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20080273404 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A clock-generating circuit for forming internal clock signals by comparing a signal obtained by delaying, through a variable delay circuit, an input clock signal input through an external terminal with the input clock signal through a phase comparator circuit, and so controlling the delay time of the variable delay circuit that they are brought into agreement with each other, wherein the clock-generating circuit and an internal circuit to be operated by the clock signals formed thereby are formed on a common semiconductor substrate, and an element-forming region in which the clock-generating circuit is formed is electrically isolated from an element-forming region in which the digital circuit is constituted on the semiconductor substrate relying upon the element-isolation technology. The power-source passages, too, are formed independently of other digital circuits. | 11-06-2008 |
20100027369 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A clock-generating circuit for forming internal clock signals by comparing a signal obtained by delaying, through a variable delay circuit, an input clock signal input through an external terminal with the input clock signal through a phase comparator circuit, and so controlling the delay time of the variable delay circuit that they are brought into agreement with each other, wherein the clock-generating circuit and an internal circuit to be operated by the clock signals formed thereby are formed on a common semiconductor substrate, and an element-forming region in which the clock-generating circuit is formed is electrically isolated from an element-forming region in which the digital circuit is constituted on the semiconductor substrate relying upon the element-isolation technology. The power-source passages, too, are formed independently of other digital circuits. | 02-04-2010 |
20110182127 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A clock-generating circuit for forming internal clock signals by comparing a signal obtained by delaying, through a variable delay circuit, an input clock signal input through an external terminal with the input clock signal through a phase comparator circuit, and so controlling the delay time of the variable delay circuit that they are brought into agreement with each other, wherein the clock-generating circuit and an internal circuit to be operated by the clock signals formed thereby are formed on a common semiconductor substrate, and an element-forming region in which the clock-generating circuit is formed is electrically isolated from an element-forming region in which the digital circuit is constituted on the semiconductor substrate relying upon the element-isolation technology. The power-source passages, too, are formed independently of other digital circuits. | 07-28-2011 |
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20080219393 | Moving Picture Stream Generation Apparatus, Moving Picture Coding Apparatus, Moving Picture Multiplexing Apparatus and Moving Picture Decoding Apparatus - To provide a moving picture stream generation apparatus and the like that generates a moving picture stream that can be played back in trick-play such as variable-speed playback and reverse playback even in a coding format such as the MPEG-4 AVC in which flexible prediction structures are allowed. | 09-11-2008 |
20080238940 | RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, PROGRAM AND REPRODUCTION METHOD - A BD-ROM has recorded therein an AV Clip generated by multiplexing a video stream and a graphics stream. The graphics stream represents an interactive display to be overlayed with the video stream, and includes a sequence of three Button State groups. The interactive display includes a plurality of buttons, each of which changes from a normal state to a selected state, and from the selected state to an active state, according to a user operation. In the three Button State groups in the graphics stream, the first-order group (N-ODSs) is made of a plurality of pieces of graphics data, which represent normal states of the buttons, the second-order group (S-ODSs) is made of a plurality of pieces of graphics data, which represent selected states of the buttons, and the third-order group (A-ODSs) is made of a plurality of pieces of graphics data, which represent active states of the buttons. | 10-02-2008 |
20110142425 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECORDING INFORMATION TO INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A data recording medium by which, when encoding an externally input AV signal to an MPEG transport stream, the MPEG_TS can be quickly and efficiently converted to an MPEG program stream conforming to a DVD standard, is provided. An apparatus and method for recording to the data recording medium are also provided. A flag indicating that a first stream (such as an MPEG transport stream) is recorded in a constraint format enabling efficient conversion to a second stream (such as an MPEG program stream) is written to the management information (VOBI). By referencing this flag the recorder can easily determine if the recorded data was recorded in the specified constraint format without analyzing the data recorded to the data recording medium. | 06-16-2011 |
