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20100329737 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet, a first door that can make the conveyance unit accessible, a rotation shaft configured to rotatably support the first door, and a second door which is provided to the first door in an openable/closable manner, wherein the second door can make the conveyance unit near the rotation shaft accessible. | 12-30-2010 |
20110241285 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding apparatus has a sheet accommodating portion, a sheet stacking portion, a lift mechanism, a driving portion provided, and a damper portion. The lift mechanism can be engaged with and disengaged from the driving portion, and if the engagement between the lift mechanism and the driving portion is released, the lift mechanism lowers the sheet stacking portion, the damper portion is engaged with the lift mechanism, and if the engagement between the lift mechanism and the driving portion is released, the damper portion exerts damper effect on the lift mechanism to reduce a lowering speed of the sheet stacking portion, and wherein the damper portion does not exert the damper effect on the lift mechanism until the sheet stacking portion is lowered by a predetermined amount after the engagement between the lift mechanism and the driving portion is released. | 10-06-2011 |
20120153559 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a sheet feeding device having a sheet surface detecting mechanism installed to be movable up and down between adjacent adsorption conveyance belts | 06-21-2012 |
20140042689 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention is for separating upper and lower sheets. The sheet feeder includes a feed roller that conveys the sheet fed by a pickup roller in a sheet feeding direction and a retard roller rotated in a sheet feeding direction at a rotational velocity faster than that of the feed roller by interposing a torque limiter. Meanwhile, the retard roller is rotated at a velocity equal to that of the feed roller when a single sheet is nipped in the roller nip portion. The sheet feeder further includes a controller that performs control such that, when double sheet feeding occurs by the pickup roller, the sheet of the retard roller side projects ahead of the sheet of the feed roller side in the sheet feeding direction by virtue of the torque limiter, and then, the retard roller is rotated in a direction opposite to the sheet feeding direction. | 02-13-2014 |
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20080251101 | Substrate Cleaning Method, Substrate Cleaning Equipment, Computer Program, and Program Recording Medium - In a dry process after a cleaning process using a cleaning-liquid nozzle and a rinse process using a side rinse nozzle are performed on a wafer W, the wafer W is turned, feeding of pure water to a center point of the wafer W from a pure-water nozzle is started, and substantially at the same, injection of a nitrogen gas from a gas nozzle to a center portion of the wafer W at a point at an adequate distance apart from the center of the wafer W is started. Next, while the pure-water nozzle is caused to scan toward the periphery of the wafer W, the gas nozzle is caused to scan toward the periphery of the wafer W in an area radially inward of the position of the pure-water nozzle after the gas nozzle passes the center of the wafer W. | 10-16-2008 |
20100108095 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD - Disclosed are a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate cleaning method to satisfactorily clean the entire circumferential periphery of a substrate, including an upper surface circumferential periphery, an end, and a lower surface circumferential periphery of the substrate. The substrate processing apparatus includes a substrate supporter to support the substrate, a first cleaner to clean the upper surface circumferential periphery of the substrate with a pressurized cleaning liquid, and a second cleaner to clean the end and the lower surface circumferential periphery of the substrate while contacting the end and the lower surface circumferential periphery of the substrate with a cleaning member. The first cleaner cleans the upper surface circumferential periphery of the substrate, and the second cleaner cleans the end and the lower surface circumferential periphery of the substrate. | 05-06-2010 |
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20090205684 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate processing apparatus capable of reducing a supply amount of low humidity is disclosed. The substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber, a spin chuck, a gas discharging head, a driving device, a processing liquid supply nozzle, an IPA supply | 08-20-2009 |
20100206329 | SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD, SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed is a substrate cleaning method for prevent damage to a pattern formed on a substrate. The substrate cleaning method includes cleaning the substrate by striking cleaning particulates carried in a flow of dry air or inert gas against a surface of the substrate, and removing the cleaning particulates. | 08-19-2010 |
20100269865 | LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS AND LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed is a liquid processing apparatus which can more securely prevent convex portions from collapsing and also can increase the processing efficiency of a substrate. The liquid processing apparatus processes the substrate having a main body part, and a plurality of convex portions provided on the main body part. The liquid processing apparatus includes a supporting part to support the main body part of the substrate, a chemical liquid supply mechanism to supply a chemical liquid to the substrate supported by the supporting part, and a rinsing liquid supply mechanism to supply a rinsing liquid to the substrate to which the chemical liquid has been supplied by the chemical liquid supply mechanism. Also, the liquid processing apparatus includes a hydrophobicizing gas supply mechanism to inject and supply a hydrophobicizing gas to the substrate to which the rinsing liquid has been supplied by the rinsing liquid supply mechanism. | 10-28-2010 |
20110089137 | SUBSTRATE LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING SUBSTRATE LIQUID PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN - Provided are a substrate liquid processing apparatus, a substrate liquid processing method, and a computer readable storage medium having a substrate liquid processing program stored therein that can prevent the occurrence of the electrostatic breakdown caused by the discharge of electric charges in a substrate. The substrate liquid processing apparatus processes a circuit-forming surface of the substrate with a chemical liquid. Furthermore, prior to processing the substrate with the chemical liquid, the substrate liquid processing apparatus performs an anti-static process for an surface opposite to the circuit-forming surface of the substrate by an anti-static liquid, thereby emitting the electric charges on the substrate. | 04-21-2011 |
20120125368 | LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD, LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD - There are provided a liquid processing method and a liquid processing apparatus capable of removing a resist film without removing an underlying film when removing the resist film from a substrate on which the underlying film and the resist film are formed in sequence from the bottom and into which ions have been previously implanted. In the liquid processing method capable of processing a substrate by a processing solution, the method includes removing the resist film from the substrate by supplying the processing solution at a temperature of about 120° C. or higher to the substrate. The processing solution includes a sulfuric acid and a nitric acid at a preset ratio, and the substrate has thereon the underlying film and the resist film formed on the underlying film, and ions have been previously implanted into the substrate. | 05-24-2012 |
