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20140019783 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To allow an information processing apparatus to further accurately calculate power consumption of an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a control apparatus configured to transfer power supply state information indicating a power supply state to the information processing apparatus configured to calculate a power consumption amount based on the power supply state information, and a control unit configured to control the communication unit so as to transmit information for calculating a power consumption amount of the image processing apparatus during a period from detection about the shift to the state prohibiting a transfer to the information processing apparatus to detection about the shift to the state allowing the transfer to the information processing apparatus, to the control apparatus together with the power supply state information. | 01-16-2014 |
20140368862 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides an image processing controller which can, even if the image processing controller is in a power saving state, return from the power saving state in response to data transmitted from an image forming apparatus, transfer the data to a network, shift to the power saving state without wasted motion after termination of the transfer of the data, and thus achieve power saving without impairing convenience. | 12-18-2014 |
20150239704 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus determines whether crease processing at a plurality of portions set on the sheet includes crease processing on two, front and back surfaces of the sheet; determines, if it is determined that crease processing includes crease processing on the two surfaces of the sheet, whether a connected post-processing apparatus that performs crease processing on a sheet can perform crease processing on the two, front and back surfaces of the sheet by one feeding; and controls, if it is determined that the connected post-processing apparatus cannot perform crease processing on the two surfaces by one feeding, to change, to one of the front and back surfaces of the sheet based on attribute information of the sheet, a surface to be processed in crease processing at the plurality of portions. | 08-27-2015 |
20150251473 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A perforation setting is instructed for a sheet on which bookbinding processing is performed, and it is selected whether to set uniformly all sheets on which the bookbinding processing is performed or to set for each sheet individually when the perforation setting is instructed. When it is selected to set uniformly, the position of the perforation is set to a sheet offset position for a designated page, and when it is selected to set for each sheet individually, a position of the perforation corresponding to a sheet of the designated page is determined to be the position of the perforation is set. | 09-10-2015 |
20150251474 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In an information processing apparatus operable to issue a job including bookbinding processing using a sheet, when a setting of a perforation for a sheet on which bookbinding processing is performed is instructed, a page for which the perforation is set and a position of the perforation are designated, and it is determined whether or not the designated position of the perforation is valid; and a result of the determination is presented to a user. | 09-10-2015 |
20150371117 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing control apparatus connected to a printing apparatus operated in a standby state and a power saving state includes a reception unit that receives a printing request for causing the printing apparatus to execute printing, a generation unit that generates printing data in accordance with the printing request received by the reception unit, a determination unit that determines whether or not the printing apparatus is in the power saving state, and a transmission unit that transmits return data for returning the printing apparatus from the power saving state to the standby state before the printing data generated by the generation unit is transmitted in a case where the determination unit determines that the printing apparatus is in the power saving state, and does not transmit the return data in a case where the determination unit determines that the printing apparatus is not in the power saving state. | 12-24-2015 |
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20090015854 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image-forming apparatus providing connection which is capable of realizing a user-friendly system environment in connection of a print-control apparatus and an image-forming apparatus present on an identical network. It is determined whether the image-forming apparatus is connected to the print-control apparatus ( | 01-15-2009 |
20090180139 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND MEDIUM STORING A PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - A print control apparatus of the present invention includes a database configured to manage counter information of an image forming apparatus; an obtain unit configured to periodically obtain the counter information from the image forming apparatus; an update unit configured to update the database based on the obtained counter information; a halt unit configured to halt the periodic obtaining of the counter information in response to start notification of processing based on a print job in the image forming apparatus; and a restart unit configured to restart the periodic obtaining of the counter information in response to completion notification of processing based on the print job in the image forming apparatus. | 07-16-2009 |