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20110128421 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image capturing apparatus includes an image obtaining unit adapted to obtain a captured image of an object captured by an imaging optical system, a parameter value setting unit adapted to set a value of a parameter indicating a factor determining optical characteristics of the imaging optical system, an optical characteristics obtaining unit adapted to obtain optical characteristics of the imaging optical system during capture of the captured image, a recovery filter deciding unit adapted to decide a recovery filter for correcting deterioration of the image quality of the captured image due to optical characteristics of the imaging optical system, based on the obtained optical characteristics and the value of the parameter, and an image recovery unit adapted to perform recovery processing applying the recovery filter, on the captured image. The factor determining optical characteristics cannot be decided based on only an optical design parameter of the imaging optical system. | 06-02-2011 |
20110254927 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus executes a distortion correction on coordinates of a target pixel in a virtual viewpoint image based on distortion characteristics of a virtual camera and calculates coordinates in the virtual viewpoint image after the distortion correction. The image process apparatus calculates ideal coordinates in a captured image from the coordinates in the virtual viewpoint image after the distortion correction and calculates real coordinates in the captured image from the ideal coordinates in the captured image based on distortion characteristics of an imaging unit. The image process apparatus calculates a pixel value corresponding to the real coordinates from image data of the virtual viewpoint image and corrects the pixel value corresponding to the real coordinates based on ambient light amount decrease characteristics of the imaging unit and ambient light amount decrease characteristics of the virtual camera. | 10-20-2011 |
20110254958 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING - An information processing apparatus acquires virtual viewpoint information of a plurality of frames contained in a virtual viewpoint video, selects a camera for shooting an image to be used in generating an image at a virtual viewpoint in a frame from a plurality of cameras with respect to each of the plurality of the frames based on a positional relationship between the virtual viewpoint information of each frame and viewpoint information of the plurality of the cameras, and reselects the camera selected for each of the plurality of the frames. | 10-20-2011 |
20120148108 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - Image capturing data captured by using an imaging optical system including an iris with an aperture having no point symmetry is input. An imaging parameter for the imaging optical system when the image capturing data is captured is captured. A spectrum of the input image capturing data is calculated. Optical characteristic information corresponding to an imaging parameter and an object distance and a spectrum model are obtained. A predictive model is generated as a spectrum model corresponding to the input image capturing data by using the imaging parameter, optical characteristic information, and spectrum model. An evaluation function is generated by using the spectrum of the image capturing data and the predictive model. The actual distance of the object included in an image represented by the image capturing data is estimated by using the evaluation function and a statistical method. | 06-14-2012 |
20120287329 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A plurality of first image data having a first resolution, which are obtained by capturing images from a plurality of viewpoints, and capturing information in the capturing operation are input. Based on the capturing information, a plurality of candidate values are set as a synthesis parameter required to synthesize second image data having a second resolution higher than the first resolution from the first image data. Using a candidate value selected from the plurality of candidate values as a synthesis parameter, the second image data is synthesized from the plurality of first image data. | 11-15-2012 |
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20120307099 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - When the super-resolution processing is performed, loss of signal occurs due to the aperture effect, and adversely affects the image quality. In order to improve the image quality by suppressing the occurrence of loss of signal, a pixel aperture characteristic provided for some of image capturing units differs from a pixel aperture characteristic provided for the other image capturing units, and a plurality of digital images are captured by these image capturing units and are synthesized thereafter. | 12-06-2012 |
20130093842 | IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE - If a zoom magnification ratio of the image is changed after shooting, it is impossible to match brightness, amount of noise, exposure time between angles of view due to difference in light gathering ability of a camera. The number of one or more image-capturing units ( | 04-18-2013 |
20140118578 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Adaptive noise reduction processing for an image including both an edge area and a smooth area produces different noise reduction effects depending on the areas. Multiple different noise reduction processing parameters are inputted, multiple pieces of corrected image data are generated for the respective noise reduction processing parameters, and correction parameters are generated corresponding to each piece of the corrected image data. Then, the multiple pieces of the corrected image data are combined based on the generated correction parameters. | 05-01-2014 |
20140118581 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Noise in RAW image data is reduced. Parameters including pixels used as a target area and reference pixels are determined in the RAW image data, based on color filter information for the RAW image data. The RAW image data is corrected based on the parameters thus determined. | 05-01-2014 |
