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20110212522 | MICRO-CHAMBER PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR CELL CULTURE AND METHOD - This invention relates to a method and apparatus for process cell cultures. The apparatus comprises a micro-chamber comprising no more than one absorption layer and at least one gel layer, in this order, laminated on a transparent base plate having no conspicuous absorbency in visible and infrared regions, and at least one light source, said absorption layer having absorbency in visible and infrared regions, and said gel-like material being a substance which has a gel dissolution temperature of 100 degree C. or less, solates when heated and is in a gel state at room temperature and has absorbency for a specific wave length of visible and infrared regions, and said light source having a monochromatic light in said specific wave length, wherein said light source is disposed such that it irradiates on said absorption layer and/or said gel layer, with the exception that when no absorption layer is provided, at least two layers each composed of a gel-like material are laminated on said transparent base plate. | 09-01-2011 |
20120088295 | DEVICE FOR CONCENTRATING AND SEPARATING CELLS - Provided is a device for concentrating and separating cells, which has a function for continuously concentrating cells; a function for then continuously arranging the concentrated cells in predetermined regions of a flow path; a function for simultaneously identifying shape and fluorescent emission in one-cell units on the basis of cell concentration and purification images, which serve to continuously separate and purify cells that have different properties in that they are either attracted to or repelled by an induction electrophoresis force of a predetermined frequency; and a function for identifying cells on the basis of this shape and fluorescent emission information and thereby separating and purifying the cells. | 04-12-2012 |
20130314526 | CELL ANALYSIS DEVICE - Provided is a cell concentration/purification device having a function of successively locating cells in a specific area of a microchannel, and a function of sequentially capturing cell images by use of light from a plurality of monochromatic light sources on an image basis, and performing comparative analysis of the cell images to recognize individual cells based on information on the shape of the cells and an absorption spectral distribution of the cells or inside of the cells, thereby selectively separating/purifying the cells. | 11-28-2013 |
20140349332 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXAMINING MYOCARDIAL TOXICITY AND EVALUATING CARDIOMYOCYTE - A method wherein a mass of cardiomyocytes is disposed on a transparent substrate and the quality of the cardiomyocytes is evaluated from the response of the cardiomyocytes to a forced pulsation stimulus that is applied to the pulsating cardiomyocytes. The mass of cardiomyocytes, which is disposed on the transparent substrate, is exposed to the flow of a drug-containing liquid in such a manner as to allow the drug to act on cells configuring a network. The level of cardiotoxicity caused by the drug is evaluated by measuring the fluctuations obtained from a comparison of adjacent pulsating cardiomyocytes of the network. | 11-27-2014 |
20140370492 | LIQUID REFLUX HIGH-SPEED GENE AMPLIFICATION DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid reflux reaction control device including an additional mechanism that allows more stable temperature control, a pre-treatment mechanism that performs pre-treatment including a pre-PCR reaction reverse transcription reaction process that allows RNA detection, a melting curve analysis function, chip technology optimal for holding liquid droplets and optical measurement and the optical measurement function for PCR, and a temperature gradient control mechanism using a quantitative infrared light irradiation/absorption control technique. | 12-18-2014 |
20150079598 | HIGH SPEED GENE AMPLIFICATION DETECTION DEVICE - The present invention provides a high-speed gene amplification device including an additional mechanism that allows more stable temperature control, a pre-treatment mechanism that performs pre-treatment including a pre-PCR reaction reverse transcription reaction process that allows RNA detection, a melting curve analysis function, chip technology optimal for holding liquid droplets and performing optical measurements and an optical measurement function for a PCR reaction. | 03-19-2015 |
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20080303410 | Light Emitting Device, Lighting System, Backlight Unit for Display Device, and Display Device - To enhance emission efficiency and color rendering, a light emitting device includes: at least one light source; at least one first emitting section having at least one sort of luminescent material that can emit light including a wavelength component that is longer than the light emitted from light source when excited by the light emitted from light source; at least one second emitting section having at least one sort of luminescent material that can emit light including a wavelength component that is longer than the light emitted from first emitting section when excited by the light emitted from light source and first emitting section; wherein light emitting device includes at least one light shielding unit that protects at least a part of the light emitted from first emitting section from entering second emitting section. | 12-11-2008 |
20090072255 | PHOSPHOR AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE USING SAME - The present invention relates to a phosphor that satisfies requirements (1) to (3):
| 03-19-2009 |
20100213861 | Light Emitting Device, Lighting System, Backlight Unit for Display Device and Display Device - To enhance emission efficiency and color rendering, a light emitting device | 08-26-2010 |
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20080213857 | Patterning substrate and cell culture substrate - The present invention intends primarily to provide such as a cell culture patterning substrate that is used to adhere cells in a highly precise pattern on a base material to culture and a cell culture substrate on which cells is adhered in a highly precise pattern. | 09-04-2008 |
20110143439 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CELL CULTURE SUBSTRATE - A main object of the invention is to provide a new method for producing a cell culture substrate used to cause cells to adhere in a highly precise form onto a base material and then culture the cells. | 06-16-2011 |
20110201116 | TEST METHOD USING CELLS AND TEST KIT THEREFOR - The present invention provides a method for performing a biological test under conditions in which an artificially prepared cell pattern with initial position coordinates that can be determined is three-dimensionally cultured within a gelled matrix. The present invention relates to a biological test method that comprises testing a biological indicator with reference to at least one selected from the group consisting of cell proliferation, cell movement, and cell differentiation in a cell pattern substantially embedded in gel. The present invention also relates to a kit for the biological test method. | 08-18-2011 |
20130323842 | ARTIFICIAL TISSUE CONSTRUCT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide an artificial tissue construct that has means for transporting nutrients, oxygen, waste products, or the like and is viable in vivo. The present invention relates to a tissue construct formed in vitro, which comprises a vascular layer, a basal membrane layer, and a tissue-forming cell layer. | 12-05-2013 |
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20090018104 | Triarylcarboxylic Acid Derivative - Provided is a triarylcarboxylic acid derivative, or an isomer, a prodrug, a hydrate, a solvate, a polymorph, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, represented by the following general formula (I): | 01-15-2009 |
