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20090232140 | PACKET TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A packet transmission apparatus includes a transmission unit dividing input data and transferring segments, which are obtained by adding sequence numbers to the respective pieces of the divided data, a switch unit transferring the segments to one of a plurality of reception units, and a reception unit reconstructing an original input packet from the plurality of segments that arrive from the switch units on the basis of the sequence numbers. The reception unit includes a packet buffer storing segments that arrive from the switch units, a determination unit determining, on the basis of the sequence number, whether the segment stored in the packet buffer is to be discarded; and a discard part reading the segment stored in the packet buffer in an order from the segment having an older sequence number and discarding the segment that is determined to be discarded. | 09-17-2009 |
20090296568 | Edge Node Redundant System - A client terminal at one location a is accommodated in an edge node (gateway) having a redundant configuration composed of a primary node and a secondary node. Normally a primary edge node PE A is used to enable communications with partner client terminals at locations b and c via opposing edge nodes PE B and PE C. Normally, a database storing the information of a label used by the primary edge node is synchronized with the database of the secondary edge node. A primary loopback address is stored in the secondary edge node and nullified. When the primary edge node fails, the loopback address of the primary edge node is validated and the secondary edge node restarts communications with the opposing edge nodes using the information of the database storing the information of the label used by the primary PE and the same label as the primary edge node. | 12-03-2009 |
20100040072 | FRAME SWITCHING DEVICE AND ADDRESS LEARNING METHOD - A frame switching device includes a plurality of ports sending a sending frame and receiving a receiving frame; an address entry memory storing an address entry; a flooding processor executing flooding process; a flooding determination unit determining whether the flooding occurrence for the address satisfies a predetermined condition; a notification transmitting unit transmitting a searching frame; a notification receiving unit for receiving a predetermined notification for the address entry related to the address in flooding occurrence from an other frame switching device; and an address entry registration unit registering the address entry in the address entry memory. | 02-18-2010 |
20100189115 | EDGE NODE REDUNDANT SYSTEM IN LABEL SWITCHING NETWORK - In a label switching network, in normal times, packet transfer is performed using a protection-target label switching path set between a primary edge node device and a remote edge node device. Then, when a failure occurs in the primary edge node device, a secondary edge node device takes over the label switching path session from the primary edge node device and operates as the start-point node or the end-point node of the protection-target label switching path, to continue packet transfer using a backup label switching path. | 07-29-2010 |
20120002676 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, DESTINATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A transmission system including: transmission apparatuses; and a destination management apparatus including: first ports which are coupled to the transmission apparatuses; and a first processor configured to manage an address entry which indicates a relation between the first port which receives the frame from among the first ports and a transmission source address included in the frame; and to transfer the frame received by one of the first ports, to the first port in association with the transmission destination address from among the first ports based on the address entry, wherein one of the transmission apparatuses including: second ports which are coupled to another transmission apparatus in the network; a third port which is coupled to the destination management apparatus; and a second processor configured to transmit the frame received by one of the second ports only to the third port. | 01-05-2012 |
20120213078 | APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PACKET-SHAPING ON A PACKET FLOW - A first apparatus receives, at a first transmission rate, packets belonging to a target packet flow on which packet-shaping processing for controlling network traffic is to be performed, and stores the received packets in a first packet buffer. Then, the first apparatus performs first packet-shaping processing on the target packet flow by transmitting, at a second transmission rate, packets that belong to the target packet flow and read out from the first packet buffer. A second apparatus stores packets received from the first apparatus in a second packet buffer. When a shortage of buffer resource for storing packets belonging to the target packet flow occurs in the first packet buffer, the second apparatus performs second packet-shaping processing on the target packet flow by transmitting, at a third transmission rate, packets that belong to the target packet flow and are read out from the second packet buffer. | 08-23-2012 |
20130028082 | PACKET TRANSMISSION DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND PACKET TRANSMISSION METHOD - A packet transmission device includes a buffer stores packet data in any of queues, a queue manager outputs queue-status signals indicating whether or not transmittable packet data exists in the corresponding one of the queues, a bandwidth controller outputs token-status signals indicating whether or not an amount of the tokens accumulated at a certain period for the corresponding queue is larger than a token threshold provided for the corresponding queue, a queue selector preferentially selects any queue whose duration time of a transmittable state in which the corresponding queue status signal indicates that transmittable packet data exists in the corresponding queue and the corresponding token-status signal indicates that the amount of the accumulated tokens is larger than the token threshold provided for the corresponding queue is greater than a duration-time threshold provided for the corresponding queue, and a buffer reader controls reading of the packet data from the selected queue. | 01-31-2013 |
20130039365 | ADDRESS TRANSLATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An address translation apparatus translates an address included in a packet to relay the packet. The packet is transmitted between an external network and an internal network. The address translation apparatus includes a processor. The processor receives a packet transmitted from the internal network. The processor determines, based on a given condition, whether to perform address translation on the received packet. The processor translates, upon determining to perform address translation, a source address of the received packet from an internal address into an external address to obtain a translated packet and relays the translated packet. The processor relays, upon determining not to perform address translation, the received packet to an alternate translation apparatus without performing address translation. | 02-14-2013 |
