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20100006094 | INHALER - An inhaler includes an inhaler body having an ejection head and an airflow duct forming member for forming an airflow duct on the inhaler body. In an inhalation standby status, the airflow duct forming member is driven to slide so as to be placed at rest on the inhaler body to partly cover the top part of the latter by means of a slide mechanism and make the airflow duct disappear. At this time, the top wall of the airflow duct forming member covers the ejection head to shield it from external air. In an inhalation status, the airflow duct forming member is driven to slide up and produce an airflow duct on the inhaler body. Thus, a compact inhaler that can be switched from an inhalation status to an inhalation standby status and vice versa with ease is realized. | 01-14-2010 |
20100282254 | DRUG EJECTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A drug ejecting apparatus comprises a drug ejection apparatus which has an ejection port and an element which generates energy for ejecting a drug from the ejection port; a drug containing unit which is connected to the drug ejection apparatus, and contains the drug; a movable wall which is attached to an end of the drug containing unit, and is displaced by difference between pressures from the inside and outside of the drug containing unit; and a control unit which displaces the movable wall, wherein the drug ejection apparatus is filled with the drug, and inside pressure of the drug containing unit is made into a negative pressure state in advance of ejecting of the drug, by displacing the movable wall by the control unit. | 11-11-2010 |
20110297146 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD TO BE USED FOR INHALER AND INHALER - A liquid ejection head has a plurality of liquid ejection ports | 12-08-2011 |
20110303222 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND INHALER - The present invention provides a liquid ejection head that includes a plurality of rows of liquid ejection ports | 12-15-2011 |
20130113340 | VIBRATION WAVE MOTOR - Provided is a vibration wave motor including: a vibration member having an elastic body joined with a electric-mechanical energy converter; and a moving member contacting the vibration member, the vibration member and the moving member being annularly formed, the vibration wave motor frictionally driving the moving member by a motion generated at a contacting portion with the moving member of the vibration member upon application of an AC signal to the electric-mechanical energy converter. The vibration wave motor includes a centrifugal fan provided at an outer peripheral portion and/or an inner peripheral portion of a circular ring formed of the vibration member and the moving member, and the centrifugal fan rotates integrally with the moving member. | 05-09-2013 |
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20090172168 | PROGRAM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING SERVERS TO TARGET SYSTEM - Server management data describes observed operating condition of a pool of spare servers. Based on a demand forecast of a specific target system, a dynamic allocation period is determined as a period during which the target system needs additional server resources to handle an expected demand. Based on the dynamic allocation period and server management data, a set of allocation candidates are nominated from the spare server pool, by eliminating therefrom spare servers which are likely to fail during the dynamic allocation period. An appropriate allocation candidate is then selected for allocation to the target system, such that the selected candidate will satisfy a specified requirement during its allocation period. | 07-02-2009 |
20090299936 | POLICY CREATING APPARATUS, POLICY CREATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A policy integrity validating unit validates whether a system model can achieve an objective set up in a policy without violating a constraint set up in the policy when a system model is operated according to a procedure set up in the policy. When the policy integrity validating unit determines that there is no integrity between a policy created by a system administrator and the system model, an alternate policy creating unit creates an alternate policy that replaces the policy created by the system administrator. Upon receipt of the alternate policy, the policy integrity validating unit validates integrity between the alternate policy and the system model. When the policy integrity validating unit determines that there is integrity between the alternate policy and the system model, a policy creating apparatus presents the alternate policy to the system administrator. | 12-03-2009 |
20100057935 | RECORD MEDIUM WITH A LOAD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON, LOAD DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND LOAD DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS - A record medium on which a load distribution program capable of dynamically determining a service providing server which can provide a service of high quality according to a place where a client is installed is recorded. A delay time determination section analyzes a request sent from a client, identifies a position on a network of the client, and determines processing delay time the client takes to receive a response from each data center on the basis of a communication path between the position of the client and a position on the network of each data center. An allocation determination section preferentially selects a data center which can provide a service to the client after shortest processing delay time as a recommended data center on the basis of the processing delay time determined by the delay time determination section. A service allocation section makes a server in the recommended data center provide the service to the client which outputted the request. | 03-04-2010 |
20100070422 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WORKFLOW DEFINITION ALTERATION - A computer readable storage medium has stored therein a workflow-definition alteration program. The workflow-definition alteration program is for presenting a workflow definition including process procedures, policies, and constraints. The workflow-definition alteration program causes a computer to execute a process which includes: receiving the process procedures, the policies, and the constraints; generating a state transition model for execution of workflows corresponding to the process procedures, by using the process procedures and the policies received; determining whether a constraint violation occurs when the workflows are executed, by using the state transition model generated and the constraints received; altering any one or some of the process procedures, the policies, and the constraints when it is determined in the determining that the constraint violation occurs; and presenting, when alteration is applied in the altering, a workflow definition including the process procedures, the policies, and the constraints applied with the alteration as an alternative workflow definition. | 03-18-2010 |
