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20080298219 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS, INFORMATION REPRODUCING METHOD, AND NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An information storage medium according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a management area in which management information to manage content is recorded and a content area in which content managed on the basis of the management information is recorded. The content area includes an object area in which a plurality of objects are recorded, and a time map area in which a time map for reproducing these objects in a specified period on a timeline is recorded. The management area includes a play list area in which a play list for controlling the reproduction of a menu and a title each composed of the objects on the basis of the time map is recorded. | 12-04-2008 |
20090269032 | INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD - There are provided a first image information output unit which overlaps first sub-picture information having high resolution HD onto main image information having high resolution HD to be outputted in accordance with a required image output format, and a second image information output unit which overlaps second sub-picture information having low resolution SD onto information into which the main image information having high resolution HD has been converted to have the low resolution SD to be outputted in accordance with a required image output format. | 10-29-2009 |
20100014837 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD - An information storage medium records contents and sets for each of the contents a resume permission flag indicating whether or not reproduction resume is permitted by a reproduction resume command or a command of a reproduction device executed based on a user operation. | 01-21-2010 |
20100021140 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD - An information reproduction method comprises setting an imaginary access unit in a video object in which a still picture is recorded; and managing reproduction by use of the imaginary access unit. | 01-28-2010 |
20100166391 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD - An apparatus includes a playback engine which acquires video/audio contents from a disc, an ENAV engine+Internet connection unit which acquire ENAV contents from the disc or acquire another ENAV contents from a server via a communication line, and a buffer manager. This buffer manager generates timing information upon completion of acquisition of the ENAV contents. | 07-01-2010 |
20120033942 | ENHANCED NAVIGATION SYSTEM USING DIGITAL INFORMATION MEDIUM - A new navigation function is added to a legacy DVD-Video. A player unit plays back recorded contents, that include video contents or AV contents and ENAV contents associated with contents (menu, chapter) of the video contents, from a DVD-Video disc. The video contents of the DVD disc are played back by a video playback engine. The ENAV contents of the DVD disc are played back by an ENAV engine. The ENAV engine controls playback of the ENAV contents and that of the video contents in combination, connection, and/or synchronism with each other according to the played-back contents of the ENAV contents. | 02-09-2012 |
20130163755 | PROTECTION METHOD, DECRYPTION METHOD, PLAYER, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ENCRYPTION APPARATUS OF DIGITAL CONTENT - A digital content protection method includes distributing, together with an encrypted content, an encrypted protected program key, a protected content key, and a protected code including an individual instruction code, at least some elements of which are designed according to a unique operation code specification for each content player or for each content player group. | 06-27-2013 |
20140032910 | STORAGE SYSTEM IN WHICH FICTITIOUS INFORMATION IS PREVENTED - According to one embodiment, a storage system includes a host device, a secure storing medium, and a non-secure storing medium. The secure storing medium includes a memory provided with a protected first storing region which stores secret information sent from the host device, and a second storing region which stores encoded contents, and a controller which carries out authentication processing for accessing the first storing region. The host device and the secure storing medium produce a bus key which is shared only by the host device and the secure storing medium by authentication processing, and which is used for encoding processing when information of the first storing region is sent and received between the host device and the secure storing medium. The host device has the capability to request the secure storing medium to send a status. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032934 | STORAGE SYSTEM IN WHICH FICTITIOUS INFORMATION IS PREVENTED - According to one embodiment, a storage system includes a host device and a secure storage. The host device and the secure storage produce a bus key which is shared only by the host device and the secure storage by authentication processing, and which is used for encoding processing. The host device produces a message authentication code including a message which can be stored in the secure storage based on the bus key, and sends the produced message authentication code to the secure storage. The secure storage stores the message included in the message authentication code in accordance with instructions of the host device. The host device verifies whether the message stored in the secure storage is intended contents. | 01-30-2014 |
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20090033320 | Angle detector - In an angle detector according to the present invention, a magnetic rotor is rotated while being face-to-face between a pair of magnetic stator strips of each of magnetic stator portions provided separately to an annular stator frame, so high-accuracy detection is carried out irrespective of decentering of a rotary shaft. | 02-05-2009 |
20090289622 | Angle Detector - It is an object of the present invention to obtain an ultrathin angle detector by disposing an annular rotor board face to face with stator windings of a plurality of stators provided on an annular stator board. An angle detector according to the present invention is constructed by providing magnetic cores and the stator windings on the respective stators provided on a surface of the annular stator board via slots, and disposing a corrugated curved surface formed on a board inner surface of the annular rotor board face to face with the stators so as to obtain an angular signal that changes according to a sinusoidal waveform. | 11-26-2009 |
