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20080274780 | COMPUTER DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING A TRADING CARD GAME AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, PROGRAM EXECUTED BY COMPUTER DEVICE, CONTROLLER, SYSTEM, AND GAME CARDS - A card game program is executed in a computer device for playing a game using a plurality of cards. The identification information of each card is used to generate a combination of the cards for a game player. The combination of the cards is changed in response to an instruction of the game player. | 11-06-2008 |
20090161161 | RECORDING SYSTEM AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREFOR - A recording system in which a DSC and a PD printer are directly connected to each other via a general interface, image data is transmitted to the PD printer from the DSC, and the data is printed, wherein a communication procedure is established by applications installed into the PD printer and the DSC, each of a plurality of functions serving as the printing system are assigned to either the DSC and the PD printer, data and a command are transferred between the functions assigned to the DS and the PD printer, and recording is performed by the PD printer based on image data supplied from the DSC. | 06-25-2009 |
20090207451 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Image processing apparatus and image processing method for formation of high quality image by high-speed error diffusion processing by execution of more complicated threshold condition processing in a simple manner. When error diffusion processing is performed on multivalued image data having plural density components and the result of processing is outputted, upon execution of error diffusion processing on a first density component among the plural density components, a threshold value used in the error diffusion processing is determined based on a density value of a second density component, then the error diffusion processing is performed on the first density component based on the determined threshold value, and the result of execution of the error diffusion processing is outputted. Further, upon execution of the error diffusion processing on the second density component among the plural density components, a threshold value used in the error diffusion processing is determined based on a density value of the first density component, then the error diffusion processing is performed on the second density component based on the determined threshold value, and the result of the error diffusion processing is outputted. | 08-20-2009 |
20100277766 | PRINT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PRINT SYSTEM - This invention saves a sensed image in a printer in an environment in which a digital camera can directly communicate with a printer, and a sensed image can be directly printed. | 11-04-2010 |
20110069355 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Image processing apparatus and image processing method for formation of high quality image by high-speed error diffusion processing by execution of more complicated threshold condition processing in a simple manner. When error diffusion processing is performed on multivalued image data having plural density components and the result of processing is outputted, upon execution of error diffusion processing on a first density component among the plural density components, a threshold value used in the error diffusion processing is determined based on a density value of a second density component, then the error diffusion processing is performed on the first density component based on the determined threshold value, and the result of execution of the error diffusion processing is outputted. Further, upon execution of the error diffusion processing on the second density component among the plural density components, a threshold value used in the error diffusion processing is determined based on a density value of the first density component, then the error diffusion processing is performed on the second density component based on the determined threshold value, and the result of the error diffusion processing is outputted. | 03-24-2011 |
20110122442 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PHOTO-DIRECT PRINTING APPARATUS - In a printing system in which a digital camera (DSC) and PD printer apparatus are directly connected via a USB, and image data is transmitted from the DSC to the PD printer apparatus and printed, Capability of the PD printer apparatus is transmitted from the PD printer apparatus to the DSC after communication procedures are established by an application (NCDP) installed in the PD printer apparatus and DSC. The PD printer apparatus is caused to execute print operation in accordance with print conditions set by the DSC on the basis of the transmitted Capability. | 05-26-2011 |
20120224215 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PHOTO-DIRECT PRINTING APPARATUS - In a printing system in which a digital camera (DSC) and PD printer apparatus are directly connected via a USB, and image data is transmitted from the DSC to the PD printer apparatus and printed, Capability of the PD printer apparatus is transmitted from the PD printer apparatus to the DSC after communication procedures are established by an application (NCDP) installed in the PD printer apparatus and DSC. The PD printer apparatus is caused to execute print operation in accordance with print conditions set by the DSC on the basis of the transmitted Capability. | 09-06-2012 |
20130148166 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PHOTO-DIRECT PRINTING APPARATUS - In a printing system in which a digital camera (DSC) and PD printer apparatus are directly connected via a USB, and image data is transmitted from the DSC to the PD printer apparatus and printed, Capability of the PD printer apparatus is transmitted from the PD printer apparatus to the DSC after communication procedures are established by an application (NCDP) installed in the PD printer apparatus and DSC. The PD printer apparatus is caused to execute print operation in accordance with print conditions set by the DSC on the basis of the transmitted Capability. | 06-13-2013 |
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20080301681 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including: a plurality of data processing functional blocks each used for carrying out individual data processing; a flow control section configured to execute control of data flows among the data processing functional blocks; and a control section configured to carry out a setting process to set the data processing functional blocks and the flow control section. The control section acquires configuration information in accordance with a task list for data processing to be carried out; carries out the setting process to set the data processing functional blocks and the flow control section on the basis of the acquired configuration information; and constructs a data processing configuration adapted to various kinds of data processing to be carried out. | 12-04-2008 |
20100061628 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a defined binary image generating unit configured to generate a defined binary image associated with a level image, which is associated with an input image, the level image having pixel values of pixels represented using a first value, by regarding a pixel as a defined or undefined region pixel and setting the pixel to have a predetermined second or third value; and an estimated foreground color image generation unit configured to generate an estimated foreground color image associated with the input image, by setting the pixel values of the pixels regarded as the undefined region pixels in the defined binary image to pixel values of pixels in the input image corresponding to pixels for which distances each obtained from an integrated value of the amounts of change in continuity information are shortest from among the pixels that are regarded as the defined region pixels. | 03-11-2010 |
20100061658 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus generates a 3-value image from a 2-value image, wherein the first and second values from the 2-value image indicate foreground and background regions of an input image, and the third value indicates an unknown region of predetermined width at the boundary therebetween. A ratio image is generated from the input image and the 3-value image, having a fourth value indicating the ratio of the first value. The 3-value image is updated by defining a predetermined range near a pixel in the 3-value image corresponding to a pixel in the ratio image whose fourth value is greater than a minimum value and less than a maximum value, and then sets all pixels within the defined range to the third value. If the updated 3-value image is determined to be identical or nearly identical to the pre-update 3-value image, then the updated 3-value image is output. | 03-11-2010 |
