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20120148184 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL MODULATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A process to manufacture a semiconductor optical modulator is disclosed, in which the process easily forms a metal film including AuZn for the p-ohmic metal even a contact hole has an enhanced aspect ration. The process forms a mesa including semiconductor layers first, then, buries the mesa by a resin layer sandwiched by insulating films. The resin layer provides an opening reaching the top of the mesa, into which the p-ohmic metal is formed. Another metal film including Ti is formed on the upper insulating film along the opening. | 06-14-2012 |
20120309121 | METHOD OF MAKING SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL INTEGRATED DEVICE - A method of making a semiconductor optical integrated device includes the steps of forming, on a substrate, a plurality of semiconductor integrated devices including a first optical semiconductor element having a first bonding pad and a second optical semiconductor element; forming a plurality of bar-shaped semiconductor optical integrated device arrays by cutting the substrate, each of the semiconductor optical integrated device arrays including two or more semiconductor optical integrated devices; alternately arranging the plurality of semiconductor optical integrated device arrays and a plurality of spacers in a thickness direction of the substrate so as to be fixed in place; and forming a coating film on a facet of the semiconductor optical integrated device array. Furthermore, the spacer has a movable portion facing the first bonding pad, the movable portion protruding toward the first bonding pad and being displaceable in a protruding direction. | 12-06-2012 |
20130012002 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL INTEGRATED DEVICE - A method for producing a semiconductor optical integrated device includes the steps of forming a substrate product including first and second stacked semiconductor layer portions; forming a first mask on the first and second stacked semiconductor layer portions, the first mask including a stripe-shaped first pattern region and a second pattern region, the second pattern region including a first end edge; forming a stripe-shaped mesa structure; removing the second pattern region of the first mask; forming a second mask on the second stacked semiconductor layer portion; and selectively growing a buried semiconductor layer with the first and second masks. The second mask includes a second end edge separated from the first end edge of the first mask, the second end edge being located on the side of the second stacked semiconductor layer portion in the predetermined direction with respect to the first end edge of the first mask. | 01-10-2013 |
20130058371 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL INTEGRATED DEVICE - A semiconductor optical integrated device includes a substrate having a main surface with a first and second regions arranged along a waveguiding direction; a gain region including a first cladding layer, an active layer, and a second cladding layer arranged on the first region of the main surface; and a wavelength control region including a third cladding layer, an optical waveguide layer, and a fourth cladding layer arranged on the second region of the main surface and including a heater arranged along the optical waveguide layer. The substrate includes a through hole extending from a back surface of the substrate in the thickness direction and reaching the first region. A metal member is arranged in the through hole. The metal member extends from the back surface of the substrate in the thickness direction and is in contact with the first cladding layer. | 03-07-2013 |
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20110287884 | PARKING MECHANISM FOR TRANSMISSION - A parking mechanism of a transmission with a planetary gear mechanism for speed changing and outputting the rotation of a driving force source, includes a plurality of friction elements which change a speed ratio of the planetary gear mechanism by being engaged or released; and an engaging unit which engages the friction elements. The engaging unit maintains at least two interlock friction elements, which are engaged to interlock the transmission, out of the plurality of friction elements in engaged states when the operation of the driving force source stops due to a key-off operation. | 11-24-2011 |
20120241280 | MULTI-DISC FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT MECHANISM - A multi-disc frictional engagement mechanism includes a plurality of driven plates and drive plates, a hydraulic piston, a spring which comes into contact with a pressure receiving portion of the hydraulic piston, an oil chamber which causes a hydraulic pressure to act on the pressure receiving portion, and a lock mechanism which restricts a movement of the hydraulic piston in a coupling direction toward the driven plates and the drive plates in a state where the hydraulic pressure is supplied to the oil chamber, the spring is compressed by the pressure receiving portion and the driven plates and the drive plates are not coupled. | 09-27-2012 |
20120247913 | MULTI-DISC FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT MECHANISM - A multi-disc frictional engagement mechanism includes driven plates and drive plates, a clutch piston including a radially extending first pressure receiving portion, a joint piston including a radially extending second pressure receiving portion and an engaging portion which is engaged with a clutch hub to engage the clutch hub and the clutch drum such that the clutch hub and the clutch drum are not relatively rotatable when the joint piston advances, a first oil chamber which causes a hydraulic pressure to act on the first pressure receiving portion, and a second oil chamber which communicates with the first oil chamber and to which the hydraulic pressure is supplied later than to the first oil chamber to act on the second pressure receiving portion when the hydraulic pressure is supplied to the first oil chamber. | 10-04-2012 |
20150141189 | FRICTION ENGAGEMENT DEVICE - In friction engagement device having forward clutch | 05-21-2015 |
20150217773 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control unit performs a engaging control, which supplies an ON pressure to a engaging-side oil chamber to set a lock mechanism to a locked state and then decreases the hydraulic pressure of the engaging-side oil chamber, when a running mode is selected, and performs a releasing control, which supplies an OFF pressure to a release-side oil chamber to set the lock mechanism to an unlocked state and then decreases the hydraulic pressure of the release-side oil chamber, when a non-running mode is selected. The control unit supplies the OFF pressure to the release-side oil chamber when the stop of the operation of the driving force source is notified, and allows stopping the operation of the driving force source when the lock mechanism becomes the unlocked state afterward. | 08-06-2015 |
20150240937 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A control unit performs a fastening control, which supplies an ON pressure to a fastening-side oil chamber to set a lock mechanism to a locked state and then decreases a hydraulic pressure of the fastening-side oil chamber, when a running mode is selected, and performs a releasing control, which supplies an OFF pressure to a release-side oil chamber to set the lock mechanism to an unlocked state and then decreases a hydraulic pressure of the release-side oil chamber, when a non-running mode is selected. The control unit supplies the OFF pressure to the release-side oil chamber when a stop of operation of the driving force source is notified, and allows stopping the operation of the driving force source when the lock mechanism becomes the unlocked state afterward. | 08-27-2015 |
20150240938 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED WITH FRICTION ELEMENT HAVING LOCKING MECHANISM ATTACHED THERETO, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A transmission controller determines whether a vehicle is going to stop based on a driving condition of the vehicle. When it is determined that the vehicle is going to stop, a lock mechanism is placed in an unlocked state through a supply of an OFF pressure to an OFF pressure piston chamber even if a D mode is selected by a select switch. | 08-27-2015 |