20140240556 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In a case where a weighted mean value is calculated by calculating weights according to a degree of similarity based on a target pixel, the mean value is affected by noise included in the target pixel. The mean value thereby converges at a value different from a true pixel value without noise and this appears as a remaining noise. To solve this problem, an output value of the target pixel is determined based on a correlation established among a weighted mean value of multiple reference pixels, a pixel value of the target pixel, and the true value of the target pixel. | 08-28-2014 |
20140368690 | IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image generation method is provided for generating an output image from an input image acquired by an image sensor that has an array of multiple pixels, each of which has arranged therein multiple sub-pixels that each receive a light beam that passes through a different pupil sub-area of an imaging optical system. The method includes a step of generating multiple parallax images that respectively correspond to the different pupil sub-areas; a step of generating multiple pixel shifted images by performing different shifting for each of the parallax images according to a virtual image forming plane of the imaging optical system; and a step of generating an output image that has a higher resolution than the resolution of the parallax images from the pixel shifted images through composition processing. | 12-18-2014 |
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20110294941 | VINYL CHLORIDE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD OF PRODUCING VINYL CHLORIDE-BASED POLYMER COMPOSITION, AND VINYL CHLORIDE-BASED POLYMER COMPOSITION OBTAINED THEREBY - Provided is a vinyl chloride-based resin composition including a vinyl chloride-based resin and a titanium dioxide having an average particle diameter of 5 to 50 nm, in an amount of 1,000 ppm to 10,000 ppm, by mass, relative to the mass of the vinyl chloride-based resin. By adding a titanium dioxide having an average particle diameter of 5 to 50 nm to a vinyl chloride-based resin in an amount described above, a vinyl chloride-based resin composition of excellent thermal stability can be obtained. In the vinyl chloride-based resin composition, the crystalline form of the titanium dioxide is preferably anatase, rutile, or a combination thereof. Also provided is a method of producing a vinyl chloride-based polymer composition that includes subjecting a vinyl chloride monomer, or a mixture of a vinyl chloride monomer and a monomer that is copolymerizable therewith, to suspension polymerization within an aqueous medium, and also includes adding a titanium dioxide having an average particle diameter of 5 to 50 nm to the raw material prior to commencement of the polymerization, to the reaction mixture during the polymerization, to the reaction product following completion of the polymerization, or to a combination of two or more of the raw material, the reaction mixture and the reaction product. The vinyl chloride-based polymer composition obtained using this method exhibits excellent thermal stability. | 12-01-2011 |
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20080225487 | Power Inverter - The power inverter includes: a case made of a metal; a first power module provided in the case and including a DC terminal and an AC terminal; a second power module provided in the case and including a DC terminal and an AC terminal; and a cooling formation body for decreasing heat generated from the first and second power modules. The first and second power modules are disposed in a manner such that the DC terminals face each other. | 09-18-2008 |
20090243524 | Power Inverter - A power inverter comprises a power module connected at least to a rotating electric machine, a gate drive circuit board which supplies switching power to the power module, and a rotating electric machine control circuit board which supplies a signal for controlling the waveform of the switching power to the gate drive circuit board. A noise reduction board is formed on a board different from the rotating electric machine control circuit board. The configuration of the noise reduction board is such that various signals for forming a signal for controlling the waveform of the switching power by means of the rotating electric machine control circuit board are inputted through the noise reduction board to the rotating electric machine control circuit board. | 10-01-2009 |
20130033914 | Power Conversion Device - A power conversion device ( | 02-07-2013 |
20130051099 | Inverter Device - An inverter device includes: an inverter circuit which includes an upper-arm-use first switching element ( | 02-28-2013 |
20130088279 | Power Converter - The present invention provides a power converter including a power semiconductor device, a driver circuit section that outputs a driving signal for driving the power semiconductor device, a buffer circuit section that includes a PNP transistor and an NPN transistor and that outputs a gate voltage for driving the power semiconductor device, a first delay circuit section that receives the driving signal and that generates a first delay signal on the basis of the received driving signal, a first MOSFET that has a drain electrode connected with the output of the buffer circuit section and that is driven on the basis of the first delay signal. A current flows through the buffer circuit section and the first MOSFET on the basis of the received driving signal, the first delay circuit section outputs the first delay signal after the buffer circuit section exits the transient state and turns on, and the gate voltage is applied to the power semiconductor device from the buffer circuit section to turn the power semiconductor device on by the switching operation of the first MOSFET based on the first delay signal. | 04-11-2013 |
