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20110225877 | GAS OIL COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a gas oil composition that can achieve environment load reduction, low temperature properties and low fuel consumption all together and is suitably used in a winter season. The gas oil composition comprises an Ft synthetic base oil in an amount of 60 percent by mass or more on the basis of the total mass of the composition and has a sulfur content of 5 ppm by mass or less, an aromatic content of 10 percent by volume or less, an oxygen content of 100 ppm or less, an end point of 360° C. or lower, an insoluble content after an oxidation stability test of 0.5 mg/100 mL or less, an HFRR wear scar diameter (WS1.4) of 400 μm or smaller and a specific relation in normal paraffin contents and the total content thereof. | 09-22-2011 |
20110232168 | GAS OIL COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a gas oil composition that can achieve environment load reduction, low temperature properties and low fuel consumption all together and is suitably used in a winter season. The gas oil composition comprises an Ft synthetic base oil in an amount of 60 percent by mass or more on the basis of the total mass of the composition and has a sulfur content of 5 ppm by mass or less, an aromatic content of 10 percent by volume or less, an oxygen content of 100 ppm or less, an end point of 360° C. or lower, an insoluble content after an oxidation stability test of 0.5 mg/100 mL or less, an HFRR wear scar diameter (WS1.4) of 400 μm or smaller and a specific relation in normal paraffin contents and the total content thereof. | 09-29-2011 |
20120011920 | Light oil composition - The invention provides a gas oil composition wherein the molar ratio of isoparaffins with carbon number of m and two or more branches to isoparaffins with carbon number of m and one branch within the range of C10-21 is 0.05-3.5, wherein m is an integer of 10-21, and the molar ratio of isoparaffins with carbon number of n and two or more branches to isoparaffins with carbon number of n and one branch within the range of C22-25 is 0.1-10.0, wherein n is an integer of 22-25. The invention also provides a gas oil composition wherein the molar ratio of isoparaffins with carbon number of m and two or more branches to isoparaffins with carbon number of m and one branch within the range of C10-23 is 0.05-4.0, wherein m is an integer of 10-23, and the distillate volume at a distillation temperature of 250° C. (E250) is 15-65%. | 01-19-2012 |
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20090271606 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes an acquisition module configured to get information for executing an authentication process and information on power-on security policy, from a server connected to a network during power-on, a storage module configured to store the information on power-on security policy in a storage device, an authentication module configured to execute the authentication process by using the information for executing the authentication process, a boot module for executing a process of booting an operating system, when the authentication process has succeeded, and a power-on security policy execution module configured to execute a process which is based on a power-on security policy stored in the storage device, when the information for executing the authentication process and the information on power-on security policy cannot be got. | 10-29-2009 |
20130318381 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND START METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a manager configured to perform power management for the apparatus corresponding to a normal mode and a power saving mode configured to consume less electrical power than in the normal mode, a processor configured to execute one of a first program and at least one other program, a request module configured to request the manager to perform the power management corresponding to the normal mode when a touchscreen display detects simultaneous touches at positions, and a controller configured to start the first program and to cause the processor to execute the first program when a number of detected touched positions corresponds to the first program after the apparatus recovers to the normal mode. | 11-28-2013 |
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20090060670 | Drill - A drill is capable of forcibly aspirating and discharging chips to prevent environmental contamination as well as to simplify cleaning the chips. The drill has an intake hole and an opening formed therein so that the aspiration takes place through the intake hole and the chips generated in the cutting process can forcibly be aspirated up from the opening. Because the chips can be discharged without the use of the cutting fluid, the drill is useful for preventing environmental contamination. Moreover, as the chips are forcibly aspirated up from the opening and discharged through the intake hole, the chips are not scattered around a workpiece to be done and cleaning the chips can become simple and easy. | 03-05-2009 |
20090291767 | Tap - A tap is designed in such a way that chips are aspirated and discharged forcibly so that the pollution of the environment can be prevented and the cleaning can be simplified. The tap includes an intake hole, and the intake hole includes openings. Accordingly, air intake is performed through the intake hole, so that the chips generated in the cutting can be aspirated from the openings forcibly. Therefore, because the chips can be discharged without using cutting fluids, pollution of the environment can be prevented. Further, because the chips can be aspirated from the openings, and the chips aspirated from the openings can be discharged from the intake hole of the tap, the chips are not scattered on the work piece, and thus a cleaning process of the work piece can be simplified. | 11-26-2009 |
20100196114 | End mill - An end mill is designed to reduce an amount of cutting fluids to prevent the environmental pollution. Because the end mill includes openings which open along spiral grooves, and the openings communicate with an aperture on the rear end surface of a shank via an intake path, chips generated through the cutting process are aspirated forcibly from the openings when air intake is performed via the intake path, and the aspirated chips can be discharged from the aperture on the rear end surface of the shank. As a result, because the usage of the cutting fluids for discharging the chips can be reduced or minimized in comparison with the conventional technologies, environmental pollution can be prevented. | 08-05-2010 |
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20120309336 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CORRECTION METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to receive signals, which are transmitted from a fixed station, including identification information for identifying the fixed station, measure receive signal strength indications of the received signals, and acquire position information indicating positions at which the receive signal strength indications are measured, the receive signal strength indications, and the identification information in association with each other; and a gain/attenuation rate calculating unit configured to calculate correction information including a transmission antenna gain in a specific direction from the fixed station and an attenuation rate in a propagation path, the correction information being obtained from the receive signal strength indication measured at a first distance in the specific direction from the fixed station and the receive signal strength indication measured at a second distance in the specific direction that is different from the first distance. | 12-06-2012 |