20150247568 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH FRICTION ELEMENT HAVING LOCK MECHANISM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control unit for an automatic transmission determines whether or not a lock mechanism is in a locked condition when a non-travel mode is selected by a select switch, and does not supply an OFF pressure to a disengagement side oil chamber when it is determined that the lock mechanism is not in the locked condition. | 09-03-2015 |
20150247569 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED WITH FRICTION ELEMENT HAVING LOCKING MECHANISM ATTACHED THERETO, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A transmission controller judges whether or not there was performed a specific shift operation where the mode of a transmission is alternately switched between a D-mode and a R-mode, and when it is judged that the specific shift operation was performed and when a forward clutch is engaged, the forward clutch is brought into an engaged state by supplying a hydraulic pressure lower than a lock pressure, with which a locking mechanism is brought into a locked state, to an ON-pressure piston chamber. | 09-03-2015 |
20150247570 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - An automatic transmission is provided having a friction element in which, when an ON pressure is supplied to a engaging-side oil chamber, a hydraulic piston is moved and engaged, a lock mechanism enters a lock state, while when an OFF pressure is supplied to a release-side oil chamber, the lock mechanism is released, and the hydraulic piston is moved and released, in which the OFF pressure is supplied to the release-side oil chamber again when a mode of the automatic transmission changes from a mode for engaging the friction element to a mode for releasing the friction element, and when the friction element is not released even if the OFF pressure is supplied to the release-side oil chamber. | 09-03-2015 |
20150252892 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED WITH FRICTION ELEMENT HAVING LOCKING MECHANISM ATTACHED THERETO, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A transmission controller performs engagement processing, where a forward clutch is engaged and a lock mechanism is brought into a locked state by supplying an ON-pressure to an ON-pressure piston chamber and where the hydraulic pressure of the ON-pressure piston chamber is lowered, and supplies the ON-pressure to the ON-pressure piston chamber when the forward clutch slips even though the forward clutch has been engaged in the engagement processing, while a vehicle is traveling. | 09-10-2015 |
20150252894 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A control unit performs a engaging control, which supplies an ON pressure to a engaging-side oil chamber to set a lock mechanism to a locked state and then decreases the hydraulic pressure of the engaging-side oil chamber, when a running mode is selected, and performs a releasing control, which supplies an OFF pressure to a release-side oil chamber to set the lock mechanism to an unlocked state and then decreases the hydraulic pressure of the release-side oil chamber, when a non-running mode is selected. In the case where the control unit determines to control the friction element in the engaged state to become the released state, the control unit starts supplying the OFF pressure to the release-side oil chamber to cause the unlocked state of the lock mechanism, and starts supplying the hydraulic pressure to the engaging-side oil chamber and reduces the hydraulic pressure of the release-side oil chamber. | 09-10-2015 |
20150252896 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH FRICTION ELEMENT HAVING LOCK MECHANISM, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an automatic transmission including a friction element having a lock mechanism, to prevent a delay in engagement of the friction element from occurring in a case where travel mode→non-travel mode→travel mode are selected at short time intervals during travel, a control unit or the automatic transmission does not supply an OFF pressure to a disengagement side oil chamber when the non-travel mode is selected by a select switch and a vehicle speed is higher than a stoppage determination vehicle speed. | 09-10-2015 |
20150276057 | CLUTCH CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - Provided is a clutch device capable of reducing energy loss caused by clutch-engaging pressure. The clutch control device for an automatic transmission is equipped with: a manual valve ( | 10-01-2015 |
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20090027694 | COORDINATE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A coordinate detection apparatus has a light projecting unit and light receiving unit, detects abnormal light based on the output from the light receiving unit in a state in which the light projecting unit does not project any light, and detects the coordinates of a light-shielded position based on the output from the light receiving unit in a state in which the light projecting unit projects light. | 01-29-2009 |
20120002217 | COORDINATE INPUT APPARATUS, LIGHT RECEIVING APPARATUS OF THE COORDINATE INPUT APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A light receiving unit of a coordinate input apparatus includes a light receiving element, a light receiving lens, an adjusting unit for adjusting the positional relationship between the light receiving element and light receiving lens, and a light transmissive plate which is arranged between the light receiving element and light receiving lens, and defines the focal length of the light receiving lens. The light transmissive plate is arranged between the light receiving element and light receiving lens in a state in which the optical axis between the light receiving element and light receiving lens is adjusted by the adjusting unit with the light transmissive plate being removed. | 01-05-2012 |
20120019485 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to the present invention, even if a plurality of operators perform gesture operations in three-dimensional space, the three-dimensional spatial gesture of each operator is accurately associated with the target object of the three-dimensional spatial gesture. For this, a projector displays at least one selection-target object on an upper surface of a table. When a pointer operated by an operator comes in contact with the upper surface of the table, a two-dimensional coordinate detecting apparatus detects the contact position, and determines which object has been designated by the operator. In this stage, among pointers detected by a three-dimensional coordinate detecting apparatus, a pointer having a position closest to the contact position is determined, and the pointer determined to be the closest is decided as a tracking target. Thereafter, the tracking-target pointer is tracked by the three-dimensional coordinate detecting apparatus to determine the operator's gesture pattern. | 01-26-2012 |
20120113057 | COORDINATE INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND PROGRAM - A coordinate input apparatus includes retroreflecting units at two opposite sides of a rectangular-shaped coordinate input effective region, and a plurality of sensor units provided at the two sides. Each of the sensor units includes a light receiving unit for receiving light that reaches the light receiving unit, a light projecting unit for projecting light toward a retroreflecting unit provided at one of the two sides, which opposes the light projecting unit, and a surface light emitting unit for emitting even diffused light from a band-shaped surface. Each of the sensor units simultaneously detects, by the light receiving unit, light that has been projected by the light projecting unit and reflected back by the retroreflecting unit at the side opposing the light projecting unit, and light that has been emitted by surface light emitting units of a plurality of sensor units at the side opposing the light projecting unit. | 05-10-2012 |
