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20090129680 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - Replacement target image data and image data for replacement are stored, character images of the replacement target image data and character images of the image data for replacement are extracted, and character recognition is performed for each page on character strings contained in the extracted character images. Then, a comparison is performed for each page of the character strings of pages of the replacement target image data and the character strings of pages of the image data for replacement, which have undergone character recognition, and a degree of similarity therebetween is determined. Then, based on a determination result, at least a portion of pages of the replacement target image data is replaced with at least a portion of pages of the image data for replacement. | 05-21-2009 |
20100037134 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR SAME, IMAGE READING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE READING SYSTEM - A guidance display control unit performing control so that operation guidance is displayed in a preview display area provided to preview-display image data read by an image reading apparatus is provided, where the operation guidance is used to read the image corresponding to the preview display area. | 02-11-2010 |
20100085600 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a method for image processing to transfer scanned data of a document read by an image reading apparatus to an application which is operated in an information processing apparatus connected to the image reading apparatus. The method includes obtaining an execution path of an application which is currently operated in the information processing apparatus, and transferring the scanned data to the image reading apparatus by using the execution path. | 04-08-2010 |
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20080286347 | BIOABSORBABLE SYNTHETIC NONWOVEN FABRIC HOLDING THROMBIN - A safe and effective hemostatic is provided. The invention relates to a bioabsorbable synthetic nonwoven fabric holding thrombin as an effective ingredient and a hemostatic comprising said bioabsorbable synthetic nonwoven fabric. The bioabsorbable synthetic nonwoven fabric holding thrombin in accordance with the present invention may be prepared by a process which comprises the steps of immersing a bioabsorbable synthetic nonwoven fabric into a solution containing thrombin and of lyophilizing the obtained nonwoven fabric. The bioabsorbable synthetic nonwoven fabric holding thrombin in accordance with the present invention allows for quicker and more effective hemostasis. | 11-20-2008 |
20100113338 | PROPHYLACTIC OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR CORNEAL/CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASE - Disclosed is a novel composition for the treatment of a corneal/conjunctival disease. A prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a corneal/conjunctival disease comprising selenoprotein P as an active ingredient, more specifically a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a corneal/conjunctival disease such as dry eye, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, superficial punctate keratopathy, corneal erosion or corneal ulcer comprising selenoprotein P as an active ingredient, particularly a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for a corneal/conjuncrtival disease such as dry eye, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, superficial punctate keratopathy, corneal erosion or corneal ulcer accompanied by a corneal/conjunctival epithelial discorder. | 05-06-2010 |
20110112509 | MICRONEEDLE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE EFFICACY OF INFLUENZA VACCINE BY USING MICRONEEDLE DEVICE - The present invention provides a method for enhancing the immunogenicity using a microneedle device capable of enhancing the immunogenicity of an influenza vaccine. According to the method for enhancing the immunogenicity using the present microneedle device, a microneedle device having microneedles made of polylactic acid, coated with an influenza vaccine composed of an antigen having type A strain (H1N1), type A strain (H3N2), and type B strain as active ingredients is brought into direct contact with the skin so as to transcutaneously administer the aforementioned influenza vaccine. After the transcutaneous administration, lauryl alcohol is applied to the site of the skin where the microneedle device has been brought into direct contact. | 05-12-2011 |
20120107334 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING IMMUNE RESPONSE WITH PEPTIDE - An object of the present invention is to provide a safe and effective method for enhancing an immune response and a medicament for preventing or treating Alzheimer disease comprising amyloid β peptide that induces an enhanced immune response. An amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof with addition or insertion of cysteine and a method for enhancing an immune response using the peptide or a method for enhancing an immune response using the peptide together with an adjuvant. A medicament for preventing or treating Alzheimer disease comprising an amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof that induces an enhanced immune response. A DNA vaccine, that may have the same effect, comprising the gene encoding an amyloid peptide or a portion thereof that induces an enhanced immune response with addition or insertion of cysteine. | 05-03-2012 |
20120244184 | MODIFIED PEPTIDE VACCINE DERIVED FROM INFLUENZA M2 - A modified peptide derived from matrix protein 2 (hereinafter also referred to as “M2”), one of surface layer proteins of influenza virus, and a method for utilization of the modified peptide are provided. A peptide (hereinafter also referred to as “M2eC peptide”) that is made up by inserting cysteine residue(s) into a peptide (hereinafter also referred to as “M2e”) consisting of 23 amino acid residues of from positions No. 2 to No. 24 of M2 in influenza virus type A, a fusion protein consisting of said modified peptide and a polypeptide, an influenza vaccine comprising said modified peptide or said fusion protein as an active ingredient, a device which can be delivered into the body comprising said influenza vaccine, a nucleic acid fragment consisting of a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of said modified peptide or said fusion protein, an expression vector in which said nucleic acid fragment is incorporated, a host in which said expression vector is introduced, and an antibody that has a protective effect against influenza virus. | 09-27-2012 |
20140343248 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING IMMUNE RESPONSE WITH PEPTIDE - An object of the present invention is to provide a safe and effective method for enhancing an immune response and a medicament for preventing or treating Alzheimer disease comprising amyloid β peptide that induces an enhanced immune response. An amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof with addition or insertion of cysteine and a method for enhancing an immune response using the peptide or a method for enhancing an immune response using the peptide together with an adjuvant. A medicament for preventing or treating Alzheimer disease comprising an amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof that induces an enhanced immune response. A DNA vaccine, that may have the same effect, comprising the gene encoding an amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof that induces an enhanced immune response with addition or insertion of cysteine. | 11-20-2014 |
