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20090059005 | Image processor and camera - An image processor outputs an image containing relatively much information of a central area in the horizontal direction. A mask composed of an upper mask and a lower mask is superimposed on the image. The upper mask is concave on the lower side thereof and disposed along the upper side of the image. The lower mask is concave on the upper side thereof and disposed along the lower side of the image. When the image is masked with this mask, the peripheral portion of the image that is prone to be distorted becomes invisible. Therefore, discomfort a user feels because of distortion can be reduced. In addition, the user can view the image with the much information of the central area of the image in the horizontal direction. | 03-05-2009 |
20100194596 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A display apparatus for a vehicle includes: a shooting element for shooting a predetermined area around the vehicle to obtain a shot image around the vehicle; an image conversion element for converting coordinates of the shot image to generate a mirror conversion image, wherein the mirror conversion image provides a first image of a first area around the vehicle reflected on an in-vehicle mirror, the first image being viewed from a passenger of the vehicle, and wherein the passenger sits down on a predetermined seat of the vehicle; and a display element for displaying the mirror conversion image. | 08-05-2010 |
20110106380 | Vehicle surrounding monitoring device - A vehicle surrounding monitoring device includes an image display control section and a guide line overlapping section. The image display control section makes a view image based on a shot image of a surrounding of a vehicle and displays the view image on a display device. The guide line overlapping section overlaps a guide line for assisting a forward parking of the vehicle on the view image. The guide line includes a front end guide line extending from a first position to a second position. The first position is a position obtained by rotationally transferring a position of a rotational outer front end of the vehicle by 90 degrees around a rotational center of the vehicle. The second position is located at a distance of a width of the vehicle from the first position toward a rear in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. | 05-05-2011 |
20150070394 | VEHICLE SURROUNDING IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE SURROUNDING IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY TANGIBLE COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM COMPRISING COMMAND INCLUDING THE METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD EXECUTING TOP VIEW CONVERSION AND DISPLAY OF IMAGE OF VEHICLE SURROUNDINGS - A vehicle surrounding image display control device includes: a vehicle surrounding image acquisition device; a bird's-eye view image creating device; a division storage device storing A and B bird's-eye view images; a shadow determination device; a vehicle movement amount calculation device; a first history image configuration device updating a C bird's-eye view image with the B bird's-eye view image, and updating a B history bird's-eye view image with the A bird's-eye view image when the shadow is not present in the B bird's-eye view image; a second history image configuration device updating the C bird's-eye view image using the B history bird's-eye view image, and updating the B history bird's-eye view image using the A bird's-eye view image when the shadow is present in the B bird's-eye view image; and a display control device. | 03-12-2015 |
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20080302160 | Square Tube Forming Roll, Square Tube Forming Method, and Forming Device - Roll forming a round tube to a square tube without applying excessive load to the raw tube scheduled portions to become corner portions and shoulder portions. This invention structures the curvature of the rotation axis direction of the forming roll surface in a way that in relation to other raw tube locations (straightening precedes for the raw tube locations adjacent to the corner portion scheduled locations of the square tube. It disposes stands of four-direction roll structure at the forming roll stand furthest upstream and furthest downstream sides and disposes stands of upper-lower and left-right two-direction roll structure between the upstream and downstream roll stands, and by adopting forming roll with a structure having a curvature for constricting the raw tube locations to become the shoulder portions adjacent to the corner portions of the square tube at a smaller curvature than that constricting the raw tube portions to become the side portion centers of the square tube cross section. | 12-11-2008 |
20130298630 | FORMING METHOD AND FORMING DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a forming method and a forming machine in which in forming e.g., a round steel pipe, predetermined forming can be performed with less additional deformation imparted to a workpiece without deteriorating the productivity of the conventional roll forming, thereby manufacturing a high-quality product with high dimension precision. To achieve this object, the present invention provides a forming method and a forming machine, which adopt a rotating unit which rotatably moves on an endless track a die train having dies with outwardly directed and swingable forming passes in a breakdown step at an early forming stage, and in which the forming pass of each die holds the edge of the workpiece to rotatably move the die by changing the die to a predetermined angle, thereby realizing bending, so that problems due to twisting onto forming rolls and high locally-caused contact stress can be greatly reduced. | 11-14-2013 |
20140130562 | SQUEEZE ROLL STAND - A squeeze roll stand includes a combination of a fixed portion installed at a joint position of an electric resistance welded pipe manufacturing line, in which squeeze rolls excluding left and right upper rolls are detachably assembled, and a movable portion overlying the fixed portion, inside which left and right upper rolls are detachably assembled, the movable portion being inclined, taking a back surface downstream side as a fulcrum point, toward a same side from an assembling position on the fixed portion to a retreat position to open an upper part of the fixed portion. The movable portion is driven and reciprocated between the assembling position and the retreat position with cylinder type actuators as a drive mechanism. At the retreat position, the movable portion overlies a bead grinding device arranged on the back surface downstream side of the fixed portion with a front surface facing upward. | 05-15-2014 |