20110133965 | ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An angle detection device of the present invention includes: a stator which includes a plurality of salient pole portions which are formed on a flat sheet made of a magnetic material and are raised by bending, each salient pole portion constituting a winding magnetic core on which a winding member for excitation and a winding member for detection are mounted; and a rotor which is made of a magnetic material and is provided rotatably relative to the stator such that gap permeance between the rotor and each salient pole portion is changed due to the rotation of the rotor about a rotational axis of the rotor. According to the angle detection device of the present invention, it is possible to provide the angle detection device which can largely reduce the number of parts and can realize the reduction of cost and the enhancement of reliability. | 06-09-2011 |
20110285386 | ANGLE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An angle detection system of the present invention includes: a stator | 11-24-2011 |
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20090010471 | LOUDSPEAKER DAMPER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LOUDSPEAKER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A loudspeaker damper, a manufacturing method thereof, and a loudspeaker, electronic equipment and device using the loudspeaker damper. The damper has flexibility. Therefore, even if a large input is applied and the damper oscillates with a large amplitude, a resin layer provided on the surface of the damper base material is not cracked due to partial interface peeling. Thus, the damper follows such a large amplitude and realizes high input-resistance. This loudspeaker damper material is obtained by impregnating a material with thermosetting resin including 2 to 20 wt % of flexibility imparting agent and heat-curing thereof. | 01-08-2009 |
20090028373 | PLANT FOR PRODUCTION OF PAPER-MADE PART FOR SPEAKER, PAPER-MADE PART FOR SPEAKER PRODUCED THEREBY, AND SPEAKER UTILIZING THE SAME - The production equipment of paper-made components for loudspeakers includes a mixing device, a fining device, a paper-making device, and a shape processing device. The mixing device mixes material of a paper-made component for a loudspeaker into liquid to generate mixed liquid. The fining device includes a pressure unit, an orifice, and an inner wall. The pressure unit applies pressure on the mixed liquid to cause the mixed liquid to pass through the orifice, and the mixed liquid collides against the inner wall to cause the fining device to generate fined material. The paper-making device paper-makes the fined material to generate a paper-made component. The shape processing device processes the shape of the paper-made component. This structure provides production equipment of the paper-made components for loudspeakers, which prepares material for paper-making in a short time and reduces producing time. | 01-29-2009 |
20090080687 | SPEAKER DIAPHRAGM, SPEAKER DUST CAP, SPEAKER SUB-CONE, SPEAKER USING THESE COMPONENTS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A loudspeaker of high sound quality is achieved by improving rigidity of a material used for a diaphragm, a dust cap and a sub-cone. The diaphragm, the dust cap and the sub-cone of the loudspeaker are made of a paper beaten with the material containing bamboo fibers obtained from a bamboo tree aged one year or older, of which the fibers are finely beaten to an extent of micro-fibrillated form. The diaphragm and the dust cap are also made with a beaten paper containing at least 2 wt % of “A fibers” having stems of no greater than 30 μm in diameter, and surfaces of the stems are fibrillated into shaggy branches having diameters of 1 μm or less. | 03-26-2009 |
20100027826 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PAPER MAKING PART FOR LOUDSPEAKER, PAPER MAKING PART FOR LOUDSPEAKER, DIAPHRAGM FOR LOUDSPEAKER, SUB CONE FOR LOUDSPEAKER, DUST CAP FOR LOUDSPEAKER AND LOUDSPEAKER - A manufacturing method of a paper making part for a loudspeaker has freedom of adjusting a characteristic and a sound quality, and has a higher productivity. Accordingly, a fibrillating step of a paper making material is achieved by an explosive crushing step. Alternatively, the step is achieved by a mixing step of a paper making material and a liquid, a material micro-fabricating step of applying a pressure to a mixed solution obtained by the mixing step so as to pass through an orifice and thereafter run into a device wall, and a paper making step including the micro-fabricated material. | 02-04-2010 |
20100059309 | DIAPHRAGM FOR SPEAKER, FRAME FOR SPEAKER, DUST CAP FOR SPEAKER, SPEAKER AND APPARATUS USING THEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENT FOR SPEAKER - A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made of a resin with improved humidity resistance reliability and strength, excellent external appearance, and enhanced productivity and dimension stability is obtained. | 03-11-2010 |
20110007931 | SPEAKER DIAPHRAGM, SPEAKER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPEAKER DIAPHRAGM - A speaker diaphragm of the present invention is molded by paper-making molding, using not smaller than 5 wt % of fibers extracted from at least bamboo leaves. It is thereby possible to improve the rigidity of the speaker diaphragm, so as to realize a speaker diaphragm with low environmental load, reducible cost and high sound quality. | 01-13-2011 |
20110116658 | FINE NATURAL FIBER AND SPEAKER DIAPHRAGM COATED WITH FINE NATURAL FIBER - Natural fiber is beaten with a biaxial kneading machine. The beaten natural fiber is processed finely with a bead mill so as to allow the processed natural fiber to have a BET specific surface area not smaller than 1 m | 05-19-2011 |
20120112382 | DIAPHRAGM FOR SPEAKER, FRAME FOR SPEAKER, DUST CAP FOR SPEAKER, SPEAKER AND APPARATUS USING THEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENT FOR SPEAKER - A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made of a resin with improved humidity resistance reliability and strength, excellent external appearance, and enhanced productivity and dimension stability is obtained. | 05-10-2012 |
20120114149 | DIAPHRAGM FOR SPEAKER, FRAME FOR SPEAKER, DUST CAP FOR SPEAKER, SPEAKER AND APPARATUS USING THEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENT FOR SPEAKER - A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made of a resin with improved humidity resistance reliability and strength, excellent external appearance, and enhanced productivity and dimension stability is obtained. | 05-10-2012 |