20120260949 | LIQUID PROCESSING METHOD, LIQUID PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed is a liquid processing method capable of rapidly penetrating a liquid chemical into a concave portion formed on the surface of a substrate with the chemical liquid. The liquid processing method includes wetting the inside of the concave portion by supplying an organic solvent having surface tension smaller than the chemical liquid to the substrate, and cleaning the inside of the concave portion with the chemical liquid by supplying a cleaning liquid including the chemical liquid to the substrate and substituting the liquid inside the concave portion with the chemical liquid. | 10-18-2012 |
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20080205221 | DATA RECORDING EVALUATION METHOD AND OPTICAL DISK RECORDING AND REPRODUCTION DEVICE - Novel evaluation indexes are introduced to allow both a total evaluation of data recording and an evaluation of individual detection patterns. A data recording evaluation method includes a step of reproducing a result of data recording performed on an optical disk and identifying a predetermined detection pattern in a reproduction signal, a step of detecting a signal state of the reproduction signal associated with the predetermined detection pattern, and a first calculation step for calculating a first evaluation index value based on the detected signal state and a reference state identified from the predetermined detection pattern. When there is a plurality of predetermined detection patterns as described above, a second calculation step is further provided for calculating a second recording state evaluation index value using the first evaluation index value calculated from each of the predetermined detection patterns. Data recording can be properly evaluated using the first and second recording state evaluation index values. | 08-28-2008 |
20080212453 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided are an optical information recording device, an optical information recording method, and an optical information recording medium which provide an appropriate recording characteristic even when a disturbance occurs during information recording. A drive forms record marks and spaces by irradiating blue-purple laser light to an optical disk, for which an organic dye exhibiting a predetermined absorption factor with respect to light having a wavelength of at or near 405 nm is used, and thus records information. For recording of information, the power of the blue-purple laser light is controlled using writing power used for forming record marks, space formation power used for forming spaces that may be higher than read power used for reproducing information recorded in an optical information recording medium, and bias power higher than read power. | 09-04-2008 |
20090059749 | RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT FOR RECORDING INFORMATION ON OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - In a recording method or apparatus, in order to set an optimal recording condition by a minimal number of times of testing, test recording is carried out while changing power and pulse width of recording pulses in a stepwise manner. Conditions for the test recording are concentrated in a region of a matrix defined by power×pulse width. | 03-05-2009 |
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20100073739 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus that, in a case where the light amount of light illuminated from an image reading lamp has decreased, maintains the quality of a read image without decreasing productivity, and a method for controlling that image reading apparatus, are provided. To accomplish this, this image reading apparatus is provided with RGB line sensors that read a color image, and a monochrome line sensor that reads a monochrome image and has a faster horizontal transfer speed than the RGB line sensors. Further, this image reading apparatus reads a monochrome image using the RGB line sensors even in a monochrome mode in a case where the light amount of the lamp for illuminating an original decreases and so an output level for reading an image with good quality cannot be obtained from the monochrome line sensor. | 03-25-2010 |
20100103484 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS - In reading an image of a document in a monochromatic document reading mode, a document reading apparatus reads the image of the document while conveying the document at a speed determined according to a variable magnification ratio, executes digital variable magnification on the read multivalued image in a main scanning direction by using a main scanning direction variable magnification unit, binarizes the multivalued image, and stores the binary image on a memory. In reading an image in a color document reading mode, the document reading apparatus reads the image of the document while conveying the document at a predetermined speed, stores the read multivalued image on the memory, and executes digital variable magnification on the multivalued image in the main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction. | 04-29-2010 |
20100117289 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system having: a sheet feeding unit which cuts a roll sheet and feeds cut sheets; a stack unit which stacks and stores the sheets fed by the sheet feeding unit and feeds the stored sheets; an image forming portion which forms an image on the sheets fed from the stack unit; and a controlling unit configured to control the feeding unit and the stack unit so that the stack unit feeds a sheet stored in the stack unit to the image forming portion when the sheet feeding unit feeds a sheet to the stack unit so as to stack the sheet from the sheet feeding unit into the stack unit. | 05-13-2010 |
20100128331 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - Prior to reading an original image, whether to read the original image in a monochrome image mode in which the image reading apparatus reads the original image in use of the monochrome line sensor or a multi color image mode in which the image reading apparatus reads the original image in use of the multi color line sensor is predicted. Preparation of reading an original image based on parameters corresponding to the predicted mode is completed before the start of reading the original image. This arrangement reduces a time loss arising from switching of a color mode associated with a user color setting at the start of a job, and thus shortens the FCOT. This arrangement can shorten the time until the first copy is output after designating the start of copying when reading an original image based on different parameters. | 05-27-2010 |
20100148420 | DOCUMENT FEEDING APPARATUS - A document feeding apparatus includes a document tray configured to receive a document placed thereon and to move up and down, a start key configured to issue a command to start a process accompanied by a document feeding of the feeding unit, and an operation key configured to be used to set a condition for the process. The document feeding apparatus is operable in a first mode or second mode, wherein the first mode the document tray is raised in response to an operation of the start key and in the second mode, the document tray is raised in response to an operation of the operation key. | 06-17-2010 |
20100148423 | ORIGINAL-FEEDING DEVICE - An original-feeding device includes an original tray, a pickup roller configured to be lowered onto originals stacked on the tray and to feed one of the originals, the pickup roller configured to be lifted up after the feeding, a conveyor configured to convey the fed original, a length detector configured to detect a length of the conveyed original, an original sensor configured to detect a trailing edge of the conveyed original, and a controller configured to control the pickup roller either in a first mode in which the pickup roller is lowered in accordance with a detected length of the original or in a second mode in which the pickup roller is lowered at the detection of a trailing edge of the original. The controller changes the first mode to the second mode if lengths of the originals detected by the length detector vary. | 06-17-2010 |
