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20080222410 | Apparatus, method, computer program and recording medium for processing information - An information processing apparatus for transitioning from an operating state for performing a process in accordance with an application program to a pause state and for transitioning back from the pause state to the operating state in one of a plurality of startup methods, may include a startup method determination unit for determining whether the startup method in a transition from the pause state to the operating state is a predetermined one of the plurality of startup methods, a capacity calculation unit for calculating a capacity available in a recording medium loaded on own information processing apparatus if the startup method is the predetermined one of the plurality of startup methods, and a recovery execution determination unit for determining whether to perform a recovery program for recovering an index of a file system managing data, recorded on the recording medium, based on the calculated capacity available in the recording medium. | 09-11-2008 |
20080282195 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY - A display control apparatus includes a first display control unit for controlling displaying a first representative image in a first folder on a first area of a display screen with first content recorded on a recording medium thereof belonging to the first folder, a second display control unit for controlling displaying a second representative image in a second folder on a second area of the display screen with second content supplied from a partner apparatus connected thereto via a network and belonging to the second folder, and a third display control unit for controlling displaying, on a third area of the display screen, a thumbnail image of one of the first content and the second content corresponding to one of the first folder and the second folder selected using one of the first representative image and the second representative image. | 11-13-2008 |
20100095143 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, ACTIVATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an activation method, and a program which allow activation to be performed more quickly so as to enter a state according to a user's operation. A host CPU ( | 04-15-2010 |
20100153882 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY - A display control apparatus includes a first display control unit for controlling displaying a first representative image in a first folder on a first area of a display screen with first content recorded on a recording medium thereof belonging to the first folder, a second display control unit for controlling displaying a second representative image in a second folder on a second area of the display screen with second content supplied from a partner apparatus connected thereto via a network and belonging to the second folder, and a third display control unit for controlling displaying, on a third area of the display screen, a thumbnail image of one of the first content and the second content corresponding to one of the first folder and the second folder selected using one of the first representative image and the second representative image. | 06-17-2010 |
20110254978 | IMAGING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that captures an image; a recording unit that records the image on a recording medium; a first position estimating unit that estimates a position of the imaging apparatus using a first position estimation technique to generate first position information, and calculates a first evaluation value serving as accuracy evaluation information of the first position information; a second position estimating unit that estimates the position of the imaging apparatus using a second position estimation technique different from the first position estimation technique to generate second position information, and calculates a second evaluation value serving as accuracy evaluation information of the second position information; a position-information obtaining unit that select, from the first and second position information, position information whose evaluation value is higher than the other; and an application executing unit that performs data processing using the selected position information. | 10-20-2011 |
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20090046610 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system has a sensor node which is driven by a battery, and which is switched in a predetermined cycle from a sleep mode to an active mode to perform data collection, a base station which transmits and receives data to and from the sensor node by wireless communication, and a monitoring device which transmits and receives data to and from the base station by wireless communication or by wired communication. The base station has a storage portion which stores a command from the monitoring device and a proxy portion which notifies the monitoring device of reception of the command, and which transmits a command stored in the storage portion to the sensor node in response to a request from the sensor node. | 02-19-2009 |
20110305225 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a wireless communication device which transmits data to destination nodes by time division multiplexing. The device includes: a storage section including a transmission queue region that stores unsent data therein; a communication controller including: a communication situation evaluating section configured to evaluate a communication situation of each of the destination nodes; and a communication slot controller configure to: allocate, in the plurality of communication slots, communication slots for data transmission to the respective destination nodes, retransmission slots for retransmission of the unsent data, and auxiliary retransmission slots for retransmission of the unsent data subjected to a specified destination node, the specified destination node being determined based on the communication situation; and allocate the respective unsent data to a corresponding one of the retransmission slots and the auxiliary retransmission slots based on a given condition. | 12-15-2011 |