20110029469 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus, which performs setting of a mixture model function representing a mixture model along with adaptively adjusting the number of model components mixed in the mixture model, includes an acquisition section configured to acquire a first data sample and a second data sample, both of which are composed of multi-dimensions; a mixture-model-function generation section configured to generate a mixture model function on the basis of the first data sample; a mixture-model-function goodness-of-fit calculation section configured to calculate a goodness of fit for the mixture model function on the basis of the second data sample; and a mixture-model-function update section configured to update the mixture model function so as to adjust the number of model components mixed in a mixture model, which are represented by the mixture model function, on the basis of the goodness of fit for the mixture model function. | 02-03-2011 |
20110050685 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus, which creates a pseudo three-dimensional image that improves depth perception of the image, includes: an input image acquiring unit that acquires an input image and a binary mask image that specifies an object area on the input image; a combining unit that extracts pixels in an area inside a quadrangular frame picture of the input image and pixels in the object area, specified by the binary mask image, on the input image to create a combined image; and a frame picture combining position determining unit that determines a position on the combined image at which the quadrangular frame picture is placed so that one of a pair of opposite edges of the quadrangular frame picture includes an intersection with boundary of the object area and another of the pair does not include an intersection with the boundary of the object area. | 03-03-2011 |
20110229022 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a circumstance vector generation unit configured to acquire information indicating circumstances, to digitize the information, and to generate a circumstance vector, a conversion parameter calculation unit configured to weighted-add several conversion parameters specified by the circumstance vector among a plurality of previously prepared conversion parameters for image conversion, and a converted image generation unit configured to perform image conversion using the conversion parameters obtained by the weighted-adding with respect to an original image to be processed so as to generate a converted image. | 09-22-2011 |
20120020528 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit obtaining an image including a closed curve input which encloses an object in an input image, a generation unit generating a distance image having pixel values of individual pixels corresponding to distances from the input closed curve in accordance with a shape of the curve, a calculation unit calculating an input-image energy of the input image including a distance energy changed based on the distances of the pixels or a likelihood energy changed based on likelihoods of the pixels based on color distribution models of an object region and a non-object region in the distance image and a color energy changed in accordance with color differences between adjacent pixels in the distance image, and a generation unit generating a mask image by minimizing the input-image energy and assigning an attribute representing the object region or an attribute representing the non-object region. | 01-26-2012 |
20120057783 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a feature vector extraction unit that extracts feature vectors of sample pixels, for each local region including the sample pixels, in an input image; a weight calculation unit that calculates weights for the local regions on the basis of the positional relationship with the local regions, for divided regions that divide the input image; a feature distribution model calculation unit that calculates an average with weights as a feature distribution model in a local region obtained by adding the weights calculated from the local regions to the feature vectors of the local regions, for each of the divided regions; and a pixel likelihood calculation unit that calculates pixel likelihood for each pixel in the input image on the basis of the feature distribution model. | 03-08-2012 |
20120114240 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program capable of obtaining, even if a process such as a graph cut method is performed in units of small regions, a result similar to that obtained in the process performed in units of pixels. | 05-10-2012 |
20120294583 | DISPLAY IMAGE GENERATING METHOD - An image processing apparatus including an input terminal that receives a plurality of image units that are temporally or spatially continuous; an image processing unit that performs image processing on the plurality of image units by iteratively performing the image processing on subsets of the plurality of image units; and a display image generating unit that controls a display to display the plurality of image units when the image processing unit begins performing the image processing; display, at a time of a completion of intermediate processing of a subset of the plurality of image units by the image processing unit, an intermediate processed image including the processed subset of the plurality of image data units; and display, after completion of the processing of the plurality of image units by the image processing unit, a complete processed image including the processed plurality of image data units. | 11-22-2012 |
20130051771 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to an image processing device and method, and program, whereby a high-quality loop moving image can be obtained more easily. Upon continuous shot images of multiple frames serving as material of a loop moving image being input, the continuous shot images are divided into multiple segments including motion segments including a moving subject and a still segment including a subject with no motion. An image of the motion segment region of the continuous shot images is formed into a loop moving image, and a segment loop moving image is generated. Also, an image of a still segment region of the continuous shot images is clipped out, and a segment image which is a still image is generated. Further, these segment loop moving image and segment image are integrated, to form one loop moving image. The present invention can be applied to an image processing device. | 02-28-2013 |
20130259401 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus that combines a first photographed image including a first foreground object and a background with a second photographed image including a second foreground object and the background, and generates an output image including the first foreground object, the second foreground object, and the background, the image processing apparatus including a seam candidate region determining unit that determines a seam candidate region obtained by removing regions of the first foreground object and the second foreground object from the first photographed image or the second photographed image, a seam determining unit that determines a seam which passes through a top edge and a bottom edge of the seam candidate region and divides the seam candidate region, and a combining unit that combines the first photographed image and the second photographed image at the seam to generate the output image. | 10-03-2013 |
20140313224 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technique relates to an image processing device, an image processing method, and a program for obtaining a high-quality panoramic image when a 360-degree panoramic image is generated. | 10-23-2014 |
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20080287651 | Silk Thread Containing Spider Thread Protein and Silk Worm Producing the Silk Thread - A transgenic silkworm having transferred therein a gene which encodes spider thread protein having desired properties of high strength and high elasticity while leaving the silkworm fibroin H chain gene intact, by means of utilizing a transposon function, is used to produce in the transgenic silkworm a spider thread protein having the desired properties without lowering the strength or elasticity of silk thread produced by the transgenic silkworm, thereby providing hybrid silk of spider and silk threads having the desired properties. | 11-20-2008 |
20090269812 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION APPARATUS - The invention provides a method of producing a chemical product through continuous fermentation which includes filtering a culture of a microorganism or cultured cells with a separation membrane to recover a product from a filtrate and simultaneously retaining a nonfiltered fluid in, or refluxing it to, the culture, and adding fermentation materials to the culture, wherein a porous membrane having an average pore size of 0.01 μm or more to less than 1 μm is used as the separation membrane and the filtration is conducted with a transmembrane pressure difference in the range of 0.1 to 20 kPa. According to this method, the fermentation productivity of the chemical product can be largely elevated at high stability and a low cost. | 10-29-2009 |