20130229925 | PACKET RELAY APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR MEASURING DISCARD NUMBER OF DATA PACKETS - A packet relay apparatus includes a first packet processing circuit and a second packet processing circuit. The first packet processing circuit executes, discarding data packets from among data packets, and transferring the rest of the data packets to the second packet processing circuit, counting discard number of the data packets, determining whether or not the discard number is equal to or greater than a threshold and transferring, if the discard number is equal to or greater than the threshold, a discard number information packet including discard number information indicating the discard number to the second packet processing circuit. The second packet processing circuit executes discarding data packets from among the data packets, counting discard number of the data packets and collecting the discard number counted by the second packet processing circuit and the discard number indicated by the discard number information included in the discard number information packet. | 09-05-2013 |
20140016463 | PACKET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PACKET PROCESSING METHOD - A packet processing apparatus includes a packet processing unit that performs a packet output process, an extraction unit that extracts information about each packet before the packet is inputted to the packet processing unit, and a contention handling unit that performs a process avoiding occurrence of contention between/among predetermined processes before the packet is inputted in the packet processing unit, the contention being predicted based on the information about the packet. As a process avoiding contention among series of processes including, for example, processes performed by the packet processing unit to read an amount of transmission rights from a storage unit, do subtraction, and write the amount of transmission rights back into the storage unit, the contention handling unit detects packets belonging to a same flow from information about predetermined number of successive packets and reports the information to the packet processing unit on a flow by flow basis. | 01-16-2014 |
20140169175 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING CIRCUIT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method includes scheduling a packet to be transmitted to a second relay device instead of a first relay device, when a plurality of packets actually transmitted or to be transmitted under a rule, which causes the packets to dispersively pass through different relay devices when destination addresses of the packets are the same, are disproportionally transmitted to the first relay device, and the rule indicates that the packet is to be transmitted to the first relay device. | 06-19-2014 |
20140192819 | PACKET EXCHANGING DEVICE, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND PACKET SCHEDULING METHOD - A packet exchanging device includes queues each configured to accumulate one or more packets, a scheduler unit configured to give a certain permissible reading amount indicating amounts of data of readable packets to each of the queues, and a reading processing unit configured to read the one or more packets from the queues by the permissible reading amount in an order in which a reading condition regarding the permissible reading amount for each queue and an amount of data in the one or more packets accumulated in each queue is satisfied. | 07-10-2014 |
20140286349 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND PACKET SCHEDULING METHOD - A communication device, includes: a plurality of queues each configured to accumulate a packet; a scheduler configured to provide a permissible readout amount to each of the plurality of queues in accordance with an order that is based on a priority of each queue; a read processor configured to read out the packet from the plurality of queues, the permissible readout amount being consumed according to amount of the packets read out; and an accumulation amount counter configured to count an accumulation amount of the packets accumulated in each of the plurality of queues, wherein the accumulation amount counter notifies the scheduler of a change in the accumulation amount, and wherein the scheduler adjusts the priority of, among the plurality of queues, the queue of which the accumulation amount has changed, in response to the notification from the accumulation amount counter. | 09-25-2014 |
20150049770 | APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: provide an acceptable read amount with a plurality of queues; discern one or more queues from among the plurality of queues as one or more prioritized queues, the one or more prioritized queues receiving packets within a receiving rate that equals to or is less than a reading rate depending on the acceptable read amount; and read one or more packets from the plurality of queues, with prioritizing the one or more prioritized queues and consuming the acceptable read amount, in order satisfying a read condition being associated with the acceptable read amount and an amount of stored packets. | 02-19-2015 |
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20090321017 | Plasma Processing Apparatus and Plasma Processing Method - There is disclosed a plasma processing apparatus wherein a sample placed on the top surface of the sample table located within the processing chamber contained in a vacuum vessel is processed with plasma formed in the processing chamber, comprising a set of ducts cut within the sample table through which cooling medium flows; a film-shaped heater whose heating elements are concentrically embedded in the dielectric film serving as the top surface of the sample table; plural temperature controllers which set up the temperature of the cooling medium flowing through the ducts at different values, respectively; and a control unit which switches over the circulations through the ducts of the cooling medium supplied from the plural temperature controllers. | 12-31-2009 |
20100163403 | Plasma processing apparatus and operation method thereof - In a plasma processing apparatus including a processing chamber in a vacuum container to form plasma in the processing chamber in which pressure is reduced, a sample stage in lower part of inside of the processing chamber and having an upper surface on which a wafer to be processed by plasma is put, a plurality of pins in the sample stage to be moved in vertical direction so that the pins abut against rear side of the wafer to move the wafer up and down over the upper surface of the sample stage, and a plurality of openings formed in the upper surface of the sample stage so that the pins are moved in the openings, gas is fed from supply ports communicating with the openings into the processing chamber through the openings when the wafer is not put on the upper surface of the sample stage. | 07-01-2010 |
20130053997 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VACUUM PROCESSING METHOD - A vacuum processing apparatus includes a robot connected to a vacuum container to carry a wafer on one of its two arms to or from a processing chamber; a unit to detect an amount of deviation of the wafer from a predetermined wafer mounting position on the arm that may occur when the robot carries the wafer into or out of the processing chamber; and an adjusting device to adjust the operation of the robot based on the detected amount of deviation. The adjusting device adjusts the robot operation based on the result of a teaching operation performed in advance. After being subjected to the initial teaching operation, the robot again undergoes a second teaching operation according to the information on the amount of wafer position deviation that is detected by moving the wafer in a predetermined transfer pattern, before the wafer processing is performed. | 02-28-2013 |