20090076070 | HETERO COMPOUND - [Problems] To provide a useful compound as an active ingredient for a preventing and/or treating agent for rejection in the transplantation of an organ, bone marrow, or a tissue, an autoimmune disease, or the like, which has an excellent S1P | 03-19-2009 |
20100168159 | HETERO COMPOUND | 07-01-2010 |
20110230463 | 2H-CHROMENE COMPOUND AND DERIVATIVE THEREOF - [Object] Provided is a compound which has an excellent S1P | 09-22-2011 |
20120178735 | 2H-CHROMENE COMPOUND AND DERIVATIVE THEREOF - Provided is a 2H-chromene compound or a derivative thereof which has an excellent S1P1 agonist action. The 2H-chromene compound or derivative is particularly useful for preventing and/or treating a disease induced by undesirable lymphocyte infiltration or a disease induced by abnormal proliferation or accumulation of cells. | 07-12-2012 |
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20120095097 | OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION - Disclosed is an ophthalmic composition containing (A) not less than 50,000 units/100 mL of vitamin A, (B) not less than 0.4 W/V % of a polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene glycol, and (C) trometamol. | 04-19-2012 |
20120108658 | OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION - Disclosed is an ophthalmic composition which is characterized by containing (A) a vitamin A, (B) a polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene glycol, and (C) an oil component that is selected from the group consisting of castor oil, soybean oil, sesame oil, peanut oil, olive oil, almond oil, wheat germ oil, corn oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, purified lanolin and gel hydrocarbon. | 05-03-2012 |
20120108672 | OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PREVENTION OF CLOUDINESS/PRECIPITATION - An ophthalmic composition characterized by comprising (A) vitamin A, (B) a polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene glycol, and at least one component selected from (C) trometamol, (D) polyhydric alcohols, (E) a sugar, (F) phosphoric acid and salt thereof and (G) monovalent neutral salts. | 05-03-2012 |
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20090079123 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND BOOKBINDING SYSTEM - The problem of unevenness that an outer shape is different for each booklet is solved by correcting coating thickness control depending on a thickness of a sheet bundle, based on booklet information which includes information on at least the number of sheets constituting the sheet bundle, keeping adjustment of a coating thickness for adhesive depending on a thickness of a sheet bundle as a basic method. | 03-26-2009 |
20090129841 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A bookbinding apparatus comprising: an adhesive container to store melted adhesive; a heater which heats the adhesive to melt; a stirring member to stir the adhesive in the adhesive container; and a control section which controls the operation of the heater and the stirring member so that after the heater has been turned off with the termination of a coating process, the stirring member continues stirring operation and stops thereafter. | 05-21-2009 |
20090245975 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND BOOKBINDING SYSTEM - A bookbinding apparatus comprises
| 10-01-2009 |
20100260581 | Sheet finisher and image forming system provided therewith - In a sheet finisher including an adhesive coating section, a movement mechanism, a control section that controls actions of the adhesive coating section and of the movement mechanism, is capable of multiple coating on a spine of a sheet bundle by causing the movement mechanism to move the adhesive coating section reciprocally and relatively with respect to the spine, and is capable of conducting a preparation process to cause the rotary adhesive supplying section to rotate for a prescribed period of time in a rotation direction corresponding to a movement direction of the adhesive coating section under a condition of no coating of the adhesive on the spine of the sheet bundle, after the movement direction of the adhesive coating section and the rotation direction of the rotary adhesive supplying section are switched, following the reciprocating movement in the case of the multiple coating. | 10-14-2010 |
20120093613 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS AND BOOKBINDING SYSTEM - A bookbinding apparatus including: a stacking section for stacking sheets to form a bundle of sheets; a sheet-conveyance shifting section for conveying a sheet, or a cover sheet to become a cover of a booklet to a predetermined position; a melt tank for storing a hot-melt adhesive, and a bookbinding control section configured to execute a bookbinding mode in which a booklet is formed by coating adhesive inside the melt tank onto an edge surface of a bundle of sheets and adhering the cover sheet to the edge surface, onto which the adhesive has been coated, of the bundle of sheets, and an adhesive discharging mode in which the adhesive inside the melt tank is discharged outside the melt tank. | 04-19-2012 |
20130123087 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - In a sheet processing device, a sheet feeder feeds a sheet fed thereinto, by switching to any one of a first direction same as a feed-in direction of a sheet and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A second sheet processor is arranged in the second direction and performs a process including a center-folding process on the sheet. A first sheet processor is arranged in the first direction and performs a process other than the center-folding process on the sheet. | 05-16-2013 |
20150065324 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing apparatus including: a supporting section over which a sheet is hung to be supported from below, the sheet being folded in a mountain shape with a folding line formed at a central portion; a conveyance section which conveys the sheet supported by the supporting section in a direction orthogonal to the folding line in a horizontal plane including the folding line; a control section which controls a sheet conveyance operation by the conveyance section; a first pressing section which presses the folding line of the sheet supported by the supporting section from above; and a second pressing section which presses the sheet from a rear side in an advancing direction when the conveyance section conveys the sheet. | 03-05-2015 |
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20100058077 | CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION MEMORY APPARATUS, ERASING METHOD OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, AND ERASING PROGRAM OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION - A tamper resistant apparatus | 03-04-2010 |
20110016510 | SECRET INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SECRET INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Secret key backup is safely implemented even if a role base access structure in which the access structure is specified using roles is used. An all combination generating unit | 01-20-2011 |
20120207299 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - A certification device | 08-16-2012 |
20120297201 | CONFIDENTIAL SEARCH SYSTEM AND CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING SYSTEM - A confidential search that can flexibly control searchable data depending on a role or authority of a user when the data is shared in a group. When the inner product of an attribute vector and a predicate vector is a predetermined value, the confidential search system conducts pairing computation of decrypted data generated based on the attribute vector and a decryption key generated based on the predicate vector, so as to realize confidential search by utilizing an inner-product predicate encryption process that can decrypt the encrypted data. In particular, the confidential search system enables flexible control of searchable data depending on the role or authority of the user, by devising a method of generating the attribute vector and the predicate vector. | 11-22-2012 |
