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20090090398 | ENDOSCOPE WASHER DISINFECTOR EQUIPPED WITH NOZZLE CONNECTABLE TO ENDOSCOPIC CHANNELS AUTOMATICALLY - In an endoscope washer disinfector, a bath comprises a mounting plane on which an endoscope with a duct is mounted and a wall member. A connector has two ends consisting of one end located to penetrate through the wall member and to be secured watertightly to the wall member. The one end faces an opening of the duct of the endoscope mounted in the bath. The other end is connected to a fluid source storing fluid for washing and disinfecting the endoscope. A nozzle is movable in the connector along an inner passage thereof and moved toward the one end of the connector to protrude from the one end to realize a watertight and detachable connection with the opening of the duct. The fluid is supplied to the duct when the fluid is supplied from the fluid source. | 04-09-2009 |
20090119856 | ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS - An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus includes an apparatus main body equipped with a washing bath in which an endoscope is mounted; a nozzle unit provided so as to face a connector portion of an endoscope conduit provided in the endoscope mounted in the washing bath, to which fluid within the apparatus main body is supplied so that the nozzle unit advances due to pressure of the fluid, and which supplies the fluid to inside the endoscope conduit by connecting to the connector portion; and an automatic brush mechanism that is provided in the apparatus main body and that carries out brushing and cleaning within the endoscope conduit by introducing a cleaning brush into the endoscope conduit through the nozzle unit and moving the cleaning brush forward and rearward. | 05-14-2009 |
20090158539 | ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS AND LEAK DETECTION METHOD PERFORMED BY THE APPARATUS - An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus includes: a connecting portion connected to a bending transmitting portion of an endoscope to transmit driving force; a distal end driving portion for transmitting the driving force to the bending transmitting portion through the connecting portion; a fluid supplying unit for supplying gas into an inner space of the endoscope; and a control unit for controlling a pressure detecting portion for detecting pressure in the inner space and the distal end driving portion to provide the bending portion with bending motion, and for determining occurrence or nonoccurrence of water leak in the endoscope by comparing the pressure detected by the pressure detecting portion and a preset threshold. | 06-25-2009 |
20090205687 | WASHING TUBE AND ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS - A washing tube of the present invention is a washing tube for supplying a washing and disinfecting fluid to an endoscope conduit of an endoscope placed in an endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus, includes: a tube body, one end of which is connected to fluid supply sections of the endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus for sending a fluid, a connector section disposed at the other end of the tube body and loosely and detachably fitted to a base of the endoscope conduit, a sealing member that is provided inside the connector section and comes into close contact with the base to keep the base and the connector section connected in a watertight manner, a valve body that moves forward by a liquid sending pressure of the supplied fluid and a biasing member provided inside the connector section for biasing the valve body backward. | 08-20-2009 |
20090220377 | ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING METHOD - An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus includes: a fluid supply unit that supplies fluid for washing and disinfecting; an electromagnetic valve provided in each of a plurality of connecting channels which are connected to a plurality of channels of an endoscope; a single flow rate meter provided between the fluid supply unit and the electromagnetic valve; and a flow rate limiting section for limiting flow rate so that the flow rate falls within a flow rate measurement range in which flow rate measurement by the flow rate meter is possible; or a flow rate padding section for padding a flow rate with a flow rate that can be detected by the flow rate meter; or a flow rate diverting section for diverting part of flow rate that flows to the flow rate meter through a bypass channel. | 09-03-2009 |
20100022839 | ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF WASHING ENDOSCOPE USING ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND DISINFECTING APPARATUS - An endoscope washing and disinfecting apparatus of the present invention includes an air pump supplying a gas to an endoscope channel included by an endoscope, a faucet supplying a liquid into the endoscope channel, a channel connectable to a mouthpiece of the endoscope channel included by the endoscope and supplying at least one of a gas or a liquid to the endoscope channel, and an injector converting the liquid into a liquid droplet, mixing the liquid droplet into the gas flowing in the channel with the size of the liquid droplet changeable, and thereby supplying gas-liquid two-phase flow in which the liquid droplet is mixed at a set ratio into the gas into the endoscope channel through the channel. | 01-28-2010 |
20110097248 | ENDOSCOPE AUTOMATIC CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS - A control section reads data such as a conduit diameter and a conduit length of an endoscope and a cleaning profile which are separately recorded in a storage section based on type information of the endoscope registered in the storage section. A cleaning degree suited to the endoscope is estimated by calculation based on a pressure value and a flow rate value which are measured, the diameter and the length of the conduit to be cleaned, and the cleaning profile. | 04-28-2011 |
20110232700 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANING INSTRUMENT AND ENDOSCOPE CLEANING APPARATUS - An endoscope cleaning instrument and an endoscope cleaning apparatus are provided that have a simple configuration and that can be manufactured easily and at a low cost. An endoscope cleaning instrument of the invention cleans a distal end portion of an endoscope by ejecting a fluid fed from a fluid supply section towards a side face and a front face of the distal end portion. The endoscope cleaning instrument includes a connection portion that is attachable to and detachable from the fluid supply section; at least one tubular portion that has a tube shape including an inner circumferential portion and an outer circumferential portion and that can introduce the fluid supplied from the fluid supply section via the connection portion into an inner space enclosed by the inner circumferential portion, and that is provided so as to enclose an outer space that can accommodate the distal end portion by means of at least a part of the outer circumferential portion; and through-holes that include a plurality of first through-holes that are provided in the tubular portion so as to connect the inner space and the outer space and that open towards the side face of the distal end portion accommodated in the outer space, and a plurality of second through-holes that are provided in the tubular portion so as to connect the inner space and the outer space and that open towards the front face of the distal end portion accommodated in the outer space. | 09-29-2011 |
20120125385 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS - An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus according to the present invention includes a chemical bottle, an insertion portion, a chemical receiving portion, a blade portion, a first limit switch and a second limit switch. When the chemical bottle is moved to a first position, the first limit switch changes from off to on to detect the first position, when the chemical bottle is inserted to a second position at which an inner face of the chemical receiving portion and a spout portion are aligned to each other, the second limit switch changes from off to on to detect the second position, and when the chemical bottle is inserted to a third position at which a stopper portion is opened, the first limit switch is released by a stepped portion from pressing by the chemical bottle, and thereby changes from on to off to detect the third position. | 05-24-2012 |
20120125878 | CHEMICAL BOTTLE FOR ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS - The present invention includes a storing section that stores a chemical, an opening provided in an upper surface, a concave portion formed in a first side face, and an inclined face that is formed at a face on an upper surface side of the concave portion and that inclines towards the upper surface side. The center of the concave portion is positioned so as to deviate from the central axis at the first side face. | 05-24-2012 |
20120211033 | ENDOSCOPE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ENDOSCOPE PROCESSING METHOD - An endoscope processing apparatus of the invention includes: a cleaning tank which can house an endoscope; a liquid drainage port, a liquid inlet port and a discharge port which are opening portions provided to the cleaning tank; a first-liquid introducing section which introduces a first liquid into a multipurpose conduit; a second-liquid introducing section which introduces a second liquid into the multipurpose conduit; a gas-liquid mixing section which mixes a liquid in the multipurpose conduit with gas, to deliver the mixed fluid to the discharge port; a liquid-feeding section which delivers a liquid in the multipurpose conduit to the gas-liquid mixing section; and an opening/closing section which opens and closes a connection between the multipurpose conduit and the gas-liquid mixing section; and a compressor which delivers the gas to the gas-liquid mixing section. | 08-23-2012 |
