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20120305144 | STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STEEL SHEET - A steel sheet, including: as chemical components, by mass %, 0.05% to 0.35% of C; 0.05% to 2.0% of Si; 0.8% to 3.0% of Mn; 0.01% to 2.0% of Al; equal to or less than 0.1% of P; equal to or less than 0.05% of S; equal to or less than 0.01% of N; and the balance including iron and inevitable impurities, wherein an area ratio of equal to or higher than 50% of a total of a ferrite phase, a bainite phase, and a tempered martensite phase is contained, an area ratio of equal to or higher than 3% of a retained austenite phase is contained, and crystal grains of the retained austenite phase having a number ratio of equal to or higher than 50% satisfy Expression 1, assuming carbon concentration at a position of center of gravity is Cgc and a carbon concentration at a grain boundary is Cgb. | 12-06-2012 |
20130037180 | HIGH-STRENGTH COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet includes, by mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.40%, Mn: 0.5% to 4.0%, Si: 0.005% to 2.5%, Al: 0.005% to 2.5%, Cr: 0% to 1.0%, and a balance of iron and inevitable impurities, in which an amount of P is limited to 0.05% or less, an amount of S is limited to 0.02% or less, an amount of N is limited to 0.006% or less, the microstructure includes 2% to 30% of retained austenite by area percentage, martensite is limited to 20% or less by area percentage in the microstructure, an average particle size of cementite is 0.01 μm to 1 μm, and 30% to 100% of the cementite has an aspect ratio of 1 to 3. | 02-14-2013 |
20130167980 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND HIGH-STRENGTH ZINC-COATED STEEL SHEET WHICH HAVE EXCELLENT DUCTILITY AND STRETCH-FLANGEABILITY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - This high-strength steel sheet includes by mass percentage: 0.05 to 0.4% of C; 0.1 to 2.5% of Si; 1.0 to 3.5% of Mn; 0.001 to 0.03% of P; 0.0001 to 0.01% of S; 0.001 to 2.5% of Al; 0.0001 to 0.01% of N; 0.0001 to 0.008% of O; and a remainder composed of iron and inevitable impurities, wherein a steel sheet structure contains by volume fraction 10 to 50% of a ferrite phase, 10 to 50% of a tempered martensite phase, and a remaining hard phase, wherein a 98% hardness is 1.5 or more times as high as a 2% hardness in a range from ⅛ to ⅜ of a thickness of the steel sheet, wherein a kurtosis K* of the hardness distribution between the 2% hardness and the 98% hardness is −1.2 to −0.4, and wherein an average crystal grain size in the steel sheet structure is 10 μm or less. | 07-04-2013 |
20140014236 | HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a hot-rolled steel sheet including, by mass %, C:0.02% to 0.5% of C, and the sum of the content of Si and the content of Al is 1.0% to 4.0%. An average pole density of an orientation group from {100}<011> to {223}<110> is 1.0 to 6.5, and a pole density of a crystal orientation {332}<113> is 1.0 to 5.0. A microstructure includes, by of an area ratio, 2% to 30% of retained austenite, 20% to 50% of ferrite, and 10% to 60% of bainite. rC that is a Lankford value in a direction orthogonal to a rolling direction is 0.70 to 1.10, and r30 that is a Lankford value in a direction forming an angle of 30° with the rolling direction is 0.70 to 1.10. | 01-16-2014 |
20140205855 | HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL SHEET EXCELLENT IN IMPACT RESISTANCE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND HIGH-STRENGTH GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - [Summary] The present invention provides a high-strength steel sheet excellent in impact resistance. The high-strength steel sheet contains predetermined contents of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Al, Ti, N, and O, with the balance being iron and inevitable impurities, and has a steel sheet structure in which, in a ⅛ thickness to ⅜ thickness region across ¼ of a sheet thickness, 1 to 8% retained austenite is contained in volume fraction, an average aspect ratio of the retained austenite is 2.0 or less, an amount of solid-solution Mn in the retained austenite is 1.1 times an average amount of Mn or more, and TiN grains having a 0.5 μm average grain diameter or less are contained, and a density of AlN grains with a 1 μm grain diameter or more is 1.0 pieces/mm | 07-24-2014 |
20140234657 | HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes: a steel sheet; and a plated layer on a surface of the steel sheet, a microstructure contains, by volume fraction, equal to or more than 20% and equal to or less than 99% in total of one or two of martensite and bainite, a residual structure contains one or two of ferrite, residual austenite of less than 8% by volume fraction, and pearlite of equal to or less than 10% by volume fraction, tensile strength is equal to or greater than 980 MPa, the plated layer is a hot-dip galvanized layer which contains oxides including one or two or more of Si, Mn, and Al, contains equal to or less than 15 mass % of Fe, and a remainder including Zn, Al, and unavoidable impurities, and when a cross section including the steel sheet and the hot-dip galvanized layer is seen in a sheet thickness direction, a projected area ratio is equal to or more than 10% and equal to or less than 90%. | 08-21-2014 |
