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20090175654 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member has a conductive substrate, a photoconductive layer formed on the conductive substrate, and a surface layer formed on the photoconductive layer. The photoconductive layer is formed of an amorphous material having chiefly silicon atoms. The surface layer has aluminum atoms, nitrogen atoms and oxygen atoms, where the nitrogen atoms are in a content of from 80 atom % or more to 95 atom % or less, and the oxygen atoms are in a content of from 1 atom % or more to 30 atom % or less, based on the aluminum atoms in the surface layer. | 07-09-2009 |
20110129770 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The present invention provides an electrophotographic photosensitive member including: a conductive substrate; a photoconductive layer on the conductive substrate; and a surface layer made of hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide on the photoconductive layer, wherein (C/(Si+C)) in the surface layer is 0.61 to 0.75 (both inclusive), Si+C atom density in the surface layer is 6.60×10 | 06-02-2011 |
20110318678 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member is configured such that the average value Hx_ave of the content of hydrogen atoms in a central portion area of a photoconductive layer in a cylindrically axial direction thereof, the content Hx of the hydrogen atoms at an arbitrary point in the central portion area, the average value Hy_ave of the content of the hydrogen atoms in an end area of the photoconductive layer in the cylindrically axial direction thereof, and the content Hy of the hydrogen atoms at an arbitrary point in the end area satisfy 10≦Hx_ave≦30, Hx12-29-2011 | |
20140349226 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member that improves the sensitivity characteristic and high-humidity deletion resistance, and achieves compatibility between a high image-resolving power and the suppression of an image memory. The electrophotographic photosensitive member comprises an electrophotographic photosensitive member, including: a photoconductive layer; and a surface layer comprising hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide on the photoconductive layer, in which: a ratio (C/(Si+C)) of a number of carbon atoms (C) to a sum of a number of silicon atoms (Si) and the number of the carbon atoms (C) in the surface layer is 0.50 or more and 0.65 or less; a sum of an atom density of the silicon atoms and an atom density of the carbon atoms in the surface layer is 6.60×10 | 11-27-2014 |
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20120229553 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head includes a nozzle plate on which nozzle openings for ejecting liquid are provided, a flow path formation substrate on which pressure generation chambers communicating with the nozzle openings are provided, communicating portions in which the liquid to be supplied to the pressure generation chambers is stored, and piezoelectric elements which generate pressure change in the liquid in the pressure generation chambers. In the liquid ejection head, a thermistor is arranged on a surface of the flow path formation substrate at an opposite side to the nozzle openings and one lead wiring of the thermistor is connected to wiring layers which are formed on the surface of the flow path formation substrate in a state where one side ends of the wiring layers face to the communicating portions. | 09-13-2012 |
20120229568 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head includes a head main body which discharges liquid, a flow path member main body on which a liquid reception member for receiving liquid supplied from the outside is formed, a first case, a second case, and a first insertion portion which is provided on the flow path member main body and through which a securing member for securing the first case, the second case, and the flow path member main body to one another is inserted. In the liquid ejection head, the first insertion portion is formed such that the outer wall covers an exposing portion from which the securing member is exposed. | 09-13-2012 |
20120229570 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - A liquid ejecting head includes head main bodies each having a nozzle plate having nozzle openings, and a case member to which the head main bodies are fixed, and moves relatively in a first direction with respect to a recording sheet, wherein a cover head which covers the side surfaces of the head main body and a peripheral border of the nozzle plate is provided at each head main body, a protective wall is provided for each head main body between an end portion in the first direction of the case member and the head main body, a range in a second direction of the cover head is included in a range in the second direction of the protective wall, and the protective wall is located further on the case member side than the nozzle plate in a third direction. | 09-13-2012 |
20130025701 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLOW PATH MEMBER, FLOW PATH MEMBER, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a flow path member includes inserting the first flow path member into each concave portion of the second flow path member and welding the first flow path member and the second flow path member in a circumferential direction of a region where the first flow path and the second flow path communicates each other; and providing two or more injecting portions which are provided with a gap wider than a gap between a wall surface of the concave portion which faces the first flow path member and a circumference surface of the first flow path member inserted into each concave portion which faces the wall surface, communicate with each concave portion, and are opened to the same side as the concave portion to have a concave shape to each concave portion in the second flow path member. | 01-31-2013 |