20130234955 | COORDINATE INPUT APPARATUS - A coordinate input apparatus includes a light projecting unit configured to project light parallelly to an effective coordinate input region, a reflection unit configured to retroreflect the light projected by the light projecting unit, and a light receiving unit configured to receive light from the light projecting unit or the reflection unit. The coordinate input apparatus includes a moving unit configured to move a set of the light projecting unit, light receiving unit, and reflection unit in a direction perpendicular to the effective coordinate input region in order to ensure a light amount with which a pointed position in the effective coordinate input region can be calculated based on variations of a light amount distribution obtained from the light receiving unit. | 09-12-2013 |
20130257814 | COORDINATE INPUT APPARATUS - A coordinate input apparatus includes a first housing and a second housing each of which incorporate at least two sensor units each including one of the light projecting unit and one of the light receiving unit. A pointed position to an effective coordinate input region is calculated based on variations of a light amount distribution obtained from the light receiving units of each of the first and second housings. In each of the first and second housings, the field range of a light receiving unit is almost parallel to the effective coordinate input region, the optical axis direction of the light receiving unit is a direction perpendicular to a line segment connecting the barycenters of at least two sensor units in a single housing, and the field range is set to be asymmetric to the optical axis direction. | 10-03-2013 |
20140034807 | COORDINATE INPUT APPARATUS, HOUSING UNIT, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The sensor unit of each of a first bar housing unit and second bar housing unit is moved. The moving amount is measured and stored. The distribution of a light amount received by the light receiving unit of the sensor unit of each of the first bar housing unit and second bar housing unit is detected, and whether the moving amount is appropriate is determined based on the detection result. A calculation value used when the coordinates of the pointed position in the coordinate input effective region are calculated based on variations of the light amount distribution is corrected by using the moving amount stored when it is determined that the moving amount is appropriate. | 02-06-2014 |
20140062963 | COORDINATE INPUT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - Angle information indicating the direction in which one sensor unit of at least two sensor units is positioned is detected by directly receiving light from a light projecting unit of the other sensor unit at the light receiving unit of the one sensor unit. The coordinate values of the designated position are calculated based on the detected angle information. | 03-06-2014 |
20150079934 | POWER RECEIVER AND POWER TRANSFER AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - A power receiver capable of receiving power from a power transmitter and configured to communicate with the power transmitter, the power receiver has a communication module and a power receiver. The communication module is configured to transmit first device information, which is device information of the power receiver, to the power transmitter, receive second device information, which is device information of the power transmitter, transmitted from the power transmitter which has authenticated, based on the first device information, the power receiver as a target of power transfer, and then, transmit, to the power transmitter, an identification code corresponding to the second device information used to determine whether to establish a communication with the power transmitter. The power receiver is configured to receive power from the power transmitter which has authenticated the power receiver. | 03-19-2015 |
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20100098213 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generation unit configured to irradiate an object with X-rays in a rectangular shape, and an imaging unit which has a rectangular imaging plane and is configured to receive the X-rays transmitted through the object as an X-ray image, wherein the imaging unit is arranged on a plane which is spaced a predetermined distance apart from the X-ray generation unit and perpendicular to an X-ray reference axis such that a center of an irradiation field and a center of the imaging plane match with each other and rotational angles of the irradiation field and the imaging plane around the X-ray reference axis match with each other, by matching at least three visible light beams which have directionality and are irradiated from the X-ray generation unit, with distance indexes provided in the imaging unit. | 04-22-2010 |
20100220838 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit having an imaging unit power feeding mechanism configured to receive electric power from an external device; a pedestal including a pedestal power feeding mechanism configured to feed the electric power to the imaging unit; and a holder configured to position and hold the imaging unit so that a position of the imaging unit power feeding mechanism coincides with a position of the pedestal power feeding mechanism even if the imaging unit power feeding mechanism is moved with respect to the pedestal power feeding mechanism within a predetermined imaging plane. | 09-02-2010 |
20100301223 | RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - A radiation imaging system includes a portable electronic cassette having a first cable that includes at least one of a signal line and a power line and is provided with a first connector for connecting to another connector, the electronic cassette being configured to acquire an image based on radiation transmitted through an object; a controller having a second cable that includes at least one of a signal line and a power line and is provided with a second connector for connecting to the first connector, the controller being configured to control an imaging operation of the electronic cassette viathese cables; and a patient platform having an electronic cassette-housing unit in which the electronic cassette can be installed and a connector holding unit in which the second connector can be fixedly fitted. Here, the first connector has a lock/unlock operation unit configured to detachably connect to the second connector. | 12-02-2010 |
20130279662 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit having an imaging unit power feeding mechanism configured to receive electric power from an external device; a pedestal including a pedestal power feeding mechanism configured to feed the electric power to the imaging unit; and a holder configured to position and hold the imaging unit so that a position of the imaging unit power feeding mechanism coincides with a position of the pedestal power feeding mechanism even if the imaging unit power feeding mechanism is moved with respect to the pedestal power feeding mechanism within a predetermined imaging plane. | 10-24-2013 |
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20090024956 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus comprising display unit configured to display a window, accepting unit configured to accept a resize instruction of the displayed window together with a scroll instruction indicating whether or not to scroll display contents within the window, and control unit configured to control a size of the window and a scrolling of the display contents within the window based on contents of the resize instruction and the scroll instruction, wherein when the scroll instruction indicates that the display contents are to be scrolled, the control unit changes the window to a size indicated by the resize instruction, and scrolls the display contents according to a change amount of the window, and when the scroll instruction indicates that the display contents are not to be scrolled, the control unit changes the window to a size indicated by the resize instruction, and suppresses a scrolling of the display contents. | 01-22-2009 |
20090040374 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - This invention enables, for example, reduction of motion blur in a hold-type display device and reduce flicker in an impulse-type display device by a simple process. For this purpose, an LPF filters a frame of input image data (A[i]) to generate low-frequency image data (L). A subtractor and an adder generate high-frequency image data (SH). Another adder adds the low-frequency image data (L) from a delay circuit to subsequent low-frequency image data. A divider halves the sum to generate low-frequency averaged image data (SL). A switch alternately outputs the high-frequency image data (SH) and the low-frequency image data (SL) every time a frame of image data is input. As a result, the apparatus of this invention can generate output image data having a frame rate twice that of the input image data. | 02-12-2009 |
