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20110013032 | IMAGING SYSTEM, MOVING BODY, AND IMAGING CONTROL METHOD - To provide a new framework that can flexibly take images of a moving target in remote monitoring without the need to arrange a plurality of network cameras, an autonomously movable moving body is used to take an image of a photographic target in accordance with a request from a user terminal, and the photographic image is provided to the user terminal. The moving body includes: a position estimating unit that acquires, from a wireless tag reader, a radio field intensity of wireless communication with a wireless tag held by the photographic target to estimate a position of the photographic target based on the acquired radio field intensity; a movement control unit that controls the movement of the moving body so that the moving body moves to the estimated position as a destination; and an imaging unit that takes an image of the photographic target when the moving body is located near the destination, associates the photographic image with a wireless tag ID designated by the request, and transmits the photographic image to an apparatus outside the moving body. | 01-20-2011 |
20140327791 | IMAGING SYSTEMS, MOVING BODIES, AND IMAGING CONTROL METHODS FOR REMOTE MONITORING OF A MOVING TARGET - To provide a new framework that can flexibly take images of a moving target in remote monitoring without the need to arrange a plurality of network cameras, an autonomously movable moving body is used to take an image of a photographic target in accordance with a request from a user terminal, and the photographic image is provided to the user terminal. The moving body includes: a position estimating unit that acquires, from a wireless tag reader, a radio field intensity of wireless communication with a wireless tag held by the photographic target to estimate a position of the photographic target based on the acquired radio field intensity; a movement control unit that controls the movement of the moving body so that the moving body moves to the estimated position as a destination; and an imaging unit that takes an image of the photographic target when the moving body is located near the destination, associates the photographic image with a wireless tag ID designated by the request, and transmits the photographic image to an apparatus outside the moving body. | 11-06-2014 |
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20100119812 | LIGHT-REFLECTING MEMBER CONTAINING POLYOLEFIN RESIN FOAM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a light-reflecting member including a polyolefin resin foam as a light-reflecting layer, the polyolefin resin foam being obtained by foam molding a resin composition containing a polyolefin resin. According to the light-reflecting member of the invention, since it has the above-mentioned constitution, the light-reflecting member is excellent in light reflection, impact-absorbing property, and lightness in weight. Moreover, the process for producing a light-reflecting member of the invention can provide a light-reflecting member excellent in light reflection, impact-absorbing property, and lightness in weight by using a polyolefin resin foam. | 05-13-2010 |
20110318569 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE RESIN FOAM - Provided is a resin foam which is satisfactorily flexible and electrically conductive, can be easily processed into a desired shape, and is usable as an electrically conductive cushioning sealant capable of filling in a minute clearance between densely packaged electronic components. | 12-29-2011 |
20120003457 | FLAME-RETARDANT RESIN FORM AND FLAME-RETARDANT MATERIAL - Provided is a frame-retardant resin foam which is highly expanded and is satisfactorily flexible so as to conform even to a minute clearance. The resin foam includes a resin and a flame-retardant component, in which the flame-retardant component is a polysiloxane-coated flame retarder. In the resin foam, the polysiloxane-coated flame retarder is preferably a polysiloxane-coated metal hydroxide, and the polysiloxane-coated metal hydroxide is contained preferably in a content of 30 to 60 percent by weight based on the total weight of the resin foam. | 01-05-2012 |
20130251979 | RESIN FOAM AND FOAM SEALING MATERIAL - There is provided a resin foam excellent in dustproof performance, particularly dustproof performance in a dynamic environment. The resin foam of the present invention has a thickness recovery ratio of 65% or more, wherein the thickness recovery ratio is defined as a ratio of a thickness 1 second after releasing a compressed state to an initial thickness, when the resin foam is compressed for 1 minute in the thickness direction so as to give a thickness equal to 20% of the initial thickness in a 23° C. atmosphere; and then the compressed state is released in a 23° C. atmosphere. | 09-26-2013 |
20140011902 | FOAM WATERPROOFING MATERIAL WITH A MICRO CELL STRUCTURE - To be provided is a foam waterproofing material superior in waterproofness and flexible enough to be compatible with further minute clearance. | 01-09-2014 |
20140162050 | POLYESTER ELASTOMER FOAM - There is provided a polyester elastomer foam having a micro and uniform cell structure. The polyester elastomer foam is formed by allowing a polyester elastomer composition containing a polyester elastomer and a surface-treated inorganic substance (except hydroxides) to expand. A residue on a 166 mesh sieve in the surface-treated inorganic substance (except hydroxides) is preferably not more than 0.01%. | 06-12-2014 |
20140242371 | RESIN FOAM SHEET AND RESIN FOAM COMPOSITE MATERIAL - There is provided a resin foam sheet low in the apparent density and thin and flexible, and excellent in the stability in winding-up (wind-up stability). The resin foam sheet according to the present invention has an apparent density of 0.03 to 0.30 g/cm | 08-28-2014 |
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20090024350 | Tilt-angle detecting method and apparatus for a motorcycle - A vehicular tilt-angle detecting apparatus includes a steering-angle sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, a lateral-G sensor, a turning-radius calculation unit, a base tilt-angle calculation unit, a transient tilt-angle calculation unit, and a transient tilt angle calculation unit. The turning-radius calculation unit determines a turning radius corresponding to a steering angle based on a predetermined relationship between a steering angle and a turning radius. The base tilt-angle calculation unit calculates a current instantaneous tilt angle of a vehicle body during short-term steady-state turning based on the turning radius and the vehicle speed. The transient tilt-angle calculation unit corrects the initial calculated tilt angle of the vehicle body based on a transient turning radius when a variation of the steering angle is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. When the variation is less than the predetermined value, the transient tilt-angle calculation unit calculates the lateral-G corrected transient tilt angle. | 01-22-2009 |