20120298615 | CHEMICAL BOTTLE FOR ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS - The present invention includes a storing section that stores a chemical, an opening provided in an upper surface, a concave portion formed in a first side face, and an inclined face that is formed at a face on an upper surface side of the concave portion and that inclines towards the upper surface side. The center of the concave portion is positioned so as to deviate from the central axis at the first side face. | 11-29-2012 |
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20100272932 | DECORATIVE COMPONENT - In a conventional decorative component, a conductive material is formed on the entire surface of an insulation part so that the decoration part looks in metallic color. However, an electric current flows through the inside of the conductive material, and hence electromagnetic waves applied to the decoration part suffers a loss. This poses a problem that sufficient antenna characteristics cannot be obtained. On the member surface, a semiconductor layer or a semi-metal layer with a film thickness of 5 nm or more, and a mean transmittance of 65% or less and a mean reflectance of 20% or more at 400 nm to 800 nm is formed. This can implement a decorative component exhibiting a sufficient metallic luster without blocking the electromagnetic waves. | 10-28-2010 |
20120136140 | ANTI-CADHERIN ANTIBODY - It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-cadherin antibody having high antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. The present invention provides an anti-cadherin antibody, which recognizes any one of an upstream region of EC1, a cadherin domain 4 (EC4) and a cadherin domain 5 (EC5), wherein an antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity at an antibody concentration of 1 μg/mL is 30% or more. | 05-31-2012 |
20130243771 | HIGHLY EFFECTIVE ANTI-CADHERIN ANTIBODY FOR INDUCTION OF ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY IN VIVO - It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-cadherin antibody having high antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. The present invention provides an anti-cadherin antibody, which recognizes any one of an upstream region of EC1, a cadherin domain 4 (EC4) and a cadherin domain 5 (EC5), wherein an antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity at an antibody concentration of 1 μg/mL is 30% or more. | 09-19-2013 |
20130245232 | HIGHLY EFFECTIVE ANTI-CADHERIN ANTIBODY FOR INDUCTION OF ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY IN VIVO - It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-cadherin antibody having high antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. The present invention provides an anti-cadherin antibody, which recognizes any one of an upstream region of EC1, a cadherin domain 4 (EC4) and a cadherin domain 5 (EC5), wherein an antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity at an antibody concentration of 1 μg/mL is 30% or more. | 09-19-2013 |
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20090123182 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including photoconductor drums corresponding to colors, motors, gears to transmit each rotation of the motors to each of the photoconductor drums, each of two gears comprising a portion to be detected intermittently continuing in a circumferential direction at a position having same radius centering around a rotary shaft of the gears, a pair of phase sensors to output detection signals of signal logics according to an existence or a non-existence of the portion to be detected at a point symmetric position centering around the rotary shaft of each of two gears and a control unit to calculate a rotation phase difference between each of the gears based on a logical combination of the detection signals which are output from the pair of phase sensors and to control the motors so as to synchronize rotation of each of the gears based on the calculated rotation phase difference. | 05-14-2009 |
20090154975 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a moving roller capable of axial movement; a medium end position detecting section for detection in the main scanning direction; and a control section for calculating the amount of misalignment of the medium from the detected end position; wherein the control section obtains the correction amount of the image forming position of the medium according to the amount of misalignment of the medium having been calculated, or the amount of misalignment of the medium and information of moving position of the roller, and provides control such that the medium or another medium coming later than the medium by a predetermined number of pages is moved by the moving roller by the difference between the correction amount of the image forming position and the amount of misalignment of the target medium, and the image forming position is corrected according to the correction amount. | 06-18-2009 |
20100129103 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, comprises an image carrying member for carrying a toner image; a drive section for driving the image carrying member at a predetermined speed; a transfer section for forming a transfer region with the image carrying member therebetween in which the transfer section nips a sheet of recording paper with the image carrying member so as to transfer the toner image on the image carrying member to the sheet of recording paper; a memory section for memorizing control data to suppress speed fluctuation which is caused on the image carrying member when the sheet of recording paper passes the transfer region; and a control section to control the drive section based on the control data memorized in the memory section such that the drive section applies torque with a phase reverse to that of the speed fluctuation onto the image carrying member. | 05-27-2010 |
20110293307 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus including: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a transfer section, which is pressed against, and is separated from, the image bearing member, for transferring a toner image on the image bearing member onto a recording medium when being pressed against the image bearing member, a transfer section drive section for driving the transfer section to rotate; and a control section configured to control the transfer section drive section to carry out constant speed control and constant torque control, to drive said transfer section to rotate at a constant speed, and at a constant torque, respectively, wherein the control section carries out the constant torque control while the transfer section is pressed against the image bearing member, in accordance with a drive torque detected when the constant speed control is carried out while the transfer section is separated from the image bearing member. | 12-01-2011 |
20120027443 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: a photoreceptor for bearing a toner image; a transfer body onto which the toner image borne by the photoreceptor is transferred; a drive section for driving the photoreceptor and transfer body respectively, and a control section for controlling the drive section so as to drive the photoreceptor and transfer body at a predetermined driving speed, wherein the control section, under a state in which the control section controls to drive the transfer body at the predetermined driving speed, controls to: a) drive the photoreceptor while changing the driving speed of the photoreceptor within a range of driving speeds between low speed and high speed, including the predetermined driving speed, b) extract torque characteristics under the control which includes the change of driving speed of the photoreceptor, and c) determine the driving speed of the photoreceptor based on the extracted torque characteristics. | 02-02-2012 |
20140086596 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An improved image forming apparatus is described which can inhibit the quality of printed images from being degraded. A control unit performs a steering operation to shift an intermediate transfer belt toward a target belt position by controlling the inclination angle of a steering roller. Also, a memory stores the inclination angle of the steering roller in association with the operational states of rotary members facing the intermediate transfer belt. The control unit updates the values stored in the memory with an update value. When the result of detecting the belt edges indicate that the intermediate transfer belt falls in a predetermined range around the target belt position during the steering operation, the control unit determines the update value on the basis of the steering duration time and the inclination angle of the steering roller. | 03-27-2014 |
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20090292166 | MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device for examination or treatment based on a reference point A | 11-26-2009 |
20090292171 | MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device for examination or treatment based on a reference point, includes: a virtual endoscopic image generation section configured to generate a virtual endoscopic image of a bronchus from a plurality of different line-of-sight positions using three-dimensional image data of the bronchus of a subject that is obtained in advance; an image retrieval section configured to retrieve a virtual endoscopic image highly similar to an endoscopic image of the bronchus picked up by an image pickup section arranged at a distal end portion of an insertion section; a reference-point setting section configured to set a reference point based on a line-of-sight position of the highly similar virtual endoscopic image; and a relative-position calculation section configured to calculate a relative position of a treatment instrument to the reference point. | 11-26-2009 |