20090040376 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - This invention enables reduction of moving blurring in a hold-type display device and reduce flicker in an impulse-type display device, and also enables to suppress distortion such as ghost or tail-blurring in pursuit. A LPF generates low-frequency image data from input frame. High-frequency emphasized image data is also generated using a subtractor and an adder. A SizeDown unit reduces the low-frequency image data to decrease the number of pixels. A motion detection/motion application unit performs motion detection and motion application from the reduced image data of the frame of interest and that of the next frame to generate reduced image data located at the intermediate position between them. A SizeUp unit enlarges the generated reduced image data. Another LPF filters the enlarged image data and outputs the result as low-frequency image data. A switch alternately outputs the high-frequency emphasized and the low-frequency images at a speed twice the input frame rate. | 02-12-2009 |
20090073192 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In an image display apparatus which displays a picture by inverting the drive polarity for each sub-frame, when the pictures of adjacent sub-frames are different from each other, image data is generated to prevent accumulation of electrical charges in each display element. For this purpose, the first and second sub-frames are generated from a frame of interest of a moving picture. The difference between the pictures of the first and the second sub-frames is detected. A correction value is calculated by subtracting from the difference a cumulative value multiplied by a predetermined coefficient. A value obtained by subtracting the correction value from the difference is accumulated as the cumulative value. The pictures of the first and second sub-frames are corrected by the correction value. | 03-19-2009 |
20090310018 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a driving method thereof capable of assuring reliability in frame inversion driving and improving cinema video image quality are provided. To accomplish this, a display apparatus of the embodiment replaces at least one of a plurality of frame images obtained by doubling the frame rate, with a different image before display. Specifically, the display apparatus replaces at least one of the double-speed converted plural frame images with a high-frequency emphasized image and at least one with a low-frequency component image, and displays the frame images. Furthermore, the display apparatus replaces an image at the border between cinema images with a different image before displaying. | 12-17-2009 |
20110007213 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - This invention provides an image display apparatus capable of, even in an environment different from that of a theater, reproducing a video of the same atmosphere as that of a film movie screened in the theater. In the image display apparatus, input image data is multiplied by a predetermined ratio to obtain first image data. The first image data is subtracted from the input image data to obtain second image data. Buffer memories temporarily store the first and second image data, respectively. The first and second image data stored in the buffer memories are read and displayed in alternate order. At this time, the predetermined ratio is adjusted so as to set a flicker of the displayed image to a predetermined level. | 01-13-2011 |
20110128294 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A parameter acquiring portion | 06-02-2011 |
20110234899 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In order to distribute low-frequency component image data L in image data for one frame to first and second sub-frames respectively as L | 09-29-2011 |
20120102430 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus comprising display unit configured to display a window, accepting unit configured to accept a resize instruction of the displayed window together with a scroll instruction indicating whether or not to scroll display contents within the window, and control unit configured to control a size of the window and a scrolling of the display contents within the window based on contents of the resize instruction and the scroll instruction, wherein when the scroll instruction indicates that the display contents are to be scrolled, the control unit changes the window to a size indicated by the resize instruction, and scrolls the display contents according to a change amount of the window, and when the scroll instruction indicates that the display contents are not to be scrolled, the control unit changes the window to a size indicated by the resize instruction, and suppresses a scrolling of the display contents. | 04-26-2012 |
20130063657 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a driving method thereof capable of assuring reliability in frame inversion driving and improving cinema video image quality are provided. To accomplish this, a display apparatus of the embodiment replaces at least one of a plurality of frame images obtained by doubling the frame rate, with a different image before display. Specifically, the display apparatus replaces at least one of the double-speed converted plural frame images with a high-frequency emphasized image and at least one with a low-frequency component image, and displays the frame images. Furthermore, the display apparatus replaces an image at the border between cinema images with a different image before displaying. | 03-14-2013 |
20130188093 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - This invention enables, for example, reduction of motion blur in a hold-type display device and reduce flicker in an impulse-type display device by a simple process. For this purpose, an LPF filters a frame of input image data (A[i]) to generate low-frequency image data (L). A subtractor and an adder generate high-frequency image data (SH). Another adder adds the low-frequency image data (L) from a delay circuit to subsequent low-frequency image data. A divider halves the sum to generate low-frequency averaged image data (SL). A switch alternately outputs the high-frequency image data (SH) and the low-frequency image data (SL) every time a frame of image data is input. As a result, the apparatus of this invention can generate output image data having a frame rate twice that of the input image data. | 07-25-2013 |
20140340578 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - This invention enables, for example, reduction of motion blur in a hold-type display device and reduce flicker in an impulse-type display device by a simple process. For this purpose, an LPF filters a frame of input image data (A[i]) to generate low-frequency image data (L). A subtractor and an adder generate high-frequency image data (SH). Another adder adds the low-frequency image data (L) from a delay circuit to subsequent low-frequency image data. A divider halves the sum to generate low-frequency averaged image data (SL). A switch alternately outputs the high-frequency image data (SH) and the low-frequency image data (SL) every time a frame of image data is input. As a result, the apparatus of this invention can generate output image data having a frame rate twice that of the input image data. | 11-20-2014 |
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20130242404 | REFLECTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A concave mirror of a reflective display device, which includes a reflector, a concave mirror arranged inside of an instrument panel, a display body, a lighting device, a display control circuit, driving parameters and the like, has reflecting surfaces with different wavelength selectivities, and the reflecting surfaces are formed into reflecting surface shapes of different focal lengths. By image light reflected selectively from the concave mirror, it is possible to present virtual images in different positions to an observer. | 09-19-2013 |
