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20080288814 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND RECOVERING FROM DATA DESTRUCTION CAUSED IN AN UNACCESSED MEMORY CELL BY READ, AND METHOD THEREFOR - Read disturb in a flash memory destroys data that is not requested to be read, and an efficient read disturb check method is therefore needed. In addition, data may be destroyed beyond repair by error correction before a read disturb check is run. Thus, this invention provides a non-volatile data storage apparatus including a plurality of memory cells and a memory controller, in which the memory controller is configured to: count how many times data read processing has been executed in memory cells within the management area; read, when the data read processing count that is counted for a first management area exceeds a first threshold, data and an error correction code that are stored in the memory cells within the first management area; decode the read error correction code; and write the data corrected by decoding the error correction code in other management areas than the first management area. | 11-20-2008 |
20090132875 | METHOD OF CORRECTING ERROR OF FLASH MEMORY DEVICE, AND, FLASH MEMORY DEVICE AND STORAGE SYSTEM USING THE SAME - According to this invention, a highly reliable memory device that uses up a life of a flash memory can be provided. The memory device is a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory cells, in which: each of the plurality of memory cells is an FET which includes a floating gate; the plurality of memory cells are divided into a plurality of deletion blocks; and the nonvolatile memory device reads data stored in a first deletion block, detects and corrects an error contained in the read data, stores, when the number of bits of the detected error exceeds a threshold, the corrected data in a second deletion block, sets a smaller value as the threshold as an error frequency detected in the first deletion block is higher, and sets a smaller value as the threshold as the number of deletion times executed in the first deletion block is larger. | 05-21-2009 |
20090287878 | STORAGE APPARATUS USING FLASH MEMORY - For a storage apparatus in which flash memory disks and hard disks coexist, high-density mounting of flash memory modules is achieved. A storage apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes flash memories and a storage controller. A second storage apparatus including magnetic disks is connected to the storage apparatus. For creation of a logical volume, the storage controller can form a storage area using a flash memory or a magnetic disk. When an input/output request is issued from a host computer, if a storage area is formed with a flash memory, the storage controller directly accesses the flash memory to handle the input/output request. When the storage apparatus defines a storage area formed with a flash memory, the storage apparatus defines the storage area by adding up the capacity of a storage area to be provided for the host computer and a substitute area capacity determined in consideration of restrictions imposed on the number of times of deletion of the flash memory. | 11-19-2009 |
20090292862 | FLASH MEMORY MODULE AND STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage controller manages address conversion information denoting the correspondence relationship between a logical address and a physical address of storage area (for example, a physical block) inside a flash memory. The storage controller uses the above-mentioned address conversion information to specify a physical address corresponding to a logical address specified by an I/O request from a higher-level device, and sends an I/O command including I/O-destination information based on the specified physical address to a memory controller inside a flash memory module. The memory controller carries out the I/O with respect to a storage area inside a flash memory specified from the I/O-destination information of the I/O command from the storage controller. | 11-26-2009 |
20100241797 | STORAGE DEVICE AND STORING METHOD - To enable a capacity of an entire storage device to be kept by adding a flash drive or a flash module in the flash drive for a flash memory that has a failure, even if the storage device using the flash memory has a failure in its part such as a part of flash memory chip has a failure, for example, the flash memory chip has run out of its lifetime. In a storage device equipped with two or more memory device units with a plurality of semiconductor memory devices, each of which has a functional capacity unit smaller than a capacity of an entire semiconductor memory device and has a writing lifetime for each functional capacity unit, only a functional capacity unit whose writing lifetime is run out to be determined as unable to be written is substituted by a functional capacity unit in a memory device of the other memory device unit to keep a predetermined capacity of the entire device. | 09-23-2010 |
20110191520 | STORAGE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS DATA PROCESSING METHOD - The amount of data to be stored in a semiconductor nonvolatile memory can be reduced and overhead associated with data processing can be reduced. When a microprocessor | 08-04-2011 |
20110231713 | FLASH MEMORY MODULE - Logical/physical conversion information is configured from first conversion information and second conversion information. A controller of a flash memory module restores the first conversion information at boot up time, enables an access command to be received from a host after having restored the first conversion information, and restores the second conversion information after an access command is able to be received. | 09-22-2011 |
20110238885 | STORAGE SUBSYSTEM - Processing in accordance with the updating of data is carried out distributively by a control unit that controls a cache memory and by a memory controller that controls a nonvolatile semiconductor memory. When updating flash memory data, a main processor creates an XOR write command and transfers the same to a flash memory controller, a microprocessor of the flash memory controller parses the XOR write command, reads out an old parity from a page of a user area in the flash memory, creates a new parity by carrying out an exclusive OR operation using the read-out old parity, “b” data, which is the old data, and “d” data, which is the new data, and stores the created new parity in a page of a renewal area in a flash memory for storing parity. | 09-29-2011 |
20120191906 | FLASH MEMORY MODULE AND STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage controller manages address conversion information denoting the correspondence relationship between a logical address and a physical address of storage area (for example, a physical block) inside a flash memory. The storage controller uses the above-mentioned address conversion information to specify a physical address corresponding to a logical address specified by an I/O request from a higher-level device, and sends an I/O command including I/O-destination information based on the specified physical address to a memory controller inside a flash memory module. The memory controller carries out the I/O with respect to a storage area inside a flash memory specified from the I/O-destination information of the I/O command from the storage controller. | 07-26-2012 |
20120221783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING CAPACITY - For a storage apparatus where flash memory disks and hard disks coexist, high-density mounting of flash memory modules is achieved. The storage apparatus includes flash memories and a storage controller. A second storage apparatus including magnetic disks is connected to the storage apparatus. The storage controller can form a storage area using a flash memory or a magnetic disk to create a logical volume. When an input/output request is issued from a host computer, if a storage area is formed with a flash memory, the storage controller directly accesses the flash memory to handle the request. When the storage apparatus defines a storage area formed with a flash memory, the storage apparatus defines the storage area by adding up the capacity of a storage area to be provided for the host computer and a substitute area capacity determined in consideration of restrictions on the number deletions of the flash memory. | 08-30-2012 |
20120297244 | STORAGE SUBSYSTEM - The storage system includes a plurality of flash memory devices, each of the flash memory devices including a flash memory controller and flash memory chips, which are configured as a RAID group and a storage controller, coupled to the plurality of flash memory devices, configured to receive data from a computer and send the data to a first flash memory device of the plurality of flash memory devices. The flash memory controller of the flash memory device is configured to receive the data from the storage controller and execute a parity operation using the data. | 11-22-2012 |
20130132656 | STORAGE SUBSYSTEM AND ITS DATA PROCESSING METHOD - The amount of data to be stored in a semiconductor nonvolatile memory can be reduced and overhead associated with data processing can be reduced. When a microprocessor receives a write request from a host computer and data D | 05-23-2013 |
20130238845 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING CAPACITY - For a storage apparatus where flash memory disks and hard disks coexist, high-density mounting of flash memory modules is achieved. The storage apparatus includes flash memories and a storage controller. A second storage apparatus including magnetic disks is connected to the storage apparatus. The storage controller can form a storage area using a flash memory or a magnetic disk to create a logical volume. When an input/output request is issued from a host computer, if a storage area is formed with a flash memory, the storage controller directly accesses the flash memory to handle the request. When the storage apparatus defines a storage area formed with a flash memory, the storage apparatus defines the storage area by adding up the capacity of a storage area to be provided for the host computer and a substitute area capacity determined in consideration of restrictions on the number deletions of the flash memory. | 09-12-2013 |
