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20110009508 | EXPANDABLE POLYSTYRENE RESIN PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND MOLDED FOAM PRODUCT - There are provided expandable polystyrene resin particles formed by granulating a polystyrene resin containing an expanding agent, wherein the weight-average molecular weight Mw of the polystyrene resin is in the range of 120,000 to 270,000, and the expanding agent contains, as an essential component, pentane at a proportion of 3 to 8 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the polystyrene resin, while the composition of the pentane is in the range of isopentane:normal pentane=10:90 to 80:20 by mass ratio. These expandable polystyrene resin particles can utilize a recycled raw material, and can produce a molded foam product having sufficient mechanical strength, while the expandable polystyrene resin particles have a long bead life and excellent low pressure moldability. | 01-13-2011 |
20120214885 | FOAMABLE POLYSTYRENE RESIN PARTICLES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, POLYSTYRENE RESIN PREFOAMED PARTICLES, POLYSTYRENE RESIN FOAM-MOLDED ARTICLE, HEAT-INSULATING MATERIAL FOR BUILDING MATERIAL, BANKING MEMBER, AND VEHICLE INTERIOR MATERIAL - In foamable polystyrene resin particles that are obtained by granulating a polystyrene resin containing a flame retardant and a foaming agent, the flame retardant has a bromine atom in a molecule, contains less than 70% by mass of bromine, has a benzene ring in a molecule, and has a 5% by mass decomposition temperature in a range of from 200° C. to 300° C., and a ratio (B/A) between (A) the amount of the flame retardant contained in the total foamable polystyrene resin particles and (B) the amount of the flame retardant contained in the surface of the resin particles is in a range of from 0.8 to 1.2. By pre-foaming the foamable polystyrene resin particles and then foaming the particles in a mold, a polystyrene resin foam-molded article having flame retardancy is obtained. According to the invention, it is possible to provide a the polystyrene resin foam-molded article that uses a flame retardant which is highly safe for the environment and living organisms, has a sufficient flame-retarding performance, and is excellent in mechanical strength, moldability, and exterior. | 08-23-2012 |
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20100120584 | ACTIVITY METER - An activity meter includes a sensor for detecting acceleration in a plurality of directions, representative acceleration calculation means for calculating a representative acceleration based on an output signal of the sensor, and exercise intensity calculation means for calculating an exercise intensity of a body motion performed in the unit period from the representative acceleration. The exercise intensity calculation means includes a plurality of calculation formulas to use in the calculation of the exercise intensity, and determines the calculation formula to use in the calculation of the exercise intensity of the body motion performed in the unit period based on a horizontal component and a vertical component of the representative acceleration. The activity amount on various types of body activities from daily activity to exercise thus can be accurately measured. | 05-13-2010 |
20110301916 | WEIGHT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, WEIGHT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A weight management device enabling the user to check the daily target indicating to what extent the weight fluctuation in the current day is to be maintained, so that the user can carry out the management of the daily weight fluctuation according to the plan, and the satisfaction level of the user can be enhanced. | 12-08-2011 |
20120226169 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - In an electronic sphygmomanometer, a protruding member is provided in an outside surface of a first air port connection head, and when a first air port is pushed into the first air port connection head, the protruding member passes over a first shielding plate while elastically deforming and reaches a position on the inner side of the first shielding plate. As a result, the first air port connection head is prevented from pulling out from the first air port, and a sense of the protruding member locking in upon returning to its original form is imparted on a worker. It is therefore possible to provide an electronic sphygmomanometer that includes, as a structure in which a pressure sensor used in the electronic sphygmomanometer is disposed, a peripheral structure for the pressure sensor that can improve the reliability of blood pressure measurement values. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226170 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - A first oscillation circuit and a second oscillation circuit are connected to a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor, respectively, and oscillate based on the capacity values of the corresponding pressure sensors. The first oscillation circuit and the second oscillation circuit operate in response to instruction from a CPU. The one of the first oscillation circuit and the second oscillation circuit that has received an activation signal from the CPU outputs a signal having a frequency that corresponds to the capacity value of the corresponding pressure sensor. An adjustment circuit is connected to the first oscillation circuit and the second oscillation circuit, and allows one of the frequency signals to pass therethrough, outputting the signal to the CPU. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226171 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - In an electronic sphygmomanometer, the thickness of the second connection tube is set to be lower than the thickness of the first connection tube, and therefore, even if error has occurred in the structural dimensions of the pressure sensor air tube, the error can be absorbed as a result of the second connection tube extending/contracting. It is therefore possible to provide an electronic sphygmomanometer that includes, in a structure in which a pressure sensor used in the electronic sphygmomanometer is disposed, a peripheral structure for the pressure sensor that can improve the reliability of blood pressure measurement values. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226172 | ELECTRONIC SPHYGMOMANOMETER - In an electronic sphygmomanometer, a first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor are disposed on a front surface side that serves as a first main surface of an internal circuit board, following a horizontal direction (the X direction) that is orthogonal to the direction in which the internal circuit board is sloped. As a result, the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor are disposed having the same height position. It is therefore possible to provide an electronic sphygmomanometer that includes, as a structure in which a pressure sensor used in the electronic sphygmomanometer is disposed, a peripheral structure for the pressure sensor that can improve the reliability of blood pressure measurement values. | 09-06-2012 |
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20080261845 | SKIN CLEANSING COMPOSITIONS - A skin cleansing composition contains the following ingredients (A), (B) and (C):
| 10-23-2008 |
20140076345 | CLEANSING COMPOSITION FOR SKIN OR HAIR - Provided is a cleansing composition for skin or hair capable of bringing about a good rinse feel and, in regard to hair, imparting softness to hair during rinsing and after towel drying, and further, imparting a sufficient moist feeling also to skin after application. | 03-20-2014 |
20150064128 | CATIONIZED GLYCEROLATED CELLULOSE - A cationized glycerolated cellulose which, when blended in a hair cosmetic, is able to impart excellent smoothness and its long-lasting feeling at the time of rinsing and to impart a moist feeling and softness to the hair after drying and, when blended in a skin cleanser, is able to impart an excellent moisturizing feeling after drying; a surfactant composition containing the same; and a hair cosmetic composition and a skin cleanser composition each containing the surfactant composition, are provided. [1] A cationized glycerolated cellulose having a specified structure, which has a main chain derived from an anhydroglucose, wherein a degree of substitution of a cationized alkylene oxy group per the anhydroglucose unit is from 0.01 to 0.18, and a degree of substitution of a glycerol group per the anhydroglucose unit is from 0.5. to 5.0; [2] a surfactant composition containing the above-described cationized glycerolated cellulose, a surfactant, and water; [3] a use of the above-described surfactant composition as a hair cosmetic composition and a skin cleanser composition; and [4] a hair cosmetic composition and a skin cleanser composition each containing the above-described cationized glycerolated cellulose, a surfactant, and water, are disclosed. | 03-05-2015 |
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20100103878 | WIRELESS SENSOR-NETWORK SYSTEM, SENSING TERMINAL NODE, AND BASE STATION - To correct a sensor data acquisition time with a simple hardware configuration, provided is a wireless sensor-network system including: a base station; and a plurality of sensing terminal nodes, the base station transmitting a beacon at predetermined intervals to the plurality of sensing terminal nodes, the plurality of sensing terminal nodes measuring data and transmitting, based on a reception of the beacon transmitted from the base station, the sensor data thus obtained to the base station, in which the plurality of sensing terminal nodes obtain, based on an internal clock, a time at which the beacon is received and transmit the time to the base station, and the base station corrects, based on the reception time transmitted from each of the plurality of sensing terminal nodes, the sensor data acquisition time. | 04-29-2010 |