20130328514 | Power Inverter - An electric power converter is provided with a plurality of power-conversion elements; a first control circuit that outputs a first control signal; an electricity storage circuit; a second control circuit that outputs a second control signal when the direct-current power source that supplies electrical power to the first control circuit is not normal; and a drive circuit that outputs drive signals for driving the plurality of power-conversion elements. Each of the power-conversion elements is either a power-conversion element of the upper arm connected to the high-voltage side or a conversion element of the lower arm connected to the low-voltage side. In cases when the voltage of the electricity storage circuit is at a higher predetermined first voltage value, the second control circuit outputs a second control signal so that all the power-conversion elements of the upper arm or the lower arm are turned on and the others are turned off. | 12-12-2013 |
20140085762 | Inverter Drive Device - An inverter drive device includes a drive circuit that outputs a gate voltage signal of a power semiconductor element; and a Zener clamping protection circuit that acquires an emitter electrode side voltage of the power semiconductor element, and, if that voltage is greater than a predetermined voltage value, performs clamping of the gate voltage of the drive circuit after a predetermined time interval has elapsed from the acquisition of the emitter electrode side voltage. The Zener clamping protection circuit includes a latch circuit that, after the emitter electrode side voltage has been acquired, continues the clamping of the gate voltage by the Zener clamping protection circuit during an interval. | 03-27-2014 |
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20110068359 | Light-emitting element - A light-emitting element includes a semiconductor laminated structure including a first semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer and a second semiconductor layer, an insulation layer provided on the semiconductor laminated structure, a first wiring including a first vertical conducting portion and a first planar conducting portion and being electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, the first vertical conducting portion extending inside the insulation layer, the light-emitting layer and the second semiconductor layer in a vertical direction and the first planar conducting portion extending inside the insulation layer in a planar direction, and a second wiring including a second vertical conducting portion and a second planar conducting portion and being electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer, the second vertical conducting portion extending inside the insulation layer in a vertical direction and the second planar conducting portion extending inside the insulation layer in a planar direction. | 03-24-2011 |
20110198641 | Semiconductor light-emitting element - A semiconductor light-emitting element includes a semiconductor laminated structure including a light-emitting layer sandwiched between first and second conductivity type layers for extracting an emitted light from the light-emitting layer on a side of the second conductivity type layer, a transparent electrode in ohmic contact with the second conductivity type layer, an insulation layer formed on the transparent electrode, an upper electrode for wire bonding formed on the insulation layer, a lower electrode that penetrates the insulation layer, is in ohmic contact with the transparent electrode and the electrode for wire bonding, and has an area smaller than that of the upper electrode in top view, and a reflective portion for reflecting at least a portion of light transmitted through a region of the transparent electrode not in contact with the lower electrode. | 08-18-2011 |
20120241791 | GROUP III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device having an Ag or Ag alloy reflective film provided in an insulating film, at least a portion of the reflective film is located via the insulating film in a region between an n-lead electrode and at least one of a p-contact electrode having transparency and a p-type layer, wherein a conductive film is formed via the insulating film between the n-lead electrode and the reflective film of the region, and the conductive film is electrically connected to at least one of the p-contact electrode and the p-type layer. | 09-27-2012 |
20120248406 | GROUP III NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - The present invention provides a Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device exhibiting high-intensity light output in a specific direction and improved light extraction performance. The Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device comprises a sapphire substrate, and a layered structure having a light-emitting layer provided on the sapphire substrate and formed of a Group III nitride semiconductor. On the surface on the layered structure side of the sapphire substrate, a two-dimensional periodic structure of mesas is formed with a period which generates a light intensity interference pattern for the light emitted from the light-emitting layer. The light reflected by or transmitted through the two-dimensional periodic structure has an interference pattern. Therefore, the light focused on a region where the light intensity is high in the interference pattern can be effectively output to the outside, resulting in the improvement of light extraction performance as well as the achievement of desired directional characteristics. | 10-04-2012 |
