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20110136291 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - Provided is a manufacturing method of a solid-state image pickup apparatus including: a step of forming a first semiconductor region of a first conductivity type in a semiconductor substrate, according to an ion implantation method from a first surface of the semiconductor substrate; a step of forming a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions between the first semiconductor region and the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; a first removing step by polishing the semiconductor substrate from a second surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a second removing step by reducing a thickness of the semiconductor substrate from the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, in a speed lower than that of the first removing step, after the first removing step, in which the second removing step continues until the first semiconductor region is exposed. | 06-09-2011 |
20110141328 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - A solid-state image sensor including a plurality of pixels formed on a semiconductor substrate, each pixel comprising a photoelectric conversion element including a charge accumulation region of a first conductivity type, a floating diffusion of the first conductivity type, and a transfer transistor which transfers charge in the charge accumulation region to the floating diffusion, comprises an element isolation region made of an insulator and arranged to isolate adjacent pixels from each other, and an impurity diffusion region of a second conductivity type arranged inside the semiconductor substrate to isolate adjacent pixels from each other, wherein a peak position of an impurity concentration of the impurity diffusion region of one pixel is disposed within a width of the floating diffusion, of the one pixel, along a straight line passing through the photoelectric conversion element, a gate electrode of the transfer transistor, and the floating diffusion which are of the one pixel. | 06-16-2011 |
20120002070 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - A solid-state image sensor having a pixel array area where a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a peripheral circuit area, each pixel including a photoelectric converter, and a transfer gate electrode which forms a channel for transferring charges generated by the photoelectric converter to a floating diffusion portion, comprises a first insulating film arranged to cover an upper surface of the photoelectric converter, at least part of an upper surface of the transfer gate electrode, and a side surface of the transfer gate electrode, a second insulating film arranged on a gate electrode of a MOS transistor arranged in the peripheral circuit area, and an interlayer insulating film arranged in contact with the first insulating film and the second insulating film. | 01-05-2012 |
20120100659 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A method for manufacturing a solid-state image sensor includes forming a gate electrode structure including a gate electrode on a gate insulating film formed on a semiconductor substrate, and implanting ions into a first region and simultaneously implanting the ions into a second region of the semiconductor substrate via the gate electrode structure and the gate insulating film, wherein the first region is a region where a charge accumulation region is to be formed, and the second region is a region where an extended region that extends from the charge accumulation region to a portion below the gate electrode is to be formed, and a mean projected range of the ions in the step of simultaneous implanting of the ions into the first region and the second region is larger than a sum total of thicknesses of the gate electrode and the gate insulating film. | 04-26-2012 |
20120199928 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There are provided a first waveguide member in an imaging region and a peripheral region of a semiconductor substrate and a via plug penetrating the first waveguide member. | 08-09-2012 |
20120202312 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An interlayer insulating film is disposed above an image pickup region and a peripheral region of the semiconductor substrate. An opening is formed in the interlayer insulating film at a position overlying a photoelectric conversion portion. A waveguide member is formed above the image pickup region and the peripheral region of the semiconductor substrate. A part of the waveguide member, which part is disposed above the peripheral region, is removed such that the interlayer insulating film is exposed. | 08-09-2012 |
20120298841 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - Provided is a back-illuminated solid-state image pickup apparatus having an improved color separation characteristic. A photo detector includes a first photo detector unit and a second photo detector unit disposed deeper than the first photo detector unit with respect to a back surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein the first photo detector unit includes a first-conductivity-type first semiconductor region where carriers generated through photo-electric conversion are collected as signal carriers. A readout portion includes a first-conductivity-type second semiconductor region extending in a depth direction such that the carriers collected in the first semiconductor region are read out to a front surface of the semiconductor substrate. A unit that reduces the amount of light incident on the second semiconductor region is provided. | 11-29-2012 |