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20100291122 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING IMMUNE RESPONSE WITH PEPTIDE - An object of the present invention is to provide a safe and effective method for enhancing an immune response and a medicament for preventing or treating Alzheimer disease comprising amyloid β peptide that induces an enhanced immune response. An amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof with addition or insertion of cysteine and a method for enhancing an immune response using the peptide or a method for enhancing an immune response using the peptide together with an adjuvant. A medicament for preventing or treating Alzheimer disease comprising an amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof that induces an enhanced immune response. A DNA vaccine, that may have the same effect, comprising the gene encoding an amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof that induces an enhanced immune response with addition or insertion of cysteine. | 11-18-2010 |
20110081376 | METHOD FOR USING INACTIVATED JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS PARTICLES AS ADJUVANT - A method for using inactivated Japanese encephalitis virus particles as an adjuvant of a vaccine is provided. A method for using inactivated Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) particles as an adjuvant of various vaccines or a mixed vaccine, said JEV particles being obtained by inoculating JEV Beijing-1 strain to Vero cells, culturing said JEV-infected cells to give cultured cells or culture supernatant, purifying JEV particles from said cultured cells or culture supernatant and inactivating said JEV particles with formalin, a method for preparing a (mixed) vaccine which comprises a step of letting inactivated Japanese encephalitis virus be contained, and a mixed vaccine prepared by said method. | 04-07-2011 |
20110268756 | MODIFIED AMYLOID BETA PEPTIDE - An object of the invention is to provide a peptide based on a sequence of an amyloid β peptide that may allow for induction of enhanced immune response and is safe and efficacious for prophylaxis and treatment of Alzheimer disease. An amyloid β peptide or a portion thereof with addition or insertion of cysteine or a cysteine analogue, and a method for enhancing immune response to amyloid β using said peptide, a medicament for prophylaxis and treatment of Alzheimer disease using said amyloid β peptide that induces an enhanced immune response, and a DNA vaccine comprising a gene coding for an amyloid β peptide or a sequence derived from an amyloid β peptide with addition or insertion of cysteine or a cysteine analogue, as expected to be similarly efficacious. | 11-03-2011 |
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20080296611 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer having a first major surface, a second major surface provided on opposite side of the first major surface, and a channel formation region provided in a surface portion on the first major surface side; a first main electrode provided inside a dicing street on the first major surface of the semiconductor layer; a second main electrode provided inside a dicing street on the second major surface of the semiconductor layer; and a control electrode opposed to the channel formation region across an insulating film. | 12-04-2008 |
20080299686 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes; measuring a within-wafer distribution of a physical quantity; and etching the wafer so that the physical quantity get close to constant within the wafer. Alternatively, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes, measuring a within-wafer distribution of a physical quantity of at least one of a plurality of semiconductor layers provided in a wafer; determining a within-wafer distribution of etching amount for the at least one of the plurality of semiconductor layers based on the measured within-wafer distribution of the physical quantity; and etching the at least one of the plurality of semiconductor layers based on the determined within-wafer distribution of the etching amount so that the etching amount is locally varied within the wafer. | 12-04-2008 |
20100203688 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer having a first major surface, a second major surface provided on opposite side of the first major surface, and a channel formation region provided in a surface portion on the first major surface side; a first main electrode provided inside a dicing street on the first major surface of the semiconductor layer; a second main electrode provided inside a dicing street on the second major surface of the semiconductor layer; and a control electrode opposed to the channel formation region across an insulating film. | 08-12-2010 |
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20100226457 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER - A communication system comprises a transmitter configured to binary data and a receiver configured to the data transmitted from the transmitter. The transmitter counts the number of bits of any one of binary value of a data section of the transmission data, and determines whether or not inversion processing should be performed in accordance with the counted number. When performing the inversion processing, the transmitter reverses each bit of the data section of the transmission data, adds inversion information showing that the bits have been reversed, and transmits the transmission data. The receiver receives the transmission data and determines whether or not inversion processing should be performed for the reception data, on the basis of the inversion information of the reception data. When performing the inversion processing, the receiver reverses each bit of the data section of the reception data. | 09-09-2010 |
20120234926 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a portable electronic apparatus includes, reception register configured to temporarily store command received, first storage module configured to store command as reception data if command is found to have been received normally, command processing module configured to process based on command stored in reception register, thereby to generate response, transmission register configured to temporarily store response, and second storage module configure to store response as transmission data if response is found to have been transmitted normally. | 09-20-2012 |
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20080203957 | MOTOR CONTROL METHOD AND MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor control method includes the steps of: measuring a time period from an output of a drive detection signal to a next output of a drive detection signal; storing the measurement result at each time of output of a drive detection signal as a measured cycle; calculating a driven velocity of the driven object based on the stored measured cycle; calculating an operation amount of the motor such that the calculated driven velocity is equal to a predetermined target velocity. In the motor control method, it is determined, at each calculation timing, whether or not the driven object is in a low velocity state where an actual velocity is lower than the target velocity. When determined affirmative, calculation of the driven velocity of the driven object is performed based on a measured value being currently measured at the calculation timing in place of the stored measured cycle. | 08-28-2008 |