20120324240 | SECURE SEARCH SYSTEM, PUBLIC PARAMETER GENERATION DEVICE, ENCRYPTION DEVICE, USER SECRET KEY GENERATION DEVICE, QUERY ISSUING DEVICE, SEARCH DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, SECURE SEARCH METHOD, PUBLIC PARAMETER GENERATION METHOD, ENCRYPTION METHOD, USER SECRET KEY GENERATION METHOD, QUERY ISSUING METHOD, AND SEARCH METHOD - In a secure search system to be used by a plurality of users, the size of a ciphertext is reduced and the need to generate a new ciphertext when a new user is added is eliminated. A public parameter generation device | 12-20-2012 |
20130287206 | ENCRYPTION SYSTEM, ENCRYPTION PROCESSING METHOD OF ENCRYPTION SYSTEM, ENCRYPTION DEVICE, ENCRYPTION PROGRAM, DECRYPTION DEVICE, DECRYPTION PROGRAM, SETUP DEVICE, SETUP PROGRAM, KEY GENERATION DEVICE, KEY GENERATION PROGRAM, KEY DELEGATION DEVICE, AND KEY DELEGATION PROGRAM - In a wildcard-applicable anonymous hierarchical identity-based encryption system, it is aimed to make the number of pairing operations a fixed number. A user identifier ID and a pattern P are used. The user identifier ID includes k number of hierarchy identifiers. The pattern P includes either of a hierarchy identifier, a wildcard value and a blank value for each hierarchy. An encryption device | 10-31-2013 |
20130287210 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA STORAGE APPARATUS - An access terminal apparatus provides a group determination key being a decryption key to a data center apparatus previously, and then transmits grouping information generated from a keyword of storage target data and having been encrypted to the data center apparatus, with encrypted data of the storage target data and tag data of the encrypted data of the storage target data. The data center apparatus stores the encrypted data relating it to the tag data, decrypts a part of the grouping information with the group determination key, derives an index value from a bit value obtained by the decryption, and stores the derived index value and the tag data relating them with each other. | 10-31-2013 |
20130318351 | SIMILARITY DEGREE CALCULATION SYSTEM, SIMILARITY DEGREE CALCULATION APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND SIMILARITY DEGREE CALCULATION METHOD - Based on an encrypted feature vector (comparison ciphertext) encrypted with a public key of a decryption apparatus and an encrypted feature vector (target ciphertext) encrypted with the public key of the decryption apparatus, and a random number (temporary key) generated by a random number generation unit (temporary key generation unit), an encrypted random similarity degree calculation unit (interim similarity degree ciphertext calculation unit) performs calculation for calculating a similarity degree in a first stage, with two encrypted feature vectors kept encrypted, thereby calculating a second challenge. The decryption apparatus decrypts the second challenge with a secret key sk of the decryption apparatus, and performs calculation for calculating the similarity degree in a second stage with a result of the decryption kept encrypted with the temporary key, thereby calculating a second response. A plaintext similarity degree extraction unit (similarity degree calculation unit) decrypts the second response with the temporary key, thereby calculating a similarity degree. | 11-28-2013 |
20130332729 | SEARCH SYSTEM, SEARCH METHOD OF SEARCH SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SEARCH PROGRAM, CORRESPONDING KEYWORD MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND CORRESPONDING KEYWORD MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A searchable encryption resistant to frequency analysis. A conversion rule management device generates a conversion rule table associating a search keyword with a conversion keyword group. Based on the conversion rule table, a data registration device generates registration data associating encrypted data with an encrypted keyword, and registers the registration data in a server device. An information processing device obtains from the conversion rule table a conversion keyword group associated with a specified search keyword, generates an encrypted keyword group, and requests a data search by specifying the encrypted keyword group. Using as a search key an encrypted keyword included in the encrypted keyword group, the server device searches for encrypted data associated with the search key, and returns searched encrypted data. The information processing device decrypts the searched encrypted data, and outputs as a search result search data obtained by decryption. | 12-12-2013 |
20140247939 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A storage part stores a public key generated based on a doubly homomorphic encryption algorithm and data encrypted by using the public key as a template to be used for authentication. A random number generating part generates a random number using at least a part of the public key in the storage part. A template updating part performs an arithmetic operation using the random number generated by the random number generating part and updates the template. The storage part stores the updated template by overwriting the template before being updated. | 09-04-2014 |
20140298009 | DATA SEARCH DEVICE, DATA SEARCH METHOD, DATA SEARCH PROGRAM, DATA REGISTRATION DEVICE, DATA REGISTRATION METHOD, DATA REGISTRATION PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A data search server stores a system ciphertext including a data ciphertext and a keyword ciphertext in each category-specific DB unit for each data category, and stores each category-determination secret key being associated with each category-specific DB unit. A search request receiving unit receives from a data search terminal a search request including a search trapdoor and an index tag. A data searching unit searches for a category-determination secret key with which the index tag is decrypted to the same value as a key-determination value. Using the search trapdoor, the data searching unit performs a search of a Public-key Encryption with Keyword Search scheme on system ciphertexts in a category-specific DB unit associated with this category-determination secret key. A search result transmitting unit transmits to the data search terminal a data ciphertext included in a system ciphertext which has been found as a hit in the search. | 10-02-2014 |
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20110067810 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A manufacturing method of a liquid discharge head which includes a discharge element substrate consisting of silicon and having on one surface an energy generating element for generating energy for discharging liquid, and a support member for supporting the discharge element substrate, the manufacturing method includes: providing a resin composition, which includes a resin and can be cured by heat, between the discharge element substrate and the support member so that a part of a rear surface of the one surface of the discharge element substrate is in contact with both sides of the support member; and irradiating light including at least ultraviolet rays and infrared rays onto the resin composition from a side of the discharge element substrate through a plate of the silicon to cure the resin composition. | 03-24-2011 |
20110279547 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - The invention provides, between a discharge element substrate and a supply member, a support member containing a mixture that contains: a material having an affinity for a material forming the supply member; and another material. | 11-17-2011 |