20120114165 | DIAPHRAGM FOR SPEAKER, FRAME FOR SPEAKER, DUST CAP FOR SPEAKER, SPEAKER AND APPARATUS USING THEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENT FOR SPEAKER - A speaker diaphragm is configured by a compound mixed with resin and bamboo fiber. The diaphragm satisfying the advantage of the bamboo fiber of high sound quality and a large degree of freedom in the setting of the characteristic value of the diaphragm and the advantage of the diaphragm made of a resin with improved humidity resistance reliability and strength, excellent external appearance, and enhanced productivity and dimension stability is obtained. | 05-10-2012 |
20120145345 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PAPER MAKING PART FOR LOUDSPEAKER, PAPER MAKING PART FOR LOUDSPEAKER, DIAPHRAGM FOR LOUDSPEAKER, SUB CONE FOR LOUDSPEAKER, DUST CAP FOR LOUDSPEAKER AND LOUDSPEAKER - A manufacturing method of a paper making part for a loudspeaker has freedom of adjusting a characteristic and a sound quality, and has a higher productivity. Accordingly, a fibrillating step of a paper making material is achieved by an explosive crushing step. Alternatively, the step is achieved by a mixing step of a paper making material and a liquid, a material micro-fabricating step of applying a pressure to a mixed solution obtained by the mixing step so as to pass through an orifice and thereafter run into a device wall, and a paper making step including the micro-fabricated material. | 06-14-2012 |
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20100260422 | Image-processing method, image-processing program and image-processing device for processing time-lapse image - An image-processing method for processing a time lapse image includes acquiring a first image obtained by capturing an image of an object located within a field of view using an imaging device and a second image obtained by capturing an image of the object located within the field of view using the imaging device after a predetermined time period has elapsed, calculating a positional correction value for a positional shift between the first image and the second image, by using a correlation function weighted according to an image feature of each of the objects included in the fist image and the second image, and performing, based on the calculated positional correction value, a positional correction between the first image and the second image. The time lapse image is generated using the first image and the second image on which the positional correction has been performed. | 10-14-2010 |
20110002525 | Method for distinguishing living cells during cell observation, image processing program for cell observation, and image processing device - An image processing program for cell observation in which living cells can be distinguished from foreign matter other than living cells during cell observation under wide observation conditions. The image processing program includes a step for capturing first and second images of an object positioned in the observation field of view at a predetermined time interval, a step for extracting a representation of the object shown in the obtained images, steps for aligning the rotational angular orientation of the object in the image plane and computing a correlation value, a step for determining whether the object is a living cell on the basis of the computed correlation value, and steps for outputting the result of the decision made with regard to the object. | 01-06-2011 |
20110013821 | Image analysis method for cell observation, image-processing program, and image-processing device - An image-processing program for cell observation comprises obtaining a first image showing a plurality of cells in an observation region, the first image being captured by an imaging device, and a second image showing the observation region, the second image being captured by the imaging device a predetermined time before the first image is captured; selecting one cell as a cell of interest from the plurality of cells included in the first image; specifying cells on the periphery of the cell of interest as peripheral cells; calculating movement statistics of the peripheral cells with respect to the cell of interest on the basis of the amount of relative movement of the cell of interest and the peripheral cells in the first image and the second image; and outputting the calculated movement statistics of the peripheral cells. | 01-20-2011 |
20110019923 | Method for analyzing image for cell observation, image processing program, and image processing device - The contour of a cell being observed is extracted from a cell observation image obtained by an imaging device, and a cell model made by modeling the outer shape of the cell is adapted. The direction in which the cell being observed is predicted to move is derived using the adapted cell model. | 01-27-2011 |
20110228069 | Technique for estimating cell conditions and image processor for cell observation - Provided is a means whereby the degree of activity of a cell can be determined during cell viewing. By an imaging device, first and second images in which a cell under observation is captured are sequentially obtained at a predetermined time interval, and after aligning the rotational angle orientations on the image plane of the cell under observation that is included in the images, a correlation value or difference of intracellular texture feature values in the first image and second image is sequentially computed. A time series variation of the computed correlation value or difference is then derived, and the degree of activity of the cell under observation is detected based on the state of variation. | 09-22-2011 |
20120106822 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STATE OF A CELL AGGREGATION, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING THE METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CELL AGGREGATION - An image processing program obtains a first image and a second image taken by an imaging device at a predetermined time interval; performs block matching, using the luminance distribution of a local region of the first image as a standard, in a vicinity including the corresponding position of the second image, taking the degree of approximation of the region with the highest degree of matching as a representative degree of approximation, sequentially moving the local region, and calculating the representative degree of approximation for individual parts of the cell aggregation; and outputting multi-layering information corresponding to the calculated representative degree of approximation. The image processing program outputs multi-layering information by which the state of change of the cell aggregation toward becoming multi-layered can be decided from the first and second images. | 05-03-2012 |