20080298827 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises: an image forming mechanism including a motor, and an image forming unit which operates by the motor to form an image on a recording sheet; a registration unit which registers a job; a control unit which controls the image forming mechanism to form an image corresponding to the job registered through the registration unit on a recording sheet; a number obtaining unit which obtains the number of recording sheets required for the job registered through the registration unit; and a setting unit which sets a rotation speed of the motor according to the number of recording sheets obtained by the number obtaining unit. The control unit controls the image forming mechanism to form the image corresponding to the job registered through the registration unit on the recording sheet by rotating the motor at the rotation speed set by the setting unit. | 12-04-2008 |
20100067926 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a carriage conveyance unit, a sheet conveyance unit, a failure detection unit, a position detection unit, and a jam determination unit. The carriage conveyance unit includes a motor and conveys a carriage in a main scanning direction by a driving force of the motor. The sheet conveyance unit conveys a sheet in a sub-scanning direction which crosses the main scanning direction in which the carriage is conveyed. The failure detection unit detects a conveyance failure of the carriage. The position detection unit detects a position of the carriage in the main scanning direction. The jam determination unit determines whether or not the conveyance failure is due to jamming caused by interference between the carriage and the sheet, based on the position of the carriage detected by the position detection unit at a time when the conveyance failure is detected by the failure detection unit. | 03-18-2010 |
20100231983 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes: a reading unit performing a reading operation whenever a line start signal is input thereto; a transport unit transporting anyone of the reading unit and the reading target document; an encoder outputting an encoder signal whenever a transport target is moved by a predetermined distance; a control unit transmitting the line start signal to the reading unit; a time measuring unit measuring a time elapsed from a time point when the line start signal was last transmitted; a cycle measuring unit measuring an output time interval of the encoder signal, as an encoder cycle; and a storage unit storing the latest encoder cycle, wherein the control unit transmits the line start signal to the reading unit whenever the elapsed time is equal to or greater than a time obtained by multiplying a value of the encoder cycle by a correction coefficient determined by a ratio R | 09-16-2010 |
20110074856 | Conveyance Device and Image Forming Apparatus - A conveyance device includes a linear encoder that outputs an encoder signal corresponding to displacement of a conveyed object. The encoder includes an encoder fence provided on an intersecting plane that intersects a reference plane orthogonal to a direction in which a guide element supports the conveyed object. The encoder fence is configured such that a plurality of light-transmitting portions and light-shielding portions are arranged alternately on a side of the encoder fence. The light-transmitting portions and the light-shielding portions are formed so that a first point on each boundary between each of the light-transmitting portions and each of the light-shielding portions adjacent to each other and a second point on the each boundary, which is positioned separately from the first point with respect to a direction along the side of the encoder fence and perpendicular to the conveying direction, are separately positioned with respect to the conveying direction. | 03-31-2011 |
20110242611 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus including a reading unit that reads a document as an object to be read in a main scanning direction; a conveyance unit that conveys one of the reading unit and the object to be read as an object to be conveyed in a sub-scanning direction; a detecting unit that detects a position of the object to be conveyed; a control unit that controls conveyance of the object to be conveyed, based on the position of the object to be conveyed and a preset target position trajectory; a specifying unit that specifies, based on the target position trajectory, the position of the object to be conveyed at a time when a period of invalidation or interruption of reading operation by the reading unit is started. The reading operation is invalidated or interrupted when a predetermined interruption condition is satisfied. | 10-06-2011 |
20140125003 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet feeding device includes: a feeding mechanism having a first roller and a second roller provided downstream in a sheet feeding path from the first roller and feeding a sheet by rotations of the first and second rollers; a control section executing a butting control by controlling the first and second rollers to feed the sheet from the first roller so as to butt against the second roller at an intake position, and executing an intake feeding control by controlling the second roller to feed the sheet downstream in the feeding path from the intake position; an obtaining section obtaining information indicating a rotation amount of the second roller in a period after the butting control to the start of the intake feeding control; and a target setting section setting a target rotation amount of the second roller that should be achieved in the intake feeding control. | 05-08-2014 |
20140168308 | SHEET TRANSPORTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet transporting apparatus is provided, including a transport mechanism provided with a roller, a motor, a controller, and a measuring input unit, wherein a transport route has a curved area for inverting the sheet, and the controller is constructed such that the control on the motor is executed by a closed loop control system by using a measured value of an control output at an initial stage of the transport of a sheet from a tray, and the control on the motor is switched from the control performed by the closed loop control system to control performed by an open loop control system on condition that a preset phenomenon arises after the sheet is taken out of the tray. | 06-19-2014 |
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20110083819 | BULKY PAPER WITH RUGGED PATTERN AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a process for producing a bulky paper with a concavo-convex pattern consisting of low density regions with a high degree of expansion of the heat-expanding particles and high density regions with a low degree of expansion of the heat-expanding particles, comprising: making a wet mixed sheet having heat-expanding particles uniformly dispersed in fibers from a paper-making material prepared by dispersing a fiber starting material and heat-expanding particles in water; then spraying prescribed sections of the wet mixed sheet with moist hot air or water vapor at above the initial expansion temperature of the heat-expanding particles to cause expansion of the heat-expanding particles at those sections; and then drying at a temperature at which the heat-expanding particles do not fully expand. The process allows free designing of concavo-convex sections on bulky papers. | 04-14-2011 |
