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20120226502 | TELEVISION APPARATUS AND A REMOTE OPERATION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a television apparatus includes a speech input unit, an indication input unit, a speech recognition unit, and a control unit. The speech input unit is configured to input a speech. The indication input unit is configured to input an indication to start speech recognition from a user. The speech recognition unit is configured to recognize the user's speech inputted after the indication is inputted. The control unit is configured to execute an operation command corresponding to a recognition result of the user's speech. The control unit, if a volume of the television apparatus at a timing when the indication is inputted is larger than or equal to a threshold, temporarily sets the volume to a value smaller than the threshold while the speech recognition unit is recognizing. | 09-06-2012 |
20130085757 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - An embodiment of an apparatus for speech recognition includes a plurality of trigger detection units, each of which is configured to detect a start trigger for recognizing a command utterance for controlling a device, a selection unit, utilizing a signal from one or more sensors embedded on the device, configured to select a selected trigger detection unit among the trigger detection units, the selected trigger detection unit being appropriate to a usage environment of the device, and a recognition unit configured to recognize the command utterance when the start trigger is detected by the selected trigger detection unit. | 04-04-2013 |
20130253932 | CONVERSATION SUPPORTING DEVICE, CONVERSATION SUPPORTING METHOD AND CONVERSATION SUPPORTING PROGRAM - A conversation supporting device of an embodiment of the present disclosure has a information storage unit, a recognition resource constructing unit, and a voice recognition unit. Here, the information storage unit stores the information disclosed by a speaker. The recognition resource constructing unit uses the disclosed information to construct the recognition resource including a voice model and a language model for recognition of voice data. The voice recognition unit uses the recognition resource to recognize the voice data. | 09-26-2013 |
20140088967 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - Apparatus for speech recognition includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a speech signal and to generate a first recognition result, a transmitting unit that transmits at least one of the speech signal and a recognition feature to a server, a receiving unit that receives a second recognition result from the server, a result generating unit configured to generate a third recognition result, a result storage unit that stores the third recognition result and a dictionary update unit configured to update the client recognition dictionary. | 03-27-2014 |
20150081270 | SPEECH TRANSLATION APPARATUS, SPEECH TRANSLATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a speech of a first language is recognized using a speech recognition dictionary to recognize the first language and a second language, and a source sentence of the first language is generated. The source sentence is translated into a second language, and a translation sentence of the second language is generated. An unknown word included in the translation sentence is detected. The unknown word is not stored in the speech recognition dictionary. A first pronunciation candidate of the unknown word is estimated, from a representation of the unknown word. A second pronunciation candidate of the unknown word is estimated from a pronunciation of an original word included in the source sentence corresponding to the unknown word. The unknown word, the first pronunciation candidate and the second pronunciation candidate, are registered into the speech recognition dictionary correspondingly. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081271 | SPEECH TRANSLATION APPARATUS, SPEECH TRANSLATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A first speech processing device includes a first speech input unit and a first speech output unit. A second speech processing device includes a second speech input unit and a second speech output unit. In a server therebetween, a speech of a first language sent from the first speech input unit is recognized. The speech recognition result is translated into a second language. The translation result is back translated into the first language. A first speech synthesis signal of the back translation result is sent to the first speech output unit. A second speech synthesis signal of the translation result is sent to the second speech output unit. Duration of the second speech synthesis signal or the first speech synthesis signal is measured. The first speech synthesis signal and the second speech synthesis signal are outputted by synchronizing a start time and an end time thereof, based on the duration. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081274 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSLATING SPEECH, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A first speech input device captures a speech of a first language. A first speech output device outputs another speech of the first language. A second speech input device captures a speech of a second language. A second speech output device outputs another speech of the second language. In a speech recognition/translation server, a first speech recognition device receives a first utterance speech of the first language from the first speech input device, and recognizes the first utterance speech. A first machine translation device consecutively translates the first language of the recognition result into the second language without waiting completion of the first utterance speech. A first speech synthesis device generates a second speech of the translation result. A first output adjustment device outputs the first utterance speech and the second speech to the second speech output device by adjusting a volume of the first utterance speech to be smaller than a volume of the second speech. | 03-19-2015 |
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20080203510 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module of the present invention includes: a semiconductor device | 08-28-2008 |
20090016678 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module includes an optical waveguide member for passing light therethrough and an optical path changing member for receiving and reflecting light. The optical path changing member is optically coupled to the optical waveguide member. | 01-15-2009 |
20090263087 | OPTICAL RECEPTACLE - An optical receptacle which couples a connector ferrule in which an optical fiber is inserted and an optical semiconductor package. The optical receptacle comprises: a precise sleeve which holds the connector ferrule; a receptacle body including a connection portion connected to the optical semiconductor package, a cylindrical portion in which the precise sleeve is inserted; a partition portion located between the connection portion and the cylindrical portion; and a transparent member confined in a region between an inner end portion of the precise sleeve and the partition portion, without being fixed. | 10-22-2009 |
20100025697 | OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module of the present invention includes a semiconductor device, a grounded metal member for mounting the semiconductor device thereon, a substrate for mounting the grounded metal member thereon, and a lead pin fixed to and insulated from the grounded metal member and soldered to the substrate. The lead pin is used to supply power to the semiconductor device. The grounded metal member has a protrusion on a surface thereof facing the substrate and wherein the protrusion of the grounded metal member is in contact with the substrate. | 02-04-2010 |