20140082457 | ERROR CORRECTING FOR IMPROVING RELIABILITY BY COMBINATION OF STORAGE SYSTEM AND FLASH MEMORY DEVICE - According to this invention, a highly reliable memory device that uses up a life of a flash memory can be provided. The memory device is a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory cells, in which: each of the plurality of memory cells is an FET which includes a floating gate; the plurality of memory cells are divided into a plurality of deletion blocks; and the nonvolatile memory device reads data stored in a first deletion block, detects and corrects an error contained in the read data, stores, when the number of bits of the detected error exceeds a threshold, the corrected data in a second deletion block, sets a smaller value as the threshold as an error frequency detected in the first deletion block is higher, and sets a smaller value as the threshold as the number of deletion times executed in the first deletion block is larger. | 03-20-2014 |
20140304461 | STORAGE SUBSYSTEM - The storage system includes a plurality of flash memory devices, each of the flash memory devices including a flash memory controller and flash memory chips, which are configured as a RAID group and a storage controller, coupled to the plurality of flash memory devices, configured to receive data from a computer and send the data to a first flash memory device of the plurality of flash memory devices. The flash memory controller of the flash memory device is configured to receive the data from the storage controller and execute a parity operation using the data. | 10-09-2014 |
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20110252636 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VARIABLE WAVELENGTH INTERFERENCE FILTER AND VARIABLE WAVELENGTH INTERFERENCE FILTER - A method of manufacturing a variable wavelength interference filter includes forming an electrostatic gap forming groove, a wiring forming groove extending from the electrostatic gap forming groove to an outer peripheral edge of the chip region, and an air communication groove through which the wiring groove forming groove communicates with the outside of the first substrate, in a chip region of a first substrate. | 10-20-2011 |
20120019812 | INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ANALYZING DEVICE - An interference filter has a fixed mirror and a movable mirror that are formed of Ag—Sm—Cu alloy films that contain silver (Ag), samarium (Sm), and copper (Cu), or Ag—Bi—Nd alloy films that contains silver (Ag), bismuth (Bi), and neodymium (Nd). | 01-26-2012 |
20120019827 | INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ANALYZING DEVICE - An interference filter is provided in which a fixed mirror and a movable mirror of the interference filter are selected from an Ag—Au alloy film, an Ag—Cu alloy film, an Ag—Au—Cu alloy film, an Ag—Si—Cu alloy film, an Ag—P—Cu alloy film, an Ag—P—In—Cu alloy film, an Ag—Te—Cu alloy film, an Ag—Ga—Cu alloy film, and an Ag—In—Sn alloy film. | 01-26-2012 |
20120044570 | INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ANALYSIS DEVICE - An interference filter includes two reflective films that are opposed to each other with a gap interposed therebetween and substrates that support the corresponding reflective films. The reflective films each include a pure silver film and a silver alloy film. The pure silver film and the silver alloy film are formed on the corresponding substrate sequentially from the substrate. The silver alloy film is one of an Ag—Sm—Cu alloy film containing silver (Ag), samarium (Sm), and copper (Cu) and an Ag—Bi—Nd alloy film containing silver (Ag), bismuth (Bi), and neodymium (Nd). | 02-23-2012 |
20120120402 | WAVELENGTH VARIABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND LIGHT ANALYZER - A wavelength variable interference filter includes: a first movable mirror disposed on a first substrate; a second movable mirror disposed so as to be opposed to the first movable mirror with a predetermined gap interposed therebetween; and an electrostatic actuator which varies the length of the gap between the mirrors. The first substrate has a first movable portion on which the first movable mirror is disposed, and a first linkage portion which holds the first movable portion in such a manner that the first movable portion can shift in the thickness direction of the substrate. The second substrate has a second movable portion on which the second movable mirror is disposed, and a second linkage portion which holds the second movable portion in such a manner that the second movable portion can shift in the thickness direction of the substrate. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120495 | OPTICAL FILTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FILTER - An optical filter comprising a first substrate, a second substrate having a support portion which supports the first substrate, a first optical film provided on the first substrate, a second optical film provided on the second substrate and arranged to face the first optical film, a first protective film covering at least the first optical film, a second protective film covering at least the second optical film, a first bonding film, a portion of the first bonding film overlapping a surface of the first protective film in a plan view but does not overlapping the first optical film and a second bonding film, a portion of the second bonding film overlapping a surface of the second protective film in the plan view but does not overlapping the second optical film. | 05-17-2012 |
20120132349 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TUNABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER - A method for producing a tunable interference filter including a first substrate, a second substrate, a first reflection coating, a second reflection coating, and a gap changing section having a first gap changing section and a second first gap changing section, the method comprising a first substrate production process of forming the first substrate and forming the first reflection coating and the first gap changing section on the first substrate, a second substrate production process of forming the second substrate and forming the second reflection coating and the second gap changing section on the second substrate, and a bonding process of bonding the first substrate and the second substrate in a state in which temperature of the first substrate is higher than temperature of the second substrate after the first substrate production process and the second substrate production process. | 05-31-2012 |
20120188646 | VARIABLE WAVELENGTH INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND OPTICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE - An etalon includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a fixed mirror provided on a surface of the first substrate that faces the second substrate, a movable mirror provided on the second substrate and facing the fixed mirror via an inter-mirror gap, and a first electrode provided on the surface of the first substrate that faces the second substrate. A first multilayer stopper portion is provided by a portion of the first electrode being stacked with at least a portion of an outer circumferential edge of the fixed mirror. | 07-26-2012 |
20120212822 | TUNABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An etalon (tunable interference filter) includes a fixed substrate, a movable substrate facing the fixed substrate, a fixed reflection film disposed on the fixed substrate, a movable reflection film disposed on the movable substrate and facing the fixed reflection film via a gap, a fixed electrode disposed on the fixed substrate, and a movable electrode disposed on the movable substrate and facing the fixed electrode. A movable insulating film is stacked on a surface of the movable electrode on the side of the fixed electrode, the movable electrode has a compressive stress, and the movable insulating film has a tensile stress. | 08-23-2012 |
20140091211 | WAVELENGTH TUNABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL FILTER DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A wavelength tunable interference filter includes a fixed substrate, a movable substrate facing the fixed substrate, a fixed reflective film provided on the fixed substrate, a movable reflective film provided on the movable substrate and facing the fixed reflective film with an inter-reflective film gap interposed therebetween, a first wiring electrode provided on the fixed substrate, and a first conductive member provided on the fixed substrate. The fixed reflective film is connected to the first wiring electrode through the first conductive member, and the thickness of the first conductive member is less than the thickness of the first wiring electrode. | 04-03-2014 |
20140191116 | WAVELENGTH TUNABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WAVELENGTH TUNABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER, OPTICAL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A wavelength tunable interference filter includes an electrostatic actuator that changes the dimension of a gap between a fixed reflection film and a movable reflection film, a fixed drawn electrode and a movable drawn electrode that are connected to the electrostatic actuator, and a third substrate having a top surface portion and a sidewall portion. An end surface of the sidewall portion is bonded to a first substrate so that a space surrounded by the top surface portion, the sidewall portion, and the first substrate is hermetically sealed. A second substrate and the electrostatic actuator are disposed in the space, and the fixed drawn electrode and the movable drawn electrode are disposed on the first substrate and extend both inside and outside the space. | 07-10-2014 |
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20090028248 | Video Encoding Method and Decoding Method, Apparatuses Therefor, Programs Therefor, and Storage Media for Storing the Programs - A video encoding method for encoding video images as a single video image by using parallax compensation which performs prediction by using parallax between the video images, and a corresponding decoding method. The number of parameters as parallax data used for the parallax compensation is selected and set for each reference image. Data of the set number of parameters is encoded, and parallax data in accordance with the number of parameters is encoded. During decoding, parallax-parameter number data, which is included in encoded data and designates the number of parameters as parallax data for each reference image, is decoded, and parallax data in accordance with the number of parameters is decoded, where the parallax data is included in the encoded data. | 01-29-2009 |