20100190222 | LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION METHOD - Disclosed is a lactic acid production method by separating lactic acid produced in a culture solution by means of the fermentation culture of a microorganism. Specifically disclosed is a lactic acid production method, which comprises: a step (A) of filtering the culture solution through a nano-filtration membrane; and a step (B) of distilling a lactic-acid-containing solution produced in the step (A) under a pressure ranging from 1 Pa to the atmospheric pressure (inclusive) at a temperature ranging from 25 to 200° C. (inclusive) to collect lactic acid. The method can effectively remove an inorganic salt dissolved in a fermentation culture solution or contained in the fermentation culture solution in the form of a poorly soluble solid material by a simple manipulation, enables to prevent the racemization or oligomerization of lactic acid during the process of producing lactic acid, and therefore can produce lactic acid in a high yield. | 07-29-2010 |
20110053231 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTIC ACID BY CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION - A method of producing lactic acid continuous fermentation including filtering a culture of polyploid yeast having a capacity to produce lactic acid through a porous membrane having an average pore size of not less than 0.01 μm and less than 1 μm, and recovering the product from the filtrate while the unfiltered liquid is retained in or returned to the culture and a fermentation feedstock is added to the culture. | 03-03-2011 |
20110250637 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUGAR LIQUID - A sugar liquid containing only very small amounts of fermentation-inhibiting substances is produced by a method for producing a sugar liquid using a cellulose-containing biomass as a raw material, the method including: (1) a step of hydrolyzing a cellulose-containing biomass to produce an aqueous sugar solution; and (2) a step of filtering the obtained aqueous sugar solution through a nanofiltration membrane and/or reverse osmosis membrane to collect a purified sugar liquid from the feed side, while removing fermentation-inhibiting substances from the permeate side. | 10-13-2011 |
20120270286 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE FOR USE IN PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE - A hollow fiber membrane module for use in production of a chemical substance, which is used in continuous fermentation including filtering a fermentation broth of a microorganism or a cultured cell through a hollow fiber membrane, collecting a chemical substance from a filtrate, retaining a concentrated solution in the fermentation broth or refluxing the concentrated solution, and adding a fermentation raw material to the fermentation broth, wherein a large number of hollow fiber membrane bundles are accommodated in a tubular case, at least one end part of each of the bundles is fixed on the tubular case by a hollow fiber membrane bundling member with an end face of each of the hollow fiber membranes open, and the hollow fiber membrane bundling member is made of a synthetic resin having a hardness retention rate after contact with saturated steam at 121° C. for 24 hours of 95% or more. | 10-25-2012 |
20140017746 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LACTIC ACID BY CONTINUOUS FERMENTATION - A method of producing lactic acid by continuous fermentation includes filtering a culture of polyploidy prototrophic yeast having a capacity to produce lactic acid by introduction of a lactate dehydrogenase gene through a porous membrane having an average pore size of not less than 0.01 μm and less than 1 μm; and recovering the lactic acid from filtrate while the unfiltered liquid is retained in or returned to the culture and a fermentation feedstock is added to the culture. | 01-16-2014 |
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20100003446 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SPUTTERING TARGET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An optical recording medium containing a substrate and a recording layer over the substrate, wherein the recording layer primarily contains Bi and O, and further contains B and at least one element X selected from Ge, Li, Sn, Cu, Fe, Pd, Zn, Mg, Nd, Mn and Ni, and a sputtering target containing Bi, B and at least one element X selected from Ge, Li, Sn, Cu, Fe, Pd, Zn, Mg, Nd, Mn and Ni. | 01-07-2010 |
20100014394 | WRITE-ONCE-READ-MANY OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND RECORDING METHOD THEREFOR - A recording method including: recording on a write-once-read-many optical medium capable of recording and reproducing with a blue laser by CAV, ZCLV, or PCAV, wherein a laser emission pattern including a recording pulse comprises two or more different levels of recording power, and a laser emission time standardized by the laser emission pattern and reference clock is fixed regardless of a recording linear velocity. | 01-21-2010 |
20100020668 | RECORDABLE OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND RECORDING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a recordable optical recording medium that comprises a substrate, a recording layer, and a reflective layer, wherein the recording layer and the reflective layer are formed on the substrate, the recording layer is formed of an inorganic material, and information is recorded on the recordable optical recording medium by use of an irreversible change at the recording layer caused by irradiating blue laser light. | 01-28-2010 |
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20090150155 | KEYWORD EXTRACTING DEVICE - The present invention aims at extracting a keyword of conversation without preparations by advanced anticipation of keywords of conversation. A keyword extracting device of the present invention includes an audio input section | 06-11-2009 |
20110208790 | LIFESTYLE COLLECTING APPARATUS, USER INTERFACE DEVICE, AND LIFESTYLE COLLECTING METHOD - Provided is a lifestyle collecting apparatus that collects information for determining a lifestyle of a user, and includes: an object information detecting unit configured to detect object information representing an object around the user; a relevance degree calculating unit configured to calculate a relevance degree of the user to the object, using the object information; an appearance information extracting unit configured to extract appearance information from the object information, and add the relevance degree to the extracted appearance information, the appearance information representing an appearance of the object; and a lifestyle database which stores the appearance information to which the relevance degree has been added, as the information for determining the lifestyle of the user. | 08-25-2011 |
20110209066 | VIEWING TERMINAL APPARATUS, VIEWING STATISTICS-GATHERING APPARATUS, VIEWING STATISTICS-PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND VIEWING STATISTICS-PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a viewing terminal apparatus that can present an appropriate result of statistics on viewing of a content for diversified viewing modes. The viewing terminal apparatus includes: a category determining unit that determines, as a viewer category, a relationship between viewers who are viewing a content displayed on a display; a transmitting unit that transmits, to the viewing statistics-gathering apparatus, first viewing status information indicating the content that is being viewed by the viewers and the viewer category determined by the category determining unit, the content being associated with the viewer category; and a viewing statistics presenting unit that obtains viewing statistics information from the viewing statistics-gathering apparatus, and presents a result of statistics that is (i) indicated by the obtained viewing statistics information and (ii) a result of statistics on viewing of a content only by viewers who belong to a predetermined viewer category. | 08-25-2011 |
20120020505 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing apparatus and signal processing method capable of correctly detecting that a conversation is established even in a daily environment are provided. In signal processing apparatus ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120063620 | HEARING AID APPARATUS - A call other than a conversion partner call and various sounds are detected by input audio signals from plural microphones without deteriorating a voice recognition precision. A hearing aid apparatus according to the present invention corrects a frequency characteristic of the call voice other than the conversation partner voice based on an arrival direction of the call voice other than the conversation partner voice, which is estimated based on the audio signal converted by the plural microphones, checks a call word standard pattern representing features of a phoneme and a syllabic sound based on other voice data picked up by using the microphones having one characteristic against a call voice other than the conversation partner voice in which the frequency characteristic is corrected by the frequency characteristic correction processing unit to determine whether the call voice is a call word, and forms a directivity in the direction other than the arrival direction of the voice of the conversation partner. Then, the hearing aid apparatus according to the present invention corrects the frequency characteristic of the call voice other than the conversation partner voice so as to provide the same characteristic as that of the microphones at the time of creating the audio standard pattern. | 03-15-2012 |