20120122143 | TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING MATURITY OF A CELL AGGREGATION, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING THE TECHNIQUE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CELL AGGREGATION - An image processing program (GP) is configured to comprise a step (A | 05-17-2012 |
20120134571 | CELL CLASSIFICATION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING THE METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL AGGREGATION - An image processing program AP comprises: a step (S | 05-31-2012 |
20120142095 | TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING THE STATE OF A CELL AGGREGATION IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING THE TECHNIQUE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CELL AGGREGATION - An image processing program (GP) attains (S | 06-07-2012 |
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20090174284 | BOUNDARY ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - A boundary acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substance made of LiNbO | 07-09-2009 |
20090200894 | BOUNDARY ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND BOUNDARY ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a boundary acoustic wave device includes the steps of preparing a laminated structure in which an IDT electrode is disposed at an interface between first and second solid media and reforming the first medium and/or the second medium by externally providing the laminated structure with energy capable of reaching the inside of the first medium and/or the second medium and thus adjusting a frequency of the boundary acoustic wave device. The above provides a boundary acoustic wave device manufacturing method that enables frequency adjustment to be readily performed with high accuracy. | 08-13-2009 |
20090302709 | BOUNDARY ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - A boundary acoustic wave device is capable of reducing insertion loss and the absolute value of the temperature coefficient of frequency (TCF). The boundary acoustic wave device utilizes a boundary acoustic wave propagating along the interface between a piezoelectric substance and a dielectric substance. The piezoelectric substance has a negative temperature coefficient of frequency and the dielectric substance has a positive temperature coefficient of frequency. IDT electrodes include a first conductive layer arranged on a side of the piezoelectric substance, a third conductive layer arranged on a side of the dielectric substance, and a second conductive layer arranged between the first and third conductive layers and composed of a metal having a lower density than those of the first and third conductive layers or an alloy primarily containing the metal. If thicknesses of the first, second, and third conductive layers are H | 12-10-2009 |
20100187947 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - An acoustic wave device having an improved frequency-temperature characteristic and in which a spurious response of the higher order mode is suppressed includes a piezoelectric substrate made of LiNbO | 07-29-2010 |
20120056506 | BOUNDARY ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE - A boundary acoustic wave device includes a first medium, a second medium laminated on the first medium, and an IDT electrode arranged at an interface between the first medium and the second medium. The boundary acoustic wave device further includes a reformed portion disposed in at least one of the first medium and the second medium, reformed by externally provided energy, and having frequency characteristics different from frequency characteristics exhibited when the boundary acoustic wave device includes only at least one of the first medium and the second medium. | 03-08-2012 |
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20090143029 | Press-Talk Server, Transcoder, and Communication System - When half-duplex many-to-many communication is performed among a plurality of mobile stations having different codecs in a single group, transcoding is performed with a small number of codec circuits. A transcoder manages an SSRC of a received RTP packet, detaches voice information from a jitter buffer, which is identical to a latest SSRC, and inputs the detached voice information to a codec circuit. As the latest SSRC is switched, a voice sending station subject to transcode is switched, and mobile stations using the same codec share the codec circuit. Therefore, in a half-duplex many-to-many communication (group communication) system, called a professional mobile radio system, push-talk, or press-talk, it is not necessary to switch the transcoder until a radio station which takes a talk burst is changed during a single call (call session). | 06-04-2009 |
20090143090 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND GATEWAY - There is provided a communication system in which semi-duplex many-to-many multicasting service can be performed to both a mobile station and a base station by using a unified call control protocol such as SIP on an IP network, and can contain mobile stations and base stations of existing wireless facilities. The communication system in which the semi-duplex many-to-many multicasting service is performed to plural mobile stations | 06-04-2009 |
20110228697 | Mobile Communication System and Communication Method - Disclosed is a mobile communication system preventing the transmission of acknowledgements at a burst leading to a decrease in throughput caused by detecting the retransmission and the congestion of packets at the protocol of a transport layer. In a mobile communication system including a mobile terminal and gateway equipment for relaying a packet between a communication partner and the mobile terminal, if the gateway equipment receives the acknowledgement from the mobile terminal, the gateway equipment waits the transmission of the received acknowledgement to the communication partner until the estimated transmission time passes from the time at which the gateway equipment receives the previous acknowledgement from the mobile terminal. | 09-22-2011 |
20120177004 | Network System and Network Apparatus - After a first base station connects to a first mobile terminal, a first GW (gateway) receives a request for connection between the first mobile terminal and a second GW and identifiers of the second GW and the first mobile terminal and transmits identifiers of the first mobile terminal and the first GW to the second GW. The second GW transmits an MPLS allocation flag to the first GW. The first GW transmits an MPLS allocation signal including an identifier of the first mobile terminal to the second GW via a second NW (network) apparatus. The first base station receives an identifier of the first GW and the MPLS allocation flag from the first GW via a management server and transmits the MPLS allocation signal including the identifier of the first mobile terminal to the first GW via a first NW apparatus. | 07-12-2012 |