20110255570 | ADAPTIVE FREQUENCY HOPPING IN TIME-SLOTTED BASED WIRELESS NETWORK - In a wireless network system, the nodes share a frequency hopping pattern. A method comprises providing a channel list table which includes, for each transmitting node, one or more channel lists, each channel list containing conditions of the channels of the shared frequency hopping pattern that include at least one available channel for communications with a target node; selecting a channel of a next allocated time slot from the shared frequency hopping pattern at the transmitting node; selecting the channel list for the target node from the channel list table, to which the transmitting node transmits; checking if the selected channel is available based on the selected channel list; setting the selected channel at the transmitting node if the selected channel is available; and calculating a substitute channel from the channel list if the selected channel is not available. | 10-20-2011 |
20120281545 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Systems and methods directed towards improving reliability for wireless networks. Selective polling techniques are utilized to selectively poll stations within a wireless network in order to ensure that a station failing to properly transmit data is given an opportunity to rectify the transmission failure. The selective polling techniques can be applied to any polling-based system, thus maintaining backwards compatibility with legacy systems. | 11-08-2012 |
20130114622 | BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS - Systems and methods for reducing overhead by using block acknowledgment with an all polling technique while attempting to meet latency and QoS requirements. Each node transmits a number of packets upon receiving a polling message. The Access Point (AP) then replies with a Block Acknowledgement (BlockAck), which is combined with a subsequent polling message and contains a bitmap that indicates 1 for a successfully received packet and 0 for a failed reception. | 05-09-2013 |
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20100103986 | Receiver - With the objective of enhancing receiving performance of a receiver with respect to pulse signals spread by spread codes, the receiver comprises an RF front-end section which performs amplification, an AD converter section which AD-converts signals outputted from the RF front-end section, a baseband section which inversely spreads the output of the AD converter section and performs signal detection and demodulation thereon, a reception environment measuring section which measures reception environment using the input signals of the baseband section, and a parameter setting section which sets parameters for respective parts on the basis of signals outputted from the reception environment measuring section. The parameter setting section sets the parameters for the respective parts to the optimum according to the environmental condition measured by the reception environment measuring section. | 04-29-2010 |
20110092223 | Reciever, frequency deviation measuring unit and positioning and ranging system - In a system for measuring a time difference of arrival of signals for positioning, an accurate time difference is measured by a receiver which is reduced in power consumption, size, and cost. The system comprises a node (under measurement) for transmitting a positioning signal, a reference station for transmitting a reference signal, and a plurality of access points for receiving the positioning signal and reference signal, and a server connected to the plurality of access points through a network. Each of the plurality of access points measures a time difference between the reception of the positioning signal and the reception of the reference signal, and a frequency deviation from the reference station, using a clock signal and a signal for shifting the clock signal, and the server calculates the position of the node based on the measured time difference and frequency deviation. | 04-21-2011 |
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20080232297 | Node location method, node location system and server - A node location system for detecting a node by receiving two or more access points. The node location system includes a node, a reference station, multiple access points, a server, and a network. After receiving a location signal, the reference station sends a reference signal, and the access points receive a position measurement signal and a reference signal, and detects a specified pattern from the received location signal and reference signal, and measures the time from detecting the specified pattern from the location signal until detecting the time from the reference signal, and sends the signal-receive-time information including that measured time to the server, and the server calculates the difference between the time the reference station received the location signal and the time that the access points received the location signal, and then calculates the node position based on this calculated differential. | 09-25-2008 |
20080298341 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication system having an interference reduction function and enabling random access is constructed without complicating a terminal structure. A base station has an interference signal detection function, performs interference signal detection intermittently and transmits a beacon signal when no interference signal is detected. A terminal starts up from a sleep mode before transmitting data, performs reception waiting, transmits data only immediately after reception of the beacon signal, transits to the sleep mode again if the beacon signal is not received and repeats the abovementioned sequence after a predetermined time elapses. | 12-04-2008 |
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20080302396 | Workpiece Surface Treatment System - A workpiece surface treatment system ( | 12-11-2008 |
20090194139 | Surface Treatment Apparatus - [Object] To provide a surface treatment apparatus capable of carrying out a surface treatment, a water washing process, a drying process, etc. automatically in an assembly line manner and in a space-saving installation area. | 08-06-2009 |
20110146732 | Workpiece Surface Treatment System - A workpiece surface treatment system, which obtains a surface-treated workpiece by sequentially carrying a treatment cell containing a workpiece to a series of apparatuses for operations in the respective apparatuses, is characterized by including: a carrying apparatus for sequentially carrying the treatment cell to a series of the apparatuses in the system; a carrying-in/out apparatus for carrying the treatment cell in and out of the carrying apparatus; a surface treatment apparatus for performing a surface treatment on the workpiece by receiving the treatment cell from the carrying apparatus and supplying a surface treatment liquid to the inside of the treatment cell while rotating the treatment cell; and a workpiece collection apparatus for collecting the workpiece by receiving the treatment cell from the carrying apparatus, inverting the treatment cell, and squirting the inside of the treatment cell with water from below to flow out the workpiece, wherein the carrying apparatus carries the treatment cell to the surface treatment apparatus, and then to the workpiece collection apparatus. | 06-23-2011 |
20110284037 | Surface Treatment Apparatus - The surface treatment apparatus includes: a supply device for supplying an introduced workpiece to the inside of a treatment cell of a subsequent surface treatment device; a surface treatment device for supplying a surface treatment liquid to the inside of the treatment cell while rotating the treatment cell, thereby performing a surface treatment on the workpiece; a workpiece collection device for inverting the treatment cell, and squirting the inside of the treatment cell with water from below to flow out the workpiece, thereby collecting the workpiece into a collection vessel; a drying device for receiving the collection vessel from the workpiece collection device, and exposing the workpiece within the collection vessel to air, thereby drying the workpiece; and a carrying device for carrying the treatment cell between the surface treatment devices, and between the surface treatment device and the workpiece device, wherein the surface treatment apparatus includes the one or more surface treatment devices. | 11-24-2011 |
20120017458 | Surface Treatment Apparatus - The surface treatment apparatus includes: a supply device for supplying an introduced workpiece to the inside of a treatment cell of a subsequent surface treatment device; a surface treatment device for supplying a surface treatment liquid to the inside of the treatment cell while rotating the treatment cell, thereby performing a surface treatment on the workpiece; a workpiece collection device for inverting the treatment cell, and squirting the inside of the treatment cell with water from below to flow out the workpiece, thereby collecting the workpiece into a collection vessel; a drying device for receiving the collection vessel from the workpiece collection device, and exposing the workpiece within the collection vessel to air, thereby drying the workpiece; and a carrying device for carrying the treatment cell between the surface treatment devices, and between the surface treatment device and the workpiece device, wherein the surface treatment apparatus includes the one or more surface treatment devices. | 01-26-2012 |