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20080212418 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an optical head device provides a signal processing circuit which sets a control amount to move an objective lens so that a distance between the objective lens and a given recording layer of the an optical disc coincides with a focal position, an optical path length correction mechanism which corrects an influence of an aberration component producing an error in the focal distance, a thickness difference detection circuit which finds an amount of correction to be made by the optical path length, and an aberration correction circuit which generates a correction signal to correct the influence of the aberration component producing the error in the focal distance detected by the thickness difference detection circuit, and supplies the correction signal to the optical path length correction mechanism. | 09-04-2008 |
20090003182 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS WITH OPTICAL HEAD UNIT - According to one embodiment, an APC photodetector accepts a light beam branched from a light beam toward a recording medium by a branching mirror and detects intensity of a light beam supplied from a light source, a light quantity adjusting element adjusts the intensity of the light beam, and the intensity of the light beam incident to the APC photodetector is changed in a continuous manner or a stepwise manner by the light quantity adjusting element. Therefore, when the single APC photodetector detects recording and reproducing light beams, the recording and reproducing light beams can fall within a dynamic range of the APC photodetector. | 01-01-2009 |
20100027385 | ABERRATION CORRECTING DEVICE, OPTICAL HEAD, AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - An aberration correcting device includes: a first transparent electrode; a second transparent electrode; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode, having refractive index varying according to an electric field applied to the liquid crystal layer, wherein the first transparent electrode has a first circular dividing line and a second circular dividing line formed outside the first circular division line arranged to be concentric with the second circular dividing line, and wherein a region between the first circular dividing line and the second circular dividing line is radially divided by plural radial dividing lines. | 02-04-2010 |
20100027402 | OPTICAL HEAD DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - An optical head device includes: a diffraction unit including a plurality of diffraction portions each diffracting a incident light in a given direction, the light beam being reflected by an optical disc; and a photodetection unit including a plurality of photodetectors each outputting a signal corresponding to an intensity of an irradiated light, wherein the photodetectors include at least two first photodetectors for generating a compensation value to compensate a tracking error signal, and wherein the diffraction portions include at least two first portions for focusing the incident light into the first photodetectors. | 02-04-2010 |
20110286736 | CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, there is provided a camera module formed with substantially the same scale as a chip of an image sensor, includes a lens held by a lens holder, an image sensor placed in a position in which an image is formed by the lens, and a wiring board disposed between the lens and the image sensor and electrically connected to the image sensor. An opening that permits light entering the image sensor to pass therethrough is formed in the wiring board. Further, a passive component is contained in the wiring board. | 11-24-2011 |
20130329303 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN APODIZER, AND OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module comprises an apodizer includes a black resin layer having a concavity the diameter of which gradually changes in a direction light passes through the apodizer, and, provided in the concavity, a transparent resin layer having the same refractive index as the black resin layer, the black resin layer and the transparent resin layer having a total thickness of 0.001 to 0.10 mm, an input lens opposed to the black resin layer of the apodizer and an output lens opposed to the transparent resin layer of the apodizer. | 12-12-2013 |
20140285688 | OPTICAL SYSTEM OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, AND OPTICAL FUNCTION COMPLEMENTARY PROCESSING CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, an optical system of electrical equipment includes an imaging optical system and an optical function complementary processing circuit. The imaging optical system captures light from a subject. The imaging optical system forms a subject image. The electrical equipment includes the imaging optical system, a solid state imaging device, and an image signal processing circuit. The solid state imaging device images the subject image. The solid state imaging device outputs an image signal. The image signal processing circuit executes processing of the image signal. The optical function complementary processing circuit is provided in a processing path between the solid state imaging device and the image signal processing circuit. The optical function complementary processing circuit executes processing for complementing functions of the imaging optical system regarding formation of the subject image. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090293827 | VALVE SPRING DEVICE AND VALVE TRAIN OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE USING THE SAME - A port is formed in a cylinder head of an engine. The port is opened and closed by a valve. A valve spring device is provided with a first spring and a second spring. The second spring is contained in a housing and held by a stopper in a manner such that it is compressed along an axis or subjected to a preload. The preload of the second spring is larger than an installation load of the first spring. An axial load acts on the springs. The valve spring device has load-deflection characteristics such that only the first spring deforms axially when the axial load is not larger than a predetermined value and that both the first and second springs deform axially when the axial is load exceeds the predetermined value. | 12-03-2009 |
20100139596 | VALVE SPRING DEVICE AND VALVE TRAIN OF ENGINE USING THE SAME - A valve spring device is provided with a first coil spring and a second coil spring combined in series with each other. The inside diameter (coil inside diameter) of the second coil spring is greater than the outside diameter (coil outside diameter) of the first coil spring. A part of the first coil spring including an end portion along an axis is inserted into the second coil spring, thereby forming a combined spring. The end portion of the first coil spring and an end portion of the second coil spring are connected to each other by a connecting member. The first and second coil springs are compressed along the axis as they are located in series between a cylinder head and a retainer. A shaft of a valve is passed within the coil springs. | 06-10-2010 |
20110132137 | DAMPER SPRING DEVICE, FLYWHEEL, CLUTCH DISK, AND CLUTCH DISK FOR LOCKUP MECHANISM - A damper spring device is provided with a first spring and a second spring retained by a stopper in such a manner that the second spring is compressed by a preload. The preload on the second spring is greater than a preload on the first spring. The first spring and the second spring have load-deflection characteristics such that the first spring deforms when an axial load acting in the direction of compression of the first spring is not greater than a load at which a strand of the first spring is at least partially compacted and that the first spring and the second spring deform when the axial load is greater than the load at which the strand of the first spring is at least partially compacted. | 06-09-2011 |
20130187514 | STATOR CORE OF MOTOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - A stator core comprises a circumferentially deformable part formed on a radially outer peripheral side of a yoke; circumferentially facing divided parts formed on a radially inner peripheral side of the yoke, each having a dividing line that is oriented in a radial direction and reaches a portion between teeth and divided surfaces that face each other without a gap; and radially facing divided parts formed at the center between the radially inner and outer sides of the yoke along the circumferential direction at the predetermined interval, and each having divided surfaces that face each other in the radial direction, and being continuous at one ends with the respective circumferentially facing divided parts. The circumferentially facing divided parts each have a compressive stress being smaller than a compressive stress acting on the circumferentially deformable part or being zero. | 07-25-2013 |
20150042199 | STATOR CORE FOR MOTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A stator core includes an annular yoke portion and tooth portions, wherein an outer peripheral edge of the yoke portion is attached to an inner peripheral surface of a motor case. The yoke portion includes displacement portions displaced by receiving the radially-inward pressing force from the motor case, and deformation portions deformed according to the displacements of the displacement portions to generate tensile stress so as to form tensile stress regions through which magnetic flux passes between the tooth portions and the yoke portion or so as to counterbalance compression stress generated by the pressing force from the motor case. The displacement portions perform the displacements by attaching the yoke portion to the annular member with the interference. | 02-12-2015 |
20150209166 | INDWELLING MEMBER IN A LIVING BODY, STENT, EMBOLIZATION MEMBER, VASODILATOR KIT AND ANEURYSM EMBOLIZATION KIT - Provided is an indwelling member in a living body, the member being flexible and having sufficient strength. Also provided are a stent which is flexible and has sufficient strength, an embolization member which has a high embolization effect, a vasodilator kit, and an aneurysm embolization kit. An indwelling member in a living body of the invention is a double coil wound in coiling with a primary coil formed by winding a first wire of a metal in close coiling. The metallic wire has a diameter in the range of 14 μm to 200 μm, inclusive, and consists of a material selected from platinum, gold, palladium, tungsten, tantalum, cobalt, rhodium, titanium, alloys thereof, stainless steel, a nickel alloy, or a molybdenum alloy. | 07-30-2015 |