20130060725 | JUDGMENT APPARATUS, JUDGMENT SYSTEM, AND JUDGMENT METHOD - A judgment apparatus includes a storage configured to store first reference data representing data that a detector should output in a first area when a detection target passed the first area, and second reference data representing data that the detector should output in the first area when the detection target passed a second area being different from the first area; and a processor to perform processes of: obtaining data from the detector outputting, in a time-series manner, data according to a detection condition of the detection target passing the first area or the second area; judging a degree of similarity between data obtained by the obtaining and the first and second reference data stored in the storage; and judging whether or not the detection target passed the first area, based on the judgment result by the judging the degree of similarity. | 03-07-2013 |
20130125126 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a user interface, a switching unit, and a computer. The user interface is for a user that operates a first processing unit that runs a first operating system or a second processing unit that runs a second operating system. The switching unit selectively switches between the first processing unit and the second processing unit to be associated with the user interface. The computer functions as the first processing unit. The computer functions as the second processing unit. The computer runs a first application program on the first operating system. The computer activates, on the second operating system, a second application program related to the first application program, in a state in which the first processing unit is associated with the user interface. The computer controls the switching unit upon completion of the activation of the second application program. | 05-16-2013 |
20130191322 | DISCLOSURE RANGE DETERMINATION METHOD, DISCLOSURE RANGE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM - A disclosure range determination method includes accepting a disclosure range of data and metadata of the data, extracting attribute information of a user that belongs to the disclosure range of the data accepted in the accepting based on association information associating a disclosure range of data with attribute information of a user that belongs to the disclosure range, converting the metadata accepted in the accepting into a keyword based on association information associating a conversion rule that converts the metadata into significant information with a keyword corresponding to the conversion rule, and determining, by a computer, whether or not a user that belongs to the disclosure range accepted in the accepting qualifies for the disclosure range accepted in the accepting, based on whether or not the keyword converted in the converting is included in the attribute information extracted in the extracting. | 07-25-2013 |
20130335582 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method of controlling an information processing apparatus causes contents in a first terminal to be shared with a second terminal. The method includes receiving sharing information for sharing the content from the second terminal, sending, by a processor, an acquisition request of the contents to the first terminal on a basis of the sharing information, acquiring the contents from the first terminal after the sending an acquisition request, and transmitting acquisition completion notification to the second terminal after the acquiring the contents. | 12-19-2013 |
20140081920 | MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medium stores a control program for an information processing apparatus. The control program causes the information processing apparatus to execute a procedure. The procedure includes obtaining history information on a type of an operation performed to each of a plurality of files, calculating a priority for a file among the files based on the type of the operation in the history information, and selecting a file among the files based on the priority. | 03-20-2014 |
20150032785 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA STORING FILE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a file management program for causing a computer to execute a file management process including: transmitting a file search request based on a search condition from a currently operating information processing apparatus to a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, receiving file information searched by the respective other information processing apparatuses, and displaying the file information in the search result; selecting another information processing apparatus to be a transfer source out of a plurality of other information processing apparatuses that store a same file as a file which is selected from the search result, based on the transfer time of the selected file to the currently operating information processing apparatus; and requesting transfer of the selected file to the selected other information processing apparatus to be the transfer source, receiving the transferred selected file and displaying the selected file. | 01-29-2015 |
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20090243809 | Reading device, computer program product and reading system - The reader/writer repeatedly reads data, which is stored in an IC tag existing in an area where communication with the reader/writer can be established, from the IC tag in a noncontact method. The reader/writer transmits the read data to the administrative device. The administrative device generates read data which shows the result of reading in chronologic order and generates feature data indicative of the feature of the result of reading on the basis of the generated time series data. An IC tag is sorted as a target tag or an unnecessary tag by sorting the read data as necessary data or unnecessary data on the basis of the generated feature data. | 10-01-2009 |
20100127833 | IC TAG READING NECESSITY DETERMINATION METHOD, IC TAG READING NECESSITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - An IC-tag reading necessity determination method and system include preparing success rate information indicating a rate of success of receiving a response from an IC-tag to a first signal each time a set or a plurality of sets of transmitting the first signal to the IC-tag a plurality of times is performed, performing processing to transmit a second signal to a target IC-tag from a reading apparatus a plurality of times to acquire response reception success/failure information indicating success/failure of reception of a response to the second signal; and determining whether the target IC-tag is to be read based on the success/failure of each time indicated in the response reception success/failure information and a rate of success of each time indicated in the success rate information. | 05-27-2010 |
20110239071 | DETERMINATION APPARATUS, DETERMINATION SYSTEM, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A determination apparatus includes a data obtaining unit that obtains data from a detector that outputs data in time series, in accordance with the result of detection of a detection target; a data correction unit that compares reference data indicative of data to be outputted by the detector when the detection target passed through a specific area with the data obtained by the data obtaining unit, and corrects the data obtained by the data obtaining unit so that the data length thereof is equal to the data length of the reference data; a similarity determination unit that determines the similarity between the data corrected by the data correction unit and the reference data; and a determination unit that determines whether the detection target passed through the specific area or not based on the result of the determination by the similarity determination unit. | 09-29-2011 |