20110131310 | MULTI-HOMED COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A communication apparatus able to maintain and improve the security at the time of retransmission of stored data to a network even in a network environment where multi-home connection can be made. When receiving a job through a network, the communication apparatus identifies the network through which the job is received, adds network information representing the identified network to the job, and stores the network information into a management table when the job is stored into an image forming apparatus. When acquisition of any of data stored in the image forming apparatus is requested by a terminal apparatus, whether a transmission condition is satisfied is determined based the network information for the requested data and transmission destination network information in the management table, and the requested data is transmitted, if the transmission condition is satisfied. | 06-02-2011 |
20110134475 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING WEB SERVER, WEB BROWSER-EQUIPPED PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND WEB BROWSER-EQUIPPED IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE IN IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system capable of causing cooperation between operation screens displayed on the respective web browsers of a print control apparatus and an image forming apparatus. When receiving a screen update request from the print control apparatus, the web server determines whether the request is from the print control apparatus or from the image forming apparatus. When the request is from the print control apparatus, the web server transmits screen data for causing the web browser of the print control apparatus to display an operation screen to the print control apparatus, whereas when the request is from the image forming apparatus, the web server transmits screen data for causing the web browser of the image forming apparatus to display an operation screen and screen data for causing the web browser of the print control apparatus to display an operation screen to the print control apparatus. | 06-09-2011 |
20120005336 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS - Provided are an information processing system that detects a firewall between an MFP and a Web server, and changes a network connection method depending on whether a firewall exists, and a control method therefor. To accomplish this, this information processing system includes an image processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus connected via a network. The image processing apparatus requests the information processing apparatus for existence/absence information indicating whether a firewall exists on a communication path between the image processing apparatus and the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus detects whether a firewall exists on the communication path between the image processing apparatus and the information processing apparatus, adjusts a communication method so as to employ a first communication method if a firewall exists and so as to employ a second communication method if a firewall does not exist, and notifies the image processing apparatus of the result. | 01-05-2012 |
20120286465 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT DETECTS REMAINING SHEET AMOUNT, INFORMATION TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus capable of collectively and accurately detecting the remaining sheet amount of sheets set in sheet feed trays. The remaining sheet amount value of each sheet feed tray is detected in stepwise levels. Whenever sheet feed is detected, the remaining sheet count is decremented by 1. Upon detection of a change in the remaining sheet amount value, the changed remaining sheet amount value is acquired, and the remaining sheet count is changed to the changed remaining sheet amount value. If the sheet feed trays include any other one set to the same type and size of sheets as those of sheets to which the sheet feed tray in current use is set, when the remaining sheet count of the sheet feed tray in current use is changed to the changed remaining sheet amount value, the other sheet feed tray is selected for feeding sheets. | 11-15-2012 |
20130215466 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a print control apparatus that is connected to a data processing apparatus through a first communication unit and connected to an image forming apparatus through a second communication unit. | 08-22-2013 |
20150055181 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a print control apparatus that is connected to a data processing apparatus through a first communication unit and connected to an image forming apparatus through a second communication unit. | 02-26-2015 |
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20090264208 | Fixed Constant-Velocity Universal Joint - In a fixed constant velocity universal joint with eight balls, the present invention achieves improvement in cage strength by increasing a smallest outer diameter of a cage and improvement in joint strength at a high operating angle by ensuring required inner spherical area and spherical surface angle in an outer member regardless of the smallest outer diameter of the cage. In the fixed constant velocity joint of the present invention, among eight frontal sections adjacent to an inner spherical surface | 10-22-2009 |