20120236077 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head including an ejection device substrate having a substrate provided with an energy-generating element that generates energy for ejecting a liquid, a liquid supply member that supplies the liquid to the ejection device substrate, and a support member that is provided between and joined to the ejection device substrate and the liquid supply member. The support member has at least two liquid supply flow paths that are through-holes extending through the support member and has a projected or depressed portion at its joint surface with respect to the liquid supply member. A spacing between two adjoining liquid supply flow paths at the joint surface with respect to the liquid supply member is larger than a spacing between the adjoining two liquid supply flow paths at a joint surface of the support member with respect to the ejection device substrate. | 09-20-2012 |
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20120208761 | TYPE I-TYPE IV COLLAGEN HYBRID GEL - It is an object of the present invention to provide a Type I-Type IV collagen hybrid gel, which maintains characteristics of a Type IV collagen and is superior in gel strength. It is the Type I-Type IV collagen hybrid gel obtained by mixing 100 to 500 parts by mass of the Type I collagen having fibrosis ability, relative to 100 parts by mass of the Type IV collagen having gelling ability. A three-dimensional structure is formed, where a membrane-like substance by the Type IV collagen is formed onto a fibrous substance by the Type I collagen, so as to be able to provide cell culture environment approximate to a basement membrane of a living body. | 08-16-2012 |
20120305685 | Unit for Grinding Sample, Unit for Grinding and Collecting Sample, and Process for Grinding Same - Provided is a unit which is capable of readily grinding and collecting a small amount of a sample which is difficult to be ground. The unit for grinding a sample comprises a club-shaped pestle and a mortar into which the pestle can be inserted, wherein the pestle comprises a roughened taper located at at least one end of its pestle body, wherein the mortar is a tube with an inverted frustoconical bottom, and the surface of the mortar where the taper of the pestle contacts the inverted frustoconical bottom when the pestle is inserted into the mortar is roughened, and wherein the angle of the taper with respect to the longitudinal centerline of the pestle is substantially equal to the angle of the inner wall of the inverted frustoconical bottom with respect to the longitudinal centerline of the mortar. The roughened taper and surface improve grinding efficiency. | 12-06-2012 |
20130190479 | COLLAGEN POWDER AND/OR COLLAGEN-DERIVED POWDER, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - Disclosed is a collagen powder and/or a collagen derivative powder, which are obtained by dispersing in a hydrophilic organic solvent a crude collagen precipitate which comprises 12 to 50% by mass of a collagen precipitate and/or a collagen derivative precipitate having an average particle size of 1 to 1,000 μm, recovering solids and then drying the solids. By dispersing the crude collagen precipitate in the hydrophilic organic solvent, the resulting precipitates can be dehydrated, so that drying of the thus obtained solids can be done by air-drying. In addition, the resulting collagen powder and/or collagen derivative powder exhibit excellent solubility due to an increased specific surface area and also have excellent ease of handling with the average particle size being 8 to 1,000 μm. | 07-25-2013 |
20140309401 | DPP-4 INHIBITOR - A DPP-4 inhibitor comprising a peptide represented by the formula (1): Xe-Pro/Ala/Hyp-Xa-Xb-Xc-Xd (wherein Xe is an amino acid residue with an isoelectric point of 5.9 to 6.3; Pro/Ala/Hyp represents Pro, Ala, or Hyp; Xa is an amino acid residue other than Hyp, Pro, and Arg, or deletion; Xb is Gly, Pro, or deletion; Xc is Pro, Ala, or deletion; and Xd is an amino acid residue or deletion) as an active component. The inhibitor can be expected to bring out an effect of lowering blood glucose levels by enhancing effects of incretins; and the inhibitor may be used as a therapeutic agent for diabetes and, in addition, can act on the immune system or the like to be thus used in treatment for skin diseases or the like. | 10-16-2014 |
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20100333064 | APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The development of an application that includes a user interface (UI), which has a specific UI screen that is directly called through an external link and displays an execution result of a specific service, is realized without coding operations. Before constructing a UI using a first tool, condition starting buttons, which respectively correspond to a plurality of services that can be provided by programs generated using a second tool and which are respectively added call programs for calling corresponding service, are generated. When a specific condition starting button is placed in a UI screen under construction and the conversion for a unconditional starting is instructed, an attribution is changed so that the button becomes invisible and the specific condition starting button is changed to a unconditional starting button by changing a call program so that the call program is unconditionally executed when the UI screen is called through a link. | 12-30-2010 |
20110010692 | APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The development of an application program that includes a user interface (UI), which can provide a processing parameter to be handed to a web service when a UI screen is called via a link, is realized without coding operations. When the UI screen is called via the link, in which link information is embedded with the processing parameter, a platform program obtains the processing parameter and stores the processing parameter in a corresponding storage region. A call program that has been attached to an unconditional starting button, which is located in the UI screen by a developer, in advance activates the web service by using the processing parameter in the storage region as an argument. After the processing for storing the output variables of the web service in the corresponding storage region is carried out, the processing, in which the called UI screen is generated and distributed, is carried out. | 01-13-2011 |
20110214117 | APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A development of an application program which has a user interface capable of instructing to upload and download a file and executes a previously designated service from plural types of service is realized. A program, which transmits also a web service call address and a service name, is added to an upload component disposed in a file upload screen. A file which is instructed to be uploaded via the component is added with the call address and the service name and registered in a DB and when a downloading is instructed from a client terminal, a corresponding web service is executed based on the call address and the service name, and the instructed file is transferred to the terminal only if a result is OK. | 09-01-2011 |
20130132471 | Application Development Support Device, Program and Storage Medium - The development of an application program that includes a user interface (UI), which can provide a processing parameter to be handed to a web service when a UI screen is called via a link, is realized without coding operations. When the UI screen is called via the link, in which link information is embedded with the processing parameter, a platform program obtains the processing parameter and stores the processing parameter in a corresponding storage region. A call program that has been attached to an unconditional starting button, which is located in the UI screen by a developer, in advance activates the web service by using the processing parameter in the storage region as an argument. After the processing for storing the output variables of the web service in the corresponding storage region is carried out, the processing, in which the called UI screen is generated and distributed, is carried out. | 05-23-2013 |
