP-1. The present invention relates to an oligosaccharide chain added GLP-1 peptide having GLP-1 activity, wherein at least one amino acid is substituted with an oligosaccharide chain added amino acid, in: (a) GLP-1; (b) a peptide having the amino acid sequence of GLP-1 with deletion, substitution or addition of one or several amino acids; or (c) a GLP-1 analog. | 10-06-2011 |
20130345129 | SUGAR CHAIN ADDED GLP-1 PEPTIDE - The present invention relates to an oligosaccharide chain added GLP-1 peptide that has higher stability in blood than that of GLP-1 and, preferably, exhibits higher activity of controlling blood-sugar levels than that of GLP-1. The present invention relates to an oligosaccharide chain added GLP-1 peptide having GLP-1 activity, wherein at least one amino acid is substituted with an oligosaccharide chain added amino acid, in: (a) GLP-1; (b) a peptide having the amino acid sequence of GLP-1 with deletion, substitution or addition of one or several amino acids; or (c) a GLP-1 analog. | 12-26-2013 |
20140235822 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PEPTIDE - The present invention provides a method for producing a peptide, characterized in that it comprises converting an —SH group of a peptide comprising an amino acid residue having the —SH group to an —OH group, wherein said method comprises the following steps (a) to (c): (a) allowing an —SH group in a peptide to react with a methylating agent to convert the —SH group to an -SMe group; (b) allowing the -SMe group obtained in the step (a) to react with a cyanizing agent to produce a reaction intermediate; and (c) converting the reaction intermediate obtained in the step (b) to a peptide comprising an amino acid residue having an —OH group under more basic conditions than the conditions in the step (b). | 08-21-2014 |
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20090137780 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF PEPTIDE THIOESTER COMPOUND - The present invention provides a process for producing a peptide thioester compound, characterized by comprising: (A) forming a peptide by a solid-phase synthesis method using a resin modified with a linker represented by the formula (1) as a solid phase; (B) cleaving a bond between the solid phase and the peptide with at least one acid selected from dilute hydrochloric acid, dilute sulfuric acid, formic acid, and acetic acid to produce a peptide having a carboxyl group at the C-terminus; and (C) reacting a thiol compound with the peptide at −100 to 0° C. in the presence of a condensing agent in a solvent: (1) wherein R | 05-28-2009 |
20100080794 | MUTANT POLYPEPTIDE HAVING EFFECTOR FUNCTION - Mutant polypeptides of the present invention contain an Fc region in which a cysteine residue is substituted for the second amino acid from the glycosylation site to the N terminal side in the Fc region. The Fc region is preferably a human IgG Fc region. The mutant polypeptides of the present invention may also contain an N-linked sugar chain at the glycosylation site in Fc region. Furthermore, a polypeptide domain other than the Fc region of the mutant polypeptides of the present invention may be a polypeptide molecule that recognizes a human cell surface molecule. | 04-01-2010 |
20100306864 | POLYPEPTIDE HAVING ENHANCED EFFECTOR FUNCTION - Disclosed is a polypeptide having an enhanced effector function. Specifically disclosed are: a polypeptide having a modified Fc region; a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide; a vector carrying the nucleic acid; a host cell or a host organism harboring the vector; a pharmaceutical composition comprising the polypeptide; a method for producing the polypeptide; a method for enhancing the effector function of an antibody; and a method for producing a cell capable of producing an antibody having a high effector function. | 12-02-2010 |
20110172392 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PEPTIDE - The present invention provides a method for producing a peptide, characterized in that it comprises converting an —SH group of a peptide comprising an amino acid residue having the —SH group to an —OH group, wherein said method comprises the following steps (a) to (c): (a) allowing an —SH group in a peptide to react with a methylating agent to convert the —SH group to an —SMe group; (b) allowing the —SMe group obtained in the step (a) to react with a cyanizing agent to produce a reaction intermediate; and (c) converting the reaction intermediate obtained in the step (b) to a peptide comprising an amino acid residue having an —OH group under more basic conditions than the conditions in the step (b). | 07-14-2011 |
20110281819 | LOW-MOLECULAR POLYSULFATED HYALURONIC ACID DERIVATIVE AND MEDICINE CONTAINING SAME - A low-molecular-weight polysulfated hyaluronic acid derivative useful for prevention and/or treatment of an allergic disease. An agent for prevention and/or treatment of an allergic disease selected from pollinosis, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, atopic dermatitis, and asthma, represented by the following general formula (IA) or (IB); | 11-17-2011 |
20120047586 | POLYPEPTIDE HAVING ENHANCED EFFECTOR FUNCTION - Disclosed is a polypeptide having an enhanced effector function. Specifically disclosed are: a polypeptide having a modified Fc region; a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide; a vector carrying the nucleic acid; a host cell or a host organism harboring the vector; a pharmaceutical composition comprising the polypeptide; a method for producing the polypeptide; a method for enhancing the effector function of an antibody; and a method for producing a cell capable of producing an antibody having a high effector function. | 02-23-2012 |
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20100329884 | TURBINE ROTOR BLADE - A turbine rotor blade which is enhanced in erosion resistance and reduced in stress corrosion cracking sensitivity is provided. When a blade tip end of the turbine rotor blade is hardened by heat treatment, hardness at an outer circumferential side in a radial direction is made higher than hardness at an inner circumferential side, and thereby, enhancement in erosion resistance and reduction in stress corrosion cracking sensitivity are made compatible with each other all over in a blade length direction. | 12-30-2010 |
20120183410 | TITANIUM ALLOY TURBINE BLADE - It is an objective of the present invention to provide an effective use of the friction stir processing (FSP) technology for Ti-alloy turbine blades with a long radial length, and provide a Ti-alloy turbine blade having both high erosion resistance and high long term reliability. There is provided a turbine blade made of an α-β titanium alloy having an average Vickers hardness of 320 Hv or less, the turbine blade having a leading edge, in which: the turbine blade includes, at the leading edge thereof, a first hardened surface region having a thickness of from 0.5 to 3.0 mm and having an average Vickers hardness of 340 Hv or more; and the first hardened surface region is formed by friction stir processing a surface region of the leading edge of the turbine blade. | 07-19-2012 |
20120308390 | STEAM TURBINE - A steam turbine having a fork-type joint structure is provided that secures sufficient strength for endurance of stress corrosion cracking, low-cycle fatigue, and high-cycle fatigue, and extends an operating life while making it possible to endure long-term operation. The turbine includes a rotor having a plurality of rotor forks rowed in an axial direction; a turbine blade having blade forks arranged in the axial direction of the rotor, the blade forks engaged with the rotor forks; a plurality of pin holes whose positions are different from each other in the radial direction of the rotor; and a plurality of fork pins inserted into the plurality of pin holes in the axial direction of the rotor. A clearance exists between an inner diameter of the pin hole of the blade fork and a diameter of the fork pin, the clearance varying depending on positions in the axial direction of the turbine. | 12-06-2012 |