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20100048155 | MULTI-BAND RF RECEIVER - A first RF receiving path and a second RF receiving path are activated selectively. An interstage filter is connected with the first RF receiving path and the second RF receiving path, and passes a prescribed frequency band of an RF signal output from an active RF receiving path. A frequency converter unit converts a signal output from the interstage filter into an IF signal. A bandwidth of the interstage filter corresponds to a center frequency of an RF signal to be received by the first RF receiving path. The second RF receiving path includes a center frequency shift unit that shifts a center frequency of a received RF signal so that it is included in a frequency band to pass through the interstage filter. | 02-25-2010 |
20110156829 | OSCILLATOR COMBINED CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND CURRENT REUSE METHOD - An oscillator combined circuit comprises: an oscillator including a resonance circuit that includes an inductor and capacitors, and a frequency divider that includes a differential pair that receives an oscillation output signal of the oscillator, and forms current paths from a power supply side, with first ends thereof on a side opposite to the first power supply being connected to the center tap of the inductor of the oscillator. The oscillator and the frequency divider are cascode-connected between ground and the power supply and a DC power supply current flowing from a DC supply current terminal of the frequency divider to a ground side is reused as a power supply current of the oscillator. | 06-30-2011 |
20110181320 | Differential logic circuit, frequency divider, and frequency synthesizer - A differential logic circuit includes: a differential logic unit which receives a plurality of logic signals, performs a logic operation, and outputs a result of the logic operation from a pair of differential signal output terminals thereof; and a current source circuit which supplies current to the differential logic unit and which controls a magnitude of the current. The differential logic circuit further includes: a load circuit connected to the differential signal output terminals; and a load control circuit which is connected to the load circuit and controls a load of the load circuit such that a direct-current output voltage of the pair of differential signal output terminals is constant. | 07-28-2011 |
20120169372 | DIFFERENTIAL LOGIC CIRCUIT, FREQUENCY DIVIDER, AND FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER - A differential logic circuit including a current source circuit which is connected to a current control terminal and generates a current, the current value is controlled by a signal received from the current control terminal, a differential unit which, based on the current from the current source circuit, inputs a plurality of logic signals, performs a logic operation, and outputs a result of the logic operation from a pair of differential signal output terminals thereof, a load circuit which is connected to the pair of differential signal output terminals, and a load control circuit which monitors a change of the current value and controls a load of the load circuit based on a result of the monitoring. | 07-05-2012 |
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20120064835 | HIGH-FREQUENCY SWITCHING CIRCUIT AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a high-frequency switching circuit including a first differential line and third line. The differential line includes a first line configured to have one end and an other end, a second line configured to have one end and an other end and a first switch configured to switch electrical connection between the one ends of the first and second lines. The differential line receives or outputs differential signals by the other ends of the first and second lines. The third line is configured to be electromagnetically coupled with the first differential line when the first switch is turned on. The first switch is arranged at a position where an electrical length from the other end of the first line and an electrical length from the other end of the second line are approximately equal. | 03-15-2012 |
20120068769 | HIGH-FREQUENCY DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT - There is provided a high-frequency differential amplifier circuit comprising: a first MOS transistor, a second MOS transistor, a first positive feedback element and a second positive feedback element. The first MOS transistor and the second MOS transistor each has a source connected to a first power source and a drain connected through loads to a second power source. The first and second MOS transistors receives at their gates, first and second input signals having phases reverse to each other. The first positive feedback element includes a first capacitor and a first variable resistance connected in series between the gate of the first MOS transistor and the drain of the second MOS transistor. The second positive feedback element includes a second capacitor and a second variable resistance connected in series between the gate of the second MOS transistor and the drain of the first MOS transistor. | 03-22-2012 |
20140065984 | TRANSMIT-RECEIVE SWITCHING CIRCUIT AND WIRELESS DEVICE - A transmit-receive switching circuit provided between a transmitter circuit configured to generate a transmission signal to be transmitted from an antenna and a receiver circuit configured to receive a reception signal received by the antenna, a transistor input control circuit configured to make the transmitter generate a transmission signal by an amplifying operation of a transistor in an output stage of the transmitter circuit when the transmission signal is transmitted from the antenna, and to short-circuit an output terminal of the transmitter circuit to a ground voltage when the reception signal is received by the antenna. | 03-06-2014 |