20120271950 | COMMUNICATION RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM - A communication resource assignment system may include a communication resource assignment tool that includes a communication resource assignment algorithm that receives previously acquired user information, and outputs resource assignment information calculated by the communication resource assignment algorithm, a resource assignment state managing unit that receives and stores the resource assignment information output from the communication resource assignment tool, and a communication resource distributing unit that accesses the resource assignment state managing unit, reads the resource assignment information, and transmits the read resource assignment information to a management target device that has output a communication resource request among a plurality of management target devices that perform communication with each other via a network. | 10-25-2012 |
20150241871 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A measurement system according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of measurement devices configured to perform measurements at a plurality of sites in a measurement target, respectively, and a measurement management apparatus configured to acquire measured data measured by each of the measurement devices via a communication network. Times timed by the measurement devices are correlated with each other. Each of the measurement devices is configured to transmit the measured data measured based on the correlated time to measurement management apparatus. The measurement management apparatus includes a measured data acquirer configured to acquire the measured data from each of the measurement devices. | 08-27-2015 |
20150282054 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, WIRELESS DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system includes a wireless device configured to make a request to join a wireless network in a case that a first estimated joining time is reached, the first estimated joining time being a time to join the wireless network. In addition, the wireless communication system includes a management device configured to cause the wireless device that made a joining request to join the wireless network, and cause the wireless device to leave the wireless network, the leave of the wireless device being caused in a case that a wireless communication by the wireless device via the wireless network is completed. | 10-01-2015 |
20150304193 | CONTROLLER, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A controller for using a first data item transmitted via a network to generate a second data item for controlling an entity to be controlled over the network, wherein the controller is characterized in being provided with: an adjustment unit for adjusting, with respect to the maximum delay time permissible on the network, the time by which generation of the second data item is started using the first data item after the first data item has been received; and a delay compensation unit, designed using a model of the entity to be controlled and the maximum delay time permissible on the network, for compensating for the delay of the first and second data items that can be generated using the network. | 10-22-2015 |
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20090011623 | Low profile board-mounted connector - An electrical connector mountable to a circuit board is disclosed. The disclosed connector includes a shell which comprises a first plate-like portion, a second plate-like portion and connection portions. The first plate-like portion extends in a predetermined direction and is provided with fixed portions at opposite ends thereof in the predetermined direction. The fixed portion is to be fixed to the circuit board. The second plate-like portion extends in the predetermined direction. Each of the connection portions connects the first and the second plate-like portion. The second plate-like portion is provided with force resist portions at opposite ends thereof in the predetermined direction. The force resist portions are configured so that, when a force is applied to the electrical connector along a direction from the first plate-like portion towards the second plate-like portion, the force resist portions resist the force. | 01-08-2009 |
20090011646 | Connector improved in reliability of connection - In a connector including a conductive contact, an insulating housing holding the contact, and a conductive shell covering the housing, the housing includes a protruding portion of a flat-plate shape having first and second principal surfaces faced to each other. The contact includes a first contacting portion disposed on the first principal surface of the protruding portion and a second contacting portion extending from the first contacting portion to the second principal surface of the protruding portion. The shell includes a shell contacting portion disposed on the second principal surface of the protruding portion. The second contacting portion and the shell contacting portion have confronting end faces faced to each other. | 01-08-2009 |
20090029598 | Board connector, mating connector, and electronic device including the same - A board connector has a plurality of contacts, an insulator holding the plurality of contacts, and a shell covering at least a part of the insulator. Each contact has an SMT terminal to be connected to a wiring pattern on a board. The insulator has a first insulator portion extending in an X-direction and two second insulator portions each extending in a Y-direction perpendicular to the X-direction. The first insulator portion has a bottom surface and first ends in the X-direction. Each second insulator portion has second ends. Each second insulator portion extends from the first ends to the second ends, respectively. The second ends are positioned on an imaginary straight line. The first insulator portion, the second insulator portions, and the imaginary straight line define a predetermined area. The SMT terminals are held by the insulator so that the SMT terminals are positioned within the predetermined area. | 01-29-2009 |
20090029601 | Connector and electronic apparatus including the same - A connector comprises an insulator, a plurality of contacts, and a mold-in shell. The plurality of contacts and the mold-in shell are integrally formed with the insulator. The mold-in shell has a first body, a second body, and coupling portions. The coupling portions couples the first body and the second body so that the first body and the second body differ in positions in a Z-direction. | 01-29-2009 |