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20120320259 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING WIRELESS TRANSMITTER-RECEIVER UNIT - An image pickup apparatus is provided that is capable of avoiding an image pickup device and control system devices thereof from being affected by heat generated by a wireless transmitter-receiver unit, whereby the control system devices can stably be operated, while avoiding the quality of photographed image from being deteriorated. In the image pickup apparatus, a power unit has an upper limit of guaranteed temperature higher than that of the image pickup device and higher than those of an image processing unit and a control unit which are the control system devices, and is mounted on a mounting surface of a board together with the image processing unit and the control unit. A wireless transmitter-receiver unit is disposed parallel to and facing the mounting surface of the board so as to cover the power unit mounted on the board. | 12-20-2012 |
20140055667 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS WITH AIR COOLING UNIT - An image pickup apparatus that is excellent in rigidity and in heat radiation efficiency. The image pickup apparatus has a heat sink-cum-duct disposed between a pair of cover members that constitute left and right exteriors of an apparatus main unit and that are fixed to the heat sink-cum-duct. The heat sink-cum-duct has an opening formed to correspond to an air inlet port of an air cooling fan and has a plurality of fins, and sucks air through the opening from the outside. The sucked air is guided to the air inlet port of the cooling fan through a ventilation path defined by the plurality of fins. | 02-27-2014 |
20140055671 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS WITH AIR COOLING UNIT - An image pickup apparatus is reduced in width and length dimensions. The image pickup apparatus has a heat sink-cum-duct disposed on a rear face side of an air cooling fan. Air sucked from an opening defined by an opening portion of the heat sink-cum-duct is guided to an air inlet port of the cooling fan through a ventilation path defined by plural fins of the heat sink-cum-duct and is discharged from an air outlet port of the cooling fan. A circuit board disposed on a rear face side of the heat sink-cum-duct is cooled and heat generated in the circuit board is radiated from a heat radiation plate. The image pickup unit, cooling fan, heat sink-cum-duct, circuit board, and heat radiation plate are each formed into a flat shape having a short dimension in optical axis direction and are substantially parallel to one another. | 02-27-2014 |
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20090135304 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display device equipped with a display unit, the display device including a receiving part for receiving a difference signal of a plurality of channels including an image signal and content identification information inserted in a blanking period and outputting the image signal and the content identification information; a light emission amount regulation part for setting a reference duty according to image information of the image signal; an adjustment part for adjusting so that an actual duty is within a predetermined range based on the reference duty and an adjustment signal and adjusting a gain of the image signal so that a light emission amount defined by the actual duty and the gain of the image signal becomes the same as the light emission amount defined by the reference duty; and an adjustment signal generation part for generating the adjustment signal based on the content identification information. | 05-28-2009 |
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20100073574 | VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE, VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD, VIDEO SIGNAL RECEIVING DEVICE, AND VIDEO SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD - Object To transmit well a video signal of a desired bit rate within a transfer bit rate of a transfer path. | 03-25-2010 |
20120154386 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, PROGRAM, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus for generating image data is provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit for receiving information related to a display orientation of an image on a display unit of an image display device; and an image generation unit for generating image data according to the information. | 06-21-2012 |
20130038795 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS AND RECEPTION METHOD - An AV system composed of an HD recorder and a display unit uses a communication interface of the HDMI. An HDMI source of the HD recorder transmits image data (image signal) in the form of differential signals to an HDMI sink of the display unit through three TMDS channels. The HDMI source inserts content identification information for the identification of the type of a content of image data to be transmitted into an AVI InfoFrame packet placed in a blanking period. A control section of the display unit controls operation of a display processing section which carries out a process for displaying for the image data based on the content identification information received by the HDMI sink and a display section for displaying an image. | 02-14-2013 |
20140176800 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS AND RECEPTION METHOD - An AV system composed of an HD recorder and a display unit uses a communication interface of the HDMI. An HDMI source of the HD recorder transmits image data (image signal) in the form of differential signals to an HDMI sink of the display unit through three TMDS channels. The HDMI source inserts content identification information for the identification of the type of a content of image data to be transmitted into an AVI InfoFrame packet placed in a blanking period. A control section of the display unit controls operation of a display processing section which carries out a process for displaying for the image data based on the content identification information received by the HDMI sink and a display section for displaying an image. | 06-26-2014 |
20140369662 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS AND RECEPTION METHOD - An AV system composed of an HD recorder and a display unit uses a communication interface of the HDMI. An HDMI source of the HD recorder transmits image data (image signal) in the form of differential signals to an HDMI sink of the display unit through three TMDS channels. The HDMI source inserts content identification information for the identification of the type of a content of image data to be transmitted into an AVI InfoFrame packet placed in a blanking period. A control section of the display unit controls operation of a display processing section which carries out a process for displaying for the image data based on the content identification information received by the HDMI sink and a display section for displaying an image. | 12-18-2014 |
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20100304610 | CONNECTOR - A shielded connector which makes a shell unnecessary while ensuring a shielding function. A housing holds a housing plurality of contacts each including a contact portion brought into contact with an associated one of contact portions of a plurality of mating contacts. The connector is provided with a shield member including a shield plate body which partitions the contact portions of the contacts into two groups, a first spring portion which is brought into contact with an inner wall surface of a shell of a mating connector, and a second spring portion which is brought into contact with the inner wall surface of the shell. | 12-02-2010 |