20150187839 | LIGHT-EMITTING PART AND LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS, AND PRODUCTION METHODS THEREFOR - The present invention provides a light-emitting part and a light-emitting apparatus exhibiting high brightness per unit area, and simplified production methods therefor. The light-emitting unit comprises a single base substrate, and a plurality of light-emitting devices thereon. The light-emitting unit includes a serial connection body which connects at least a part of the light-emitting devices in series. The serial connection body comprises light-emitting devices which make a current path, a light-emitting device which does not make a current path, and a connection member which electrically connects an n-electrode and a p-electrode of the light-emitting devices. | 07-02-2015 |
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20120144813 | FAILURE DETECTION APPARATUS FOR PARTICULATE FILTER - A detection apparatus is used to detect a failure of a particulate filter. The detection apparatus includes a PM (particulate matter) sensor, a timing estimating unit, and a failure determining unit. The PM sensor is disposed at a downstream side of the particulate filter in an exhaust passage. The PM sensor includes a pair of electrodes and detects an amount of the PM based on current passing through the PM deposited between the electrodes. The estimating unit estimates a failure-state energization timing at which the PM sensor starts to be energized due to the PM deposited between the electrodes assuming that the particulate filter has failed. The determining unit determines that the particulate filter is in a failure state when an actual energization timing of the PM sensor based on an output of the PM sensor is earlier than the failure-state energization timing estimated. | 06-14-2012 |
20120186230 | DETECTION APPARATUS - A detection apparatus includes a detection unit, a control unit, a first setting unit, and a second setting unit. The detection unit is disposed in an exhaust path through which an exhaust gas flows, and detects a correlation value correlated with an amount of particulate matter (PM) attaching to an attachment element. The control unit controls a temperature of the attachment element to follow a target temperature while a regeneration process is performed to heat the attachment element so as to burn PM. The first setting unit sets the target temperature to be lower, as the amount of PM becomes larger. The second setting unit sets a completion timing of the regeneration process so that a period of the regeneration process becomes longer, as the amount of PM becomes larger or a temperature of the attachment element becomes lower while the regeneration process is performed. | 07-26-2012 |
20120186330 | DETECTION APPARATUS - A detection apparatus includes a particulate matter (PM) detection unit, a temperature detection unit, and a correction unit. The PM detection unit includes an insulator, a pair of electrodes, and a detector. The insulator is disposed in an exhaust path of an internal combustion engine through which an exhaust gas flows. The pair of electrodes are arranged in contact with at least a part of the insulator. The detector detects a PM detection value which is a value correlated to an amount of PM in the exhaust gas. The temperature detection unit detects at least one of an exhaust temperature of the exhaust gas passing through the PM detection unit and an insulator temperature of the insulator. The correction unit corrects the PM detection value detected by the PM detection unit based on at least one of the exhaust temperature and the insulator temperature. | 07-26-2012 |
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20130298534 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an ordinary mode, when an abnormality diagnosis of a PM sensor attached to a downstream opening downstream of a filter is performed, the PM sensor is moved to a first upstream opening upstream of the filter, and an exhaust gas is discharged from an engine. An ECU stores a program for the abnormality diagnosis. In an abnormality diagnosis mode, the ECU diagnoses the PM sensor by comparing an output value of the PM sensor to a standard output after performing the program. The first upstream opening may be closed by a cover in the ordinary mode. | 11-14-2013 |
20130304359 | DIAGNOSIS METHOD - In an ordinary mode, when an abnormality diagnosis of a PM sensor attached to a downstream opening downstream of a filter is performed, the PM sensor is moved to a first upstream opening upstream of the filter, and an exhaust gas is discharged from an engine. An ECU stores a program for the abnormality diagnosis. In an abnormality diagnosis mode, the ECU diagnoses the PM sensor by comparing an output value of the PM sensor to a standard output after performing the program. The first upstream opening may be closed by a cover in the ordinary mode. | 11-14-2013 |
20150211400 | REDUCING AGENT SUPPLYING DEVICE - A reducing agent supplying device includes a reaction container. The reaction container has a reaction chamber therein in which fuel of a hydrocarbon compound is mixed with air and is oxidized with oxygen in air. An equivalent ratio of fuel to air inside the reaction chamber is adjusted to be within a specified equivalent ratio range. A temperature inside the reaction chamber is adjusted to be within a specified temperature range. The specified equivalent ratio range and the specified temperature range are set such that a cool flame reaction, through which fuel inside the reaction chamber is partially oxidized with oxygen in air, is generated. The fuel partially oxidized through the cool flame reaction is used as the reducing agent. | 07-30-2015 |