20120181097 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE - An electric vehicle has simple structure allowing effective cooling of on-board batteries collectively disposed within a swing arm. The electric vehicle includes a swing arm that houses an electric motor that is swingably mounted to a vehicle body and drives a drive wheel WR, and batteries of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped. A wide case portion that houses the batteries is formed at a position toward a pivot shaft of the swing arm. Also, a protruding portion for forming an air reservoir space above the batteries is formed at a roof portion of the wide case portion. The batteries are disposed side by side in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body. The protruding portion, in a side view of the vehicle body, is substantially convex protruding upward across the batteries. | 07-19-2012 |
20120203407 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A control device for a creep speed advance and creep speed backing up of an electric vehicle. A mode switch provided with an operating section can be operated in a longitudinal direction and can be operated leftward from an intermediate part. The operating section is automatically returned to a stop position in which a speed zero instruction is output to a motor when not being operated by return springs. When the operating section is pushed forward, a creep speed advance mode can be selected and when the operating section is pulled backward, a creep speed backing up mode can be selected. To clearly discriminate a position of the operating section among the creep speed advance mode, the creep speed backing up mode and a normal mode, a stopper is arranged between the stop position and the normal mode so that larger force is required to operate the operating section. | 08-09-2012 |
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20080255016 | Skin detergent - Skin detergent hitherto available comprises a mixture of cream and powder, and coagulates and sets due to evaporation of water content to become an eraser's waste-like object, so that the eraser's waste-like object embraces the dirt and sets, thereby showing an effect of cleaning. But, this type of skin detergent has such defect that it causes users to feel mere setting of cream and does not enable users to readily fully feel the effect of cleaning. | 10-16-2008 |
20090042986 | Cosmetic liquid - A lotion is, ordinarily, slightly acidic, and moreover has been provided in such three kinds as an acidic lotion, an alkaline lotion, and a neutral lotion. The slight acidic lotion is ordinarily applied as being adapted to pH of skin and not having a particular stimulus thereto. Most of the acidic lotion is applied to make healthy pH of skin which ordinarily tends to become alkaline from Spring to Summer seasons. And alkaline lotion is applied to provide moisture to skin. These conventional types of lotions cause users to less feel moist and do not show an excellent effect of making soft skin. A cosmetic liquid having pH of 9 to 13 is now achieved. | 02-12-2009 |
20090163395 | Skin detergent - Skin detergent hitherto available comprises a mixture of cream and powder, and coagulates and sets due to evaporation of water content to become an eraser's waste-like object, so that the eraser's waste-like object embraces the dirt and sets, thereby showing an effect of cleaning. But, this type of skin detergent has such defect that it causes users to feel mere setting of cream and does not enable users to readily fully feel the effect of cleaning. | 06-25-2009 |
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20090175010 | Method of repair of electronic device and repair system - A repair system which prevents heating of weakly heat resistant devices together and causing deterioration of the quality when preheating a first surface of the circuit board, wherein an electromagnetic induction material is buried in advance inside the circuit board near a specific electronic device envisioned as needed repair when becoming a defective electronic device in a production process and an electromagnetic coil emitting electromagnetic waves to an electromagnetic induction member in the vicinity of the repair device is provided and the heat generated by the electromagnetic induction member due to the electromagnetic waves enables the repair device to be heated and detached from the circuit board. | 07-09-2009 |
20100200643 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRONIC PART UNIT - A method for producing an electronic part unit, the method includes: mounting a first electronic part on a first surface of a first substrate by reflow soldering; mounting a second electronic part on a second surface of a second substrate by reflow soldering; adhering a second surface of the first substrate to a first surface of a third substrate; and adhering a second surface of the second substrate to a second surface of the third substrate. | 08-12-2010 |
20110132654 | MULTILAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing a multilayer printed circuit board, and a printed circuit board manufactured according to the method, includes laterally-aligning a first inner substrate in which first insulation layers and first conductor layers are alternately laminated and a second inner substrate in which second insulation layers and second conductor layers are alternately laminated. The second inner substrate has a lager number of layers than the first inner substrate. The laterally-aligned first inner substrate and second inner substrate are placed between a pair of third insulation layers in a thickness direction. The pair of the third insulation layer are heated under pressure in the thickness direction. A conductor pattern is formed on surfaces of the pair of the third insulation layers. | 06-09-2011 |
20110240352 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF FABRICATING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A printed circuit board includes a printed circuit board body and a resin layer. The printed circuit board body includes a plurality of mounting pads. The resin layer, containing a thermoplastic resin, is formed on the surface of the printed circuit board body. The resin layer includes a plurality of holes disposed to be aligned with the positions of the mounting pads on a one-to-one basis for exposing the mounting pads therethrough. In a method of fabricating the printed circuit board, the resin layer is formed atop the printed circuit board body. | 10-06-2011 |