20100184337 | Connector assembly - A connector assembly has a receptacle connector mounted on a substrate and a plug connector matable with and removable from the receptacle connector on a plane parallel to the substrate. The plug connector includes side portions. The receptacle connector includes guiding portions configured to guide the side portions of the plug connector for mating and removal of the plug connector and fixing portions fixed on the substrate and formed integrally with the corresponding guiding portions. | 07-22-2010 |
20100210130 | Connector assembly - A connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector matable with the first connector along a mating direction. The second connector includes a lock activation portion movable between a lock position and an unlock position along an activation direction under a mating state. The first connector includes a lock operation portion configured to ensure movement of the lock activation portion in a separation direction when the lock activation portion is located at the unlock position under the mating state and to prevent movement of the lock activation portion in the separation direction so as to lock the mating state when the lock activation portion is located at the lock position. The first connector also includes a detection switch configured to be pressed by the lock activation portion located at the lock position under the mating state for detecting that the lock activation portion is located at the lock position. | 08-19-2010 |
20110008975 | Connector assembly - A connector assembly has a first connector and a second connector matable with the first connector. The first connector includes a first contact having a first contact portion and a first housing configured to hold the first contact. The second connector includes a second contact having a second contact portion that is brought into contact with the first contact portion and a second housing configured to hold the second contact. The connector assembly further includes a positioner operable to position the second contact portion in a first direction so that the second contact portion corresponds to the first contact portion when the second connector is moved relative to the first connector along the first direction. The connector assembly further includes a movement guide operable to guide a relative movement of the second connector relative to the first connector along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a state in which the second contact portion has been positioned in the first direction until the second contact portion is brought into contact with the first contact portion. | 01-13-2011 |
20110207356 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly comprises a first connector and a second connector configured to be mated with each other. The first connector includes a plurality of first contacts, a first housing and a first shell. The first contacts are arranged and retained in a pitch direction by the first housing The first housing is covered at least in part with the first shell The first shell includes a spring portion and a contact portion. The spring portion extends in the pitch direction. The spring portion is long in the pitch direction. The contact portion is supported by the spring portion so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the pitch direction. The second connector includes a second shell. The second shell is brought into contact with at least the contact portion of the first shell so that the first shell and the second shell are connected to each other when the second connector is mated with the first connector. | 08-25-2011 |
20120003857 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly comprises a first connector and a second connector. The first connector is configured to be mounted on a connection object. The first connector includes a first contact and a first holding member. The first holding member holds the first contact. The second connector is configured to be engaged with the first connector along a downward direction in a state where the first connector is positioned below the second connector. The second connector includes a second contact, a second holding member and an operated portion. The second holding member holds the second contact. The second contact is configured to be connected to the first contact under an engaged state where the second connector is engaged with the first connector. The operating portion is held by the second holding member so that a positional relation between the operating portion and the second holding member is kept when a force is applied to the operating portion along a upward direction and when a force is applied to the operating portion along a first horizontal direction perpendicular to the upward direction or a second horizontal direction opposite to the first horizontal direction. The second connector is removable from the first connector when a force is applied to the operating portion either along the upward direction or along the first horizontal direction or the second horizontal under the engaged state. | 01-05-2012 |
20120003866 | CONNECTOR - A connector has a mating portion matable with a mating connector. The connector is provided with a plurality of contacts and a holder member holding the plurality of contacts arrayed in a pitch direction. The mating portion has an upper surface, a lower surface, and a tip potion. Each of the plurality of contacts includes a contacting part and a folded part. The contacting part is exposed on the upper surface of the mating portion. The contacting part extends frontward and has a front end. The front end is exposed on the tip potion of the mating portion. The folded part is folded backward from the front end of the contacting part and has a rear end as an embedment part. The holder member has a plate portion defining an external shape of the mating portion. The embedment part is embedded in the plate portion. | 01-05-2012 |
20120009821 | CONNECTOR - A connector is connectable to a cable having a plurality of signal wires and a drain wire. Each of the signal wires includes a signal conductor. The connector comprises a plurality of contacts, a holding member and a shell. The holding member is provided with an accommodating portion configured to accommodate an end part of the drain wire. The accommodating portion extends through the holding portion along a predetermined direction. The contacts configured to be connected to the signal conductors, respectively. The contacts are held by the holding member so that connection works between the contacts and the signal conductors are performable along the predetermined direction. The shell covers, at least in part, the holding member. The shell has a fixing portion exposed in the accommodating portion so that the end part of the drain wire is fixable to the fixing portion within the accommodating portion. | 01-12-2012 |