20090292175 | MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device for examination or treatment based on a reference point, including: an image pickup section capable of picking up an image of a bronchus in a patient; a VBS image generation section configured to generate a virtual endoscopic image of bronchus in a patient from a plurality of different line-of-sight positions based on three-dimensional image data of the patient that is obtained in advance; an image retrieval section configured to retrieve a virtual endoscopic image highly similar to the endoscopic image of the bronchus picked up by the image pickup section; and a reference-point setting section configured to set a predetermined position near the image pickup section as a reference point based on the line-of-sight positions of the highly similar virtual endoscopic image. | 11-26-2009 |
20110234780 | MEDICAL APPARATUS - A medical apparatus includes an endoscopic insertion portion provided with an image pickup unit and a channel; a treatment unit provided with a sensor and a bending portion and passed through a channel, with a distal end portion of the treatment unit being allowed to protrude from an insertion-portion distal end portion of the endoscopic insertion portion, where the sensor is disposed in the distal end portion and the bending portion is adapted to bend the distal end portion; a storage unit adapted to store three-dimensional image data; a target position setting unit adapted to set the target position based on the three-dimensional image data; a virtual endoscopic image generating unit adapted to generate a virtual endoscopic image using a line-of-sight parameter which includes a position, a direction, and a roll angle of the distal end portion detected by the sensor, based on the three-dimensional image data; and an image processing unit adapted to perform a superimposition process and thereby display operation information used to insert the distal end portion to the target position in superimposition on the virtual endoscopic image. | 09-29-2011 |
20110237934 | BIOPSY SUPPORT SYSTEM - A biopsy support system includes a virtual shape image generating section that generates a virtual shape image of an inside of a body cavity which is an insertion target from image data in a three-dimensional region with respect to a subject, an endoscope provided with an endoscope insertion portion and a channel, an ultrasound probe inserted into the channel including an ultrasound transducer and a position sensor that detects a three-dimensional position provided at a distal end portion thereof, an ultrasound image generating section that generates an ultrasound tomographic image, a specification section for specifying a first end and a second end in a desired range along a direction in which the ultrasound probe protrudes when the distal end portion of the ultrasound probe is moved along the direction in which the ultrasound probe protrudes from the distal end of the channel, a position detection section that detects a three-dimensional position of the position sensor based on the first end and the second end specified by the specification section and an image display control section that displays a biopsy range in which a biopsy is performed using the biopsy treatment instrument set based on the three-dimensional position superimposed on a position corresponding to the biopsy range on the virtual shape image. | 09-29-2011 |
20120287238 | MEDICAL DEVICE - A medical device includes: a CT image data storing section for storing three-dimensional image data of a subject; a position calculation section for calculating a position and a direction of a distal end portion of an insertion portion inserted into the bronchus; a route generation section for generating a three-dimensional insertion route for inserting the distal end portion to a target site through the bronchus, based on the three-dimensional image data; a tomographic image generation section for generating a two-dimensional tomographic image based on the position and direction of the distal end portion, from the three-dimensional image data; and a superimposed image generation section configured to generate, based on image data in which the three-dimensional insertion route is superimposed on the two-dimensional tomographic image on a three-dimensional space, the three-dimensional space in a displayable manner, as a three-dimensional model image viewed along a desired line of sight. | 11-15-2012 |
20140088357 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes: an image processing portion that constructs three-dimensional data based on preoperative multi-slice image data and extracts a predetermined luminal organ; a position detection that acquires position information of an image pickup portion; a position alignment portion that makes position information of the image pickup portion correspond to coordinates of the three-dimensional data; and an image processing portion that generates trail information based on the position information of the image pickup portion, and based on a result of the position alignment portion, creates an image in which past trail information, insertion shape information including current distal end position information with respect to the image pickup portion, and determination information obtained by determining whether or not the image pickup portion passes through a duct in three-dimensional data of the predetermined luminal organ are superimposed in a distinguishable manner on three-dimensional image information of the predetermined luminal organ. | 03-27-2014 |
20140253685 | MEDICAL APPARATUS - A medical apparatus includes: a storage section that stores three-dimensional image information in a subject, the three-dimensional image information being acquired in advance; an image pickup unit that acquires an optical image in the subject; a luminal organ extracting section that extracts image information of a three-dimensional shape of a specific luminal organ in the subject; a position correspondence control section that sets correspondence between two coordinate systems; a feature information acquisition section that acquires feature information in the image information of the extracted three-dimensional shape of the specific luminal organ; an associated image generating section that generates an image in which the feature information is associated with the image information of the three-dimensional shape of the specific luminal organ; a control section that performs control to display a piece of the feature information in the vicinity of the position information of the image pickup unit, etc. | 09-11-2014 |
20150025316 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes an insertion portion, an objective optical window, an image pickup device, a position/direction detection section that acquires position information of the objective optical window, and a memory that records the subject internal image acquired by the image pickup device in association with the position information of the objective optical window. The endoscope system aligns the position information of the objective optical window with a reference position of a predetermined organ in the subject in a coordinate system of a three-dimensional model image based on an amount of change or the like of the subject internal image information in the subject and generates an image with the subject internal image pasted onto the two-dimensional model image of the predetermined organ which is the three-dimensional model image two-dimensionally developed in which the position of the objective optical window is associated with the position in the coordinate system. | 01-22-2015 |
20150054929 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes: a virtual endoscopic image generating section that generates a virtual endoscopic image; an image pickup section picking up an image of an inside of the lumen; a position information obtaining section that obtains information on a position of a distal end of an insertion portion of an endoscope; a distance calculating section that calculates a distance from the obtained position of the distal end of the insertion portion to a feature region; a distance comparing section that determines whether or not the calculated distance is within a set distance via comparison; a variation amount detecting section that detects a variation amount of a feature of a structure of an organ in the picked-up endoscopic image; and an information recording section that records the position of the distal end of the insertion portion based on a result of the comparison by the distance comparing section. | 02-26-2015 |
20150057498 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system includes: an image storage section that stores image information associated with position information of a luminal organ of a subject; a virtual endoscopic image generating section that generates a virtual endoscopic image endoscopically depicted; an image pickup section that picks up an image in the luminal organ; a position registration processing section that compares the virtual endoscopic image and an endoscopic image, and extracts an virtual endoscopic image similar to the endoscopic image; a position estimation section that estimates a distal end position of an endoscope insertion portion; a feature region determination section that determines whether or not the distal end position exists in a feature region; a storage section that stores information for presentation; and a candidate information presentation control section that presents the virtual endoscopic image based on the information in the storage section, to a display section as candidate information. | 02-26-2015 |