20110240355 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD UNIT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A printed circuit board unit includes a printed circuit board and an electronic component. The electronic component is electrically connected to a predetermined position on the printed circuit board by means of soldering while being joined to the printed circuit board using an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer, disposed between the printed circuit board and the electronic component, partially includes a multilayer laminated region including a first reinforcement resin layer and a second reinforcement resin layer. The first reinforcement resin layer is disposed on a side of the printed circuit board, whereas the second reinforcement resin layer is disposed on a side of the electronic component. The second reinforcement resin layer has adhesive strength greater than that of the first reinforcement resin layer. | 10-06-2011 |
20110286188 | MULTILAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD USING FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A multilayer printed circuit board includes an interior interconnect layer, and a semiconductor package including a flexible interconnect structure whose distal end is a free end, wherein the flexible interconnect structure and the interior interconnect layer are electrically connected to each other. | 11-24-2011 |
20140077834 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD, CRACK PREDICTION DEVICE, AND CRACK PREDICTION METHOD - A printed wiring board includes: a laminated body that has a plurality of wiring layers laminated therein; a first through hole that electrically connects two or more wiring layers with each other; and a second through hole that has strength to expansion and contraction of the laminated body less than in the first through hole. | 03-20-2014 |
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20090040340 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM - An image management apparatus includes: a narrowing-down reproduction unit for reproducing an image having particular attribute information; an attribute modification unit for modifying attribute information of the image under narrowing-down reproduction; an attribute modified image information storing unit configured to store information indicating the image which no longer contains the particular attribute information because of the modification performed on the attribute information by the attribute modification unit; and a control unit for performing control so as to regard the image indicated with the information stored in the attribute modified image information storing unit as a narrowing-down reproduction target image during the same narrowing-down reproduction as that at the time of modifying the attributes by said attribute modification unit, thereby enabling browsing of images including an image of which the attributes have been modified in a narrowing-down state, using a smaller storage area. | 02-12-2009 |
20090185039 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a first obtaining unit, a second obtaining unit and a display control unit. The first obtaining unit obtains, from an electronic device connected to the information processing apparatus, image data stored in a memory medium connected to the electronic device. The second obtaining unit obtains in advance reduced image data corresponding to the image data before obtainment of the image data by the first obtaining unit. The display control unit updates reduced image data displayed on a display unit, obtained by the second obtaining unit, in accordance with a display condition designated by a user. When the display condition is changed while the first obtaining unit is executing obtainment of image data, the first obtaining unit changes an obtainment order of image data based on the changed display condition. | 07-23-2009 |
20120162461 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL SYSTEM - There is provided an imaging apparatus that continuously reproduces, if first moving image data is acquired by imaging in a first imaging mode for capturing a moving image for a predetermined period of time, and then automatically stopping the capturing of the moving image, second moving image data captured before the capturing of the moving image related to the first moving image data and acquired by the imaging in the first imaging mode and the first moving image data. | 06-28-2012 |
20120203506 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprising, an acquisition unit acquiring information of a shooting time-and-date from each of a plurality of image data and information of a positioning time-and-date from each of a plurality of GPS log files, and a processing unit specifying a GPS log file corresponding to each image data by comparing the shooting time-and-date information with the positioning time-and-date information. If the shooting time-and-date information contains first time-and-date information according to UTC, the processing unit specifies the corresponding GPS log file by comparing the first time-and-date information with the positioning time-and-date information. If the shooting time-and-date information contains the time-and-date information in a local time, the processing unit converts the shooting time-and-date information into second time-and-date information according to UTC based on time difference information, and specifies the corresponding GPS log file by comparing the second time-and-date information with the positioning time-and-date information. | 08-09-2012 |
20120287292 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a first obtaining unit, a second obtaining unit and a display control unit. The first obtaining unit obtains, from an electronic device connected to the information processing apparatus, image data stored in a memory medium connected to the electronic device. The second obtaining unit obtains in advance reduced image data corresponding to the image data before obtainment of the image data by the first obtaining unit. The display control unit updates reduced image data displayed on a display unit, obtained by the second obtaining unit, in accordance with a display condition designated by a user. When the display condition is changed while the first obtaining unit is executing obtainment of image data, the first obtaining unit changes an obtainment order of image data based on the changed display condition. | 11-15-2012 |
20140112326 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a communication apparatus includes connecting to a first network formed by an access point, establishing communication with an information processing apparatus on the first network by using a first application, determining whether the information processing apparatus is operating as the access point forming the first network, detecting a transition of the first application to a background, and performing control to disconnect from the first network after it is determined that the information processing apparatus is operating as the access point and after the transition of the first application to the background is detected. | 04-24-2014 |