20130329560 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, GATEWAY APPARATUS, AND DATA DISTRIBUTION METHOD - Radio communication system includes mobile terminal (UE), plurality of base stations connected by radio to the UE, gateway apparatus (GW) connected to the plurality of base stations, and data distribution server (SV) which is connected to the GW over the Internet and which distributes data to the UE. UE transmits a first data request (DR) and a second DR to the data distribution server through the base station and the GW. When the GW receives the first DR from the base station, GW transmits the received first DR to the data distribution server independent of a radio transmission load state from the base station to the UE. When the GW receives second DR from the base station, GW transmits the received second data request to the data distribution server with delay in accordance with radio transmission load state from the base station. | 12-12-2013 |
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20110074076 | SPRING STEEL AND SPRING HAVING SUPERIOR CORROSION FATIGUE STRENGTH - A high-strength spring steel and a spring are provided that have superior corrosion fatigue strength. The spring steel comprises, in mass percent, 0.35-0.55% C, 1.60-3.00% Si, 0.20-1.50% Mn, 0.10-1.50% Cr, and at least one of 0.40-3.00% Ni, 0.05-0.50% Mo and 0.05-0.50% V, the balance being substantially Fe and incidental elements and impurities. | 03-31-2011 |
20110074077 | SPRING STEEL AND SPRING HAVING SUPERIOR CORROSION FATIGUE STRENGTH - The present application provides a high strength spring steel and a high strength spring that have superior corrosion fatigue strength. The spring steel comprises, in terms of percent by mass, 0.35-0.55% C, 1.60-3.00% Si, 0.20-1.50% Mn, 0.10-1.50% Cr and at least one element selected from 0.40-3.00% Ni, 0.05-0.50% Mo 0.05-0.50% V, the balance being at least substantially Fe and incidental elements and impurities. | 03-31-2011 |
20110074078 | SPRING STEEL AND SPRING HAVING SUPERIOR CORROSION FATIGUE STRENGTH - A spring steel and spring having superior corrosion fatigue strength and a strength on the order of HRC 53 to HRC 56 are disclosed. The spring steel comprises a tempered martensite and 2.1 to 2.4% Si in terms of percent by mass of the total mass of the spring steel. | 03-31-2011 |
20110074079 | COIL SPRING FOR AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A manufacturing method of a coil spring for an automobile suspension includes forming a material into a coil shape; performing a heat treatment step on the material; performing a warm shot peening step on the material, and performing a hot setting step on the material. By performing the warm shot peening step prior to the hot setting step, a stronger compressive residual stress is imparted in a direction along which a large tensile stress acts during actual use of the coil spring, thereby improving sag resistance and durability of the coil spring. A coil spring is also manufactured according to this method. | 03-31-2011 |
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20090022519 | EXTERNAL ADDITIVE, TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To a toner used in an image forming apparatus is added an external additive whose main components are oxide fine particles in which dimethylsilyl groups are introduced to surfaces thereof, and whose volatilizing amount of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane in a first volatilizing test is 0.2 μg or less. Consequently, it is possible to prevent foreign matters from attaching to a discharging electrode included in the image forming apparatus. The first volatilizing test is performed in such a manner that 2 g of the external additive is put in a sealing container and the inside of the sealing container is kept at 120° C. for 10 minutes so that octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane volatilizes from the external additive. | 01-22-2009 |
20090079803 | INK CARTRIDGE AND ITS RECYCLING METHOD - An ink cartridge including a main body, a cover member, and an insulating seal member, which are components for constituting the ink cartridge for an inkjet printer, wherein the main body and the cover member are bonded to each other with an electrically-disbonding adhesive having a characteristic of causing a bond dissociation with a passage of an electric current so as to form an ink storing section, the main body has a first electrode for passing the electric current through the electrically-disbonding adhesive, the cover member has a second electrode for passing the electric current through the electrically-disbonding adhesive, the seal member is arranged in the vicinity of a bonding portion where the main body and the cover member are bonded to each other so as to prevent an ink stored in the storing section from being in contact with the first and the second electrodes. | 03-26-2009 |
20090080932 | TONER CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME, AND METHOD OF RECYCLING TONER CARTRIDGE - A toner cartridge comprising: a toner storage container with a toner discharge port, including a plurality of container component members, and a toner discharging unit for discharging toner stored in the toner storage container outside through the toner discharge port, wherein the plurality of container component members are mutually joined by an electrically-peeling adhesive whose adhesion force is reduced by electrification. | 03-26-2009 |
20090116864 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER SUPPLY CONTAINER USED THEREFOR - In a toner supply container, an air blowing mechanism includes an air blowing fan, an air blowing tube, and an air inlet coupling member. The air inlet coupling member is in close contact with a side wall of the toner container around an air inlet, and includes a skirt made of elastic silicone rubber that covers a joint part of the air blowing tube and the air inlet. An exhaust mechanism includes an exhaust outlet coupling member, an exhaust tube, and an air cleaning filter. The exhaust outlet coupling member is in close contact with an upper wall of the toner container around an exhaust outlet, and includes a skirt made of elastic silicone rubber that covers a joint part of the exhaust tube and the air outlet. | 05-07-2009 |