20140139754 | PROJECTION DEVICE - A light guide plate receives light, which is emitted from a light source, and emits the light from a light emitting surface. A prism sheet reflects light at a predetermined angle among the light emitted from the light emitting surface, allows the reflected light to enter the light guide plate, and transmits light at another angle thereamong. Between a 1/4 wavelength plate and a reflection-type liquid crystal display element, a polarization control element is provided in parallel to the light emitting surface. The polarization control element splits the light, which is emitted from the 1/4 wavelength plate, into first polarized light allowed to transmit as illumination light that enters the reflection-type liquid crystal display element and second polarized light reflected so as to enter the light guide plate | 05-22-2014 |
20150103408 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - An display apparatus, for a vehicle, according to one embodiment includes a substrate housing portion, an optical unit, a turning member, and a plate-like attachment plate. The substrate housing portion contains a circuit substrate for outputting an image signal of an image to be displaced. The optical unit generates an image based on the image signal outputted from the circuit substrate and projects the generated image. The combiner is provided at one end of the optical unit, and the image is projected onto the combiner. The turning member connects the optical unit to the substrate housing portion in a freely rotatable manner. The plate-like attachment plate is used to mount the substrate housing portion to a rear-view mirror such that the optical unit is freely rotatable without coming into contact with the rear-view mirror inside a vehicle. | 04-16-2015 |
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20120218448 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: an imaging element formed on a semiconductor substrate, and comprising an imaging region including a plurality of pixel blocks each including a plurality of pixels; a first optical system forming an image of an object on an imaging plane; and a second optical system comprising a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses each corresponding to one of the pixel blocks, and reducing and re-forming the image to be formed on the imaging plane on the pixel blocks corresponding to the respective microlenses. The imaging plane of the first optical system is located further away from the first optical system than the imaging element when the object is located at an infinite distance. | 08-30-2012 |
20120229683 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: a first optical system configured to form an image of an object on an image formation plane; an imaging element comprising an imaging area which includes a plurality of pixel blocks each including a plurality of pixels; a second optical system configured to include a microlens array including a plurality of microlenses provided to correspond to the plurality of pixel blocks and reduce and re-form an image scheduled to be formed on the image formation plane, in a pixel block corresponding to an individual microlens; and a signal processing unit configured to perform image signal processing with an optical position relation between each microlens and the pixel block corrected, by using an image signal of the object obtained by the imaging element. | 09-13-2012 |
20130240709 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: an imaging element including a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of pixel blocks, each of the pixel blocks including at least two of R pixels, G pixels, B pixels, and W pixels; a first optical system configured to form an image of an object on an imaging plane; and a second optical system including a microlens array having a plurality of microlenses provided for the respective pixels blocks, the second optical system being located between the imaging element and the first optical system, the second optical system being configured to reduce and re-image the image formed on the imaging plane onto each of the pixel blocks. A proportion of the W pixels to be provided increases in a direction from a center of each pixel block toward an outer periphery thereof. | 09-19-2013 |
20130242161 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: an imaging element including a plurality of pixel blocks each containing a plurality of pixels; a first optical system forming an image of an object on an imaging plane; and a second optical system including a microlens array, the microlens array including a light transmissive substrate, a plurality of first microlenses formed on the light transmissive substrate, and a plurality of second microlenses formed around the first microlenses, a focal length of the first microlenses being substantially equal to a focal length of the second microlenses, an area of the first microlenses in contact with the light transmissive substrate being larger than an area of the second microlenses in contact with the light transmissive substrate, the second optical system being configured to reduce and reconstruct the image formed on the imaging plane on the pixel blocks via the microlens array. | 09-19-2013 |
20140131553 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: an imaging element including an imaging area formed with a plurality of pixel blocks each including pixels; a first optical system forming an image of an object on an imaging surface; and a second optical system re-forming the image, which has been formed on the imaging surface, on the pixel blocks corresponding to microlenses, the second optical system including a microlens array formed with the microlenses provided in accordance with the pixel blocks. The microlenses are arranged in such a manner that an angle θ between a straight line connecting center points of adjacent microlenses and one of a row direction and a column direction in which the pixels are aligned is expressed as follows: θ>sin | 05-15-2014 |
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20100076042 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION - To provide a pharmaceutical composition which can enhance the storage stability of 1-(1-hydroxymethyl-2,3-dihydroxypropyloxymethyl)-2-nitroimidazole without impairing the effect of the compound. | 03-25-2010 |
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20120130148 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION - To provide a pharmaceutical composition which can enhance the storage stability of 1-(1-hydroxymethyl-2,3-dihydroxypropyloxymethyl)-2-nitroimidazole without impairing the effect of the compound. | 05-24-2012 |
20120136160 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION - To provide a pharmaceutical composition containing a 2-nitroimidazole derivative, which has high solubility in an aqueous carrier and high stability. | 05-31-2012 |
20120136295 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION - To provide a pharmaceutical composition containing a 2-nitroimidazole derivative, which has high solubility in an aqueous carrier and high stability. | 05-31-2012 |
20120329845 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION - Disclosed is an antifungal agent for external use, which is characterized by containing a compound represented by the general formula (1) below, 50-95% by mass of an alcohol, and 0.1-35% by mass of water and/or an anionic surfactant. | 12-27-2012 |
20150073028 | ANTIFUNGAL COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for antifungal use, comprising: 1) one or more compounds selected from compounds represented by the general formula (1) below and physiologically acceptable salts thereof; 2) one or more compounds selected from polypropylene glycol, diesters of dibasic acids, triacetin, 2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol, lauromacrogol, and polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene glycol; and 3) one or more compounds selected from glucono-δ-lactone, propylene glycol, glycerin, and lactic acid. General formula (1) (In the formula, X represents a halogen or hydrogen). | 03-12-2015 |
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20120147119 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A controller which causes a light emitting element to continuously perform minute emission for a plurality of dots in a level in which toner is not attached to a non-image section on an image bearing member is provided. The controller controls a first driving current for an image section and controls a second driving current used to perform the minute emission by the light emitting element in the non-image section several times in one job. In the image section, a driving current obtained by adding the first driving current to the second driving current is supplied so that the light emitting element emits light. | 06-14-2012 |