20140300419 | BIAS CIRCUIT AND AMPLIFIER - A bias circuit according to an embodiment is a bias circuit that supplies a bias voltage to an amplifying element. The bias circuit of the embodiment includes a first current source that has a characteristic of varying an output current with the surrounding temperature variations, and a second current source that has a different output characteristic from the first current source and that can control the output current. The bias circuit of the embodiment also includes a comparator for comparing the output current of the first current source with the output current of the second current source, and a bias supply part that controls the output current of the second current source on the basis of the comparison result of the comparator and supplies a bias voltage to the amplifying element in accordance with the comparison result. | 10-09-2014 |
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20100070629 | Management device, management method, and recording medium - A first acquisition unit acquires an event notification from an MFP and updates first device-status information. A transmission unit transmits the event notification and first reference-destination information. A switching unit switches a first access to the first reference-destination information to a second access to second reference-destination information. A second acquisition unit issues an acquisition request at a first interval, issues an acquisition request at a second interval in response to the event notification, acquires the second device-status information, and update the first device-status information. | 03-18-2010 |
20120191827 | APPARATUS MANAGEMENT DEVICE, APPARATUS CONFIGURATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus management device, which is connected via a network to an apparatus, includes a storage unit configured to store a default value for a parameter of the apparatus and a table including coefficients associated with counter values indicating operational status of the apparatus; an apparatus information obtaining unit configured to obtain apparatus information including a counter value indicating the operational status from the apparatus; a parameter value calculation unit configured to obtain one of the coefficients that corresponds to the counter value in the obtained apparatus information by referring to the table, and to calculate an update value for the parameter of the apparatus by multiplying the default value by the one of the coefficients; and a setting unit configured to set the parameter of the apparatus at the update value. | 07-26-2012 |
20130117412 | Management Device, Management Method, And Recording Medium - A first acquisition unit acquires an event notification from an MFP and updates first device-status information. A transmission unit transmits the event notification and first reference-destination information. A switching unit switches a first access to the first reference-destination information to a second access to second reference-destination information. A second acquisition unit issues an acquisition request at a first interval, issues an acquisition request at a second interval in response to the event notification, acquires the second device-status information, and update the first device-status information. | 05-09-2013 |
20130198329 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is communicable with a device via a first communication channel and communicable with a device management apparatus for managing the device via a second communication channel. The information processing apparatus includes a request generator configured to generate a first device information acquisition request in a second protocol based on a device information acquisition request in a first protocol transmitted from the device management apparatus via the second communication channel; a first transmitter configured to transmit the first device information acquisition request to the device via the first communication channel; a first receiver configured to receive a first device information acquisition response in the second protocol including device information from the device via the first communication channel; and a response generator configured to generate a device information acquisition response in the first protocol based on the first device information acquisition response. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198357 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A device management device connected to a first communication channel includes a transmitting unit that transmits a device information acquisition request via the first communication channel; a receiving unit that, when a device is connected to the first communication channel, receives a device information acquisition response containing device information of the device from the device via the first communication channel, whereas when the device is connected via a second communication channel to an information processing device connected to the first communication channel, receives a device information acquisition response containing device information of the device acquired by the information processing device from the information processing device via the first communication channel; and a managing unit that stores the device information received from the device and the device information received from the information processing device as device information of the identical device in a device information storage unit. | 08-01-2013 |
20140279264 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system constituted with one or more computers includes a first result storage part to store result values of operation amounts of a first device; a prediction part to generate prediction values of operation amounts of the first device during a period; a calculation part to calculate indicator values based on the prediction values; an extraction part to select a second device that substitutes the first device using the indicator values; a replacement information storage part to store correspondence information between a device before replacement and a device after replacement; an obtainment part to obtain operation amounts of the devices before and after replacement, respectively, assuming that the first device is replaced by the second device; and an output part to output information about the obtained operation amounts. | 09-18-2014 |