20100016086 | CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - In the fixed type constant velocity universal joint, the center of each of the guide grooves of the outer joint member is offset to a position of being spaced apart from the joint central plane to the joint opening side by an axial distance (F), and being spaced apart from the joint central axis line to an opposite side in a radial direction with respect to each of the guide grooves by a radial distance (Fr). Further, the center of each of the guide grooves of the inner joint member is offset to a position of being spaced apart from the joint central plane to a joint innermost side by the axial distance (F), and being spaced apart from the joint central axis line to the opposite side in the radial direction with respect to each of the guide grooves by the radial distance (Fr). | 01-21-2010 |
20110065519 | FIXED UNIFORM-MOTION UNIVERSAL JOINT - Provided is a fixed type constant velocity universal joint of an eight-ball undercut-free type, which is capable of achieving an improvement of torque capacity at a high operating angle while ensuring durability at the time of a low operating angle. In the fixed type constant velocity universal joint of the eight-ball undercut-free type, a center of a track groove ( | 03-17-2011 |
20110136580 | POWER TRANSMISSION SHAFT, DRIVE SHAFT, AND PROPELLER SHAFT - Provided is a power transmission shaft to achieve enhancement of a static torsional strength of a smooth portion. The power transmission shaft according to the present invention includes a torque-transmission teeth portion ( | 06-09-2011 |
20110212789 | FIXED CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - Wedge angles are formed between mutually facing central track-groove portions ( | 09-01-2011 |
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20110003645 | CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - Provided is a constant velocity universal joint having high strength and capable of suppressing deformation caused by quenching at an opening end portion of a track groove of an outer joint member. In an undercut-free constant velocity universal joint in which a track groove ( | 01-06-2011 |
20110124420 | CAGE FOR CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT AND CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - To achieve both cost reduction and strength enhancement of a cage by appropriately managing, at the time of forming pockets through a punch-pressing process in a base material made of medium-carbon steel, a size of a secondary fracture portion formed in a shear surface of the base material. Provided is a cage ( | 05-26-2011 |
20120211125 | HOLLOW SHAFT AND CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - Provided are a hollow shaft capable of increasing a static torsional strength and torsional fatigue strength of a small diameter portion (small diameter portion having a smooth outer peripheral surface) formed near a spline at an end portion of the hollow shaft, and capable of reducing cost, and a constant velocity universal joint using the hollow shaft. A hollow shaft ( | 08-23-2012 |
20120220382 | FIXED TYPE CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - Provided is an eight-ball fixed type constant velocity universal joint of an undercut free type, which is capable of increasing a torque capacity at high operating angles while securing durability at low operating angles. When a distance between a center of a track groove ( | 08-30-2012 |
20130102397 | FIXED-TYPE CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - In a fixed type constant velocity universal joint ( | 04-25-2013 |
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20100305754 | ARTICLE CONVEYING ROBOT SYSTEM - An article conveying robot system capable of effectively containing an article in a container conveyed by a conveyor by using a robot. A container detecting part measures the distribution of shading of an image of each containing cell based on a detection result of the container, detects the containing state of each cell, and stores the detection result of each cell. An information managing part of a controller of an upstream side robot receives information from a container detecting part of a controller of a downstream side robot, and then generates containing cell information. An information managing part checks the cell information to be processed, and then transmits the cell information to a task executing part only when an article is not located in the corresponding cell. Task executing part controls the robot so as to locate an article in the selected cell based on the cell information. | 12-02-2010 |
20150246778 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF ARRAYING ARTICLES BY USING ROBOT, AND ARTICLE TRANSFER SYSTEM - An article arraying device including a robot; a vision sensor for obtaining position information of each of randomly arranged articles; an arrangement pattern generating section for generating an arrangement pattern by using the position information, the arrangement pattern including pattern elements in a regular arrangement, in such a manner that any one of the pattern elements coincides with a position of a reference article in the randomly arranged articles; a picking motion generating section for generating a picking motion by using the position information, the robot picking up by the picking motion an article other than the reference article; an arraying motion generating section for generating an arraying motion, the robot placing by the arraying motion the picked-up article in a position juxtaposed to the reference article in accordance with the arrangement pattern; and a robot controlling section for controlling the picking motion and the arraying motion. | 09-03-2015 |
20160001983 | ARTICLE ALIGNMENT APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING ARTICLE ON CONVEYOR - An article alignment apparatus includes an interval setting unit configured to specify a distance between articles aligned along a movement direction of a conveyor, a movement amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a movement amount of a placement portion of the conveyor from a detector, a virtual target generation unit configured to generate a virtual target which serves as a reference in positioning the article on the placement portion, before a robot executes a placement operation of the article, and a placement operation execution unit configured to place the article within the virtual target by tracking the virtual target moving together with the conveyor based on information detected by the detector. | 01-07-2016 |