20120128186 | CONVERSATION DETECTION APPARATUS, HEARING AID, AND CONVERSATION DETECTION METHOD - A conversation detection apparatus uses a head-mounted microphone array to accurately determine whether a speaker in front is a conversing person or not. A conversation detection apparatus ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120128187 | HEARING AID, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided are a hearing aid, signal processing method, and program that enable TV sound to be made easier for a hearing aid user to hear when wishing to watch TV, and a person's voice to be made easier to hear when wishing to converse with that person. A hearing aid ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120189147 | SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS, SOUND PROCESSING METHOD AND HEARING AID - By using output signals from a plurality of omnidirectional microphones, respectively, the sound processing apparatus outputs a first directivity signal in which the main axis of directivity is formed in the direction of the utterer and outputs a second directivity signal in which the dead zone of directivity is formed in the direction of the utterer. The sound processing apparatus calculates the level of the first directivity signal and the level of the second directivity signal, and determines the distance to the utterer based on the level of the first directivity signal and the level of the second directivity signal. The sound processing apparatus derives a gain to be given to the first directivity signal according to the result of the determination and controls the level of the first directivity signal by using the gain. | 07-26-2012 |
20120283598 | PHYSIOLOGICAL SOUND EXAMINATION DEVICE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SOUND EXAMINATION METHOD - A physiological sound examination device which supports estimation of a state of a living body includes: a first physiological sound measurement unit; a second physiological sound measurement unit; a power ratio calculation unit which calculates a power ratio which is a ratio of first physiological sound signal power to second physiological sound signal power; an illness-related gain calculation unit which calculates a transfer-characteristic of the physiological sound in the living body by computing the power ratio; a power calculation unit which calculates first power which is the second physiological sound signal power in a first frequency band; and an illness-related high frequency power ratio calculation unit which calculates a sound-source-characteristic of the physiological sound by computing the first power. The computing is performed to reduce an influence of the respiratory flow velocity and/or the size of the living body. | 11-08-2012 |
20130144622 | SPEECH PROCESSING DEVICE AND SPEECH PROCESSING METHOD - A speech processing device which can accurately extract a conversation group from among a plurality of speakers, even when a conversation group formed of three or more people is present. This device ( | 06-06-2013 |
20130158435 | BIOACOUSTIC PROCESSING APPARATUS AND BIOACOUSTIC PROCESSING METHOD - A bioacoustic processing apparatus capable of outputting information that represents the current state of attachment of a bioacoustic sensor. The bioacoustic processing apparatus ( | 06-20-2013 |
20130239033 | LIFESTYLE COLLECTING APPARATUS, USER INTERFACE DEVICE, AND LIFESTYLE COLLECTING METHOD - Provided is a lifestyle collecting apparatus that collects information for determining a lifestyle of a user, and includes: an object information detecting unit configured to detect object information representing an object around the user; a relevance degree calculating unit configured to calculate a relevance degree of the user to the object, using the object information; an appearance information extracting unit configured to extract appearance information from the object information, and add the relevance degree to the extracted appearance information, the appearance information representing an appearance of the object; and a lifestyle database which stores the appearance information to which the relevance degree has been added, as the information for determining the lifestyle of the user. | 09-12-2013 |
20130289982 | RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording medium is provided that records a separating step of separating a mixed sound signal in which a plurality of excitations are mixed into the respective excitations, and a step of performing speech detection on the plurality of separated excitation signals, judging whether or not the plurality of excitation signals are speech and generating speech section information indicating speech/non-speech information for each excitation signal. The recording medium also includes at least one of a step of calculating and analyzing an utterance overlap duration using the speech section information for combinations of the plurality of excitation signals and a step of calculating and analyzing a silence duration. The recording medium further includes a step of calculating a degree of establishment of a conversation indicating the degree of establishment of a conversation based on the extracted utterance overlap duration or the silence duration. | 10-31-2013 |
20140012576 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A signal processing method includes separating a mixed sound signal in which a plurality of excitations are mixed into the respective excitations, and performing speech detection on the plurality of separated excitation signals, judging whether or not the plurality of excitation signals are speech and generating speech section information indicating speech/non-speech information for each excitation signal. The signal processing signal also includes at least one of calculating and analyzing an utterance overlap duration using the speech section information for combinations of the plurality of excitation signals and of calculating and analyzing a silence duration. The signal processing signal further includes calculating a degree of establishment of a conversation indicating the degree of establishment of a conversation based on the extracted utterance overlap duration or the silence duration. | 01-09-2014 |
20140243697 | RESPIRATORY PHASE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, RESPIRATORY PHASE DETERMINATION METHOD AND RESPIRATORY PHASE DETERMINATION PROGRAM - Disclosed is a respiratory phase determination apparatus enabling a respiratory phase determination robust to personal differences in respiration among subjects and fluctuations in respiration of subjects in person without any need for calibration. The apparatus includes a first period feature value extraction section that extracts a first period feature value representing a feature of a first breath sound in a respiratory period, a second period feature value extraction section that extracts a second period feature value representing a feature of a second breath sound in the respiratory period, a feature value relativization/combining section that relativizes the first and the second period feature values and calculates a combined feature value, and a respiratory phase determination section that compares combined feature values of two neighboring respiratory periods and determines whether the two respiratory periods are each an inspiratory phase or expiratory phase based on the comparison result and a predetermined datum. | 08-28-2014 |
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20080236736 | Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming System, Paper Feeding Apparatus, Image Recording Medium, And Method Of Manufacturing Image Recording Medium - A recording medium is conveyed through a conveyer path. A recording-medium selecting unit selects either one of a non-transparent recording medium and a transparent recording medium, and conveys a selected recording medium to the conveyer path. An image selecting unit selects an image to be formed on the recording medium from among an original image and a reversed image obtained by reversing the original image. A control unit controls, based on a control signal, the recording-medium selecting unit and the image selecting unit. | 10-02-2008 |