20130084188 | Blade - Disclosed herein is a blade that avoids fretting damage, while reducing stress occurring at the neck portion as caused by the stress relief groove. The blade disposed on an outer periphery of a rotor is provided. The blade includes: a blade portion; a dovetail portion for holding the blade on the rotor; a platform portion that connects the dovetail portion and the blade portion; and a stress relief groove that connects a side surface of the platform portion and a blade load bearing surface of the dovetail portion, wherein the dovetail portion has a width that increases toward a bottom side thereof within a range from a connection point between the side surface of the platform portion and the stress relief groove to a connection point between the dovetail portion and the stress relief groove. | 04-04-2013 |
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20090283798 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof - A semiconductor device includes an n-conductive type semiconductor substrate having a main side and a rear side, a p-conductive type layer arranged over the main side of the substrate, a main side n-conductive type region arranged in the p-conductive type layer, a rear side n-conductive type layer arranged over the rear side of the substrate, a first trench which reaches the substrate and penetrates the main side n-conductive type region and the p-conductive type layer, a second trench which reaches an inside of the p-conductive type layer, a second electrode layer, which is embedded in the second trench and connected to the p-conductive type layer. Hereby, the semiconductor device, in which the recovery property of a diode cell can be improved without damaging the property of a MOS transistor cell or an IGBT cell and the surge withstand property does not deteriorate, can be obtained. | 11-19-2009 |
20110254051 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes an n-conductive type semiconductor substrate having a main side and a rear side, a p-conductive type layer arranged over the main side of the substrate, a main side n-conductive type region arranged in the p-conductive type layer, a rear side n-conductive type layer arranged over the rear side of the substrate, a first trench which reaches the substrate and penetrates the main side n-conductive type region and the p-conductive type layer, a second trench which reaches an inside of the p-conductive type layer, a second electrode layer, which is embedded in the second trench and connected to the p-conductive type layer. Hereby, the semiconductor device, in which the recovery property of a diode cell can be improved without damaging the property of a MOS transistor cell or an IGBT cell and the surge withstand property does not deteriorate, can be obtained. | 10-20-2011 |
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20090127624 | Semiconductor device having soi substrate and method for manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device includes: a SOI substrate including a support layer, a first insulation film and a SOI layer; a first circuit; a second circuit; and a trench separation element. The SOI substrate further includes a first region and a second region. The first region has the support layer, the first insulation film and the SOI layer, which are stacked in this order, and the second region has only the support layer. The trench separation element penetrates the support layer, the first insulation film and the SOI layer. The trench separation element separates the first region and the second region. The first circuit is disposed in the SOI layer of the first region. The second circuit is disposed in the support layer of the second region. | 05-21-2009 |
20090189181 | Semiconductor device having insulated gate semiconductor element, and insulated gate bipolar transistor - A semiconductor device having an IGBT includes: a substrate; a drift layer and a base layer on the substrate; trenches penetrating the base layer to divide the base layer into base parts; an emitter region in one base part; a gate element in the trenches; an emitter electrode; and a collector electrode. The one base part provides a channel layer, and another base part provides a float layer having no emitter region. The gate element includes a gate electrode next to the channel layer and a dummy gate electrode next to the float layer. The float layer includes a first float layer adjacent to the channel layer and a second float layer apart from the channel layer. The dummy gate electrode and the first float layer are coupled with a first float wiring on the base layer. The dummy gate electrode is isolated from the second float layer. | 07-30-2009 |
20110220962 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING INSULATED GATE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, AND INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR - A semiconductor device having an IGBT includes: a substrate; a drift layer and a base layer on the substrate; trenches penetrating the base layer to divide the base layer into base parts; an emitter region in one base part; a gate element in the trenches; an emitter electrode; and a collector electrode. The one base part provides a channel layer, and another base part provides a float layer having no emitter region. The gate element includes a gate electrode next to the channel layer and a dummy gate electrode next to the float layer. The float layer includes a first float layer adjacent to the channel layer and a second float layer apart from the channel layer. The dummy gate electrode and the first float layer are coupled with a first float wiring on the base layer. The dummy gate electrode is isolated from the second float layer. | 09-15-2011 |
20120302036 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SOI SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes: a SOI substrate including a support layer, a first insulation film and a SOI layer; a first circuit; a second circuit; and a trench separation element. The SOI substrate further includes a first region and a second region. The first region has the support layer, the first insulation film and the SOI layer, which are stacked in this order, and the second region has only the support layer. The trench separation element penetrates the support layer, the first insulation film and the SOI layer. The trench separation element separates the first region and the second region. The first circuit is disposed in the SOI layer of the first region. The second circuit is disposed in the support layer of the second region. | 11-29-2012 |
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20100064706 | CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM OF PERMANENT-MAGNET TYPE SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR - There is provided a control device of a permanent-magnet type synchronous motor that sets a synchronous operation current at start-up in response to a current limiting value determined from the temperature of an inverter that supplies three-phase power to the permanent-magnet type synchronous motor, that monitors an output voltage or an output current of the inverter during a rotation stabilizing period after start-up, and that updates the synchronous operation current using this output voltage or output current. | 03-18-2010 |