20140187075 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a spring portion, a lock member and a movable member. When the movable member is forced to be moved from a non-operation position to an operation position, an operation portion of the movable member operates an operated portion of the lock member to move a lock portion of the lock member from a lock position to an unlock position. When the movable member is held at the operation position, a front end of the spring portion presses a pressed portion of the movable member to move the movable member towards the non-operation position. When the movable member is released, the movable member is moved back from the operation position to the non-operation position so that the operation portion stops to operate the operated portion to move the lock portion back to the lock position. | 07-03-2014 |
20140235109 | CONNECTOR - A connector has signal contacts and ground contacts, each of which includes a contact portion to be connected with a mating connector. In a predetermined plane, the contact portions of the signal contacts and the contact portions of the ground contacts are grouped and arranged into a first line and a second line. In the predetermined plane, four specific signal contact portions are surrounded by four specific ground contact portions. The four specific signal contact portions are the contact portions of the signal contacts constituting two pairs. The four specific ground contact portions are two of the contact portions of the ground contacts belonging to the first line and two of the contact portions of the ground contacts belonging to the second line. In the predetermined plane, a minimum distance between two of the specific ground contact portions is smaller than another minimum distance between one of the specific signal contact portions and one of the contact portions of the signal contacts other than the specific signal contact portions. | 08-21-2014 |
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20110238232 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ENERGY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD - An energy management system includes an equipment data management unit which manages charging/discharging loss of a battery and heat radiation loss of an electric water heater, and causes a control unit to perform control to give priority based on the comparison to the energy storage facility more reducing loss and store energy. The energy management system includes a system operation calculation unit which predicts voltage distribution of the next day of a distribution system or demand-and-supply balance amount of the entire system by state monitoring data of a power system, calculates a demand amount increasing target value necessary for avoiding a photovoltaic power generation amount suppression on a consumer end by the voltage distribution of the next day of the distribution system or the demand-and-supply balance amount, and controls the energy storage facilities so as to satisfy the demand amount increasing target value on the consumer end. | 09-29-2011 |
20130289785 | POWER DEMAND REGULATING APPARATUS, POWER REGULATING NETWORK SYSTEM, AND POWER REGULATING METHOD - A power demand regulating apparatus is provided which can efficiently achieve the purpose of peak shift in a power system and which can reduce the total incentive which an operator of a demand regulation server distributes to consumers having cooperated with a request for regulating an amount of energy to be used. A demand regulation server ( | 10-31-2013 |
20130311236 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENERGY CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT - Energy demand in an entire community including multiple demanders is properly predicted and energy consumption thereof is properly controlled. Every day, some demanders are selected from the community and a request to adjust energy consumption for the following day is sent to the selected demanders. To decide a content of the request, energy demand for the following day is predicted. In this case, demanders which did not receive a request on past days are specified, and demand in the community for the following day is predicted based on the actual energy consumption by those demanders on the past days. | 11-21-2013 |
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20080198478 | Optical system and imaging system incorporating it - The invention relates to an optical system that is capable of providing a zoom lens having improved image-formation capability with a reduced number of lenses, and fabricating a slim yet high-performance digital or video camera. The optical system comprises a cemented lens having a cementing surface on its optical axis. Air contact surfaces on the light ray entrance and exit sides of the cemented lens G | 08-21-2008 |
20090257131 | Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus equipped with same - An apparatus has a zoom lens and an image pickup element disposed on the image side of the zoom lens that converts an optical image formed by the zoom lens into an electrical signal. The zoom lens includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative first lens unit, a negative second lens unit, a positive third lens unit, and a negative fourth lens unit. During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit changes, the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit changes, and the distance between the third lens unit and the fourth lens unit changes, the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit being smaller at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end. The first lens unit includes a reflecting surface that deflects the optical path, and the zoom lens satisfies the following condition (1): −10010-15-2009 | |
20130286276 | Image Pickup Apparatus Having Zoom Lens - An image pickup apparatus includes a zoom lens and an image pickup element. The zoom lens includes a first positive lens unit, a first negative lens unit, a stop, and a second positive lens unit. For zooming, the first positive lens unit is stationary, the first negative lens unit moves, and the second positive lens unit moves. A position at a telephoto end of the first negative lens unit is on the image side of a position at the wide angle end. A position at a telephoto end of the second positive lens unit is on the object side of a position at the wide angle end. For focusing, the first positive lens unit is stationary. A first positive lens unit object-side system has a negative refractive power. A first positive lens unit image-side system has a positive refractive power. The image pickup apparatus satisfies predetermined conditional expressions. | 10-31-2013 |
20140118605 | Zoom Lens and Image Pickup Apparatus Using the Same - The zoom lens has an aperture stop arranged between the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit. During zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, the distances between the lens units vary in such a way that the distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit is larger at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, the distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit is smaller at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the distance between the fourth lens unit and the fifth lens unit is larger at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end. The zoom lens satisfies the following conditional expression (1): | 05-01-2014 |
20140354858 | Zoom Lens and Image Pickup Apparatus Using the Same - A zoom lens includes a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power. At the time of zooming, distances between the lens units change, and a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto end is shorter than at a wide angle end. An aperture stop is disposed on the image side of an image-side surface of the first lens unit, and on the object side of an image-side surface of the second lens unit. The second lens unit includes two sub lens units. The object-side sub lens unit in the second lens unit includes one lens component. The following conditional expressions are satisfied. | 12-04-2014 |