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20100087692 | HYDROGENATION METHOD AND PETROCHEMICAL PROCESS - The present invention provides a hydrogenation method capable of converting cracked kerosene into the raw materials for petrochemical cracking having a high thermal decomposition yield by a hydrogenation reaction. The present invention is a petrochemical process for producing at least any of ethylene, propylene, butane, benzene or toluene by carrying out a thermal decomposition reaction at least using naphtha for the main raw material, wherein cracked kerosene produced from a thermal cracking furnace is hydrogenated using a Pd or Pt catalyst in a two-stage method consisting of a first stage (I), in which a hydrogenation reaction is carried out within the range of 50 to 180° C., and a second stage (II), in which a hydrogenation reaction is carried out within the range of 230 to 350° C., followed by re-supplying all or a portion of these hydrogenated hydrocarbons to a thermal cracking furnace. | 04-08-2010 |
20110065951 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING n-PROPYL ACETATE - Provided is a method for producing n-propyl acetate capable of suppressing the deterioration of a hydrogenation catalyst to such an extent that the catalyst can be industrially used, for example, in the case where n-propyl acetate is produced by performing a hydrogenation reaction in the presence of the hydrogenation catalyst using, as a raw material liquid, a liquid containing allyl acetate or the like which has been produced from propylene, oxygen and acetic acid and obtained using a purification process such as distillation. In such a method for producing n-propyl acetate, the concentration of a formyl group-containing compound (such as acrolein, propionaldehyde or 2-methylcrotonaldehyde) and the concentration of an acryloyloxy group-containing compound (such as acrylic acid or allyl acrylate) in the raw material liquid are respectively set to 100 ppm by mass or less. As a result, the deterioration of the hydrogenation catalyst can be suppressed to such an extent that the catalyst can be industrially used. | 03-17-2011 |
20120245376 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING N-PROPYL ACETATE - One object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing n-propyl acetate by the hydrogenation reaction with a hydrogenation catalyst, using an allyl acetate containing solution as a raw material, wherein the method can prevent the conversion rate of the substrate (allyl acetate) from decreasing with time and the product quality from deteriorating, and the present invention provides a method for producing n-propyl acetate including a first hydrogenation step in which a raw material solution containing allyl acetate and a hydrogen containing gas are reacted under a pressure P | 09-27-2012 |
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20080284421 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTING DEVICE - A rotation angle detecting device includes a signal generator, a magnetic rotor and a rotation angle calculating unit that calculates a rotation angle θ of the rotor based on the output signals of the signal generator. The signal generator includes a magnetic rotor that has a permanent magnet and a shaft connectable with the rotating object and at least three magnetic sensor elements disposed in the magnetic field to generate a plurality of output signals when the rotor rotates. The rotation angle calculating unit calculates a first candidate of the rotation angle θ from a first pair of the three output signals, examines whether the first candidate of the rotation angle θ is normal or not and calculates a next candidate of the rotation angle θ from another pair of the three output signals if the first candidate of the rotation angle θ is not normal, examines whether the next candidate of the rotation angle θ is normal or not, repeats the above two steps until a next candidate of the rotation angle θ is judged normal, and outputs one of the first and next candidates of the rotation angle θ as a formal rotation angle if it is judged normal. | 11-20-2008 |
20090319120 | VEHICLE STEERING ANGLE SENSOR - A steering angle sensor includes a magnetized body coupled through a gear to a steering shaft so as to rotate with rotation of the steering shaft, a magnetic sensing device for detecting a magnetic field generated by the magnetized body, a signal processing device for detecting a direction of the magnetic field based on the detected magnetic field and for detecting a steering angle of the steering shaft based on the direction of the magnetic field, a correlation signal output sensor mounted on the vehicle to output a correlation signal correlated with the steering angle, and a signal check circuit for determining whether the steering angle is valid or invalid based on comparison between the steering angle and the correlation signal. | 12-24-2009 |
20090322320 | ROTATION ANGLE DETECTING DEVICE - A rotation angle detecting device includes a housing, a rotating shaft rotatably held by the housing, a driving gear fixed to the rotating shaft, a driven gear engaged with the driving gear, a magnetic field generating part fixed in the driven gear, having a permanent magnet, and configured to generate a magnetic field, a magnetic sensor element configured to detect a change in the magnetic field due to a rotational movement of the magnetic field generating part, and a signal processor configured to process a signal from the magnetic sensor element for detecting a rotation angle of the rotating shaft. Each of teeth of the driving gear has a first circumferential width, each of teeth of the driven gear has a second circumferential width, and the second circumferential width is greater than the first circumferential width. | 12-31-2009 |
20100170349 | Force sensing device - The force sensing device includes a deformable member having portions arranged to make a pair with respect to the Z-axis. Three sets of strain detecting elements are formed on the deformable member for detecting deformations of the deformable member caused by a linear force in the X-axis, a linear force in the Y-axis and a rotational force about the Z-axis. The force sensing device includes a connecting member which connects between the pair of portions of the deformable member, and between the deformable member and a shaft of a manipulatable member. The force sensing device can be manufactured with easy wiring work and can detect the applied force in three degrees of freedom, including the linear force in the X-axis, the linear force in the Y-axis and the rotational force about the Z-axis. | 07-08-2010 |
20110109544 | Display control device for remote control device - A display control device for a remote control device is disclosed. The display control device is connected with a display device for displaying an operation screen having multiple icons and a remote control device spaced apart form the display device. The display control device performs display control in the following way. The display control device displays an identification display mark in association with one icon in a selection state. When an instruction of an operation direction is inputted, the display control device displays a visual presentation indicative of the operation direction on the operation screen by making a change in display manner of the identification display mark, with the identification display mark being displayed in association with the one icon in the selection state. | 05-12-2011 |