20110008081 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed cleaning device for removing adhering matter from a surface of a member subject to cleaning includes a belt-shaped film member arranged in a stretched configuration capable of being wound or endlessly move in a direction opposite to a surface movement direction of the member subject to cleaning while being in contact with the surface of the member subject to cleaning, and a cleaning blade configured to abut on the surface of the member subject to cleaning via the belt-shaped film member at a position where the belt-shaped film member is brought into contact with the member subject to cleaning. | 01-13-2011 |
20110217099 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus - A disclosed fixing device for fixing resin particles softened by applying a foam fixer thereon to a recording medium includes a foam fixer generator unit to introduce air bubbles into a liquid fixer containing a softener for softening the resin particles by dissolving or swelling a part of the resin particles to generate the foam fixer, a fixer application member to be brought into contact with a facing member facing the fixer application member to form an application nip and transfer the generated foam fixer to the application nip by moving its surface while carrying the foam fixer to apply the foam fixer to a surface of the recording medium carrying the resin particles at the application nip, and a foam accumulation detector unit to detect a foam accumulation formed of the foam fixer accumulated at an entrance side of the application nip. | 09-08-2011 |
20110222924 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus - A fixing device includes a foam fixer generator unit generating a foam fixer containing a softener softening toner by dissolving or swelling part of resin of the toner, an application roller carrying and transferring the foam fixer onto a recording sheet, a pressure roller applying pressure to a toner image on the recording sheet via the foam fixer on the application roller to fix the toner image on the recording sheet, a cleaning device removing residual components remaining on the application roller, a recording sheet detector unit detecting presence or absence of the recording sheet, a remover unit being in contact with and separated from the application roller to remove the foam fixer on the application roller, and a control unit controlling the contact-separation operation of the remover unit based on a detected result of a front end and/or a rear end of the recording sheet. | 09-15-2011 |
20110275015 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FIXING METHOD - A disclosed fixing device applying a bubble-like fixing liquid to resin-containing particles adhered to a medium so that the resin-containing particles are fixed to the medium, the bubble-like fixing liquid being formed by transforming a fixing liquid into foam that dissolves or swells at least a part of the resin, includes a control device that, based on a difference between a moisture content included in the medium after fixing and a target value of the moisture content, adjusts an application amount of the fixing liquid for a next medium. | 11-10-2011 |
20120301193 | FIXING DEVICE, FIXING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A fixing device for applying a foam fixing agent to particles including resin resting on a medium to fix the particles including resin onto the medium. The foam fixing agent includes a softener for softening the particles including resin by dissolving or swelling at least part of the resin. The fixing device includes a first foam fixing agent generating unit that generates a first foam fixing agent from a fixing agent; a second foam fixing agent generating unit that generates a second foam fixing agent from the fixing agent, the second foam fixing agent having a lower density than the first foam fixing agent; and a foam application member on which a first film formed with the first foam fixing agent and a second film formed with the second foam fixing agent are formed. | 11-29-2012 |
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20090052797 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD RECORDED THEREON - A method and apparatus to remove color noise included in raw data while effectively preventing image quality degradation. For Interest pixels serially set onto a mosaic image formed of raw data, conversion is executed into a pixel value for noise removal based on a processing reference pixel value having a unified color signal component in each interest pixel, noise is removed from the pixel value for noise removal, and the pixel value for noise removal with noise removed is converted into the source pixel value, whereby only color noise can be removed without affecting a luminance signal. | 02-26-2009 |
20090135265 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CONTROL PROGRAM, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image pickup apparatus performing moving-image data processing and still-image data processing in parallel includes an image pickup unit converting a ray into an electric signal and outputting an image pickup signal, a buffer unit temporarily storing the image pickup signal, a buffer controller controlling reading from the buffer unit, a first signal processing unit outputting a first transmission request, performing processing on the image pickup signal every frame timing in response to the first transmission request, and outputting moving-image data, and a second signal processing unit outputting a second transmission request, performing processing on the image pickup signal in response to the second transmission request at a predetermined timing, and outputting still-image data. The buffer controller determines whether it is possible that the image pickup signal is read without deteriorating continuity based on a data storage state of the buffer unit and the first and second transmission requests. | 05-28-2009 |
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20110031466 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a semiconductor memory device, including: a first electrode formed on a substrate; an ion source layer formed on an upper layer of the first electrode; and a second electrode formed on an upper layer of the ion source layer. Resistance change type memory cells in each of which either a surface of the first electrode or a surface of the ion source layer is oxidized to form a resistance change type memory layer in an interface between the first electrode and the ion source interface are arranged in a array. | 02-10-2011 |
20110155987 | MEMORY ELEMENT AND MEMORY DEVICE - A memory element capable of simultaneously satisfying the number of repeating operation times and a low-voltage operation characteristic which are in a tradeoff relation is provided. The memory element has a high-resistivity layer and an ion source layer between a bottom electrode and a top electrode. The high-resistivity layer is made of an oxide containing Te. Any of elements other than Te such as Al, Zr, Ta, Hf, Si, Ge, Ni, Co, Cu, and Au may be added. In the case of adding Al to Te and also adding Cu and Zr, the composition ratio of the high-resistivity layer is preferably adjusted in the ranges of 30≦Te≦100 atomic %, 0≦Al≦70 atomic %, and 0≦Cu+Zr≦36 atomic % except for oxygen. The ion source layer is made of at least one kind of metal elements and at least one kind of chalcogen elements of Te, S, and Se. | 06-30-2011 |
20120008370 | MEMORY ELEMENT AND MEMORY DEVICE - A memory element and a memory device with improved controllability over resistance change by applied voltage are provided. The memory element includes a first electrode, a memory layer, and a second electrode in this order. The memory layer includes a resistance change layer provided on the first electrode side, and an ion source layer provided on the second electrode side and is higher in resistance value than the resistance change layer. A resistance value of the resistance change layer is changeable in response to a composition change by applied voltage to the first and second electrodes | 01-12-2012 |
20130256626 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a semiconductor memory device, including: a first electrode formed on a substrate; an ion source layer formed on an upper layer of the first electrode; and a second electrode formed on an upper layer of the ion source layer. Resistance change type memory cells in each of which either a surface of the first electrode or a surface of the ion source layer is oxidized to form a resistance change type memory layer in an interface between the first electrode and the ion source interface are arranged in a array. | 10-03-2013 |
20140008600 | MEMORY ELEMENT AND MEMORY DEVICE - A memory element capable of simultaneously satisfying the number of repeating operation times and a low-voltage operation characteristic which are in a tradeoff relation is provided. The memory element has a high-resistivity layer and an ion source layer between a bottom electrode and a top electrode. The high-resistivity layer is made of an oxide containing Te. Any of elements other than Te such as Al, Zr, Ta, Hf, Si, Ge, Ni, Co, Cu, and Au may be added. In the case of adding Al to Te and also adding Cu and Zr, the composition ratio of the high-resistivity layer is preferably adjusted in the ranges of 30≦Te≦100 atomic %, 0≦Al ≦70 atomic %, and 0≦Cu+Zr≦36 atomic % except for oxygen. The ion source layer is made of at least one kind of metal elements and at least one kind of chalcogen elements of Te, S, and Se. | 01-09-2014 |