20100021072 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD, APPARATUSES THEREFOR, PROGRAMS THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR STORING THE PROGRAMS - An image encoding method includes determining a corresponding point on a target image for encoding, which corresponds to each pixel on a reference image, based on the distance from a camera used for obtaining the reference image to an imaged object, and a positional relationship between cameras; computing a parallax vector from the position of the pixel to the corresponding point in the pixel space; computing a target predictive vector having the same starting point as the parallax vector and components obtained by rounding off the components of the parallax vector; computing a target reference vector having the same starting point as the parallax vector and the same size and direction as a differential vector between the target predictive vector and the parallax vector; and setting a predicted pixel value of a pixel on the target encoding image, which is indicated by the target predictive vector, to a value of a pixel on the reference image, which is indicated by the target reference vector. | 01-28-2010 |
20100034260 | VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD, APPARATUSES THEREFOR, PROGRAMS THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIA WHICH STORE THE PROGRAMS - A video encoding method for generating, based on disparity information between an already-encoded reference camera image and an encoding target camera image corresponding to the reference camera image, a disparity-compensated image by means of inter-camera image prediction; and encoding a differential image between the encoding target camera image and the disparity-compensated image. The method includes selecting, for each predetermined section unit on the differential image, one of a decoded differential image group obtained by decoding a differential image between the already-encoded camera image and the disparity-compensated image and a decoded camera image group obtained by decoding the already-encoded camera image, by determining whether or not there is a disparity-compensated image at the corresponding position, that is, whether or not the corresponding pixel in the disparity-compensated image has an effective value. | 02-11-2010 |
20100086222 | IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD, APPARATUSES THEREFOR, PROGRAMS THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR STORING THE PROGRAMS - An image encoding method includes determining and encoding global parallax data which is probably correct parallax data in consideration of the Epipolar geometry constraint between a camera of a standard viewpoint, which is selected from the entire multi-viewpoint images, and images obtained by all the other viewpoints; generating base parallax data for each camera as a viewpoint other than the standard viewpoint, where the base parallax data is probably correct parallax data in consideration of the Epipolar geometry constraint between the image of the relevant camera and the images of all the other cameras based on the global parallax data and the camera parameters; determining and encoding correction parallax data used for correcting the base parallax data, so as to indicate parallax data between the image of the relevant camera and an already-encoded reference viewpoint image used for parallax compensation; and encoding the image of the relevant camera by using parallax data obtained by correcting the base parallax data by means of the correction parallax data. | 04-08-2010 |
20100220784 | Video Encoding Method and Decoding Method, Apparatuses Therefor, Programs Therefor, and Storage Media for Storing the Programs - By using parallax compensation which performs prediction by using parallax between video images, the video images are encoded as a single video image. Reference parallax for a target image to be encoded is set, wherein the reference parallax is estimated using a reference image; area division in an image frame is set; parallax displacement for each divided area is set, wherein the parallax displacement is the difference between the reference parallax and parallax for the parallax compensation; data of the area division is encoded; and data for indicating the parallax displacement is encoded. During decoding, reference parallax for a target image to be decoded is set, wherein it is estimated using a reference image; data for indicating area division, which is included in encoded data, is decoded; and data of parallax displacement, which is included in the encoded data, is decoded for each area indicated by the area division data. | 09-02-2010 |
20120294371 | MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIVE ENCODING METHOD, MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIVE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMS THEREOF - In motion vector prediction encoding, the efficiency of motion vector prediction is improved and the efficiency of moving picture encoding is improved. A motion search is performed for a block to be encoded in a picture to be encoded using an encoded reference picture to calculate a motion vector. A plurality of blocks which include at least one of encoded blocks in the picture to be encoded and encoded blocks in an encoded picture and in predetermined positions relative to the position of the block to be encoded in the picture to be encoded are set as primary candidate blocks, and N primary candidate reference motion vectors are determined from motion vectors used in encoding the primary candidate blocks. The degrees of reliability of the primary candidate reference motion vectors which quantitatively represent effectiveness in motion vector prediction of the block to be encoded is calculated using encoded picture information for each of the primary candidate reference motion vectors. Top M primary candidate reference motion vectors with higher degrees of reliability are selected from the primary candidate reference motion vectors as secondary candidate reference motion vectors. A predictive motion vector of the block to be encoded is calculated using the secondary candidate reference motion vectors, and a residual between the motion vector obtained through the motion search of the block to be encoded and the predictive motion vector is encoded as encoded information of the motion vector. | 11-22-2012 |
20120294372 | MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIVE ENCODING METHOD, MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIVE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMS THEREOF - In motion vector prediction encoding, the efficiency of motion vector prediction is improved and the efficiency of moving picture encoding is improved. A motion search is performed for a block to be encoded in a picture to be encoded using an encoded reference picture to calculate a motion vector. A plurality of blocks which include at least one of encoded blocks in the picture to be encoded and encoded blocks in an encoded picture and in predetermined positions relative to the position of the block to be encoded in the picture to be encoded are set as primary candidate blocks, and N primary candidate reference motion vectors are determined from motion vectors used in encoding the primary candidate blocks. The degrees of reliability of the primary candidate reference motion vectors which quantitatively represent effectiveness in motion vector prediction of the block to be encoded is calculated using encoded picture information for each of the primary candidate reference motion vectors. Primary candidate reference motion vectors having degrees of reliability that are greater than a predetermined threshold are selected from the N primary candidate reference motion vectors as secondary candidate reference motion vectors. A predictive motion vector of the block to be encoded is calculated using the secondary candidate reference motion vectors, and a residual between the motion vector obtained through the motion search of the block to be encoded and the predictive motion vector is encoded as encoded information of the motion vector. | 11-22-2012 |
20120307908 | MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIVE ENCODING METHOD, MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIVE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMS THEREOF - In a moving picture encoding apparatus, a primary candidate reference motion vector-setting unit sets N primary candidate reference motion vectors. A degree of reliability calculation unit calculates the reliability of each primary candidate reference motion vector, which represents effectiveness in predicting a motion vector of a block to be decoded, using coded or decoded image information. A reference motion vector determination unit selects M (M12-06-2012 | |
20120320985 | MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIVE ENCODING METHOD, MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIVE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMS THEREOF - In a moving picture encoding apparatus, a primary candidate reference motion vector-setting unit sets N primary candidate reference motion vectors. A degree of reliability calculation unit calculates the reliability of each primary candidate reference motion vector, which represents effectiveness in predicting a motion vector of a block to be decoded, using coded or decoded image information. A reference motion vector determination unit selects secondary candidate reference motion vectors with reliability higher than a predetermined threshold value from the N primary candidate reference motion vectors. A motion vector prediction unit creates a predictive motion vector of a block to be coded using M (M12-20-2012 | |
20130051456 | VIDEO ENCODING CONTROL METHOD, VIDEO ENCODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO ENCODING PROGRAM - In a video encoding control method of the present invention, each picture is encoded in units of encoding-order picture groups such as GOPs, and when CPB underflow has occurred, an encoding parameter such as a quantization parameter and filter strength of a pre-filter is changed in such a manner that a generated bit rate is reduced, and an encoding-order picture group that is being encoded is re-encoded from its first picture using the changed encoding parameter. | 02-28-2013 |