20140375870 | Zoom Lens and Image Pickup Apparatus Using the Same - A zoom lens includes in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a negative refractive power. At the time of zooming, distances between the lens units change, and a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a telephoto end is shorter than a distance between the first lens unit and the second lens unit at a wide angle end, and an aperture stop is disposed on an image side of an image-side surface of the first lens unit, and on an object side of an image-side surface of the second lens unit, and the zoom lens satisfies the conditional expressions. | 12-25-2014 |
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20130171919 | EXHAUST SYSTEM - An exhaust system ( | 07-04-2013 |
20140290919 | VACUUM PUMP WITH ABATEMENT FUNCTION - A vacuum pump has an abatement part for treating an exhaust gas discharged from a chamber of a manufacturing apparatus to make the exhaust gas harmless. The vacuum pump includes a heat exchanger configured to heat an inert gas by using heat generated when the exhaust gas is treated to be made harmless in the abatement part. The inert gas heated by the heat exchanger is introduced into the vacuum pump. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295362 | VACUUM PUMP WITH ABATEMENT FUNCTION - A vacuum pump includes a vacuum pump having a discharge port to which an abatement part for treating an exhaust gas discharged from the vacuum pump to make the exhaust gas harmless is attached. The vacuum pump includes a cylindrical member having an exhaust gas introduction port for introducing the exhaust gas to be treated and a gas outlet port for discharging gases which have been treated, a plurality of fuel nozzles provided at a circumferential wall of the cylindrical member for ejecting a fuel, and a plurality of air nozzles provided at the circumferential wall of the cylindrical member for ejecting air so as to form a swirling flow of air along an inner circumferential surface of the circumferential wall. The air nozzles are disposed at a plurality of stages spaced in an axial direction of the cylindrical member. | 10-02-2014 |
20140348717 | VACUUM PUMP WITH ABATEMENT FUNCTION - A vacuum pump with abatement function is used for evacuating a chamber of a manufacturing apparatus. The vacuum pump with abatement function includes a vacuum pump having a discharge port to which at least one abatement part for treating an exhaust gas discharged from the vacuum pump to make the exhaust gas harmless is attached. The abatement part is selected from a plurality of abatement parts having different treatment types of exhaust gas and/or different treatment amounts of exhaust gas and/or different treatment performances of exhaust gas. | 11-27-2014 |
20140352820 | VACUUM PUMP WITH ABATEMENT FUNCTION - A vacuum pump with abatement function is used for evacuating a chamber of a manufacturing apparatus. The vacuum pump with abatement function includes a vacuum pump having a discharge port to which one or more abatement parts for treating an exhaust gas discharged from the vacuum pump to make the exhaust gas harmless are attached. The one or more abatement parts are selected, depending on the amount and kind of the exhaust gas discharged from the vacuum pump, from plural kinds of abatement parts which have different treatment types of exhaust gas and/or different treatment amounts of exhaust gas. | 12-04-2014 |
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20090076253 | MACROLIDE DERIVATIVES - Compounds represented by formula (I) and the formula (IV) have an inhibitory activity of MMP-9 production, therefore, are useful as a medicine agent with fewer side effects than conventional MMP enzyme activity inhibitors, as a prophylactic and therapeutic drug for oncogenic angiogenesis, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, vascular intimal thickening after a percutaneous coronary transluminal angioplasty, vascular atherosclerosis, hemorrhagic apoplexy, acute myocardial infarction, chronic heart failure, aneurysm, lung cancer metastasis, adult respiratory distress syndrome, asthma, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, chronic rhinosinusitis, bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). | 03-19-2009 |
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20080221708 | DATA PROCESSOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided are a data processor, and a control system, in which an interrupt controller and an event link controller are adopted. The event link controller responds to a generated event signal to output a start control signal for controlling start of an operation of a circuit module. The circuit module is able to generate an event signal. The event link controller generates the start control signal according to the correspondences between event signals and start control signals which are defined by event control information. The links between the event signals and start control signals can be prescribed by the event control information. Therefore, operations of circuit modules prescribed by such links can be controlled sequentially. The control neither involves save and return processes by CPU as in the interrupt processing, nor needs priority level control as executed on competing interrupt requests. | 09-11-2008 |
20110010479 | DATA PROCESSOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided are a data processor, and a control system, in which an interrupt controller and an event link controller are adopted. The event link controller responds to a generated event signal to output a start control signal for controlling start of an operation of a circuit module. The circuit module is able to generate an event signal. The event link controller generates the start control signal according to the correspondences between event signals and start control signals which are defined by event control information. The links between the event signals and start control signals can be prescribed by the event control information. Therefore, operations of circuit modules prescribed by such links can be controlled sequentially. The control neither involves save and return processes by CPU as in the interrupt processing, nor needs priority level control as executed on competing interrupt requests. | 01-13-2011 |
20120047301 | DATA PROCESSOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided are a data processor, and a control system, in which an interrupt controller and an event link controller are adopted. The event link controller responds to a generated event signal to output a start control signal for controlling start of an operation of a circuit module. The circuit module is able to generate an event signal. The event link controller generates the start control signal according to the correspondences between event signals and start control signals which are defined by event control information. The links between the event signals and start control signals can be prescribed by the event control information. Therefore, operations of circuit modules prescribed by such links can be controlled sequentially. The control neither involves save and return processes by CPU as in the interrupt processing, nor needs priority level control as executed on competing interrupt requests. | 02-23-2012 |
20120260014 | DATA PROCESSOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided are a data processor, and a control system, in which an interrupt controller and an event link controller are adopted. The event link controller responds to a generated event signal to output a start control signal for controlling start of an operation of a circuit module. The circuit module is able to generate an event signal. The event link controller generates the start control signal according to the correspondences between event signals and start control signals which are defined by event control information. The links between the event signals and start control signals can be prescribed by the event control information. Therefore, operations of circuit modules prescribed by such links can be controlled sequentially. The control neither involves save and return processes by CPU as in the interrupt processing, nor needs priority level control as executed on competing interrupt requests. | 10-11-2012 |