20110139385 | BULKY PAPER WITH RUGGED PATTERN AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A process for producing a bulky paper with a concavo-convex pattern includes the steps of producing a wet mixed sheet comprising high-basis-weight regions and low-basis-weight regions from a paper-making material prepared by dispersing a fiber starting material and heat-expanding particles in water, the heat-expanding particles being evenly dispersed in the fiber in the high basis-weight and low basis-weight regions; and then heating the wet mixed sheet to cause expansion of the heat-expanding particles and form a concavo-convex pattern. This allows the free designing of concavo-convex sections on bulky papers. | 06-16-2011 |
20120191055 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - It is an object of the invention to provide an absorbent article that is resistant to twisting and flattening, and that is superior in terms of fluid absorption rate, fluid diffusibility, absorbed fluid retention volume and fluid retention. The absorbent article comprises a top sheet on the skin contact side, a back sheet on the non-skin contact side, and an absorbent body situated between the two sheets, wherein the absorbent body comprises a bulky absorbent sheet, and the bulky absorbent sheet comprises heat-expanding particles that are dispersed in the bulky absorbent sheet and have been expanded by heat. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191056 | LAYERED ABSORBENT SHEET - It is an object of the invention to provide a layered absorbent sheet with excellent absorption properties including fluid retention, fluid diffusibility and absorbed fluid retention volume, and with particularly excellent deformation resistance against deformation by twisting and wrinkles. | 07-26-2012 |
20130306258 | BULKY PAPER WITH CONCAVO-CONVEX PATTERN AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THEREOF - A process for producing a bulky paper with a concavo-convex pattern includes the steps of producing a wet mixed sheet comprising high-basis-weight regions and low-basis-weight regions from a paper-making material prepared by dispersing a fiber starting material and heat-expanding particles in water, the heat-expanding particles being evenly dispersed in the fiber in the high basis-weight and low basis-weight regions; and then heating the wet mixed sheet to cause expansion of the heat-expanding particles and form a concavo-convex pattern. This allows the free designing of concavo-convex sections on bulky papers. | 11-21-2013 |
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20080276570 | INDIVIDUAL PACKAGE OF ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An individual package of an absorbent article permits a base end of a tape to be bonded with sufficiently large bonding strength without complicating packaging process and increasing manufacturing cost. The absorbent article is wrapped by a package sheet having side edge portions and end edges, and one end edge is overlapped over the other end edge. The package sheet is sealed along the side edge portions, a base end of a tape is fixed on the surface of the package sheet located outside in an overlapping portion, and a free end of the tape extends across one end edge and is releasably adhered on the outer surface of the package sheet adjacent one end edge. The package sheet has a surface, on which the base end of the tape is fixed, the surface being smoothed by a smoothing process. | 11-13-2008 |
20110179612 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TAMPON - An apparatus for manufacturing a tampon which includes an absorbent body, an accommodating member and a pushing member, includes: an orienting mechanism; a first inserting mechanism that inserts the pushing member into the accommodating member; and a second inserting mechanism that inserts the absorbent body into the accommodating member in which the pushing member is inserted. The orienting mechanism has an opening through which the accommodating member is inputted; a pair of first protruded parts; and a pair of second protruded parts located on other-end side in the longitudinal direction of the opening and protruding inwardly in an opposing manner into the opening, a gap between the pair of first protruded parts, and a gap between the pair of second protruded parts being greater than the external diameter of the minor diameter part and smaller than the external diameter of the major diameter part. | 07-28-2011 |
20120029415 | TAMPON - A tampon includes: a tampon main body; an accommodating cylinder that accommodates the tampon main body, the accommodating cylinder having an opening at a leading end; and a pushing member that pushes out the tampon main body outside of the accommodating cylinder from the opening, by moving inside the accommodating cylinder, wherein the accommodating cylinder has on an inner surface thereof ribs along a longitudinal direction of the accommodating cylinder. | 02-02-2012 |
20120065598 | TAMPON, A MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A TAMPON, AND A MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR A TAMPON - A tampon has an absorbent body that absorbs liquid. On an outer surface of the absorbent body, the absorbent body includes an applied portion to which an agent is applied and that includes at least two applied layer. The at least two applied layer includes a first applied layer formed by applying a first agent, and a second applied layer formed by applying a second agent over the first applied layer, the first agent including active pharmaceutical ingredient and a first water-soluble carrier that carries the active pharmaceutical ingredient, the second agent including active pharmaceutical ingredient and a second water-soluble carrier that carries the active pharmaceutical ingredient and has a melting point lower than that of the first water-soluble carrier. | 03-15-2012 |
20120071839 | TAMPON - A tampon has an absorbent body that absorbs liquid. The absorbent body includes, on its outer surface, an applied portion to which an agent is applied. The agent is a mixture of an active pharmaceutical ingredient, a first water-soluble carrier that carries the active pharmaceutical ingredient and is a main ingredient of the agent, and a second water-soluble carrier that carries the active pharmaceutical ingredient and has a melting point lower than that of the first water-soluble carrier. | 03-22-2012 |
20120086140 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A TAMPON, AND A MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR A TAMPON - A manufacturing method for a tampon having an absorbent body that absorbs liquid includes obtaining the absorbent body by compressing and shaping an absorbent-body material, and applying a melted agent to an outer surface of the absorbent body, the outer surface having a temperature lower than or equal to a freezing point of a main ingredient of the agent. | 04-12-2012 |
20120089074 | TAMPON - There is provided a tampon including an absorbent body that absorbs liquid. The absorbent body is characterized in that it includes on its outer surface a colored portion that is colored with a colorant and a non-colored portion that is not colored. | 04-12-2012 |