20120013958 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS - A document reading apparatus includes a document positioning plate configured to position a document, a carriage configured to move a light source along the document positioning plate, a reading unit configured to read an image of a document illuminated by a light source of the carriage, a white reference member provided in the displacement range of the carriage, an input unit configured to input a reading start instruction for a document, and a control unit configured to move the carriage along the document positioning plate in response to a reading start instruction input via the input unit. The control unit moves the carriage to a first position at which the white reference member is provided, cause the reading unit to read the white reference member, moves the carriage to a second position that is an acceleration start position for accelerating toward the reading start position of the document positioning plate, and waits for a reading start instruction input from the input unit. | 01-19-2012 |
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20090115919 | Flat Panel Display - Space is decreased in the direction of thickness on a side of a substrates mounted on a back of a flat panel display to adapt requirement for increasing and thinning its size, and most flat panel displays forcibly radiate heat with a fan provided thereon. The present invention provides a flat panel display having fewer heat radiating fans to secure a channel for causing a heat radiating air to flow. Portions where electronic circuit device on a back of a display panel are mounted are divided into three: left; center; and right portions; with a main frame as a border, the electronic circuit device are constructed of four module substrates, the substrate which is the greatest in heating value in the four module substrates (hereinafter referred to as a substrate) is arranged in the center portion and the substrates which are the smallest and the second smallest in heating value therein are arranged in the same portion. | 05-07-2009 |
20090174626 | IMAGE DISPLAY - To provide a reliable high brightness and definition image display by inhibiting a possible increase in fan noise and promoting cooling of an upper, hot portion of a display panel module, various boards, and image processing electronic components, an image display includes a flat display panel module, a display surface side cover on a display surface side of the display panel module, a non display surface side cover on a non display surface side of the display panel module, a display driving board, a power supply board, and a cooling fan, wherein a case of the cooling fan is larger than a distance between the display panel module and the non display surface side cover in an area where the cooling fan is installed, and a first end of the case of the cooling fan closer to the non display surface-side cover is positioned above a second end of the case closer to the display panel module. | 07-09-2009 |
20120194499 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A flat panel display apparatus includes a plasma display panel, a power supply substrate, a signal processing substrate, a Y sustaining substrate, and an X sustaining substrate. The power supply substrate, the signal processing substrate, the Y sustaining substrate and the X sustaining substrate are arranged at a back of the plasma display panel. When viewing the plasma display panel from the back, the power supply substrate is arranged at a center portion of the plasma display panel, the Y sustaining substrate is arranged at one of a left and right side of the plasma display panel, the X sustaining substrate is arranged at the other of the left and right side, and the signal processing substrate is arranged under the X sustaining substrate. A circuit substrate other than the power supply substrate, the Y sustaining substrate, and the X sustaining substrate is arranged under the power supply substrate. | 08-02-2012 |
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20090130329 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING METAL-COATED ORGANIC CRYSTAL - A method for fabricating metal-coated organic crystal wherein a reaction of an organic crystal with transition metal salt in alkaline aqueous solution under visible light irradiation, wherein, when energy at the top of valence band of the organic crystal is defined as A (eV) and energy at the bottom of conduction band of the organic crystal is defined as B (eV), redox potential C (V) of transition metal ion or transition metal complex ion, when said transition metal salt is dissolved in the alkaline aqueous solution, these three parameters should satisfy the following relation (1): | 05-21-2009 |
20100183494 | METHOD FOR PREPARING FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS UTILIZING ENDOTHERMIC REACTION - A method is disclosed whereby a functional nanomaterial such as a monolayer carbon nanotube, a monolayer boron nitride nanotube, a monolayer silicon carbide nanotube, a multilayer carbon nanotube with the number of layers controlled, a multilayer boron nitride nanotube with the number of layers controlled, a multilayer silicon carbide nanotube with the number of layers controlled, a metal containing fullerene, and a metal containing fullerene with the number of layers controlled is produced at a high yield. According to the method, when a multilayer carbon nanotube ( | 07-22-2010 |
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20090177413 | System For Monitoring Foreign Particles, Process Processing Apparatus And Method Of Electronic Commerce - A system for monitoring foreign matter includes a manufacturing line having plural process processing apparatuses, a production management system which manages the processing of workpieces in the manufacturing line, plural optical heads which monitor foreign matter in relation to at least one of the workpieces, and which provide an output signal indicative thereof, and at least one image signal processing unit provided in a lesser number than a number of the plural optical heads for processing the output signal therefrom. | 07-09-2009 |
20100106443 | Defect Inspection Apparatus and Defect Inspection Method - A defect inspection apparatus includes: stages each mounting an inspecting object on which a circuit pattern having a group of parallel lines is formed, and each running perpendicular or parallel to the group of lines; an illumination optical system which illuminating a surface of the inspecting object with a slit beam being slit light so that a longitudinal direction of the slit beam is substantially perpendicular to the running directions of the stages, and which has a first inclined angle formed by the direction of the group of lines and a projection line, of an optical axis of the slit beam, to the inspecting object; a spatial filter that shields or transmits reflected and scattered light of the inspecting object according to a difference in distribution of orientation; and a detection optical system that detects the reflected and scattered light transmitted through the spatial filter by image sensors. Moreover, the illumination optical system illuminates the inspecting object with another slit beam from a direction opposite to an incident direction of the slit beam on a plane. | 04-29-2010 |
20120002196 | System For Monitoring Foreign Particles, Process Processing Apparatus And Method Of Electronic Commerce - A system for monitoring foreign matter includes a manufacturing line having plural process processing apparatuses, a production management system which manages the processing of workpieces in the manufacturing line, plural optical heads which monitor foreign matter in relation to at least one of the workpieces, and which provide an output signal indicative thereof, and at least one image signal processing unit provided in a lesser number than a number of the plural optical heads for processing the output signal therefrom. | 01-05-2012 |
20130100441 | OPTICAL INSPECTION APPARATUS AND EDGE INSPECTION DEVICE - The invention provides an optical inspection apparatus having an edge inspection device capable of accommodating wide positional changes in the edges of wafers. | 04-25-2013 |
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20090266463 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - This invention provides a pneumatic tire (T) including: a tacky sealant layer ( | 10-29-2009 |