20140230858 | Workpiece Surface Treatment System - A method for rinsing a treatment cell of a workpiece surface treatment system, which obtains a surface-treated workpiece by sequentially carrying the treatment cell containing the workpiece to a series of apparatuses for operations in the respective apparatuses is provided. A surface treatment apparatus performs a surface treatment on the workpiece by receiving the treatment cell from a carrying apparatus and supplying a surface treatment liquid to the inside of the treatment cell while rotating the treatment cell. A workpiece collection apparatus collects the workpiece by receiving the treatment cell from the carrying apparatus, inverts the treatment cell, and squirts the inside of the treatment cell with water from below to flow out the workpiece. The carrying apparatus carries the treatment cell to the surface treatment apparatus, and then to the workpiece collection apparatus. | 08-21-2014 |
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20100314146 | ELECTRIC TOOL AND REMOTE CONTROL HOLDER FOR THE ELECTRIC TOOL - The purpose of the present invention is to maintain a better usability and a better electrical connection, while restricting burden on an attachment portion of an electric tool. In an attachment portion of a chain saw to which a battery pack is mounted, a pair of ribs are provided parallel to and on outer surfaces of the guide rails. On the contrary, a connecting member of a remote control holder has a connecting wall positioned outside the guide rails and having a pair of recessed grooves for allowing the pair of ribs to be fitted into the recessed grooves. The chain saw can be connected to the connecting member without utilizing the guide rails and by the engagement between the ribs and the connecting wall. | 12-16-2010 |
20100319203 | COUPLING APPARATUS FOR COUPLING BLADE PROTECTOR TO TOOL BODY OF GARDENING TOOL - A coupling member can releasably couple a blade protector to a tool body of a gardening tool. The coupling member is movably and non-removably coupled to one of the tool body and the protector. | 12-23-2010 |
20110131816 | BUSH CUTTER WITH A VERSATILE OPERATING ROD - A bush cutter comprises an operating rod, a cutting unit, a main unit and a transfer shaft. The cutting unit is disposed at a front end of the operating rod and rotatably supports a cutting blade. The main unit is disposed at a rear end of the operating rod and houses a motor that drives the cutting blade. The transfer shaft is disposed within the operating rod and transfer output torque of the motor from the main unit to the cutting unit. An adapter is fixed to the rear end of the operating rod and the main unit is provided with a rod insertion hole configured to receive the rear end of the operating rod with the adapter fixed. This configuration may prevent the operating rod, which has versatility, from being erroneously assembled. | 06-09-2011 |
20110131817 | BUSH CUTTER TO WHICH BATTERY PACK CAN BE ATTACHED AND DETACHED - A bush cutter comprises an operating rod, a cutting unit disposed at a front end of the operating rod, a main unit disposed at a rear end of the operating rod and a transfer shaft disposed within the operating rod. The cutting unit rotatably supports a cutting blade. The main unit houses a motor that drives the cutting blade. The main unit is provided with a battery pack interface configured to slidably receive a battery pack for supplying electric power to the motor. A direction in which the battery pack slides in the battery pack interface is angled with respect to an central axis of the operating rod. According to this configuration, a user can easily attach and detached the battery pack. | 06-09-2011 |
20110308219 | PUSH MOWER - A push mower having a height adjustment lever, which can be manipulated easily, is provided. The provided push mower includes: a main body configured to move along a ground; a blade attached to the main body; a height adjustment lever attached to the main body; and a height adjustment mechanism configured to change a height of the blade from the ground based on a position of the height adjustment lever. The height adjustment lever includes: a pillar protruding from the main body; a grip fixed to the pillar; and a lock member attached to the grip and configured to move with respect to the grip between a lock position and an unlock position. A movement of the height adjustment lever is inhibited when the lock member is at the lock position, and the movement of the height adjustment lever is allowed when the lock member is at the unlock position. | 12-22-2011 |
20120167539 | BUSH CUTTER - A bush cutter comprises a main pole, a cutting blade disposed at an anterior end of the main pole, a prime mover disposed at a posterior end of the main pole and configured to drive the cutting blade, and a handle disposed at an intermediate portion of the main pole and provided with a grip that is configured to be grasped by a user. The grip is provided with a driving switch for driving the cutting blade and an adjusting switch for adjusting at least one of a rotation speed and a rotation direction of the cutting blade. The driving switch and the adjusting switch are arranged so as to enable the user who grasps the grip to operate the driving switch and the adjusting switch with a hand grasping the grip without releasing the hand from the grip. | 07-05-2012 |
20120227270 | BUSH CUTTER AND PROTECTIVE COVER FOR THE SAME - A bush cutter is provided with a cutting blade and a protective cover configured to partly cover the cutting blade. The protective cover includes a main body and an expansion part configured to be detachably attached to the main body. One of the main body and the expansion part of the protective cover is provided with a click portion and the other is provided with an engaging hole configured to accept engagement of the click portion from an inner side and expose the engaging click portion to an outer side. The engaging hole has an aperture geometry that allows entry of a tool but prevents entry of a fingertip. Accordingly, no tool is required when attaching the expansion part, but at least one tool is required when detaching the expansion part. | 09-13-2012 |
20120279743 | ELECTRIC POWER TOOL - An electric power tool includes an electric motor, a rotation speed detection device, a brake device, and a rotation speed-based activation device. The electric motor generates a driving force to rotate an object to be driven. The rotation speed detection device detects a rotation speed of the electric motor. The brake device executes braking control to brake the electric motor. The rotation speed-based activation device activates the brake device when the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed detection device becomes equal to or less than a specified rotation speed, which is arbitrarily set, after a stop command to shut off electric current supply to the electric motor is issued. | 11-08-2012 |
20120317949 | ELECTRIC LAWN MOWERS - An electric lawn mower may include a switch assembly including a first switch, a second switch and a main switch. When the main switch is turned on an electric motor is started. The first and second switch may include first and second actuators, respectively. When the switch assembly is operated according to a proper operation sequence, the first actuator and the second actuator may interact with each other to activate the main switch, and when the switch is operated according to an improper operation sequence, the first actuator and the second actuator may not interact with each other, so that the main switch is not activated. | 12-20-2012 |
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20080273981 | Windmill - A windmill, characterized by connecting blade root parts to a hub in the radial direction of a windmill shaft by an undercut, fitting structure which is suitable particularly for a small-sized windmill having FRP blades. By this structure, the blades can be connected to the hub at the blade root parts without basically requiring a bolt fastening structure, a reduction in the weight of the blades can be achieved, and the strength, rigidity and installation accuracy of connection parts between the blades and the hub can be satisfactorily maintained. | 11-06-2008 |
20090079195 | WIND POWER GENERATOR - When a wind velocity sensor detects a wind velocity higher than a predetermined level, a timer device starts a waiting timer function during an operation timer period shorter than the waiting timer period. After the waiting timer period is over, the waiting timer function is switched to an operation timer function, and a switching relay switches a generator to a motor only during an operation timer period. Then, a driving circuit performs a start assisting rotation. After the operation timer period is over, the waiting timer period re-starts. This process is repeated. When during this period, the number of rotations of a rotor monitored by a rotation number measuring device, based on the output voltage V | 03-26-2009 |