20140021434 | MEMORY ELEMENT AND MEMORY DEVICE - A memory element and a memory device, the memory element including a first electrode, a memory layer, and a second electrode in this order. The memory layer includes a resistance change layer provided on the first electrode side, and an ion source layer provided on the second electrode side and is higher in resistance value than the resistance change layer. A resistance value of the resistance change layer is changeable in response to a composition change by applied voltage to the first and second electrodes | 01-23-2014 |
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20080263240 | Transfer apparatus, transfer system, program, and transfer method - Disclosed herein is a transfer apparatus including, a connection status detection block, a storage status detection block, a no-operation status detection block, and a transfer block. | 10-23-2008 |
20080291221 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an acquisition unit that obtains from a terminal device equipped with a display screen attribute information including information indicating the directionality of the display screen, a detection unit that detects the size of a input image, an adjustment unit that adjusts the size of the input image so as to align the direction along which the longer side of the input image extends with the direction along which the longer side of the display screen extends based upon the information indicating the directionality of the display screen included in the attribute information, and a transfer unit that transfers the input image with the adjusted size to the terminal device. | 11-27-2008 |
20100080458 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus and a method for efficiently executing correction of false color, such as purple fringe, caused by chromatic aberration and for generating and outputting high-quality image data are provided. A white-saturated pixel is detected from image data, a false-color-pixel detection area is set around the detected white-saturated pixel, and pixels having color corresponding to false color such as purple fringe are detected from the set area. The detected pixels are determined as false-color pixels and correction processing based on the values of the surrounding pixels is performed on the determined false-color pixels. With this configuration, an area of false color such as purple fringe generated in the neighborhood of a white-saturated pixel can be efficiently detected, pixel values can be partially corrected, and high-quality image data can be generated and output without affecting the entire image. | 04-01-2010 |
20110280479 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus and a method for efficiently executing correction of false color, such as purple fringe, caused by chromatic aberration and for generating and outputting high-quality image data are provided. A white-saturated pixel is detected from image data, a false-color-pixel detection area is set around the detected white-saturated pixel, and pixels having color corresponding to false color such as purple fringe are detected from the set area. The detected pixels are determined as false-color pixels and correction processing based on the values of the surrounding pixels is performed on the determined false-color pixels. With this configuration, an area of false color such as purple fringe generated in the neighborhood of a white-saturated pixel can be efficiently detected, pixel values can be partially corrected, and high-quality image data can be generated and output without affecting the entire image. | 11-17-2011 |
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20100264409 | MOLECULAR DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, PHOTOSENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A molecular device includes a gold electrode, cytochrome c552 or a derivative or variant thereof immobilized on the gold electrode, and an electron transfer protein coupled to the cytochrome c552 or the derivative or variant thereof. Electrons or holes, or both, are transferred through the electron transfer protein by transition of electrons between molecular orbitals of the electron transfer protein. | 10-21-2010 |
20110212503 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING HEAT-RESISTANT TYROSINE-DEPENDENT SHORT-CHAIN DEHYDROGENASE/REDUCTASE AND HEAT-RESISTANT TYROSINE-DEPENDENT SHORT-CHAIN DEHYDROGENASE/REDUCTASE - A method for designing a heat-resistant mutant enzyme, the method including the step of reducing a distance between the α4 helix and the α6 helix in a protein three-dimensional structure to become smaller than that of a wild type enzyme through deletion, replacement, addition, or insertion of one or several amino acids in the amino acid sequence of the wild type enzyme with respect to tyrosine-dependent short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase. | 09-01-2011 |
20110236771 | MUTANT GLUCONATE DEHYDROGENASE - The present disclosure provides a mutant gluconate dehydrogenase whose enzyme activity and/or heat resistance is a predetermined level or higher. The mutant gluconate dehydrogenase is made by an amino acid sequence obtained by deleting, substituting, adding or inserting one or plural amino acids in an amino acid sequence represented by sequence number 1. The mutant gluconate dehydrogenase displays enzyme activity which is equal to or higher than 120% of a wild-type gluconate dehydrogenase made by an amino acid sequence represented by sequence number 1, and/or displays residual enzyme activity after heat treatment under predetermined conditions, which is equal to or higher than 20% of the enzyme activity before the heat treatment. | 09-29-2011 |
20120012823 | COLOR IMAGING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PHOTOSENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PHOTOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A color imaging element, a photosensor and a photoelectric transducer which use a protein and are capable of being stably used for a long time, and methods of manufacturing them are provided. A zinc-substituted cytochrome c552 is immobilized on a gold electrode with a self-assembled monolayer in between to form a blue-light photoelectric transducer. Alternatively, a cytochrome c552 is immobilized on a gold electrode with a self-assembled monolayer in between, and a fluorescent protein absorbing blue light is bonded to the cytochrome c552, thereby forming a blue-light photoelectric transducer. These photoelectric transducers each are used as a color imaging element or a blue-light photoelectric transducer of a photosensor. | 01-19-2012 |
20120103798 | PROTEIN-IMMOBILIZED ELECTRODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In one example embodiment, a protein-immobilized electrode is stably used for long time. In one example embodiment, a method of manufacturing the protein-immobilized electrode includes immobilizing cytochrome c552 having high stability to a chemically-stable gold electrode while maintaining electron transfer capability of the cytochrome c552. In one example embodiment, a self-assembled monolayer is formed on a gold electrode by using hydrophobic thiol and hydrophilic thiol. By dipping the gold electrode on which the self-assembled monolayer is formed in a cytochrome c552 solution, a protein-immobilized electrode in which a cytochrome c552 is immobilized to the gold electrode with the self-assembled monolayer in between is produced. | 05-03-2012 |
20120138770 | NON-WETTED ALL SOLID PROTEIN PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A non-wetted all solid protein photoelectric conversion device that is able to be operated without existence of a liquid such as water inside and outside of the device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The non-wetted all solid protein photoelectric conversion device has a structure in which a solid protein layer composed of an electron transfer protein is sandwiched between an electrode and an electrode. The solid protein layer is immobilized onto the electrodes and. The solid protein layer does not contain a liquid such as water. The solid protein layer is composed of a monomolecular film or a multimolecular film of the electron transfer protein. | 06-07-2012 |
20120141831 | MULTILAYER TRANSPARENT LIGHT-RECEIVING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A multilayer transparent light-receiving device with significantly high photoresponsive speed that is easily manufactured, and a high-performance electronic device using the multilayer transparent light-receiving device are provided. The multilayer transparent light-receiving device is composed by laminating a plurality of protein transparent light-receiving elements using an electron transfer protein. The protein transparent light-receiving element has a structure in which a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode, an electron transfer protein layer, an electrolyte layer, and a transparent counter electrode are sequentially laminated. The multilayer transparent light-receiving device is used as a light-receiving device for a camera, an optical disc system and the like. | 06-07-2012 |