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20090208862 | TWO COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is a method for forming an image containing the steps of: (a) forming an electrostatic latent image on an electrostatic latent image carrier; and (b) developing the electrostatic latent image by a two component developer comprising a toner and a carrier, wherein the two component developer is continually replenished in the developing step. (b); and the toner includes: colored particles.; and external additive particles comprising a complex oxide incorporating silicon atoms and at least one of titanium atoms and aluminum atoms, and a surface existing ratio of the silicon atoms (R | 08-20-2009 |
20090233202 | TWO COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A two component developer comprising a toner and a carrier, wherein the toner includes: colored particles; and external additive particles comprising a complex oxide incorporating silicon atoms and at least one of titanium atoms and aluminum atoms, and a surface existing ratio of the silicon atoms (R | 09-17-2009 |
20090233205 | TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - Provided is a two-component developer with which degradation of development is inhibited even in the case of prolonged use, and thereby a high quality image exhibiting high resolution and sufficient image density can be formed for a long duration. Also disclosed is a two-component developer possessing a carrier and a toner, wherein the carrier in which magnetic material powder is dispersed in a binder resin containing a phenol formaldehyde resin has a shape coefficient SF-1 of 1.0-1.2, a shape coefficient SF-2 of 1.1-2.5 and a volume-based median particle diameter of 10-100 μm, and the toner possesses a colored particle and an external additive particle, wherein the external additive particle comprises a titanic acid compound and iron, and the iron content is 100-1,000 ppm, based on the titanic acid compound. | 09-17-2009 |
20090239171 | TONER - It is to provide a toner which can form an image of high image quality exhibiting high resolution wherein a final visible image exhibits high image density and high thin-line reproducibility even in long-term use. In a toner incorporating at least a colored particle containing a binder resin composed of a polyester resin and a colorant, and external additive particles, the toner has a degree of average circularity of 0.950-0.990, a volume based median diameter of 4.5-8.0 μm, a volume based particle diameter dispersibility (CV | 09-24-2009 |
20100330491 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - Provided is an electrostatic charge image developing toner producing neither halftone image unevenness nor density drop of solid images, even though a large number of print sheets are printed at high temperature and high humidity, and subsequently printing is further carried out at high temperature and high humidity after standing for a long time. Disclosed is an electrostatic charge image developing toner containing 3-10% by weight of at least one metal fluoride selected from the group consisting of sodium fluoride, magnesium fluoride, calcium fluoride, barium fluoride and aluminum fluoride, based on a total weight of the toner. | 12-30-2010 |
20110014561 | TONER AND TONER MANUFACTURING METHOD - Provided are a toner and a toner manufacturing method with which high image density and a broad range of color reproduction are obtained, and with which high-quality images are also obtained. The toner is composed of toner particles that comprise a binding resin containing a polyester resin and a colorant, and contains 10-1,500 ppm of a metal element selected from titanium, germanium, and aluminum, and a cyclic phenol sulfide represented by general formula (1) selected from thiacalixarene, sulfinyl thiacalixarene and sulfonyl thiacalixarene. | 01-20-2011 |
20120009515 | DEVELOPER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY - The present invention provides a developer for electrophotography which is superior in property of build up of electrification and in charge stability even in environments of high temperature and high humidity or in an environment of low temperature and low humidity where it is difficult for a developer to retain its electrostatic charge performance, and which can provide an image free from fogging and decrease in density for a long term, that is, a developer for electrophotography containing composite oxide particles which include metal titanate particles containing titanium as a first metal atom and a second metal atom and containing therein 0.009 to 0.350% by weight of a third metal atom selected from the group consisting of the metal atoms belonging to Group 5A of the long form of the periodic table of elements. | 01-12-2012 |
20120264046 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - Disclosed is a toner for electrostatic image development that satisfies both low-temperature fixing ability and excellent high-temperature storage stability, achieves excellent charge property and shatter resistance, and consequently can form a high-quality image even by a high-performance machine such as a high-speed machine. | 10-18-2012 |
20130004890 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - A toner used for electrostatic latent image development which is excellent in fixing separability with maintaining sufficient low temperature fixability even in a high-speed machine and is also superior in crashing resistance, comprising toner particles, each comprising a core particle and a shell layer provided on the surface of the core particle, wherein the core particle comprises a binder resin containing a styrene-acrylic resin and a first styrene-acrylic modified polyester, and the shell comprises a second styrene-acrylic modified polyester resin. | 01-03-2013 |
20150017584 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT - Provided is a toner for electrostatic image development that has good low-temperature fixability, also has long-term heat-resistant storage stability and can form an image with unevenness in gloss suppressed. The toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles. The toner particles have a domain-matrix structure in which a first domain phase including a crystalline polyester resin A and a second domain phase including a crystalline polyester resin B are dispersed in a matrix phase including a vinyl resin. The average diameter of the first domain phase is 400 to 900 nm, and the average diameter of the second domain phase is 10 to 200 nm. The melting point of the crystalline polyester resin A and the melting point of the crystalline polyester resin B are each 95° C. or lower. | 01-15-2015 |
20150064616 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a toner base particle which contains at least a binder resin, and has a domain-matrix structure, in which a matrix contains a styrene-acrylic resin, a domain contains an amorphous resin which is formed by combining a vinyl-based polymerized segment and a polyester-based polymerized segment, and the domain containing the amorphous resin and having a diameter of 100 nm or larger has a number-average domain diameter which falls in the range from 150 to 1000 nm. | 03-05-2015 |
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20080232271 | REMOTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A disclosed remote management system includes an electronic device; a communication adaptor; and a management apparatus connected via the communication adaptor to the electronic device and configured to remotely manage the electronic device. The communication adaptor includes a network segment specification unit for specifying a network segment to be managed, a device search unit configured to search the specified network segment to find the electronic device in the network segment, a remote management information obtaining unit configured to obtain remote management information from the found electronic device, a format verification unit configured to verify the obtained remote management information, an invalid device information sending/reporting unit configured to send or report electronic device information of the electronic device if the remote management information is invalid, and a change request sending unit configured to send a change request including updated remote management information to the electronic device. | 09-25-2008 |
20110026080 | REMOTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A disclosed remote management system includes an electronic device; a communication adaptor; and a management apparatus connected via the communication adaptor to the electronic device and configured to remotely manage the electronic device. The communication adaptor includes a network segment specification unit for specifying a network segment to be managed, a device search unit configured to search the specified network segment to find the electronic device in the network segment, a remote management information obtaining unit configured to obtain remote management information from the found electronic device, a format verification unit configured to verify the obtained remote management information, an invalid device information sending/reporting unit configured to send or report electronic device information of the electronic device if the remote management information is invalid, and a change request sending unit configured to send a change request including updated remote management information to the electronic device. | 02-03-2011 |