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20080297153 | Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method - A method includes collecting data for average units including acquisition of template data and acquisition of imaging data, calculating a frequency difference between a resonant frequency in a reference average unit and a resonant frequency of an object average unit based on a phase variation of the magnetic field in a period where the template data is collected in the reference average unit and a phase variation of the magnetic resonance signal in a period where the template data is collected in the object average unit, correcting a phase shift produced in image data collected in the object average unit constituted by one or more average units based on the frequency difference, and reconstructing an image concerning the subject based on the imaging data collected in the reference average unit and the corrected imaging data concerning the object average unit constituted by one or more average units. | 12-04-2008 |
20090015258 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus performs photographing by magnetic resonance imaging using hardware of which temperature is likely to rise due to a photographing operation. The magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an obtaining device, an alert state detecting device, and a control device. The obtaining device obtains information providing an indication of temperature of the hardware during the photographing. The alert state detecting device detects the occurrence of an alert state where the temperature of the hardware is likely to rise enough to affect the photographing, on the basis of the obtained information. The control device controls the photographing so as to suppress temperature rise of the hardware according to the detection of the occurrence of the alert state. | 01-15-2009 |
20110037471 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - In a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment, a transmitting coil applies a radio-frequency magnetic field to a subject placed in a static magnetic field. A receiving coil receives a magnetic resonance signal emitted from the subject owing to an application of the radio-frequency magnetic field. A balun is connected to the receiving coil, and suppresses an unbalanced current induced in the receiving coil. An overheat protection circuit indicates that the balun is abnormal when a temperature of the balun exceeds a temperature threshold. An imaging control unit stops imaging when the overheat protection circuit indicates an abnormality of the balun. | 02-17-2011 |
20130234715 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - In a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment, a transmitting coil applies a radio-frequency magnetic field to a subject placed in a static magnetic field. A receiving coil receives a magnetic resonance signal emitted from the subject owing to an application of the radio-frequency magnetic field. A balun is connected to the receiving coil, and suppresses an unbalanced current induced in the receiving coil. An overheat protection circuit indicates that the balun is abnormal when a temperature of the balun exceeds a temperature threshold. An imaging control unit stops imaging when the overheat protection circuit indicates an abnormality of the balun. | 09-12-2013 |
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20100044900 | INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM, METHOD OF INJECTION MOLDING, AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE - There are provided an injection molding system, a computer program, a method of injection molding, and an injection molding machine capable of performing precise temperature control of a mold even when there is a delay in temperature increase of the mold in heat supply with a heating medium. The temperature control is performed so that temperatures of a fixed mold and a movable mold are maintained between an upper limit TU and a lower limit TL of a predetermined temperature range after start of injection of resin during an injection molding cycle. The temperature control of the fixed mold and the movable mold is performed only by switching ON/OFF supply of the heating medium, and cooling with a cooling medium is not performed. In a process of cooling the resin, the temperature control is performed so that the temperatures of the fixed mold and the movable mold are maintained between an upper limit TUa and a lower limit TLa of a temperature range effective for resin annealing by stop of supply of the cooling medium and the supply and stop of the heating medium. | 02-25-2010 |
20110210461 | INJECTION MOLDING DEVICE AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD - An injection molding device is provided with a mold, an injection unit equipped with an injection screw that is displaceably configured such that a molten resin is filled into a cavity by forward movement to perform plural injection operations including at least a filling operation and a pressure keeping operation by displacing the injection screw, a position sensor for detecting the position of the injection screw, a temperature sensor capable of measuring the temperature of the vicinity of the cavity of the mold, a temperature adjustment unit capable of adjusting the temperature of the mold by heating or cooling the mold, a control unit for controlling the displacement of the injection screw and the temperature of the mold and determining plural switching timings of the injection operations on the basis of the position of the screw, and a display unit for displaying an image. The control unit creates a temperature waveform of the vicinity of the cavity based on an input from the temperature sensor and displays a first correlation diagram showing the correlation between the temperature waveform and a predetermined variation corresponding to the change of the temperature waveform and showing at least part of the determined plural switching timings of the injection operations on the display unit. | 09-01-2011 |
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20090109841 | Layer-2 Redundancy Protocol Interconnection Device - Interconnection devices and interconnect a network running a redundancy protocol and another network running a redundancy protocol. The interconnection devices controls the redundancy protocol of a lower level network via virtual ports and by a virtual link, to redundancy-connect the lower level network to a higher level network. When a communication route of the lower level network is changed, MAC address learning results of the higher level network are cleared to perform switching of communication routes at high speed. | 04-30-2009 |
20100080235 | Forwarding Apparatus, Forwarding Method, and Computer Program Product - An extranet direct route allowing extranet forwarding to a directly linked device is written in a layer 2-layer 3-integrated forwarding table. The procedure of introducing a layer 3 address-to-layer 2 address correspondence relation table entry into the layer 2-layer 3-integrated forwarding table searches the layer 2-layer 3-integrated forwarding table with a layer 3 address of the correspondence relation table entry and a layer 3 interface as search keys to retrieve any forwarding entry relating to an extranet direct route as a forwarding destination. The procedure subsequently extracts a VRF of each retrieved forwarding entry and introduces the correspondence relation table entry for the extracted VRF into the layer 2-layer 3-integrated forwarding table. | 04-01-2010 |