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20140378847 | MEASUREMENT PROBE - A measurement probe is configured to be detachably connected to an optical measurement apparatus for optically measuring a living tissue and includes: an illuminating fiber configured to apply illumination light to the living tissue; a plurality of light receiving fibers configured to receive, at different positions, the backscattering light which is applied by the illuminating fiber and backreflected and/or backscattered from the living tissue; and a support section that is substantially cylindrical and configured to make a distance from each distal end of the illuminating fiber and the plurality of light receiving fibers to the living tissue constant, and permit the illumination light to pass through at least a part of a side surface thereof. An illumination area of the illumination light applied by the illuminating fiber on the living tissue is larger than the area of a distal end of the support section. | 12-25-2014 |
20150032010 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE - An optical measurement device includes: a measurement light source unit that emits measurement light; measurement probe including an illumination fiber configured to radiate the measurement light to a living tissue, and a light-receiving fiber configured to receive return light of the measurement light reflected and/or scattered from the living tissue; a detection unit that detects the return light; an illumination control unit that causes the measurement light source unit to execute alternately emission and stoppage of the measurement light during the measurement and to emit the measurement light such that the emission time is longer than the stoppage time; and a computation unit that removes, from an intensity of return light of the measurement light detected by the detection unit, a detected intensity of return light of the observation light radiated by an endoscope and reflected from the living tissue. | 01-29-2015 |
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20090022517 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An inexpensive image forming apparatus, which can suppress a ghost to obtain an image maintaining satisfactory density and gradations for a long time. The apparatus including an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a contact charger in contact with the photosensitive member for charging the photosensitive member, a charging voltage applying device for applying direct current voltage to the contact charger, a charging current detector for detecting electric current flowing through the contact charger, a pre-exposure device for exposing the photosensitive member to light to remove residual charge on the photosensitive member, and a pre-exposure light amount controller for controlling an exposure light amount of the pre-exposure device in image formation based on the results of detection by the charging current detector when the exposure light amount of the pre-exposure device is changed with direct current voltage applied from the charging voltage applying device to the contact charger during non-image formation. | 01-22-2009 |
20090041518 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge is detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes an image bearing member, a developing member for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of the image bearing member and a cleaning member having a blade contacted to the image bearing member along a longitudinal direction of the image bearing member to remove the developer from the surface of the image bearing member. The cleaning member has a processed portion containing an isocyanate compound at each of longitudinal end portions of the blade, wherein a longitudinally inside end of the processed portion is disposed longitudinally inside a developer carryable region of the developing member which is capable of carrying the developer. | 02-12-2009 |
20090169227 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a standard exposure device ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090252529 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge is detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes an image bearing member, a developing member for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of the image bearing member and a cleaning member having a blade contacted to the image bearing member along a longitudinal direction of the image bearing member to remove the developer from the surface of the image bearing member. The cleaning member has a processed portion containing an isocyanate compound at each of longitudinal end portions of the blade, wherein a longitudinally inside end of the processed portion is disposed longitudinally inside a developer carryable region of the developing member which is capable of carrying the developer. | 10-08-2009 |
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20100325726 | UNAUTHORIZED OPERATION MONITORING PROGRAM, UNAUTHORIZED OPERATION MONITORING METHOD, AND UNAUTHORIZED OPERATION MONITORING SYSTEM - It is possible to provide an unauthorized operation monitoring program for calculating a modified score by reflecting a suspicious value determined from a series of operations by a user who operates a computer in order to monitor an unauthorized operation on the computer. When a modified score that indicates probability of an unauthorized operation is calculated for an object event, a suspicious value (PSV) corresponding to the level of the calculated modified score is set. When a new event occurs next time, for the score (direct score) calculated for the new event, a modified score reflecting the PSV set for the previous event and a time difference between the previous event and the new event is calculated. When operations that the probability of the unauthorized operation is high are continuously performed, or when operations of which the suspicious value is high are repeated, a higher level of a modified score is calculated. | 12-23-2010 |
20150030761 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FLUORINATED ORGANOSILICON COMPOUND THIN FILM - To provide an apparatus and process capable of continuously forming a fluorinated organosilicon compound thin film having high durability while a substrate is transported. | 01-29-2015 |
20150072129 | GLASS SHEET CAPABLE OF BEING INHIBITED FROM WARPING THROUGH CHEMICAL STRENGTHENING - A glass sheet includes 4 mol % or more of Al | 03-12-2015 |
20150079347 | GLASS SHEET CAPABLE OF BEING INHIBITED FROM WARPING THROUGH CHEMICAL STRENGTHENING - A glass sheet has one surface and the other surface facing the one surface in a thickness direction, wherein a fluorine concentration (average fluorine concentration by SIMS at a depth of 1 to 24 μm) in the one surface is higher than that in the other surface. The following expression is satisfied: 0.07≦ΔF/ΔH | 03-19-2015 |
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20090240876 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and storage system - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a local memory for storing a control program, a flash memory for storing a boot program, a processor for controlling the overall controller, a chipset for relaying the transfer of data among the respective components, and a logical control circuit arranged between the chipset and the flash memory. The logical control circuit performs information conversion processing to accommodate the logical configuration of the chipset and the flash memory when sending and receiving information between the chipset and the flash memory. This information conversion processing includes the steps of translating a serial address signal output from the chipset into a parallel address signal, translating a serial data signal output from the chipset into a parallel data signal, and translating a parallel data signal output from the flash memory into a serial data signal. | 09-24-2009 |
20110167189 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND ITS DATA TRANSFER METHOD - By writing a command for transferring data from a first cluster to a second cluster and the second cluster writing data that was requested from the first cluster based on the command into the first cluster, data can be transferred in real time from the second cluster to the first cluster without having to issue a read request from the first cluster to the second cluster. | 07-07-2011 |
20110282963 | STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING STORAGE DEVICE - Disclosed is a storage device | 11-17-2011 |
20130080796 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - At the time of a fan failure of a plurality of fans for cooling redundant controllers, data loss can be avoided even if a power source of each controller is controlled. | 03-28-2013 |
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20090317131 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT - A process cartridge usable with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the process cartridge includes i) an electrophotographic photosensitive drum rotatable about an axis and having a photosensitive layer at its peripheral surface; ii) process means actable on the drum; iii) a coupling member for receiving an external force for rotating the drum, wherein the coupling member is capable of taking a first angular position for transmitting the external force to the drum, a second angular position inclined away from the axis of the drum from the first angular position, and a third angular position away from the axis of the drum from the first angle position; and iv) a regulating portion for regulating an inclination angle of the coupling member such that downward inclination angle of the coupling member is smaller than an inclination angle of the coupling member when the coupling member is at the second angular position. | 12-24-2009 |