20100247349 | INTEGRATED-INVERTER ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - A common mode coil can be installed without having to increase the planar area for an inverter accommodating section so that high performance and size reduction and compactness of an inverter device can be achieved. In an integrated-inverter electric compressor ( | 09-30-2010 |
20110116950 | INVERTER-INTEGRATED ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - In an inverter-integrated electric compressor having an inverter unit integrated therein, the inverter unit is provided with a plurality of CAN (Controller Area Network) receiver circuits for CAN communications with a vehicle-side control unit, at least one of the CAN receiver circuits being a high-speed CAN receiver circuit allowing connection with a high-speed CAN bus and at least one of the other CAN receiver circuits being a low-speed CAN receiver circuit allowing connection with a low-speed CAN bus. | 05-19-2011 |
20110190981 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - The electrical power consumption and cost of a control system for an air conditioning apparatus are reduced. A control system for an air conditioning apparatus mounted in a vehicle includes a plurality of vehicle-side ECUs (control units) that control devices provided in the air conditioning apparatus; and a signal control unit that controls the plurality of vehicle-side ECUs wherein the plurality of vehicle-side ECUs are divided into groups each having a common ON/OFF combination for the individual operating modes of the vehicle, and the vehicle-side ECUs belonging to the same group are connected by a common signal line; and the signal control unit sends ON and OFF signals depending on the operating mode of the vehicle to the signal lines. | 08-04-2011 |
20110236235 | INVERTER MODULE AND INTEGRATED-INVERTER ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - An object is to provide an inverter module that can ensure satisfactory anti-vibration strength, moisture resistance, and isolation for each of the upper and lower boards of the inverter module and that can reduce the weight and cost, and to provide an integrated-inverter electric compressor. In an inverter module ( | 09-29-2011 |
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20100082208 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission control system calculates a sustention output, needed to sustain a vehicle speed, based on the running resistance, calculates a request output based on, for example, an accelerator pedal angle, calculates a current gear ratio maximum output, which is a maximum output of a vehicle at the current gear ratio, based on the maximum output performance of the engine, and also calculates a post-upshift maximum output that is the maximum output of the vehicle at a gear ratio resulting from an upshift. When a first value based on the sustention output, request output, and a reserve output becomes larger than a second value based on the current gear ratio maximum output, a downshift is decided. When a third value based on the sustention output, request output, and reserve output becomes smaller than a fourth value based on a post-upshift maximum output, upshift is decided. | 04-01-2010 |
20110106356 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle drive apparatus, the vehicle control device configured with a phase determining mechanism that determines the end of the torque phase in a shift operation, and a rotary electrical machine control mechanism that controls the torque of the rotary electrical machine using a variation of input torque. The vehicle control device is also configured with an engagement control mechanism that provides feedback controlling supplied oil pressure to an engagement side element as an engagement element on a side to be engaged after switching of shift speeds so that the rotation speed change rate of the input member becomes the target rotation speed change rate. | 05-05-2011 |
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20110106355 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle drive apparatus, the vehicle control device configured with a release control mechanism that provides feedback controlling supplied oil pressure to a release side element, and an engagement control mechanism that increases supplied oil pressure to an engagement side element as an engagement element on a side to be engaged in a state that the differential rotation speed is substantially constant. The control device is further configured with a phase determining mechanism that determines if the torque phase has started when a condition that a phenomenon accompanying a change of the differential rotation speed due to increase of the supplied oil pressure to the engagement side element is detected is met. | 05-05-2011 |
20130260955 | CONTROL DEVICE OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A control device of a hybrid vehicle including an engine; an automatic transmission placed on a power transmission path between the engine and wheels, having a first friction engagement element engaged in a forward range and a second engagement element engaged in a reverse range based on a hydraulic pressure generated while the engine is stopped; and a rotary electric machine capable of driving the wheels without using the power transmission path. The rotary electric machine is driven when a shift range is the forward range or the reverse range while the internal combustion engine is stopped, and the driving of the rotary electric machine is restrained for a set time after the shift range is changed from the forward range to the reverse range or vice versa while the engine is stopped. | 10-03-2013 |
20130260957 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control device for a hybrid vehicle automatic transmission. A friction engagement element control unit includes a first play elimination control unit that sets a first pressure as the pressure for a first set time where the predetermined friction engagement element is engaged using a hydraulic pressure from the electric oil pump in a travel state in which only the rotary electric machine serves as a drive source. The first play elimination pressure is lower than a play elimination pressure for use in the case where the predetermined friction engagement element is engaged using a hydraulic pressure from the mechanical oil pump in a travel state in which the internal combustion engine serves as a drive source. | 10-03-2013 |
20150032316 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control device for a hybrid vehicle automatic transmission. The hybrid vehicle being capable of EV travel in which drive wheels are driven by only a rotary electric machine with the internal combustion engine stopped. The control device having an electric oil pump control device to drive an electric oil pump that supplies oil to the friction engagement element. A neutral control device performs disengagement control on the friction engagement element. A drag determination device determines whether conditions under which drag of the friction engagement element occurs are met because of a shortage in amount of oil to be supplied to a cancellation oil chamber of the friction engagement element by the electric oil pump during the EV travel started from a state in which the hybrid vehicle is stationary. Drag elimination control device provides a command to start the internal combustion engine. | 01-29-2015 |