20110279241 | READER/WRITER, RADIO TAG, TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD - A transmission unit of a reader/writer transmits, to an active-type radio tag to perform detection of a signal at a constant time interval by supplying power to a reception unit from a power supply unit for a time period, a signal including an instruction to temporarily extend the time period. | 11-17-2011 |
20110279247 | DATA READING WRITING APPARATUS FOR ACTIVE TAG DEVICE, ACTIVE TAG DEVICE AND SYSTEM THEREOF - An active tag device includes a controller to cause the wireless communication unit to carry out data transmission at intervals of a first period, and to cause to start measurement of a second period set for determining a timing for causing a wireless communication unit to carry out carrier sense to detect data output by a reading writing apparatus, synchronously with the data transmission, and to cause the wireless communication unit to carry out the carrier sense after the second period elapsed. The reading writing apparatus includes a controller to cause to start measurement of the first period set for synchronizing with carrier sense of the active tag device after a wireless communication unit detected reception of data from the active tag device, and to cause the wireless communication unit to carry out data transmission to the active tag device during the second period after the first period elapsed. | 11-17-2011 |
20120044058 | RFID TAG AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An RFID tag that communicates information with an RFID reader/writer includes a receiving unit that receives ID information; a memory unit that stores the ID information; a table that stores a correspondence relation between a change in the ID information and a moving direction; a determining unit that refers to the table to determine a moving direction from ID information received by the receiving unit and previously received ID information stored in the memory unit; and a signal generating unit that sends an interruption signal to a control unit driven by electric power supplied from a battery when the moving direction is determined by the determining unit, and stops generating the interruption signal when the moving direction is not determined by the determining unit. | 02-23-2012 |
20120133491 | ACTIVE CONTACTLESS INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, METHOD, AND INFORMATION ACCESS SYSTEM - An active contactless information storage device includes: an operation controller that determines whether mode information of the active contactless information storage device indicates a mode in which the device communicates with a reader/writer device; a carrier-sense controller that determines whether a first frequency in a first period and determines whether a second frequency in a second period, when the mode information of the active contactless information storage device indicates the mode in which the device communicates with the reader/writer device; and a command processor that performs communication with the reader/writer device when the carrier sense controller determines that the first frequency is sensed; wherein, when the mode information of the active contactless information storage device does not indicate the mode in which the active contactless information storage device communicates with the reader/writer device, the carrier-sense controller waits for a predetermined amount of time. | 05-31-2012 |
20120239297 | VALUE ACQUIRING METHOD, SENSOR CONTROL APPARATUS, SENSOR CONTROL METHOD, SENSOR CONTROL MEDIUM, AND ACQUISITION INTERVAL CONTROL MEDIUM - A sensor value acquiring method employed in a computer, comprising:
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20130169417 | RFID TAG READER, RFID TAG READING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PERFORMING RFID TAG READING PROCESS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An RFID tag reader is disclosed that includes a signal intensity obtaining part configured to obtain signal intensities of a first RFID tag and a second RFID tag that are read at plural read processes, a read-number obtaining part configured to obtain a number of RFID tags, among the first and the second RFID tags, that are read at the same read process, a processing part configured to weight the signal intensity of the first RFID tag obtained by the signal intensity obtaining part based on the number obtained at the corresponding read process, and a selecting part configured to select a read result of the first RFID tag based on the signal intensity of the first RFID tag weighted by the processing part. | 07-04-2013 |
20130191834 | CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A method of controlling an information processing device includes selectively switching a first processor for executing a first operating system or a second processor for executing a second operating system to a user interface; storing a data table in which a first application program operating on the first operating system is associated with a second application program operating on the second operating system; sending information pertinent to activation of the first or second application program to a server device; receiving a result of a process from the server device, the process being performed by the server device for associating application programs based on the received information; updating the data table based on the received result; and activating the second application program, which is associated with the first application program being activated in the data table, in a state where the first processor has been switched to the user interface. | 07-25-2013 |
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20120252502 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CORRECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that conducts positioning on the basis of received signal strength indications obtained from access points, includes, a contact information detector that detects contact information between the information processing apparatus and a dielectric body, a recording module that stores a gain table including gain data corresponding to obtained contact information, a gain data correcting unit that extracts the gain data corresponding to the contact information obtained by the contact information detector from the gain table of the recording module and corrects gain by using the extracted gain data, and a positioning module that conducts the positioning by using the gain obtained by the correcting unit and the received signal strength indications. | 10-04-2012 |
20120295635 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an information acquirer configured to acquire information transmitted from an access point, a movement determiner configured to determine whether or not the information processing apparatus is moving, and a registration deletion determiner configured to determine, based on the acquired information and a result determined by the movement determiner, whether to register or delete information of an location of the access point. | 11-22-2012 |