20130201248 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a head body configured to eject liquid, a flow path member including a liquid flow path for supplying the liquid to the head body, and a circuit substrate held by the flow path member and including a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature. The flow path member includes a detection region, which has a thermal resistance lower than a thermal resistance of other regions and which is provided in a part of a partition wall that partitions the liquid flow path. The circuit substrate is fixed to the flow path member in a state in which the temperature detection unit faces the detection region. | 08-08-2013 |
20140160204 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle plate, a flow path forming substrate, and a communication plate between the nozzle plate and the substrate and having a communication hole connecting a nozzle and a first opening of a pressure chamber. The first opening extends in a direction perpendicular to an arrangement direction of the pressure chambers. The first opening has a narrowed portion close to the communication hole. The communication hole has at least three edge lines which extend in a penetration direction. The communication plate is bonded to the substrate such that the ends of the edge lines at a surface close to the substrate are covered with the substrate that defines the narrowed portion on a surface close to the communication plate. | 06-12-2014 |
20150049148 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a head body configured to eject liquid, a flow path member including a liquid flow path for supplying the liquid to the head body, and a circuit substrate held by the flow path member and including a temperature detection unit configured to detect a temperature. The flow path member includes a detection region, which has a thermal resistance lower than a thermal resistance of other regions and which is provided in a part of a partition wall that partitions the liquid flow path. The circuit substrate is fixed to the flow path member in a state in which the temperature detection unit faces the detection region. | 02-19-2015 |
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20100097427 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: a fluid channel formation substrate in which a fluid channel is formed so as to be communicated to a nozzle opening for ejecting liquid; a pressure generating element which applies pressure on the liquid to be ejected; a first substrate of which one end is electrically connected to the pressure generating element; a second substrate which is connected to the other end of the first substrate; and a support unit which supports the first substrate. Here, the support unit includes an erecting section which is provided on the one end of the first substrate, and a substrate support section which is provided on a side of the erecting section facing the second substrate and is formed of a separate member from the erecting section. The substrate support section includes a connection support surface on a side thereof facing the second substrate. In addition, a connection portion between the first substrate and the second substrate is disposed on a position facing the connection support surface. | 04-22-2010 |
20100097428 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes: a fluid channel formation substrate in which a fluid channel is formed so as to be communicate with a nozzle opening for ejecting liquid; a pressure generating element which applies pressure on the liquid to be ejected; a first substrate of which one end is electrically connected to the pressure generating element; a second substrate which is connected to the other end of the first substrate; and a substrate support section which supports the first substrate. Here, the substrate support section includes a connection support surface on a side thereof facing the second substrate. In addition, a connection portion between the first substrate and the second substrate is disposed in a position facing the connection support surface. | 04-22-2010 |
20100171794 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid ejecting head unit that includes a liquid ejecting head ejecting liquid by driving a pressure generating element. The liquid ejecting head unit includes: the liquid ejecting head that includes first wiring substrates each having a connection wiring electrically connected to the pressure generating element and a support member that supports at least two first wiring substrates in different positions; a second wiring substrate that is commonly connected to the connection wirings of a plurality of the first wiring substrates electrically; and a head substrate to which the second wiring substrate is electrically connected. A connection portion connected to the head substrate is aligned on one face side of the second wiring substrate. | 07-08-2010 |
20120229561 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD MODULE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A head module includes a head unit having a plurality of heads, a carriage to which the head unit is anchored and that moves in a first direction relative to a recording sheet, and a grounding member that electrically connects the heads to the carriage; the heads are each provided with a cover head that covers first side surfaces and second side surfaces of the heads. Plate-shaped contact portions of the grounding member are caused to make contact with side wall portions of the cover head that are parallel to the first direction. | 09-13-2012 |
20120242739 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting head includes a flow channel forming substrate made of silicon and having pressure generating chambers that communicate with nozzles through which liquid is ejected, a piezoelectric elements that is disposed on the flow channel forming substrate so as to oppose the pressure generating chambers and varies a pressure of a liquid in the pressure generating chambers, and a protective substrate which has a holding section that houses the pressure generating unit and is bonded to a side of the flow channel forming substrate where the pressure generating unit is disposed, and the flow channel member is made of silicon and is provided with a thermistor that is disposed on a side of the flow channel member opposite to the flow channel forming substrate. | 09-27-2012 |