20140234658 | GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet and a plating layer on the surface of the steel sheet, in which the steel sheet includes, as a steel chemical composition, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.40%, Si: 0.5 to 3.0% and Mn: 1.5 to 3.0%, a microstructure of the steel sheet includes ferrite, bainite, by volume fraction, 30% or more of a tempered martensite, and 8% or more of an austenite, and tensile strength of the steel sheet is 980 MPa or more, and the plating layer includes an oxide including at least one chemical element selected from Si, Mn and Al, and when seen at a cross section including the steel sheet and the plating layer in a plate thickness direction, a projection area fraction of the oxide is 10% or more. | 08-21-2014 |
20140242415 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND HIGH-STRENGTH ALLOYED HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT FORMABILITY AND SMALL MATERIAL ANISOTROPY WITH ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH OF 980 MPa OR MORE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having small material anisotropy and excellent formability with an ultimate tensile strength of 980 MPa or more. The hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on a surface of a base steel plate. The base steel plate contains, by mass %, C: 0.1 to less than 0.40%, Si: 0.5 to 3.0%, Mn: 1.5 to 3.0%, O: limited to 0.006% or less, P: limited to 0.04% or less, S: limited to 0.01% or less, Al: limited to 2.0% or less, N: limited to 0.01% or less, and a balance including Fe and inevitable impurities. A microstructure of the base steel sheet contains ferrite of 40% or more, residual austenite of 8 to less than 60%, by volume fraction, and a balance being bainite or martensite. In a sheet thickness range of ⅝ to ⅜ from the surface of the base steel sheet, a pole density of specific crystal orientation is within a predetermined range. The hot-dip galvanized layer contains Fe: less than 7 mass % and a balance including Zn, Al, and inevitable impurities. | 08-28-2014 |
20140342183 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND HIGH-STRENGTH ALLOYED HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT PLATING ADHESION, FORMABILITY, AND HOLE EXPANDABILITY WITH TENSILE STRENGTH OF 980 MPa OR MORE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent plating adhesion, formability, and hole expandability with an ultimate tensile strength of 980 MPa or more, the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet comprising a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on a surface of a base steel sheet. The base steel sheet contains, by mass %, C: 0.05% to 0.4%; Si: 0.01% to 3.0%; Mn: 0.1% to 3.0%; Al: 0.01 to 2.0%; in which Si+Al>0.5%, P: limited to 0.04% or less; S: limited to 0.05% or less; N: limited to 0.01% or less; and a balance including Fe and inevitable impurities, a microstructure of the base steel sheet contains 40% or more by total volume fraction of martensite and bainite, 8% or more by volume fraction of residual austenite, and a balance of the microstructure being ferrite or ferrite and 10% or less by volume fraction of pearlite. The martensite contains 10% or more by total volume fraction of two or more kinds of three kinds of martensites (1), (2), and (3), and the hot-dip galvanized layer contains less than 7 mass % of Fe. | 11-20-2014 |
20140377582 | HIGH-STRENGTH COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet includes, as a component composition, by mass %: C: 0.075% to 0.300%; Si: 0.30% to 2.50%; Mn: 1.30% to 3.50%; P: 0.001% to 0.050%; S: 0.0001% to 0.0100%; Al: 0.001% to 1.500%; and N: 0.0001% to 0.0100%, in which a surface microstructure contains residual austenite of 3% to 10% and ferrite of 90% or less by volume fraction, an inner microstructure at a depth of t/4 from the surface assuming that a sheet thickness is t contains residual austenite of 3% to 20% by volume fraction, a ratio Hvs/Hvb between a surface hardness Hvs of the steel sheet surface and a hardness Hvb at a depth of ¼ of the thickness is more than 0.75 to 0.90, and a maximum tensile strength is 700 MPa or more. | 12-25-2014 |
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20080211951 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA - An imaging device is disclosed. The device includes: a unit pixel that outputs an analog electric signal in accordance with a signal charge; a local voltage supply circuit that generates a local voltage different from an operation voltage; a reference signal generation section that generates a reference signal based on the local voltage provided by the local voltage supply circuit; and a processing section that converts, by referring to the reference signal generated by the reference signal generation section, the analog signal provided by the unit pixel into a digital signal. In the imaging device, the reference signal generation section keeps constant a load current of the local voltage supply circuit in an operating state. | 09-04-2008 |
20080284886 | Image pickup circuit, CMOS sensor, and image pickup device - Disclosed herein is an image pickup circuit including: amplifying means for amplifying a charge corresponding to an amount of light received by a photodetector, and outputting a pixel signal; ramp signal generating means for generating a ramp signal whose voltage drops with a fixed slope from a predetermined initial voltage; and comparing means for comparing the pixel signal output by the amplifying means with the ramp signal output by the ramp signal generating means. A reference potential of the pixel signal output by the amplifying means and a reference potential of the ramp signal output by the ramp signal generating means are at a same level. | 11-20-2008 |