20110013551 | NETWORK RELAY APPARATUS - The network relay apparatus is provided. The network relay apparatus includes: a relay apparatus selector configured to, in response to direct or indirect reception of a join request for a preset multicast group from an external device connecting with the network, refer to information for identifying respective network relay apparatuses on a segment which the own network relay apparatus belongs to, and, at least one of information for identifying the preset multicast group and information for identifying a source, wherein the information for identifying the preset multicast group and the information for identifying a source are included in the received join request, and unequivocally select one network relay apparatus among at least part of the network relay apparatuses on the segment as a designated network relay apparatus according to a predetermined rule, wherein the designated network relay apparatus is assigned to relay a multicast packet to the external device; and a setter configured, when the own network relay apparatus is selected as the designated network relay apparatus by the relay apparatus selector, to set a multicast route for relaying the multicast packet to the external device, and when the own network relay apparatus is not selected as the designated relay apparatus by the relay apparatus selector, not to set the multicast route for relaying the multicast packet to the external device. | 01-20-2011 |
20110032939 | NETWORK SYSTEM, PACKET FORWARDING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORWARDING PACKETS - A network system includes: a first network; an authentication server; a second network; a network; and a packet forwarding apparatus, wherein the packet forwarding apparatus includes: a forwarding route table storage storing a first forwarding route table containing packet routing information to the second network, and a second forwarding route table containing packet routing information to the second network and the third network; and a forwarding route table selector that, prior to determination of successful authentication for the terminal apparatus, selects the first forwarding route table as a search forwarding route table, and that upon receipt of determination of successful authentication for the terminal apparatus, selects the second forwarding route table as the search forwarding route table. | 02-10-2011 |
20110055622 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND NETWORK RELAY APPARATUS - The network system is provided. The network system includes: a first processing apparatus configured to provide a specific service; a second processing apparatus configured to provide the specific service, the first processing apparatus and the second processing apparatus having one identical address; a client apparatus configured to utilize the specific service; and a network relay apparatus connected directly or indirectly via interfaces to the first processing apparatus, the second processing apparatus, and the client apparatus and configured to relay packet transmission between the client apparatus and the first processing apparatus or the second processing apparatus, wherein the network relay apparatus forwards a received packet, which is received via the interface connecting with the client apparatus to be sent to the address as a destination, to one processing apparatus in a state enabled to provide the specific service between the first processing apparatus and the second processing apparatus. | 03-03-2011 |
20110164508 | NETWORK RELAY APPARATUS, NETWORK SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF NETWORK RELAY APPARATUS - Network relay apparatus connected directly or indirectly to a first processing apparatus, a second processing apparatus, and a client apparatus, the network relay apparatus being configured to relay packet communication between the respective apparatuses, wherein one identical address is set in both the first processing apparatus and the second processing apparatus, and the client apparatus uses the first processing apparatus and the second processing apparatus. The network relay apparatus includes: a first route information storage configured to store route information of a first virtual network to which the first processing apparatus belongs; a second route information storage configured to store route information of a second virtual network to which the second processing apparatus belongs; a route information advertiser configured to receive advertisement for route information on the first virtual network and store the received route information into the first route information storage, a state detector; and a packet forwarding processor. | 07-07-2011 |
20110292931 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND NETWORK APPARATUS - In a virtual network apparatus, even when a fault occurs on a private line connecting plural physical network apparatuses to communicate a control signal, the redundancy is maintained, and the lower forwarding capability is prevented. In this network system, a control signal for virtualization to be transmitted and received between plural physical network apparatuses is relayed via a unit spanning LA connecting each physical network apparatus and an adjacent network apparatus in the adjacent network apparatus. Thereby, even when a fault occurs in the private line, it is possible to continue to communicate the control signal between the physical network apparatuses and continuously operate the virtual network apparatus. | 12-01-2011 |
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20120327811 | VIRTUAL NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD, NETWORK SYSTEM, AND NETWORK DEVICE - A communication can be conducted between a hub network layer-3VPN-connected to a core network and a hub network layer-2VPN connected to the core network. A first NW that conducts a packet forwarding of a VPN, a second NW that is layer-3-connected to the first NW, and a third NW that is layer-2-connected to the first NW configure VPN. When a packet is transmitted from the second NW to a destination of the third NW, a packet forwarding processing by a layer is conducted, and information is stored in destination information of the packet and forwarded by using destination information and information on the network device PE belonging to the first NW which is connected to the third NW which is a relay point to the destination. | 12-27-2012 |
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20110090557 | LASER SOURCE - A laser source includes a laser device configured to emit laser light at a given angle with respect to a normal of an output end face; and an optical device configured to include an optical waveguide that guides and outputs the laser light. The output end face of the laser device is parallel to an input end face of the optical device, and the optical waveguide extends in a direction of θ | 04-21-2011 |
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20120328237 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DEVICE - An object of the invention is to provide an optical device and an optical device manufacturing method wherein provisions are made to be able to substantially prevent misalignment from occurring in an optical element and prevent shifting from occurring in the optical waveguide characteristics of the optical element. The optical device includes a first optical element, a second optical element optically coupled to the first optical element, and a first silicon substrate on which the first optical element and the second optical element are mounted, wherein the second optical element includes a second silicon substrate and a waveguide substrate laminated to the second silicon substrate, and the second optical element is mounted on the first silicon substrate in such a manner that the waveguide substrate faces the first silicon substrate. | 12-27-2012 |