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20100021103 | WAVELENGTH BLOCKER - An object of the present invention is to provide a wavelength blocker having the function of adjusting or cutting off the light intensity of a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical signal of a given wavelength. The wavelength blocker provided by the present invention has the following features. Specifically, the wavelength blocker has a structure configured to cut off light of any diffraction order other than required diffraction order, contained in an optical signal diffracted by an arrayed waveguide grating that demultiplexes a wavelength, and thus, the wavelength blocker has crosstalk characteristics or an extinction ratio superior to those of a conventional wavelength blocker and thus has optimum packaging design. Further, the wavelength blocker can become smaller in size than the conventional wavelength blocker, and enables achieving polarization independence and cost reduction. | 01-28-2010 |
20100183310 | DISPERSION COMPENSATOR - Conventional dispersion compensators were not sufficient to satisfy a demand to set a different dispersion value for each WDM wavelength in a ring-mesh type network that utilizes wavelength selective switches or the like. The devices were insufficiently reduced in size and power consumption and used with difficulty to change dispersion characteristics for each wavelength flexibly in a simple manner. A dispersion compensator of the present invention uses general-purpose optical components including a spatial light modulator for providing discrete phases to set appropriately the relationship between the focusing beam radius and the spatial light modulator pixel, thereby providing various dispersion compensation characteristics. Attention is focused on the correspondence between multiple pixels on the spatial light modulator providing discrete phases and a communication channel band, thereby allowing for changing the flexible dispersion characteristics and realizing the setting of an independent dispersion value for each WDM wavelength. | 07-22-2010 |
20100316385 | OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A conventional optical signal processing device had a disadvantage where the temperature dependency of the spectroscopic characteristics of a spectroscopic element causes a deteriorated performance. In order to solve the temperature dependency, there has been a method to form a plurality of grooves for dividing a core on the array waveguide of the AWG. However, this method cannot avoid an excess loss and causes a high manufacture cost. By directly controlling the modulation characteristic profile formed by an element device of a spatial light modulator, athermalization can be achieved in a simpler and low-cost manner. This consequently provides a remarkable reduction of the light coupling loss in the spatial optical system of the optical signal processing device. More accurate temperature compensation can be realized that copes with an actual behavior of the device to a temperature fluctuation, including causing factors of a complicated temperature fluctuation of the optical system. | 12-16-2010 |
20110228374 | OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - In a conventional optical signal processing device, a confocal optical system is configured in which a focusing lens is positioned at a substantially-intermediate point of a free space optical path. Thus, the free space optical system had a long length. It has been difficult to reduce the size of the entire device. The optical signal processing device of the present invention uses a lens layout configuration different from the confocal optical system to thereby significantly reduce the length of the system. The optical signal processing device consists of the first focusing lens positioned in the close vicinity of a signal processing device, and the second focusing lens positioned in the vicinity of a dispersing element. A distance between the dispersing element and the signal processing device is approximately a focal length of the first focusing lens. Compared with the conventional technique, the length of the optical path can be halved. | 09-22-2011 |
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20090139058 | Hinge Apparatus and Foldable Electronic Device - A hinge apparatus of the present invention comprises a first rotational shaft which rotates a first casing and a second casing relative to each other from a state where the first and second casings are folded down, and opens the first and second casings in a vertical direction, a second rotational shaft which rotates the first casing and the second casing relative to each other in a horizontal direction, a coupling member which couples the first rotational shaft and the second rotational shaft together, with an end portion of the first rotational shaft being overlapped with an end portion of the second rotational shaft, and an engagement member which allows either one rotational shaft of the first rotational shaft and the second rotational shaft to engage with the other rotational shaft, thereby restricting a rotation of the other rotational shaft when the one rotational shaft rotates. | 06-04-2009 |