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20080204839 | Optical scanning device, optical scanning display device, and optical scanning method - An optical scanning device is provided with a scanning unit including an oscillating element which is elastically and rotatably supported so as to rotatably oscillate, a light beam incident on the scanning unit being deflected to scan as the oscillating element oscillates, a scanning signal generating unit which generates a scanning signal, the scanning signal including a sawtooth wave part and a corrective wave part which is formed based on a resonance frequency intrinsic to the scanning unit, and a driving unit which drives the scanning unit to oscillate the oscillating element in accordance with the scanning signal. | 08-28-2008 |
20090079054 | Semiconductor device, structure of mounting the same, and method of removing foreign matter from the same - A semiconductor device includes a package defining an enclosed inner space, a semiconductor chip having a movable portion on one side and housed in the closed inner space of the package, and a catching member located in the closed inner space of the package to catch and hold a foreign matter suspended in an atmosphere in the closed inner space of the package. | 03-26-2009 |
20090141238 | MIRROR DRIVER USING DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED MECHANICAL BEAMS WITH MIRROR INBETWEEN AND RETINAL SCANNING DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A mirror driver is disclosed which includes: a mirror having a reflective surface reflecting incident light thereon; a pair of mechanical beams diametrically opposed to each other with the mirror inbetween as viewed along a reference line parallel to the reflective surface; an actuator imparting bending motions to the pair of beams, respectively; and a pair of joints integrally coupling the pair of beams and the mirror to each other, with less rigidity to resist deformation than rigidity of the pair of beams and the mirror, for allowing conversion of the bending motions of the pair of beams into a rigid-body motion of the mirror without inducing an angular oscillation about the reference line. | 06-04-2009 |
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20090316246 | PHOTOCHROMIC FILM, PHOTOCHROMIC LENS COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOCHROMIC LENS - The present invention relates to a photochromic film comprising a photochromic dye and a resin component. The photochromic film has a nanoindentation hardness of equal to or greater than 800 nm on at least one of surfaces, surface A, thereof. The present invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a photochromic lens. The method of manufacturing a photochromic lens of the present invention comprises forming a photochromic film having a nanoindentation hardness ranging from 500 to 5000 nm on an outermost surface thereof as well as having a smaller nanoindentation hardness on a surface facing a first mold than that on the outermost surface by coating a photochromic liquid comprising a photochromic dye and a curable component on one surface of the first mold for formation of one of surfaces of a lens and subjecting the photochromic liquid to curing treatment, and a photochromic lens comprising a photochromic film on a lens substrate is obtained by means of the above first mold. | 12-24-2009 |
20120140323 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZING LENS, POLARIZING LENS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LENS - The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polarizing lens comprising: polishing in a constant direction one of surfaces of a first mold for forming one of surfaces of a lens; disposing a second mold, for forming the other surface of the lens, opposite the first mold with a prescribed gap therebetween, and forming a cavity by occluding the gap, wherein the two molds are disposed so that the surface that has been polished is positioned within the cavity; casting a lens starting material liquid containing a curable component into the cavity and conducting a reaction to cure the curable component within the cavity to obtain a lens substrate having a surface to which a surface shape of the polished surface has been transferred; and forming a polarizing film on the surface of the lens substrate by coating a coating liquid containing a dichroic dye. | 06-07-2012 |
20120154910 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZING LENS AND POLARIZING LENS - The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a polarizing lens comprising: polishing in a constant direction one of surfaces of a first mold for forming one of surfaces of a lens; forming a polarizing film by coating a coating liquid containing a dichroic dye on the surface that has been polished; disposing a second mold, for forming the other surface of the lens, opposite the first mold with a prescribed gap therebetween, and forming a cavity by occluding the gap, wherein the two molds are disposed so that the polarizing film is positioned within the cavity; and casting a lens starting material liquid containing a curable component into the cavity and conducting a reaction to cure the curable component within the cavity to obtain a polarizing lens having the polarizing film on a lens substrate. | 06-21-2012 |
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20100013780 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing device includes: a main unit to be held; a display unit provided on the main unit such that an information display screen is positioned on a front face thereof, to display information on the information display screen; a touch position detection unit to detect a touch position on the information display screen, and generate touch position detection data represented in terms of coordinates based on two axes intersecting at the detected touch position; and a control unit to display predetermined information on the information display screen, in the event of detecting that the touch position on the information display screen is being continually displaced from within a predetermined region on the information display screen in a predetermined first diagonal direction as to two directions following the two axes, based on the touch position detection data generated by the touch position detection unit. | 01-21-2010 |
20110009988 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD - The present invention allows a user to enjoyably select a music content, which meets the user's potential likes, for a short period of time without stressing the user. The present invention selects a group of music contents, which should be regarded as objects of reproduction, from among numerous contents, sequentially reproduces and outputs hook-portion data items (A | 01-13-2011 |
20110302534 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display unit for arranging and displaying the plurality of items in a guide region, the display unit enlarging a series of items included in a specified range specified in the guide region to a size larger than a size of the items displayed in the guide region and displaying the series of items in one line in a selection region in the predetermined arrangement, a display control unit when a scroll gesture is given to scroll the series of items in the selection region, the display control unit controls the display unit to update display of the guide region so that the series of items displayed in the scrolled selection region is included in the specified range, and a control unit for determining selection of an item in accordance with a selection gesture given in the selection region. | 12-08-2011 |
20140247233 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing apparatus, method and computer program product are described. At least the apparatus includes comprising a display control device that controls a display of a lock release screen that has displayed thereon a manipulation object and a target object. A manipulation detection device detects a lock release manipulation as a detected moving of the manipulation object toward the target object. The display control device changes an appearance of the target object in response to the manipulation detection device detecting the moving of the manipulation object toward the target object. | 09-04-2014 |
