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20100195118 | SCALE, DISPLACEMENT DETECTION APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME, AND IMAGING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A scale for a displacement detection apparatus includes a base, and reflection layers formed on the base in a lattice structure, wherein the scale is used as a member displaceable relative to a light-emitting element whose emission wavelength is approximately 1000 nm or less and a light-receiving element receiving the light that is emitted from the light-emitting element and is reflected by the reflection layers, and wherein the base is made of silicon. | 08-05-2010 |
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20120217383 | OPTICAL ENCODER - An optical encoder includes a light source, a scale which is irradiated by the light source and has a fine pitch pattern and a coarse pitch pattern in one track, a photo detector array which detects transmitting light or reflected light from the scale which are emitted from the light source, a signal processing unit including a first initial-stage amplifier unit that generates a position detection signal from the photo detector array, and a control unit that uses an output signal from the first initial-stage amplifier unit to control a light amount variation of the light source. The optical encoder can operate in a high resolution detection mode that forms the photo detector array at a first pitch to detect the fine pitch pattern and a low resolution detection mode that forms the photo detector array at a second pitch to detect the coarse pitch pattern. | 08-30-2012 |
20120261561 | ENCODER - An encoder includes a scale that includes a pattern row, a detector array, and a signal processor. The pattern row has a plurality of different modulation periods in the moving direction, an amplitude of the energy distribution in the pattern having at least one modulation period being configured to change with a position of the scale in the moving direction. The signal processor acquirers an amplitude of an energy distribution of a corresponding modulation period based on an output signal from the detector array, and an amplitude signal obtained by normalizing a plurality of amplitudes obtained by the plurality of amplitude acquirers, the amplitude signal serving as a position signal representative of the position of the scale. | 10-18-2012 |
20130286194 | ENCODER, LENS APPARATUS, AND CAMERA - An encoder ( | 10-31-2013 |
20130292558 | SCALE, VERNIER ENCODER AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The scale for a vernier encoder including a sensor relatively movable with the scale in a first direction and configured to read periodic patterns provided in the scale. The scale includes first and second scale tracks each including multiple periodic patterns having mutually different periods in the first direction and being arranged parallel in a second direction. The multiple periodic patterns form, between the first and second scale tracks, multiple pairs of periodic patterns to be used for producing multiple periodic signals, each periodic signal being produced by vernier operation. In at least one of the first and second scale tracks, a first periodic pattern, which is used for producing a shortest period periodic signal among the multiple periodic signals, is provided closest to a boundary between the first and second scale tracks among the multiple periodic patterns. | 11-07-2013 |
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20150360684 | TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A travel control apparatus for a vehicle detects a vehicle to be passed that is an target of passing and is located in front of a vehicle equipped with the travel control apparatus in a traveling lane thereof on the basis of peripheral environment information and travel information, detects a following vehicle that is behind the vehicle in the traveling lane thereof as a following vehicle in the original lane on the basis of the peripheral environment information, monitors the vehicle to be passed and the following vehicle in the original lane, and variably controls a passing maneuver with respect to the vehicle to be passed on the basis of a monitoring result. | 12-17-2015 |
20150360721 | TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A travel control apparatus for a vehicle detects a vehicle to be passed that is a target of passing and is in front of the vehicle equipped with the apparatus in the traveling lane thereof, detects a parallel traveling vehicle that is traveling in a lane that is adjacent to a lane to which the vehicle performs lane changing to pass the vehicle to be passed and is located on the opposite side of the lane which the vehicle to be passed is traveling, monitors the vehicle to be passed and the parallel traveling vehicle, and variably controls a passing maneuver with respect to the vehicle to be passed on the basis of a monitoring result. | 12-17-2015 |
20150367854 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - When an oncoming vehicle in an oncoming lane is detected in the case where a vehicle equipped with a driving support apparatus moves to a position across a portion of a boundary between an original traveling lane of the vehicle and the oncoming lane in order to pass a preceding vehicle, passing control is interrupted. When the departure of the oncoming vehicle from the oncoming lane is confirmed, the interruption of the passing control is canceled and the passing is performed. When the oncoming vehicle does not depart, or when it the oncoming vehicle is determined to depart but a vehicle following the oncoming vehicle is detected, the interruption of the passing control is maintained and the vehicle is returned to behind the preceding vehicle in the original traveling lane. | 12-24-2015 |