20120230705 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a color image forming apparatus, the amount of light of an exposure unit for a weak exposure is changed according to a remaining service life of a photosensitive drum when the weak exposure is performed for the background area of a corresponding photosensitive drum by using the exposure unit. | 09-13-2012 |
20120243925 | CLEANING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable member-to-be-cleaned having elasticity; a cleaning member, having elasticity, for removing a deposited matter deposited on the member-to-be-cleaned; and a supporting portion for supporting the cleaning member so that the cleaning member swings around a swing fulcrum. The swing fulcrum of the supporting portion is provided so that a force exerted from the member-to-be-cleaned onto the cleaning member with respect to a direction along a tangential line where the cleaning member and the member-to-be-cleaned contact each other during movement of the member-to-be-cleaned has a vector component in a direction in which the cleaning member is moved away from the member-to-be-cleaned. | 09-27-2012 |
20130141511 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging unit configured to charge the photosensitive member, an exposure unit configured to expose the charged photosensitive member with first laser power to generate a non-image portion potential in a non-image portion of the photosensitive member and with second laser power different from the first laser power to generate an image portion potential in an image portion of the photosensitive member, a development unit configured to form a developer image by applying a developer to a portion of the image portion potential, a control unit configured to control the laser power of the exposure unit, and a storage unit configured to store information about the photosensitive member obtained when the photosensitive member is brand-new. The control unit changes an output of the first laser power according to the information about the photosensitive member stored in the storage unit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130235142 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum and a light emitting device. In the rotational axis direction of the photosensitive drum, the width of the weak light exposure region on the photosensitive drum in which an exposing device emits weak light is larger than the width of a region corresponding to the width of a recording medium on which an image is formed, but smaller than the width of a region on the photosensitive drum charged by a charging roller. | 09-12-2013 |
20140147146 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an endless and rotatable intermediate transfer member including a primary transfer portion and a secondary transfer portion, a first current supplying member to which voltage is applied, the first current supplying member being held in contact with the intermediate transfer member to supply current in a peripheral direction of the intermediate transfer member; and a second current supplying member to which voltage is applied, the second current supplying member being held in contact with the intermediate transfer member to supply current in the peripheral direction of the intermediate transfer member. By providing one common power supply for the primary transfer and the secondary transfer power, it achieves to clean the intermediate transfer member and the second current supplying member stably and efficiently. | 05-29-2014 |
20140153946 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes the control unit controls the potential at a transfer portion of a rotary to be a potential of the same polarity as the charged polarity of the toner at development, when an image forming apparatus starts rotating a photosensitive member, after the start of output by a common power supply and before a charge area on the photosensitive member reaches the transfer portion. | 06-05-2014 |
20140161494 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Test patches are formed such that lengths of the test patches in a rotational direction of the intermediate transfer member are shorter than a length of the intermediate transfer member from a primary transfer portion located in the lowermost stream among the plurality of primary transfer portions to the secondary transfer portion. | 06-12-2014 |
20140341596 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a color image forming apparatus, the amount of light of an exposure unit for a weak exposure is changed according to a remaining service life of a photosensitive drum when the weak exposure is performed for the background area of a corresponding photosensitive drum by using the exposure unit. | 11-20-2014 |
20150063834 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a mounting portion to and from which a process cartridge including a photosensitive member and a developing roller is attachable and detachable, a separation mechanism that takes a first position to separate the developing roller from the photosensitive member and a second position to bring the developing roller into contact with the photosensitive member, an allowance mechanism that allows the process cartridge with the developing roller kept in contact with the photosensitive member to be mounted on the mounting portion when the separation mechanism is in the first position, an exposure device, and a control unit, wherein, when the developing roller and the photosensitive member are in contact with each other when the separation mechanism is in the first position, the control unit performs an exposure operation while keeping the separation mechanism in the first position during an initial operation of the image forming apparatus. | 03-05-2015 |
20150071687 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, POSITIONAL DEVIATION DETECTION APPARATUS, AND POSITIONAL DEVIATION DETECTION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a first detection unit including a first light receiving element arranged in a direction of normal reflected light reflected from a first positional deviation correction pattern, a second detection unit including a second light receiving element arranged in a different direction of normal reflected light reflected from a second positional deviation correction pattern, and a control unit configured to correct a positional deviation based on a value calculated from a first detection result detected by the first detection unit and a second detection result detected by the second detection unit. | 03-12-2015 |
20150098719 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A Zener diode contacts an inner periphery surface of an intermediate transfer belt, and an opposing roller which opposes a detecting member is electrically insulated, in a configuration where transfer is performed at multiple photosensitive drums while an electrical current is applied in a peripheral direction of the intermediate transfer belt. | 04-09-2015 |
20150211992 | OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An optical detection device includes a light emitting element, a light receiving element, a housing including a first aperture and a second aperture, wherein light emitted from the light emitting element reaches the light receiving element through the second aperture after passing through the first aperture and being reflected by an irradiated surface, and a slope provided in the housing and inclined in an array direction of the light emitting element and the light receiving element, as viewed in a normal direction of the irradiated surface, wherein the slope is provided at a portion on an upstream side of the first aperture in an emission direction of light from the light emitting element, the portion faces the light emitting element in the array direction, and light emitted from the light emitting element enters the portion. | 07-30-2015 |