20150211402 | REDUCING AGENT SUPPLYING DEVICE - A reducing agent supplying device includes a reforming device, an obtaining section and a controller. The reforming device mixes fuel, which is a hydrocarbon compound, with air, and reforms the fuel by partially oxidizing the fuel with oxygen in the air. A reformed fuel is supplied into the exhaust passage as the reducing agent. The obtaining section obtains a physical quantity as a property index. The physical quantity has a correlation with property of the fuel that is supplied to the reforming device. The controller controls the reforming device according to the property index obtained by the obtaining section. | 07-30-2015 |
20150369102 | REDUCING AGENT SUPPLYING DEVICE - A reducing agent supplying device is for a fuel combustion system that includes a NOx purifying device with a reducing catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage to purify NOx contained in exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine. The reducing agent supplying device supplies a reducing agent into the exhaust passage at a position upstream of the reducing catalyst. The reducing agent supplying device includes a reforming portion and a reformation suppressing portion. The reforming portion reforms the reducing agent by partially oxidizing the reducing agent. When a temperature of the reducing agent is higher than a first specified temperature that is equal to or higher than an activation temperature of the reducing catalyst, the reformation suppressing portion (i) suppresses the degree of reformation of the reducing agent in comparison with when a temperature of the reducing agent is lower than the first specified temperature, or (ii) stops the reformation of the reducing agent. | 12-24-2015 |
20160084130 | REDUCING AGENT SUPPLYING DEVICE - A reducing agent supplying device includes a reaction container, an ozone generator, an air pump, an ozone-containing air pipe, a compressed air pipe, a switching device, and a switching controller. The reaction container defines a reaction chamber therein in which a reducing agent is reformed. The ozone generator generates ozone from oxygen in air. The air pump supplies air into the ozone generator. An ozone-containing air flows through the ozone-containing air pipe toward the reaction chamber. A portion of a compressed air flows through the compressed air pipe toward the reaction chamber. The switching device switches between an air pump mode, in which the ozone-containing air is supplied into the reaction chamber, and a supercharging mode, in which the compressed air is supplied into the reaction chamber. The switching controller controls the switching device based on a catalyst temperature, which is a temperature of the reducing catalyst, and an exhaust pressure, which is a pressure in the exhaust passage. | 03-24-2016 |
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20130120616 | IMAGE SYNTHESIZING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image capturing unit | 05-16-2013 |
20150019171 | FEATURE-QUANTITY EXTRACTING APPARATUS - A feature-quantity extracting apparatus is provided, which can calculate a proper feature quantity, by performing a simple calculating operation. The apparatus is provided with a code-string acquiring unit for acquiring code strings for every given period from a series of input data, wherein the code string is an arrangement of codes and the code is given to a value of each piece of input data, a code-string pattern frequency counting unit for counting the number of code-string patterns for every code-string pattern among the code strings acquired by the code-string acquiring unit, wherein the code-string pattern represents a code-string whose codes are arranged in accordance with a given order, and a feature-quantity outputting unit for outputting the number of code-string patterns for every code-string pattern counted by the code-string pattern frequency counting unit as a feature quantity of the series of input data. | 01-15-2015 |
20150078663 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR PERFORMING IMAGE SEGMENTATION PROCESSING - An image processing device of the present invention acquires the positional information of a boundary line for a case where a first image is segmented into a foreground and a background by a segmentation processing section that segments an image into a foreground and a background, and controls the segmentation processing section to segment a second image having a predetermined relationship with the first image by use of the positional information of the acquired boundary line. | 03-19-2015 |
20150377633 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ARRIVAL DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device configured to detect arrival at a specified location, includes: a location information acquisition unit configured to acquire current location of the electronic device; a detection range setting unit configured to set detection ranges for detecting arrival of the electronic device at specified locations given the order; and a detection range control unit configured to change the detection ranges according to location status of the electronic device based on relationship between the current location and the specified locations. | 12-31-2015 |
20160007318 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, LOCATION ESTIMATING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus for acquiring a location, comprising: a location acquiring unit which acquires a current location of the electronic apparatus; a correction area setting unit which, based on a link attribute indicating an attribute of an adjacent area of a link in map data, sets a correction area within the adjacent area, the correction area being referred to correct the current location to a location on the link; and a location correcting unit which, in a case in which the current location acquired by the location acquiring unit belongs to the correction area set within the adjacent area, corrects the current location to a location on the link which corresponds to the correction area. | 01-07-2016 |