20150067734 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is an information display apparatus including an information acquisition section configured to acquire foreground information displayed on a foreground, a foreground screen generation section configured to generate a foreground screen based on the foreground information, a character string acquisition section configured to acquire character strings of one or more lines based on the foreground information, a background image generation section configured to generate a background image in which character strings acquired by the character string acquisition section are drawn, and an image combination section configured to superimpose the foreground screen on the background image, and generate a display screen. | 03-05-2015 |
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20100073720 | PRINT SYSTEM FOR CONFERENCING AND PRINT METHOD THEREOF - A print system for conferencing includes a plurality of print apparatuses that are provided in a plurality of conference locations and interconnected via a network; a storage that registers in itself, data of conference material and information of prospective attendees from the respective conference locations; and a detector that detects the start of a conference. Each of the print apparatuses obtains and records the registered data of conference material and information of prospective attendees from the conference location where the print apparatus is provided, then prints as many copies of conference material as the number of the prospective attendees, if the start of a conference is detected. | 03-25-2010 |
20100302382 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH AN IMAGE DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - The present invention provides an image data processing apparatus that is capable of selecting and processing particular images from among a large number of images, based on the user's actions relating to the images. An MFP | 12-02-2010 |
20100302587 | IMAGE PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTER SELECTION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREIN PRINTER DRIVER - A certain PC selects an MFP expected to complete a print job the earliest based on the number of print jobs being spooled in each MFP, and outputs the print job to the selected MFP. Despite this, there occurs a problem that it takes longer time to complete the print job than a user thought due to that other PC has output a print job to the selected MFP substantially simultaneously with the certain PC. In view of this problem, according to the present invention, a terminal information management unit included in each MFP manages the default setting number that is the number of PCs that each set the MFP as its default MFP for ordinary use. A PC selects an MFP to which a print job is to be output based on the default setting number collected from each MFP, and outputs the print job to the selected MFP. | 12-02-2010 |
20100309497 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device prints a link source webpage and a link target webpage so that (i) it is easy to grasp, from a printout of these webpages, that these webpages are associated with each other, and (ii) the printout can be easily organized. MFP | 12-09-2010 |
20120019554 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING POP-UP WINDOW, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a display device that displays a plurality of windows having hierarchy levels in such a manner that a low-level window overlaps a high-level window, each of the plurality of windows containing a first object to close the subject window and one or more second objects to select items; an extraction portion that extracts, from one or more second objects in the high-level window, a selection candidate object that is likely to be selected by a user after the low-level window is closed; and a control portion that controls, when the extraction portion extracts the selection candidate object, the display device in such a manner that the first object in the low-level window overlaps the selection candidate object, or the first object in the low-level window is disposed close to the selection candidate object. | 01-26-2012 |
20120224198 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SETTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH SETTING PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes a setting screen displaying portion to display a setting screen on a display portion, an input screen displaying portion to display an input screen including input keys on the display portion, a position detecting portion to detect a position designated by a user on a display surface of the display portion, an item selecting portion to select one of a plurality of setting items on the setting screen, a setting value accepting portion to accept a value determined by the input key designated by the user as a setting value for the setting item being selected, and a designation accepting portion, provided independently of the position detecting portion, to accept a user's designation. The input screen displaying portion displays the input screen on the display portion when the designation accepting portion accepts a first designation in the state where the setting screen is being displayed. | 09-06-2012 |
20130207915 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a processing portion, a storage portion, and a touch pad. The processing portion is adapted to accept input of a value for a prescribed processing condition for an image forming job. The storage portion is adapted to store the value accepted by the processing portion. The touch pad is adapted to accept a touch operation. The processing portion updates the value stored in the storage portion based on a manner of change in touch position resulting from a second touch operation on the touch pad while a first touch operation in a prescribed region of the touch pad continues. | 08-15-2013 |
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20090134657 | SUN VISOR FOR VEHICLES - It is an object of the invention to provide a technique which contributes to stabilized movement of a sliding structure in a slide-type sun visor for vehicles. Representative sun visor for vehicles includes a sun visor body, a support shaft, a sliding member, a clip member and a clamping device. The clamping device accommodates a clearance in a circumferential direction between the support shaft and the sliding member and prevents relative rotation of the support shaft and the sliding member. The clamping device is mounted to the sliding member and rotates together with the sliding member. | 05-28-2009 |
20100019527 | SUN VISOR FOR VEHICLES - A technique is disclosed for reducing a biasing force acting upon a support rod, while securing a rotating torque required to pivot a sun visor body, in a sun visor for vehicles. A sun visor for vehicles, in which a sun visor body | 01-28-2010 |
20130119697 | SUN VISOR FOR VEHICLES - A technique is disclosed for reducing a biasing force acting upon a support rod, while securing a rotating torque required to pivot a sun visor body, in a sun visor for vehicles. A sun visor for vehicles, in which a sun visor body | 05-16-2013 |