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20090137428 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PROBE-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER - A probe-immobilized carrier for detecting a target substance is manufactured such that a spot is prevented from being contaminated with another spot and a probe is prevented from nonspecifically adsorbing a background area in the manufacture of the probe-immobilized carrier and nonspecific adsorption cannot be occurred even after the formation of an array. A substrate containing a reactive group for immobilizing a probe thereon is used and the steps of: (i) supplying a liquid droplet containing a probe on the substrate; (ii) inactivating a reactive group existing in an area other than a supplying area of the substrate, and (iii) removing an unreacted probe existing in the supplied liquid droplet are carried out. | 05-28-2009 |
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20120282592 | BIOMARKER OF DEPRESSION, METHOD FOR MEASURING BIOMARKER OF DEPRESSION, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a method for using low molecular weight compounds found in the body as a biomarker for diagnosing depression. Specifically, more than one compound selected from a group comprising the following are used: ADP-ribose, ATP, ADP, AMP, serotonin, tryptophan, kynurenine, SDMA (symmetrical dimethylarginine), threonine, glyceric acid, serine, N-acetylaspartic acid, glutamic acid, trigonelline, creatine, 2-methylserine, sphingosine, homovanillic acid, piperidine, sulfoxidized methionine, pipecolic acid, sphinganine, gamma-butyrobetaine, guanidinoacetic acid, isobutyric acid, creatinine, sarcosine, 3-methylbutyric acid, nicotinamide, betaine, ornithine, carnitine, ethanolamine, phosphoethanolamine, taurine, hypotaurine, aspartic acid, methionine, and tyrosine. | 11-08-2012 |
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20100231694 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - A lighting control device includes: an irradiation light generation unit that receives an irradiation light signal; coating correcting means for correcting the irradiation light signal so that an irradiation target object can be coated with irradiation light; and an irradiation light projection unit that projects the irradiation light by using the corrected irradiation light signal. The irradiation light includes coating light that coats the irradiation target object, and background light that becomes a background of the irradiation target object. The lighting control device includes: a first coating correction unit that corrects the irradiation light signal so as to cut an outline of the coating light in conformity with a shape of the irradiation target object; and a second coating correction unit that corrects the outline of the coating light in response to a positional relationship between an origin position of the irradiation target object and the irradiation light projection unit. | 09-16-2010 |
20120069180 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION APPARATUS - An information presentation apparatus includes a display frame having a display surface to display a display object, wherein an arbitrary information provision image is generated on an information provision region included in at least part of a region in which the display object is present, a display object image for projecting an image on the display object is generated, a display object region of the information provision region in which the display object is present is set, a projection image obtained by synthesizing the information provision image and the display object image is generated, and the projection image is drawn to be projected by an image projecting unit. | 03-22-2012 |
20120140181 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS AND HESS TEST APPARATUS - An ophthalmic apparatus includes: a screen; a examination controller; a first image projection unit projecting a target image; a second image projection unit projecting a pointer image; a mirror reflecting the projections of the first and second image projection units to project the same onto the screen; and a pointer operation input unit through which the pointer position is inputted. The examination controller includes: a first image generation unit generating a target image; an image correction unit correcting the target image so that the target image does not look distorted on the screen; a calculation storage unit calculating the position of the pointer according to the input through the pointer operation input unit and storing the calculated position; a second image generation unit generating the image of the pointer; and an output unit presenting or outputting the target image and the position of the pointer. | 06-07-2012 |
20120218270 | FACIAL SKETCH CREATION DEVICE, CONFIGURATION INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, CONFIGURATION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A facial sketch creation device, a configuration information generation device, a configuration information generation method, and a storage medium that stores a computer program, which acquires position information for characteristic points that pertain to facial features within a facial image of a user, acquires a classification result in which the facial image has been classified as a facial type, using the position information for the characteristic points and based on relative positions of the facial features, and generates configuration information by taking an initial configuration that is based on the position information for the characteristic points and performing modification of the initial configuration by enhancing characteristics that indicate the classified facial type. | 08-30-2012 |
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20130108953 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENTS | 05-02-2013 |
20130190473 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - Disclosed is a toner for electrostatic image development that has low-temperature fixability and hot offset resistance and also has document offset resistance. The toner contains a hyperbranched polymer which is a homopolymer formed using an inimer having, in its molecule, a polymerizable functional group and a polymerization initiating group or is a copolymer formed using the inimer and a vinyl-based monomer. The hyperbranched polymer is preferably a terminal-modified hyperbranched polymer and is preferably obtained by a living radical polymerization process. | 07-25-2013 |
20130209930 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - Disclosed is a toner for electrostatic image development, having excellent low-temperature fixability and also having hot offset resistance and post-fixing separability. | 08-15-2013 |
20130280649 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - There is provided a toner for electrostatic-image development that can obtain heat-resistant storability, fixed image strength and long-term stability of charging while having excellent low-temperature fixing property. The toner is formed with toner particles containing a binder resin and a crystalline ester compound, and the binder resin contains a styrene-acrylic resin including a structural unit derived from an acrylic ester monomer. | 10-24-2013 |