20130058396 | VIDEO ENCODING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - A video encoding control method for controlling encoding of an input video signal. The method includes the steps of detecting an underflow of a decoder buffer; if the underflow of the decoder buffer has been detected, suppressing an amount of generated code by skipping an encoding target picture or by encoding the encoding target picture so as to produce a minimum amount of generated code; after suppressing the amount of generated code, comparing a current rate of occupancy in the decoder buffer with a predetermined threshold for the rate of occupancy in the decoder buffer; and performing a control for continuously suppressing the amount of code generated for each encoding target image by using the above step of suppressing the amount of generated code until the rate of occupancy in the decoder buffer exceeds the threshold based on a result of the above comparison. | 03-07-2013 |
20130058584 | IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING FOR MULTI-VIEWPOINT IMAGES - An image encoding method includes determining corresponding points on an encoding target image, which correspond to pixels on a reference image, based on distance from a camera of the reference image to an object, and positional relationship between cameras; computing a parallax vector from each pixel position to the corresponding point in pixel space; computing a target predictive vector having the same start as the parallax vector and components obtained by rounding off components of the parallax vector; computing a target reference vector having the same start as the parallax vector and the same size and direction as a differential vector between the target predictive vector and the parallax vector; and setting a predicted value of a pixel on the encoding target image, which is indicated by the target predictive vector, to a value of a pixel on the reference image, which is indicated by the target reference vector. | 03-07-2013 |
20130336387 | VIDEO ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND VIDEO ENCODING PROGRAM - A video encoding device, which uses intra encoding and inter encoding with motion compensation with respect to an input video signal, includes a determination unit which determines whether the input video signal to be encoded corresponds to a stationary region, a region having minute motion, or a region having normal motion, a first encoding unit which performs inter encoding of a motion vector (0, 0) with respect to a region determined as a stationary region by the determination unit, a second encoding unit which performs motion search and inter encoding in a limited search range with respect to a region determined as a region having minute motion by the determination unit, and a third encoding unit which performs motion search and inter encoding in a normal search range with respect to a region determined as a region having normal motion by the determination unit. | 12-19-2013 |
20130343453 | QUANTIZATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND QUANTIZATION CONTROL PROGRAM - A quantization control apparatus provided in a video encoding apparatus which utilizes intra slices. The quantization control apparatus includes a similarity computation device that computes similarity between an intra slice region of an encoding target picture and an intra slice region of each of previously-encoded pictures, where the similarity is an index determined such that the closer the images of the two different intra slices, the higher the similarity; a picture selection device that selects a picture having the highest similarity from among the previously-encoded pictures, based on the similarity computed by the similarity computation device; and a quantization step determination device that determines a quantization step used for encoding the encoding target picture, based on encoding information for the picture selected by the picture selection device. | 12-26-2013 |
20140146887 | PICTURE ENCODING METHOD, PICTURE DECODING METHOD, PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS, PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, PICTURE ENCODING PROGRAM, AND PICTURE DECODING PROGRAM - The encoding computational complexity and the decoding computational complexity are reduced while suppressing deterioration of coding efficiency in comparison with conventional intra divided-picture coding. A divided picture generation unit divides an input encoding target picture into blocks having the same size, and collects pixels having the same relative position in the blocks to generate divided pictures having the same size. An intra divided-picture encoding unit performs intra divided-picture encoding on some divided pictures. A reference picture selection unit selects, as a reference picture, an encoded divided picture in which a pixel position on an original picture is close in order to encode the other encoding target divided pictures. An inter divided-picture predictive encoding unit generates a predicted picture using the selected reference picture and encodes an encoding target divided picture through inter divided-picture prediction in units of divided pictures. | 05-29-2014 |
20140341279 | FRAME RATE CONTROL METHOD, FRAME RATE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND FRAME RATE CONTROL PROGRAM - An object is to suppress an instantaneous increase in the computational complexity of an encoder and an information amount of an encoding result without increasing a delay even when input timing of input video is not constant and fluctuates. A frame rate control method for adjusting a frame rate of input video to a frame rate at which an encoder is able to perform encoding includes: a step of determining whether the number of pictures input in the past within a predetermined time from a time when a determination target picture of dropping is input exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and a step of discarding the determination target picture if the number of pictures exceeds the threshold value and designating the determination target picture as an encoding target if the number of pictures does not exceed the threshold value. | 11-20-2014 |
20140355678 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND PROGRAMS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING PICTURE - Compared to conventional intra divided-picture encoding, deterioration in the coding efficiency is suppressed and the encoding computational complexity and the decoding computational complexity are reduced. A divided picture generating unit divides an input encoding target picture into blocks of the same size and generates divided pictures having the same size by collecting pixels having the same relative position within each block. An intra divided-picture encoding processing unit performs intra divided-picture encoding on part of the divided pictures. An inter divided-picture encoding processing unit performs inter divided-picture encoding using another encoded divided picture as a reference picture. When there are a plurality of candidates for the reference picture, a correlation direction calculating unit obtains a combination in which a correlation of a pixel on an original picture is high among combinations of encoded divided pictures and their reference pictures. A reference picture selecting unit selects an encoded divided picture in a direction in which a correlation with an encoding target divided picture is high as the reference picture to be used in the inter divided-picture encoding processing unit. | 12-04-2014 |
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20080307867 | AIR FLOW MEASURING DEVICE - An air flow measuring device has a throttle portion provided in a first sub-passage, a second sub-passage branched from the first sub-passage at an upstream side of the throttle portion, and a flow amount sensor located in the second sub-passage. The second sub-passage is configured to introduce therein a part of air flowing in the first sub-passage, and an inlet of the second sub-passage is open into the first sub-passage at one side in a first radial direction perpendicular to a flow direction of air flowing in the first sub-passage. Furthermore, the throttle portion is provided to gradually reduce a passage dimension of the first sub-passage in a second radial direction, as toward an outlet of the first sub-passage. Here, the second radial direction is perpendicular to a surface defined by the first radial direction and the flow direction of air in the first sub-passage. | 12-18-2008 |
20080307868 | AIR FLOW MEASURING DEVICE - An air flow measuring device includes a first sub-passage portion configured to introduce therein a part of air flowing in an interior of a duct, a passage-area reducing portion provided in the first sub-passage portion to gradually reduce a passage sectional area of the first sub-passage portion as toward an outlet of the first sub-passage portion, and a second sub-passage portion branched from the first sub-passage portion at an upstream side of the passage-area reducing portion in a flow direction of air flowing in the first sub-passage portion. The second sub-passage portion is configured to introduce therein a part of air flowing in the first sub-passage portion. Furthermore, a flow amount sensor is located at an inlet of the second sub-passage portion, at which the second sub-passage portion is branched from the first sub-passage portion, to measure a flow amount of air flowing in the second sub-passage portion. | 12-18-2008 |
20100095753 | Air flow measuring device - An air flow measuring device has a throttle portion provided in a first sub-passage, a second sub-passage branched from the first sub-passage at an upstream side of the throttle portion, and a flow amount sensor located in the second sub-passage. The second sub-passage is configured to introduce therein a part of air flowing in the first sub-passage, and an inlet of the second sub-passage is open into the first sub-passage at one side in a first radial direction perpendicular to a flow direction of air flowing in the first sub-passage. Furthermore, the throttle portion is provided to gradually reduce a passage dimension of the first sub-passage in a second radial direction, as toward an outlet of the first sub-passage. Here, the second radial direction is perpendicular to a surface defined by the first radial direction and the flow direction of air in the first sub-passage. | 04-22-2010 |