20090277553 | TIRE NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE AND PNEUMATIC TIRE PROVIDED THEREWITH - Provided are a tire noise reduction device allowing rapid and reliable puncture-repair of a pneumatic tire provided with an annular sound absorbing member on the inner surface of a tread portion of the tire, and a pneumatic tire provided with the tire noise reduction device. The tire noise reduction device includes: the annular sound absorbing member made of a porous material; and a repair liquid permeable layer stacked on an outer peripheral surface of the sound absorbing member. The repair liquid permeable layer has many continuous pores and has a flow resistance lower than that of the porous material. The tire noise reduction device is mounted on the inner peripheral surface of a tread portion of the pneumatic tire. | 11-12-2009 |
20090283192 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - Provided is a pneumatic tire capable of suppressing a flow of a sealant in a sealant layer due to a centrifugal force generated during the running of the tire. A pneumatic tire of the present invention is a pneumatic tire provided with a sealant layer on an inner surface of the tire in a region corresponding to a tread portion of the tire. The pneumatic tire includes a cover sheet disposed on an inner side of the sealant layer in a radial direction of the tire so as to cover the sealant layer. In the pneumatic tire, a mass per unit area of a center portion of the cover sheet is made larger than a mass per unit area of outer portions of the cover sheet. A width of the cover sheet may be made smaller than a width of the sealant layer. | 11-19-2009 |
20100071801 | TIRE SEALANT LIQUID CONTAINER - Provided is a tire sealant liquid container that accommodates a tire sealant liquid, and that includes: an air inlet guiding therein a compressed air outputted by a compressor; and a tire sealant liquid outlet guiding the tire sealant liquid into a tire. The air inlet is provided at a position above a liquid level of the tire sealant liquid, and the tire sealant liquid outlet is provided at a position below the air inlet. | 03-25-2010 |
20100071822 | TIRE SEALANT LIQUID CONTAINER - Provided is a tire sealant liquid container that accommodates a tire sealant liquid, and that includes on the lower side: an air supply hose guiding therein a compressed air outputted by a compressor; and a tire sealant liquid injection hose guiding the tire sealant liquid into a tire. Part of the outer surface of a container body is provided with a holder so that the air supply hose can be arranged to partially pass above a liquid level | 03-25-2010 |
20100084067 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - Provided is a pneumatic tire including a puncture-resistant layer disposed on the inner side of a tread portion while having enhanced uniformity. A gel sheet | 04-08-2010 |
20120312387 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOVERING PUNCTURE REPAIR LIQUID - A device for recovering puncture repair liquid includes a tube to be inserted from a tire valve mounted to a wheel up to an inner surface of a tire, a container having a pair of connecting ports for receiving and containing puncture repair liquid recovered from inside the tire, and a connecting hose for connecting between the tire valve and one of the connecting ports. The other connecting port is removably attachable to a pressurized air source. A valve core is detached from a tire valve of a wheel with a tire mounted thereon into which puncture repair liquid has been injected. The tube is inserted into the tire which is filled with air from the pressurized air source that is then detached from the container. Thus, recovery of the puncture repair liquid is efficiently performed using pressure escaping from the tire without cutting out the tire valve. | 12-13-2012 |
20130126037 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOVERING PUNCTURE REPAIR LIQUID - A method and device for recovering puncture repair liquid without cutting out a tire valve. The method uses a device including a tube and either a pipe member or a drainage device. The tube reaches a tire inner surface when inserted into the tire from a tire valve mounted to a wheel, and the pipe member or drainage device connects between the tire valve and a pressurized air source. A valve core is detached from a tire valve of the wheel. The tube is inserted into the tire via the valve, the pipe member or drainage device is connected between the valve and air source, the tire is filled with air from the air source, and the puncture repair liquid in the tire is recovered through an end portion of the pipe member or drainage port due to air escaping from the tire. | 05-23-2013 |
20130233404 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING PUNCTURE REPAIR LIQUID AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING PUNCTURE REPAIR LIQUID - A method for recovering puncture repair liquid includes preparing tube, preparing sealing portion, removing, discharging, inserting, and recovering. The tube is to be inserted into a tire from a tire valve mounted to a wheel. The sealing portion is at a part of the tube in a longitudinal direction, has an outer diameter larger than an outer diameter of the tube, and is fittable in the tire valve. The removing removes a valve core from the tire valve of the wheel. The discharging discharges pressurized air filled in the tire from the tire valve. The inserting inserts the tube from the tire valve so as to bring the tube to a liquid surface of the puncture repair liquid. The recovering recovers the puncture repair liquid in the tire via the tube using a residual pressure in the tire by fitting the sealing portion to the tire valve. | 09-12-2013 |
20130233405 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING PUNCTURE REPAIR LIQUID - A valve core is removed from a tire valve | 09-12-2013 |
20140130828 | Method of Cleaning Tire Valve and Cleaning Tool - A method of cleaning a tire valve may include: using a tire valve cleaning tool provided with a cleaning part made from a flexible member, and a holder part that communicates with the cleaning part, a maximum outer diameter of the cleaning part being from 50% to 200% of a minimum inner diameter of the tire valve; removing the valve core from a tire valve installed on a wheel, and removing the foreign material adhered to the inner face of the tire valve with the cleaning part. | 05-15-2014 |
20140261869 | Puncture Repair Liquid Injection Method and Injection Device - A puncture repair liquid injection method injects puncture repair liquid into a tire by using a puncture repair liquid injection device provided with a container having a liquid containing portion containing a puncture repair liquid, along with an outlet for discharging the puncture repair liquid, and an inlet for introducing compressed air; an injection hose connected between a tire valve of a wheel mounted on a tire and the outlet of the container; and a compressor having a pressure adjuster for selecting an air pressure. The method further comprises connecting the injection hose between the tire valve and the outlet of the container, connecting the compressor to the inlet of the container, selecting a reduced air pressure as a pressurizing force by the compressor by an operation of the pressure adjuster, and injecting the puncture repair liquid into the tire by pressurizing the container interior. | 09-18-2014 |
20150047737 | Tire Repair Fluid Container Packaging Box And Method Of Injecting Tire Repair Fluid - A packaging box is provided for individually packaging a container for tire repair fluid. The box has six outer walls that surround the container. A container holder for holding the container upright is provided in any one of the outer walls. The container holderholder is formed by deforming the outer wall. The container is removed from the packaging box, the outer wall of the packaging box is deformed to form the container holder. The container holder is used to hold the container upright. A first hose is connected between a tire valve of a wheel on which a pneumatic tire is mounted and an outlet of the container. A second hose is connected between an inlet of the container and an air compressor. The air compressor is operable to inject the tire repair fluid in the container into the pneumatic tire using the pressure of compressed air. | 02-19-2015 |