20130320698 | VEHICLE SUN VISOR - A vehicle sun visor includes: an urging member that applies turning force toward a storage position to a sun visor body when a turning angle of the sun visor body from the storage position is a predetermined angle or smaller; and a damper that applies braking force when the sun visor body turns. When a turning speed of the sun visor body toward the storage position is a predetermined speed or lower, the damper braking force is smaller than a value obtained by subtracting turning force based on the weight of the sun visor body from the turning force of the urging member, and, when the turning speed exceeds the predetermined speed, the damper braking force is larger than or equal to the value obtained by subtracting the turning force based on the weight of the sun visor body from the turning force of the urging member. | 12-05-2013 |
20130320699 | VEHICLE SUN VISOR - A vehicle sun visor includes a sun visor body, a support shaft mounted on a ceiling surface of a vehicle cabin and configured to support the sun visor body at a turning center position of the sun visor body such that the sun visor body is turnable between a storage position at which the sun visor body is oriented along the ceiling surface of the vehicle cabin and a use position at which the sun visor body is able to block light, a damper configured to apply braking force at the time when the sun visor body turns, and a slide mechanism configured to hold the sun visor body such that the sun visor body is slidable in an axial direction of the support shaft with respect to the support shaft. | 12-05-2013 |
20130320702 | VEHICLE SUN VISOR - A vehicle sun visor includes: a sun visor body; a support shaft; and a damper configured to apply braking force at the time when the sun visor body turns. The damper includes: a rotor and a rotor case that supports the rotor such that the rotor is rotatable around its axis. The rotor includes a cylindrical portion in which the support shaft is inserted, the cylindrical portion being held so as to be non-rotatable with respect to the support shaft. The rotor case is held by the sun visor body in a state where the rotor case is non-rotatable with respect to the sun visor body. | 12-05-2013 |
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20080209909 | Gas turbine combustor and fuel supply method for same - A gas turbine combustor includes a liquid fuel nozzle for jetting out liquid fuel, a pre-mixture chamber wall provided with the liquid fuel nozzle at a center thereof, having a hollow conical shape gradually spreading in the direction in which the fuel is jetted out and defining a pre-mixture chamber therein; a plurality of air inlet holes bored through the pre-mixture chamber wall and introducing the combustion air to the pre-mixture chamber such that angles at which the combustion air is introduced to the pre-mixture chamber through the air inlet holes are deflected at least toward the circumferential direction of the pre-mixture chamber wall; and a plurality of gaseous fuel nozzles disposed around the pre-mixture chamber wall in an opposing relation respectively to the plurality of air inlet holes and jetting out gaseous fuel substantially coaxially with axes of the air inlet holes. | 09-04-2008 |
20100000218 | GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR AND FUEL SUPPLY METHOD FOR SAME - A gas turbine combustor for mixing fuel into combustion air introduced from a compressor, burning an air-fuel mixture, and supplying produced combustion gas to a gas turbine. The combustor has a liquid fuel nozzle for jetting out liquid fuel and a pre-mixture chamber wall having a hollow conical shape gradually spreading in the direction in which the fuel is jetted out from the liquid fuel nozzle, and defining a pre-mixture chamber therein. A plurality of gaseous fuel nozzles are disposed around the pre-mixture chamber wall in an opposing relation respectively to a plurality of air inlet holes bored through the pre-mixture chamber wall and jet out gaseous fuel substantially coaxially with the axes of the air inlet holes. | 01-07-2010 |
20110094239 | Low NOx Combustor for Hydrogen-Containing Fuel and its Operation - An object of the present invention is to provide a gas turbine combustor that supports hydrogen-containing gas having a high burning velocity and is capable of performing low NOx combustion without reducing reliability of a burner. A first fuel nozzle is provided upstream of a combustion chamber and supplies fuel for activation and hydrogen-containing gas. The combustor has a primary combustion zone, a reduction zone and a secondary combustion zone. In the primary combustion zone, the fuel supplied from the first fuel nozzle is combusted under a fuel rich condition to form a burned gas containing a low concentration of oxygen. In the reduction zone, a hydrogen-containing gas is injected into the combustion chamber through a second fuel injection hole from a second fuel nozzle so that NOx generated in the primary combustion zone is reduced by an oxygen reaction of the hydrogen. In the secondary combustion zone, air for lean combustion is supplied into the combustion chamber so that unburned part of fuel is combusted under a fuel lean condition. | 04-28-2011 |
20110185703 | Gas Turbine Combustor - A gas turbine combustor includes plural multi-coaxial-injection-hole burners in which plural fuel nozzles and plural air holes provided in an air plate to correspond to the respective fuel nozzles are coaxially arranged. Each of the multi-coaxial-injection-hole burners includes a first coaxial injection burner disposed on an inner circumferential side, and a second coaxial injection burner disposed on an outer circumferential side, and a diameter of the air holes of the first coaxial injection burner is smaller than a diameter of the air holes of the second coaxial injection burner. Combustion for carrying out flame holding of a gas turbine combustor is performed by the first coaxial injection burner, and low NOx combustion of the gas turbine combustor is performed by the second coaxial injection burner. | 08-04-2011 |
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20100054106 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method which contains: delivering laser light to a thermoreversible recording medium to heat the medium and record an image thereon, the medium reversibly changing a transparency or tone thereof depending on a temperature thereof; and heating the medium to erase the image recorded thereon, wherein the delivering is carried out using an image processing device containing: a laser light emitting unit; a light scanning unit disposed on a plane onto which laser light emitted from the laser light emitting unit is delivered; a light intensity distribution adjusting unit to change a light intensity distribution of the laser light; and a fθ lens to condense the laser light, and wherein energy of the laser light passing through a peripheric portion of the fθ lens and traveling onto the medium is lower than energy of the laser light passing through a center portion of the fθ lens and traveling onto the medium. | 03-04-2010 |
20100069238 | METHOD FOR ERASING IMAGE ON THERMOREVERSIBLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for erasing an image including irradiating an image formed on a thermoreversible recording medium with a laser light having a wavelength of 700 nm to 1,500 nm so as to erase the image, wherein an energy density of the laser light is in a range of the energy density which can erase the image and a center value or less of the range, wherein the thermoreversible recording medium includes a support, and a thermoreversible recording layer on the support, and wherein the thermoreversible recording layer contains a leuco dye serving as an electron-donating color-forming compound and a reversible developer serving as an electron-accepting compound, in which color tone reversibly changes by heat, and at least one of the thermoreversible recording layer and a layer adjacent to the thermoreversible recording layer contains a photothermal conversion material, which absorbs the light and converts the light into heat. | 03-18-2010 |