20090169241 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER CARTRIDGE USED FOR THE SAME - An image forming apparatus including an image forming section for forming an image, and a toner cartridge for supplying a toner to the image forming section, the toner cartridge being detachably loaded into the image forming section. The toner cartridge includes a toner discharging port for discharging the toner when the toner cartridge is loaded into the image forming section, and a seal member for sealing the toner discharging port until the toner cartridge is loaded into the image forming section. The seal member is bonded to a peripheral edge of the toner discharging port by electro-releasing adhesive, of which adhesive force decreases when a current is applied thereto. The image forming section includes a first electrode and a second electrode that contact the peripheral edge of the toner discharging port and the seal member, respectively, when the toner cartridge is loaded into the image forming section, and a power supply for applying a voltage between the first and second electrodes. When a current is applied to the electro-releasing adhesive via the first and second electrodes, the adhesive force of the electro-releasing adhesive decreases, whereby the seal member is released from the toner discharging port. | 07-02-2009 |
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20100028600 | HARD-COATED FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF AND ANTIREFLECTION FILM - There is provided a hard-coated film that includes a thermoplastic film and a hard coat layer placed thereon, has high surface hardness, is prevented from forming interference iris patterns, does not reduce image sharpness when used for antireflection films, and is prevented from causing screen glittering, external light reflection, or coloration irregularity of reflected light. The hard-coated film includes a polyester film and a hard coat layer placed on at least one side of the polyester film, wherein the hard coat layer has a surface with irregularities, an interface between the polyester film and the hard coat layer has irregularities, and the surface of the hard coat layer has 3D surface roughness parameters including an arithmetical mean deviation of surface Sa of from 15 nm to less than 150 nm and a kurtosis of surface height distribution Sku of from 1.5 to 5. | 02-04-2010 |
20120162774 | ANTIREFLECTION MEMBER AND MANUFACTURE METHOD FOR THE SAME - An antireflection member comprising an antireflection layer includes two adjacent layers with different refractive indices, the antireflection layer formed at least on a first surface of a support substrate, and one of the two adjacent layers with different refractive indices located farther from the support substrate is a first layer, and another of the two adjacent layers is a second layer, wherein the antireflection layer contains two or more kinds of particles of different constituent elements and one or more kinds of binders, and a ratio b/a is more than 1.10 and less than 1.45, where “a” denotes a length of the line segment A1A2 connecting two arbitrarily-selected points A1 and A2 located on an interface between said first layer and said second layer and apart from each other by a linear distance of 500 nm or more, and “b” denotes a length of a line formed by projecting the line segment A1A2 in a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the support substrate onto the interface between the first layer and the second layer. | 06-28-2012 |
20130040133 | MULTILAYER FILM AND MOLDED BODY - A first multilayer film is a multilayer film which contains a layer A on at least one surface of a base film, in which the layer A has (1) a polycaprolactone segment, (2) a polysiloxane segment and/or a polydimethyl siloxane segment, and (3) a urethane bond, and the layer A has a glass transition temperature of from −30 to 0° C. A second multilayer film contains a layer A on at least one surface of a base film, in which the layer A has a scratch recovery time of 3 seconds or less at a temperature of 10° C. A third multilayer film contains a layer B on at least one surface of a base film, in which the layer B has a polycaprolactone segment and a urethane bond, and the layer B has average elongation at break of 65% or more at 80° C. to 150° C. | 02-14-2013 |
20140148547 | FORMING MATERIAL, PAINT MATERIAL COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR FORMING MATERIAL - A forming material having a layer on at least one of surfaces of a support substrate material, wherein the layer contains a fluorine-containing compound, and has a 60-degree specular gloss level prescribed in JIS Z8741 (1997 edition) greater than or equal to 60%, and the layer has a surface property with a number of peaks exceeding a root-mean-square roughness (Rq) observed under an atomic force microscope (AFM) greater than or equal to 500 and less than or equal to 1500 per 25 μm | 05-29-2014 |
20140303316 | LAMINATED FILM - A laminated film has a layer (A) on at least one side of a base film, wherein resin contained in the layer (A) has (1) a (poly)caprolactone segment and (2) a urethane bond and, in measurement using a micro hardness tester, a maximum displacement amount in a thickness direction of the layer (A) is 1.0 to 3.0 μm and a creep displacement amount in the thickness direction of the layer (A) is 0.2 to 0.5 μm when a load of 0.5 mN is applied for 10 seconds, and a permanent displacement amount in the thickness direction of the layer (A) is 0.3 to 0.65 μm when the load is released to 0 mN. | 10-09-2014 |
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20110234882 | Image forming optical system and electronic image pickup apparatus using the same - In an image forming optical system which includes in order from an object side, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, a refractive index for a d-line of a positive single lens having the largest refractive power among all lenses in the second lens group, is the smallest of a refractive index of lenses in the second lens group. | 09-29-2011 |
20120057247 | Zoom lens system and image pickup device having the same - A zoom lens system according to the present invention includes a first lens group with negative refractive power, a second lens group with positive refractive power, a third lens group with positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group with negative refractive power which are arranged in turn from the object side toward the image side, and the zoom lens system is formed so that, in performing a zooming operation from the wide angle end position to the telephoto end position, the first lens group keeps still, the distance between the first and second lens groups becomes small, the distance between the second and third lens groups becomes wide, and the distance between the third and fourth lens groups to becomes small. | 03-08-2012 |