20110140818 | Input device - An input device includes an operating member, a restoring force generating part for automatically returning the operating member to a stationary position, a detector for detecting an operation state of the operating member, an actuator for applying an external force to the operating member and a controller for controlling the actuator. The operating member is displaceable in directions along a XY plane including an X axis and a Y axis and rotatable about a Z axis. The actuator includes a first magnet, a second magnet and an electromagnet having a core and a coil. One of the electromagnet and the first and second magnets is integrated with the operating member. At least in a stationary condition, the first magnet and the second magnet are located on opposite sides of an axis of rotation of the operating member, and are opposed to end surfaces of the core across predetermined clearances, respectively. | 06-16-2011 |
20120055268 | Manipulated position detection device - A case accommodates a manipulated surface portion. A distortion member has a joint portion, which is connected with a periphery of the manipulated surface portion at one end, and a fixed portion fixed to the case at the other end. The distortion member has a movement transmission surface between the joint portion and the fixed portion. The movement transmission surface is movable according to a manipulating force caused by pressure applied to the manipulated surface portion. A distortion detection unit is adhered to the movement transmission surface and configured to detect a distortion of the movement transmission surface caused by a movement of the distortion member. The manipulated surface portion and the movement transmission surface are located on the same plane. | 03-08-2012 |
20130213179 | VEHICULAR INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus disposed on a core unit of a steering wheel has an operable body. The operable body has multiple straining bodies that have a transfer surface part. The transfer surface part has a displacement transfer surface formed thereon, and the displacement transfer surface has a detector for detecting a displacement of the displacement transfer surface according to an operation force applied to an operation surface. The straining bodies and the operable body are arranged such that a portion of the operable body extends towards a rim of the steering wheel from, or across, a line connecting two straining bodies that are positioned closer to the rim than other straining bodies. | 08-22-2013 |
20130222300 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS INCLUDING DISTORTION DETECTION ELEMENT - An in-vehicle apparatus includes a plurality of operations sections, a detection section, and a cancellation section. The operation sections are configured to receive an operation by a user while driving of a vehicle and respectively include distortion detection elements that respectively transmit detection signals in accordance with loads generated due to the operation. The detection section detects the operation to the operation sections based on the detection signals. The cancellation section determines whether loads are generated in the operation sections in a same period based on the detection signals transmitted from the distortion detection elements and cancels the detection signals transmitted from the distortion detection elements in the same period when the loads are generated in the same period. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222304 | CONTROL APPARATUS - A CPU of a control apparatus identifies a driver's manipulatable range, calculates compensation parameters, and sets the compensation parameters to be used for a compensation process. As a result, since the manipulation signal is compensated, e.g., to expand manipulation trajectories based on the driver's manipulatable range, a manipulation content can be recognized accurately. | 08-29-2013 |
20130275130 | SPEECH RECOGNITION APPARATUS, METHOD OF RECOGNIZING SPEECH, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - A speech recognition apparatus includes: a recognition device that recognizes a speech of a user and generates a speech character string; a display device that displays the speech character string; a reception device that receives an input of a correction character string, which is used for correction of the speech character string, through an operation portion; and a correction device that corrects the speech character string with using the correction character string. | 10-17-2013 |
20130282240 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A display control apparatus for a vehicle includes a steering angle detector, an operation detector, a display section, and a setting section. The steering angle detector detects a steering angle of the vehicle. The operation detector detects an operation to an operation unit mounted on a steering wheel of the vehicle. The display section displays an operation image on a display unit located behind the steering wheel in such a manner that the operation image changes according to the operation detected by the operation detector. The setting section sets a display position of the operation image on the display unit according to the steering angle detected by the steering angle detector so that a driver of the vehicle views the operation image at a position adjacent to the operation unit. | 10-24-2013 |
20130285949 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING TOUCHPAD SIGNALS - A control apparatus includes a first input unit, a second input unit, and an operation command output unit. The first input unit receives a first manipulation signal indicative of a first manipulation including a first manipulation point and a first manipulation pressure from a first touchpad. The second input unit receives a second manipulation signal indicative of a second manipulation including a second manipulation point and a second manipulation pressure from a second touchpad. The operation command output unit receives the first manipulation signal and the second manipulation signal, and outputs an operation command to a display device based on a combination of the first manipulation and the second manipulation. The first touchpad is arranged to be approachable by a first manipulation finger of a left hand. The second touchpad is arranged to be approachable by a second manipulation finger of a right hand. | 10-31-2013 |