20100273540 | Two-Axis Hinge and Mobile Device - A two-axis hinge unit is provided with a first rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the vertical direction from a folded state with a first casing and a second casing overlapping and a second rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the horizontal direction from a folded state with the first casing and the second casing overlapping, and is provided with a restriction member positioned between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft that, when one of the rotating shafts is in a predetermined rotational position, is pressed by this one rotating shaft and engages with the other rotating shaft, thereby restricting rotation of that other rotating shaft. | 10-28-2010 |
20120279016 | Two-Axis Hinge and Mobile Device - A two-axis hinge unit is provided with a first rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the vertical direction from a folded state with a first casing and a second casing overlapping and a second rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the horizontal direction from a folded state with the first casing and the second casing overlapping, and is provided with a restriction member positioned between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft that, when one of the rotating shafts is in a predetermined rotational position, is pressed by this one rotating shaft and engages with the other rotating shaft, thereby restricting rotation of that other rotating shaft. | 11-08-2012 |
20130003278 | Two-Axis Hinge and Mobile Device - A two-axis hinge unit is provided with a first rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the vertical direction from a folded state with a first casing and a second casing overlapping and a second rotating shaft that rotates so as to open in the horizontal direction from a folded state with the first casing and the second casing overlapping, and is provided with a restriction member positioned between the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft that, when one of the rotating shafts is in a predetermined rotational position, is pressed by this one rotating shaft and engages with the other rotating shaft, thereby restricting rotation of that other rotating shaft. | 01-03-2013 |
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20100097339 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The image processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an image processing unit for performing the image processing function by changing its execution parameter for the image processing function, which is associated with a processing result display area for displaying an image processing result acquired from applying a predetermined image processing function to specified image data, based on at least one of a surface area size of an operator contacting the processing result display area or contact duration in which the operator contacts the processing result display area. | 04-22-2010 |
20100188409 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, ANIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes an input information recording unit for recording, when a movement stroke for an object is input, information on moving speed and movement stroke of an input tool used for inputting the movement stroke, and an object behaviour control unit for moving the object, based on the information on moving speed and movement stroke recorded by the input information recording unit, in such a way that the movement stroke of the input tool and a moving speed at each point in the movement stroke are replicated. | 07-29-2010 |
20110078573 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a terminal apparatus including a display unit displaying an execution screen of a shared application, reflecting on a display operations performed by multiple users as operations performed on one application, where the shared application includes a function for displaying an identification object that associates each of the users with an operation result, displayed on the execution screen, reflecting the operation performed by each of the users, a function for setting, when a first user selects an identification object related to a second user and specifies a region on the screen, the specified region as a shared region that is shared by the first and second users, and a function for controlling, when the first or second user performs operation in the shared region, such that the displayed operation result reflecting the operation is not shown to users other than the first and second users. | 03-31-2011 |
20130241925 | CONTROL APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a control apparatus including a control unit configured to control information to be displayed on a display screen in a manner that a different type of information is visually recognized according to a positional relationship between the display screen and a predetermined portion of a user viewing the display screen. The information to be displayed on the display screen under control of the control unit is information extracted from information capable of being displayed on the display screen as information having an attribute satisfying a predetermined condition set for each positional relationship. | 09-19-2013 |
20160033277 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing device including a movement data acquiring unit configured to acquire pieces of movement data including positional information for movement and time at which the positional information is acquired, a movement data analyzing unit configured to analyze a velocity for movement on a specific route on the basis of the pieces of movement data, and a route dividing unit configured to divide the specific route on the basis of a result obtained by analyzing the velocity. | 02-04-2016 |