20100069239 | METHOD FOR ERASING IMAGE ON THERMOREVERSIBLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for erasing an image including irradiating an image formed on a thermoreversible recording medium with a laser light having a wavelength of 700 nm to 1,500 nm so as to erase the image, wherein an energy density of the laser light is in a range of the energy density which can erase the image and more than a center value of the range, wherein the thermoreversible recording medium includes a support, and a thermoreversible recording layer on the support, and wherein the thermoreversible recording layer contains a leuco dye serving as an electron-donating color-forming compound and a reversible developer serving as an electron-accepting compound, in which color tone reversibly changes by heat, and at least one of the thermoreversible recording layer and a layer adjacent to the thermoreversible recording layer contains a photothermal conversion material, which absorbs the light and converts the light into heat. | 03-18-2010 |
20100197492 | THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME - A thermosensitive recording medium including a support; a layer containing a photothermal conversion material, formed over a surface of the support; and an oxygen blocking layer formed over a surface of the layer opposite to a surface thereof over which the support is formed, wherein the layer further contains a resin, which is in a cross-linked state, and the photothermal conversion material absorbs a light having a specific wavelength and converts the light into heat, and wherein the oxygen blocking layer has an oxygen permeability of 0.5 mL/(m | 08-05-2010 |
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20110090296 | IMAGE ERASING METHOD AND IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus including: a semiconductor laser array in which a plurality of semiconductor laser light sources are linearly aligned; a width direction collimating unit provided on an output surface of the semiconductor laser array, and configured to collimate, in a width direction, broadening of laser beams emitted from the semiconductor laser array so as to form a linear beam; and a length direction light distribution controlling unit configured to control a length of a major axis of the linear beam to be longer than a length of a major axis of an emission part of the semiconductor laser array, and to attain uniform light distribution in the length direction of the linear beam; wherein the linear beam, which has the major axis whose length is longer than the length of the major axis of the emission part of the semiconductor laser array and uniform light distribution in the length direction thereof, is to be applied to and heat a thermoreversible recording medium, in which any of transparency and color tone thereof reversibly changes depending on temperature, so as to erase an image recorded on the thermoreversible recording medium. | 04-21-2011 |
20110090299 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image processing method which includes recording an image by irradiating a recording medium with laser beams which are arrayed in parallel at predetermined intervals to heat the recording medium, so that the image is composed of a plurality of lines written with the laser beams on the recording medium, and wherein in the image recording, the plurality of lines written with the laser beams include a line written first and an overwritten line, a part of which is overlapped with the line written first; and the irradiation energy for the overwritten line is smaller than the irradiation energy for the line written first. | 04-21-2011 |
20110207603 | THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - To provide a thermosensitive recording medium including: a support; an image recording layer on the support; and an inorganic material in particle form as a light-heat conversion material, wherein the inorganic material has a ratio of Y to X, represented by Y/X, of 2 or greater, where X denotes an average value of absorption intensities with respect to light having wavelengths in the range of 400 nm to 700 nm, and Y denotes a maximum value among absorption intensities with respect to light having wavelengths greater than 700 nm but smaller than or equal to 1,200 nm. | 08-25-2011 |
20120013701 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method including calculating a density of a character to be recorded based on information of a type, size and line width of the character; adjusting an irradiation energy of a laser beam for recording the character based on the density of the character; and irradiating a recording medium with the laser beam whose irradiation energy is adjusted so as to record the character thereon. | 01-19-2012 |
20120212564 | MARKING CONTROL DEVICE, LASER APPLICATION DEVICE, MARKING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING MARKING CONTROL PROGRAM - A disclosed marking control device controls a marking device to mark a target image on a thermoreversible recording medium by applying a laser beam includes a marking position determination unit dividing the image into plural marking lines, and determining their marking positions; a marking order determination unit determining a marking order to mark the marking lines in mutually opposite directions; an adjusting unit adjusting a distance between a first ending point and a second starting point to be longer than a distance between a first starting point and a second ending point, or adjusting laser power applied to a second starting point side of the second marking line to be lower than the laser power applied to a second ending point side of the second marking line; and a marking instruction generator unit generating marking instructions including the marking positions of the marking lines and the marking order thereof. | 08-23-2012 |
20120218540 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method including: measuring a distance between a medium where an image is to be recorded and an image processing apparatus which stores a relation between irradiation energy and distance previously measured; calculating an irradiation energy from the distance measured in the measuring based on the relation stored in the image processing apparatus; and irradiating and heating the medium with laser beams having the irradiation energy obtained in the calculating to record an image in the medium. | 08-30-2012 |
20130141512 | LASER REWRITING APPARATUS - A laser rewriting apparatus positioned on one side or the other side of a conveyance path through which a to-be-conveyed object on which a thermoreversible recording medium is affixed is conveyed in a predetermined conveyance direction. The laser rewriting apparatus emits laser light to the thermoreversible recording medium and rewrites an image. The laser writing apparatus includes an image erasing apparatus that emits laser light to the thermoreversible recording medium and erases the image from the thermoreversible recording medium; and an image recording apparatus positioned on the predetermined conveyance direction downstream side of the image erasing apparatus and records a new image by emitting laser light to the thermoreversible recording medium. The image erasing apparatus and the image recording apparatus have the respective laser light emitting parts from which the laser light is emitted at ends on the same side with respect to the predetermined conveyance direction. | 06-06-2013 |