20110066726 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND REMOTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A communication device is provided in a network including a plurality of network segments to which customer devices are connected respectively, the communication device being connected through a cable or radio communication line to a central management device so that management information required for remote management of the customer devices is exchanged between the communication device and the central management device through the communication line. In the communication device, a searching unit searches customer devices connected to a predetermined network segment among the plurality of network segments in the network by predetermined timing. A transmitting unit transmits segment configuration information of the predetermined network segment as a result of device searching by the searching unit through the communication line to the central management device by predetermined timing. | 03-17-2011 |
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20090305018 | Crosslinkable-Resin Formed Product, Crosslinked-Resin Formed Product, and Crosslinked Resin-Metal Clad Laminate - A crosslinkable resin formed product comprising a cycloolefin resin obtained by ring-opening metathesis bulk polymerization of a cycloolefin monomer and a crosslinking agent, the cycloolefin resin having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 10,000 to 50,000 and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 4.4 or less, a crosslinked resin formed product produced by crosslinking the crosslinkable resin formed product, and a crosslinked resin-metal clad laminate produced by laminating the crosslinked resin formed product on a metal foil are disclosed. According to the present invention, a crosslinkable resin formed product which exhibits excellent flowability when melted by heat, and does not produce voids inside the laminate or impair flatness when laminated with a substrate, a crosslinked resin formed product produced by crosslinking the crosslinkable resin formed product, and a crosslinked resin-metal clad laminate produced by laminating the crosslinked resin formed product on a metal foil are provided. | 12-10-2009 |
20100124615 | Process for Producing Crosslinkable Resin Formed Product - A process for producing a crosslinkable resin formed product is disclosed which comprises providing a polymerizable composition containing a cycloolefin monomer, a metathesis polymerization catalyst, a chain transfer agent, and a crosslinking agent, and heating the polymerizable composition to 50° C. or more to effect ring-opening metathesis bulk polymerization, the temperature of the polymerizable composition before heating being maintained at −10° C. to +20° C. According to the present invention, a process for efficiently producing a crosslinkable resin formed product which exhibits excellent flowability when melted by heat and does not produce voids(blurs) inside a laminate or impair flatness when laminated on a substrate is provided. | 05-20-2010 |
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20080288166 | Portable Navigation Terminal and Program - A portable navigation device where a map being displayed on a display section is fixed by performing map stop operation at a portable navigation terminal where an appropriate map is selected and displayed so as to correspond to the speed of movement. A portable navigation terminal ( | 11-20-2008 |
20090143081 | Information distribution system, information distribution server, mobile terminal, and information distribution method - There is provided an information distribution system capable of distributing a content to a mobile terminal in a predetermined area, distributing content guide information to the mobile terminal, and distributing the content selected by the mobile terminal, within the area. The information distribution system includes an information distribution server, a mobile terminal, and a content DB. The content DB contains content information to be provided to the mobile terminal and information on the area to which the content is provided. The information distribution server distributes the content guide information to the mobile terminal. According to this content guide information, the mobile terminal performs a content distribution request. The information distribution server judges the position of the mobile terminal according to position judgment means. When the mobile terminal is in the distribution area of the content requested, the content is downloaded. | 06-04-2009 |
20090204321 | Communication type information distribution system, information distribution server, and program - There are provided a communication type information distribution system, an information distribution server, and a program capable of assuring profitability considering the cost required for creating a content to be provided to a mobile terminal and protecting the copyright. The information distribution server ( | 08-13-2009 |
20100235082 | ROUTE SEARCH SYSTEM, ROUTE SEARCH SERVER, TERMINAL, AND ROUTE SEARCH METHOD - A route search system for simply searching for a guidance route for participating in one of the events of the same kind held within time zones at places. The route search system comprises route search network data for searching for a route on foot and by public transportation, route searching means, network data editing means, and event data including the event holding place and the event holding time. The network data editing means connects the event holding place as an event site node involving position information to the route search network data, registers the event as an event virtual node not involving any position information, and connects the event site node to the event virtual node through links according to the different event holding times. The route searching means searches for a guidance route from the departure place to the relevant event virtual node as the destination when search for a route from a desired place as a departure place to the place of a specific event among the events is requested. | 09-16-2010 |
20110022527 | ROUTE SEARCHING APPARATUS AND ROUTE SEARCHING METHOD - In the present invention, at least a single route is created that satisfies route search conditions received from an information processing terminal, an amount of emissions caused by following the created route is calculated on a route-by-route basis, an emission credit purchase amount required for compensating the calculated amount of emissions is calculated, a route search result including the route, the amount of emissions, and the emission credit purchase amount is sent to the information processing terminal, emission amount compensation is performed by subtracting, from the quantity of emission credits stored in a storage unit, the amount of emissions equivalent to the emission credit purchase amount specified in an emission credit purchase order received from the information processing terminal, and a compensation result at least including the compensated amount of emissions and the corresponding emission credit purchase amount to the information processing terminal is sent for display. | 01-27-2011 |
20110099100 | ROUTE SEARCHING APPARATUS AND ROUTE SEARCHING METHOD - According to the present invention, at least one route that satisfies a route search condition received from an information processing terminal and information distributor identification information for identifying an information distributor is created, greenhouse gas emissions emitted when the route is used are calculated for each of the routes, a route search result including the route and the emissions are transmitted to the information processing terminal, a route selection request is received from the information processing terminal, the emissions are offset by subtracting emissions corresponding to the selected route from an amount of emission credits stored in a storage unit, corresponding to the information distributor identified by the information distributor identification information, and an offset result is transmitted to the information processing terminal. | 04-28-2011 |
20110137768 | TRAVEL EXPENSE ADJUSTING APPARATUS AND TRAVEL EXPENSE ADJUSTING METHOD - According to the present invention, a route covered by travel expenses and satisfying a route search condition input by a member of a group who wishes an adjustment of travel expenses is created, and greenhouse gas emissions emitted at a time of using the created route are calculated. The greenhouse gas emissions are offset by subtracting the calculated greenhouse gas emissions from an amount of emission credits stored in a storage unit, and it is determined whether the greenhouse gas emissions have been offset. When it is determined that the greenhouse gas emissions have not been offset, a display unit is caused to display a travel-expense-application rejection notification indicating that an application for an adjustment of travel expenses applied by the member is rejected. | 06-09-2011 |
20110144906 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND NAVIGATION PROGRAM - A navigation device performs a route guidance based on a route from a current location to a destination, the navigation device being connected to a server for searching the route. A navigation method for the navigation device includes sending a request for searching the route to the server and receiving information on the route from the server. The method also includes measuring an elapsed time from a start of the route guidance, and performing the route guidance based on the information received. The method further includes cutting off a communication with the server and coming into a standby state, upon a determination that the elapsed time measured has reached a predetermined time and when the route is being guided or a current location is being checked, to decrease a bandwidth usage between the navigation device and the server and to reduce a communication charge associated with the bandwidth usage. | 06-16-2011 |