20140287354 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - Provided is a toner for electrostatic image development, having low-temperature fixability and long-term stable charge property and also having heat-resistant storage stability. The toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles containing a binder resin. The binder resin has a domain-matrix structure in which a crystalline polyester resin is dispersed as a domain phase in a matrix phase formed of an amorphous vinyl polymer formed using at least a vinyl-based monomer. The amorphous vinyl polymer has a carboxy group concentration of not less than 0.2 mmol/g and not more than 1.0 mmol/g, and the crystalline polyester resin has an ester group concentration of not less than 0.1 mmol/g and not more than 7.1 mmol/g. | 09-25-2014 |
20140349231 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - Disclosed is a toner for electrostatic image development that has excellent low-temperature fixability and also has sufficient heat-resistant storage stability. The toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles containing an amorphous resin including amorphous resins A and B and a crystalline polyester resin. The toner particles have a domain-matrix structure in which a domain phase including fine core particles of the crystalline polyester resin is dispersed in a matrix phase formed of the amorphous resin A composed of a vinyl-based polymer. The surface of the fine core particles of the crystalline polyester resin is coated with the amorphous resin B composed of a vinyl-based polymer. | 11-27-2014 |
20140356780 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION PROCESS OF THE SAME - Provided is a toner for electrostatic image development that has low-temperature fixability and long-term stable electrification performance, also has heat-resistant storage stability, and can suppress the occurrence of unevenness in gloss. Also provided is a production process of the toner. The toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles having a domain-matrix structure. In the toner particles, a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous resin including an amorphous polyester segment and a polymerized vinyl segment that are chemically bonded are dispersed as domain phases in a matrix phase formed of a vinyl resin. | 12-04-2014 |
20140363763 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Disclosed is an electrostatic latent image developing toner which contains a toner host particle having a domain-matrix structure. The matrix contains an amorphous resin which contains a vinyl resin having an acid group, the domain contains a crystalline resin which is formed by combining a vinyl polymerized segment and a polyester polymerized segment. A content of the crystalline resin falls within a range from 3 to 30% by mass. | 12-11-2014 |
20140377699 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - Provided is a toner for electrostatic image development having low-temperature fixability and providing stability of glossiness for various types of paper. The toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles having a domain-matrix structure. In the domain-matrix structure, a domain phase including a crystalline polyester resin having a melting point of 40 to 90° C. and a domain phase including a vinyl resin B having a weight average molecular weight of 250,000 to 400,000 are dispersed in a matrix phase including a vinyl resin A having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 50,000. | 12-25-2014 |
20150017584 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - Provided is a toner for electrostatic image development that has good low-temperature fixability, also has long-term heat-resistant storage stability and can form an image with unevenness in gloss suppressed. The toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles. The toner particles have a domain-matrix structure in which a first domain phase including a crystalline polyester resin A and a second domain phase including a crystalline polyester resin B are dispersed in a matrix phase including a vinyl resin. The average diameter of the first domain phase is 400 to 900 nm, and the average diameter of the second domain phase is 10 to 200 nm. The melting point of the crystalline polyester resin A and the melting point of the crystalline polyester resin B are each 95° C. or lower. | 01-15-2015 |
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20100209259 | EVACUATION APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an evacuation apparatus for evacuating a vacuum chamber of a substrate processing apparatus for processing a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer or liquid crystal panel. An evacuation apparatus according to the present invention includes a first vacuum pump connected to a vacuum chamber, and a second vacuum pump connected to the first vacuum pump. The first vacuum pump has a pair of multistage pump rotors. | 08-19-2010 |
20100233863 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To provide a technique capable of suppressing the diffusion of copper atoms adhering to the back face of a semiconductor substrate from the back face into the inside of the semiconductor substrate, and capable of suppressing performance degradation of semiconductor elements such as a MISFET formed at the main face of the semiconductor substrate, in semiconductor devices using copper wiring for a wiring layer. A copper diffusion prevention film formed at the main face of the semiconductor substrate is denoted by a first copper diffusion prevention film, and a copper diffusion prevention film formed at the back face of the semiconductor substrate is denoted by a second copper diffusion prevention film. The characteristic of the embodiment lies in that the second copper diffusion prevention film is formed at the back face of the semiconductor substrate. Thus, by the formation of the second copper diffusion prevention film at the back face of the semiconductor substrate prior to the formation of the copper wiring, the diffusion of copper atoms (including copper compounds) from the back face of the semiconductor substrate can be prevented. | 09-16-2010 |
20140176138 | GRADIENT MAGNETIC FIELD COIL DEVICE, ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREFOR, AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - In a gradient magnetic field coil device including: a plurality of main coils generating in an imaging region of a magnetic field resonance imaging device a magnetic field distribution in which an intensity linearly inclines; and a plurality of shield coils, arranged on an opposite side of the imaging region across the main coils, suppressing residual magnetic field generated by the main coils on the opposite side. The plurality of main coils and the plurality of shield coils are connected in series. The device further includes a plurality of current adjusting devices, connected to the shield coils in parallel, independently adjusting currents flowing through the shield coils, respectively, to enhance symmetry of the residual magnetic field. The gradient magnetic field coil device is provided which can suppress generation of eddy current magnetic field even if there is a relative position deviation between the main coils and shield coils. | 06-26-2014 |
20140210476 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE - A device includes: a static magnetic field generating device including static magnetic field generating sources generating a homogeneous magnetic field in a space; gradient magnetic field generating sources superimposing a gradient magnetic field on the homogeneous magnetic field, and conductor rings arranged between the static magnetic field generating sources and the gradient magnetic field generating sources in a pair of arranging regions on both sides in a direction of the homogeneous magnetic field in a region where the homogeneous magnetic field is generated (imaging region), respectively, the conductor rings being separated from each other and making a pair. The conductor rings are mechanically connected to the gradient magnetic field generating device or the static magnetic field generating device. This provides an MRI device 1 capable of reduction in vibration with suppression of the image quality deterioration of the tomographic images. | 07-31-2014 |