20120176529 | VARIABLE POWER OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A variable power optical system includes, in order from the object side, a first lens group having negative refractive power, a variable power group having positive refractive power, and a final lens group having positive refractive power. The variable power group is provided with, in order from the object side, a first lens element having positive refractive power, a second lens element, and a third lens element. The second lens element has a convex shape on the object side. The final lens group includes a positive lens. The variable power optical system satisfies the following conditions: | 07-12-2012 |
20140078375 | VARIABLE POWER OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a variable power optical system in which the value of the entire length with respect to the image height is reduced and the aberration is well corrected, and an image pickup device comprising the same. Specifically provided is a variable power optical system comprising, in order from the object side, at least a first lens group having negative refractive power, a variable power group having positive refractive power, and a final lens group having positive refractive power, wherein the variable power group is provided with, in order from the object side, a first lens element having positive refractive power, a second lens element, and a third lens element, the second lens element has a convex shape on the object side, and the final lens group comprises a positive lens, the variable power optical system satisfying the following conditional expression: | 03-20-2014 |
20150085374 | VARIABLE POWER OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a variable power optical system in which the value of the entire length with respect to the image height is reduced and the aberration is well corrected, and an image pickup device comprising the same. Specifically provided is a variable power optical system comprising, in order from the object side, at least a first lens group having negative refractive power, a variable power group having positive refractive power, and a final lens group having positive refractive power, wherein the variable power group is provided with, in order from the object side, a first lens element having positive refractive power, a second lens element, and a third lens element, the second lens element has a convex shape on the object side, and the final lens group comprises a positive lens, the variable power optical system satisfying the following conditional expression: | 03-26-2015 |
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20100029996 | CATALYST FOR PRODUCING ALCOHOL - The present invention provides a catalyst for producing alcohols from carboxylic acids by hydrogenation, containing Co metal as an essential component and one or more elements selected from Zr, Y, La, Ce, Si, Al, Sc, V and Mo as a first co-catalyst component, and having 20% or more of cubic phase in the crystal phase of the Co metal, the method for producing the catalyst, and the method for producing an alcohol from a carboxylic acid as a raw material by hydrogenation using the catalyst. | 02-04-2010 |
20100113841 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGENOLYSIS PRODUCTS OF POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOLS - The present invention relates to a process for producing hydrogenolysis products of polyhydric alcohols with a good selectivity and a high yield, as well as hydrogenolysis catalysts used in the production process. The present invention provides (1) a process for producing a hydrogenolysis product of a polyhydric alcohol which includes the step of reacting the polyhydric alcohol with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst containing a copper component, wherein the catalyst is a catalyst (A) containing the copper component, an iron component and an aluminum component, or a catalyst (B) containing the copper component and a silicon component; and (2) a hydrogenolysis catalyst for polyhydric alcohols which includes a copper component, an iron component and an aluminum component, and (3) a hydrogenolysis catalyst for polyhydric alcohols which includes a copper component and a silicon component. | 05-06-2010 |
20110046418 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGENOLYSIS PRODUCT OF POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOL - The present invention relates to a process for producing a hydrogenolysis product of a polyhydric alcohol in the presence of a catalyst in which a conversion rate of the polyhydric alcohol as well as a selectivity to the hydrogenolysis product, in particular, a selectivity of glycerol to propanediols, can be enhanced. The process for producing a hydrogenolysis product of a polyhydric alcohol according to the present invention includes the step of subjecting a polyhydric alcohol solution having a water content of less than 10% by mass to hydrogenolysis by a fixed-bed continuous liquid phase reaction method in the presence of a hydrogenolysis catalyst. | 02-24-2011 |
20110160493 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CATALYST - The present invention provides the method for preparing a catalyst including the following steps 1 and 2, and the method for producing an alcohol including preparing a catalyst by the method and subjecting a carboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid ester to catalytic reduction with hydrogen in the presence of the prepared catalyst:
| 06-30-2011 |
20110190564 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF OLEFIN - The present invention provides a process for producing an olefin from a carboxylic acid having a β-hydrogen atom or a derivative thereof using the compound containing iodine and at least one metal elements selected from the group consisting of Groups 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 metals as a catalyst. | 08-04-2011 |
20120142976 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGENOLYSIS PRODUCTS OF POLYHYDRIC ALCOHOLS - The present invention relates to a process for producing hydrogenolysis products of polyhydric alcohols with a good selectivity and a high yield, as well as hydrogenolysis catalysts used in the production process. The present invention provides (1) a process for producing a hydrogenolysis product of a polyhydric alcohol which includes the step of reacting the polyhydric alcohol with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst containing a copper component, wherein the catalyst is a catalyst (A) containing the copper component, an iron component and an aluminum component, or a catalyst (B) containing the copper component and a silicon component; and (2) a hydrogenolysis catalyst for polyhydric alcohols which includes a copper component, an iron component and an aluminum component, and (3) a hydrogenolysis catalyst for polyhydric alcohols which includes a copper component and a silicon component. | 06-07-2012 |