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20120027153 | OPENING AND CLOSING DEVICE FOR ACCESS PORT THAT OPENS TO WORKING PLATFORM OF REACTOR VESSEL - An opening and closing device that opens and closes an access port opened from a substantially cylindrical working platform disposed inside a reactor vessel and used to access a nozzle stub of the reactor vessel from the inside of the working platform, the opening and closing device includes: a cover that is slidable along an outer peripheral surface or an inner peripheral surface of the working platform from a closing position where the access port is closed to an opening position where the access port is opened; and moving device for sliding the cover. | 02-02-2012 |
20120027154 | NOZZLE STUB WORKING SYSTEM FOR REACTOR VESSEL - Disclosed is a nozzle stub working system for a reactor vessel that performs work inside a nozzle stub of the reactor vessel, the nozzle stub working system for the reactor vessel including: a platform unit that is provided at an upper portion inside the reactor vessel and includes a substantially cylindrical side wall portion and a bottom portion blocking the lower end of the side wall portion; an access window that is provided at the side wall portion of the platform unit to allow the inside of the platform unit to communicate with the nozzle stub; an access window moving device that opens and closes the access window; a working device that advances from the inside of the platform unit to the inside of the nozzle stub to perform work inside the nozzle stub; and a control device that is provided at the outside of the reactor vessel and controls the access window moving device and the working device, wherein the control device drives the access window moving device to open the access window, drives the working device to perform work inside the nozzle stub, and then drives the access window moving device to close the access window after the performance of the work. | 02-02-2012 |
20120257937 | REPAIR DEVICE AND REPAIR METHOD - This repair device includes a casing, a slide shaft slidably arranged with respect to the casing, a turn table rotatably arranged with respect to the slide shaft, a cutting mechanism installed on the turn table and including a cutting tool, and an advancing and retracting mechanism that displaces a radius of rotation of the cutting mechanism with respect to rotations of the turn table forward and backward. In a state where the casing is centered and positioned with respect to the pipe, the turn table is rotationally displaced while the slide shaft slides in an axial direction, and the advancing and retracting mechanism displaces the cutting mechanism forward and backward. Accordingly, the cutting tool helically turns along an inner peripheral shape of the pipe to cut an inner periphery of the pipe. | 10-11-2012 |
20120308321 | REPAIR DEVICE - This repair device includes a casing, a slide shaft slidably arranged with respect to the casing, a turn table rotatably arranged with respect to the slide shaft, and a cutting mechanism installed on the turn table and including cutting tools. The turn table is rotationally displaced while the slide shaft slides in an axial direction, so that the cutting tools helically turn to cut an inner periphery of a nozzle. The cutting mechanism includes a cutting-tool switching unit that switches the cutting tools. | 12-06-2012 |
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20100030142 | BALLOON CATHETER AND SHEATH FABRICATION METHOD - A balloon catheter including: a flexible sheath which has at least one lumen; and a cylindrical balloon which is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the sheath and can be inflated with a fluid supplied from the lumen; wherein the sheath has a large diameter portion whose outer diameter is greater than a basic outer diameter thereof, and the balloon is set to have a maximum inner diameter greater than the basic outer diameter when deflated, and is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the large diameter portion. | 02-04-2010 |
20110069679 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NODE APPARATUS, AND INTER-NETWORK HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD - A mobile communication system includes at least one mobile terminal that can access a circuit switched network and a wireless broadband network, and a node apparatus. The node apparatus integrates, into one physical node, a first gateway node interconnecting the circuit switched network and an IP network and a second gateway node interconnecting a core network accommodating the wireless broadband network and an external packet data network. When the mobile terminal performs handover from one of the circuit switched network and the wireless broadband network to the other network, one of the first gateway node and the second gateway node, being a handover-destination node, allocates call connection path node identification information managed by the other gateway note being a handover-source node, as new call connection path node identification information of the handover-destination node. | 03-24-2011 |
20120184954 | ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT INSTRUMENT AND TISSUE INCISION METHOD - An endoscopic treatment instrument according to the present invention includes: a flexible catheter inserted through a channel in an endoscope; a conductive electrode capable of freely extending and retracting through the catheter; and an insulator extending a retracting together with the electrode relative to the catheter so that the insulator isolates not the distal end portion of the electrode but the rest of the electrode protruding from the catheter. | 07-19-2012 |
20130148630 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NODE APPARATUS, AND INTER-NETWORK HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD - A mobile communication system includes at least one mobile terminal that can access a circuit switched network and a wireless broadband network, and a node apparatus. The node apparatus integrates, into one physical node, a first gateway node interconnecting the circuit switched network and an IP network and a second gateway node interconnecting a core network accommodating the wireless broadband network and an external packet data network. When the mobile terminal performs handover from one of the circuit switched network and the wireless broadband network to the other network, one of the first gateway node and the second gateway node, being a handover-destination node, allocates call connection path node identification information managed by the other gateway note being a handover-source node, as new call connection path node identification information of the handover-destination node. | 06-13-2013 |
20130176985 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION, SWITCHING STATION, AND LOCATION REGISTRATION METHOD FOR MOBILE STATION - A mobile communication system includes a mobile station, a packet switching station, and a plurality of location registration devices that perform location management of the mobile station. With respect to the mobile station, after one location registration device is already selected from among the plurality of location registration devices, when the mobile station performs location registration, an NRI (Network Resource Identifier) included in a TMSI (Temporary Mobile Station Identifier) is transmitted to the packet switching station. The packet switching station makes a request for location registration with respect to the one location registration device, based on the NRI. | 07-11-2013 |
20140146791 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION, SWITCHING STATION, AND LOCATION REGISTRATION METHOD FOR MOBILE STATION - A decrease is realized in network load caused by a change in selection of location registration device or an increase or decrease in the number of installations, on a circuit switching network side. A mobile communication system includes a mobile station, a packet switching station, and a plurality of location registration devices that perform location management of the mobile station. With respect to the mobile station, after one location registration device is already selected from among the plurality of location registration devices, when the mobile station performs location registration, an NRI (Network Resource Identifier) included in a TMSI (Temporary Mobile Station Identifier) is transmitted to the packet switching station. The packet switching station makes a request for location registration with respect to the one location registration device, based on the NRI. | 05-29-2014 |
20140148160 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION, SWITCHING STATION, AND LOCATION REGISTRATION METHOD FOR MOBILE STATION - A decrease is realized in network load caused by a change in selection of location registration device or an increase or decrease in the number of installations, on a circuit switching network side. A mobile communication system includes a mobile station, a packet switching station, and a plurality of location registration devices that perform location management of the mobile station. With respect to the mobile station, after one location registration device is already selected from among the plurality of location registration devices, when the mobile station performs location registration, an NRI (Network Resource Identifier) included in a TMSI (Temporary Mobile Station Identifier) is transmitted to the packet switching station. The packet switching station makes a request for location registration with respect to the one location registration device, based on the NRI. | 05-29-2014 |