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20110013261 | ELECTROCHEMICAL DISPLAY ELEMENT - Provided is an electrochemical display element composed of a simple member structure, capable of driving at low voltage, and exhibiting high display contrast and white display reflectance, and further to provide the electrochemical display element exhibiting reduced variation in reflectance during repetitive driving even after storage for a long duration. Disclosed is an electrochemical display element possessing an N-oxyl derivative represented by the following Formula (1), an electrolyte and a pair of facing electrodes: | 01-20-2011 |
20120199186 | TANDEM-TYPE ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLAR BATTERY - A tandem-type organic photoelectric conversion element has at least a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of bulk heterojunction layers each comprising a p-type organic semiconductor material and an n-type organic semiconductor material. The tandem-type organic photoelectric conversion element and a solar battery are characterized in that when the absorption wavelengths of the bulk heterojunction layers are such that a second bulk heterojunction layer absorbs up to a longer wavelength than a first bulk heterojunction layer, the LUMO energy level (LUMO(n1)) of the film of the n-type semiconductor in the first bulk heterojunction layer and the LUMO energy level (LUMO(n2)) of the film of the n-type semiconductor in the second bulk heterojunction layer satisfy the following equation (1): 0.4 eV≧LUMO(n1)−LUMO(n2)≧0.1 eV . . . (1) | 08-09-2012 |
20140319509 | ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, AND SOLAR CELL AND OPTICAL SENSOR ARRAY EACH USING SAME - An organic photoelectric conversion element which sequentially comprises a transparent first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer that contains a p-type organic semiconductor material and an n-type organic semiconductor material, and a second electrode in this order on a transparent substrate. | 10-30-2014 |
20140338750 | ORGANIC PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - The present invention has an object to provide an organic photoelectric conversion element exhibiting excellent durability. The present invention is to provide an organic photoelectric conversion element comprising a conjugated polymer compound having a partial structure represented by the following Chemical Formula 1. | 11-20-2014 |
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20080258864 | Communication Apparatus and Communication Method - A communication apparatus for mutual communication, when acting as an authenticator communication apparatus performing authentication, includes a transmitting section that transmits to an authenticatee communication apparatus subject to authentication challenge data to authenticate the authenticatee communication apparatus in a time slot, which is a segmented period of time in which the communication apparatus to communicate with a specific communication apparatus; and a receiving section that receives from the authenticatee communication apparatus first response data for responding to the challenge data in the same time slot as the one in which the transmitting section transmits the challenge data. An objective is to carry out authentication of a tag by a Reader/Writer (R/W) and authentication of the R/W by the tag at the same time as an anti-collision process, and to further achieve confidentiality of unique ID information that is transmitted. | 10-23-2008 |
20080309505 | Current-differential relay device - A relay device, installed at one end of a power line within a protected zone, includes a processor performing a transmitting process that transmits first sampling current data of the power line at the one end to another relay device installed at the other end, through a 2048-kbps transmission line, and a receiving process that receives second sampling current data of the power line at the other end from the another relay device through the transmission line; a calculator calculating a difference, used for detection of an occurrence of fault, between the first and the second sampling current data; and a human-machine interface capable of receiving and presenting information through a display unit. The processor transmits the first sampling current data in a transmission frame, and transmits, using an unused field not for the sampling current data in the transmission frame, display-related data output from the human-machine interface. | 12-18-2008 |
20130178078 | INTER-BOARD CONNECTION TERMINAL AND INVERTER AND ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR EMPLOYING THE SAME - Provided are an inter-board connection terminal with which electrical connection between two boards can be simplified, the operability and productivity thereof can be enhanced, and reliability of electrical connection can also be ensured, as well as an inverter and an electric compressor employing the same. An inter-board connection terminal includes a group of numerous metal terminals which is inserted, individually at both tips thereof, into through-holes in boards to electrically connect two boards, wherein paired resin linking members are provided, which have a predetermined space therebetween with respect to the group of metal terminals and which join the group of metal terminals into a single unit by linking the terminals in the form of a row at both tips thereof near the bases of portions to be inserted into the through-holes in the boards. | 07-11-2013 |
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20100301966 | MULTILAYER COMMON MODE FILTER - A multilayer common mode filter is provided, which can inhibit cracks from occurring, while securing the magnetic coupling between coil conductors. | 12-02-2010 |
20120300355 | ELECTROSTATIC PROTECTION COMPONENT - An electrostatic protection component includes: a body in which a plurality of ceramic substrates is laminated; and a pair of discharge electrodes which are formed within the body and which are spaced to face each other. The discharge electrodes include main body portions extending along a longitudinal direction, and the main body portions include tips in the longitudinal direction and side edges extending along the longitudinal direction. The pair of discharge electrodes are arranged such that both the main body portions are adjacent to each other in a short direction. The discharge electrodes face each other in the short direction between the side edges, and discharge occurs only between the side edges, between the discharge electrodes. | 11-29-2012 |
20140191824 | MULTILAYER COMMON MODE FILTER - A first coil is configured in such a structure that first and second coil conductors are connected by a first through-hole conductor. A second coil is configured in such a structure that third and fourth coil conductors are connected by a second through-hole conductor. The first and second coils are arranged in a nonmagnetic section consisting of nonmagnetic layers. A portion located inside the first coil and the second coil in the nonmagnetic section includes a first regional portion and a second regional portion adjacent to each other when viewed from a laminated direction of the nonmagnetic layers. The first and second through-hole conductors are located in the first regional portion so as to be adjacent to each other, when viewed from the laminated direction. A magnetic core section comprised of a magnetic material is located in the second regional portion when viewed from the laminated direction. | 07-10-2014 |