20130189800 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A plasma processing apparatus is provided which includes an inert gas supply route connected to a process gas supply piping which supplies a process gas into a processing chamber in a vacuum vessel, a valve which opens or closes the inert gas supply route, and an adjuster which adjusts a flow rate of the inert gas. When processing of a sample is complete, an inert gas is supplied into the process gas supply piping so that a pressure in the process gas supply piping is maintained at a pressure higher than a pressure at which a compound of the process gas and a material of an inner wall of the process gas supply piping vaporizes. | 07-25-2013 |
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20090280711 | PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT METHOD APPLIED TO OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE PRODUCTION SYSTEM - The invention provides a production management system and a production management method which are applied to an optical display device production system which can more precisely carry out a production management. A memory stores a panel information allocated per an optical display unit, and a roll information including a positional information of optical films in a material roll before the optical films bonded to the optical display unit are cut so as to coordinate. A position in the material roll before the optical films bonded to the optical display unit are cut is specified based on the panel information corresponding to the optical display unit of the optical display device determined by an inspecting apparatus that a defect exists, and the roll information coordinated to the panel information. If it is possible to recognize what position in what material roll the defect exists, as mentioned above, it is possible to carry out a production management more precisely. | 11-12-2009 |
20100028606 | OPTICAL FILM CUTTING METHOD AND OPTICAL FILM - This invention relates to an optical film cutting method, which includes: a laser beam generation step of performing a waveform shaping of a laser beam to generate a laser beam having a rectangular waveform, and a cutting step of irradiating an optical film with the laser beam obtained by the laser beam generation step and having a rectangular waveform to thereby cut the optical film; as well as to an optical film that is cut by the cutting method and having a size of a raised part generated on a cutting surface thereof of 30 μm or less. According to the optical film cutting method of this invention, it is possible to provide an optical film cutting method for cutting an optical film such as a polarizing film by not using a gaussian beam but using a laser beam of which a waveform is shaped into a rectangular waveform, which is capable of maintaining a raised part size as small as possible in a cutting surface of the optical film and preventing generation of bonding defect and optical defect when the optical film is incorporated into various optical panels. | 02-04-2010 |
20100116800 | OPTICAL FILM CUTTING METHOD AND OPTICAL FILM - This invention relates to an optical film cutting method which includes cutting an optical film by irradiating the optical film with a laser beam under conditions that an energy per unit length is 0.12 to 0.167 J/mm and that a continuous irradiation time is 0.1 msec or less; as well as to an optical film that is cut by the cutting method and has a size of a raised part generated on a cutting surface thereof of 30 μm or less. According to the optical film cutting method of this invention, it is possible to maintain the raised part size on the optical film cutting surface as small as possible even in the case where the laser beam has characteristics of a gaussian beam, thereby enabling prevention of bonding defect and optical defect when the optical film is incorporated into various optical panels. | 05-13-2010 |
20110126988 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention is directed to a method for manufacturing an optical display device comprising an optical film including a polarizing plate and a rectangular optical display unit having a surface to which the optical film is bonded, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a material roll which is a roll of a long sheet material obtained by lengthwise slitting a long material comprising an optical film into a width corresponding to a short or long side of the optical display unit, wherein the optical film includes a polarizing plate having a longitudinal direction parallel to its absorption axis; and unwinding the long sheet material from the material roll, cutting at least the optical film of the long sheet material to form an optical film having a length corresponding to a long or short side of the optical display unit, and then bonding the optical film to a surface of the optical display unit. | 06-02-2011 |
20120132369 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A system for manufacturing an optical display device includes an optical display unit feeding apparatus with a counting section counting the number of optical display units fed, an optical film feeding apparatus with a roll exchanging section exchanging a roll of a previous category for a roll of a latter category and joining the optical films on each, a bonding apparatus bonding a cut optical film onto a surface of an optical display unit, and a controller storing the number N of optical display units that are bonded correspondingly with the optical films that are present from a joining position to a bonding position of the optical film, and stops the apparatuses when the number of remaining sheets of the optical display units of the previous category prior to bonding becomes substantially equal to the number N at the time of exchanging categories based on information from the counting section. | 05-31-2012 |
20120193034 | MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A manufacturing system is provided with a supplying apparatus of a first sheet material supplying after cutting into a predetermined length, and a supplying apparatus of a second sheet material supplying after cutting into a predetermined length, and the supplying apparatus of the first sheet material and the supplying apparatus of the second sheet material are structured such that one supplying apparatus cuts a long sheet material having a width corresponding to a short side into a length corresponding to a long side, and the other supplying apparatus cuts a long sheet material having a width corresponding to the long side into a length corresponding to the short side, in correspondence to the long side and the short side of the optical display unit. | 08-02-2012 |
20130126080 | OPTICAL FUNCTIONAL FILM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - Provided is an optical functional film in which air bubbles can be effectively prevented from forming during lamination, and preferably in which a carrier film does not tear readily. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device using this optical functional film. A belt-shaped optical functional film is used in order to cut away the optical functional film at predetermined intervals from the belt-shaped optical functional film to which a carrier film is bonded, with the carrier film remaining uncut; to subsequently turn over the carrier film by an edge-shaped member and peel away the optical functional film; and to laminate the exposed surface of the optical functional film to a sheet member while the optical functional film is being peeled away, wherein the optical functional film is characterized in that the flexural rigidity of the carrier film per unit length in the longitudinal direction is from 5.0×10 | 05-23-2013 |