20120021649 | Connector, method of manufacturing the connector and apparatus for manufacturing the connector - A connector comprises a base insulator, a plurality of elongated plate shaped contacts arranged on the base insulator, and a cover insulator arranged to hold the contacts in cooperation with the base insulator and welded to the base insulator, the base insulator is provided with a pair of openings arranged to face each other across each of holders and to intersect with the direction in which the holders are arranged. | 01-26-2012 |
20120252252 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTING OBJECT - A connector is configured to be mated with and connected to a mating connector in a state where the connector is attached to an FPC having a principal surface on which a signal terminal and a ground terminal are arranged. The connector comprises a housing, a plurality of contacts held by the housing, a cover shell partially covering the housing and a lock bar supported by the housing and/or the cover shell so as to be turnable. Each of the contacts has an exposed portion connectable to the signal terminal of the connecting object. The cover shell has a grounded portion connectable to the ground terminal of the connecting object. The lock bar is configured to lock a mating state where the connector is mated with the mating connector. | 10-04-2012 |
20130137284 | CONNECTOR - Provided is a connector lockable a connection with the connection object securely. The connector comprises a housing, an attachment, and a lock portion. The connection object which has a locked portion is inserted to and connected with the connector from the front of the connector. The attachment is attached to the housing and comprises an upper attachment positioned higher than the housing, a lower attachment positioned lower than the housing, and a coupling portion coupling the upper attachment and the lower attachment. The lock portion comprises a locking lug positioned backward of the coupling portion and engaging with the locked portion of the connection object when the connection object connected with the connector is moved in an eject direction opposite to the insertion direction, and a spring portion positioned between the upper attachment and the lower attachment and supporting the locking lug so as to be displaceable in a vertical direction perpendicular to the insertion direction. | 05-30-2013 |
20130196546 | CONNECTOR - A connector is mountable on a circuit board and matable with a mating connector having a mating portion and a mating shell. The connector comprises a housing and a shell. The housing is formed with a receiving portion. The receiving portion is receives the mating portion of the mating connector when the mating portion is inserted into the connector. The shell has a plurality of first connected portions and a plurality of second connected portions. The first connected portions are configured to be connected to the mating shell of the mating connector when the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other. The second connected portions are configured to be connected to the circuit board when the connector is mounted on the circuit board. The first connected portions and the second connected portions extend forward of the receiving portion. | 08-01-2013 |
20130232787 | CONNECTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE CONNECTOR AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE CONNECTOR - A connector comprises a base insulator, a plurality of elongated plate shaped contacts arranged on the base insulator, and a cover insulator arranged to hold the contacts in cooperation with the base insulator and welded to the base insulator, the base insulator is provided with a pair of openings arranged to face each other across each of holders and to intersect with the direction in which the holders are arranged. | 09-12-2013 |
20130260601 | CONNECTOR - The present invention provides a connector | 10-03-2013 |
20150155674 | CONNECTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE CONNECTOR AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE CONNECTOR - A connector comprises a base insulator, a plurality of elongated plate shaped contacts arranged on the base insulator, and a cover insulator arranged to hold the contacts in cooperation with the base insulator and welded to the base insulator, the base insulator is provided with a pair of openings arranged to face each other across each of holders and to intersect with the direction in which the holders are arranged. | 06-04-2015 |
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20090111693 | Phytotoxicity Controlling Agent for Upland Farming and Phytotoxicity Controlling Method Using the Same - It is intended to provide a phytotoxicity controlling agent usable as a herbicide for upland farming, which exerts a sufficient herbicidal effect on weeds growing together with upland crops, for example, wheat, rye, barley, oat, corn, sorghum, cotton, soybean, adzuki bean, oilseed rape, beet, upland rice and so on but causes no phytotoxic phenomenon (for example, growth inhibition, growth suppression, tiller inhibition or yellowing) in cultivated plants, comprising a nuclear-substituted benzoic acid represented by the following general formula: | 04-30-2009 |
20100144526 | COMPOSITION FOR WEEDING - A mixed composition for weeding useful as a herbicide which is effective against a wide spectrum of weeds, is highly active, has excellent residual activity, and is highly safe for useful plants. It is characterized by containing as an active ingredient a combination of (A) a compound selected among a difluoromethanesulfonylanilide compound represented by the general formula (I): | 06-10-2010 |
20100210467 | AGENT FOR IMPROVING SUGARCANE BRIX AND METHOD OF PROMOTING SUGARCANE RIPENING USING THE SAME - It is intended to provide an agent for improving sugarcane Brix which increases the sugar productivity from pressed juice after harvesting and promotes ripening when applied to sugarcane and, therefore, by which a sugar yield comparable to sugarcane harvested at the best harvest season can be established even from sugarcane before reaching the harvest season, which comprises at least one member of the compounds represented by the following general formula (I) | 08-19-2010 |