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20100304835 | GAMING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A gaming machine according to the present invention comprises a display on which plural types of symbols are to be arranged; a memory for storing an accumulative value, which is accumulated by unit game to activate a plurality of insurance pays and has a first threshold value and a second threshold value, and a plurality of payout value of the insurance pays, which is stored in associated with the first threshold value and the second threshold value of the accumulative value; and a controller. Where the accumulative value accumulated by unit game in which the plural types of symbols are rearranged on the display has reached the first threshold value, a first insurance pay is activated in accordance with a payout value associated with the first threshold value. The accumulative value is further counted in such each unit game. Where the counted accumulative value has reached the second threshold value, processing is performed as to activating a second insurance pay in accordance with a payout value associated with the second threshold value. | 12-02-2010 |
20110059788 | GAMING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a gaming machine with new entertainability, which executes processing of: (A) executing a normal game; (B) accepting an input of selecting any of the plurality of the specific symbols stop-displayed, in response to a fact that a plurality of the specific symbols are stop-displayed, in the normal game executed in the processing (A); (C) awarding a benefit according to the specific symbols selected in the processing (B); (D) determining whether or not to generate a specific game state, in response to the specific symbols selected in the processing (B); (E) accepting an input of selecting a specific symbol other than the specific symbol selected in the processing (B), from among the plurality of specific symbols stop-displayed, in response to a fact that it is determined that the specific game state is generated in the processing (D); and (F) awarding a benefit according to the specific symbol selected in the processing (E). | 03-10-2011 |
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20130040698 | MOBILE STATION AND RADIO CONTROLLER - One aspect of the present invention relates to a mobile station having abilities of communicating with a first network and a second network wherein the first network and the second network use mutually different radio access technologies including a receiving unit configured to receive broadcast information of the second network from the first network, a storage unit configured to store the received broadcast information of the second network and a pre-redirection information setting unit configured to, when the broadcast information of the second network is stored in the storage unit, set pre-redirection information included in a radio connection request message to a predefined value. | 02-14-2013 |
20130210429 | MOBILE DEVICE, NETWORK APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CELL-INFORMATION REPORTING METHOD - Even when small cells formed by the Home Node B and the Home eNode B are concentrated, the Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR) function is effectively performed. A mobile device | 08-15-2013 |
20130210442 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE DEVICE, AND NETWORK APPARATUS - The communication system according to the present invention includes: a mobile device | 08-15-2013 |
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20080203182 | Fluid supply nozzle, substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method - A fluid supply nozzle includes a fluid flow-in section into which a fluid flows in, a reservoir section for storing the fluid, a flow velocity control wall provided between the fluid flow-in section and the reservoir section and including an orifice for making the fluid flow in the reservoir section while reducing a flow velocity, and a discharging section including a slit for discharging the fluid with pressure of the fluid applied to the reservoir section. A substrate processing apparatus is formed so as to include the fluid supply nozzle. Moreover, a substrate processing method includes the step of discharging a fluid in a single-layered, continuous film to supply the fluid onto a substrate. Thus, the substrate is processed. To perform this method, the fluid supply nozzle of the present invention can be used. | 08-28-2008 |
20100304554 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a production method for a semiconductor device relating to the present invention, first, a pattern of a resist film made of organic polymers is formed on a semiconductor substrate. Next, impurity ions with 1×10 | 12-02-2010 |
20110291085 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a light-emitting element. An anode is formed on a main surface of a substrate. A hole-injection layer is formed at least above the anode. At least the hole-injection layer is covered with a protective film. A bank which is provided with an aperture through which a portion of the protective film is exposed, is formed on the protective film by a wet process. The portion of the protective film exposed through the aperture is removed so that a portion of the hole-injection layer is exposed, a light-emitting layer is formed on the hole-injection layer exposed through the aperture, and a cathode is formed above the light-emitting layer. The protective film is resistant to a fluid used during the wet process. | 12-01-2011 |
20130056719 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY PANEL AND ORGANIC EL DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is organic EL display panel and an organic EL display apparatus that can be driven at a low voltage and that exhibit excellent light-emitting efficiency. Included are a substrate, a first electrode, an auxiliary wiring, a hole injection layer, a functional layer, and a second electrode. The hole injection layer and the second electrode are formed to be continuous above the first electrode and above the auxiliary wiring. The second electrode and the auxiliary wiring are electrically connected by the hole injection layer in an organic EL display panel. The hole injection layer is a metal oxide film, and metal atoms constituting the metal oxide include both metal atoms at a maximum valence thereof and metal atoms at a valence less than the maximum valence. The metal oxide film includes a metal oxide crystal with a particle diameter on the order of nanometers. | 03-07-2013 |
20130328039 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY PANEL AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE - A hole injection layer and a second electrode are both formed to be continuous above a first electrode and above an auxiliary wiring. The hole injection layer contains a tungsten oxide. An UPS spectrum, obtained from a UPS measurement, has a protrusion appearing near a Fermi surface and within a region corresponding to a binding energy range lower than a top of a valence band, and the tungsten oxide satisfies a condition, determined from an XPS measurement, that a ratio in a number density of atoms other than tungsten atoms and oxygen atoms to the tungsten atoms does not exceed 0.83. | 12-12-2013 |
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20120269491 | OBJECT IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, OBJECT IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND OBJECT IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - The total number of object images is “N”. Object images whose the number is less than “N” are displayed on a display among the N-object images according to a previously defined display rule. When a selected object image is shifted by n-object images, a position obtained by shifting by a distance becomes a new position of the selected object image, wherein the distance is obtained by multiplying by “n” a value obtained by dividing the distance between a display position of an object image and a display position of the selected object image by a value obtained by subtracting “1” from “N”. | 10-25-2012 |