20100223386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE-ALLOCATION MANAGEMENT - A resource-allocation management method includes generating budget-allocation-plan information indicating how a budget used by each client for auction is allocated to each interval on the basis of demand-estimation information indicating an estimation value of the amount of resources each client needs for each interval and of budget-estimation information indicating an estimation value of a budget each client uses in an auction, and determining the upper limit of a budget each client uses in the auction on the basis of the budget-allocation-plan information. | 09-02-2010 |
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20090153933 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed optical scanning device includes a light source unit configured to emit a laser beam; an oscillating mirror configured to deflect the laser beam from the light source unit; a scanning/imaging optical system configured to focus the deflected laser beam on a target surface; and plural light-receiving elements configured to receive the laser beam in a scanning area of the laser beam, the position of the oscillating mirror being adjusted such that time intervals between output pulses in output signals of the respective light-receiving elements become substantially the same between the light-receiving elements and/or widths of the output pulses become substantially the same between the light-receiving elements. | 06-18-2009 |
20090231655 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning device includes a plurality of converging lenses and a plurality of supporting members. Each supporting member supports a corresponding one of the converging lenses. Moreover, the converging lenses are arranged so as to be out of alignment with one another in a main-scanning direction and are arranged in a row in a sub-scanning direction in such a manner that no converging lens interferes with supporting members that support other converging lenses. | 09-17-2009 |
20100091083 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical scanning device includes an optical housing in which a polygon mirror that is rotated by a motor is accommodated and an air inlet that includes a filter. An airflow guiding member is arranged at a position opposite to a surface of the polygon mirror on the air inlet side. An air inducing path is provided, which includes a first flowing path and a second flowing path. The first flowing path includes a first end linked to the air inlet and a second end arranged close to a mirror surface of the polygon mirror. The second flowing path is formed with a surface of the airflow guiding member on an opposite side of the air inlet and a top surface of the polygon mirror. | 04-15-2010 |
20140071410 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection apparatus includes a housing unit; a light source unit provided on the housing unit; an outer cover mounted on the housing unit; a second cover provided nearer to the light source unit than the outer cover; a first mounting member formed on the housing unit; a second mounting member formed on the outer cover and fixing the outer cover to the housing unit when mounted on the first mounting member; a displacement member movable to both a position where mounting of the second mounting member to the first mounting member is inhibited and a position where mounting of the second mounting member to the first mounting member is permitted; and a displacement control member that moves the displacement member to the position where the mounting of the second mounting member to the first mounting member is permitted when the second cover is correctly mounted. | 03-13-2014 |
20140072158 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An electronic device includes a speaker; a speaker holder that holds the speaker; a main unit on which the speaker holder is mounted; a first mounting part formed on the speaker; a second mounting part formed on the speaker holder; a first elastic part that engages with both the first and second mounting parts; a third mounting part formed on the speaker holder; a fourth mounting part formed on the main unit; and a second elastic part that engages with both the third and fourth mounting parts. The speaker and the main unit are provided in such a manner as not to come into contact with each other under the condition that the first and second mounting parts engage with the first elastic part, and the third and fourth mounting parts engage with the second elastic part. | 03-13-2014 |
20140118706 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE - An illumination optical system includes a lens unit that is arranged on a path of an emitted light to an image forming element for forming an image; a holding unit that holds the lens unit; and an elastic body that is attached to the holding unit, and has integrally-formed first and second parts, the first part being biased in a direction of an optical axis of the light to press the lens unit, and the second part being biased in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the optical axis to press the lens unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140132938 | AUTO-FOCUS DEVICE, PROJECTION LENS DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An auto-focus device includes: a light projection lens unit that projects light emitted from a light source unit, on a projection target surface; a light receiving unit that receives a diffusely-reflected light from the projection target surface; a light receiving lens unit that guides the diffusely-reflected light to the light receiving unit; a calculating unit that calculates a focal distance to the projection target surface from the diffusely-reflected light; a first holding unit that holds the light source unit, the light projection lens unit, and the light receiving lens unit; a second holding unit that holds the light receiving unit, and is mounted on the first holding unit; and a pressing unit that presses the second holding unit against the first holding unit. The second holding unit is configured to be displaceable on a surface of the first holding unit along a groove portion formed thereon. | 05-15-2014 |