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20100162845 | VERTICAL ARTICULATED ROBOT - A vertical articulated robot includes a base; a turning base provided on the base so as to be pivotable about a first rotation axis; a first upper arm provided on the turning base so as to be turnable about a second rotation axis that is in a plane perpendicular to the first rotation axis; a second upper arm provided on a distal end portion of the first upper arm so as to be pivotable about a third rotation axis that is perpendicular to the second rotation axis; a front arm provided on a distal end portion of the second upper arm so as to be turnable about a fourth rotation axis that is in a plane perpendicular to the third rotation axis; and a wrist assembly mounted on a distal end portion of the front arm. A motor that rotates the second upper arm is mounted on a frame of the second upper arm. | 07-01-2010 |
20120312116 | VERTICAL ARTICULATED ROBOT - A vertical articulated robot includes a base, a turning base, a first upper arm, a second upper arm, a front arm, a wrist assembly, a first motor, a second motor, a third motor, a fourth motor, and a wire body. The wire body includes a first wire portion, a second wire portion, a third wire portion, a fourth wire portion, a fifth wire portion, and a sixth wire portion. The first wire portion extends from the turning base along a third rotation axis and is connected to an outer surface of the first upper arm. The second wire portion extends from the first wire portion along a plane perpendicular to the third rotation axis and is connected to an outer surface of the first upper arm. The third wire portion extends in a U-shape from the second wire portion. | 12-13-2012 |
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20100249286 | FLAME RETARDANT COMPOSITION HAVING IMPROVED PROCESSABILITY, FLAME-RETARDANT SYNTHETIC RESIN COMPOSITION, AND SHAPED ARTICLE THEREOF - A flame retardant composition contains, with respect to a flame retardant composition containing 1 to 99 parts by mass of a salt of piperazine and an inorganic phosphorus compound (component (A)) selected from piperazine phosphate, piperazine pyrophosphate, piperazine polyphosphate, or a mixture of at least two of the piperazine salts, and 99 to 1 parts by mass of a salt of melamine and an inorganic phosphorus compound (component (B)) selected from melamine phosphate, melamine pyrophosphate, melamine polyphosphate, or a mixture of at least two of the melamine salts (wherein the total of the component (A) and the component (B) is 100 parts by mass): 0.01 to 10 parts by mass of silicone oil; and 0.01 to 20 parts by mass of a monoamide compound of a higher aliphatic carboxylic acid and/or a monoester compound produced by reacting a higher aliphatic carboxylic acid with a monovalent to trivalent alcohol compound. | 09-30-2010 |
20110092622 | NON-HALOGEN FLAME-RETARDANT SYNTHETIC RESIN COMPOSITION - The present invention is the non-halogen flame-retardant synthetic resin composition characterized in that the said synthetic resin contains the (poly)phosphate compounds represented by the general formulae (1) and (3), described in Claim | 04-21-2011 |
20110130491 | FLAME-RETARDANT THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION - The flame-retardant thermoplastic resin, composition comprised of the following Components (C), (D) and (E) with the thermoplastic resin composition having a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer of the Component (A) and an ethylene polymer and/or an ethylene copolymer of the Component (B) as the main components; | 06-02-2011 |
20140288217 | FLAME RETARDANT POLYOLEFIN RESIN COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a polyolefin resin composition with sufficient flame retardancy to pass UL94 5VA without using a halogen flame retarding agent that produces harmful gas during combustion, and specifically provides a flame retardant polyolefin resin composition containing, as flame retardant components of the polyolefin resin, (A) a (poly)phosphoric acid compound expressed by general formula (1) and (B) a (poly)phosphate compound expressed by general formula (3), and preferably (C) zinc oxide and (D) a drip preventing agent, and that satisfies UL94 5VA. Note that the details of general formula (1) and general formula (3) are as disclosed in the specification. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090016235 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided, in which a system change can be easily performed by adding or exchanging an equipment(s) to be controlled or monitored. The equipment has an object with an object identifier defined according to a service content provided by the equipment. Upon the receipt of a service request using the object identifier from a network device connected to the equipment via a network, the equipment executes the service defined in the object according to this service request. By assigning a same object identifier to objects of a plurality of equipments, it is possible to provide the same service from those equipments according to the service request performed from the network device by use of the same object identifier. | 01-15-2009 |
20090055524 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system suitable for remote monitoring or remote control of equipments is provided. When an execution of a server-side object is requested from a client terminal device to a server, the server requests an execution of an equipment-side object to the equipment(s). The execution request of the server-side object from the client terminal device is performed by use of a first identifier assigned to the server-side object, and the execution request of the equipment-side object is performed by use of a second identifier assigned to the equipment-side object. Since the server has an identifier setting function of setting a correspondence relation between the first identifier and the second identifier, it is possible to reduce burden on the client terminal device, and flexibly cope with cases of exchanging and increasing the equipment(s) in the network system without considering specific identification information of the equipments such as IP address. | 02-26-2009 |
20120150937 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system suitable for remote monitoring or remote control of equipments is provided. When an execution of a server-side object is requested from a client terminal device to a server, the server requests an execution of an equipment-side object to the equipment(s). The execution request of the server-side object from the client terminal device is performed by use of a first identifier assigned to the server-side object, and the execution request of the equipment-side object is performed by use of a second identifier assigned to the equipment-side object. Since the server has an identifier setting function of setting a correspondence relation between the first identifier and the second identifier, it is possible to reduce burden on the client terminal device, and flexibly cope with cases of exchanging and increasing the equipment(s) in the network system without considering specific identification information of the equipments such as IP address. | 06-14-2012 |