20130263720 | MUSIC PIECE ORDER DETERMINATION DEVICE, MUSIC PIECE ORDER DETERMINATION METHOD, AND MUSIC PIECE ORDER DETERMINATION PROGRAM - A music piece order determination device includes a beat information corrector, a correlation value calculator, and a music piece order determiner. The beat information corrector acquires beat position information and a tempo value in a musical composition, and corrects the beat position information such that the tempo value becomes the same value as a reference value. The correlation value calculator calculates a correlation value indicative of a degree of correlation of beat position information between respective musical compositions among a plurality of musical compositions, based on the beat position information. The music piece order determiner determines a music piece order, which is a reproduction order of musical compositions, based on the correlation value between the respective musical compositions. | 10-10-2013 |
20150068389 | MUSIC PIECE ORDER DETERMINATION DEVICE, MUSIC PIECE ORDER DETERMINATION METHOD, AND MUSIC PIECE ORDER DETERMINATION - A beat information corrector acquires beat position information including information regarding a point of time when a beat is reproduced, acquires a tempo value indicating a number of beats per unit time in a music piece, and corrects the beat position information of the music piece so that the tempo value of the music piece be a same value as the reference value. A correlation value calculator calculates a correlation value, which indicates a degree of correlation of beat position information between respective music pieces among a plurality of the music pieces, based on the corrected beat position information. A music piece order determiner determines a music piece order as a reproduction order of music pieces, which are to be reproduced successively, so that a product or total sum of the correlation values between the music pieces be at a maximum or an approximate solution thereof. | 03-12-2015 |
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20120143460 | ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR WORKING MACHINE - An engine control apparatus includes a governor and a controller which derives a lever operation-related rotational speed control target value derives an accelerator operation-related rotational speed control target value-corresponding to a detected operation amount of the accelerator member, based on an accelerator operation/rotational speed correlation function defining a relationship between the rotational speed control target value and the operation amount of the accelerator member; performs a lower value selection for selecting a lower one of the derived lever operation-related rotational speed control target value and accelerator operation-related rotational speed control target value; and causes the governor to control the rotational speed of the engine such that the rotational speed of the engine is set to the rotational speed control target value selected by the lower value selection. | 06-07-2012 |
20120285152 | HYDRAULIC DRIVING APPARATUS FOR WORKING MACHINE - Provided is an apparatus to lower a load, comprising a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic actuator having first and second ports, a manipulation device, a hydraulic circuit including meter-in and meter-out flow passages for the first and second ports respectively and a regeneration flow passage with a check valve, a control valve, a meter-out flow controller adjusting a meter-out flow rate according to the manipulation device, a back pressure valve, and a non-regeneration operation relief valve whose set pressure is not less than a sum of a minimum set pressure of the back pressure valve, an inlet-outlet pressure difference of the meter-out flow controller when the meter-out flow rate is maximum and a discharge flow rate of the hydraulic pump is maximum, and an actuator pressure difference for driving the hydraulic actuator with no load, and not less than a maximum set pressure of the back pressure valve. | 11-15-2012 |
20120285159 | HYDRAULIC DRIVING APPARATUS FOR WORKING MACHINE - Provided is an apparatus provided in a working machine to lower a load, comprising a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic actuator, a manipulation device having a manipulation member, a meter-in flow control device, a meter-out flow control device, a back pressure valve, a regeneration fluid passage branched from the meter-out fluid passage at a position upstream of the back pressure valve and merged with the meter-in fluid passage, and a check valve. The meter-in flow control device controls a meter-in flow rate in a region of the meter-in fluid passage upstream of a merging point with the regeneration fluid passage. The meter-out flow control device controls a meter-out flow rate in a region of the meter-out fluid passage upstream of a branching point of the regeneration fluid passage so as to make the meter-out flow rate be greater than the meter-in flow rate. | 11-15-2012 |
20140130486 | HYDRAULIC DRIVE APPARATUS FOR WORK MACHINE - Provided is a hydraulic drive apparatus for working machine capable of preventing an excessive pressure drop on a meter-in side and moving a load in a lowering direction at a stable speed requiring no counter balance valve, including a hydraulic pump, a first hydraulic actuator lowering a first load, an operating device, a first hydraulic circuit including meter-in and meter-out flow passages, a control valve, a meter-in-flow-rate controller, a meter-out-flow-rate controller making a meter-out flow rate not lower than a meter-in flow rate, a second hydraulic actuator, a second hydraulic circuit between the first hydraulic circuit and a tank and for the second hydraulic actuator, a back pressure valve between the second hydraulic circuit and the tank, a regeneration line leading a part of hydraulic fluid from between the second hydraulic circuit and the back pressure valve to the meter-in flow passage, and a check valve in the regeneration line. | 05-15-2014 |
20140130488 | HYDRAULIC DRIVE APPARATUS FOR WORK MACHINE - Provided is a hydraulic drive apparatus for working machine capable of preventing an excessive pressure reduction on a meter-in side and moving a load in a lowering direction at a stable speed requiring no counter balance valve. The apparatus includes a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic actuator for lowering the load, an operating device, a hydraulic circuit including a meter-in flow passage, a meter-out flow passage and a regeneration flow passage, a control valve, a meter-in-flow-rate controller for controlling a meter-in flow rate, a meter-out-flow-rate controller for controlling a meter-out flow rate to one not lower than the meter-in flow rate, a back pressure generator located downstream of the regeneration flow passage in the meter-out flow passage, and a meter-out-flow-rate limiter. The meter-out-flow-rate limiter minimizes a flow passage area of the meter-out orifice when a pressure in the meter-in flow passage falls to or below a permissible pressure. | 05-15-2014 |