20090317132 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ELECTROGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT - A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus including a driving shaft having a rotational force applying portion by moving in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axis of the driving shaft. The cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a coupler engageable with the rotational force applying portion to receive a rotational force for rotating the drum and taking transmitting, pre-engagement, and disengaging positions, and a regulator regulating an inclination angle of the coupler. During cartridge mounting, the coupler moves from the pre-engagement to the transmitting position to oppose the driving shaft, and during cartridge dismounting, the coupler moves from the transmitting to the disengaging position to disengage from the driving shaft. | 12-24-2009 |
20120121290 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT - A process cartridge comprises a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, and a coupling member. The coupling member is capable of inclining relative to the photosensitive drum such that the coupling axis inclines relative to the drum axis. A regulating portion surrounds the coupling member so as to confine the range of inclination of the coupling member. The regulating portion is provided with a recess that recesses in a direction away from the drum axis and away from the developing roller. An angle between the coupling axis and the drum axis is larger when at least a part of the coupling member is in the recess than when the coupling member contacts another portion of the regulating portion. | 05-17-2012 |
20130177335 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT - A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes a coupling member provided at an axial end portion of a photosensitive drum and rotatable about a coupling axis thereof so as to transmit a driving force to the photosensitive drum. The coupling member is capable of inclining relative to the photosensitive drum so that the coupling axis inclines relative to a drum axis, with the coupling member having a first end portion connected to the photosensitive drum, a second end portion, and a connecting portion between the first end portion and the second end portion. A maximum distance from the coupling axis to an outermost surface of the connecting portion along a line perpendicular to the coupling axis is less than a maximum distance from the coupling axis to an outermost surface of the second end portion along a line perpendicular to the coupling axis. | 07-11-2013 |
20140112686 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT - A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes a coupling member engageable with a rotational force applying portion to receive a rotational force. The coupling member is capable of taking a rotational force transmitting angular position for transmitting the rotational force, a pre-engagement angular position in which the coupling member is inclined away from the axis from the rotational force transmitting angular position, and a disengaging angular position in which the coupling member is inclined away from the axis from the rotational force transmitting angular position. | 04-24-2014 |
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20080279549 | OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL AND OPTICAL NETWORK UNIT CAPABLE OF ALARM TRANSMISSION SCHEME FOR PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM - A station-side apparatus adapted for use in a passive optical network (PON) system is disclosed, which remotely collects inside information of optical network terminals (ONTs) even before completion of start-up of an optical network unit (ONU), permits an obstruction-detected ONU to send out an emergency notification message to the station-side apparatus, e.g., optical line terminal (OLP), and permits the OLT that received this message to interrupt the transmission of an upload signal toward another ONU after the elapse of a fixed length of time while at the same time receiving information from the obstruction-suffering ONU to thereby facilitate cut-and-divide or “segmentation” of obstruction. A subscriber-side device for use in the PON system is also disclosed. | 11-13-2008 |
20080279554 | OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF ACTIVE BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION FOR PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM - In a GPON system conforming to ITU-T Recommendations G.984.3, an optical line terminal is provided which has an active bandwidth allocation function that preferentially puts small bandwidth signals in a particular segment of a frame, e.g., at a head of the frame, to prevent fragmentations that may occur particularly when allocating small bandwidths of about 100 kbits/s. | 11-13-2008 |
20090162055 | Optical access system - An optical access system capable of avoiding cutoffs or interruption in the periodically transmitted signals that occur during the ranging time is provided. A first method to avoid signal cutoffs is to stop periodic transmit signals at the transmitter during the ranging period, and transmit all the periodic transmit signals together when the ranging ends, and buffer the signals at the receiver to prepare for ranging. A second method is to fix definite periods ahead of time for performing ranging, then cluster the multiple periodic transmit signals together in sets at the transmitter and send them, and then disassemble those sets back into signals at the receiver. The transmitting and receiving is then controlled so that the transmit periods do not overlap with the ranging periods. In this way an optical access system is provided that can send and receive signals requiring periodic transmissions without interruption even during ranging operation. | 06-25-2009 |
20100067913 | PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND OPTICAL LINE TERMINATOR - In a passive optical network system in which signals from a master station to plural slave stations are time-division multiplexed and transmitted, the slave stations different in transmission speed are mixedly contained. The master station (OLU) performs ranging for each transmission speed, and grasps all the slave stations different in transmission speed for each transmission speed, and generates a frame including signals of a suitable transmission speed corresponding to each slave station. When the frame is generated, in a downstream signal in which signals of plural transmission speeds are mixed, a dummy signal is set at a place where the transmission speed is changed, and a time necessary to follow a change in level of a received signal due to a change in optical level caused when the transmission speed is changed is secured. Thereby, each ONU avoids a reception error occurring in the time necessary to follow. | 03-18-2010 |
20110091211 | OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF ACTIVE BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION FOR PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM - In a GPON system conforming to ITU-T Recommendations G.984.3, an optical line terminal is provided which has an active bandwidth allocation function that preferentially puts small bandwidth signals in a particular segment of a frame, e.g., at a head of the frame, to prevent fragmentations that may occur particularly when allocating small bandwidths of about 100 kbits/s. | 04-21-2011 |
20110091213 | PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND WAVELENGTH ASSIGNMENT METHOD - In a PON system with WDM, at the time of initial setting, each ONU negotiates with an OLT, and automatically acquires a wavelength which can be used by the ONU. One wavelength for negotiation of assigned wavelength is fixed as a default, and a newly connected ONU first uses the wavelength. The OLT | 04-21-2011 |
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20090295783 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A light source emits a light having a luminance. A light source luminance decision unit determines the luminance for a frame of the image based on pixel values of the frame. A conversion unit converts each pixel value of the frame in correspondence with the luminance. A light modulation unit displays the image by modulating a transmittance or a reflectance of the light based on each converted pixel value of the frame. A selection unit selects a timing to change the luminance in a display period of the frame by comparing the luminance for the frame with a luminance for a previous frame. A control unit changes the luminance of the light source to the luminance for the frame at the timing. | 12-03-2009 |