20150053682 | Container For Tire Repair Fluid - A container for containing tire repair fluid is provided that does not require a protective cap provided with a perforating member for perforating a sealing film, and is capable of ensuring protection effect of the sealing film during storage as well as allowing perforating of the sealing film during tire repair. In the container for containing tire repair fluid of the present technology includes a liquid containing portion that contains a tire repair fluid, an opening connected to the liquid containing portion, and a sealing film that seals the opening. The container further includes a plate-like protective member larger in size than an internal diameter of the opening and held in a layered state on the sealing film, wherein the protective member, upon being folded, functions as a perforating tool for perforating the sealing film. | 02-26-2015 |
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20100045823 | RECORDING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A recording apparatus including a mounting portion configured to allow a rewritable recording medium and an unrewritable recording medium to be mounted thereon includes a determination unit configured to determine a file name with a number for recording a file on a recording medium mounted on the mounting portion, and a recording control unit configured to record, on the recording medium mounted on the mounting portion, the file using the file name determined by the determination unit, wherein the determination unit changes a file name determination method when the recording medium mounted on the mounting portion is replaced such that the rewritable recording medium and the unrewritable recording medium are replaced with each other. | 02-25-2010 |
20100134657 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention has as its object to allow information recording by maximally utilizing the size of a storage medium while maintaining compatibility to an electronic device which can handle only a storage medium initialized by the first file system to some extent. To this end, on a storage medium, two storage areas, i.e., a partition A initialized by the FAT16 file system to be accessed by a normal digital still camera, and a partition B initialized by the FAT32 file system that allows a still larger address space, are assured. A main image sensed by a camera unit is stored in the partition B, and a thumbnail image as its derivative information is stored in the partition A. Even when this memory card is attached to the conventional digital still camera, the thumbnail image can be browsed. Also, information indicating correspondence between the main image and corresponding thumbnail image is stored in the partition B as management information. As a result, even when a thumbnail image is detected by the conventional digital still camera, whether the main image is to be deleted or the deleted thumbnail image is to be restored can be selected based on the correspondence with the main image. | 06-03-2010 |
20120026380 | IMAGE RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, INDEX DISPLAYING METHOD BY IMAGE RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image recording/reproduction apparatus reads image data from a recording medium storing plural image data to display the read image data on a TV monitor or the like, and selects image data of a same aspect ratio to simultaneously index display plural small images of thus selected image data on the TV monitor. Reduced images of an aspect ratio of 4:3 and 16:9 are formed respectively from image data of an aspect ratio of 4:3 and 16:9, and the number of displayed small image is changed according to the aspect ratio, thereby displaying a larger amount of information within a limited display space in an easily recognizable manner. | 02-02-2012 |
20130147988 | RECORDING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A recording apparatus including a mounting portion configured to allow a rewritable recording medium and an unrewritable recording medium to be mounted thereon includes a determination unit configured to determine a file name with a number for recording a file on a recording medium mounted on the mounting portion, and a recording control unit configured to record, on the recording medium mounted on the mounting portion, the file using the file name determined by the determination unit, wherein the determination unit changes a file name determination method when the recording medium mounted on the mounting portion is replaced such that the rewritable recording medium and the unrewritable recording medium are replaced with each other. | 06-13-2013 |
20130235217 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - There is provided a communication apparatus. The holding unit holds communication setting information for communicating wirelessly with an external apparatus. The communication unit communicates wirelessly with the external apparatus using the communication setting information held by the holding unit. The connection unit connects a recording medium. The determination unit determines whether or not the recording medium connected to the connection unit has a communication function for communicating wirelessly with an apparatus, which is different from the communication apparatus, using communication setting information that has been written into a specific recording region of the recording medium. The writing unit writes the communication setting information held by the holding unit into the specific recording region of the recording medium in a case where it has been determined that the recording medium connected to the connection unit has the communication function. | 09-12-2013 |
20140056575 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for processing moving image files each including moving image data and identification information relating to continuity of time between the moving image file and other moving image file is arranged to perform an editing process for deleting at least a portion of the moving image data included in the moving image file, and change the identification information of the moving image file in accordance with the editing process, wherein in accordance with the editing process being preformed, identification information of at least one of the plurality of moving image files is changed to a predetermined value for discriminating that there is no continuity between the moving image file to which the editing process is performed and a moving image file which has continuity of time with the moving image file to which the editing process is performed. | 02-27-2014 |
20140133835 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus for processing a plurality of moving image files each including moving image data relating to continuity of time between the moving image data other moving image file, performs an editing process for deleting a portion of the moving image data of one scene including a plurality of the moving image files, and changes the identification information of the moving image file in accordance with the editing process, wherein in accordance with the editing process for deleting a portion of the moving image data of the one scene being performed, the identification information of at least one of the plurality of moving image files included in the one scene is changed. | 05-15-2014 |
20140178039 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A recording apparatus independently sets conditions of information data to be simultaneously recorded in a plurality of recording media in a simultaneous recording mode according to a user instruction. The recording apparatus processes information data according to the set conditions so as to generate a plurality of information data to be recorded in the plurality of recording media in the simultaneous recording mode, and their identification information, and records the plurality of generated information data and identification information in the plurality of recording media. When different conditions are set as the conditions of the information data to be simultaneously recorded in the plurality of recording media, a plurality of pieces of identification information which have different values are generated for the information data to be simultaneously recorded in the plurality of recording media. | 06-26-2014 |