20150375748 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - When a vehicle equipped with a driving support apparatus moves from an original traveling lane into a lane for passing in order to pass a preceding vehicle and an oncoming vehicle appears in the lane for passing, the safe passing of the preceding vehicle is determined to be impossible and the passing is interrupted even when the oncoming vehicle decelerates, in the case where a deceleration change amount the oncoming vehicle is smaller than a threshold. On the other hand, when the deceleration change amount of the oncoming vehicle is equal to or greater than the threshold, whereby safety with respect to surrounding vehicles can be confirmed, and it is determined the vehicle can be safely returned in front of the preceding vehicle, the passing of the preceding vehicle is performed. | 12-31-2015 |
20160090100 | DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - During a self-driving control, when an acquisition failure occurs in traveling environment information acquisition required for performing self-driving, and a failure of a steering system of a vehicle equipped with the vehicle driving control apparatus is detected, a brake controller sets an evacuation course along which the vehicle is to travel safely within traveling environment, based on traveling environment information detected last time before the acquisition failure of the traveling environment information, and executes a deceleration of the vehicle and a yaw brake control that applies a yaw moment to the vehicle based on the evacuation course. | 03-31-2016 |
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20110012681 | LOW DISTORTION AMPLIFIER AND DOHERTY AMPLIFIER USING LOW DISTORTION AMPLIFIER - Provided is a low distortion amplifier which can satisfy both securement of a setting space in a vicinity of a transistor and low impedance. The low distortion amplifier includes a short stub having a leading end thereof short-circuited with a high-frequency short-circuit element and a low-frequency short-circuit element, in which the short stub is connected to a vicinity of at least one of a gate terminal and a drain terminal of the transistor, and includes a plurality of branched lines, the plurality of branched lines each having a leading end thereof short-circuited with the high-frequency short-circuit element and the low-frequency short-circuit element. | 01-20-2011 |
20130113561 | OUTPUT MODE SWITCHING AMPLIFIER - An output mode switching amplifier, including: a transistor for signal amplification connected between a first node on an input side and a second node on an output side; a bypass path for bypassing the transistor between the first node and the second node; a voltage control circuit for switching whether to apply a bias voltage to the transistor so that a transmission signal is amplified by the transistor or to output a transmission signal via the bypass path without amplifying the transmission signal by the transistor; and a second-harmonic reflection circuit connected to the bypass path, for reflecting a second harmonic of the transmission signal. | 05-09-2013 |
20130249626 | MULTIPLE POWER MODE AMPLIFIER - A multiple power mode amplifier includes: N amplifiers connected in series via switches; and a control circuit for controlling the N amplifiers in accordance with the output modes. P amplifiers out of the N amplifiers constitute a driver amplifier, and constitute a negative feedback amplifier including a feedback circuit for negatively feeding back its own output signal to its own input side. N−P amplifiers constitute a final stage amplifier connected in series to the negative feedback amplifier in a disconnectable manner. The control circuit is configured to: in a first output mode, disconnect the final stage amplifier from the negative feedback amplifier, and disable the feedback circuit; and in a second output mode, connect the final stage amplifier in series to the negative feedback amplifier, and enable the feedback circuit. | 09-26-2013 |
20140103996 | FRONT-END AMPLIFIER - A front-end amplifier has an impedance detector that detects an impedance seen looking into an antenna side from a power amplifier from a radio-frequency signal output from the power amplifier and a radio-frequency signal reflected from the antenna, in which a control circuit decides on whether the impedance detected by the impedance detector belongs to a specific region or not, and controls, if the impedance belongs to the specific region, at least one of the bias condition of the power amplifier and the impedance of a variable-matching circuit. | 04-17-2014 |
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20140300420 | ANALOG FEEDBACK AMPLIFIER - An analog feedback amplifier is capable of suppressing extraneous phase fluctuations and broadening a bandwidth by preventing effects of a group delay element by using an amplitude regulator | 10-09-2014 |
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20150091652 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a power amplifier for amplifying RF signals in multiple frequency bands, an output matching circuit connected to an output of the power amplifier, a first capacitor connected at a first end to an output of the output matching circuit, multiple output paths, a switch connected to a second end of the first capacitor and directing each of the RF signals to a respective one of the output paths in accordance with frequency band of the each of the RF signals, and multiple second capacitors. Each second capacitor is connected in series to a respective one of the output paths. The switch and either the first capacitor or the second capacitors, or both the first and second capacitors, are integrated as a single monolithic microwave integrated circuit. | 04-02-2015 |