20090033759 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE CIRCUIT AND IMAGE-CAPTURE CIRCUIT - A reference voltage circuit for generating a reference voltage to be referred when a pixel signal is digitally converted, includes ramp voltage generating means for generating a ramp voltage which drops from a predetermined initial voltage at a certain gradient, a transistor for forming, together with the ramp voltage generating means, a current mirror circuit, and gain change means for changing a current value of a current flowing from a predetermined power supply via the transistor to change the gradient of the ramp voltage generated by the ramp voltage generating means. | 02-05-2009 |
20100231574 | IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGING DEVICE, AND CAMERA USING THE IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device that can not only reduce noises including shading but also read out a pixel at high speed, a method for controlling the imaging device, and a camera using the imaging device are provided. In a 3-transistor-driven pixel circuit | 09-16-2010 |
20110013050 | Solid-state imaging device, control method therefor, and camera system - A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel section having pixels performing photoelectric conversion arranged in a matrix form; a pixel signal reading unit including an AD converting part that reads pixel signals in a unit of pixels, and compares a reference signal as a ramp waveform with the pixel signals to perform AD conversion; a clamp unit clamping the signal line with a clamp voltage such that the pixel signals are held at or greater than a set voltage; a correction bias circuit generating a clamp voltage according to a clamp voltage set value supplied and supplies the clamp voltage to the clamp unit; and a correction bias selecting unit selecting the clamp voltage set value such that the clamp voltage is generated in association with slope determining information for determining a slope of the reference signal, and supplies the clamp voltage set value to the correction bias circuit. | 01-20-2011 |
20110074994 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, A/D CONVERTER AND A/D CONVERSION METHOD - In a reference signal comparison AD conversion scheme, a reference signal SLP_ADC and each of P and D phases of a pixel signal voltage Vx are compared. A count clock CKcnt | 03-31-2011 |
20110221931 | Temperature information output apparatus, imaging apparatus, method of outputting temperature information - A temperature information output apparatus includes: a first comparison unit provided to match with a specific row in a pixel array unit and receiving and comparing an analog pixel signal output from a pixel and a reference signal having a ramp waveform having a predetermined inclination and a signal period; a first count unit carrying out a count operation during a count period within a reset period and a count period within a signal period; a first data output unit outputting the pixel data based on a count value obtained by the first count unit; a local voltage/temperature signal generating unit generating a local voltage and a temperature signal; a second comparison unit receiving and comparing the temperature signal and the reference signal; a second count unit carrying out a count operation during a count period within a reset period and a count period within a signal period; and a second data output unit outputting temperature data based on a count value obtained by the second count unit. | 09-15-2011 |
20120120287 | IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUTTING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides an image outputting apparatus, including, an image pickup section, an error correction code calculation section adapted to calculate an error correction code using pixel data, which configure an image obtained by image pickup by the image pickup section, as an information word, and an outputting section adapted to output coded data, which are data of a codeword obtained by adding the error correction code to the pixel data, to an image processing apparatus provided in an apparatus in which the image outputting apparatus is provided. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120289 | IMAGE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUTTING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, DATA STRUCTURE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image outputting apparatus includes a header production section for producing a header including header information formed from first and second frame information regarding whether pixel data included in a payload are of first and last lines of one frame, respectively, first line information regarding whether or not the pixel data included in the payload are valid, and second line information regarding a line number of a line formed from the pixel data included in the payload, and an error detection code for use for detection of an error of the header information. A packet production section produces a packet which includes, in the payload thereof, pixel data for one line which configure an image obtained by imaging by an imaging section and to which the header is added. An outputting section outputs the produced packet to an image processing apparatus. | 05-17-2012 |
20130107082 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND CAMERA SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
20130193949 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE CIRCUIT AND IMAGE-CAPTURE CIRCUIT - A reference voltage circuit for generating a reference voltage to be referred when a pixel signal is digitally converted, includes ramp voltage generating means for generating a ramp voltage which drops from a predetermined initial voltage at a certain gradient, a transistor for forming, together with the ramp voltage generating means, a current mirror circuit, and gain change means for changing a current value of a current flowing from a predetermined power supply via the transistor to change the gradient of the ramp voltage generated by the ramp voltage generating means. | 08-01-2013 |