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20110032299 | INKJET PRINTING METHOD AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - There is provided an inkjet printing method of applying plural different kinds of color ink containing pigment as a coloring agent and clear ink not containing the coloring agent on a print medium to form an image thereon. An amount of the clear ink applied in a unit area of the print medium is adjusted based upon an amount of each of the plural kinds of the color ink applied in the unit area. Since the amount of the clear ink is adjusted based upon not only the amount but also the kind of the color ink applied in the unit area, the clear ink application amount to each unit area can be more appropriate to largely reduce the gloss variations. | 02-10-2011 |
20120038703 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND INKJET PRINTING METHOD - A clear ink layer is formed by a first application of the clear ink. After a film of the clear ink is formed, a second application of the clear ink is performed onto the layer thereof. Thereby, a permeation speed of the clear ink which is applied at the second time after the clear ink is applied once becomes low, and becomes a substantially uniform one in the printed matter. That is, when the clear ink is applied at the second time onto the surface of the clear ink which is once formed into the film, the clear ink permeates therein at a substantially uniform permeation speed and is fixed thereto. As a result, the clear ink which is applied at the second time does not generate unevenness since the permeation speed thereof has no difference thereon, and can form a smooth printed matter surface. | 02-16-2012 |
20120313998 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An image recording method has a feature such that a first ink, a second ink, and a third ink satisfy both the following relationships (1) and (2): (1) the film thickness of dots of the inks formed when one drop of each ink is applied to the recording medium is as follows: First ink>Second ink>Third ink; and (2) the penetration time of the clear ink when applying the inks to the recording medium, and then further applying one drop of the clear ink to the region to which each ink is applied is as follows: First ink≧Second ink≧Third ink. | 12-13-2012 |
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20080297725 | Ophthalmic Apparatus - To provide an ophthalmic apparatus by which an examiner can provide assistance such as lifting an examinee's eyelid while easily observing an observation image of an examinee's eye displayed on a monitor. The ophthalmic apparatus has a measurement part including a measurement optical system for examining or measuring the examinee's eye, a fixed support part which supports the measurement part to be movable, an observation optical system provided in the measurement part and having an image-pickup element, for observing an anterior segment of the eye, a monitor which displays an image of the anterior segment picked up by the element, and a holding unit which holds the monitor to be movable with respect to the measurement part or the fixed support part to change a placement position of the monitor between a first position where its screen is approximately vertical and a second position where the screen is approximately horizontal. | 12-04-2008 |
20090079939 | Electric joystick mechanism for an ophthalmic apparatus - An electric joystick mechanism for an ophthalmic apparatus which is capable of improving manipulation performance of a joystick and is simple in structure comprises a base, a joystick having a shaft, a driving unit having a motor for moving an ophthalmic examination unit horizontally, and a control unit for controlling the driving unit in response to tilting manipulation of the joystick by an examiner, wherein the control unit performs first control of finely moving the examination unit by controlling the driving unit based on a manipulation signal of the joystick, and second control of roughly moving the examination unit by controlling the driving unit when tilting condition of the joystick becomes a predetermined tilting condition, and in the second control, velocity of driving of the driving unit is controlled based on velocity of the tilting manipulation of the joystick in the first control. | 03-26-2009 |
20090244483 | FUNDUS CAMERA - A fundus camera favorably performing focusing on a fundus of an examinee's eye without a black dot plate in a target projection optical system comprises an illumination optical system comprising a light source and an objective lens, a photographing optical system comprising a focusing lens movable in the optical axis direction and a diopter correction lens to correct a diopter of severe ametropia, a first moving mechanism comprising a first driving unit moving the focusing lens, a focus detection optical system comprising a projection optical system comprising a light source and a photo-receiving optical system comprising a photodetector, a second moving mechanism comprising a second driving unit moving a part of the detection optical system including at least one of the projection light source and the photodetector in the optical axis direction, a monitor, and a control unit controlling the second unit in conjunction with movement of the focusing lens. | 10-01-2009 |
20120224141 | FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A fundus photographing apparatus comprises: an anterior-segment observation optical system arranged to image an anterior-segment illuminated with infrared light to obtain an anterior-segment image; a fundus photographing optical system arranged to image a fundus illuminated with visible light emitted from a light source to obtain a fundus image; a display controller arranged to selectively display the fundus image and the anterior-segment image on a monitor; a photographing switch for inputting a photographing start signal to start photographing using the fundus photographing optical system; and a time informing part arranged to inform an elapsed time after the photographing start signal is input with the photographing switch or an elapsed time after the visible light is emitted from the light source, wherein the display controller displays the elapsed time informed by the time informing part together with the anterior-segment image on the monitor. | 09-06-2012 |