20160048489 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA INPUT ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus to further improve convenience for a user, the information processing apparatus including: an update detection unit configured to detect update of presented information presented to a user during execution of an application; an interest data extraction unit configured to extract interest data that includes at least information accompanying the presented information whose update has been detected and is information on a target in which the user is interested during execution of the application; an input context detection unit configured to detect input context indicating a processing status of input information using the application, the input information being attempted to be inputted during execution of the application; and an input information candidate presentation unit configured to perform, on the basis of the input context, control to present input information candidates that are candidates of the input information among the interest data. | 02-18-2016 |
20160080643 | CLIENT TERMINAL, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM - [Object] To provide a client terminal, display control method, program, and system capable of supporting the user's actual image capture using a reference image based on preliminary image capture. | 03-17-2016 |
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20120295108 | Carbon Nanostructure - This invention provides a carbon nanostructure including: carbon containing rod-shaped materials and/or carbon containing sheet-shaped materials which are bound three-dimensionally; and graphene multilayer membrane walls which are formed in the rod-shaped materials and/or the sheet-shaped materials; wherein air-sac-like pores, which are defined by the graphene multilayer membrane walls, are formed in the rod-shaped materials and/or the sheet-shaped materials. | 11-22-2012 |
20140364219 | LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL DEVICE AND GAME MACHINE - A light source control device configured to control a plurality of light sources provided in a game machine, an anode of each of the plurality of light sources being connected to one of at least one first signal wire, a cathode being connected to one of a plurality of second signal wires, the light sources differing from each other in a set of the connected first signal wire and second signal wire, has a plurality of first output pins, a plurality of second output pins, an interface, a storage, a dynamic controller, a period-setting unit, and a gradation controller. Each of the plurality of first output pins is provided in corresponding one of the at least one first signal wire. The plurality of first output pins connect to a drive circuit that switches whether power is supplied to the first signal wire. | 12-11-2014 |
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20110210178 | AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, provided is an air conditioning control system having a remote controller which collectively controls air conditioning facilities respectively provided in multiple buildings through a network. A building monitoring and controlling device is provided in each of the buildings. The building monitoring and controlling device monitors an air conditioning facility in a building where the building monitoring and controlling device itself is installed, and transmits operation data on the air conditioning facility to the remote controller. The remote controller calculates each operation setting value based on each set of operation data, and transmits the calculated operation setting value to the building monitoring and controlling device corresponding to the calculated operation setting value. The building monitoring and controlling device which has received the operation setting value controls the air conditioning facility by transmitting the operation setting value to the air conditioning facility. | 09-01-2011 |
20110270459 | POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGER, POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT METHOD, POWER SUPPLY MANAGER, AND POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT METHOD, WHICH ARE USED FOR THE POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a power consumption management system includes power consumption managers and a power supply manager. Each of the power consumption managers creates changeable power amount information with respect a planned value of power consumption for each predetermined time range in a preset predetermined period in future, the planned value being related to a load of each piece of equipment in a building as a monitoring target. The power supply manager is connected to each of the power consumption managers through a network, decides a power change request amount for each building based on the created changeable power amount information, and transmits the decided power change request amount to each of the power consumption managers for the purpose of notification. | 11-03-2011 |
20120179596 | POWER RESERVE MARGIN TRADING SYSTEM AND POWER RESERVE MARGIN TRADING METHOD - A power reserve margin trading system according to one embodiment includes a reserve margin trading unit, a determination unit, and a trading consideration distribution unit. The reserve margin trading unit acquires a power reducible amount of a customer, trades the reducible amount as a reserve margin for demand adjustment, and acquires a consideration. The determination unit determines a rank of each customer by giving a higher rank to a customer having a smaller difference between a predicted power demand amount and a power consumption amount. The trading consideration distribution unit distributes a consideration to customers so that a portion of the consideration to be distributed varies depending on whether or not the power reduction request is transmitted. | 07-12-2012 |