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20130341750 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of pixels which are arranged in a two-dimensional array form and in each of which color separation is performed in a substrate depth direction. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel addition section which performs addition, when pixel signals of the plurality of pixels are added up to be outputted, by setting addition regions of pixel signals of a first color component to be shifted from addition regions of pixel signals of a second color component at regular intervals. | 12-26-2013 |
20140117210 | IMAGE PICKUP CIRCUIT, CMOS SENSOR, AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an image pickup circuit including: amplifying means for amplifying a charge corresponding to an amount of light received by a photodetector, and outputting a pixel signal; ramp signal generating means for generating a ramp signal whose voltage drops with a fixed slope from a predetermined initial voltage; and comparing means for comparing the pixel signal output by the amplifying means with the ramp signal output by the ramp signal generating means. A reference potential of the pixel signal output by the amplifying means and a reference potential of the ramp signal output by the ramp signal generating means are at a same level. | 05-01-2014 |
20140160334 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - The present disclosure relates to an image pickup device, a control method, and an image pickup apparatus, which can implement more various data outputs. | 06-12-2014 |
20140211055 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, A/D CONVERTER AND A/D CONVERSION METHOD - In a reference signal comparison AD conversion scheme, a reference signal SLP_ADC and each of P and D phases of a pixel signal voltage Vx are compared. A count clock CKcnt | 07-31-2014 |
20140293103 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA SYSTEM - There is provided a solid-state image sensor including a pixel array unit in which pixels are arrayed, the pixel including a photodiode converting an optical signal into an electrical signal, and a readout unit which reads out an analog image signal from the pixel to a signal line and processes the read out analog pixel signal in a unit of column. The readout unit includes a ΔΣ modulator which has a function to convert the analog pixel signal in to a digital signal, and an amplifier which is arranged on an input side of the ΔΣ modulator and amplifies the analog pixel signal read out to the signal line using a set gain to input the signal to the ΔΣ modulator. | 10-02-2014 |
20150163403 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - The solid-state imaging device of the present disclosure includes a signal processing unit including an AD converter that digitizes an analog pixel signal read from each pixel of the pixel array unit to a signal line, the signal processing unit transferring digitized pixel data at a first speed higher than a frame rate; a memory unit that stores the pixel data transferred from the signal processing unit; a data processing unit that reads pixel data at a second speed lower than the first speed from the memory unit; and a control unit that, when the pixel data is read from the memory unit, controls to stop operation of a current source connected with the signal line and operation of at least the AD converter of the signal processing unit. | 06-11-2015 |
20150256782 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE CIRCUIT AND IMAGE-CAPTURE CIRCUIT - A reference voltage circuit for generating a reference voltage to be referred when a pixel signal is digitally converted, includes ramp voltage generating means for generating a ramp voltage which drops from a predetermined initial voltage at a certain gradient, a transistor for forming, together with the ramp voltage generating means, a current mirror circuit, and gain change means for changing a current value of a current flowing from a predetermined power supply via the transistor to change the gradient of the ramp voltage generated by the ramp voltage generating means. | 09-10-2015 |
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20080254300 | Resin Composition, Resin-Attached Metal Foil, Base Material-Attached Insulating Sheet and Multiple-Layered Printed Wiring Board - A multiple-layered printed wiring board is manufactured, which exhibits higher thermal resistance and lower thermal expansion so that no flaking and/or no crack would be occurred in a thermal shock test such as a cooling-heating cycle test and the like, in addition to exhibiting a fire retardancy. The present invention is directed to a resin composition, capable of being employed for forming a resin layer of a resin-attached metal foil or an insulating sheet of a base material-attached insulating sheet, and comprises: a cyanate resin and/or a prepolymer thereof; an epoxy resin substantially containing no halogen atom; a phenoxy resin substantially containing no halogen atom; an imidazole compound; and an inorganic filler, and also directed to a resin-attached metal foil formed by cladding a metal foil with such resin composition, a base material-attached insulating sheet formed by cladding an insulating base material therewith, and a multiple-layered printed wiring board, formed by laying such resin-attached metal foil(s) or such base material-attached insulating sheet(s) on a single side or both sides of an internal layer circuit board, and hot pressure forming thereof. | 10-16-2008 |