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20150340997 | CASCODE AMPLIFIER - A plurality of source-grounded transistors ( | 11-26-2015 |
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20110173215 | RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, RETRIEVAL SPACE MAP SERVER APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - To provide a retrieval space map in which the ratio of unnecessary files included in the retrieval result can be decreased. One or more retrieval object spaces (retrieval objects) in which a file suitable for a retrieval purpose exists at high possibility are predefined according to the retrieval purpose under a condition containing a number of retrieval objects, and the space in which a necessary file exists at high possibility can be searched by designating the retrieval object to be suited for the retrieval purpose at the time of retrieval. | 07-14-2011 |
20160036013 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE, ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE CONTAINER, AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE PACKAGING MATERIAL - A an electricity storage device according to the present invention including an electricity storage device packaging material, in the electricity storage device packaging material, from an outer layer thereof, at least an outer layer side resin film layer, an outer layer side adhesive layer, a metal foil layer, an inner layer side adhesive layer, and a heat seal layer being stacked, in which the inner layer side adhesive layer is a layer for bonding the metal foil layer with the heat seal layer, and is a layer obtained by performing a curing process for an adhesive compound including: a polyolefin resin (A) including a carboxyl group or an acid anhydride group; and an epoxy compound (B) including at least two epoxy groups and including at least one of an aromatic amino group and a heterocycle including a nitrogen atom as a heteroatom. | 02-04-2016 |
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20120214662 | CARBON CATALYST AND USE THEREOF - Provided is a carbon catalyst having an excellent catalytic activity on the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. The carbon catalyst is a carbon catalyst for decomposing hydrogen peroxide, which is obtained by impregnating a carbonized material, which is obtained by carbonization of raw materials containing an organic compound as a carbon source, a metal, and an electrically conductive carbon material, with a metal, and subjecting the resultant to a heat treatment. | 08-23-2012 |
20120289755 | CARBON CATALYST FOR DECOMPOSITION OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, HAZARDOUS-SUBSTANCE-DECOMPOSING MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR DECOMPOSITION OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE - Provided are a carbon catalyst for decomposing a hazardous substance that effectively decomposes hazardous substances such as aldehydes, a hazardous-substance-decomposing material, and a method of decomposing a hazardous substance. The carbon catalyst for decomposing a hazardous substance is a carbon catalyst having a catalytic activity for decomposing the hazardous substance. The hazardous substance is, for example, a volatile organic compound such as aldehydes or a malodorous substance such as a sulfur compound. The method of decomposing a hazardous substance, is a method including decomposing the hazardous substance with the carbon catalyst for decomposing a hazardous substance or with a hazardous-substance-decomposing material containing the carbon catalyst for decomposing a hazardous substance. | 11-15-2012 |
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20090119423 | Transfer control device, LSI, and LSI package - A transfer control device is arranged between a bus and a bus interface. The transfer control device includes a bus connecting unit that is connected to plural signal lines of the bus, an interface connecting unit that is connected to plural signal lines of the bus interface, and a connection control unit that connects, when a defective signal line exists in the plural signal lines of the bus, a signal line corresponding to the defective signal line out of the plural signal lines of the bus interface and a signal line other than the defective signal line out of the plural signal lines of the bus. | 05-07-2009 |
20120106535 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - A wireless communication device includes a history holder configured to obtain notified timings of transmission requests when the transmission requests are notified, calculates request intervals of notifications of the transmission requests, and holds the request intervals at past n (n is an integer equal to or larger than 2) times; a timing controller configured to determine a transmission interval to the next packet transmission based on the request intervals; a transmitting/receiving unit configured to generate a packet which has time information indicating the transmission interval added to a header part of transmission data, transmits the packet to the other-party wireless communication device, and receives a packet from the other-party wireless communication device; and a communication controller configured to cause at least the transmitting/receiving unit to suspend operation during a period from when the packet is transmitted to when time of the transmission interval elapses. | 05-03-2012 |