20130292058 | SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE - It is provided that a method and a system for manufacturing an optical display device, which make it possible to bond an optical member and an optical display unit together with a certain degree of cleanliness maintained. The method for manufacturing an optical display device including an optical display unit(W) and an optical member( | 11-07-2013 |
20140290826 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANELS - A method for manufacturing an LCD panel comprises: (a) continuously feeding an LC cell comprising first and second substrates, the first substrate being relatively less susceptible to electrostatic decay than the second substrate, (b) laminating a first polarizing plate to the first substrate of the LC cell while avoiding direct contact between the first laminating member and the first substrate; (c) laminating a second polarizing plate to the second substrate with the first substrate being in contact with a second laminating member through the first polarizing plate laminated to the first substrate in the step (b) while avoiding direct contact between the second laminating member and the first substrate, thereby obtaining an LCD panel, and (d) conducting an inspection of the LCD panel without applying voltage, wherein steps (a), (b), (c) and (d) are performed sequentially in a single continuous feed line. | 10-02-2014 |
20140360992 | IMPACT-ABSORBING PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An impact-absorbing pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an impact-absorbing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer including an impact-absorbing layer. A side surface of the impact-absorbing pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes a tapered surface; and the tapered surface has a taper angle of 65° or more. | 12-11-2014 |
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20110164097 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element comprising a piezoelectric layer containing bismuth, lanthanum iron manganese and titanium and a electrode formed above the piezoelectric layer. | 07-07-2011 |
20110221826 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - Provided is a piezoelectric element comprising a piezoelectric layer and an electrode. The piezoelectric layer includes a solid solution of bismuth lanthanum titanate zincate and lead titanate. The molar ratio of the bismuth lanthanum titanate zincate to the lead titanate in the piezoelectric layer is 0.39 or more and 0.61 or less. | 09-15-2011 |
20110221833 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric layer, and an electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is composed of a compound oxide having a perovskite structure and containing bismuth lanthanum ferrate manganate and barium titanate. The molar ratio of the barium titanate to the total amount of the bismuth lanthanum ferrate manganate and the barium titanate is 0.09 or more and 0.29 or less. A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure-generating chamber communicating with a nozzle opening, and a piezoelectric element as described above. A liquid ejecting apparatus includes the above-described liquid ejecting head. | 09-15-2011 |
20110267405 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element, comprising electrodes and a piezoelectric body formed between the electrodes. The piezoelectric body consists of a perovskite oxide including bismuth, lantern, iron and manganese. The molar ratio of the sum of the bismuth and the lantern to the sum of the iron and the manganese is 0.87 or more and 0.94 or less. The molor ratio of the bismuth to the lantern is 3.57 or more and 4.82 or less. | 11-03-2011 |
20120086757 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric member made of a complex oxide and an electrode which contains platinum. The complex oxide contains potassium sodium niobate and bismuth ferrate. The molar ratio of the bismuth ferrate to the sum of the potassium sodium niobate and the bismuth ferrate is in the range of 3% to 10%. And the molar ratio of the sum of potassium and sodium to niobium is in the range of 103% to 115%. | 04-12-2012 |
20120147098 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element has a first electrode containing platinum, a piezoelectric layer formed above the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is composed of an oxide containing potassium, sodium, niobium, bismuth, and iron. | 06-14-2012 |
20120188313 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A piezoelectric element, comprises a piezoelectric layer consisting of a complex oxide represented as a mixed crystal including bismuth ferrate and barium titanate and an electrode provided to the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer contains 1 to 15 mol % of lithium relative to the complex oxide. | 07-26-2012 |
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20130093818 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid ejecting head for discharging liquid from nozzle openings is provided. The liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric film and piezoelectric element with electrodes on the piezoelectric film. The piezoelectric film includes barium titanate-based composition having a perovskite structure containing barium, titanium, and copper less than or equal to 3 mol % of titanium amount. | 04-18-2013 |
20130106958 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT | 05-02-2013 |
20130106959 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT | 05-02-2013 |
20130222483 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting head including a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle opening and a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric layer and an electrode, the method including: forming a first piezoelectric precursor film containing Bi and Fe, or Ba and Ti; forming a first piezoelectric layer by heating and crystallizing the first piezoelectric precursor film; forming a second piezoelectric precursor film further containing at least one selected from Li, B, and Cu on the first piezoelectric layer, in addition to Bi and Fe, or Ba and Ti contained in the first piezoelectric precursor film; and forming the piezoelectric layer by heating and crystallizing the first piezoelectric layer and the second piezoelectric precursor film. | 08-29-2013 |
20130257999 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A liquid ejecting head that discharges a liquid through a nozzle aperture includes a piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric layer and a first and a second electrode provided for the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is made of a complex oxide containing bismuth, iron, barium and titanium and having a perovskite structure. The iron content in the piezoelectric layer is higher at the interface with the second electrode than other portions in the thickness direction of the piezoelectric layer. | 10-03-2013 |