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20110208062 | Ultrasound Systems and Methods For Orthopedic Applications - Medical diagnostic instruments/systems are provided that include (i) a proximal handle configured and dimensioned to permit an operator to manually grasp the instrument; (ii) an ultrasound probe including a longitudinal shaft extending distally from the handle and terminating in a distal end, and an ultrasound transducer mounted with respect to the longitudinal shaft, the ultrasound transducer including an array of ultrasonic energy generation elements (iii) a tactile feeler probe mounted with respect to the ultrasound probe; and (iv) at least one hollow receiver member mounted with respect to the longitudinal shaft of the ultrasound probe, the at least one hollow receiver member configured to receive a K-wire to permit the instrument to be slidably mounted thereto for purposes of guiding the ultrasound and tactile feeler probes axially relative to a desired anatomical location. Advantageous methods for use of the disclosed instruments/systems are also provided. | 08-25-2011 |
20110313282 | Ultrasound for Surgical Cranial Applications - The present disclosure relates generally to equipment and procedures in the field of surgery and/or diagnostics and, more particularly, to instruments, systems, and methods for undertaking surgical and/or diagnostic procedures that involve and/or are in proximity to the brain, e.g., cranial procedures and/or surgery. The disclosed devices generally include a handle member and an elongated probe that includes an ultrasound transducer. The devices may be used in conjunction with K-wires/guidewires, tubular members, e.g., EVD catheters and/or ventricular drains, endoscopes/cameras, and accessory items such as curettes, probes, knives, suction devices, scissors, cautery units, forceps, grasping devices and the like. | 12-22-2011 |
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20080251849 | Semiconductor Device and Method for Manufacturing Same - A semiconductor device comprising a first semiconductor region and a second semiconductor region,
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20100314694 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device includes: a channel region formed in a semiconductor substrate; a source region formed on one side of the channel region; a drain region formed on the other side of the channel region; a gate electrode formed on the channel region via a gate insulating film; and a stress-introducing layer that applies stress to the channel region, the semiconductor device having a stress distribution in which source region-side and drain region-side peaks are positioned between a pn junction boundary of the channel region and the source region and a pn junction boundary of the channel region and the drain region. | 12-16-2010 |
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20080220145 | Method of producing parboiled rice and parboiled rice produced by the method - A method of producing parboiled rice that does not require waste water treatment equipment and that enriches the amount of γ-aminobutyric acid contained in the parboiled rice. The method includes partially milling raw material brown rice, wetting the partially milled rice grains by forced-air using moist air or mist, moisture-tempering the wetted rice grains, steam-boiling the water-tempered rice grains at normal pressure to heat the rice grains with steam, steam-boiling the rice grains heated in the normal pressure steam-boiling process using pressurized steam, cooling the rice grains steamed under pressure in the pressurized steam-boiling step to cool at least a surface of the rice grains, finish milling the rice grains cooled in the cooling step, and drying the finish-milled rice grains. | 09-11-2008 |
20080286435 | Grain or legume having increased content of functional component and a manufacturing method thereof - Grain or legume having an increased content of a functional component (γ-aminobutyric acid) is obtained by humidifying grain (such as rice, wheat or corn) or legume (such as soybean and adzuki bean) by forcing the grain into an air having a temperature of 50° C. or more and a relative humidity of 90% or more such that a moisture content thereof rises within the range of 16.0% to 18.5%, and thereafter, drying the grain or legume. | 11-20-2008 |
20100112184 | Coating solution, and manufacturing method and apparatus thereof - There is provided a coating solution which can efficiently take in dietary fiber at high concentration. A manufacturing method and apparatus of the coating solution are provided. According to this method, the coating solution having high viscosity can be obtained. According to this apparatus, even if the added amount is larger compared to the amount of rice, a large amount of coated rice can be continuously manufactured without causing the clogging in the flow of rice and the coating solution in the apparatus and the binding of rice. | 05-06-2010 |
20100242838 | COATING APPARATUS - There is provided a coating apparatus capable of continuously producing coated rice having powdered coating material adhered to the grains and including a drying process to prevent the grains from being bonded to one another and make the grain surfaces smoother upon drying of the grains. The coating apparatus comprising a binder coating unit for applying liquid binder to the grains being conveyed through a coating and stirring chamber to coat the grain surfaces with the binder; a adhering unit for adding powder material to the grains conveyed through a adhering and stirring chamber to adhere the powdered material to the grain surface by the binder; and a drying unit including a drying and stirring chamber through which the grains are conveyed while being stirred, a blow passage for blowing hot air into the drying chamber to dry the grains, and an exhaust passage for exhausting the hot air from the drying chamber. | 09-30-2010 |