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20110007826 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION APPARATUS - The present invention provides a transmission/reception apparatus capable of achieving both a high processing speed and good extensibility in performing communication protocol processes. Used for transmitting data in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol and receiving data transmitted in accordance with the predetermined communication protocol, the transmission/reception apparatus has a configuration capable of executing communication protocol processes by using hardware (in first and second communication-protocol-processing units) and software (in first and second control units). The hardware or the software can be selected properly in accordance with the type of data. For example, a communication protocol process for data regarded as a heavy processing load can be carried out by using the hardware at the high processing speed whereas a communication protocol process for data regarded as a light processing load can be carried out by using the software, which offers the good extensibility. | 01-13-2011 |
20120169590 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD - In an information-processing system shown in FIG. | 07-05-2012 |
20130298153 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - The present invention propose an broadcast reception system, wherein a program reception control apparatus is connected to Internet via a network interface to which a terminal apparatus carrying by a user. The broadcast received at an antenna is selected by a tuner, A/D converted, compressed at a compression unit, and encrypted at an encryption unit. The encrypted data from the encryption unit changed to packets at packet creation unit, and transmitted to the terminal apparatus via the network interface. A User is able to view the program in real time before the end of the broadcast for the program by successively creating data based on the received data, and transmitting them. | 11-07-2013 |
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20110007490 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND CURED FILM THEREOF - The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising resin (A), a filler (B) and a solvent (C), wherein the solvent (C) contains at least one organic solvent selected from a group consisting of propylene carbonate, dimethylsulfoxide and sulfolane; a cured film obtained by curing the resin composition; and use of the cured film as an overcoat for electronic circuit boards or the like. The resin composition of the present invention has a high filtration rate when it is prepared and has excellent productivity. A cured film obtained by curing the resin composition has excellent long-term electric reliability and is useful in the fields of solder resists, electrical insulating materials such as interlayer dielectric films, encapsulating materials for ICs and ultra LSIs, laminates and the like. | 01-13-2011 |
20110194225 | ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTOR - The present invention provides an electrostatic discharge protector capable of protecting electronic circuit boards having various designs from electrostatic discharge freely, simply and easily. The electrostatic discharge protector of the present invention comprises at least three conductive members containing one pair of electrodes and the conductive members other than the electrodes, the conductive members are each disposed in such a way that the gap between one conductive member and the other conductive member has a width of 0.1 to 10 μm, an insulating member is disposed and embedded in at least one of gaps having a width of 0.1 to 10 μm which are adjacent to each conductive member and one electrode is connected to the other electrode paired with the one electrode through the insulating member and the conductive members other than electrodes. | 08-11-2011 |
20110228432 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FILLING DISCHARGE GAP AND ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTOR - The present invention provides an electrostatic discharge protector capable of taking measures for electrostatic discharge against electronic wiring boards having various designs freely, simply and easily, having excellent accuracy of regulating an operating voltage and capable of being downsized and decreased on its cost, and also provides a resin composition for a discharge gap capable of preparing the electrostatic discharge protector. The resin composition for filling a discharge gap of an electrostatic discharge protector comprises a resin having a urethane structure represented by the formula (1): | 09-22-2011 |
20110317326 | DISCHARGE GAP FILLING COMPOSITION AND ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTOR - A discharge gap filling composition for an electrostatic discharge protector. The composition contains oxide film coated metal particles (A), a layered substance (B) and a binder component (C). Also disclosed is an electrostatic discharge protector including a discharge gap and a discharge gap filling material containing the discharge gap filling composition that is filled in the discharge gap. | 12-29-2011 |
20120006583 | DISCHARGE GAP FILLING COMPOSITION AND ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTOR - The present invention provides an electrostatic discharge protector capable of simply taking ESD measures with a free shape against electronic circuit boards having various designs, having excellent regulation accuracy for an operating voltage and capable of downsizing and cost decreasing, and also provides a discharge gap filling composition capable of using in the production of the electrostatic discharge protector. | 01-12-2012 |
20120099231 | DISCHARGE GAP FILLING COMPOSITION AND ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTOR - A discharge gap filling composition which includes metal powders (A) and a binder component (B), wherein surfaces of primary particles of the metal powders (A) are coated with a film composed of a metal oxide, and the primary particles of the metal powders (A) have a flake form. An electrostatic discharge protector is obtained using the composition. | 04-26-2012 |
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20090005792 | Medical Suturing and Ligating Apparatus - A medical suturing and ligating apparatus is provided which enable to cut a suturing and ligating member such as a ligating wire in a simple manner while preventing a holding member from being removed from a flexible sheath. When a slider | 01-01-2009 |
20090088778 | MEDICAL SUTURE AND LIGATURE INSTRUMENT AND MEDICAL SUTURE AND LIGATURE TOOL - A biological tissue is sutured or ligatured, a ligature wire is cut, and then a holding member is reliably separated. A holding member which holds the ligature wire for ligaturing a pathological lesion portion includes a first cylindrical member and a second cylindrical member fitted to a distal end portion of the first cylindrical member. The ligature wire is allowed to pass through a pair of distal lateral holes and formed by the first and second cylindrical members and, is drawn out of the outer peripheral side of the first cylindrical member, and then is drawn into the first cylindrical member through proximal lateral holes and formed on the proximal side of the first cylindrical member. | 04-02-2009 |
20090204125 | SUTURE AND LIGATURE DEVICE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT - A ligature device for medical treatment has an operating device that has a ligature tool for medical treatment fitted onto a distal end portion thereof. The operating device is provided with a cutting member that is able to move freely backwards and forwards and is used to cut a ligature wire of the ligature tool for medical treatment. A distal end side of the cutting member has an inclined end portion that is inclined relative to the direction of forward and backward movement, and a blade portion is provided in this inclined end portion. | 08-13-2009 |
20100049218 | MEDICAL SUTURE AND LIGATURE INSTRUMENT AND MEDICAL SUTURE AND LIGATURE TOOL - A biological tissue is sutured or ligatured, a suture and ligature member such as a ligature wire is cut, and then a holding member is reliably recovered from the body. In a holding member of a medical ligature tool, a protrusion is disposed between distal lateral holes, and proximal lateral holes, so that it protrudes outward in a diameter direction thereof. On the other hand, a concave portion is formed in the inner periphery of a cutting member. When the cutting member is extended to cut a ligature wire, the concave portion is fitted to the protrusion to allow the holding member to engage the cutting member. | 02-25-2010 |
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20110104614 | Self-imageable film forming polymer, compositions thereof and devices and structures made therefrom - Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass self-imageable film forming compositions that comprise norbornene-type polymers and that can be formulated to be either positive tone imaging or negative tone. The films formed thereby are useful in the forming of microelectronic and optoelectronics devices. | 05-05-2011 |