20140204499 | ELECTROSTATIC PROTECTION COMPONENT - An electrostatic protection component includes: a body in which a plurality of ceramic substrates is laminated; and a pair of discharge electrodes which are formed within the body and which are spaced to face each other. The discharge electrodes include main body portions extending along a longitudinal direction, and the main body portions include tips in the longitudinal direction and side edges extending along the longitudinal direction. The pair of discharge electrodes are arranged such that both the main body portions are adjacent to each other in a short direction. The discharge electrodes face each other in the short direction between the side edges, and discharge occurs only between the side edges, between the discharge electrodes. | 07-24-2014 |
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20080198449 | Laser microscope - It is possible to change a focal position or spot diameter of an optical stimulation laser beam without causing any misalignment of the optical axis, thus precisely applying optical stimulation to a desired position or region on a specimen. The invention provides a laser microscope comprising an observation light path for guiding an observation laser beam; an optical stimulation light path for guiding an optical stimulation laser beam; and a light-path combining unit for combining these light paths; and the laser microscope also comprises, in at least the optical stimulation light path, a focal-position adjusting unit for adjusting a focal position of the laser beam; an optical-axis misalignment detector for detecting an amount of misalignment of an optical axis between the focal-position adjusting unit and the light-path combining unit; and an alignment unit for adjusting an optical axis position on the basis of the amount of misalignment of the optical axis detected by the optical-axis misalignment detector. | 08-21-2008 |
20080246839 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - It is possible to check for observation success or failure and the observation history without waiting for observation to be completely finished, thus saving time and energy required for observation, and avoiding lost opportunities for observation of precious samples etc. Provided is a microscope apparatus including an image acquisition unit for acquiring a plurality of frame images while varying a plurality of parameters; an image saving unit for successively saving the frame images acquired by the image acquisition unit; a property-information saving unit for saving property information in which identifying information of the saved frame images is associated with the parameters; and a control unit for controlling these units, wherein the control unit saves updated property information in the property-information saving unit each time the frame image is saved in the image saving unit. | 10-09-2008 |
20080252967 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - An image can be prevented from becoming unclear over time during long-term observation. The invention provides a microscope apparatus including a specimen container for containing a specimen; an objective lens disposed opposite the specimen container for collecting light from the specimen in the specimen container; an immersion-liquid supplying unit for supplying immersion liquid to a space between the objective lens and the specimen container; and an immersion-liquid removing unit for removing the immersion liquid from the space between the objective lens and the specimen container. The immersion-liquid removing unit includes a nozzle for ejecting compressed air to the space between the objective lens and the specimen container. | 10-16-2008 |
20080259442 | Scanning microscope and adjusting method for the same - A scanning microscope includes an objective lens for focusing illumination light onto a specimen; a scanning device for deflecting and scanning the illumination light; a pupil-projection optical system for illuminating a pupil of the objective lens with the scanned illumination light; and a total-magnification specifying unit for specifying a total magnification. An optical-system selecting unit changes at least one of the objective lens and the pupil-projection optical system such that a magnification of an optical system including the objective lens and the pupil-projection optical system is equal to or less than the total magnification specified by the total-magnification specifying unit and that the numerical aperture of the optical system is maximized. A deflection-angle determination unit determines a deflection angle of the illumination light deflected by the scanning device based on the ratio of the magnification of the optical system to the total magnification to achieve the total magnification. | 10-23-2008 |
20080278801 | Laser scanning microscope - A laser scanning microscope is capable of separating the fluorescence signals of different fluorophores in accurate unmixing realized by eliminating positional pixels shifts between different fluorescence images obtained through irradiation of different-wavelength laser lights. The microscope includes a laser light source capable of emitting a wavelength-changeable laser light, a correction amount determination unit that determines a correction amount for correcting an optical axis shift of the laser light, an optical axis adjusting unit that adjusts an optical axis, a scanning unit that performs two-dimensional scanning, an objective lens that focuses the laser scanning light to a specimen and fluorescence emitted from the specimen, a light detector that detects the fluorescence, and a control unit that changes the wavelength of the laser light synchronously with the scanning by the scanning unit while controlling the optical axis adjusting unit on the basis of the correction amount determined by correction amount determination unit. | 11-13-2008 |
20100083410 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A microscope system comprises a microscope including a motorized stage on which is mounted a container containing a specimen and which can adjust the position of the container, a scanner scanning laser light radiated onto the specimen, an objective lens focusing the scanned laser light, an image-acquisition unit acquiring a specimen image by detecting fluorescence produced in the specimen, and a dark box containing these components; a storage unit storing the mounting position of the container on the motorized stage; an image-acquisition-position setting unit setting acquisition positions of partial images of the inside of the container, on the basis of the stored mounting position of the container; a control section controlling the microscope so as to acquire the partial images for each container on the basis of the set acquisition positions; and a map-image generating section arranging the partial images to generate a map image. | 04-01-2010 |
20120200217 | HIGH-FREQUENCY ACCELERATOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH-FRQUENCY ACCELERATOR, QUADRUPOLE ACCELERATOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING QUADRUPOLE ACCELERATOR - A method of production of a radio frequency accelerator which has a tubular part | 08-09-2012 |
20120243080 | MICROSCOPE - A laser microscope that efficiently performs 3D imaging irrespective of the shape of a specimen, includes an area segmenting section that segments an observation range of a specimen in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis of an objective lens into many areas; a surface-position storing section that stores motorized stage positions in association with the specimen surface positions, for the many areas; a surface-shape estimating section that estimates the specimen surface shape from the motorized stage positions and the specimen surface positions for the many areas; a z-scanning condition determining section that determines the specimen surface positions at desired positions of the motorized stage from the specimen surface shape; and a light detecting section that detects light from the specimen over certain ranges specified with reference to the specimen surface positions, in the optical axis direction of the objective lens. | 09-27-2012 |