20100079476 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A largest value is selected from brightness data of sub-pixels of each pixel in an image, and a first light source luminance is calculated using the largest value. An average of the largest value of each pixel is calculated, and a second light source luminance is calculated using the average. By comparing the first light source luminance with the second light source luminance, an output light source luminance as a weighted average of the first light source luminance and the second light source luminance is calculated by setting a larger weight to a smaller one of the first light source luminance and the second light source luminance. A gradation of each sub-pixel is converted using the output light source luminance. A light source unit is controlled to emit the light having the output light source luminance. | 04-01-2010 |
20120026208 | Image display apparatus - According to one embodiment, a set unit sets a display luminance signal indicating a luminance of a display unit. A first calculation unit calculates a first gamma characteristic signal of an image to be displayed, based on the display luminance signal and gray-scale levels of pixels of the image. A second calculation unit calculates a second gamma characteristic signal of each area of the image, based on gray-scale levels of pixels of each area. A conversion unit converts a gray-scale level of each pixel of the image, based on the first gamma characteristic signal and the second gamma characteristic signal of an area including a pixel to be converted in the image. The display unit displays the image in which the gray-scale level of each pixel was converted, based on the display luminance signal. | 02-02-2012 |
20120105503 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a light guide plate and a plurality of light sources. The light guide plate includes a light emitting surface. The plurality of light sources whose light emission luminance can be controlled individually, the light sources being configured to supply light from an edge portion of the light guide plate into the light guide plate. A luminance distribution of light injected from the light sources into the light guide plate and emitted from the light emitting surface is obtained by a function such that relative intensity relative to a DC component in a spatial frequency region is less than or equal to a first threshold in a spatial frequency region having a value of one or more. Source-to-source distance of the light sources is optimized by the luminance distribution of the light. | 05-03-2012 |
20120242709 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an image display device has a liquid crystal panel, a backlight, an intensity setting unit, a presumption unit, a signal correction unit, an error calculation unit and a control unit. The intensity setting unit sets intensities of the light sources, respectively. The presumption unit presumes color information based on intensity information representing the intensities. The signal correction unit corrects an input video signal according to the color information, and obtains a corrected video signal. The error calculation unit presumes a display image from the corrected video signal and the input video signal, and calculates display errors between the presumed display image and an input image corresponding to the input video signal. The control unit controls sets the intensities of the light sources as the emission intensities of the backlight so that the display errors obtained from the error calculation unit can be minimum. | 09-27-2012 |
20130071018 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes a hue calculation unit configured to calculate a hue of a pixel included in a target image; an extraction unit configured to extract a first group including a pixel, a hue of which is close to a hue of the target pixel; a chromaticity calculation unit configured to calculate a chromaticity of the pixel included in the first group and that of the target pixel; a diffuse reflection factor calculation unit configured to calculate an estimated diffuse reflection factor by using the chromaticity of the pixel included in the first group and that of the target pixel; and a separation unit configured to separate a diffuse reflection component from a pixel value of the target pixel by using the diffuse reflection factor, the diffuse reflection component representing a component in the pixel value that varies as the diffuse reflection factor varies. | 03-21-2013 |
20130251288 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a scale down unit, a calculation unit, a scale up unit, and a subtraction unit. The scale down unit generates a scaled down image by scaling down a target image. The scaled down image has a size smaller than the target image. The calculation unit calculates a pixel value of a diffuse reflection component of each pixel in the scaled down image, and generates a first diffuse reflection image having the pixel value and the same size as the scaled down image. The scale up unit generates a second diffuse reflection image by scaling up the first diffuse reflection image. The second diffuse reflection image has the same size as the target image. The subtraction unit generates a specular reflection image by subtracting the second diffuse reflection image from the target image. | 09-26-2013 |
20140093158 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MULTI-VIEWPOINT IMAGE - According to one embodiment, in an apparatus for generating a multi-viewpoint image, a separation unit separates a target image into a first diffuse reflection image and a first non-diffuse reflection image based on a pixel value of each pixel of the target image. The first non-diffuse reflection image has components except for the first diffuse reflection image. A first estimation unit estimates a change amount of each pixel among a plurality of first non-diffuse reflection images corresponding to viewpoints differently. A first generation unit generates a second non-diffuse reflection image by changing at least one of a shape and a luminance of each pixel of the first non-diffuse reflection image, based on the change amount of each pixel. A synthesis unit generates the multi-viewpoint image by synthesizing the first diffuse reflection image with the second non-diffuse reflection image. Each viewpoint image corresponds to each of the viewpoints. | 04-03-2014 |
20140099027 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a chroma calculation unit, a lightness calculation unit, a glossiness calculation unit, and a correction unit. The chroma calculation unit is configured to calculate a chroma of each pixel of an image to be processed. The lightness calculation unit is configured to calculate a lightness of each pixel of the image. The glossiness calculation unit is configured to estimate a glossiness of each pixel of the image, based on the chroma and the lightness. The correction unit is configured to correct each pixel of the image so that a correction amount of a pixel is larger when the glossiness of the pixel is higher. | 04-10-2014 |
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20080297990 | Electronic Apparatus - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a main body including a housing; a wiring connection port which is provided in the housing of the main body and which has an insertion passage into which a wiring connection plug is to be inserted; one lock section whose portion protrudes into the insertion passage for the wiring connection port and which becomes displaced toward a housing upon contact with the wiring connection plug; and an opening section which is formed at a position on the housing which opposes the one lock section, wherein the one lock section having become displaced upon contact with the wiring connection plug enters the inside of the opening section. | 12-04-2008 |
20130083249 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a display; a circuit board; a housing; an antenna; and a shield. The display includes a display screen. The circuit board is located at a side of the display opposite the display screen. The housing is configured to house the display and the circuit board. The antenna is in the housing, and includes a communication portion and a ground portion. The shield is along a periphery of the ground portion in the housing, and is located between the antenna and the circuit board. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083250 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes a housing and a lid. The housing is configured to house therein a display device and at least a part of a connector. The housing includes an engaging portion and an opening through which the connector is exposed. The lid includes: a first portion covering the opening; a second portion located in the housing and configured to engage with the engaging portion to be prevented from moving toward outside of the housing; and a third portion extending between the first portion and the second portion, and configured to move between a first position inside the housing and a second position outside the housing through a gap between the connector and the housing. | 04-04-2013 |
20130107141 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20140022749 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a display; a circuit board; a housing; an antenna; and a shield. The display includes a display screen. The circuit board is located at a side of the display opposite the display screen. The housing is configured to house the display and the circuit board. The antenna is in the housing, and includes a communication portion and a ground portion. The shield is along a periphery of the ground portion in the housing, and is located between the antenna and the circuit board. | 01-23-2014 |