20150036995 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - There is a first writing mode in which data is written to a recording medium in a first recording unit, and a second writing mode in which data is written in a second recording unit whose size is greater than the first recording unit. In an interval recording mode in which a predetermined recording time worth of moving image data is repeatedly recorded each time a predetermined interval period elapses, moving image data is recorded to the recording medium in the first writing mode having the smaller recording unit. This makes it possible to effectively use the recording area of the recording medium in the case where moving image data obtained by interval shooting is recorded to the recording medium. | 02-05-2015 |
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20080198592 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE ARRAY CHIP AND EXPOSURE LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light emitting device array chip comprises a light emitting device array having a plurality of light emitting devices arranged two-dimensionally on a substrate. The profile of the light emitting device array chip is a parallelogram with two long sides and two short sides forming an acute or obtuse angle. The light emitting device array has a plurality of blocks arranged along the long sides, and each block has a plurality of segments arranged along the long sides. In each segment, a plurality of light emitting devices are arranged in a plurality of rows along the long sides and also in a plurality of rows along the short sides, and they are connected to a common electrode. At least a single wire is provided for electrically connecting a plurality of light emitting devices selected from different segments, and an electrode pad for wire bonding is formed on the at least single wire. The electrode pad is arranged at the side of the long side of a corner of the acute angles on the array chip. | 08-21-2008 |
20090003401 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a surface emitting laser which can maintain a fundamental transverse mode to obtain higher power while higher-order transverse mode oscillations are suppressed, and a method of manufacturing the surface emitting laser. The surface emitting laser includes: an aperture portion to be a path for injecting a current to an active layer; a current confinement region provided in the vicinity of the aperture portion; and a current injection region which is provided on an opposite side to a light output side with respect to the active layer therebetween, in which a current injection path in the current injection region has a smaller diameter than the aperture portion. | 01-01-2009 |
20090057693 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light-emitting element array can be manufactured without the separation of a metal reflection layer. The light-emitting element array includes a plurality of light-emitting element portions provided on a substrate, at least one space of the spaces between adjacent light-emitting element portions being electrically separated from each other, wherein the metal reflection layer is provided on the substrate and under the plurality of light-emitting element portions, and a resistive layer for electrical separation between the light-emitting element portions is provided between the plurality of light-emitting element portions and the metal reflection layer. The plurality of light-emitting element portions are divided into a plurality of blocks. Each of the blocks includes a plurality of light-emitting portions. The electrical separation between the light-emitting portions can be made as electrical separation between adjacent light-emitting element portions in adjacent and different blocks. | 03-05-2009 |
20090315965 | LED ARRAY MANUFACTURING METHOD, LED ARRAY AND LED PRINTER - An LED array having no insulating film between the LED structure and the reflector thereof is manufactured by forming a luminescent layer | 12-24-2009 |
20100026779 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMBER, SEMICONDUCTOR ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND LED ARRAY USING THE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A novel semiconductor article manufacturing method and the like are provided. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor article having a compound semiconductor multilayer film formed on a semiconductor substrate includes: preparing a member including an etching sacrificial layer ( | 02-04-2010 |
20100295917 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of enhancing the accuracy of the scanning position of a laser beam to thereby obtain a more precise image. Optical sensors detect reflected light from a surface of a photosensitive drum. During image formation, the apparatus detects the scanning speed of the laser beam in a main scanning direction based on detection signals from the respective optical sensors in each of divisional sections of an image forming area in the main scanning direction. The apparatus corrects magnification of the image in the main scanning direction, based on results of detection of the scanning speed of the laser beam in the main scanning direction. | 11-25-2010 |
20110002353 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER, SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAY, AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - To provide a surface emitting laser having a structure that can suppress the oscillation of a high-order transverse mode. In the surface emitting laser, a plurality of semiconductor layers including a lower DBR, an upper DBR, an active layer interposed therebetween, and a current confinement layer for confining a current injected to the active layer are stacked on a substrate, and a barrier structure limits the migration of a majority carrier, that has passed through a current unconfining portion, in an electric field application direction; the barrier structure is provided between the current confinement layer and the active layer so that an oscillation of a high-order transverse mode is suppressed by the barrier structure promoting the diffusion of the majority carrier in an in-plane direction of the barrier structure. | 01-06-2011 |
20120033699 | SURFACE-EMITTING LASER, SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ARRAY, DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ARRAY AS A LIGHT SOURCE, PRINTER HEAD, AND PRINTER - Provided is a surface-emitting laser including a periodic gain structure, which is capable of improving uniformity of carrier injection into multiple active regions and carrier confinement, to thereby improve laser characteristics. The surface-emitting laser includes: a first DBR layer; a first cladding layer; multiple active regions each including a multiple quantum well structure; an interbarrier layer disposed between the multiple active regions; a second cladding layer; a current confinement structure; and a second DBR layer. The multiple active regions are disposed at multiple positions at which light intensity of a gain region is maximum, and the interbarrier layer has an energy level at a bottom of a conduction band thereof which is higher than an energy level at a bottom of a conduction band of a barrier layer of the multiple quantum well structure of each of the multiple active regions, which are disposed at the multiple positions. | 02-09-2012 |
20120076163 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER WITH CURRENT CONSTRICTION LAYER AND MULTIPLE ACTIVE REGIONS - A surface emitting laser is provided which can control a beam shape and can provide higher efficiency and higher power. The surface emitting laser includes a gain region that is provided between a first semiconductor multilayer film reflection mirror and a second semiconductor multilayer film reflection mirror, which are arranged so as to oppose to each other, and that has a first active layer and a second active layer. The surface emitting laser has a current constriction layer for constricting an electric current which is injected into the first active layer and the second active layer. The first active layer and the second active layer have different active layer structures from each other. | 03-29-2012 |