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20120241880 | MAGNETIC MEMORY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a manufacturing method of a magnetic memory includes forming a magnetoresistive element in a cell array section on a semiconductor substrate, forming a dummy element in a peripheral circuit section on the semiconductor substrate, the dummy element having the same stacked structure as the magnetoresistive element and being arranged at the same level as the magnetoresistive element, collectively flattening the magnetoresistive element and the dummy element, applying a laser beam to the dummy element to form the dummy element into a non-magnetic body, and forming an upper electrode on the flattened magnetoresistive element. | 09-27-2012 |
20140027870 | MAGNETIC MEMORY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a manufacturing method of a magnetic memory includes forming a magnetoresistive element in a cell array section on a semiconductor substrate, forming a dummy element in a peripheral circuit section on the semiconductor substrate, the dummy element having the same stacked structure as the magnetoresistive element and being arranged at the same level as the magnetoresistive element, collectively flattening the magnetoresistive element and the dummy element, applying a laser beam to the dummy element to form the dummy element into a non-magnetic body, and forming an upper electrode on the flattened magnetoresistive element. | 01-30-2014 |
20140203385 | MAGNETIC MEMORY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory comprises an electrode, a memory layer which is formed on the electrode and has magnetic anisotropy perpendicular to a film plane, and in which a magnetization direction is variable, a tunnel barrier layer formed on the memory layer, and a reference layer which is formed on the tunnel barrier layer and has magnetic anisotropy perpendicular to the film plane, and in which a magnetization direction is invariable. The memory layer has a positive magnetostriction constant on a side of the electrode, and a negative magnetostriction constant on a side of the tunnel barrier layer. | 07-24-2014 |
20150069546 | MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a memory cell array area on the semiconductor substrate, the memory cell array area including magnetoresistive elements, each of the magnetoresistive elements having a reference layer with an invariable magnetization, a storage layer with a variable magnetization, and a tunnel barrier layer therebetween, a magnetic field generating area which generates a first magnetic field cancelling a second magnetic field applying from the reference layer to the storage layer, and which is separated from the magnetoresistive elements, and a closed magnetic path area functioning as a closed magnetic path of the first magnetic field, and surrounding the memory cell array area and the magnetic field generating area. | 03-12-2015 |
20150228695 | MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a memory cell array area on the semiconductor substrate, the memory cell array area including magnetoresistive elements, each of the magnetoresistive elements having a reference layer with an invariable magnetization, a storage layer with a variable magnetization, and a tunnel barrier layer therebetween, a magnetic field generating area which generates a first magnetic field cancelling a second magnetic field applying from the reference layer to the storage layer, and which is separated from the magnetoresistive elements, and a closed magnetic path area functioning as a closed magnetic path of the first magnetic field, and surrounding the memory cell array area and the magnetic field generating area. | 08-13-2015 |
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20080216484 | MAGNETIC REFRIGERATING MATERIAL AND MAGNETIC REFRIGERATING DEVICE - A magnetic refrigeration material includes: at least one selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm and Tb by a range of 4 to 15 atomic percentages; at least one selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Mn and Cr by a range of 60 to 93 atomic percentages; at least one selected from the group consisting of Si, C, Ge, Al, Ga and In by a range of 2.9 to 23.5 atomic percentages; and at least one selected from the group consisting of Ta, Nb and W by a range of 1.5 atomic percentages or less, wherein the magnetic refrigeration material includes a NaZn | 09-11-2008 |
20080236171 | MAGNETIC REFRIGERATING DEVICE AND MAGNETIC REFRIGERATING METHOD - A magnetic refrigerating device includes: at least one set of double-structured Halbach type magnet including a ring-shaped inner Halbach type magnet and a ring-shaped outer Halbach type magnet which are coaxially arranged one another so that a magnetic field generated by the inner Halbach type magnet is superimposed with a magnetic field generated by the outer Halbach type magnet; a magnetic refrigerant or a magnetic refrigeration working chamber including the magnetic refrigerant therein disposed in a bore space of the inner Halbach type magnet; and a rotating mechanism to rotate the outer Halbach type magnet while the inner Halbach type magnet is stationed. | 10-02-2008 |
20090019860 | MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION - A magnetic material for magnetic refrigeration has a composition represented by (R1 | 01-22-2009 |
20130255279 | MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION DEVICE AND MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - In a magnetic refrigeration device, magnetic bodies having a magnetocaloric effect and solid heat accumulation members having heat accumulation effect are arranged alternately with gaps therebetween. Magnetic field apply units start and stop application of magnetic fields to the magnetic bodies. A contact mechanism brings each of the magnetic bodies into contact with one of the solid heat accumulation members adjacent to the each magnetic body. Alternatively, the contact mechanism brings each of the solid heat accumulation members into contact with one of the magnetic bodies adjacent to the each solid heat accumulation members. | 10-03-2013 |
20140116067 | MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR MAGNETIC REFRIGERATION - Magnetic materials, having: a composition represented by a general formula: | 05-01-2014 |
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20090155844 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING A SUPPRESSOR tRNA, DNA CONSTRUCT AND USE THEREOF FOR PRODUCING A NON-NATURAL AMINO ACID-INCORPORATED PROTEIN - There are provided a DNA construct comprising non-eukaryote-derived suppressor tRNA gene containing no internal promoter functioning in a eukaryotic cell, and a eukaryote-derived or bacteriophage-derived promoter linked at the 5′ end of the tRNA gene, a method for synthesizing a suppressor tRNA by using the DNA construct, and a process for producing a non-natural amino acid-incorporated protein by using the same. | 06-18-2009 |
20100304431 | tRNA SYNTHESIS METHOD, NUCLEIC ACID, AMINOACYL tRNA SYNTHESIS METHOD, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF PROTEIN INTRODUCED WITH UNNATURAL AMINO ACID - The present invention relates to a process for producing a protein having an unnatural amino acid introduced therein, the process including: expressing in a eukaryotic cell an aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, a nucleic acid having a sequence containing a eukaryote-derived tRNA nucleotide sequence linked to the 5′ end of a tRNA nucleotide sequence that is ligated with to an unnatural amino acid in the presence of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, an unnatural amino acid, and a gene of a desired protein having a nonsense mutation at a predetermined position, to integrate the unnatural amino acid at the nonsense mutation position into the protein, thereby expressing a protein having an unnatural amino acid introduced therein. | 12-02-2010 |
20110136168 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF NON-NATURAL PROTEIN HAVING ESTER BOND THEREIN - A non-natural protein having at least one ester bond in its polypeptide main chain is synthesized by using an in vivo translation system in a ribosome. The following components (a) to (c) are expressed in a cell or an cell extraction solution in the presence of an α-hydroxy acid: (a) an aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase which can activate the α-hydroxy acid; (b) suppressor tRNA which can bind to the α-hydroxy acid in the presence of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase; and (c) a gene encoding a desired protein having a nonsense mutation or a frame-shift mutation at a desired site. | 06-09-2011 |