20120103086 | FLOW MEASURING DEVICE - A flow measuring device includes a housing, a support, and a flow measurement element. The housing defines a passage therein and includes a passage narrowing part, which reduces a cross-sectional area of the passage, in a predetermined part of the passage. The support has a platy shape and is disposed along a flow direction of fluid flowing in the passage. The flow measurement element is located inside the passage narrowing part and is disposed on a surface of the support. The flow measurement element detects a flow rate of fluid flowing in the passage. The passage narrowing part has an inner wall surface that gradually reduces a width of the passage from a center side to both end sides of the passage in a height direction of the passage, which is perpendicular to a direction of the width of the passage. | 05-03-2012 |
20120291519 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FLOW MEASURING DEVICE - A method is for adjusting a flow measuring device that includes a housing and a flow sensor. The housing includes a bypass flow passage which is formed to take in a part of a mainstream of air. The sensor is disposed in the bypass flow passage and outputs an electrical signal in accordance with a flow rate of air. The bypass flow passage is formed in an asymmetrical shape with respect to the sensor in upstream and downstream directions of the mainstream. A flow from an upstream side toward a downstream side of the mainstream is a forward flow. A flow from the downstream side toward the upstream side of the mainstream is a backward flow. According to the method, an output from the sensor in a backward-flow region is obtained. Furthermore, the output of the sensor in the backward-flow region is adjusted to have a desired output characteristic. | 11-22-2012 |
20120291533 | FLOW-RATE MEASURING APPARATUS - A converting map for an area of a backward air-flow is set based on a relationship between an output and a flow-rate, which are obtained in an air flow in which pulsation including the backward air-flow is generated. The backward air-flow has a dynamic property. The converting map of the present disclosure has a conversion characteristic, which is close to a characteristic in the backward air-flow. Accordingly, it is not necessary to correct the converting map by complicated processes and thereby accuracy of measurement for the area of the backward air-flow is increased. | 11-22-2012 |
20130014572 | AIRFLOW MEASURING DEVICEAANM Kitahara; NoboruAACI Kariya-cityAACO JPAAGP Kitahara; Noboru Kariya-city JP - An airflow measuring device has a bypass passage accommodating a thermal-type sensor configured to conduct heat transfer with air. A mainstream of intake air partially flows through the bypass passage and flows out of an outlet, as an after-bypass-passage flow. The mainstream partially flows along the outer surface of the airflow measuring device, without passing through the bypass passage, as an outside-passage flow. The outer surface of the airflow measuring device defines a throttle at the downstream of the outlet. The throttle merges the after-bypass-passage flow with the outside-passage flow and guides the merged flow to the downstream. | 01-17-2013 |
20130014573 | AIR FLOW MEASURING DEVICEAANM KAMIYA; ShinichiAACI Kariya-cityAACO JPAAGP KAMIYA; Shinichi Kariya-city JPAANM Kitahara; NoboruAACI Kariya-cityAACO JPAAGP Kitahara; Noboru Kariya-city JP - An air flow measuring device takes in part of intake air flowing through an intake passage. The device includes a housing and a sensor. The housing defines a bypass flow passage through which taken-in intake air passes and which has an outlet that opens on an outer wall of the housing. The sensor is accommodated in the bypass passage to produce an electrical signal as a result of heat transfer between taken-in intake air and the sensor. The outlet of the bypass passage includes vertical and non-vertical openings. The vertical opening opens toward a downstream side of a flow of intake air in the intake passage and is provided perpendicular to the flow of intake air. The non-vertical opening is provided non-perpendicularly to the flow of intake air in the intake passage. The outlet is a continuous stretch of opening where the vertical and non-vertical openings are continuously formed. | 01-17-2013 |
20130019675 | FLOW MEASURING DEVICE - A bypass passage receives a part of air flowing through a duct. A sub-bypass passage is branched from an intermediate portion of the bypass passage to separate dust contained in air flowing through the duct. A flow rate sensor is located in the sub-bypass passage for detecting the flow rate of air. A first wall surface and a second wall surface of the bypass passage are located upstream from the branch. The first wall surface is located on the side of the branch. The second wall surface is opposed to the first wall surface. Both the first wall surface and the second wall surface are curved to direct airflow to move away from the branch. | 01-24-2013 |
20130055800 | AIR FLOW MEASURING DEVICE - An air flow measuring device includes a housing, a sensor, and a throttle that is provided on an outer wall surface of the housing. The throttle merges together a bypass-passing flow and an outside-passing flow, and guides the merged flow toward the downstream side with the merged flow narrowed. The throttle includes two raised portions and a cover that bridges between the two raised portions and is opposed to the outer wall surface of the housing. The cover includes an inner surface exposed to the throttle, and an outer surface exposed to outside of the throttle. A peripheral border of the cover includes an upstream edge which defines the outer surface on the upstream side. At least a region of the outer surface including the upstream edge is swollen more outwardly in a shape of a projecting curved surface further on the downstream side. | 03-07-2013 |
20140083179 | FLOW DETECTION DEVICE - A plate-like flow sensor is located in a bypass passage such that a front-to-rear direction of the flow sensor is substantially along a width direction of the bypass passage. The flow sensor divides a flow from its upstream into a first flow, which passes on its front side, and a second flow, which passes on its rear side. The bypass passage has a bent portion in which the first flow and the second flow merge on a downstream side of the flow sensor. A flow deflection unit changes a turning quantity of at least one of the first flow and the second flow such that a turning quantity of the first flow and a turning quantity of the second flow are substantially conformed in the bent portion. | 03-27-2014 |
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20090273582 | TOUCH INPUT PROGRAM AND TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A game apparatus includes a CPU core. In response to a setting of a reverse input mode, the CPU core reverses vertically and horizontally BG/OBJ data corresponding to a question, and displays on an LCD an image based on the reversed BG/OBJ data. When a handwriting input operation associated with the image is accepted by a touch panel, the CPU core displays on the LCD an image based on handwriting input data corresponding to the accepted handwriting input operation. | 11-05-2009 |
20110298823 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing section of a game apparatus executes a program including: a step of obtaining an image captured by an outer camera; a step of calculating, when detection of a marker is completed, a position and an orientation of a virtual camera based on a result of the marker detection; a step of obtaining hand-drawn data; a step of capturing, with the virtual camera, a fundamental polygon to which a texture is applied to generate a hand-drawn image, and displaying, on an upper LCD, an image in which the hand-drawn image is superimposed on the camera image; and a step of displaying a hand-drawn input image on a lower LCD. | 12-08-2011 |
20110300931 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, HAND-HELD GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME METHOD - An information processing section of a game apparatus executes a program including: a step of setting a puzzle area to be cut from an image taken by an outer camera; a step of setting the division number representing the number of portions into which the puzzle area is divided in accordance with a stage; a step of generating one-dimensional arrangement data representing a state in which puzzle pieces are positioned at random: a step of executing a game process by updating the one-dimensional arrangement data of the puzzle pieces which are selected based on a tilt of the game apparatus; and a step of switching, in accordance with the one-dimensional arrangement data, texture coordinate data of the puzzle pieces calculated based on a tilt of a virtual camera, and displaying an obtained image. | 12-08-2011 |
20120068980 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Captured image acquisition means acquires a captured image captured by a real camera. Color detection means, in the captured image acquired by the captured image acquisition means, detects at least one pixel having specific range color information in color information including at least one selected from the group including RGB values, a hue, a saturation, and a brightness. Image generation means, on the basis of the specific range color information of the at least one pixel detected by the color detection means, generates an image of an object to be placed in a virtual world. Image display control means displays the image generated by the image generation means on a display device. | 03-22-2012 |
20120120088 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - At least one pixel having specific range color information in color information including at least one selected from the group including RGB values, a hue, a saturation, and a brightness is detected in a captured image captured by a real camera. When the pixel having the specific range color information has been detected, at least one of a shape, a position, and a display form of an object to be placed in a virtual world is changed on the basis of the color information of the pixel. Then, an image of the virtual world where at least the set object is placed is displayed on a display device. | 05-17-2012 |