20130070192 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - To provide a liquid crystal device and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal device which has high durability in an environment of high temperature and high humidity, and which can be applied to optical communication device. A liquid crystal device and a method of manufacturing the liquid crystal device includes a first substrate provided with a frame shaped seal region for encapsulating a liquid crystal layer, and a second substrate provided in opposition to the first substrate, wherein a gold frame shaped structure is provided in the seal region of the first substrate so as to be crushed and deformed to form metallic bond when superimposed and joined to the second substrate, and wherein a gold film is disposed in the portion of the second substrate opposed to the gold frame shaped structure so as to form metallic bond to the gold frame shaped structure. | 03-21-2013 |
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20090202851 | Heat shrinkable multilayer film and heat shrinkable label - It is an object of the present invention to provide a heat-shrinkable multilayer film which, in the case of using the heat-shrinkable multilayer film as a heat-shrinkable label for a container, does not produce delamination in covering a container, is superior in heat resistance, oil resistance, tearing properties along the perforation and appearance and can prevent the reduction in strength between the layers after a printing step, and a heat-shrinkable label comprising the heat-shrinkable multilayer film as a base film. | 08-13-2009 |
20090280341 | Shrink labels - It is an object of the present invention to provide a shrink label comprising a multilayer film, which is superior in low temperature resistance, heat resistance, oil resistance, tearing properties along the perforation and appearance and does not peel in covering a container, as a base film, and a heat-shrinkable multilayer resin film which can effectively prevent the deterioration of the content of a container due to ultraviolet light and is superior in the tearing properties along the perforation and the oil resistance when the heat-shrinkable multilayer resin film is used as a shrink label for a container, and a shrink label comprising the heat-shrinkable multilayer resin film as a base film. | 11-12-2009 |
20140162077 | HEAT SHRINKABLE MULTILAYER FILM AND HEAT SHRINKABLE LABEL - It is an object of the present invention to provide a heat-shrinkable multilayer film which, in the case of using the heat-shrinkable multilayer film as a heat-shrinkable label for a container, does not produce delamination in covering a container, is superior in heat resistance, oil resistance, tearing properties along the perforation and appearance and can prevent the reduction in strength between the layers after a printing step, and a heat-shrinkable label comprising the heat-shrinkable multilayer film as a base film. | 06-12-2014 |
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20080314675 | HYDRAULIC WHEEL-DRIVE WORKING VEHICLE - A hydraulic wheel-drive working vehicle according to the present invention makes it possible to change a driving state by a driving-mode switching valve between a right-left differential-lock driving state in which a pair of driving wheels are driven in an independent manner to each other with hydraulic fluid discharged from a hydraulic pump and having respective amounts defined by a flow dividing/combining mechanism and a right-left differential driving state in which the pair of left and right driving wheels are driven in a hydraulically differential manner to each other, and also to supply the hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic pump to the pair of hydraulic motors without being subjected to fluid load of the flow dividing/combining mechanism at the right-left differential driving state, thereby enhancing transmission efficiency at the right-left differential driving state. | 12-25-2008 |
20090008183 | Pump Unit and Hydrostatic Transmission - There is provided a pump unit configured to be capable of transmitting a rotational per from a driving power source which is operatively connected thereto to an actuator through a pair of hydraulic fluid lines. The pump unit includes: an input shaft; a hydraulic pump main body; a PTO shaft; a PTO clutch mechanism; and auxiliary pump main body; a suction line; a discharge line; a charge line; a PTO hydraulic fluid line; a pressure-reducing valve; and a resistance valve. The PTO hydraulic fluid line and the charge line are fluidly connected to the primary side and a secondary side of the pressure-reducing valve, respectively. | 01-08-2009 |
20090211834 | Hydraulic Four-Wheel-Drive Working Vehicle - A hydraulic four-wheel-drive working vehicle includes a hydraulic pump unit having a hydraulic pump main body of a variable displacement type, a pair of left and right first motor devices driving a left and right first driving wheels, and a pair of left and right second motor devices driving a left and right second driving wheels, wherein each of the pair of first motor devices and the pair of second motor devices includes a hydraulic motor main body forming an HST in cooperation with the hydraulic pump main body, a motor volume adjusting mechanism, and a hydraulic actuating mechanism that operates the motor volume adjusting mechanism, and the hydraulic actuating mechanisms in the pair of first motor devices and the pair of second motor devices are operated and controlled with use of hydraulic fluid from a single hydraulic pressure source. | 08-27-2009 |
20100257856 | Pump Unit And Hydrostatic Transmission - There is provided a pump unit configured to be capable of transmitting a rotational per from a driving power source which is operatively connected thereto to an actuator through a pair of hydraulic fluid lines. The pump unit includes: an input shaft; a hydraulic pump main body; a PTO shaft; a PTO clutch mechanism; and auxiliary pump main body; a suction line; a discharge line; a charge line; a PTO hydraulic fluid line; a pressure-reducing valve; and a resistance valve. The PTO hydraulic fluid line and the charge line are fluidly connected to the primary side and a secondary side of the pressure-reducing valve, respectively. | 10-14-2010 |
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20110155498 | ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE - An all terrain vehicle includes a steering shaft to which a handle is coupled, a coupling device configured to rotatably couple the steering shaft to a vehicle body frame, and a power steering device which is mounted to the vehicle body frame, the power steering device including an input shaft to which the steering shaft is coupled, wherein the coupling device includes plural members provided with bolt holes and a bolt inserted into the bolt holes in a state where the plural members are joined to each other; and wherein at least one of the plural members has an elongate hole as the bolt hole. | 06-30-2011 |
20120061166 | ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE - An all terrain vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a steering shaft rotatably supported by the vehicle body frame, a power steering device including an electric motor, the power steering device being configured to exert an auxiliary rotational force to the steering shaft by a driving power generated in the electric motor, a radiator disposed in front of the electric motor, and a shield member mounted to the vehicle body frame and positioned between the radiator and the electric motor to cover the electric motor from a forward direction. | 03-15-2012 |