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20110102479 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises an identification unit configured to identify, for each pixel in the frame image, minimum pixel values for each color component from pixel values of surrounding pixels for each color component, wherein the surrounding pixels are positioned around the pixel, and identifying, as a common pixel value, a minimum value in the minimum pixel values identified for each color component; a generation unit configured to generate a preprocessed image which can be obtained by replacing a pixel value of each pixel in the frame image with the common pixel value identified for the pixel by the identification unit; a low-pass filtering unit configured to generate a first subframe image by applying a low-pass filter to the preprocessed image; a subtraction unit configured to generate, as a second subframe image, a difference image between the frame image and the first subframe image. | 05-05-2011 |
20110141350 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus, which converts a frame rate by dividing an input frame into sub-frames and outputting the sub-frames, includes a minimum value filter unit, a low-pass filter processing unit, a generation unit, and a switching unit. In an input frame, the minimum value filter unit selects a maximum value of minimum values from the minimum values of pixel values in each horizontal line in a predetermined area including peripheral pixels of a processing target pixel, and performs pre-processing to replace the processing target pixel with the maximum value. The low-pass filter processing unit performs low-pass filter processing on the pre-processed input frame and generates a first sub-frame. The generation unit generates a second sub-frame from the first sub-frame and the input frame. The switching unit switches the first sub-frame and the second sub-frame at predetermined timing and outputs a sub-frame. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142290 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a method for controlling an image processing apparatus for generating and outputting frames different from each other in frequency component from an input frame include, detecting motion of the input frame by comparing the input frame with a frame before or after the input frame in terms of time, storing the input frame in a frame memory, and reading the input frame by a plurality of times to convert a frame rate of the input frame, generating the frames different from each other in frequency component from the frame whose frame rate has been converted, outputting the generated frames if the detected input frame is determined to be a moving image, and outputting the frame whose frame rate has been converted if the input frame is determined to be a still image. | 06-16-2011 |
20120154466 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display control apparatus includes a display control unit configured to display a predetermined object image on a display unit, and a light emission control unit configured to independently control light emission of a plurality of light emitting units corresponding to a plurality of division areas prepared by dividing the display unit, wherein, when a display area of the object image on the display unit is changed, the light emission control unit controls a plurality of division light emitting units other than the plurality of division light emitting units corresponding to the display area of the object image to emit light at a similar luminance to the luminance of the plurality of division light emitting units corresponding to the display area of the object image. | 06-21-2012 |
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20100217851 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE TYPES OF COMMUNICATION MODES, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system includes multiple communication terminals that are used by multiple users; and a management unit that holds management information expressing which type of communication mode corresponding to which communication address information is used by which user and by which communication terminal, and connection information including communication address information of one communication terminal that has communicated and communication address information of the other communication terminal that has communicated. The management unit holds connection information corresponding to an instance of communication even if that instance of communication has ended. Each communication terminal can communicate with other communication terminals in one or more types of communication modes, and includes a communication support unit. In the case where a first-type communication mode of a first communication terminal that includes the communication support unit is used by a first user, the communication support unit accesses the management unit to specify communication address information corresponding to the first-type communication mode in a second communication terminal used by a second user, and the first communication terminal communicates with the second communication terminal in the first-type communication mode using the specified communication address information. The first user is a user that used a second-type communication mode prior to using the first-type communication mode of the first communication terminal. The second user is a user that communicated with the first user using the second-type communication mode prior to using the first-type communication mode of the first communication terminal. The specified communication address information is communication address information specified based on an instance of communication address information within the connection information that has another instance of communication address information corresponding to the second-type communication mode used by the first user, and based on the management information. | 08-26-2010 |
20110229039 | INFORMATION RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An information recognition system includes: a display section displaying an image on a display surface at a predetermined display resolution; an image combining section combining a character entry guide with the image, the character entry guide assisting handwritten input to the display surface; an information detecting section detecting handwritten input information at a detection resolution which is higher than the display resolution, the handwritten input information input to the display surface according to the character entry guide; and a character recognizing section performing character recognition based on the information detected at the detection resolution. | 09-22-2011 |
20120081749 | NETWORK SYSTEM, CLIENT AND CLIENT CONTROL METHOD - A network system has a printer with an internal web browser connected to a web server. The printer has a request unit that sends an HTTP request with printer status information embedded in the URL to the server, a data acquisition unit that gets HTML data from the server, and a print unit that executes a printing process based on the supplied HTML data. The server includes a request receiving unit that receives HTTP requests from the printer, a data transmission unit that sends HTML data to the client, and a status management unit that manages the printer status based on the status information embedded in the URL of the HTTP request. | 04-05-2012 |
20120081754 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PRINTER, STATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Electronic devices, such as printers, that provide application status management are disclosed, as well as related methods. A printer in which a plurality of applications are installed includes an a database that stores an application identifier for each of the applications; one or more log conversion units that generate a system log from application logs for the applications; a status management unit that monitors the system log for status changes and stores a new status in a status storage unit, and a print output unit that prints the status of all applications recorded in the database from the status storage unit. | 04-05-2012 |