20120166577 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, HOST DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a communication device connected to a host device includes a wireless communication unit; and a communication control unit configured to control the wireless communication unit to transmit a file, which is stored in a storage unit of the communication device by the host device, to a transmission destination corresponding to a type of the host device and a type of the communication device using wireless communication. | 06-28-2012 |
20120210078 | ARBITER, STORAGE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an arbiter is for arbitrating accesses to a first memory and a second memory from a first device having a cache memory for temporarily storing data and a second device. The arbiter includes a first writing unit configured to write data requested to be written by the second device into the second memory; and a notifying unit configured to notify the first device of completion of writing the data into the second memory. | 08-16-2012 |
20120254538 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a storage apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of data; a communication unit configured to communicate with a plurality of external devices each of which includes a first cache memory in which at least part of the plurality of pieces of data are stored; a write unit configured to write data into the storage unit when the communication unit receives the write request to write the data transmitted from one of the plurality of external devices; and a controller configured to control the communication unit such that the data is transmitted to another external device different from the one external device that has requested the write request. | 10-04-2012 |
20130324038 | POWER TRANSMITTER, POWER RECEIVER AND POWER TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a power transmission and reception system includes a power transmitter and a power receiver. The power transmitter includes a power transmission module configured to wireless-transmit power to the power receiver; and a first wireless communication module configured to perform wireless communication of data frame having data with the power receiver. The power receiver includes a power reception module configured to receive the power transmitted from the power transmission module; and a second wireless communication module configured to perform wireless communication of the data frame with the first wireless communication module using the received power. The second wireless communication module is configured to perform wireless communication while the power reception module is not receiving the power. | 12-05-2013 |
20130324039 | POWER TRANSMITTER, POWER RECEIVER AND POWER TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a power transmission and reception system includes a power transmitter and a power receiver. The power transmitter includes: a power transmission module configured to wireless-transmit power to the power receiver; and a first wireless communication module configured to perform wireless communication with the power receiver. The power receiver includes: a power reception module configured to receive the power transmitted from the power transmission module; and a second wireless communication module configured to perform wireless communication with the first wireless communication module using the received power. The second wireless communication module is configured to perform wireless communication while the power reception module is receiving the power. | 12-05-2013 |
20130324052 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a first wireless communication section, a wireless power receiving section and a wireless control section. The first wireless communication section is configured to transmit and receive a first wireless signal. The wireless power receiving section is configured to receive power by a second wireless signal. The wireless control section is configured to control the first wireless communication section according to a wireless power reception state of the wireless power receiving section. The wireless control section activates the first wireless communication section after wireless power reception by the wireless power receiving section is started. | 12-05-2013 |
20140064168 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - According to an embodiment, a wireless communication device configured to perform an intermittent receiving operation during standby includes a frame detection monitoring unit and a timer unit. The frame detection monitoring unit is configured to monitor detection of a frame during a receiving operation in the intermittent receiving operation. The timer unit is configured to extend a period of the receiving operation when receiving a notice of detection of the frame from the frame detection monitoring unit, and to extend the period of the receiving operation again when receiving again the notice of detection of the frame from the frame detection monitoring unit during an extended period of the receiving operation. | 03-06-2014 |
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20090214912 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A first battery includes a secondary battery which is rechargeable by a fuel cell. A second battery does not perform all the operations of an electronic apparatus but supply an electric power to enable operations of a battery residual quantity detection unit, which detects battery residual quantities of the fuel cell and the batteries, and a second display which display based on the detection result. On the basis of the detection result, the presence/absence of execution of a charging operation from the fuel cell to the first battery is determined, and a designation to supply fuel to the fuel cell and/or an operation state of the electronic apparatus is displayed on a first display. When the battery residual quantity of the fuel cell and/or the first battery is zero, an electric power is supplied from the second battery to the battery residual quantity detection unit and the second display. | 08-27-2009 |