20130100273 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A microscope apparatus includes a λ stack image data acquisition unit that detects light emitted composed of a sample for each wavelength to acquire λ stack image data from multiple image data items for multiple different wavelengths; a spectrum generation unit that generates a spectrum for each pixel based on the λ stack image data; a clustering unit that performs clustering of the spectrum for each pixel into multiple clusters; a color setting unit that sets different colors to the clusters; and an image generation unit that generates an image of the sample by displaying pixels included in the clusters with a color set by the color setting unit. The distribution and gray scale of fluorescent materials within the sample can be correctly recognized and the state of a desired tissue can be favorably observed. | 04-25-2013 |
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20090060762 | HIGH-VOLTAGE DRIVER AND PIEZOELECTRIC PUMP WITH BUILT-IN DRIVER - A digital waveform generating circuit having a DC voltage as an input and generating a sinusoidal digital signal, an active filter extracting low-frequency components from the sinusoidal digital signal generated in the digital waveform generating circuit, and a high-voltage control circuit generating a high-voltage drive signal using the sinusoidal digital signal after passing through the active filter are provided. A smooth waveform without steep voltage changes is generated. | 03-05-2009 |
20090083149 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing system includes a distributing device that distributes edited advertisement data, formed by an editing device, and display terminal devices that display the edited advertisement data distributed to a first place in a predetermined territory. The display terminal devices each include a first reader/writer configured to read out from and/or write in an IC card having stored memory identification data. A second reader/writer is installed in a second place of the predetermined territory and configured to read out from and/or write in the IC card. A hysteresis management device manages hysteresis data from the first reader/writer, correlated with the memory identification data, and hysteresis data from the second reader/writer, correlated with the memory identification data. A hysteresis analysis device correlates the hysteresis data for each of the memory identification data to generate analysis data. | 03-26-2009 |
20100149196 | DISPLAY TERMINAL DEVICE - Disclosed is a display terminal device including a display operating unit ( | 06-17-2010 |
20110282720 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A method for distributing advertisement data to display terminal devices from a distribution server via a relay server. The relay server receives status notifications of the display terminal devices and transmits a tenor of receipt of the status notifications to the display terminal devices. The distribution server receiving status notifications and transmits the tenor of receipt of the status notifications to the relay server. The distribution server determines whether the reproduction schedule of the advertisement data has been changed and transmits a notification on a change. If the distribution server receives a request for acquisition of the as-changed reproduction schedule, the distribution server sends the as-changed reproduction schedule to the relay server. If the relay server determines that the reproduction schedule acquired from the distribution server has been changed, the relay server transmits the notification on the change of the reproduction schedule. | 11-17-2011 |
20120323693 | Electronic Advertisement System and Method for Display Control therefor - An electronic advertisement system includes a communication unit that receives a plurality of patterns of edited advertisement data and service data from an external apparatus. The edited advertisement data is based on a plurality of advertisement data. The system also includes a read/write unit that communicates with an external communication device. The system further includes a controller that determines a pattern of the plurality of patterns of the edited advertisement data to be displayed based on received data from the external communication device and transmits the service data to the external communication device via the read/write unit. | 12-20-2012 |
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20130064575 | CHARGING DEVICE, IMAGING CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING CHARGING DEVICE - A charging device which includes a grid that has a curvature surface placed to face an outer circumferential surface of a photoconductive drum; a carrying member that carries the grid in a portion having a curvature to form the curvature surface of the grid; and position adjusting mechanisms that moves a position of the carrying member to adjust a position of the grid in a sub-scanning direction of the photoconductive drum, an imaging cartridge and an image forming apparatus having the same. | 03-14-2013 |
20130330107 | DEVELOPMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A development apparatus is equipped with a first developing roller, developer supply section, a second developing roller, a developer removing part and a developer recovery section. The second developing roller is disposed on the downstream side of the first developing roller and above the first developing roller, to which the developer is delivered from the first developing roller by magnetic force. The developer supply section includes a developer circulation section and a first regulating member that regulates an amount of the developer. The developer recovered by the developer recovery section drops by gravity and is introduced into the developer circulation section. | 12-12-2013 |
20140114951 | DATABASE PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND DATABASE ESTIMATION METHOD - A database performance estimation device includes: a unit that switches at least two types of calculation methods according to configuration mode data and performs the switched calculation method to acquire a child block searching time (d) and a leaf block scanning time (s); a unit that switches at least two types of calculation methods according to the configuration mode data and performs the switched calculation method to acquire an entry inserting time (i); and a unit that calculates an average time required for identifying a target leaf block per one manipulation performed to the index block, an average time required for searching for a target entry in the identified leaf block, and an average time required for inserting a target entry in the identified leaf block, and estimates the total of the average times calculated above as an average processing time per one manipulation performed to the index block. | 04-24-2014 |
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20100002084 | Video sharing system, Photography support system, And camera - A video sharing system, accumulating various videos and enabling a plurality of users to utilize these accumulated videos, includes a plurality of cameras that photograph any one of a plurality of photographic subjects present within a facility, a video collection unit that collects photographed videos photographed by the plurality of cameras, a photographic subject identification unit that identifies the photographic subjects in the photographed videos, for each photographed video; and an accumulation unit that accumulates the photographed videos collected by the video collection unit, and photographic subject information specifying the photographic subjects identified by the photographic subject identification unit. | 01-07-2010 |