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20090027467 | INK CARTRIDGE - An ink cartridge having a container for storing ink therein and having an ink supply port formed at a leading end side in an insertion direction of the container, a memory device disposed on a first of two opposite surfaces parallel to the insertion direction of the container, the memory device having an electrode for electrical connection to the recording device; a retaining member disposed on the first surface and located at a trailing end side relative to the memory device in the insertion direction, the retaining member serving to selectively engage with the recording device; and another retaining member disposed on the second surface and which also serves to selectively engage with the recording device. | 01-29-2009 |
20090273656 | INK CARTRIDGE - An ink cartridge having a container for storing ink therein and having an ink supply port formed at a leading end side in an insertion direction of the container, a memory device disposed on a first of two opposite surfaces parallel to the insertion direction of the container, the memory device having an electrode for electrical connection to the recording device; a retaining member disposed on the first surface and located at a trailing end side relative to the memory device in the insertion direction, the retaining member serving to selectively engage with the recording device; and another retaining member disposed on the second surface and which also serves to selectively engage with the recording device. | 11-05-2009 |
20140104348 | Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid in a manifold as liquid droplets from a nozzle opening; a supply path that supplies the liquid to the manifold; a pump unit that is disposed in the supply path and pumps the liquid; and a discharge path that discharges the liquid from the manifold, wherein a flow path resistance of the discharge path from the manifold is smaller than a flow path resistance of the supply path from the pump unit to the manifold. | 04-17-2014 |
20140232787 | Liquid Ejecting Head Unit and Liquid Ejecting Apparatus - A liquid ejecting head unit includes a first nozzle group including a plurality of nozzles, a second nozzle group including another plurality of nozzles, a first flow path substrate including a first pressure chamber group including a plurality of first pressure chambers that eject a liquid from the nozzles of the first nozzle group upon being subjected to a pressure, a second flow path substrate including a second pressure chamber group including a plurality of second pressure chambers that eject a liquid from the nozzles of the second nozzle group upon being subjected to a pressure, and a supply substrate including a first liquid supply path through which the liquid is supplied to the first pressure chamber group, and a second liquid supply path through which the liquid is supplied to the second pressure chamber group. | 08-21-2014 |
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20090300410 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a circuit block connected to an arithmetic processing unit via a bus, a power supply noise data generator which is configured to generate a power supply noise data signal by converting power supply noise generated in power supply voltage of power supply operates the circuit block, an error detector which is configured to detect an error of data outputted from the circuit block to the bus, and a write controller which is configured to associate power supply noise information based on the power supply noise data signal with data on the bus and write the data in a storage unit, and to stop to write the data in response to the detection of the error by the error detector. | 12-03-2009 |
20100077262 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND ERROR PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing device having two processing units capable of operating in synchronization with each other, includes: a common unit capable of outputting an identical signal to the two processing units; detection units that are respectively provided for the processing units and each detects errors occurred in corresponding processing unit respectively; a comparison unit that compares outputs from the two processing units; and a control unit that controls signals from the processing units to the common unit, based on a detection result of the detection units and a comparison result of the comparison unit, and determines, if errors of an identical type are simultaneously detected by the detection units, that the errors are due to an error of the common unit. | 03-25-2010 |
20100191942 | Information processor and control method - A northbridge, when detecting a synchronization break of a redundant CPU, stops the operation of an abnormal CPU bus where an error has occurred and the firmware in an FWH instructs the northbridge to inhibit an external instruction. In addition, the firmware save the inside information of a normal CPU connected to a normal CPU bus and cache data on a memory and the northbridge issues reset to all CPUs in the home system board. The firmware then restores the inside information of the CPU save on the memory to the all CPUs and instructs the northbridge to cancel the inhibition of the external instruction. | 07-29-2010 |
20110026524 | METHOD OF UPDATING ROUTING TABLE, DATA TRANSFER APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A method of updating a routing table includes: receiving, from an issue-source node, a write packet that includes update data for updating the routing table; attempting to recognize, based upon contents of the write packet, a partition in which the issue-source node is included; determining whether to permit updating the routing table based upon (1) whether the partition including the source node is recognized and (2) whether port information and partition information in the update data are stored in the routing table; and updating the routing table when updating is permitted. | 02-03-2011 |