20120129101 | Self-Imageable Film Forming Polymer, Compositions Thereof and Devices and Structures Made Therefrom - Polymers and compositions for forming self-imageable films encompassing such polymers that encompass norbornene-type repeating unit having at least one phenolic functionality and maleic anhydride-type repeating unit, which can be formulated to be either positive tone imaging or negative tone imaging. The films formed thereby are useful as self-imageable layers in the manufacture of microelectronic, such as semiconductor, and optoelectronic devices. | 05-24-2012 |
20120149815 | Transparent Layer Forming Polymer - Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide polymers for forming layers/films useful in the manufacture of a variety of types of optoelectronic displays. Such embodiments also provide compositions of such polymers for forming such layers/films where the formed layers/films have high transparency over the visible light spectrum. | 06-14-2012 |
20130017488 | Self-Imageable Layer Forming Polymer and Compositions Thereof - Copolymers and compositions thereof useful for forming self-imageable films encompassing such copolymers are disclosed. Such copolymers encompass norbornene-type repeating units and maleic anhydride-type repeating units where at least some of such and maleic anhydride-type repeating units have been ring-opened. The films formed from such copolymer compositions provide self imageable, low-k, thermally stable layers for use in microelectronic and optoelectronic devices. | 01-17-2013 |
20140205948 | SELF-IMAGEABLE LAYER FORMING POLYMER AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF - Copolymers and compositions thereof useful for forming self-imageable films encompassing such copolymers are disclosed. Such copolymers encompass norbornene-type repeating units and maleic anhydride-type repeating units where at least some of such and maleic anhydride-type repeating units have been ring-opened. The films formed from such copolymer compositions provide self imageable, low-k, thermally stable layers for use in microelectronic and optoelectronic devices. | 07-24-2014 |
20150079506 | AMINE TREATED MALEIC ANHYDRIDE POLYMERS, COMPOSITIONS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - Disclosed herein are various amine treated maleic anhydride containing polymers and compositions thereof, which are useful for forming self-imageable films. In some embodiments, such polymers encompass norbornene-type repeating units and maleic anhydride-type repeating units where at least some of such maleic anhydride-type repeating units are either ring-opened or have been transformed into maleimide repeat units. The films formed from such copolymer compositions provide self imageable, low-k, thermally stable layers for use in microelectronic and optoelectronic devices. | 03-19-2015 |
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20120227079 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A distribution system 100 includes a transmission device 110 and a reception device 120. The transmission device transmits content data coded with a certain code rate to the reception device. The reception device, while receiving the content data transmitted by the transmission device, stores received data into a storage device and also reproduces content based on the stored data. The distribution system determines a code rate based on a remaining time before reproduction start time from a present moment and an available reproduction time, which is a time available for reproduction of the content based on the stored data. The transmission device changes the code rate of the content data to be transmitted to the determined code rate. The reception device starts reproduction of the content at the reproduction start point. | 09-06-2012 |
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20090012791 | REFERENCE PATTERN ADAPTATION APPARATUS, REFERENCE PATTERN ADAPTATION METHOD AND REFERENCE PATTERN ADAPTATION PROGRAM - A method and apparatus for carrying out adaptation using input speech data information even at a low reference pattern recognition performance. A reference pattern adaptation device | 01-08-2009 |
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20100094629 | WEIGHT COEFFICIENT LEARNING SYSTEM AND AUDIO RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A weighting factor learning system includes an audio recognition section that recognizes learning audio data and outputting the recognition result; a weighting factor updating section that updates a weighting factor applied to a score obtained from an acoustic model and a language model so that the difference between a correct-answer score calculated with the use of a correct-answer text of the learning audio data and a score of the recognition result becomes large; a convergence determination section that determines, with the use of the score after updating, whether to return to the weighting factor updating section to update the weighting factor again; and a weighting factor convergence determination section that determines, with the use of the score after updating, whether to return to the audio recognition section to perform the process again and update the weighting factor using the weighting factor updating section. | 04-15-2010 |
20100114572 | SPEAKER SELECTING DEVICE, SPEAKER ADAPTIVE MODEL CREATING DEVICE, SPEAKER SELECTING METHOD, SPEAKER SELECTING PROGRAM, AND SPEAKER ADAPTIVE MODEL MAKING PROGRAM - To enable selection of a speaker, the acoustic feature value of which is similar to that of an utterance speaker, with accuracy and stability, while adapting to changes even when the acoustic feature value of the speaker changes every moment. A speaker score calculating means ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100318358 | RECOGNIZER WEIGHT LEARNING DEVICE, SPEECH RECOGNIZING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A speech recognition apparatus ( | 12-16-2010 |
20100324897 | AUDIO RECOGNITION DEVICE AND AUDIO RECOGNITION METHOD - Acoustic models and language models are learned according to a speaking length which indicates a length of a speaking section in speech data, and speech recognition process is implemented by using the learned acoustic models and language models. A speech recognition apparatus includes means ( | 12-23-2010 |
20110224985 | MODEL ADAPTATION DEVICE, METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A model adaptation device includes a text database that stores a plurality of sentences containing predetermined phonemes; a sentence list that includes a plurality of sentences that describe the contents of the input voice; an input unit to which the input voice is input; a model adaptation unit that performs the model adaptation using the input voice and the sentence list and outputs adapting characteristic information, which is for making the model approximate to the input voice; a statistic database that stores the adapting characteristic information; a distance calculation unit that outputs a value of an acoustic distance between the adapting characteristic information and the model for each phoneme; a phoneme detection unit that outputs a distance value, among the distance values, which is greater than a threshold value as a detection result; and a label generation unit that extracts from the text database a sentence containing a phoneme associated with the detection result and outputs the sentence. | 09-15-2011 |
20120029915 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTICHANNEL ACOUSTIC SIGNAL, SYSTEM THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - A method for processing multichannel acoustic signals which processes input signals of a plurality of channels including the voices of a plurality of speaking persons. The method is characterized by detecting the voice section of each speaking person or each channel, detecting overlapped sections wherein the detected voice sections are common between channels, determining a channel to be subjected to crosstalk removal and the section thereof by use of at least voice sections not including the detected overlapped sections, and removing crosstalk in the sections of the channel to be subjected to the crosstalk removal. | 02-02-2012 |
20120029916 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTICHANNEL ACOUSTIC SIGNAL, SYSTEM THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - A method for processing multichannel acoustic signals which is characterized by calculating the feature quantity of each channel from the input signals of a plurality of channels, calculating similarity between the channels in the feature quantity of each channel, selecting channels having high similarity, and separating signals using the input signals of the selected channels. | 02-02-2012 |
20120035915 | LANGUAGE MODEL CREATION DEVICE, LANGUAGE MODEL CREATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention uses a language model creation device | 02-09-2012 |
20120046940 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTICHANNEL ACOUSTIC SIGNAL, SYSTEM THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - A method for processing multichannel acoustic signals, whereby input signals of a plurality of channels including the voices of a plurality of speaking persons are processed. The method is characterized by comprising: calculating the first feature quantity of the input signals of the multichannels for each channel; calculating similarity of the first feature quantity of each channel between the channels; selecting channels having high similarity; separating signals using the input signals of the selected channels; inputting the input signals of the channels having low similarity and the signals after the signal separation; and detecting a voice section of each speaking person or each channel. | 02-23-2012 |
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