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20120045564 | AGENT FOR COOKED RICE - It is to provide a quality improving agent for cooked rice which effectively imparts improving effect on loosening properties, anti-aging property, and/or water retentivity to cooked rice with as little influence as possible on the original texture and taste of the cooked rice, a method for producing cooked rice using the quality improving agent, and cooked rice improved in loosening properties, anti-aging property, and/or water retentivity using the method for producing cooked rice. In the process of rice cooking for preparing cooked rice, substituted modified starch whose viscosity has been adjusted to a viscosity range involving a viscosity of 15 mPa·s or higher at 30% by mass in an aqueous solution and a viscosity of 3000 mPa·s or lower at 10% by mass in an aqueous solution by the hydrolysis or molecular weight reduction of the substituted modified starch is added as the quality improving agent for cooked rice. As a result, improving effect on loosening properties, anti-aging property, and/or water retentivity is imparted to cooked rice, while cooked rice having the original texture and taste of cooked rice is produced. Examples of the degradation product of substituted modified starch include degradation products obtained using, as a base material, substituted modified starch(s) of hydroxypropyl starch, hydroxypropylated distarch phosphate, and starch sodium octenylsuccinate. | 02-23-2012 |
20130189420 | Agent for Cooked Rice - It is to provide a method for producing cooked rice with improved loosening properties, anti-aging property, and/or water retentivity, comprising adding and mixing a quality improving agent which is a degradation product of substituted modified starch with a viscosity of 15 mPa·s or higher at 30% by mass in an aqueous solution and 3000 mPa·s or lower at 10% by mass in an aqueous solution, wherein the degradation product of substituted modified starch is obtained by using, as a base material, one or more substituted modified starches selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl starch, hydroxypropylated distarch phosphate, and starch sodium octenylsuccinate, and is prepared by subjecting substituted modified starch to hydrolysis treatment with an enzyme in the process of rice cooking for preparing cooked rice. | 07-25-2013 |
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20090104334 | DIETARY FIBER-ENRICHING AGENT AND DIETARY FIBER-ENRICHED FOOD - The invention provides a water-soluble dietary fiber enriching agent comprising a modified starch which contains dietary fibers in an amount not more than 5% by mass measured by Prosky's method and a low-molecular weight water-soluble dietary fiber in an amount not less than 25% by mass. The water-soluble dietary fiber enriching agent contains a low-molecular weight water-soluble dietary fiber, and does not deteriorate the mouthfeel of the food obtained using the same. | 04-23-2009 |
20090117225 | SPARKLING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention provides a sparkling alcoholic beverage produced using, as a part of ingredients thereof, at least one selected from the group consisting of etherified starch, etherified cross-linked starch and enzymatic hydrolysates thereof; and a method for producing the sparkling alcoholic beverage, wherein at least one selected from the group consisting of etherified starch, etherified cross-linked starch and enzymatic hydrolysates thereof is added in any step of the production process. | 05-07-2009 |
20130230560 | IgA PRODUCTION PROMOTER - To provide an IgA production promoter capable of being easily ingested safely and continually, for example orally and capable of preventing infection by inhibiting the binding of pathogenic microorganisms to alimentary canal mucosa and preventing an allergic reaction by blocking the passage of allergen materials such as pollen and house dust through the wall of the alimentary tract. The present invention consists of an IgA production promoter comprising hydroxypropyl starch as an effective ingredient. The IgA production promoter of the present invention can be safely and continually ingested because the effective ingredient thereof is hydroxypropyl starch used in food and the like, and can prevent infection by inhibiting the binding of pathogenic microorganisms to alimentary canal mucosa and prevent an allergic reaction by blocking the passage of allergen materials such as pollen and house dust through the wall of the alimentary tract. | 09-05-2013 |
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20130008757 | CLUTCH DEVICE - The clutch device includes, a right pressure flange that brings clutch discs provided on a clutch outer and clutch plates provided on a clutch inner into pressure contact with one another. A pressure ring that moves the right pressure flange with an external force and a clutch spring transmits the force toward a clutch connected position, from the pressure ring to the right pressure flange. Further, a return spring between the clutch inner and the right pressure flange urges the right pressure flange toward a clutch disconnected position. The clutch spring and the return spring are disposed parallel to a clutch axial direction, their respective positions overlapping each other in the clutch axial direction. | 01-10-2013 |
20140290405 | POWER UNIT FOR SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE - In a power unit for a saddle-type vehicle a locking pin on a shift drum side is fixed to a shift spindle and a detection shaft of a shift position sensor is interlocked and connected with the shift drum, the friction surface between the shift arm and the locking pin is reduced with suppression of the lowering of the rigidity of the shift arm to enable smooth gear shifting. An engagement hole in a shift arm allows insertion and engagement of a locking pin and has an elongated hole shape extending along one diameter line of a shift spindle. An insertion hole in the shift arm has an arc shape centered at the center axis line of the shift spindle to allow insertion of an interlocking shaft coaxially connected to the shift drum to be incapable of rotation relative to it. | 10-02-2014 |
20140290431 | VEHICLE DRIVING FORCE TRANSMISSION STRUCTURE - The vehicle driving force transmission structure of a power unit can include a main transmission having a transmission shaft group and parallel to a crankshaft and provided in a crankcase on the side of the crankshaft. The transmission structure can also include a large rotational body provided at an end of the crankshaft, and an auxiliary transmission provided as a separate body from and connecting to the main transmission. The auxiliary transmission has a transmission shaft group parallel to the transmission shaft group of the main transmission and disposed so as to form a periphery of the large rotational body. The auxiliary transmission includes a transmission driving mechanism disposed below the large rotational body. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090005949 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A VEHICLE WHILE OPERATING UNDER A CRUISE CONTROL - A method is provided for controlling a vehicle while operating under a cruise control so as to improve response to driver braking operation and shorten the free running distance by applying a preliminary braking force to a braking device when a preceding vehicle can no longer be recognized during preceding vehicle following control. Basically, the method includes: detecting a preceding vehicle and an inter-vehicle distance to the preceding vehicle from a host vehicle equipped with the vehicle driving control device; executing a preceding vehicle following control to control the inter-vehicle distance to the preceding vehicle towards a target inter-vehicle distance when the preceding vehicle has been recognized; and generating a preliminary braking force upon determination that no preceding vehicle can be recognized during the preceding vehicle following control performed in which the preceding vehicle was previously detected. | 01-01-2009 |