20100128138 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - An imaging device includes a main photography means for photographing a photographic subject and acquires a photographic image, a preparatory image acquisition means for performing preparatory photography before or after the main photography means acquires the photographic image and acquiring preparatory images, a photographic information acquisition means for acquiring photographic information related to a circumstance of photography when the preparatory images are acquired by the preparatory image acquisition means, and a recording means for recording the photographic information and the photographic image upon a recording medium in mutual correlation. | 05-27-2010 |
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20090150571 | METHOD OF USING PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONNECTED TO COMPUTER VIA NETWORK, AND PROGRAM - This invention provides a method of connecting a network-connected image input device, to which a plug-and-play function cannot be applied to a computer installed with an OS (operating system) and using the image input device. To this end, when a control program of the image input device is activated, the program notifies the OS of information indicating that the peripheral device is connected, irrespective of connection/non-connection between the peripheral device and the computer. Upon reception of a command for activating the peripheral device, the control program confirms the connection/non-connection between the peripheral device and the computer. When the connection is confirmed, the control program controls the peripheral device to activate. | 06-11-2009 |
20090273815 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In a control method for a processing apparatus connected to an image reading apparatus, in a case where the processing apparatus receives a cancellation instruction while the image reading apparatus performs a reading step, the processing apparatus causes the image reading apparatus to terminate the reading step and deletes image data of a page being read, and in a case where the processing apparatus receives a cancellation instruction after the image reading apparatus has performed the reading step, the processing apparatus performs controlling processing for deleting image data that has been acquired in the last reading step and has yet to be stored. | 11-05-2009 |
20100284043 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which detects a plurality of image areas included in an original plate image to extract a minimum rectangular area including the plurality of image areas, specifies maximum eight line segments acquired by extending four sides of the rectangular area toward corresponding four sides of the original plate image, respectively, extracts pixels existing in a neighborhood area including each of the specified line segments, and determines that the rectangular area and the minimum rectangular area including the extracted pixels are the areas of the original image. With the configuration, the image processing apparatus can accurately decide only an original area even if edge information of an original extracted from a read image is unclear. | 11-11-2010 |
20110002015 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an image processing method which determines the area of a document from an image read on a transparent platen, the image processing method also determines a single object area or a plurality of object areas from the image on the transparent platen, and when the luminance of the area in which the object area is removed from the image on the transparent platen is detected to determine the document area, the image processing method detects whether or not an image of a shadow exists around the periphery of the object area on the image of the transparent platen, and the threshold value used for determining the document area is different depending on whether a shadow is detected. | 01-06-2011 |
20120086990 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In a method for reading a document set on a document positioning plate to output image data, an edge area of an image of an entire reading area is extracted to form a first rectangle area including the extracted edge area. If a position of an apex of the first rectangle area farthest from a reading reference position and a size of the first rectangle area satisfy predetermined conditions, image data corresponding to a second rectangle area including the first rectangle area and the reading reference position are output. | 04-12-2012 |
20120224234 | CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE READING SYSTEM - In a control method for an image reading system comprising an image scanning apparatus selectively reading an original as a reflective or transmissive original, an image processing apparatus receiving image data read by the image scanning apparatus and executing image processing of the image data, an operating unit, and a display unit. The control method includes determining whether the original is the reflective or transmissive original, executing reading of the reflective or transmissive original based on the determination result, processing the read image data, displaying details of processing executed and the image processing, and inputting an instruction to change the details of displayed processing. When the change instruction input instructs change of a process under execution or having been already executed, the image processing is executed again from the changed process. | 09-06-2012 |
20130010337 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In a control method for a processing apparatus connected to an image reading apparatus, in a case where the processing apparatus receives a cancellation instruction while the image reading apparatus performs a reading step, the processing apparatus causes the image reading apparatus to terminate the reading step and deletes image data of a page being read, and in a case where the processing apparatus receives a cancellation instruction after the image reading apparatus has performed the reading step, the processing apparatus performs controlling processing for deleting image data that has been acquired in the last reading step and has yet to be stored. | 01-10-2013 |
20130235421 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - When a notification, indicating that a read-start instruction is inputted in a reading apparatus that supports event push scanning, is received through a network, read-setting of read operation corresponding to the read-start instruction is acquired from the reading apparatus through a network, in response to the received notification. An instruction is given to the reading apparatus through the network to read an image in accordance with the acquired read-setting and transmit read image data generated by the reading, using a predetermined scanner driver. | 09-12-2013 |
20140002867 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | 01-02-2014 |
20140327930 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - Status information representing the status of a device which performs predetermined processing is acquired from the device. The acquired status information is stored in a memory. The status information is output in response to input of a request to output the status information of the device. When the request is input after the lapse of the first time from the time corresponding to acquisition of the status information stored in the memory, status information is newly acquired from the device in accordance with the request, and the status information already stored in the memory before the input of the request is output. | 11-06-2014 |