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20090052913 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image forming apparatus includes a first sheet discharge unit, a second sheet discharge unit, a switching unit configured to cause a sheet discharge destination to switch between the first sheet discharge unit and the second sheet discharge unit, a memory unit configured to store information about drying time of a print medium, a timer unit configured to determine elapse of the drying time of the printed print medium based on the information stored in the memory unit, and a control unit configured to control the switching unit to set the first sheet discharge unit to be the sheet discharge destination based on a determination of the timer unit that a drying time of a print medium discharged to the first sheet discharge unit has elapsed. | 02-26-2009 |
20110157606 | IMAGE PRINTING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There are provided an image printing system and an image processing method which can perform printing control for a unit pixel without losing a positional relationship between a dot arrangement pattern and a mask pattern even when index processing and mask processing are executed independently from each other. For this purpose, an index start position command ( | 06-30-2011 |
20110157628 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a first circuit which creates image data on the basis of print job data, a second circuit which causes a printing unit to print an image on the basis of the image data created by the first circuit and is different from the first circuit, and a storage capable of being accessed by the first circuit and the second circuit, respectively. Additionally, when data is transferred in the first circuit and the second circuit, one circuit writes the data in the storage, and the other circuit reads out the data to transfer the data, thereby executing printing of an image. | 06-30-2011 |
20150085016 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a carriage configured to perform a reciprocating movement while facing a sheet, the carriage being equipped with an inkjet head, and a drying unit configured to apply energy from above the carriage to the sheet so as to dry ink, wherein, when the carriage performs the reciprocating movement, the carriage is reversed at a reversing position where the application of the energy to an end of the sheet or an end of an image formed on the sheet is not blocked by the carriage. | 03-26-2015 |
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20120127961 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - To provide a mobile terminal apparatus and radio communication method for enabling feedback control information to be efficiently transmitted on uplink channels, a radio communication method of the invention is characterized by having in a mobile terminal apparatus the steps of receiving a signal for each of a plurality of component carriers from a radio base station apparatus, generating feedback control information for each component carrier from the signal, mapping the feedback control information for each component carrier to suitable radio resources based on the number of component carriers, the presence or absence of uplink transmission data, and the number of bits of control information to transmit as feedback, and transmitting an uplink transmission signal mapped to the radio resources. | 05-24-2012 |
20120155412 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - To provide a mobile terminal apparatus, radio base station apparatus and radio communication method capable of supporting user multiplexing methods for enabling more users to be efficiently multiplexed on an uplink shared channel, the mobile terminal apparatus performs spreading processing for multiplying a data signal by a code varying for each user, and transmits the spreading-processed data signal to the radio base station apparatus on the uplink shared channel, and the radio base station apparatus receives the data signal, and user-separates a reception signal in which is mixed a plurality of users multiplied by spreading codes varying for each user into desired user signals to be data signals for each user. | 06-21-2012 |
20120163318 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - Provided are a mobile terminal apparatus, a radio base station apparatus and a communication method, capable of orthogonalizing uplink reference signals between plural antennas in MIMO transmission. The mobile terminal apparatus has a reference signal generator ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120243402 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - To provide a mobile terminal apparatus, radio base station apparatus and radio communication method for enabling data signals and control information for a plurality of component carriers to be transmitted efficiently, a radio communication method of the invention is characterized in that a mobile terminal apparatus maps a retransmission response signal and another signal to different resources in a first mode for transmitting a retransmission response signal for each downlink CC of a plurality of downlink CCs, while mapping the retransmission response signal and another signal to the same resources in a second mode for transmitting a single retransmission response signal for a plurality of downlink CCs, and that the radio base station apparatus receives the uplink signal, preforms resource-demapping on each of the retransmission response signal and another signal mapped to different resources in the first mode, while performing resource-demapping on the retransmission response signal and another signal mapped to the same resources in the second mode, and demodulates the retransmission response signal. | 09-27-2012 |
20130028209 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AN UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION SIGNAL - To suppress and minimize changes from the method of transmitting an uplink control information in the LTE system, while supporting increases in the system band and increases in the transmission layer when there is a PUSCH signal transmitted in the same subframe, provided is a configuration for generating a UCI signal for a base station apparatus ( | 01-31-2013 |
20130033979 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided are a mobile terminal apparatus, a radio base station apparatus and a radiocommunication method, capable of saving PHICH resources enough and realizing effective retransmission control of uplink SU-MIMO. The radio communication method of the present invention is characterized in that a radio base station apparatus receives signals of plural codewords, when there is an error in each of the codewords, generates a one-bit negative response physical HARQ indicator channel signal and transmits the physical HARQ indicator channel signal, and a mobile terminal apparatus receives the physical HARQ indicator channel signal and transmits retransmission signals of all the codewords to the radio base station apparatus based on the negative response physical HARQ indicator channel signal. | 02-07-2013 |
20130034056 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION SIGNAL - The present invention is provided to, when there is a PUSCH signal to transmit in the same subframe as a UCI signal, make the method of transmitting uplink control information in the LTE system adaptable to a broader system band and increase in transmission layers only by minor changes. A UCI signal is generated to a base station apparatus ( | 02-07-2013 |