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20090278902 | PRINTER - A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the cartridge is replaced. A release lever is subjected to a bias force so as to protrude from an inner wall surface of the housing portion. The release lever is movable against the bias force. The release lever comes into contact with an end of the cartridge which faces the bottom surface when the cartridge is inserted into the housing portion. The release lever contacts the rear surface of the cartridge housed in the housing portion. The bias force is stronger when the cover is in the open state than when the cover is in the closed state. | 11-12-2009 |
20090295079 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A first conveying mechanism includes an intermediate conveying roller for conveying a recording sheet, an intermediate conveying roller shaft for supporting the intermediate conveying roller, an intermediate conveying roller drive mechanism for rotationally driving the intermediate conveying roller shaft, and a roller control mechanism for controlling movements of the intermediate conveying roller relative to the intermediate conveying roller shaft. The roller control mechanism performs skew correction along with conveying the recording sheet by rotating the intermediate conveying roller integrally with the intermediate conveying roller shaft while the intermediate conveying roller drive mechanism rotationally drives the intermediate conveying roller shaft and stops the rotational drive of the intermediate conveying roller shaft performed by the intermediate conveying roller drive mechanism after the skew correction to cause the intermediate conveying roller to be movable within a predetermined range in the axial direction of the intermediate conveying roller shaft. | 12-03-2009 |
20110169213 | FEEDING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - To achieve high conveying accuracy by reducing back tension on a recording medium being conveyed. A feeding device includes a pressure plate on which recording media are loaded; feeding means for feeding the recording media; a regulating member configured to regulate a position of a side edge of the recording media; supporting means for supporting the regulating member, the supporting means having a bottom portion on which the recording media are partially loaded; and moving means for separating the regulating member from the side edge of the recording media. The feeding means starts to feed the recording medium while the position of the side edge of the recording media is being regulated by the regulating member, and the moving means separates the regulating member from the side edge of the recording media after a conveying means starts to convey the recording medium fed by the feeding means. | 07-14-2011 |
20120169816 | PRINTER - A printer includes a set cover pivotally movably provided on a carriage. The cover can be set in a closed state in which the cover presses a head of the cartridge housed in the housing portion and an open state in which the cover opens the housing portion when the cartridge is replaced. A release lever is subjected to a bias force so as to protrude from an inner wall surface of the housing portion. The release lever is movable against the bias force. The release lever comes into contact with an end of the cartridge which faces the bottom surface when the cartridge is inserted into the housing portion. The release lever contacts the rear surface of the cartridge housed in the housing portion. The bias force is stronger when the cover is in the open state than when the cover is in the closed state. | 07-05-2012 |
20130100184 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING CARRIAGE - A method for cleaning a carriage of an inkjet recording apparatus including a recording head configured to discharge ink to execute recording on a sheet, a conveyance unit configured to convey the sheet, a carriage configured to mount the recording head thereon and to move in a main-scanning direction crossing to a sheet conveyance direction, and a height change mechanism configured to move the carriage in a height direction includes moving the carriage in the main-scanning direction to the outside of a sheet conveyance area of the conveyance unit, conveying a cleaning sheet, to which a fold is previously given, to a recording position, moving the carriage to a first height position via the height change mechanism, moving the carriage to the inside of the sheet conveyance area, moving the carriage to a second height position via the height change mechanism, and conveying the cleaning sheet via the conveyance unit. | 04-25-2013 |
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20080252708 | INK SET, INK CARTRIDGE SET, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING UNIT, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink set is provided which can prevent the occurrence of a new color mixing phenomenon in which a different ink comes into the insides of particular ink channels. The ink set is constituted of plurality of inks. The plurality of inks constituting the ink set is stored respectively in ink cartridges each having an ink storage portion which is brought into a hermetically-closed state. The difference in specific gravity between a first ink having the largest specific gravity and a second ink having the smallest specific gravity among the inks constituting the ink set is less than 0.020. | 10-16-2008 |
20090185019 | REACTION LIQUID, SET OF INK AND REACTION LIQUID, INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - A reaction liquid destabilizing the dissolved state or dispersed state of a coloring material by being in contact with an ink containing the coloring material on a recording medium, wherein the reaction liquid contains at least calcium ions, glycerin and polyethylene glycols, and wherein the content and ratio of these components are specified. | 07-23-2009 |