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20090045375 | Refrigerant Composition - [Problems] To provide a safe, nontoxic, and high-performance mixed refrigerant for hot water supply/heating system which is prepared by mixing dimethyl ether with carbon dioxide and which does not deplete the ozone layer, has a low global warming potential, and permits low-pressure operation. | 02-19-2009 |
20090260373 | Refrigerant Composition - [Problems] To provide a refrigerant which is obtained by mixing a refrigerant, dimethyl ether, and carbon dioxide and which has such excellent performances that it does not cause ozonosphere depletion, has extremely low global warming potential, and is safe and nontoxic. | 10-22-2009 |
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20110017940 | Refrigerant Composition - [Problems] To provide a safe, nontoxic, and high-performance mixed refrigerant for hot water supply/heating system which is prepared by mixing dimethyl ether with carbon dioxide and which does not deplete the ozone layer, has a low global warming potential, and permits low-pressure operation. | 01-27-2011 |
20110017941 | Refrigerant Composition - The present invention is directed to using a composition comprising carbon dioxide and dimethyl ether as a refrigerant. In particular, the refrigerant composition comprises 3-6% by mole dimethyl ether and 97-94% by mole of carbon dioxide on the basis of a total number of moles of dimethyl ether and carbon dioxide. Advantageously, the refrigerant composition does not cause ozonosphere depletion, has a low global warming potential, and is safe and nontoxic. | 01-27-2011 |
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20100037628 | ABSORBENT FOR SPRAY CAN, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ABSORBENT SHEET FOR SPRAY CAN, AND SPRAY CAN PRODUCT - An absorbent adapted to be used in a spray can charged with a liquefied gas, which exhibits excellent absorbing performance and excellent liquid retention. The absorbent is composed of an assembly of pulverized cellulose fibers that includes at least 45 mass % of fine cellulose fibers having a fiber length of 0.35 mm or less. The absorbent is formed into a sheet-shaped or a columnar configuration, or a surface sheet is laminated on a surface of the absorbent. The absorbent composed of 70 through 90 mass % of cellulose fibers that include 45 mass % or more of fine cellulose fibers having a fiber length of 0.35 mm or less, and 5 through 30 mass % of a fusion-bondable resin exhibits good formability. | 02-18-2010 |
20100282621 | SPRAY PRODUCT - A high-quality spray product that uses a less expensive propellant exhibiting a lower ozone-depleting potential and a lower global warming potential without using any fluorocarbon, any alternative thereto, etc., and exhibits an improved safety and an improved liquid retention. A dust blower as the spray product uses a propellant composed of a mixture of dimethyl ether and carbon dioxide, and an absorbent adapted to retain the propellant, which is composed of an assembly of pulverized cellulose fibers such that the cellulose fibers include at least 45 mass % of fine cellulose fibers having a fiber length of 0.35 mm or less. The propellant and the absorbent are charged in a spray can having a spray nozzle, thereby preparing a dust blower. | 11-11-2010 |
20110218096 | SPRAY CAN PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SPRAY CAN PRODUCT - A spray can product capable of preventing leakage where used or stored in a tilted or an inverted position, and keeping good safety and liquid retention even where a flammable liquefied gas is used. The spray can product is formed by filling a spray can having an ejection opening with a liquefied gas and an absorbing body for retaining liquid, and the absorbing body is composed of an assembly of cellulose fibers containing at least 45 mass % of fine cellulose fibers having a fiber length of 0.35 mm or less. The absorbing body compressed into a block-shaped configuration corresponding to that of the spray can is accommodated within the spray can while defining a space on the side of an ejection opening, and a lid-like member is provided between the space and the absorbing body to protect a surface of the absorbing body in a gas permeable manner. | 09-08-2011 |
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20100063124 | NEW PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVES AND DIABETIC MEDICINE CONTAINING THEM - The present invention provides pyrazole-O-glycoside derivatives represented by the following formulae, used as a diabetic medicine. | 03-11-2010 |
20100063151 | ACYLAMIDE COMPOUNDS HAVING SECRETAGOGUE OR INDUCER ACTIVITY OF ADIPONECTIN - The present invention provides acylamide compounds, prodrugs thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and an adiponectin inducer or secretagogue, and therapeutic methods by administering the same. | 03-11-2010 |
20110065808 | CARBONYL COMPOUND REMOVER - A carbonyl compound remover comprising at least one polyether resin that includes a unit shown by any of the formulas (I) to (IV) as an active ingredient, a method of preventing coloration of an infusion comprising causing the carbonyl compound remover to come in contact with an infusion that may produce and accumulate a carbonyl compound during heat sterilization or storage, or an infusion that contains a carbonyl compound, and a novel crosslinked polyether resin are disclosed. The carbonyl compound remover that may suppress a Maillard reaction in a mixture of an amino acid infusion and a sugar infusion or the like to effectively prevent coloration due to a Maillard reaction, the method of preventing coloration of an infusion by using the remover, and the novel crosslinked polyether resin are offered in the present invention. In the formulas, n1 and n2 represent integers from 1 to 100, A represents a unit (A1) or (A2), or a combination of the (A1) and (A2), R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and Q represents a group shown by CH | 03-17-2011 |
20110160191 | NEW FUSED POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS HAVING A HETEROCYCLIC RING(S) AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a fused polycyclic compound of the following formula, analogues thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and agents for increasing the sugar-transporting capacity, hypoglycemic agents and pharmaceutical compositions containing the above compounds. This fused polycyclic compound has high medicinal properties and few side-effects, and a therapeutic effect on diabetes. | 06-30-2011 |
20110251418 | CASR AGONISTS - By searching various kinds of compounds having CaSR agonistic activity, the present invention provides CaSR agonistic agents, pharmaceutical compositions, preventive or therapeutic agents for diarrhea and kokumi-imparting agents each of which comprise the compound. More specifically, the present invention provides CaSR agonistic agents, pharmaceutical compositions, preventive or therapeutic agents for diarrhea and kokumi-imparting agents each of which comprise a glutamic acid derivative having CaSR agonistic activity or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. | 10-13-2011 |