20120282716 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMBER, SEMICONDUCTOR ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND LED ARRAY USING THE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A novel semiconductor article manufacturing method and the like are provided. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor article having a compound semiconductor multilayer film formed on a semiconductor substrate includes: preparing a member including an etching sacrificial layer ( | 11-08-2012 |
20130016170 | LED DEVICE, LED DEVICE ARRAY, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE LED DEVICE ARRAYAANM Sekiguchi; YoshinobuAACI Machida-shiAACO JPAAGP Sekiguchi; Yoshinobu Machida-shi JP - Provided is an LED device which is capable of reducing the emission size without changing the size of an LED and is capable of switching the emission size arbitrarily. The LED device includes, on a substrate, a carrier control layer, a lower current confinement layer, an active layer, and an upper current confinement layer. A p-type electrode is provided on the upper current confinement layer. Two n-type electrodes are arranged on the carrier control layer so as to dispose the p-type electrode between the two n-type electrodes in an in-plane direction of the substrate. | 01-17-2013 |
20140092391 | LIGHT SOURCE AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light source includes a control unit that controls currents injected into at least one light emitting region and a light emission spectrum conversion region. The at least one light emitting region includes a first light emitting region and a second light emitting region different from the first light emitting region, light that is emitted from the first light emitting region and passes through the light emission spectrum conversion region is combined with the light that is emitted from the first or second light emitting region and does not pass through the light emission spectrum conversion region. The control unit controls the currents injected into the light emission spectrum conversion region and the first light emitting region so that the current density of the light emission spectrum conversion region is smaller than the current density of the first light emitting region. | 04-03-2014 |
20140253925 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH SURFACE EMITTING LASER - A surface emitting laser according to the present invention includes a lower reflector, a first spacer layer, an active layer, a second spacer layer composed of a semiconductor material, a gap section formed of at least one of vacuum and gas, and an upper reflector in the written order, and also includes a control mechanism that changes a distance between an interface between the second spacer layer and the gap section and an interface between the upper reflector and the gap section. An optical path length n | 09-11-2014 |
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20090190949 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus enables a high-quality double-side printing of a transfer medium by one-pass method using a simple structure. A latent image is formed and developed on an image carrier (drum) in a process cartridge. A resultant toner image is transferred by a first transfer unit (roller) onto either an upper surface of the transfer medium or a first intermediate transfer body (roller) in a first transfer area. The toner image on the first intermediate transfer body is transferred onto a back surface of the transfer medium in a fourth transfer area via a second intermediate transfer body (belt) and a third intermediate transfer body (roller). The fourth transfer area is located downstream of the first transfer area along a transport path of the transfer medium. | 07-30-2009 |
20090238585 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, forming a color image by successively superposing color images, formed on image carriers of corresponding image forming parts arranged along a rotational direction of an endless moving member, onto the endless moving member or a recording medium conveyed thereby, includes a first part causing a color registration pattern to be created on the endless moving member or the recording medium; a second part obtaining a color registration pattern signal by detecting the color registration pattern; a third part changing image formation timing in the image forming parts based on the color registration pattern signal; and a fourth part causing the endless moving member to rotate in forward and reverse directions after the creation of the color registration pattern. The second part obtains the color registration pattern signal by detecting the color registration pattern during each of the forward and reverse rotations of the endless moving member. | 09-24-2009 |
20120328976 | TONER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including: a base resin; and charge-controlling resin particles contained in the base resin, wherein the toner is in shape of particles, and the charge-controlling resin particles are present in a region of each toner particle which is 500 nm in depth from a surface of the toner particle and an average of amounts of the charge-controlling resin particles present in the regions of the toner particles is 20% by volume to 70% by volume, wherein an average of embedment rates of the charge-controlling resin particles in the toner particles is 90% or higher, where each embedment rate is an average of embedment rates of the charge-controlling resin particles in each toner particle, and wherein the charge-controlling resin particles have a charge amount of 60 μC/m | 12-27-2012 |
20140348550 | TONER HOUSING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Toner housing container includes: container body housing a toner; conveying portion conveying the toner from longer direction one end of container body to its other end at which container opening portion is provided; pipe receiving port receiving a conveying pipe fixed to toner conveying device; and uplifting portion moving the toner toward toner receiving port of conveying pipe. Toner has molecular weight distribution having a peak in a range of 10 | 11-27-2014 |
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20090009464 | Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - Provided is a liquid crystal display apparatus capable of stopping the brightness control of a back light source on the featuring quantity of an input video signal, in case a multi-plane display was performed. The liquid crystal display apparatus comprises a liquid crystal panel ( | 01-08-2009 |
20090174636 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - It is possible to perform an optimal video expression in accordance with a change of a feature quantity of a video signal without lowering the display quality and reduce power consumption. As the video feature quantity, for example, APL is used. When the feature quantity is greater than a first predetermined value p | 07-09-2009 |
20090262063 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a display device capable of realizing an appropriate screen display luminance in accordance with a video feature quantity and brightness around and sufficiently reducing power consumption. A liquid crystal display apparatus ( | 10-22-2009 |
20090268105 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device capable of stopping the emitting luminance control of a backlight source on the APL of an input video signal in accordance with an input mode. The liquid crystal display device comprises a liquid crystal panel ( | 10-29-2009 |