20100221626 | DUAL-POWER-SUPPLY SYSTEM - A dual-power-supply system uses both a fuel cell and a chargeable secondary battery. A differential voltage adding unit adds a differential voltage between the voltage of the fuel cell and a necessary target output voltage to the voltage of the fuel cell by using the secondary battery, thereby obtaining an output voltage of the dual-power-supply system. A control unit detects the output voltage, and controls the differential voltage adding unit such that the output voltage is equal to the target output voltage. | 09-02-2010 |
20100226829 | HYDROGEN GENERATOR AND FUEL STICK - A hydrogen generator includes a plurality of fuel sticks each of which includes a hydrogen release compound configured to generate hydrogen by a chemical reaction, a pressure-resistant container configured to store therein the plurality of fuel sticks, and a controller configured to carry out control in such a manner that hydrogen is generated selectively from the plurality of fuel sticks. | 09-09-2010 |
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20130188980 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus sequentially transfers toner images formed on a plurality of photosensitive drums onto an intermediate transfer member or a transfer material to form an image. The image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer belt provided with electrical conductivity, and a power supply for applying a voltage to a current supply member contacting the outer circumferential surface of the intermediate transfer belt to pass a current from the current supply member to the plurality of photosensitive drums via the intermediate transfer belt, thus primarily transferring the toner images from the plurality of photosensitive drums onto the intermediate transfer belt. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188981 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus sequentially transfers toner images formed on a plurality of photosensitive drums onto an intermediate transfer member or a transfer material to form an image. The image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer belt provided with electrical conductivity, and a power supply for applying a voltage to a current supply member contacting the intermediate transfer belt to pass a current from the current supply member to the plurality of photosensitive drums via the intermediate transfer belt, thus generating electric discharge on the upstream side of each of primary transfer sections. | 07-25-2013 |
20130195519 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus sequentially transfers toner images formed on a plurality of photosensitive drums onto an intermediate transfer member or a transfer material to form an image. The image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer belt provided with electrical conductivity, and a power supply for applying a voltage to a secondary transfer roller to pass a current from the secondary transfer roller to the plurality of photosensitive drums via the intermediate transfer belt, thus primarily transferring the toner images from the plurality of photosensitive drums onto the intermediate transfer belt. | 08-01-2013 |
20140321891 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus that forms an image by consecutively superposing toner images that have been formed on a plurality of photosensitive drums, on an intermediate transfer member or a transfer medium. The image forming apparatus is made compact and operates at a low cost. Since a current supply member supplies a current in a rotational direction of an intermediate transfer belt, multiple first transfer portions do not need corresponding voltage sources. Even in the case where a charging member supplies a current, the potential of the intermediate transfer belt is maintained at a predetermined potential by a constant-voltage element connected to support rollers. | 10-30-2014 |
20150132032 | DEVELOPER CARRYING MEMBER, DEVELOPING ASSEMBLY, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing roller that is capable of carrying toner on a surface thereof, and that supplies the toner carried on the surface to a surface of a photosensitive drum when a voltage is applied thereto, includes: an elastic layer; and a surface layer that covers the elastic layer and contains aluminum oxide, wherein the aluminum oxide of the surface layer contains tetracoordinated aluminum atoms and hexacoordinated aluminum atoms existing in a higher proportion than the tetracoordinated aluminum atoms. | 05-14-2015 |
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20100233429 | Substrate for Biochip, Biochip, Method for Manufacturing Substrate for Biochip and Method for Manufacturing Biochip - A base plate having a surface on which a plurality of hydroxyl groups can be introduced, a metallic membrane disposed on the base plate and having a plurality of wells reaching the base plate, and a crosslinkable polymer membrane disposed on the metallic membrane are included. | 09-16-2010 |
20110174773 | SUBSTRATE FOR BIOCHIP, BIOCHIP, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE FOR BIOCHIP, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BIOCHIP - A base plate having a surface on which a plurality of hydroxyl groups can be introduced, a metallic membrane disposed on the base plate and having a plurality of wells reaching the base plate, and a crosslinkable polymer membrane disposed on the metallic membrane are included. | 07-21-2011 |
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