20120133676 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - At least one virtual object for which a predetermined color is set is placed in a virtual world. In a captured image captured by a real camera, at least one pixel corresponding to the predetermined color is detected, using color information including at least one selected from the group including RGB values, a hue, a saturation, and a brightness of each pixel of the captured image. When the pixel corresponding to the predetermined color has been detected, a predetermined process is performed on the virtual object for which the predetermined color is set. An image of the virtual world where at least the virtual object is placed is displayed on a display device. | 05-31-2012 |
20120172127 | INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A moving object and a topography object having a portion with different heights are positioned in a virtual space, and the moving object is controlled so as to move on the topography object. A real world image is obtained from an imaging device, and a position and an orientation of a marker in the real world image are detected. On the basis of a result of the detection, a virtual camera is positioned in the virtual space, and a moving object and a topography object are rendered on the basis of the virtual camera. Here, the real world image obtained from the imaging device is used as a texture for the topography object. The rendered moving object and the topography object are synthesized on the real world image and a synthesized image is displayed on a display device. | 07-05-2012 |
20150065244 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - A game apparatus obtains a captured image from a camera, and repeatedly executes a recognition process on the obtained captured image for recognizing a predetermined object included in the captured image. The game apparatus repeatedly generates and displays a synthesized image obtained by synthesizing an image of a virtual object generated by using a process result of the recognition process with a captured image which is a subject of the recognition process. Here, if the recognition process fails, a captured image which is a subject of a recognition process which has succeeded before is synthesized with an image of a virtual object generated by using a process result of the recognition process. | 03-05-2015 |
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20080277232 | LUBRICATION CONTROLLING METHOD FOR STARTING CLUTCH - The present invention provides a lubrication controlling method for a starting clutch including a wet type multi-plate clutch disposed between a transmission and an engine of a vehicle and adapted to transmit a power, the method comprising the steps of always supplying lubricant oil during an operation of the wet type multi-plate clutch, continuously changing a flow amount of the lubricant oil in accordance with a condition of the wet type multi-plate clutch, and controlling the amount of the lubricant oil so that a supplying amount of the lubricant oil during an idle rotation of the wet type multi-plate clutch becomes greater than a supplying amount of the lubricant oil during the complete engagement of the wet type multi-plate clutch. | 11-13-2008 |
20080296121 | LUBRICATION CONTROLLING METHOD AND LUBRICATION CONTROLLING APPARATUS FOR STARTING CLUTCH OF UNIT TYPE - The present invention provides a lubrication controlling method for a starting clutch disposed between a transmission and an engine of a vehicle and having a wet type multi-plate clutch for transmitting a power, the method comprising the steps of detecting a temperature of oil in the starting clutch by means of a first temperature sensor, and controlling a flow amount of lubricant oil of the starting clutch in accordance with the temperature of the oil detected by the first temperature sensor, regardless of a running condition of the vehicle, and wherein the controlling step is performed in such a manner that, if the temperature of the oil is below a first set value, the flow amount is minimized, and, if the temperature of the oil is above a second set value, the flow amount is maximized, and, if the temperature of the oil is between the first and second set values, the flow amount of the lubricant oil is continuously changed in accordance with the temperature of the oil. | 12-04-2008 |
20130001034 | STARTING CLUTCH - The present invention provides a starting clutch disposed between a transmission and an engine and having a wet type multi-plate clutch for transmitting a power, in which the wet type multi-plate clutch includes a plurality of friction plates housed for an axial sliding movement, a clutch drum for housing the friction plates, and a piston for urging a radial central region or therearound of the friction plate to engage the friction plates, and oil which has lubricated the wet type multi-plate clutch is temporarily trapped within the clutch drum and then is discharged. | 01-03-2013 |
20140090947 | STARTING CLUTCH - The present invention provides a starting clutch disposed between a transmission and an engine and having a wet type multi-plate clutch for transmitting a power, in which the wet type multi-plate clutch includes a plurality of friction plates housed for an axial sliding movement, a clutch drum for housing the friction plates, and a piston for urging a radial central region or therearound of the friction plate to engage the friction plates, and oil which has lubricated the wet type multi-plate clutch is temporarily trapped within the clutch drum and then is discharged. | 04-03-2014 |
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20080281065 | FLUOROPOLYMER AND COMPOSITION THEREOF - The present invention provides a fluoropolymer capable of giving fluorine-containing molded materials and laminates excellent in moldability, productivity, interlaminar bonding and stress cracking resistance, in particular stress cracking resistance upon contacting with various liquid chemicals, without impairing such characteristics intrinsic in fluororesins as chemical resistance, solvent resistance, weathering resistance, antifouling properties, liquid chemical impermeability and nonstickiness. The present invention provides a fluoropolymer which is an oligomer-containing or oligomer-free fluoropolymer, wherein said oligomer has a molecular weight not higher than 10,000 and amounts to not more than 0.05% by mass relative to the fluoropolymer. | 11-13-2008 |
20090291243 | MULTILAYER BODY - The present invention provides a laminate which is highly impermeable to fuels and has high fuel crack resistance. The present invention is a laminate having: | 11-26-2009 |
20110272173 | FLUORORESIN COMPOSITION AND COVERED ELECTRIC WIRE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a fluororesin composition which hardly causes molding defects even when high-speed molding is performed in covering extrusion molding within a relatively broad molding temperature range and which can give covered electric wires, in particular foamed electric wires, excellent in surface smoothness. | 11-10-2011 |
20120123031 | ORGANOSOL COMPOSITION OF FLUORINE-CONTAINING POLYMER - The present invention provides an organosol composition that is stable even in the case that the PTFE particle content is high. The present invention relates to an organosol composition of PTFE particles, comprising PTFE particles (A), a polymer (B), and an organic solvent (S), wherein (1) the polymer (B) is soluble in the organic solvent (S), (2) the amount of the PTFE particles (A) is not lower than 50% by mass of the total amount of the PTFE particles (A) and the polymer (B), and (3) the precipitation ratio of the PTFE particles after 48 hours is not higher than 60% when the total solids concentration of the PTFE particles (A) and the polymer (B) is 5% by mass. | 05-17-2012 |
20130188293 | FILM FOR USE IN FILM CAPACITORS, AND FILM CAPACITORS - Provided is a film for a film capacitor in which electrical insulation, and especially electrical properties at high temperatures are improved while a high dielectric constant of a vinylidene fluoride resin is maintained. The film for a film capacitor includes a tetrafluoroethylene resin (a1) that includes a vinylidene fluoride unit and a tetrafluoroethylene unit in the vinylidene fluoride unit/tetrafluoroethylene unit ratio (mol %) of 0/100 to 49/51 as a film-forming resin (A). | 07-25-2013 |
20130230645 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A FLUORORESIN COMPOSITION AND ELECTRICAL WIRE - A method of producing a fluororesin composition includes copolymerizing at least tetrafluoroethylene with hexafluoropropylene so that a melt flow rate at 372 degree C. of the copolymer formed in the copolymerization changes from 0.05-5.0 grams/10 minutes to 10-60 grams/10 minutes. The tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer can be used as a coating on an electrical wire. | 09-05-2013 |
20140346707 | ACRYLIC RUBBER COMPOSITION, ACRYLIC RUBBER MOLDED PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention aims to provide an acrylic rubber composition capable of giving an acrylic rubber molded product good in low-friction properties and non-sticking properties. The present invention relates to an acrylic rubber composition containing an acrylic rubber (A) and a fluororesin (B), the fluororesin (B) being a perfluororesin. | 11-27-2014 |
20140378616 | CROSSLINKABLE FLUORINE RUBBER COMPOSITION, FLUORINE RUBBER MOLDED ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A crosslinkable fluororubber composition containing: a fluororubber (A); and a fluororesin (B), wherein the fluororesin (B) is a copolymer (B1) consisting of tetrafluoroethylene units (a) and hexafluoropropylene units (b) or a copolymer (B2) containing tetrafluoroethylene units (a), hexafluoropropylene units (b), and polymerized units (c) derived from a monomer copolymerizable with tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene, the copolymer (B1) satisfies the condition that the ratio (a)/(b) is (80.0 to 87.3)/(12.7 to 20.0) on a molar basis, and the copolymer (B2) satisfies the condition that the ratio (a)/(b) is (80.0 to 90.0)/(10.0 to 20.0) on a molar basis, and the ratio (c)/{(a)+(b)} is (0.1 to 10.0)/(90.0 to 99.9) on a molar basis. | 12-25-2014 |