20140303122 | CASR AGONISTS - By searching various kinds of compounds having CaSR agonistic activity, the present invention provides CaSR agonistic agents, pharmaceutical compositions, preventive or therapeutic agents for diarrhea and kokumi-imparting agents each of which comprise the compound. More specifically, the present invention provides CaSR agonistic agents, pharmaceutical compositions, preventive or therapeutic agents for diarrhea and kokumi-imparting agents each of which comprise a glutamic acid derivative having CaSR agonistic activity or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. | 10-09-2014 |
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20090017365 | SAFETY MECHANISM FOR LIMINATE BATTERY - A safety mechanism for a laminate battery. An exterior case ( | 01-15-2009 |
20090176147 | Lithium Ion Secondary Battery - A lithium ion secondary battery which includes: a negative electrode plate | 07-09-2009 |
20100012403 | ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND AUTOMOBILE, ELECTRIC POWER TOOL OR STATIONARY EQUIPMENT MOUNTING THE SAME - In a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a positive electrode in which a positive electrode active material includes a lithium-containing composite oxide, a peak pore size in a positive electrode material mixture layer is 0.7 μm or less and a pore volume per unit weight of the positive electrode active material in the positive electrode material mixture layer is 0.05 cm | 01-21-2010 |
20100015510 | SEALED BATTERY - A sealed battery includes an electrode group formed by winding or stacking a positive electrode including a current collector carrying an active material layer thereon, a negative electrode including a current collector carrying an active material layer thereon and a separator interposed therebetween. The current collectors of the positive and negative electrodes are exposed at an end thereof and the exposed ends are welded to current collector terminals, respectively. The active material layers formed on the surfaces of the current collectors are covered with heat resistant porous films, respectively. An end face of the separator is flush with or positioned inside relative to end faces of the heat resistant porous films. The heat resistant porous films have a melting point higher than that of the separator and have a thermal conductivity lower than that of the current collectors. | 01-21-2010 |
20100216000 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY - An active material layer | 08-26-2010 |
20100221607 | ELECTRODE PLATE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present invention comprises a long core member and a material mixture layer formed thereon. The electrode plate has an exposed part of the core member formed along one side which is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the core member. The material mixture layer comprises a material that can absorb and desorb lithium ions. A porous film is formed on at least a part of the exposed part of the core member adjacent to an edge face of the material mixture layer and on the material mixture layer and is parallel to the exposed portion of the core member, and the thickness of the porous film is greater at the edge face of the material mixture layer which is parallel to the exposed part of the core member and located on the side of the exposed part of the core member than at a central portion of the material mixture layer in the width direction thereof. | 09-02-2010 |
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20090046120 | RESISTANCE GENERATING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a resistance generating device including a resistance generating unit disposed inside the rotation axis, the resistance generating unit having an inner ring and an outer ring, one of the inner ring and the outer ring being combined with the rotation axis and the other one of the inner ring and the outer ring being combined with the fixed part, the one being rotated with respect to the other while generating a rotational resistance, and a switch part disposed inside a surface of the rotation axis. | 02-19-2009 |
20110050791 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes an ejection mechanism that ejects, toward a recording medium, a first ink containing hollow resin particles, and a second ink which does not contain a colorant and which contains a permeating liquid that permeates to the inside of the hollow resin particles and a fixing resin compound for fixing the permeating liquid, the fixing resin compound having an average particle diameter equal to or less than the average particle diameter of the hollow resin particles. | 03-03-2011 |
20110050792 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes an ejection mechanism that ejects, toward a recording medium, an ink containing hollow resin particles, and a moisturizing liquid that contains a humectant and that does not contain a thickener, the viscosity of which is increased by drying, or a colorant. | 03-03-2011 |
20110058192 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS - A print control apparatus is provided, which controls a printing apparatus that performs printing using a plurality of color inks including a white ink. The print control apparatus includes a toning white designation unit that acquires a characteristic color of a print medium and designates sets of density values and color specification values with respect to a toning white that is defined by a combination of the density value and the color specification value in a predetermined color specification system based on the characteristic color of the print medium; and a control unit that controls a first image forming unit forming a color image on a print region where the printing by the printing apparatus is performed and a second image forming unit forming a toning white image on the print region. | 03-10-2011 |
20110141173 | FLUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND FLUID EJECTING METHOD - An apparatus includes: a first nozzles for ejecting a first fluid are lined up in a predetermined direction; a second nozzles for ejecting a second fluid are lined up in the predetermined direction; and a control unit performs an ejecting operation of ejecting fluid from the nozzles, wherein the control unit forms an image on a medium in one of a first mode of forming a main image with the first fluid and a second mode of forming the main image and a background image with the second fluid to be overlapped, forms the main image using a certain nozzle group in the first nozzles when the main image is formed in the first mode, and forms the main image using the same nozzle group as the certain nozzle group when the main image is formed in the second mode. | 06-16-2011 |