20120221165 | REGIONAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, REGIONAL ENERGY INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND REGIONAL ENERGY INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT METHOD USED IN REGIONAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - According to embodiments, a regional energy integrated management device for managing energy in a region containing multiple buildings includes an information acquisition unit, an information generator, and an instruction transmitter. The information acquisition unit acquires energy management information containing energy shortage and surplus information of a building from the multiple buildings. The information generator generates regional energy management information for mutually adjusting energy supply between different buildings in the management target region based on the energy management information on the multiple buildings thus acquired. The instruction transmitter transmits the generated regional energy management information to the corresponding buildings. | 08-30-2012 |
20130066585 | PREDICTED MEAN VOTE ESTIMATING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a PMV estimating device calculates a PMV value from an average room radiation temperature, room temperature, room humidity, room air velocity, an amount of cloth worn by a person in the room, and an amount of activity of the person in the room. The PMV estimating device includes: indoor solar radiation calculator; solar radiated article temperature estimator; and average radiation temperature estimator. The indoor solar radiation calculator calculates an amount of solar radiation entered into the room. The solar radiated article temperature estimator estimates a temperature of a solar radiated article receiving the solar radiation entered into the room, by using the amount of solar radiation entered into the room calculated by the indoor solar radiation calculator. The average radiation temperature estimator estimates the average room radiation temperature by using the temperature of the solar radiated article estimated by the solar radiated article temperature estimator. | 03-14-2013 |
20130173075 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD - A power management system includes: customer terminals; and a power management apparatus connected to the customer terminals, wherein each of the customer terminals includes a weather forecast acquisition unit that acquires a local weather forecast for a corresponding customer terminal, and a power prediction unit that predicts a power consumption and an amount of power that can be reduced for a predetermined period based on the weather forecast, and the power management apparatus includes an integration processing unit that integrates the power consumptions and the amounts of power that can be reduced that are predicted for the respective customer terminals to calculate a total power consumption and a total amount of power that can be reduced for all of the customer terminals. | 07-04-2013 |
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20090013311 | REMOTE MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTIC SYTEM - A center-side processing system and monitoring processing systems of monitoring objects are connected through a network. The center-side processing system includes a module for producing monitoring and diagnostic algorithms of the monitoring objects, software producing module for producing monitoring and diagnostic software from the monitoring and diagnostic algorithm, a module for producing a transmission schedule of the monitoring and diagnostic software, transmitting module for transmitting software according to the transmission schedule, a module for correcting and changing the monitoring and diagnostic software from data received from the monitoring processing system, and verification module for performing verification before the transmission of the monitoring and diagnostic software. Each of the monitoring processing systems includes a module for receiving the monitoring and diagnostic software, execution processing module for executing the monitoring and diagnostic software, a module for automatically verifying the monitoring and diagnostic software, and transmitting module. | 01-08-2009 |
20090019319 | REMOTE MONITORING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - Disclosed is a remote monitoring diagnostic system in which a center and monitoring diagnostic units of a number of objects to be monitored are connected by a network. The center includes an algorithm forming unit for forming algorithms for monitoring, diagnosing, and operating each object to be monitored, a program group formation unit for forming monitoring, diagnostic, and operational programs from these algorithms, a transmitter for transmitting the programs in response to a request from the monitoring diagnostic unit, and a unit for forming information concerning prevention/maintenance form a diagnostic result and monitoring data from the monitoring diagnostic unit of each object to be monitored. The monitoring diagnostic unit of each object to be monitored includes a mobile program execution processor for executing the corresponding object to be monitored, and a transmitter for transmitting monitoring data to the center. | 01-15-2009 |
20090196187 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTE SUPERVISION AND DIAGNOSIS USING MOBILE PROGRAM - A system for performing remote supervision and diagnosis, having a plurality of local terminals for performing supervision and diagnosis on an object, by executing a mobile program transmitted from a central system. When a disaster occurs and the network is cut, inevitably disconnecting the local terminals from the central system, one of the local terminals is set as a representative local terminal. The representative local terminal collects from the local terminals the maintenance information required for supervising and diagnosing the object. | 08-06-2009 |
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