20150014941 | OIL SEAL FOR AUTOMOBILE - An oil seal for automobiles including an elastic component having a seal lip portion. The elastic component consists of a composition containing fluororubber and fluororesin. The seal lip portion has protrusions at least on the surface thereof. The protrusions substantially consist of the fluororesin contained in the composition. The fluororesin is a copolymer containing a polymerized unit based on tetrafluoroethylene and a polymerized unit based on hexafluoropropylene. | 01-15-2015 |
20150017532 | BINDER, CATHODE MIXTURE AND ANODE MIXTURE - A binder, including a fluoropolymer, the fluoropolymer including a polymerization unit based on vinylidene fluoride and a polymerization unit based on a monomer having an amide group represented by —CO—NRR′ (R and R′ are the same as or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group optionally having a substituent group) or an amide bond represented by —CO—NR″— (R″ represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group optionally having a substituent group, or a phenyl group optionally having a substituent group) and having a solution viscosity of 10 to 20,000 mPa·s. Also disclosed is a positive electrode mixture and a negative electrode mixture containing the binder, a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a lithium ion secondary cell. | 01-15-2015 |
20150041473 | AUTOMOTIVE FILLER CAP - The object of the present invention is to provide an automotive filler cap with excellent low adhesion property. The present invention relates to an automotive filler cap configured to be attached to a filler opening of an automobile, the automotive filler cap including a gasket configured to seal the filler opening by being pressed against the filler opening, the gasket being made of a composition that contains a fluororubber and a fluororesin, the fluororesin being precipitated on the surface of the gasket, the fluororesin comprising a copolymer that contains a polymerized unit based on tetrafluoroethylene and a polymerized unit based on hexafluoropropylene. | 02-12-2015 |
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20090101485 | PUSHBUTTON SWITCH MOUNTING STRUCTURE - A pushbutton switch is provided with: a switch case; a switch body fixed to the switch case; an elastic sealing body that is formed of an elastic material and covers and seals the switch body; a cap member that is formed of a hard material and is detachably mounted at a top portion of the elastic sealing body; a pushbutton portion provided on the cap member and exposing from a switch exposure aperture on a switch mounting apparatus; and a stopper portion provided on the cap member and configured to interfere with a rear surface of the switch mounting apparatus at a peripheral area of the switch exposure aperture and to restrain the cap member from being detached from the switch mounting apparatus, in a state in which the switch case is fixed to the switch mounting apparatus. | 04-23-2009 |
20110284351 | Push switch - A push switch includes a flexible button comprising a peripheral side wall having an opening at the bottom; a switch board that is fitted in the opening of the peripheral side wall; a switch provided on the switch board; a tubular case fixed in place around the peripheral side wall; a stopper that is disposed under the switch board, and latched on the inner face of the case; and filler that fills the underside of the switch board, and fills at least an area that includes the entire peripheral length of the bottom periphery of the switch board and the bottom-end inner peripheral face of the peripheral side wall. | 11-24-2011 |
20110308925 | Push switch - A side wall and a top wall are integrally formed at the interior of a tubular case, which houses a switch. A cap member is fitted on the top of this case, and a flexible seal member is mounted on the top wall by way of a seal cover having a corner portion which is formed as a curve. | 12-22-2011 |
20120006664 | Push switch - Disclosed is a push switch wherein a flexible button is fitted on top of a case which houses a switch that is disposed on a mount. The mount comprises, integrally formed from resin, a base portion on which the switch is mounted; a cover portion, which is formed higher than a main body part of the switch, on the top face of the base portion, and surrounds the periphery of the main body part; and a stopper portion, which is formed on the bottom face of the base portion, and latches on the inside of the case. | 01-12-2012 |
20130248336 | PUSH SWITCH - A push switch comprising: a switch disposed on a seat; a cylindrical case that accommodates the seat and the switch; and a soft button comprising a side peripheral wall mounted on top of the case, and an upper operating wall, wherein the switch comprises a main portion and an operating portion that projects up from the main portion; the upper operating wall comprises a pressing portion that presses the operating portion; the seat comprises a base on which the switch is placed, a cover that is positioned around the main portion, and an upper wall that is positioned on the upper portion of the cover and covers the switch; the upper wall comprises a through-hole in a position corresponding to the operating portion; and the operating portion and the pressing portion face through the through-hole. | 09-26-2013 |
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20100127996 | In-vehicle device, remote control system, and remote control method - To provide an in-vehicle device including a layout-information acquiring unit, a relating unit, a combination display unit, a converting unit, and an output-signal transmitting unit. The layout-information acquiring unit acquires layout information of input keys of the portable terminal device. The relating unit relates each input key included in the layout information to a predetermined area on a touch panel display. The combination display unit causes a layout screen of each input key related to a predetermined area on the touch panel display to be displayed in the touch panel display. The converting unit converts an input to the touch panel display into an output signal corresponding to a pressing operation of the input key or a combination of the output signals, based on the layout information. The output-signal transmitting unit transmits the output signal obtained by conversion to the portable terminal device. | 05-27-2010 |
20100134242 | In-vehicle system, in-vehicle device, and execution control method of command of the in-vehicle device - In an in-vehicle system, a portable terminal interprets a command intended by operation data operated by an occupant via a touch panel of a DA, and determines whether the interpreted command is a prohibition command, that is, whether execution of the command in an own device is prohibited. When the command is not a prohibition command, the portable terminal is caused to execute the command, and when it is a prohibition command, the DA is caused to execute the command. | 06-03-2010 |
20100138149 | In-vehicle device and wireless communication system - Upon detection of a portable terminal positioned at a predetermined distance allowing wireless communication with an in-vehicle device, the in-vehicle device in an in-vehicle system performs a pairing process with respect to the detected portable terminal to establish wireless communication with the detected portable terminal. Thereafter, the in-vehicle device acquires an image and sound acquired by an application being executed on the portable terminal from the portable terminal, with which wireless communication has been established. The in-vehicle device converts acquired various types of data into an outputtable format of the in-vehicle device and outputs the converted data to at least one of a display unit and a speaker. | 06-03-2010 |
20100216401 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - An in-vehicle device is provided. A wireless communication section is configured to perform wireless communication with a plurality of mobile terminal devices in a vehicle. A specifying section is configured to specify each of the mobile terminal devices based on radio waves which are transmitted from the mobile terminal devices carried in the vehicle and are received by an antenna provided in the vehicle. An information acquiring section is configured to acquire service specifying information for specifying available services for each of the mobile terminal devices from each of the mobile terminal devices specified by the specifying section. A share setting section is configured to set whether or not to share at least one of the available services among the mobile terminal devices based on the service specifying information acquired by the information acquiring section. | 08-26-2010 |
20110177795 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A portable communication terminal transmits a request signal that requests voice data representing an email message, to a server apparatus when the portable communication terminal receives the email that has been sent to the portable communication terminal, and the portable communication terminal transmits the voice data received from the server apparatus, to an in-vehicle equipment. A server apparatus converts an email message that has been sent to a portable communication terminal, into voice data in response to a request signal received from the portable communication terminal, and the server apparatus returns the voice data to the portable communication terminal. The in-vehicle equipment detects a position of a portable communication terminal in a cabin, and the in-vehicle equipment outputs a voice message converted only from voice data representing an email message received by the portable communication terminal located in a specific position in the cabin, inside the cabin of the vehicle. | 07-21-2011 |