20140340829 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, electronic device includes a display device, a first housing, a second housing, and a movable portion. The display device includes a display screen. The first housing includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The display device is positioned between the first end and the second end. The first housing supports the display device. The movable portion includes a first part and a second part. The first part is rotatably connected to the first housing around a first rotational axis and reciprocatably connected to the first housing in a direction intersecting the first rotational axis. The second part is rotatably connected to the second housing around a second rotational axis extending along the first rotational axis and detachably connected to the second housing. The movable portion is configured to change an angle of the first housing with respect to the second housing. | 11-20-2014 |
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20110141732 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a lighting unit incorporated in the housing of a note PC includes a lens unit provided with a plurality of light guiding lenses formed of a transparent resin, and a plurality of couplers coupling the light guiding lenses. A plurality of light shielding plates project from the inner surface of the housing between the light guiding lenses. Each light shielding plate has an upper edge at a level higher than the light input surfaces of the light guiding lenses. | 06-16-2011 |
20110149534 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a casing including a cover, an input portion provided on the cover and configured to receive an external input, a circuit board contained in the casing and including a switch configured to be operated by the input portion, a support member configured to permit the circuit board to be supported by the cover, and an engagement portion integral with the support member and configured to hold the circuit board in cooperation with the support member. | 06-23-2011 |
20110149545 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a USB port for connecting a note PC to an external device includes a rib structure that faces an opening formed in a side wall of the housing of the note PC and receives a gasket. The rib structure includes a frame member surrounding the gasket, and a plurality of ribs. The frame member has a cutout formed in a portion thereof remote from the side wall. When the gasket is pressed and elastically deformed by the receptacle of a connector, the deformed portion of the gasket escapes through the cutout. | 06-23-2011 |
20110155448 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing, an outer wall, a rib, a cable, and a stopper. The housing houses at least part of an electronic component. The outer wall constitutes at least part of an outer contour of the housing. The rib is located between the outer wall and the electronic component, and the outer surface of the rib faces the inner surface of the outer wall. The cable is routed between the outer wall and the rib. The stopper is housed in the housing, and engages the rib to prevent the rib from inclining toward the outer wall. | 06-30-2011 |
20110156563 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, a mounting portion, and a hinge. The mounting portion is provided in the first housing. The mounting portion includes a mounting surface, a first pin protruding from the mounting surface, and a receiver including an insertion groove. The hinge is attached to the second housing and includes a fixing portion. The fixing portion includes a main portion mounted on the mounting surface, an elongated hole provided in the main portion and configured to engage with the first pin, and an inserting portion configured to be inserted into the insertion groove and supported by the receiver from a side opposite to the mounting surface. | 06-30-2011 |
20120014083 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing, an outer wall, a rib, a cable, and a stopper. The housing houses at least part of an electronic component. The outer wall constitutes at least part of an outer contour of the housing. The rib is located between the outer wall and the electronic component, and the outer surface of the rib faces the inner surface of the outer wall. The cable is routed between the outer wall and the rib. The stopper is housed in the housing, and engages the rib to prevent the rib from inclining toward the outer wall. | 01-19-2012 |
20120140409 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing and a stylus holder accommodated in the housing. The stylus holder includes a holding portion that is supported in the housing and configured to ejectably hold a stylus for handwriting input and a reinforcing wall that is provided to the holding portion and configured to reinforce the housing from the inside of the housing. | 06-07-2012 |
20120162892 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first case, a second case, a first hinge which has a first fixing portion fixed to the first case and a second fixing portion fixed to the second case and rotatably connects the first case and the second case, and a first reinforcing plate configured to be fixed to the first fixing portion and spaced apart from an inner surface of a first cover and an inner surface of a second cover inside the first case. The first case includes a first storing portion storing electronic parts and a second storing portion projecting from the first storing portion and storing the first fixing portion. The first reinforcing plate extends over both the first storing portion and the second storing portion. | 06-28-2012 |
20130050920 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, a mounting portion, and a hinge. The mounting portion is provided in the first housing. The mounting portion includes a mounting surface, a first pin protruding from the mounting surface, and a receiver including an insertion groove. The hinge is attached to the second housing and includes a fixing portion. The fixing portion includes a main portion mounted on the mounting surface, an elongated hole provided in the main portion and configured to engage with the first pin, and an inserting portion configured to be inserted into the insertion groove and supported by the receiver from a side opposite to the mounting surface. | 02-28-2013 |
20130335941 | TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a component in the housing, an antenna in the housing, and an electrically conductive wall in the housing. The component is configured to emit electromagnetic noise. The wall is between the component and the antenna. | 12-19-2013 |
20140355196 | STAND FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a stand for an electronic device, includes a first housing and a connector. The connector is configured to detachably connect to the electronic device and to be rotatably supported by the first housing. The electronic device includes a display face and a second housing. The second housing includes a first opening formed at an end thereof. The connector includes a support, a protrusion, and a base member. The support is configured to support the second housing from outside. The protrusion is spaced from the support and inserted into the first opening. The base member includes a first part configuring at least a portion of the support and a second part integrated with the first part and configuring at least a portion of the protrusion. | 12-04-2014 |
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20100235497 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus including a first communication interface for individually communicating with a plurality of communication terminals without involvement of a public network and a second communication interface for communicating with involvement of a public network, wherein the apparatus provides services, via the first communication interface or via the first communication interface and the second communication interface, to a plurality of communication terminals that perform communication via the first communication interface, manages information regarding a communication interface used by each service and information regarding the service provided, and controls communication performed with the first and the second communication interfaces based on the managed information. When disconnection of communication performed with either one of the first and the second communication interfaces has been detected, the apparatus performs control relating to disconnection of communication performed with the communication interface in which disconnection was not detected based on the managed information. | 09-16-2010 |
20100293271 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A first communication apparatus for use in a network established by a plurality of communication apparatuses to implement a predetermined system function includes a sending unit configured to send, to the network, information on an apparatus function for implementing the predetermined system function to accommodate a communication apparatus having the apparatus function in the network, and an execution unit configured to execute processing for accommodating a second communication apparatus having the apparatus function sent by the sending unit in the network according to a request from the second communication apparatus. | 11-18-2010 |