20120181517 | PROTEIN PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, PROTEIN PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM MANUFACTURING METHOD AND PROTEIN-IMMOBILIZED ELECTRODE - A protein photoelectric conversion device including a gold electrode; and a substance selected from the group consisting of a metal-substituted cytochrome b | 07-19-2012 |
20120228587 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR A PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR A SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, PHOTOCONDUCTOR, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR A PHOTOCONDUCTOR AND MULTILAYER TRANSPARENT PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - Provided is a photoelectric conversion element including a photoconductor containing a complex of a conductive polymer and/or polymer semiconductor and a protein containing at least one dye having a long-lived excited state. | 09-13-2012 |
20120277414 | PROTEIN PHOTOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER AND TIN-SUBSTITUTED CYTOCHROME c - There are provided a novel protein which has extremely high stability with respect to light irradiation, and is capable of maintaining a photoelectric conversion function for a long time, and a protein photoelectric transducer which uses the protein, and is capable of being stably used for a long time. A tin-substituted horse-heart cytochrome c is obtained by substituting tin for iron as a central metal of a heme of a horse-heart cytochrome c. A tin-substituted bovine-heart cytochrome c is obtained by substituting tin for iron as a central metal of a heme of a bovine-heart cytochrome c. A protein made of the tin-substituted horse-heart cytochrome c or the tin-substituted bovine-heart cytochrome c is immobilized on an electrode to form a protein-immobilized electrode. A protein photoelectric transducer is formed with use of the protein-immobilized electrode. | 11-01-2012 |
20120313867 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - Provided is a thin three-dimensional interactive display which enables multi-touch sensing and three-dimensional gesture recognition. The three-dimensional interactive display includes a light source for irradiating an object to be detected with a light, a light modulation layer, into which a scattered light generated by irradiating the object with the light from the light source enters, at least for modulating an intensity of the scattered light, a transparent light-receiving layer for receiving the light transmitted through the light modulation layer, and a display panel or a back light panel disposed on the opposite side of the transparent light-receiving layer from the light modulation layer. The transparent light-receiving layer has a two-dimensional array of light-receiving elements. | 12-13-2012 |
20140183487 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PROTEIN SEMICONDUCTOR, PROTEIN SEMICONDUCTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PN JUNCTION, PN JUNCTION, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONDUCTIVITY TYPE OF PROTEIN SEMICONDUCTOR - A conductivity type of a protein semiconductor is controlled by controlling total amount of charge in amino acid residues, a p-type protein semiconductor or an n-type protein semiconductor is manufactured, and a pn junction is manufactured using the p-type protein semiconductor and the n-type protein semiconductor. The total amount of charge in amino acid residues is controlled by substituting one or more of an acidic amino acid residue, a basic amino acid residue, and a neutral amino acid residue, which are contained in protein, with an amino acid residue having different properties, chemically modifying one or more of an acidic amino acid residue, a basic amino acid residue, and a neutral amino acid residue, which are contained in the protein, or controlling polarity of a medium surrounding the protein. | 07-03-2014 |
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20100087730 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A velocity-image creating unit creates a velocity image that indicates a distribution of velocity components with respect to each of a plurality of images obtained by repeating a plurality of number of times Echo Planar Imaging (EPI) that is capable of obtaining velocity components of a Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) flowing inside a subject. A velocity-variance image creating unit calculates variance of velocity components along the time sequence by same position on velocity images by using a plurality of created velocity images. A superimposed-image processing unit then superimposes the distribution of the variance of the velocity components according to the velocity-variance image on an average absolute-value image, and an image display unit displays a superimposed image. | 04-08-2010 |
20120136176 | CATALYST FOR ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICALLY ACTIVE CARBONYL COMPOUND USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a catalyst used for manufacturing an optically active carbonyl compound by selective asymmetric hydrogenation of an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound, which is insoluble in a reaction mixture, and a method for manufacturing the corresponding optically active carbonyl compound. Particularly, the invention provides a catalyst for obtaining an optically active citronellal useful as a flavor or fragrance, by selective asymmetric hydrogenation of citral, geranial or neral. The invention relates to a catalyst for asymmetric hydrogenation of an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound, which comprises: a powder of at least one metal selected from metals belonging to Group 8 to Group 10 of the Periodic Table, or a metal-supported substance in which the at least one metal is supported on a support; an optically active peptide compound; and an acid, and also relates to a method for manufacturing an optically active carbonyl compound using the same. | 05-31-2012 |
20120302871 | DETERMINING VELOCITY OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - A velocity-image creating unit creates a velocity image that indicates a distribution of velocity components with respect to each of a plurality of images obtained by repeating a plurality of number of times Echo Planar Imaging (EPI) that is capable of obtaining velocity components of a Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) flowing inside a subject. A velocity-variance image creating unit calculates variance of velocity components along the time sequence by same position on velocity images by using a plurality of created velocity images. A superimposed-image processing unit then superimposes the distribution of the variance of the velocity components according to the velocity-variance image on an average absolute-value image, and an image display unit displays a superimposed image. | 11-29-2012 |
20130217895 | CATALYST FOR ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICALLY ACTIVE CARBONYL COMPOUND USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a catalyst used for manufacturing an optically active carbonyl compound by selective asymmetric hydrogenation of an α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compound, which is insoluble in a reaction mixture, and a method for manufacturing the corresponding optically active carbonyl compound. Particularly, the invention provides a catalyst for obtaining an optically active citronellal useful as a flavor or fragrance, by selective asymmetric hydrogenation of citral, geranial or neral. The invention relates to a catalyst for asymmetric hydrogenation of an α, β-unsaturated carbonyl compound, which comprises: a powder of at least one metal selected from metals belonging to Group 8 to Group 10 of the Periodic Table, or a metal-supported substance in which the at least one metal is supported on a support; an optically active cyclic nitrogen-containing compound; and an acid, and also relates to a method for manufacturing an optically active carbonyl compound using the same. | 08-22-2013 |
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20090061333 | CARRIER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND DEVELOPER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, METHOD OF FORMING AN IMAGE, DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A carrier for developing an electrostatic latent image includes carrier particles, and the carrier particles include magnetic particles and a coating layer coating the surfaces of the magnetic particles. The BET specific surface area of the magnetic particles is 0.1300 m | 03-05-2009 |