20120232793 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND ON-VEHICLE DEVICE - A navigation system is configured in which a driven distance calculating unit of an on-vehicle device calculates a first driven distance in a predetermined section based on vehicle speed calculated using vehicle speed pulses outputted from a vehicle and a vehicle speed calculation coefficient, a driven distance calculating unit of a portable terminal device calculates a second driven distance of the vehicle in the predetermined section based on GPS information provided from global navigation satellites, a learning unit corrects the vehicle speed calculation coefficient based on the result of comparing the first driven distance with the second driven distance, and a vehicle location predicting unit of the portable terminal device predicts a vehicle location based on the vehicle speed calculated using the vehicle speed pulses and the corrected vehicle speed calculation coefficient. | 09-13-2012 |
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20080253017 | APPARATUS FOR RECORDING OR RETRIEVING DATA ON MAGNETIC TAPE - A magnetic tape drive includes a magnetic head configured to read or write data on a magnetic tape, a transport unit configured to drive the magnetic tape past the magnetic head, a speed detector configured to obtain speed information related to a transport speed of the magnetic tape, a vibrator configured to vibrate the magnetic head, and a controller configured to carry out control over the vibrator based upon the speed information obtained by the speed detector. The controller determines whether the transport speed of the magnetic tape is not lower than a predetermined value, based upon the speed information, starts operation of the vibrator in response to a determination that the transport speed is lower than the predetermined value, and stops the operation of the vibrator in response to a determination that the transport speed is not lower than the predetermined value. | 10-16-2008 |
20090245059 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING OR RETRIEVING INFORMATION ON OPTICAL DISC, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF OPTICAL DISC ON WHICH INFORMATION IS RECORDED - A method for recording information on an optical disc having a recording layer which contains a two-photon absorption compound is provided. In this method, the information to be recorded is obtained as first pit array data indicative of a first linear array of pits, wherein the pits in the first linear array correspond to those to be formed on a plurality of tracks arranged spirally or concentrically on the optical disc. The first pit array data is then converted into second pit array data indicative of a second linear array of the pits. The second linear array of the pits corresponds to that to be obtained as a result of scanning, sequentially in radial directions of the optical disc, the pits arranged in the first linear array along the plurality of tracks on the optical disc. An area of the optical disc, which includes an area corresponding to the plurality of tracks, is scanned with a pulsed laser sequentially in the radial directions of the optical disc while rotating the optical disc. Emission of a pulsed laser beam produced by the pulsed laser is interrupted and resumed according to the second pit array data. | 10-01-2009 |
20090285081 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING INFORMATION IN OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIUM - To record information in an optical storage medium, a pulsed laser beam produced by a laser light source is split into first and second pulsed laser beams by a beam splitter. The first pulsed laser beam to be concentrated in the optical storage medium supported by a medium support part is interrupted and resumed by a shutter. The second pulsed laser beam is received by a photosensor which produces a detection signal. A controller includes a sync-generator configured to receive the detection signal from the photosensor and to generate a synchronizing signal based upon the received detection signal, and a shutter driver configured to drive the shutter in synchronization with timing represented by the synchronizing signal generated by the sync-generator. | 11-19-2009 |
20100046117 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A magnetic recording medium includes a nonmagnetic support and a magnetic layer, and has a coefficient of dynamic friction, on the magnetic layer side surface, of 0.5 or larger as measured at a speed of 1 m/s relative to a sliding member of a magnetic head. | 02-25-2010 |
20130100791 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD - An optical information recording medium includes: a recording layer | 04-25-2013 |
20130121123 | METHOD FOR RECORDING ON AND READING OUT FROM OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - Recording and reading method for optical information recording medium comprising: recording layer having thickness not less than 2λ/n, where λ is wavelength of recording beam and n is refractive index of the recording layer, and configured to undergo a change in the refractive index by irradiation with the recording beam; and adjacent layer adjacent to the recording layer at a side opposite to an incident side, comprises the steps of: recording a recording spot by irradiating with the recording beam, while shifting focal position by offset amount d, which satisfies ω | 05-16-2013 |
20130121127 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An optical information recording medium | 05-16-2013 |
20130128715 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Optical information recording medium | 05-23-2013 |
20140023816 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical information recording medium | 01-23-2014 |
20140120295 | MULTILAYER STRUCTURE SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM USING MULTILAYER STRUCTURE SHEET - A multilayer structure sheet for manufacturing an optical information recording medium having a multilayer structure with a plurality of recording layers is disclosed. The multilayer structure sheet comprises at least one unit structure in which a pressure sensitive adhesive layer, a recording layer, a recording layer support layer having a glass transition temperature higher than that of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer, and a recording layer are laid one on top of another in this order, and a release sheet is attached to an outside of an outermost pressure sensitive adhesive layer. | 05-01-2014 |
20140342159 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical information recording medium is provided which comprises a laminate of unit structure sheets, each including an adhesive layer configured as an intermediate layer and at least one recording layer. The unit structure sheets are each made with the recording layer and the adhesive layer formed by applying materials in one specific application direction, and the unit structure sheets in one optical information recording medium are classifiable into pairs such that application directions therefor in each pair are shifted 180 degrees from each other. | 11-20-2014 |
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20100150688 | WORKPIECE TRANSFER SYSTEM - A workpiece transfer system may include a plurality of cassettes for storing workpieces, at least one workpiece processing apparatus, and a multi-joint industrial robot for loading and unloading workpieces to/from the cassettes. The multi-joint industrial robot may include a hand part for holding a workpiece, an arm part supporting the hand part so as to make the hand part rotatable, and a link mechanism that supports an arm joint part, positioned at a base side of the arm part, so as to make the arm joint part rotatable. | 06-17-2010 |
20130036851 | INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - An industrial robot may include a main body section, a first arm, a second arm, a third arm, a first speed reducer which connects the main body section and the first arm a second speed reducer which connects the first arm and the second arm, and a connecting mechanism which connects the input shaft of the first speed reducer and the input shaft of the second speed reducer, and a second drive motor which drives the third arm. The speed reduction ratio of the first and second speed reducer are set such that the movement loci of a third articulation section which connects the second and third arm are rectilinear. The connecting mechanism connects the input shafts predetermined speed ratio. The second drive motor is mounted on the second arm closer to the tip than where a third articulation section is located. | 02-14-2013 |
20140033853 | ROTATING RANGE RESTRICTION MECHANISM FOR ROTATING BODY, AND INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - A rotating range restricting mechanism that restricts the rotating range of a rotating body rotatable 360 degrees or more with respect to a supporting body includes: a swing member rotatably attached to the supporting body; a first restricting member abutting the swing member to restrict the swing range of one end of the swing member; a second restricting member abutting the swing member to restrict the swing range of the other end of the swing member; an engaging member fixed to the rotating body which engages with the swing member to allow the swing member to swing between a first restricting position and a second restricting position; a first magnetic holding mechanism that holds the swing member in the first restricting position with a magnetic attraction force; and a second magnetic holding mechanism that holds the swing member in the second restricting position with a magnetic attraction force. | 02-06-2014 |
20140331807 | ROTATING MECHANISM, INDUSTRIAL ROBOT AND METHOD FOR RETURNING ROTATING BODY TO ORIGINAL POSITION - A rotating mechanism which returning a rotating body to an original position. The first detecting mechanism for detecting that the rotating body is in the original position is provided with a first section-to-be-detected affixed to the rotating body and the first detecting section affixed to a supporting body. A second detecting mechanism is provided with a swing member attached to the supporting body, an engaging member that lets the swing member swing, a second section-to-be-detected affixed to the swing member, and a second detecting section affixed to the supporting body. The first detecting section detects the first section-to-be-detected at one or two positions, and the second detecting section switches between ON and OFF at one position. The rotating body is first rotated to the position at which the second detecting section switches between ON and OFF, in order to return the rotating body to its original position. | 11-13-2014 |