20100323087 | Method for producing quick-cooking rice and quick-cooking rice produced by the method - Raw material rice (brown rice and partially-milled rice) is subjected to a preliminary pressurized steam-boiling process to form an alpharized layer on the surface of the raw material rice, and then a moisture adding process is performed. Since the surface of the raw material rice is alpharized to become stiff with the preliminary pressurized steam-boiling process, even rapid moisture addition does not cause a crack in the raw material rice. Therefore, water absorption can be quickly achieved to a target moisture content, thereby reducing a moisture adding time. Also, with no crack, quick-cooking rice with an excellent outer appearance of rice as a product and without a drain of nutrients in rice grains at the time of rice cooking. | 12-23-2010 |
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20130099097 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - Provided is an imaging apparatus including an imaging element section, an imaging optical system, a transmission/block section, an actuator, and an output section. The imaging element section includes a plurality of pixels, and the imaging optical system forms an image on the imaging element section, the image being formed by an electromagnetic wave from the outside. The transmission/block section transmits and blocks the electromagnetic wave to/against the imaging element section, the transmission/block section being disposed at an aperture stop position in the imaging optical system. The actuator drives the transmission/block section to move back and forth to be changed in state between transmission and blocking. The output section produces an image signal output being differential signaling between a pixel output from the imaging element section when the transmission/block section is in the transmission state, and a pixel output from the imaging element section when it is in the blocking state. | 04-25-2013 |
20140368399 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING IT - An antenna device includes a ground conductor, a radiation conductor having a feed point, and a guard conductor that is insulated from the ground conductor and is disposed at a position that is closer to a specific site of a user than the radiation conductor in one use form and is such a position that at least part of the guard conductor overlaps with a place where the intensity of an electric field radiated from the radiation conductor is high. | 12-18-2014 |
20150049054 | INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Disclosed herein is electronic equipment having a wireless communication function. The electronic equipment includes: an antenna element arranged in such a manner that at least part of the antenna element overlaps an input area used as an input interface on an enclosure of the electronic equipment; a wireless section adapted to perform wireless communication using the antenna element; and an input detection section adapted to detect user input to the input area based on the state of the antenna element. | 02-19-2015 |
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20140100466 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ANALYZER AND ELECTRODE SET - An electrocardiogram analyzer includes: one set of electrocardiogram measurement electrodes; one or more noise measurement electrode; a measurer which is configured to measure an electrocardiogram signal acquired by the electrocardiogram measurement electrodes, and a noise signal acquired by at least the noise measurement electrode; and an electrocardiogram extraction analyzer which is configured to extract a noise-removed electrocardiogram in which noise is removed, based on the electrocardiogram signal and the noise signal. | 04-10-2014 |
20140100497 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEFIBRILLATOR WITH FUNCTION OF ANALYZING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM, AND DEFIBRILLATOR - A method of controlling a defibrillator with a function of analyzing an electrocardiogram, includes: dividing an electrocardiogram of a patient into a plurality of analysis zones; executing analysis of the electrocardiogram in each of the divided analysis zones; based on a result of the analysis of the electrocardiogram in each of the analysis zones, executing determination whether electric shock on the patient is necessary or not, and calculating reliability of the determination; and based on a combination of the determination and the reliability, instructing a first procedure to be performed on the patient. | 04-10-2014 |
20140180045 | LIFESAVING SUPPORT APPARATUS AND LIFESAVING SUPPORT SYSTEM - A lifesaving support apparatus includes: a sensor section which is adapted to be attachable to a patient, and which is configured to acquire information of blood flow of the patient; a determining section which, based on the information of blood flow, is configured to determine whether or not a use of an automatic external defibrillator is necessary; and an outputting section which is configured to notify a rescuer of information which is determined by the determining section. | 06-26-2014 |
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