20130034066 | RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - To provide a radio base station apparatus, mobile terminal device and wireless communication method for enabling the SRS to be used efficiently in an LTE-A system, a wireless communication method of the invention is characterized in that a radio base station apparatus performs OFDM modulation on a transmission signal including transmission information on sounding reference signals for each transmission antenna, and transmits the OFDM-modulated transmission signal, and that a mobile terminal device receives the signal including the transmission information, controls a transmission aspect of the sounding reference signals for each transmission antenna based on the transmission information, and transmits the sounding reference signals in the transmission aspect for each transmission antenna. | 02-07-2013 |
20130039305 | REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS AND BASE STATION APPARATUS - To efficiently use radio resources used in transmission of SRS, a base station apparatus (eNode B) transmits a scheduling grant including an instruction for transmission of a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS), and a mobile station apparatus (UE) transmits the SRS in response to the scheduling grant. The SRS is transmitted in the same subframe, another subframe or a previous subframe by the predetermined number of subframes as, immediately before, or before a subframe of a PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) that the scheduling grant instructs to transmit. | 02-14-2013 |
20130058293 | RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD - The present invention provides a radio base station apparatus and a transmission power control method that do not deteriorate the uplink reception quality of cell-edge users when uplink MU-MIMO transmission is applied. The transmission power control method of the present invention includes the steps of: in a radio base station apparatus that performs space division multiplexing between users by uplink MU-MIMO transmission: controlling transmission power according to a number of MU-MIMO multiplexed users; and transmitting transmission power information to match the number of MU-MIMO multiplexed users; and in a mobile terminal apparatus: setting transmission power using the transmission power information; and transmitting an uplink signal by the transmission power. | 03-07-2013 |
20130070703 | RADIO COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - The present invention aims to realize an uplink assignment information structure that is optimal for signaling of uplink assignment information when a plurality of frequency bands are assigned to an uplink data channel. In a radio communication system where a plurality of frequency bands are assigned to one user on the uplink, uplink assignment information including uplink resource allocation information in which resources are allocated in a bitmap format is defined, this uplink assignment information is formed in the same bit size as downlink assignment information (for example, DCI format | 03-21-2013 |
20130114501 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile terminal apparatus and a radio communication method are provided which can efficiently transmit feedback control information through a physical uplink control channel. The radio communication method according to the present invention uses a plurality of ACK/NACK control bits as data signals, adds cyclic shifts to a plurality of reference signal blocks of a plurality of time blocks in a physical uplink control channel format comprised of a plurality of time blocks, multiplies the plurality of reference signal blocks by orthogonal codes and transmits a control channel signal including reference signals by which orthogonal codes are multiplied to a radio base station apparatus through a physical uplink control channel. | 05-09-2013 |
20130176987 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention aims to provide a transmitter, a receiver and a radio communication method capable of preventing any increase in overhead due to insertion of reference signals without deteriorating the channel estimation accuracy. The radio communication method is provided for mapping reference signals to radio resources of a plurality of layers and transmitting the reference signals, having the steps of: generating the reference signals; oversampling the reference signals; and mapping the oversampled reference signals to resource elements of the layers respectively. Reference signals to be mapped to different layers are subjected to frequency division multiplexing in resource elements of same time and frequency domains. | 07-11-2013 |
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20110152697 | Circulatory Pressure Monitoring Using Infusion Pump Systems - A low cost, transportable system for monitoring the central venous pressure of a patient receiving an infusion is provided. The pressure monitoring system of the present invention employs a pump and a flow meter in order to supply infusion fluids to a patient. Based upon the control factors and changes thereof communicated to the pump by a controller in order to achieve and maintain a desired infusion fluid flow rate, relative changes in patient's venous pressure and/or quantitative pressure data is obtained. | 06-23-2011 |
20110152826 | Infusion Pump - Infusion pumps according to the present invention maximize fluid throughput while minimizing vaporization of gas by employing specific flow path architecture, flow path dimensional ranges, and voltage and frequency ranges for activation of piezoelectric bodies. | 06-23-2011 |
20110152829 | Patient Fluid Management System - A patient fluid care system that provides an integrated solution for managing patient fluids by precisely controlling one or more infusion pumps; monitoring real-time patient sensors, and pharmaceutical information; and deriving patient status and the status of pharmaceuticals administer to the patient based upon such monitoring and controlling; and automatically adjusting infusing parameters based upon the real-time patient, infusion, and pharmaceuticals information and derived patient status and the pharmaceuticals levels. | 06-23-2011 |
20120116348 | LIQUID MEDICINE INJECTION AMOUNT ADJUSTING METHOD, LIQUID MEDICINE INJECTION AMOUNT ADJUSTING APPARATUS, AND LIQUID MEDICINE INJECTING SYSTEM - In a liquid medicine injecting system, an open route is formed in which a liquid medicine flows from a container that contains the liquid medicine to a blood vessel of a biological body via a micro-pump, a flow volume sensor, and a tube. A back pressure from the biological body directly operates against the micro-pump via the open route. When the flow volume of the liquid medicine is constant, power of the micro-pump has a constant relationship with the back pressure. The flow volume of the liquid medicine is adjusted to be a target volume by controlling the power of the micro-pump, and the power of the micro-motor is monitored. An abnormal injecting state of the liquid medicine caused by such as pulling out of an injection needle from the biological body is immediately detected with high accuracy based on the monitored result of the power of the micro-pump. | 05-10-2012 |
20120245554 | Micro-Infusion System - Infusion systems according to the present invention provide a medical fluid infusion system operable at a relatively wide range of flow rates while simultaneously maintaining a high degree of accuracy and predictability through employing specific flow path architecture, flow path dimensional ranges, and pump control parameters, such as voltage, frequency, voltage rise time, pump size and quantity, and controlled restriction of the fluid flow path. Automatic recognition of restrictive elements is employed to facilitate the ease of use of different restrictive elements with a single infusion system and improve patient safety. | 09-27-2012 |
20130296787 | Infusion Pump - Infusion pumps according to the present invention maximize fluid throughput while minimizing vaporization of gas by employing specific flow path architecture, flow path dimensional ranges, and voltage and frequency ranges for activation of piezoelectric bodies. | 11-07-2013 |