20130130313 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING A SUPPRESSOR tRNA, DNA CONSTRUCT AND USE THEREOF FOR PRODUCING A NON-NATURAL AMINO ACID-INCORPORATED PROTEIN - There are provided a DNA construct comprising a suppressor tRNA gene of a non-eukaryote containing no internal promoter functioning in a eukaryotic cell, and a eukaryotic or bacteriophage promoter linked at the 5′ end of the tRNA gene, a method for synthesizing a suppressor tRNA by using the DNA construct, and a process for producing protein incorporating a non-natural amino acid by using the same. | 05-23-2013 |
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20100157113 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image sensing apparatus including an image sensor that performs photoelectric conversion and outputs an image signal, a subtraction circuit that subtracts a black image signal obtained from the image sensor when the image sensor is shielded from light from a subject image signal obtained from the image sensor when the image sensor is exposed, a setting unit that sets a shooting condition, and a control unit that controls a thinning rate during thinning readout from the image sensor of the black image signal in accordance with the shooting condition set by the setting unit. | 06-24-2010 |
20130076973 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image pickup apparatus that is capable of reducing the load of the process required to combine images with different exposures to generate a composite image. An image pickup unit performs continuous image pickup that shoots a subject continuously under different exposure conditions. A control unit controls the image pickup unit so that the exposure condition for the first shot in a current set, which is a second or later set, is coincident with the exposure condition for the last shot in the previous set when a plurality of sets of the continuous image pickup are performed. A composing unit composes the images acquired by one set of the continuous image pickup by the image pickup unit to generate one output image. | 03-28-2013 |
20150163440 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THAT DISPLAYS IMAGE BASED ON SIGNAL OUTPUT FROM IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus that makes it unnecessary to temporarily stop image pickup performed by an image pickup device to thereby improve operability of the image pickup apparatus, and achieves power saving. In an image pickup apparatus having an electronic viewfinder function, first image signals for live view are acquired by thinning read lines of an image pickup device, and second image signals for AF evaluation value calculation are acquired from the other read lines at a higher speed than the first image signals, for simultaneous output with the first image signals. Reading of the second image signals is started when the state of the object of image data changed or when one photographing mode is changed to another by a user's operation, and is terminated when a reading termination condition set in advance in association with the reading start condition is satisfied. | 06-11-2015 |
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20090161073 | Projection display apparatus - A bundle of rays is incident in a lens array and converted into sub-bundles of rays. The sub-bundles of rays are separated by a color separator into first and second sub-bundles of rays of different colors. The first and the second sub-bundles of rays are combined by other lens arrays into a first and a second bundle of rays of uniform illuminance, respectively. The first and second bundle of rays of uniform illuminance are applied polarization beam splitting and then polarization angle conversion by polarization converters, to be converted into first and second linearly polarized beams, respectively. The second linearly polarized beams are separated by a color separator, provided on an optical path of the second linearly polarized beams, into third and fourth linearly polarized beams of different colors. The first, third and fourth linearly polarized beams are modulated by liquid crystal display devices, provided on optical paths of the first, third and fourth linearly polarized beams, respectively, with input video signals into first, second and third modulated beams. The first, second and third modulated beams are combined by a color combiner into a combined bundle of rays to be projected for displaying images carried by the video signals. | 06-25-2009 |
20090179882 | Light modulator, projection display apparatus and image projection method - A first linearly polarized bundle of rays of incident rays is converted by optical modulation with an input video signal into a second linearly polarized bundle of rays orthogonal to the first rays in polarization. The first rays pass through a polarizer before optically modulated. A second linearly polarized bundle of rays originally involved in the incident rays is reflected by the polarizer in a first direction. The second rays obtained by the optical modulation are reflected by the polarizer in a second direction. The second rays reflected in the second direction pass through another polarizer. A first linearly polarized bundle of rays involved in the reflected second rays is reflected by the other polarizer. The reflected first rays is detected by an optical sensor that is positioned outside an optical path of the second rays originally involved in the incident rays and reflected in the first direction. | 07-16-2009 |
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20140333902 | Projection-Type Display Apparatus - An integrator includes a plurality of rectangular lens cells arranged in a direction x and a direction y. Laser light emitted from a laser source is projected onto an integrator. A beam irradiation position moving unit is configured to cause the laser light to scan the surface of the integrator in the directions x and y so that the laser light is sequentially projected onto a plurality of lens cells. A reflective liquid crystal device is configured to modulate the laser light emitted from the integrator. A projection lens is configured to project the laser light modulated by the reflective liquid crystal device. | 11-13-2014 |
20150124227 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes: a light source that emits a beam having a spreading angle in a first direction and a spreading angle in a second direction, which is smaller than the spreading angle in the first direction, in a direction perpendicular to the first direction; an afocal optical system member that has a focal point and changes the beam emitted by the light source into a parallel beam; an anisotropic diffusion plate that is arranged at the focal point and that widens at least the spreading angle in the second direction; a vibration unit that vibrates the anisotropic diffusion plate; a fly-eye lens array on which the parallel beam emitted from the afocal optical system member becomes incident; an image display element that modulates the beam that has passed through the fly-eye lens array into image display light. | 05-07-2015 |
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20120165283 | NOVEL AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTICS - This invention relates to novel aminoglycoside antibiotics, which have potent antimicrobial activity against bacteria, which induce infectious diseases, particularly MRSA, and has no significant nephrotoxicity, and process for producing them. More particularly, the present invention relates to compounds represented by formula (Ia) or their pharmacologically acceptable salts or solvates, or their diastereomer mixtures, antimicrobial agents comprising them, and a process for producing them. | 06-28-2012 |
20130345411 | NOVEL AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTICS - This invention relates to novel aminoglycoside antibiotics, which have potent antimicrobial activity against bacteria, which induce infectious diseases, particularly MRSA, and has no significant nephrotoxicity, and process for producing them. More particularly, the present invention relates to compounds represented by formula (Ia) or their pharmacologically acceptable salts or solvates, or their diastereomer mixtures, antimicrobial agents comprising them, and a process for producing them. | 12-26-2013 |