20140158771 | IMAGE RECORDING SYSTEM AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - Provided is an image recording system for recording an image on a thermally reversible recording medium held by a conveyed article conveyed on a predetermined conveying path in a predetermined conveying direction, including: a recording device provided on at least one side of the conveying path in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction and configured to record an image on the thermally reversible recording medium of the conveyed article conveyed to a position facing the recording device by heating the thermally reversible recording medium. The image includes a scan image to be read by a reading device when the conveyed article is conveyed downstream in the conveying direction from the position facing the recording device. The recording device records the scan image on the thermally reversible recording medium within a former half of a recording time of the image. | 06-12-2014 |
20140285606 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD - A method for uniformly erasing an image recorded on a thermo-reversible recording medium. The image erasing apparatus includes an LD array, which emits a laser light whose cross section has a line shape; optics which include at least one cylindrical lens which converts, into a converging light which converges in a width direction, a line-shaped laser light which is emitted from the LD array and emits the converging light; and a mono-axial galvano mirror which deflects the laser light emitted from the optics in the width direction to scan the deflected laser light onto the thermo-reversible recording medium. | 09-25-2014 |
20150080214 | MARKING CONTROL DEVICE, LASER APPLICATION DEVICE, MARKING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING MARKING CONTROL PROGRAM - A disclosed marking control device controls a marking device to mark a target image on a thermoreversible recording medium by applying a laser beam includes a marking position determination unit dividing the image into plural marking lines, and determining their marking positions; a marking order determination unit determining a marking order to mark the marking lines in mutually opposite directions; an adjusting unit adjusting a distance between a first ending point and a second starting point to be longer than a distance between a first starting point and a second ending point, or adjusting laser power applied to a second starting point side of the second marking line to be lower than the laser power applied to a second ending point side of the second marking line; and a marking instruction generator unit generating marking instructions including the marking positions of the marking lines and the marking order thereof. | 03-19-2015 |
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20100157423 | OBSERVATION UNIT - The observation unit according to the present invention comprises an observation device observing a sample, a placing table on which the sample is placed, a drive device moving the placing table to an observation position where the sample is observed by the observation device, and a casing sealing a first space extending in a vertical direction. The first space and the placing table are arranged so as to be displaced from each other in a horizontal direction, and the drive device is arranged in the first space. | 06-24-2010 |
20110206948 | POWER SOURCE APPARATUS WITH ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS DISPOSED IN THE BATTERY BLOCKS - The power source apparatus is provided with battery blocks | 08-25-2011 |
20130004822 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME - A power supply device includes a battery assembly, a box-shaped cover case, a cooling plate, and a waterproof sheet. The battery assembly includes rectangular battery cells arranged side by side. The cover case has an opening. Exterior surfaces of the battery assembly are covered with surfaces of the cover case other than the opening. The cooling plate is thermally coupled to one surface of the battery assembly through the opening. Coolant flows through the cooling plate whereby transferring heat from the battery assembly to the coolant. The waterproof sheet covers the one surface of the battery assembly. Gaps between the battery assembly and the cover case are filled with a sealing material so that a sealing layer is interposed between them. The waterproof sheet is fastened by the sealing layer. | 01-03-2013 |
20130183574 | BATTERY SYSTEM - A battery system includes battery cells, metal plates, and welding rings. The battery cell includes terminal rods. The battery cells are connected to each other through the metal plates. The welding rings are arranged on the metal plates, and have insertion holes into which the terminal rods are inserted. The surface of the insertion hole is welded to the terminal rod. The periphery of the welding ring is welded to the metal plate after the terminal rod is inserted into the insertion hole. The terminal rods are electrically connected to the metal plates through the welding rings. The terminal rod and/or the welding ring includes a stopper that temporarily holds the welding ring at a predetermined position with the welding ring being connected to the terminal rod. The temporarily held position is the position where the periphery of the welding ring is in contact with the metal plate. | 07-18-2013 |
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20110058805 | IMAGE PICKUP UNIT AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An apparatus includes an image sensor unit, a retaining member configured to retain the image sensor unit on a photographer side and to retain an optical member on an object side, a first sealing member configured, when the image sensor unit is mounted on the retaining member, to form a closely sealed space by sealing between the image sensor unit and the retaining member, the first sealing member being provided on the photographer side of the retaining member, and a second sealing member configured, when the optical member is mounted on the retaining member, to form a closely sealed space by sealing between the optical member and the retaining member, the second sealing member being provided on the object side. | 03-10-2011 |
20120273656 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An image sensor is positioned at a fixing member and adheres to and is fixed to the fixing member by pouring an adhesive into the opening. The opening is formed in a shape that extends in a short-side direction of the image sensor at a position corresponding to a substantially central portion of the image sensor in a long-side direction. The opening is formed such that an opening width on a side not facing the image sensor is larger than an opening width on a side facing the image sensor. | 11-01-2012 |
20140071301 | ROTARY OPERATION UNIT CAPABLE OF REDUCING OPERATION SOUNDS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A rotary operation unit capable of reducing operation sounds without lowering operability and operation feeling. A rotary operation member of the rotary operation unit is supported for rotary operation by a dial base and is formed with a receiving recess. In the receiving recess, a click ball is received in a state being in contact with concave-convex portions formed in the dial base at intervals of a predetermined angle in order to provide a click feeling, and a click spring for urging the click ball is also received. A dial cap is attached to the rotary operation member such as to close an opening face of the receiving recess of the rotary operation member, whereby the receiving recess is tightly closed by the dial base and the dial cap. | 03-13-2014 |