20110047431 | Verification device, verification method, and verification program - A verification device includes a data verifying unit that verifies whether data in a packet has an error using a first or a second verification mode, a packet generating unit that generates a packet in accordance with a first packet generation mode or a second packet generation mode respectively corresponding to the first and the second verification modes, a failure monitoring unit that monitors a failure of a transmission line that requires a switching of the verification mode, a switching packet transmitting unit that transmits to a destination device, a switching packet for informing the switching of the verification mode used by the data verifying unit when the failure monitoring unit detects a failure or a removal of a failure, a generation mode switching unit that switches the generation mode, and a verification mode switching unit that switches the verification mode to the one informed by the switching packet. | 02-24-2011 |
20110320885 | TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, AND DATA TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD - A transmission/reception device includes a transmission device that divides a plurality of connection lines into a plurality of groups, determines corresponding connection lines in the plurality of groups, determines a correspondence between test pattern and the connection line, and outputs the test pattern to the plurality of connection lines based on the correspondence between the test pattern and the connection line, and a reception device that receives the test pattern from the transmission device, compares bits in a same position of the test pattern received through a corresponding connection line in the plurality of groups based on the correspondence between the test pattern and the connection line, and generates erroneous connection line information indicating an erroneous connection line as a connection line in which an error has occurred in the plurality of connection lines based on a result of the comparison. | 12-29-2011 |
20120236843 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SWITCHING SETTINGS THEREOF - A method of switching internal settings in an information processing apparatus including a plurality of processors, a crossbar switch connected to the plurality of processors and having a first routing table and a second routing table used for routing between the plurality of processors and an external apparatus, and a management unit managing the plurality of processors. The method includes performing, by the processors, data communication with the external apparatus using the first routing table, updating, by the management unit, configuration information in the second routing table when a configuration of the information processing apparatus is changed, instructing, by the management unit, any one of the processors to switch the updated second routing table and the first routing table, and switching, by the processor instructed by the management unit, a routing table to be used for the data communication from the first routing table to the updated second routing table. | 09-20-2012 |
20130086335 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND MEMORY INTERFACE DEVICE - A memory access source regards a plurality of memory circuits as single memory circuit and transmits a row address and a column address in time division to an access control circuit. The access control circuit performs a speculative access to the plurality of memory circuits when receiving the row address, and performs an access to a memory circuit which is specified by the column address after receiving the column address and sends a cancel command of the speculative access to the other memory circuit out of target. Or, in the case of read access, the access control circuit receives read data from the plurality of memory circuits and discards the read data of the memory circuit out of the target by the column address. | 04-04-2013 |
20130166860 | MEMORY ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - A memory interleaving device accesses a memory in an interleaved manner for changing the number of ways of interleaving during system operation. During a copy which changes a first configuration before changing the number of ways in the interleaving to a second configuration after changing the number of ways in the interleaving, a memory access control device reads the memory in the first configuration before changing the number of ways of the interleaving for an external read request and writes the memory in both of the first configuration before changing the number of ways in the interleaving and the second configuration after changing the number of ways in the interleaving for an external write request. | 06-27-2013 |
20130212333 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MEMORY, AND MEMORY CONTROLLING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus provided with a plurality of nodes each including at least one processor, a system controller, and a main memory, includes a status storage unit that stores statuses of a plurality of cache lines and that is capable of reading statuses of a plurality of cache lines by one reading operation, a recording unit that is provided in a system controller in at least one node and that records all or part of the statuses stored in the status storage unit, wherein the system controller records obtained statuses in the recording unit on a condition that all of the statuses of the plurality of cache lines obtained by reading the status storage unit are invalid statuses or shared statuses in different nodes when the system controller has read the status storage unit in response to a request. | 08-15-2013 |