20120160593 | All Terrain Vehicle - An all terrain vehicle includes a steering shaft coupled to a handle; a power steering device including an input shaft coupled to the steering shaft, and an output shaft driven to rotate together with the input shaft, the power steering device being positioned between right and left front wheels in a rightward and leftward direction; a link unit for coupling the output shaft to each of the right and left front wheels, the link unit receiving a rotation of the output shaft and changing a direction of the front wheels; and a stopper disposed to face the output shaft with a clearance between the stopper and at least a left portion and a right portion of an end portion of the output shaft. | 06-28-2012 |
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20090038430 | ACTUATOR, RANGE CHANGEOVER DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND PARKING DEVICE - An actuator for a state changeover element that is actuated in a manner interlocking with the tilting of a tilt member is provided. The actuator is equipped with a rotational power generating portion, an output shaft coaxially and integrally rotatably coupled to a tilt spindle of the tilt member to output a rotational power generated by the rotational power generating portion, a casing that covers the actuator and having an opening for exposing one axial end side of the output shaft to an outside. The actuator is further equipped with a rotational angle limiting unit provided between the output shaft and a wall portion of the casing radially facing the output shaft to physically limit a rotational angle of the output shaft. A range changeover device for an automatic transmission equipped with this actuator and a parking device equipped with this actuator are provided. | 02-12-2009 |
20090326767 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME METHOD, AND DATA STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SAME COMPUTER PROGRAM - A vehicle control apparatus for a vehicle that includes a brake mechanism that produces braking force through the actuation of a first actuator and a shift mechanism that changes the shift position of a transmission through the actuation of a second actuator. The vehicle control apparatus includes: a controller that controls the electric power supplied to the first actuator and that controls the electric power supplied to the second actuator; a first electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the controller; a second electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the first actuator; and a third electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the second actuator. An actuator control unit in the controller controls the electric power supplied to the second actuator from the second electric power supply unit or from the third electric power supply unit when the second actuator is not able to operate using the electric power supplied from the first electric power supply unit. | 12-31-2009 |
20100082209 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A hydraulic control device for an automatic transmission that includes a fail-safe function to establish a fail-safe traveling state where a predetermined shift speed is established, and a fail-safe stopping state where the primary pressure to all of the hydraulic servos is cut-off when a failure occurs. The hydraulic control device is able to switch between the fail-safe traveling state and the fail-safe stopping state even after a failure occurs, thereby enhancing a limp-mode function. | 04-01-2010 |
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20120234124 | SHIFT SWITCHING CONTROL DEVICE OF VEHICLE - A shift switching control device of a vehicle including a shift switching mechanism that electrically switches a shift position of an automatic transmission with activation of a step motor based on an operation signal indicative of an operating state of an operating device for switching a shift position of the automatic transmission, wherein if a first shift switching control is provided that is determined in advance as shift position switching control giving higher priority to higher output of the step motor rather than responsiveness of switching of a shift position, the shift switching control device of a vehicle drives the step motor in a one-two-phase excitation mode and sets a rotation speed of the step motor to a predetermined first rotation speed, and wherein if a second shift switching control is provided that is determined in advance as shift position switching control giving higher priority to responsiveness of switching of a shift position rather than higher output of the step motor, the shift switching control device of a vehicle drives the step motor in a one phase excitation mode or a two phase excitation mode and sets a rotation speed of the step motor to a predetermined second rotation speed higher than the first rotation speed. | 09-20-2012 |
20120253615 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME METHOD, AND DATA STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SAME COMPUTER PROGRAM - A vehicle control apparatus including a brake mechanism that produces braking force through actuation of a first actuator, a shift mechanism that changes the shift position of a transmission through actuation of a second actuator, a controller that controls the electric power supplied to the first actuator and the electric power supplied to the second actuator; a first electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the controller; a second electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the first actuator; and a third electric power supply unit that supplies electric power to the second actuator. An actuator control unit controls the electric power supplied to the second actuator from the second electric power supply unit or from the third electric power supply unit when the second actuator is not able to operate using electric power supplied from the first electric power supply unit. | 10-04-2012 |
20140318294 | VEHICLE SHIFT CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle shift control device includes: a parking lock device selectively switched by driving of an electric motor between a lock position restraining rotation of wheels and a non-lock position not restraining the rotation of the wheels; and an electronic control device controlling the electric motor, the vehicle shift control device providing a parking lock switching control of selectively switching the parking lock device between the lock position and the non-locking position in an activated state of the electronic control device, wherein if the electronic control device is switched from the deactivated state to the activated state, the vehicle shift control device provides a wall abutment control of driving the parking lock device with the electric motor to a mechanical displacement end before starting the provision of the parking lock switching control, and if a temperature of the electric motor is lower than a predefined low-temperature determination value, the vehicle shift control device provides an electric motor heat generation control of energizing the electric motor without rotating the electric motor after the electronic control device is switched from a deactivated state to an activated state and before starting the provision of the wall abutment control. | 10-30-2014 |