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20080291749 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIMING ADJUSTMENT - A strobe signal from a memory is delayed through delay circuits of a strobe delay selection section, thus obtaining a plurality of delayed strobe signals. A strobe latch section produces check data in synchronism with each of the delayed strobe signals, and a system latch section latches, with a system clock, check data latched by the strobe latch section. Based on a comparison by an expected value comparison section and a determination by a delay determination section, the optimal strobe signal with the optimal delay is selected from among the delayed strobe signals produced in the strobe delay selection section. Then, data from the memory is delayed through delay circuits in a data delay selection section, thus obtaining a plurality of delayed data, and the optimal data with the optimal delay is selected from among the plurality of delayed data based on the comparison by the expected value comparison section and the determination by the delay determination section. | 11-27-2008 |
20100315892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIMING ADJUSTMENT - A strobe signal from a memory is delayed through delay circuits of a strobe delay selection section, thus obtaining a plurality of delayed strobe signals. A strobe latch section produces check data in synchronism with each of the delayed strobe signals, and a system latch section latches, with a system clock, check data latched by the strobe latch section. Based on a comparison by an expected value comparison section and a determination by a delay determination section, the optimal strobe signal with the optimal delay is selected from among the delayed strobe signals produced in the strobe delay selection section. Then, data from the memory is delayed through delay circuits in a data delay selection section, thus obtaining a plurality of delayed data, and the optimal data with the optimal delay is selected from among the plurality of delayed data based on the comparison by the expected value comparison section and the determination by the delay determination section. | 12-16-2010 |
20110298977 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE - A video processing device for converting an interlaced signal into a progressive signal includes an OSD mixer which mixes an OSD display, such as a caption or a telop, with the interlaced signal, a cinema detector which detects a pulldown pattern by comparing video images of different fields, a phase comparator which compares a timing of change in the OSD display and a timing of change in a cinema video image based on OSD mixing signals indicating OSD-mixed locations in the OSD mixer and on the pulldown pattern detected in the cinema detector, and an interpolated pixel generator which generates a new pixel between lines of the interlaced signal by an interpolation method based on a detection result in the cinema detector and on a comparison result in the phase comparator. | 12-08-2011 |
20120081973 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIMING ADJUSTMENT - A strobe signal from a memory is delayed through delay circuits of a strobe delay selection section, thus obtaining a plurality of delayed strobe signals. A strobe latch section produces check data in synchronism with each of the delayed strobe signals, and a system latch section latches, with a system clock, check data latched by the strobe latch section. Based on a comparison by an expected value comparison section and a determination by a delay determination section, the optimal strobe signal with the optimal delay is selected from among the delayed strobe signals produced in the strobe delay selection section. Then, data from the memory is delayed through delay circuits in a data delay selection section, thus obtaining a plurality of delayed data, and the optimal data with the optimal delay is selected from among the plurality of delayed data based on the comparison by the expected value comparison section and the determination by the delay determination section. | 04-05-2012 |
20140036148 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING FRAME RATE OF VIDEO SIGNAL, AND VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - In order to convert frame repetition information generated by pulldown processing for generating repeat frames from each frame of an input video signal generated at 24 fps into phase information for pulldown processing, and to perform frame rate conversion using the phase information, an apparatus for converting the frame rate of the video signal includes a repeat frame generation unit configured to generate, according to the predetermined number of repeat frames, a plurality of identical frames from each frame of the input video signal; and a frame rate conversion unit configured to perform frame rate conversion based on the frame phase information indicating the number of repeat frames generated by the repeat frame generation unit. Thus, even if a video picture generated at 24 fps is input, judder of a video picture displayed on a screen can be reduced upon frame rate conversion until pulldown processing is determined. | 02-06-2014 |
20140098618 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIMING ADJUSTMENT - A strobe signal from a memory is delayed through delay circuits of a strobe delay selection section, thus obtaining a plurality of delayed strobe signals. A strobe latch section produces check data in synchronism with each of the delayed strobe signals, and a system latch section latches, with a system clock, check data latched by the strobe latch section. Based on a comparison by an expected value comparison section and a determination by a delay determination section, the optimal strobe signal with the optimal delay is selected from among the delayed strobe signals produced in the strobe delay selection section. Then, data from the memory is delayed through delay circuits in a data delay selection section, thus obtaining a plurality of delayed data, and the optimal data with the optimal delay is selected from among the plurality of delayed data based on the comparison by the expected value comparison section and the determination by the delay determination section. | 04-10-2014 |
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20100081859 | Infant Care Apparatus - In an infant care apparatus according to this invention, the inner surface of an upper reflecting plate portion of a reflector forms a reflecting surface extending substantially parallel to the axial direction of a rod-like heat generator. A first angle at which a rear end of the reflecting surface as an end portion on a side opposite to the center of an infant mat, when seen from the top, of a direction perpendicular to the axial direction is bent downward with respect to a center in a back-and-forth direction of the reflecting surface, which is developed substantially flat, is larger than a second angle at which a front end of the reflecting surface as an end opposite to the rear end is bent downward with respect to the center of the reflecting surface. This invention can provide the infant care apparatus in which not only a heater need not be retracted to another location or need be only slightly when an infant on the mat is to undergo X-ray imaging of the like, but also in spite that the upper surface of the mat is substantially rectangular, the entire upper surface of the mat can be warmed substantially uniformly or almost uniformly. | 04-01-2010 |
20100206310 | Pressure Controller for Artificial Respirator and Artificial Respirator Using the Same - A pressure controller for an artificial respirator according to this invention includes a control valve facing a gas passage between an inspiratory gas inlet and an inspiratory gas outlet, and an elastic biasing means for elastically biasing the control valve against a valve seat. When an adjustment manipulating member moves backward, even the pivotal motion of the adjustment manipulating member does not operate an adjustment operating member. When the adjustment manipulating member is pulled out, the pivotal motion of the adjustment manipulating member operates the adjustment operating member, thereby adjusting the elastic biasing force of the elastic biasing means. This invention provides a pressure controller for an artificial respirator capable of reliably preventing unnecessary operating of the adjustment operating member although the pivoting operation of the adjustment manipulating member is simple as a whole, and there is no possibility that the adjustment manipulating member and the like are broken. | 08-19-2010 |