20090105953 | HEADWAY DISTANCE MAINTENANCE ASSISTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A headway distance maintenance supporting system may include an obstacle detector, a controller configured for determining an operation reaction force to be generated in a driving operation equipment, and an operation reaction force generator for generating the operation reaction force in the driving operation equipment. The controller is configured for controlling the operation reaction force based on the status of a detected obstacle. The operation reaction force comprises a principal operation reaction force and an auxiliary operation reaction force, the auxiliary operation reaction force being no greater than the principal operation reaction force. The controller is configured for generating the auxiliary operation reaction force before a generation of the principal operation reaction force in the driving operation equipment. | 04-23-2009 |
20100250085 | REACTION FORCE IMPARTING SYSTEM AND REACTION FORCE IMPARTING METHOD OF VEHICLE ACCELERATOR PEDAL - A reaction force imparting system of a vehicle accelerator pedal includes a running circumstance detection apparatus that detects two or more running circumstances; a reaction force generation apparatus; and a reaction force correction apparatus. Depending on the running circumstance, the reaction force generation apparatus generates reaction force for an accelerator pedal in a returning direction thereof based on a predetermined reaction force target value, wherein the reaction force target value is differentiated according to each of the running circumstances. The reaction force correction apparatus makes correction to reduce the reaction force currently generated by the reaction force generation apparatus in a case where it is predicted that the reaction force target value is increased by a change of the running circumstance, and a difference between the reaction force target value corresponding to the running circumstance after the change and the currently generated reaction force is less than a predetermined difference. | 09-30-2010 |
20110004387 | VEHICLE HEADWAY MAINTENANCE ASSIST SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle headway maintenance assist system is provided that provides a haptic notification to an accelerator to alert the driver under prescribed conditions. The vehicle headway maintenance assist system includes a preceding vehicle detection section, a reaction force generating section, and a control section. The preceding vehicle detection section is configured to detect a headway distance between a host vehicle and a preceding vehicle. The reaction force generating section is configured to generate a reaction force based on the headway distance detected by the preceding vehicle detection section. The control section is configured to control a relationship between a driving force and an accelerator actuation amount by a driver to increase the accelerator actuation amount at a time before the reaction force generating section generates the reaction force. | 01-06-2011 |
20150015383 | TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE AND TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD - A travel control device includes a side obstacle detection unit, a rearward movement preparation detection unit, a warning unit, and a suppression unit. The side obstacle detection unit divides a range from a lateral side to a rear side of a vehicle into plural detection angle areas, and detects, for each of the plural detection angle areas, an obstacle entering the detection angle area and a distance to the obstacle. The warning unit provides warning about the obstacle. The suppression unit suppresses the warning by the warning unit, if the rearward movement preparation detection unit detects the vehicle preparing to move rearward and the detection angle area in which the obstacle is detected shifts from the rear side to the lateral side. | 01-15-2015 |
20150015714 | TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE AND TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD - A travel control device includes ultrasonic obstacle detection sensors detecting an obstacle entering a rear side of a vehicle and a distance to the obstacle, and an image obstacle detection unit detecting the obstacle entering the rear side of the vehicle by using an image of the rear side. If a distance to the obstacle detected by the sensors is equal to or less than an activation threshold for warning, the travel control device issues a warning, and sets the activation threshold larger as the vehicle speed of the vehicle becomes higher. If the vehicle is detected preparing to move rearward and the image obstacle detection unit detects the obstacle, the travel control device sets the activation threshold to a constant value regardless of the vehicle speed. | 01-15-2015 |
20150035663 | TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE AND TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD - A travel control device includes rear obstacle detection sensors; side obstacle detection sensors; a warning unit providing warning about an obstacle detected by the sensors; and a control unit controlling the warning unit so that the warning is provided if a distance to an obstacle detected by the rear obstacle detection sensors is equal to or less than a first risk, or if a parameter based on a distance to the obstacle detected by the sensors is equal to or less than a second risk. If the parameter based on the distance to the obstacle detected by the sensors is greater than the second risk, the control unit increases a first warning threshold until a hold time elapses after the sensors become unable to detect the obstacle. | 02-05-2015 |
20150057918 | TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE AND TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD - A travel control device includes a side obstacle detection unit which divides a range from a lateral side to a rear side of a vehicle into plural detection angle areas, and detects, for each of the plural detection angle areas, an obstacle entering the detection angle area; a rearward movement preparation detection unit which detects the vehicle preparing to move rearward; a warning control unit which provides warning about the obstacle if the distance to the obstacle is equal to or less than an activation threshold for the warning; and a threshold control unit which, if the obstacle is detected in one or more rear side areas among the plural detection angle areas, before being detected in the other detection angle areas, raises the activation threshold so that the timing of the warning becomes earlier. | 02-26-2015 |
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20110007251 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device in which liquid crystal is sealed by a one drop fill method, the gap between a TFT substrate and a counter substrate is defined by a columnar spacer in a display region, and the gap between them is defined by a columnar spacer also in a seal portion. In the display region, one layer of a color filter is formed below the columnar spacer. In the seal portion, two layers of island-shaped color filters are formed. With this configuration, the gap between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate can be maintained equal between the display region and the seal portion. Even when the process for forming the columnar spacer varies, it is possible to eliminate a change in difference between the gap between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate in the display region and the gap in the seal portion. | 01-13-2011 |