20140347695 | NETWORK SYSTEM, CLIENT AND CLIENT CONTROL METHOD - A network system has a printer with an internal web browser connected to a web server. The printer has a request unit that sends an HTTP request with printer status information embedded in the URL to the server, a data acquisition unit that gets HTML data from the server, and a print unit that executes a printing process based on the supplied HTML data. The server includes a request receiving unit that receives HTTP requests from the printer, a data transmission unit that sends HTML data to the client, and a status management unit that manages the printer status based on the status information embedded in the URL of the HTTP request. | 11-27-2014 |
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20110148810 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Touch positions can be detected with a high accuracy. A receiver receives a charge-discharge current signal of a receiving electrode in response to a drive (pulse) signal applied to a transmission electrode, and outputs a level signal of each electrode intersection. The receiver includes an IV converter that converts the charge-discharge current signal to a voltage signal. A conversion characteristic of the IV converter is set such that phases of amplitude of the voltage signal corresponding to a leading edge and a trailing edge of a pulse wave of the drive signal substantially match each other, and phases of amplitude of the voltage signal corresponding to the trailing edge of the pulse wave and a leading edge of a succeeding pulse wave substantially match each other. | 06-23-2011 |
20110205172 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A touch screen device has a panel body that is provided with a plurality of first electrodes arranged parallel with respect to each other, and a plurality of second electrodes arranged parallel with respect to each other, such that the first electrodes and the second electrodes form a grid-shaped pattern. The apparatus also has a controller that detects a touch operation from a side of the panel body based on variations of signals of an endmost electrode, of the first electrodes or of the second electrodes, that is closest to an edge of the panel body and an electrode adjacent to the endmost electrode. | 08-25-2011 |
20110254805 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - In a touch panel device comprising a panel main body ( | 10-20-2011 |
20110298737 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A panel main body comprises a plurality of transmitting electrodes provided in parallel to one another and a plurality of receiving electrodes provided in parallel to one another, and the transmitting electrodes and the receiving electrodes being disposed in a grid shape. A transmitter applies pulse signals to the transmitting electrodes, and a receiver receives output signals from the receiving electrodes in response to the pulse signals applied to the transmitting electrodes and outputs level signals at electrode intersections of the transmitting electrodes and the receiving electrodes. A controller detects a touch position based on the level signals output from the receiver. The controller also controls a number of pulses of a pulse signal that the transmitter applies to each transmitting electrode while the receiver receives an output signal from each receiving electrode. | 12-08-2011 |
20120013555 | TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEM - Provided is a touch screen system that includes a transmitter, a plurality of electronic pens, and a controller. The transmitter applies to transmitting electrodes a pen-synchronization pulse signal for synchronizing transmission and reception of a pen identification signal between the electronic pens and a receiver. The electronic pens transmit, to receiving electrodes, a pen identification signal in accordance with detection of the pen-synchronization pulse signal of the transmitting electrodes at the time of a touch operation. The controller determines the electronic pen that has performed a touch operation based on the pen identification signal that is received by the receiver via the receiving electrodes. | 01-19-2012 |
20120037787 | IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor comprises, a substrate, a plurality of photoelectric converters mounted on the substrate, for each of which a photoelectric conversion layer is formed of an organic compound layer and is sandwiched between an anode and a cathode so as to perform photoelectric conversion based on incident light, drive circuits for detecting output provided by a signal current generated by the photoelectric converters and for reading signal charges, and a wiring for electrically connecting the photoelectric converters and the drive circuits, wherein, for the plurality of the photoelectric converters that form one read pixels, the size of a photoelectric conversion area differs in accordance with a sensitivity of each of the plurality of photoelectric converters. | 02-16-2012 |
20120162141 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen device includes a panel disposed in a front surface of a plasma display panel and having a plurality of transmitting electrodes and receiving electrodes intersecting in a grid pattern; a transmitter that applies a driving signal to the transmitting electrodes; and a receiver receiving a response signal and outputs detection data for each intersection between electrodes, the response signal being output from the receiving electrodes in response to the driving signal applied to the transmitting electrodes. A controller obtains a touch position based on detection data for each intersection, the data being output from the receiver; and a maintenance discharge detector detects a maintenance discharge period of the plasma display panel. The controller, based on a detection result of the maintenance discharge detector, obtains the touch position based on the detection data for each intersection during a period excluding the maintenance discharge period. | 06-28-2012 |
20120182256 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A reception signal processor of a touch screen device receives a response signal output from receiving electrodes that have responded to a driving signal applied to transmitting electrodes and outputting detection data of each electrode intersection. The reception signal processor includes an integrator and a monitor. The integrator integrates a signal obtained by performing a predetermined process on an output signal from the receiving electrodes, and the monitor outputs a reset signal when an integrated value of the integrator reaches a predetermined threshold value. The integrator resets the integrated value to zero in response to the reset signal from the monitor. In particular, a smoother that smoothes a signal is provided before the integrator, and the integrator integrates the signal that has been smoothed by the smoother. | 07-19-2012 |