20130343382 | RELAY DEVICE, SET VALUE SETTING METHOD, AND RELAY SYSTEM - A relay device includes a first determining unit, a first sending unit, a receiving unit, a setting unit, a second determining unit, and a second sending unit. When the first determining unit determines that the relay device is a parent node, the first sending unit sends a set value stored in a storing unit to all the other relay devices to which the relay device is connected. When the first determining unit determines that the relay device is not the parent node, the receiving unit receives the set value. The setting unit sets the set value received by the receiving unit in the storing unit. When the second determining unit determines that the received set value has not been sent to the other relay devices, the second sending unit sends the received set value to the other relay devices to which the relay device is connected. | 12-26-2013 |
20140035633 | AUTONOMOUS INITIALIZATION METHOD OF FACING PORT OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - On a transmission path connecting a first semiconductor integrated circuit that is started by a system management apparatus and a second semiconductor integrated circuit that is not started by the system management apparatus, when connection of the first semiconductor integrated circuit to the second semiconductor integrated circuit is detected, after being turned to a first signal state for detecting a valid lane, each lane on the transmission path is turned to a second signal state corresponding to each bit of initial setting code. In the second semiconductor integrated circuit, the first and second signal states are detected for each lane of the transmission path. Based on the detected signal state, after detecting the first signal state, the second signal state is detected and each bit value of the initial setting code is decoded. Based on the decoded initial setting code, an initialization process is executed. | 02-06-2014 |
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20120062070 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND SENSOR APPARATUS - A SAW device has an IDT which is provided on the principal surface of a quartz crystal sustrate having Euler angles (−1.5°≦φ≦1.5°, 117°≦θ≦42°, ψ) and excites a SAW in a stopband upper end mode. Inter-electrode-finger grooves | 03-15-2012 |
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20140055207 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR, SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE OSCILLATOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A surface acoustic wave resonator includes a quartz crystal substrate with preselected Euler angles, and an IDT that is provided on the quartz crystal substrate, that includes a plurality of electrode fingers, and that excites a stop band upper end mode surface acoustic wave. Inter-electrode finger grooves are provided in the quartz crystal substrate between the electrode fingers in a plan view. When a wavelength of the surface acoustic wave is λ, a first film thickness of the electrode finger is H, and a first depth of the inter-electrode finger groove is G, and when a line occupation rate of convex portions of the quartz crystal substrate disposed between the inter-electrode finger grooves is ηg, and a line occupation rate of the electrode fingers disposed on the convex portions is ηe, the following relationships are satisfied 0.0407λ≦G+H; and ηg>ηe. | 02-27-2014 |
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20110063437 | DISTANCE ESTIMATING DEVICE, DISTANCE ESTIMATING METHOD, PROGRAM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND CAMERA - Conventionally, there has been a danger that CCD saturation may occur because of the influence of the shot noise and the environment light if a higher resolution of a distance image showing the distance to an object present in a target space and a higher frame rate are achieved when the distance image is estimated by the TOF method, and the distance accuracy may degrade. An emission frequency selecting unit ( | 03-17-2011 |
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20120306872 | Stereoscopic Display Device and Stereoscopic Display Method - A stereoscopic display device for displaying left-eye and right-eye images in alternation on a display to show the images as a stereoscopic image. The stereoscopic display device includes: an average picture-signal level calculation section configured to calculate an average picture-signal levels of the left-eye images and the right-eye images, respectively; a drive parameter calculation section configured to calculate drive parameters, corresponding to the respective average picture-signal levels calculated by the average picture signal-level calculation section, for showing the image stereoscopically; a selection section configured to select one of either the drive parameter corresponding to the average picture-signal level of the left-eye image or the drive parameter corresponding to the average picture-signal level of the right-eye image, calculated by the drive parameter calculation section; and a control section configured to display the left-eye and right-eye images on the display, based on the drive parameter selected by the selection section. | 12-06-2012 |
20150178895 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device includes: a character region detecting unit which detects a character region including a character from an input image; a feature amount detecting unit which detects a feature amount indicating a level of deformation of an image in the character region detected by the character region detecting unit; a correction gain calculating unit which calculates a correction gain based on the feature amount detected by the feature amount detecting unit; and a correcting unit which corrects the input image by performing image processing on the image in the character region such that the image processing has an effect which decreases with a decrease in the correction gain calculated by the correction gain calculating unit. | 06-25-2015 |