20140139769 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate having a display region where pixels each having a TFT and a pixel electrode are formed in a matrix, a counter substrate having a display region where color filters of three colors are formed in a matrix, the TFT substrate and the counter substrate being bonded together with a sealing material in a seal portion at a periphery, and liquid crystal sealed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate by the seal material. In the display region, a first insulation film, a first alignment film, a first columnar spacer, an overcoat film, a first color filter among the color filters of three colors are stacked in this order between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. | 05-22-2014 |
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20120233458 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus and method that prior to using a digital certification considers a validity expiration date of the digital certificate as well as a usable deadline of an algorithm or a public key used in the digital certificate. | 09-13-2012 |
20130125244 | PLATFORM INTEGRITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A platform integrity verification system capable of executing platform integrity verification by a trusted boot without causing a delay of system startup time. The platform integrity verification system has an information processing device and an integrity verification computer that is communicably connected to each other. The information processing device comprises an acquisition section acquires a unique value from each of a plurality of programs executed by the information processing device when the information processing device is shut down; and a storage section configured to store the unique value acquired by the acquisition section in a storage device. The integrity verification computer comprises a comparison section configured to acquire the unique value stored in the storage device through communication with the information processing device and compares the acquired unique value with a predetermined value held in advance for each program. | 05-16-2013 |
20130169995 | APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING OUTPUT USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - In the case that a secure mode is applied to an MFP which handles both of a QR code and an LVBC, there is a problem that convenience is lost also in LVBC utilization. An apparatus, comprising a unit configured to: enable to set any of a normal mode and a secure mode in determining whether or not to allow output of a document image, in the case that a first mode utilizing a partial code included in the document image is set; and enable setting of the normal mode and disable setting of the secure mode in determining whether or not to allow output of a document image, in the case that a second mode utilizing a whole code included in the document image is set. | 07-04-2013 |
20130188223 | SERVER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus and method for printing files sent from a portable terminal includes receiving mail with at least one attached file from a portable terminal, associating the at least one received file with a print ID, and sending mail including the print ID to the portable terminal. | 07-25-2013 |
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20090130488 | CYANATE ESTER POLYMER - Provided is a cyanate ester polymer having excellent flame retardance, low dielectric constant, low dielectric loss tangent and high heat resistance. Specifically provided is a cyanate ester polymer obtained by polymerizing a cyanate ester compound represented by the following general formula (1). (1) In the formula, X represents OCN or OH, and 10-100% by mol of X is composed of OCN. | 05-21-2009 |
20110269912 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF NUCLEUS-HYDROGENATED AROMATIC VINYL/(METH)ACRYLATE COPOLYMERS - A safe and stable production method of a hydrogenated polymer having high transparency, which is a production method of a hydrogenated polymer by hydrogenating aromatic rings of an aromatic vinyl compound-(meth)acrylate copolymer, in which (1) a solvent solution of the copolymer is added to a reactor, which has a solvent and a supported palladium catalyst charged therein, under a hydrogen atmosphere at a rate of from 0.01 to 15 g/hour in terms of the copolymer per unit mass (g) of the supported palladium catalyst, thereby performing hydrogenation reaction, and then such an operation is performed repeatedly that (2) a hydrogenated polymer is obtained from 30 to 90% by mass of the resulting reaction mixed solution, and a fresh solvent solution of the copolymer is added to the reactor, in which the residual reaction mixed solution is left, or to which the residual reaction mixed solution is returned, at a rate of from 0.01 to 15 g/hour in terms of the copolymer per unit mass (g) of the supported palladium catalyst, thereby performing hydrogenation reaction. | 11-03-2011 |
20120095253 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALPHA-HYDROXYCARBOXYLIC ACID ESTER - Provided is a process for producing α-hydroxycarboxylic esters from α-hydroxycarboxylic amides and aliphatic alcohols, wherein it is a production process which is inhibited in a production cost and enhanced in a conversion rate and a selectivity and which is industrially advantageous. To be specific, it is a production process for α-hydroxycarboxylic ester characterized by subjecting α-hydroxycarboxylic amide and aliphatic alcohol to a gas phase reaction in the presence of a zirconium dioxide catalyst. A catalyst lifetime is improved to a large extent by using a zirconium dioxide catalyst containing a specific element. | 04-19-2012 |
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20090110938 | Resin composition, prepreg and laminate using the same - A cyanate ester resin composition for a printed wiring board material containing a cyanate ester resin component A comprising a cyanate ester compound represented by the formula (1) and/or an oligomer thereof, and at least one component B selected from the group consisting of an epoxy resin and a maleimide compound, which resin composition is improved in heat resistance and heat resistance after moisture absorption, is excellent in mechanical properties such as elastic modulus and has flame retardancy without a halogen compound, and | 04-30-2009 |
20140242394 | CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CURED PRODUCT USING THE SAME - A curable resin composition which is in a liquid form at ordinary temperature and provides a cured product having excellent heat resistance and a low thermal expansion rate is provided. The curable resin composition according to the present invention comprises: a cyanate ester compound (A) represented by the following formula (I); and a curing accelerator (B): | 08-28-2014 |
20140308530 | NOVEL CYANATE ESTER COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE COMPOUND, AND CURED PRODUCT THEREOF COMPOSITION - To provide a novel cyanate ester compound that can realize a cured product having low dielectric constant and dielectric loss tangent, and excellent flame retardancy and heat resistance, and moreover has relatively low viscosity, excellent solvent solubility, and also excellent handling properties, and a method for producing the cyanate ester compound, and a curable resin composition and the like using the cyanate ester compound. A phenol-modified xylene formaldehyde resin is cyanated. | 10-16-2014 |