20100075046 | AQUEOUS INK, AQUEOUS INK SET, INK CARTRIDGE, INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS, INK-JET RECORDING METHOD, AND IMAGE-FORMING METHOD - An aqueous ink comprises water, a water-insoluble coloring material, and plurality of water-soluble organic solvents and the plurality of water-soluble organic solvents including a good medium or good mediums for the water-insoluble coloring material and a poor medium or poor mediums for the water-insoluble coloring material. The ratio of the content of the poor medium and the content of the good medium is in a specific range. A water-soluble organic solvent showing the maximum Ka value out of respective Ka values of the plurality of water-soluble organic solvents is the poor medium. When the aqueous ink is in contact with a specific reaction liquid, the dissolution state or dispersed state of the water-insoluble coloring material in the ink is made unstable. As a result, an image which has a sufficiently large area factor even with a small amount of ink droplets and is excellent in image density, bleeding resistance, and fixability can be obtained. In addition, the aqueous ink is excellent in storage stability. | 03-25-2010 |
20110001775 | CLEAR INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK SET, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is an ink jet clear ink containing a polymer fine particle. The polymer fine particle has a core-shell structure obtained by polymerizing an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomer (b) as a core polymer in the presence of a shell polymer that is a copolymer having at least a unit derived from an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomer (a) and a unit derived from a monomer selected from an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer and a salt thereof. The α,β-ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomer (b) includes at least a monomer containing a chain structure saturated alkyl group. | 01-06-2011 |
20130271540 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - The invention provides an ink containing a coloring material and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the coloring material is a compound represented by the following general formula (1), and the water-soluble organic solvent includes an alkanediol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms: | 10-17-2013 |
20140043407 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides an ink jet ink that is capable of recording an image excellent in light resistance and ozone resistance and has excellent intermittent ejection stability. The ink jet ink contains a coloring material and a water-soluble organic solvent. The coloring material contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I), the water-soluble organic solvent contains ethylene urea end an alkanediol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, and a content A (% by mass) of the coloring material, a content B (% by mass) of the ethylene urea and a content C (% by mass) of the alkanediol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms based on a total mass of the ink satisfy relationships of 0.20≦B/A≦10.0 and 0.10≦C/A≦10.0. | 02-13-2014 |
20140063157 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink containing a first coloring material and a second coloring material, the sum total of these contents being 6.0% by mass or less. The first coloring material is a black coloring material exhibiting a difference Δλ | 03-06-2014 |
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20080307319 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD - An image-forming apparatus includes a web browser and is connectable to a network. The image-forming apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to transmit a menu request including identification information of the image-forming apparatus, a reception unit configured to receive a response to the menu request from a management server via the network, an execution unit configured to analyze and execute a processing command included in content of the response received by the reception unit, and a display unit configured to generate a display file by embedding a processing result of the processing command executed by the execution unit into the content of the response received by the reception unit and to display the display file via the web browser. | 12-11-2008 |
20090195815 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - When an instruction to shut down an image forming apparatus is provided, a list of tasks is generated and displayed based on the characteristics and operation state of each task. If an instruction to cancel a displayed running task is provided, processing of the task is canceled and shutdown processing is performed. Thus, user convenience can be improved by displaying whether or not the running tasks are cancelable when an instruction to shut down the image forming apparatus is provided. | 08-06-2009 |
20090219572 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store attribute information about a job executed on the image forming apparatus, a detection unit configured to detect a jam that has occurred on the image forming apparatus, and a generation unit configured to generate a test job in which a print setting is set based on a type of the jam detected by the detection unit and the job attribute information corresponding to the jam and stored on the storage unit. | 09-03-2009 |