20120262391 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen device includes a screen main body comprising a plurality of transmitting electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes and disposed in front of a plasma display panel; a transmitter sequentially selecting the transmitting electrodes and applying a drive signal to the selected transmitting electrodes; a receiver sequentially selecting the receiving electrodes, receiving a response signal output from each of the receiving electrodes in response to the drive signal, and outputting detection data at each electrode intersection; a discharge detector detecting discharge of each of the scanning electrodes of the plasma display panel; and a controller that obtains a touch position based on detection data of the discharge detector at each electrode intersection acquired from the response signals from the receiving electrodes positioned distant from the discharging scanning electrodes. | 10-18-2012 |
20120293430 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen device has a screen main body including parallel transmitting electrodes and parallel receiving electrodes disposed in a grid shape; a transmitter sequentially selecting the transmitting electrodes and applying a drive signal; a receiver sequentially selecting the receiving electrodes, receiving a response signal output from the receiving electrode in response to the drive signal, and outputting detection data at each electrode intersection; a controller obtaining a touch position based on the detection data at each electrode intersection output from the receiver; and a reference signal generator outputting a reference signal for synchronized detection. The transmitter generates the drive signal from the reference signal. The receiver uses the reference signal to perform synchronized detection of a signal based on the response signal from the receiving electrode and generates the detection data. | 11-22-2012 |
20130038548 | TOUCH SYSTEM - In a touch table system having a touch table apparatus provided with a touch panel main body in a tabletop and a PC connected to the touch table apparatus, the touch table apparatus has a touch position detector detecting a touch position within a touch detection area. A touch position converter converts a coordinate of a touch position into a coordinate of a screen area of the PC, the touch position being obtained in an operation is set for each user within the touch detection area. | 02-14-2013 |
20130038549 | INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - An input device for a touch screen includes: a supporter placed on a touch surface of a touch screen device; operation keys supported by the supporter and an operation thereon by a user is detected on the touch screen device side; and a conductor for input device identification that is conductible with a user's body and indicates an area in which the operation by the user is detected. In particular, the operation keys each have a conductor for body touch that comes in contact with the user's body when the user performs an operation. The conductor for body touch is electrically connected to a conductor for input device identification. | 02-14-2013 |
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20090010666 | DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPMENT METHOD - The development apparatus that develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier comprises: a developer roller operable to carry toner on a circumferential surface thereof and develop the electrostatic latent image using the toner; a supply roller operable to perform toner supply to the developer roller; a voltage applier operable to apply a bias voltage V | 01-08-2009 |
20090304404 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Developing bias is set as follows. An electric field intensity between a developing roller and a photoconductor is set to cause normally-charged toner to fly in an image area and not to cause the toner to fly in a background area. Thus, the normally-charged toner does not fly in the background area. The normally-charged toner caused to fly is therefore unlikely to flick low-charged toner and oppositely-charged toner. The low-charged toner and the oppositely-charged toner will not adhere to the background area and cause image fogging. Accordingly, an image forming apparatus can be provided to prevent the low-charged toner and the oppositely-charged toner from adhering to the background area of an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor and to avoid the occurrence of image fogging in the background area on a printed material. | 12-10-2009 |
20090310995 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - In case new and old toners may be mixed, a developing bias is set as follows. The time is first clocked. The number of times toner is replenished from a hopper into a buffer for a clocked period is counted. If a replenishment amount per clock time is a threshold value or higher, considering that new and old toners are mixed, the setting of the developing bias is changed. An electric field intensity between a developing roller and a photoconductor is set to cause normally-charged toner to fly in an image area but not to fly in a background area. No image fogging is therefore generated in the background area. Thus, an image forming apparatus and method capable of preventing low-charged toner and oppositely-charged toner generated by mixing of new and old toners from adhering to the background area of an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor, thereby avoiding generation of image fogging. | 12-17-2009 |
20120243912 | DEVELOPING DEVICE - A developing device for forming a toner image on an image support member with a developer composed of toner and carriers, the developing device having; a main body in which a first space for a developer is made; a developer support member, which is located in the first space, for supporting the developer and for supplying toner of the developer to the image support member; and a toner tank in which a second space for toner is made, the second space leading to the first space via at least one boundary area; wherein the at least one boundary area between the first space and the second space is closed by the toner or the developer. | 09-27-2012 |
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20090042144 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD FOR FORMING THE PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND BOARD INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE - A board interconnection structure having a first printed wiring board in which a first conductive circuit is arranged on a first insulating layer, the first conductive circuit having, on an end portion thereof, a first connection terminal in which an upper surface width is narrower than a bottom surface width; a second printed wiring board in which a second conductive layer having a second connection terminal is arranged on a second insulating layer; and a connection layer that forms fillets along longitudinal side surfaces of the first connection terminal, and interconnects the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The first connection terminal may have a projection portion. | 02-12-2009 |
20100027229 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND CONNECTION CONFIGURATION OF THE SAME - A printed wiring board having an insulating base material; a wiring formed on at least one surface of the insulating base material, the wiring forming a predetermined circuit pattern; a first connection terminal portion formed on the surface and electrically connected to the wiring, the first connection terminal portion having a first width; a second connection terminal portion formed on the surface and electrically connected to the wiring, the second connection terminal portion having a second width; and a cover layer configured to cover the wiring and expose the first and the second connection terminal portion. | 02-04-2010 |