20140374229 | SWITCH MECHANISM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There are provided a button section; a contact-type switch that is provided in each of a plurality of directions; a button contact area that is provided on the back surface of the button section and that is brought into contact with the switch; a cover section that covers the periphery of the button section; and a flange section that is provided on the outer periphery of the button section and that is in contact with the cover section so as to restrict the button section from being ejected from inside a chassis, wherein the flange section includes cutouts at positions that are opposed to each other with the switch and the center position of the button section interposed therebetween. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375964 | LIGHTING UNIT AND IMAGE PROJECTOR - A lighting unit and an image projector that cool a drive source that drives a color wheel favorably and prevents dust from collecting on the color wheel are provided. The lighting unit includes a color wheel that divides light from a light source into colors different from each other time-divisionally, a drive source that drives the color wheel such as a color motor, and an optical device that illuminates light that passes through the color wheel on an image generating device such as a DMD that generates a projection image. The lighting unit includes a cooling device that draws heat from the drive source to cool the drive source. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375966 | COOLING DEVICE, IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A cooling device includes a heat dissipating unit that is in contact with an object to be cooled and dissipates heat, and an air blowing unit that takes therein air and blows the air to the heat dissipating unit. The heat dissipating unit includes a first stage portion and a second stage portion that have a difference in level therebetween. The air blowing unit includes a first inlet port that takes therein air from outside, and an outlet port that exhausts the taken-in air. The first inlet port faces the first stage portion, and the outlet port faces the second stage portion. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375967 | COOLING STRUCTURE, IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COOLING DEVICE - A cooling structure includes: a heat releasing unit configured to include a plurality of fins and to release heat by contacting a first cooling target; and an air blowing unit configured to blow air to the heat releasing unit, wherein the heat releasing unit includes a first region and a second region in which intervals of the fins are smaller than those of the first region, and a second cooling target that is different from the first cooling target is positioned downstream relative to the first region in a flow path of the air, and the air that has passed through the first region blows on the second cooling target. | 12-25-2014 |
20150015851 | PROJECTOR - In a projector that includes a light source, an image forming unit, a projection optical unit, and a case to contain the light source, the image forming unit, the projection optical unit, and the power supply, takes outside air in through a first intake duct provided on the case, cools the power supply by circulating the taken outside air to the power supply circumventing the projection optical unit, and exhausts the air after cooling through an exhaust vent provided on the case. A second intake duct is provided nearby the power supply compared to the first intake duct, and the amount of outside air drawn into the case through the second intake duct is larger than the amount of outside air drawn into the case through the first intake duct. | 01-15-2015 |
20150029470 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection apparatus according to the present invention, includes: an air-intake port that takes in outside air for cooling the inside of a housing; a heater that is provided near the air-intake port and generates heat with supply of electric power; a temperature sensor that is provided next to the heater; and a controller that monitors a decrease in the flow velocity of outside air taken in through the air-intake port based on temperature values measured by the temperature sensor. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029471 | IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE - An image projection device includes: a centrifugal fan that sends air circulating through a casing to a light source; a heat generator that generates heat with supply of power and that is provided in the vicinity of an ejection port of the centrifugal fan; a temperature sensor that is provided to be adjacent to the heat generator; and a controller that monitors lowering of the velocity of the air, which is sent from the centrifugal fan, on the basis of the value of a temperature measured by the temperature sensor. | 01-29-2015 |
20150049311 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection apparatus includes: a grid portion provided on a housing of the apparatus and having a plurality of grids through which air flows in or out of the apparatus. The grid portion includes an edge portion of the grid portion, and a central portion of the grid portion, having a thickness thicker than a thickness of the edge portion of the grid portion. | 02-19-2015 |
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20090078040 | FLOW SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A flow sensor may be formed by bonding a sensor chip formed with a flow rate detecting part and a flow path-forming member that is provided on the sensor chip and is formed with a flow path for a fluid flowing in the flow rate detecting part to each other on the upper surface of a substrate. The flow path-forming member may be formed by bonding a transparent first flow path forming member and a second flow path-forming member to each other. The first flow path forming member has a plate shape, and is provided with an inflow port and a outflow port for the fluid to be measured, and the second flow path forming member has a plate shape, and is provided with a through hole that forms the flow path along the flow of the fluid flowing along the flow rate detecting part. | 03-26-2009 |
20110187675 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device includes an image display unit, a capacitance type touch panel that is disposed on the surface of the image display unit, and a signal processing unit that outputs to a control unit a position signal corresponding to a pressed position on the touch panel or a signal corresponding to the distance between the touch panel and a finger based on the capacitance between the touch panel and the finger. When the approach of the finger to the touch panel is detected, sensitivity is lowered and a menu button is displayed. When the finger moves while pressing the menu button, a menu area and a menu icon are displayed. Accordingly, it is easy to operate the touch panel which is applied to a vehicle-mounted apparatus and it is easy to see a display screen. | 08-04-2011 |
20110279391 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A vehicle-mounted device includes a storage device, an external input unit, a speaker, an image display unit, a touch panel, a control unit, a DVD/CD drive, a GPS, a vehicle speed sensor, and a gyroscope. The touch panel includes a finger rest area to reduce erroneous operation by a finger or hand of an operator due to vibration of the vehicle or other causes, and perform input intended by the operator even under a vehicle-mounted environment. The operator contacts the finger on the rest area thereby stabilizing his/her inputting hand while contacting the touch panel. As a result, erroneous input can be reduced, and input desired by the operator can be easily performed. | 11-17-2011 |