20120028571 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, RELAY APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF RELAY APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus, which is connected to a relay apparatus, and transmits data to a server apparatus connected via the relay apparatus, includes a determination unit which determines whether the communication apparatus or the relay apparatus holds an access function required to execute access processing to the server apparatus, a decision unit which decides, according to the determination result, a transmission method required to transmit the data by controlling an access processing unit of the apparatus that holds the access function to execute the access processing, and a transmission unit which transmits the data by the decided transmission method. | 02-02-2012 |
20120030735 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, RELAY APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF RELAY APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus, which is connected to a relay apparatus, and transmits data to a server apparatus connected via the relay apparatus, includes a determination unit which determines whether the communication apparatus or the relay apparatus holds authentication information used in authentication processing required to access the server apparatus, a decision unit which decides, according to the determination result, a transmission method required to transmit the data by controlling an authentication processing unit of the apparatus that holds the authentication information to execute the authentication processing, and a transmission unit which transmits the data by the decided transmission method. | 02-02-2012 |
20120308081 | POSITION INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS, POSITION INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A position information acquiring apparatus comprises: a first acquiring unit configured to acquire first position information of the position information acquiring apparatus upon image capturing; a first storage unit configured to store image data generated by the image capturing and the first position information in a memory in association with each other; a second acquiring unit configured to acquire second position information of the position information acquiring apparatus upon image capturing; and a second storage unit configured to store the second position information in the memory in association with the image data when the second position information higher in accuracy than the first position information is acquired after the first storage unit stores the image data and the first position information in association with each other. | 12-06-2012 |
20140176736 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus of the present invention includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first information that causes the communication apparatus to decide whether a different communication apparatus has a function to disconnect a power source according to an instruction from the communication apparatus, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second information that shows an operation mode of the different communication apparatus, and a notification unit configured to notify a user that, in a case where the wireless communication with the different communication apparatus is disconnected, the different communication apparatus is instructed to disconnect the wireless communication and disconnect the power source of the different communication apparatus according to the first information and the second information. | 06-26-2014 |
20150023242 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - The present invention is directed to a communication apparatus that can notify other communication apparatuses that do not receive a multicast signal, of information on a function provided by the communication apparatus when the communication apparatus sends the multicast signal to notify the information on the function provided by the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention sends a unicast packet containing the information about the function together with the multicast packet to another communication apparatus which does not receive the multicast packet, but does not send the unicast packet together with the multicast packet to another communication apparatus determined as receiving the multicast packet. | 01-22-2015 |
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20080229856 | HOLLOW RACK, HOLLOW RACK END DIAMETER REDUCING METHOD, HOLLOW RACK END DIAMETER REDUCING APPARATUS, AND HOLLOW RACK MANUFACTURING METHOD - The one end side portion is nipped by a jig including a jig member having a pair of convex portions which are to be fitted to a depressions in contact with a tooth side face and a inclined portion and positioning a bar and a jig member which is to be clamped/opened with respect to the jig member. A die having an inside diameter smaller than the diameter of the outer periphery is pressed onto the outer periphery of the end portion of the cylindrical end side portion projected from the jig up to a press-in depth determined preliminarily based on the rack, so as to reduce the diameter of the end portion. | 09-25-2008 |
20130340554 | RACK BAR AND RACK BAR TEETH FORMING DIE - A rack bar includes a shaft: portion, a rack toothed portion provided on the shaft portion, and a dummy toothed portion. The rack toothed portion includes a plurality of rack teeth provided side by side in an axial direction of the shaft portion, each of the rack teeth including a contact face arranged obliquely relative to the axial direction to contact the pinion gear. The dummy toothed portion includes at least one dummy tooth provided on at least one side of the rack toothed portion in the axial direction such that the dummy tooth is arranged parallel to and next to the rack. teeth. The dummy tooth is designed such that a whole height of the dummy tooth is smaller than a whole height of each of the rack teeth. | 12-26-2013 |
20140083223 | RACK BAR AND RACK BAR TEETH FORMING DIE - A rack bar includes a shaft portion and a rack toothed portion provided on the shaft portion. The rack toothed portion includes a plurality of rack teeth provided side by side in an axial direction of the shaft portion to mesh with a pinion gear. Each of the rack teeth includes a tooth tip portion, a contact face arranged obliquely relative to the axial direction and configured to contact the pinion gear, and a rounded corner portion between the tooth tip portion and the contact face. A first radius defining a central area of the rounded corner portion with respect to a tooth width direction is larger than a second radius defining another area of the rounded corner portion other than the central area. | 03-27-2014 |
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20090058816 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CELLULAR PHONE TERMINAL - Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a display unit displaying information on a display screen, an operation unit including a text input key, and a control unit. The control unit displays text in response to input from the operation unit in a state of displaying an initial screen on the display screen, shows an application using text to a user for selection, starts up the application in accordance with the user's selection, and executes the application, using the text inputted from the operation unit. | 03-05-2009 |
20110312302 | PORTABLE TELEPHONE - In a portable telephone according to the present invention, a display displays a block indicative of an operator, predetermined information and a pointer; the operator can be operated in directions opposite to each other; and the controller controls the display so as to shift the pointer to a desirable position within a predetermined information on a screen of the display in accordance with an operation of the operator and also display a mark indicative of a direction to which the pointer can be shifted and in which the predetermined information exists, adjacently to the block along a shift direction through the operator. | 12-22-2011 |
20120256826 | PORTABLE TELEPHONE - In a portable telephone according to the present invention, a display displays a block indicative of an operator, predetermined information and a pointer; the operator can be operated in directions opposite to each other; and the controller controls the display so as to shift the pointer to a desirable position within a predetermined information on a screen of the display in accordance with an operation of the operator and also display a mark indicative of a direction to which the pointer can be shifted and in which the predetermined information exists, adjacently to the block along a shift direction through the operator. | 10-11-2012 |
20150074550 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CELLULAR PHONE TERMINAL - Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including a display unit displaying information on a display screen, an operation unit including a text input key, and a control unit. The control unit displays text in response to input from the operation unit in a state of displaying an initial screen on the display screen, shows an application using text to a user for selection, starts up the application in accordance with the user's selection, and executes the application, using the text inputted from the operation unit. | 03-12-2015 |
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