20090067894 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus comprising at least an image holding member, an charging unit, a latent image forming unit, a developing unit, an intermediate transfer belt, a primary transfer unit, a secondary transfer unit, a fixing unit, and a cleaning unit, wherein a surface hardness of a side, of the intermediate transfer belt, contacting with the image holding member being 10 to 30, a carrier in the developer having at least two resin-coated layers on a surface of a core material containing ferrite, and the core material having a surface roughness Sm of 2.0 μm or less, a surface roughness Ra of 0.1 μm or more, and an average a circularity degree of 0.975 to 1.000. | 03-12-2009 |
20090109448 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING CARRIER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic charge image developing carrier includes: a magnetic particle; and a resin coating layer that covers a surface of the magnetic particle with a resin, the resin coating layer containing an acid having a cyclic diterpene structure and either of carbon black or nigrosine dispersed therein. | 04-30-2009 |
20090111042 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic charge image developer includes a toner containing an external additive and a carrier comprising a resin-coated layer formed on a surface of a core material. The average shape factor SF1 of the toner is from 125 to 135, the number of particles having shape factor SF1 of less than 125 is from 5% to 30% by number with respect to the total number of toner particles, the number of particles having shape factor SF1 of greater than 135 is from 5% to 30% by number with respect to the total number of toner particles, the scratch line width in a scratch strength test of the resin used in the resin-coated layer is from 80 μm to 200 μm, and the scratch depth is from 60 μm to 150 μm. | 04-30-2009 |
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20090040694 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A power switch and connector that are conventionally included in a body are formed in spaces created at the outer ends of the shafts of hinges other than the body and a display, whereby the body is thinned. Electronic device comprises a body, a display, and a hinge that joins the body and display so that they can be freely opened or closed. A power switch is formed at an end of the shaft of the hinge. Furthermore, the electronic device comprises the body, the display, and another hinge that joins the body and display so that they can be freely opened or closed. A port of a connector opens at an end of the shaft of the hinge. | 02-12-2009 |
20090040707 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A power switch and connector that are conventionally included in a body are formed in spaces created at the outer ends of the shafts of hinges other than the body and a display, whereby the body is thinned. Electronic device comprises a body, a display, and a hinge that joins the body and display so that they can be freely opened or closed. A power switch is formed at an end of the shaft of the hinge. Furthermore, the electronic device comprises the body, the display, and another hinge that joins the body and display so that they can be freely opened or closed. A port of a connector opens at an end of the shaft of the hinge. | 02-12-2009 |
20090232250 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECEIVER AND RECEPTION METHOD - A communication system includes: a transmitter adapted to transmit a synchronizing clock and serial data synchronous with the synchronizing clock over a line at low amplitude; and a receiver adapted to receive the serial data and synchronizing clock from the transmitter. The receiver includes an amplifier adapted to amplify the received synchronizing clock of low amplitude to restore the clock to its original amplitude, a latched comparator adapted to latch the received serial data in synchronism with a reproduction clock, and a phase-locked circuit. | 09-17-2009 |
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20080246970 | SENSOR DEVICE AND TESTING METHOD UTILIZING LOCALIZED PLASMON RESONANCE - A sensor device is formed from a metal film having a plurality of openings, a sensor material positioned within each of the openings, a light source that emits light having a first wavelength, and a light detector that detects light emitted from the light source and transmitted through or reflected from the openings. The plurality of openings are arranged periodically in a first direction in the metal film, and both a size of each of the plurality of openings and an interval thereof in the first direction are equal to or less than the wavelength of the light. | 10-09-2008 |
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20140153993 | TRANSPORT DEVICE, TRANSPORT METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A transport device includes a transport unit that transports a paper sheet, a cutter unit that cuts the paper sheet, and a controller that, when transport of the paper sheet in the vicinity of the cutter unit is to be halted, controls the transport unit so that the transport unit transports the paper sheet by a longer travel when a specified length of the paper sheet is shorter than a threshold length than when the specified length of the paper sheet is longer than the threshold length. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153994 | TRANSPORT DEVICE, TRANSPORT METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A transport device includes a transport unit that transports a paper sheet, a cutter unit that cuts the paper sheet, and a controller that, when transport of the paper sheet is to be halted, controls the transport unit so that the transport unit halts an ideal cut line of the paper sheet corresponding to a specified length of the paper sheet at a more upstream side in a direction of the transport of the paper sheet when a specified length of the paper sheet is shorter than a threshold length than when the specified length of the paper sheet is longer than the threshold length. | 06-05-2014 |
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20090061132 | CONTAINER FORMED BY STRETCH FORMING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A stretch-formed container having a layer comprising a blend of an ethylene terephthalate type polyester resin and another material, characterized in that the layer comprising the blend has a dispersion structure composed of a continuous phase comprising the ethylene terephthalate type polyester resin and a dispersed phase comprising the other material and that at least the container body part has a tan δ maximum temperature of 115° C. or lower in a dynamic viscoelasticity examination. Due to the constitution, even when the mechanical stretching rate reaches a limit, strain hardening effectively occurs. Thus, a stretch-formed container of a polyester resin can be provided which has both of excellent heat resistance attributable to high-temperature stretching and a stretch balance attributable to strain hardening. | 03-05-2009 |
20100104785 | BIAXIALLY STRETCH BLOW-MOLDED CONTAINER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A biaxially stretch blow-molded container having a layer of a trimethylene naphthalate type polyester resin, wherein the layer of the trimethylene naphthalate type polyester resin in at least the container body portion satisfies either one or both of:
| 04-29-2010 |
20100129577 | MULTI-LAYER POLYESTER CONTAINER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A multi-layer polyester container comprising inner and outer layers of a polyester resin and at least one intermediate layer of a functional resin or a functional resin composition, wherein a difference of tan δ of the inner polyester layer at 80° C. and 60° C. is 0.035 or less in the measurement of the dynamic viscoelasticity (DMS) thereof at 0.5 Hz. Even when the functional resin or the functional resin composition having a large draw stress is used as an intermediate layer, therefore, excellent transparency is obtained while effectively exhibiting the function such as barrier property possessed by the functional resin or the functional resin composition. | 05-27-2010 |
20130284617 | OXYGEN-ABSORBING RESIN COMPOSITION - To provide an oxygen-absorbing polyester resin composition which exhibits excellent oxygen-absorbing capability even in the absence of transition metal catalyst without affected by the glass transition temperature of a polyester resin that is contained as a base resin. | 10-31-2013 |
20140127441 | ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE TYPE POLYESTER RESIN FOR FORMING CONTAINERS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - An ethylene terephthalate type polyester resin for forming containers, having an intrinsic viscosity in a range of 0.80 to 0.90 dL/g, containing copolymerizable components other than the ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid in an amount of less than 1.5 mol %, containing monohydroxyethyl terephthalate and bishydroxyethyl terephthalate in a total amount of less than 0.005% by weight, and having a heat of fusion of not more than 50 J/g and a crystallinity of less than 60%. | 05-08-2014 |
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