20100163289 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND METHOD OF CONNECTING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board including: an insulated substrate; a conductive circuit provided on one side of this insulated substrate; a cover layer covering the insulated substrate and the conductive circuit; and a conductive particle buried in this cover layer, wherein the conductive particle is buried in the cover layer so that the conductive particle contacts the conductive circuit and protrudes from the cover layer; and the conductive particle serves as an electric contact point. | 07-01-2010 |
20100282499 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD FOR FORMING THE PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND BOARD INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE - A board interconnection structure having a first printed wiring board in which a first conductive circuit is arranged on a first insulating layer, the first conductive circuit having, on an end portion thereof, a first connection terminal in which an upper surface width is narrower than a bottom surface width; a second printed wiring board in which a second conductive layer having a second connection terminal is arranged on a second insulating layer; and a connection layer that forms fillets along longitudinal side surfaces of the first connection terminal, and interconnects the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The first connection terminal may have a projection portion. | 11-11-2010 |
20100282501 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, METHOD FOR FORMING THE PRINTED WIRING BOARD, AND BOARD INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE - A board interconnection structure having a first printed wiring board in which a first conductive circuit is arranged on a first insulating layer, the first conductive circuit having, on an end portion thereof, a first connection terminal in which an upper surface width is narrower than a bottom surface width; a second printed wiring board in which a second conductive layer having a second connection terminal is arranged on a second insulating layer; and a connection layer that forms fillets along longitudinal side surfaces of the first connection terminal, and interconnects the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The first connection terminal may have a projection portion. | 11-11-2010 |
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20090268584 | Optical Pickup Apparatus And Optical Disc Apparatus Using Same - An optical pickup apparatus is provided with a dividing element having a plurality of regions. The dividing element is capable of dividing a light flux reflected by the optical disc into a plurality of light fluxes having different outgoing directions. Each region of the dividing element and light receiving parts of a light detector are structured such that when a target information recording layer of the optical disc is brought into focus, a light flux reflected from the target information recording layer is focused on the light receiving parts of the light detector, and a light flux reflected from other information recording layer than the target information recording layer is not irradiated onto the light receiving parts of the light detector. | 10-29-2009 |
20100061202 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - In the optical pickup device, while reflection light reflected from the optical multi-layer disc is divided into a plurality of regions so as to produce a plurality of divided optical beams, the divided optical beams are focused onto different positions on a photodetector, and a focus error signal is detected by employing a plurality of the divided optical beams by utilizing the knife edge method, and further, a tracking error signal is detected by employing a plurality of the divided optical beams. Furthermore, the dividing regions of the optical beam and light receiving parts are arranged in such a manner that stray light derived from other layers of the optical disc is not entered to a servo signal-purpose light receiving part of the photodetector when the divided optical beam is focused onto a target layer of the optical disc. | 03-11-2010 |
20100214904 | Optical Pickup Having Radially Arranged Lenses in a Low Profile Construction - An optical pickup includes a first source which emits a first beam with a first wavelength; a second source which emits a second beam with a wavelength shorter than the first wavelength; a first collimate lens which collimates the first beam; a second collimate lens which collimates the second beam; a first objective lens which converges the first collimated beam onto an optical disc; and a second objective lens which converges the second collimated beam onto the disc. The first and second objective lenses are arranged in the disc radial direction. The second objective lens is arranged closer to the side of the disc outer circumference than the first objective lens. The first collimate lens is arranged on the right-hand side when the second objective lens is viewed from the first objective lens. The second collimate lens is arranged on the left-hand side when the first objective lens is viewed from the second objective lens. The gap between the first collimate lens and the first objective lens is larger than the gap between the second collimate lens and the second objective lens. | 08-26-2010 |
20110299378 | Optical Pickup Having Radially Arranged Lenses in a Low Profile Construction - An optical pickup includes a first source which emits a first beam with a first wavelength; a second source which emits a second beam with a wavelength shorter than the first wavelength; a first collimate lens which collimates the first beam; a second collimate lens which collimates the second beam; a first objective lens which converges the first collimated beam onto an optical disc; and a second objective lens which converges the second collimated beam onto the disc. The first and second objective lenses are arranged in the disc radial direction. The second objective lens is arranged closer to the side of the disc outer circumference than the first objective lens. The first collimate lens is arranged on the right-hand side when the second objective lens is viewed from the first objective lens. The second collimate lens is arranged on the left-hand side when the first objective lens is viewed from the second objective lens. The gap between the first collimate lens and the first objective lens is larger than the gap between the second collimate lens and the second objective lens. | 12-08-2011 |
20120002532 | Optical Pickup Device And Optical Disc Apparatus - An optical pickup device includes a semiconductor laser for emitting laser light, an objective lens for irradiating luminous flux emitted from the semiconductor laser to an optical disc, a branching element having a plurality of regions for branching luminous flux reflected from the optical disc to a plurality of fluxes, and a photodetector having a plurality of light receiving parts which receive luminous flux branched by said branching element. Luminous flux which enters at least two regions arrayed along a direction which is made substantially coincident with a tangential direction of the optical disc in regard to substantially a center of the branching element is arranged along a direction which is made substantially coincident with a radial direction of the optical disc on the photodetector. | 01-05-2012 |