20150081889 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - An information processing apparatus is configured to communicate with a device through a first communication path and to communicate, through a second communication path, with a device management apparatus configured to manage the device, and to include a detection part, a transmission part, a reception part, and an acquisition part. The detection part detects connection with the device through the first communication path. The transmission part transmits predetermined notification including identification information of the information processing apparatus to the device management apparatus, when the connection with the device is detected. The reception part receives a device information acquisition request from the device management apparatus based on the predetermined notification. The acquisition part acquires device information of the device. The transmission part transmits, to the device management apparatus, response to acquisition of the device information including the identification information of the information processing apparatus and the device information. | 03-19-2015 |
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20120082478 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a door to cover an opening in a chassis, a fixing unit, a frame, a linear motion member to linearly move along with the door, a guiding member to guide the linear motion member to move linearly, a coupler assembly to couple the door with the linear motion member and move the linear motion member, and a manipulation member being movable according to movement of the linear motion member. The linear motion member includes a contact portion, with which the manipulation member comes in contact along an intersecting direction. The guiding member includes a slider plane to slidably support the linear motion member. The linear motion member is slidably supported by the slider plane of the guiding member at a surface which is on an opposite side from the surface having the contact portion. | 04-05-2012 |
20120308258 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus including a main frame, an image forming unit, which is disposed on an inner side of the main frame, a power board, which is disposed on the inner side of the main frame and is configured to apply voltage to the image forming unit, and a holder member, which is detachably attached to a surface on an outer side of the main frame and is configured to hold a wire connecting the power board and the image forming unit electrically, is provided. | 12-06-2012 |
20130308974 | Image Forming Apparatus Having Mechanism for Placing Fixing Unit in Nip Relaxed State - An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a door to cover an opening in a chassis, a fixing unit, a frame, a linear motion member to linearly move along with the door, a guiding member to guide the linear motion member to move linearly, a coupler assembly to couple the door with the linear motion member and move the linear motion member, and a manipulation member being movable according to movement of the linear motion member. The linear motion member includes a contact portion, with which the manipulation member comes in contact along an intersecting direction. The guiding member includes a slider plane to slidably support the linear motion member. The linear motion member is slidably supported by the slider plane of the guiding member at a surface which is on an opposite side from the surface having the contact portion. | 11-21-2013 |
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20090311807 | THERMAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND THERMAL PROCESSING METHOD FOR OBJECT TO BE PROCESSED - The present invention is a thermal processing apparatus comprising: a processing vessel capable of being evacuated, the processing vessel also being capable of accommodating, in addition to a plurality of objects, an object for temperature measurement equipped with an elastic wave device; a holding unit configured to be loaded into and unloaded from the processing vessel, while the holding unit holding the plurality of objects to be processed and the object for temperature measurement; a gas introduction unit configured to introduce a gas into the processing vessel; a heating unit configured to heat the plurality of objects to be processed and the object for temperature measurement that are accommodated in the processing vessel; a first conductive member configured to function as a transmitter antenna connected to a transmitter through a radiofrequency line, for transmitting an electric wave for measurement toward the elastic wave device accommodated in the processing vessel; a second conductive member configured to function as a receiver antenna connected to a receiver through a radiofrequency line, for receiving an electric wave dependent on a temperature of the elastic wave device which is emitted from the elastic wave device accommodated in the processing vessel; a temperature analysis part configured to obtain a temperature of the object for temperature measurement based on the electric wave received by the receiver antenna; and a temperature control part configured to control the heating unit; wherein: the first conductive member is disposed as a part of a thermal processing part in the processing vessel; and the second conductive member is disposed as a part of a thermal processing part in the processing vessel. | 12-17-2009 |
20120064469 | VERTICAL-TYPE HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - A heat treatment apparatus and control method enabling the apparatus to settle down the internal temperature of a treating vessel to a target temperature accurately and quickly. The apparatus includes a furnace body with a heater on an inner circumferential surface thereof, a treating vessel disposed inside the furnace body, a cooling medium supply blower and cooling medium release blower connected to the furnace body, and a temperature sensor provided inside the treating vessel. A signal from the temperature sensor is sent to a heater output computing unit of a controller. The computing unit determines a heater output level to be obtained during temperature regulation with the heater only, the heater output level being based on a preset temperature that has been determined by a temperature determining unit and temperature detected by the temperature sensor. A blower output computing unit activates blower output based on the heater output level. | 03-15-2012 |
20120064472 | VERTICAL-TYPE HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - A heat treatment apparatus and control method enabling the apparatus to settle down an internal temperature of a treating vessel to a target temperature accurately and quickly. The heat treatment apparatus includes a furnace body with a heater on an inner circumferential surface thereof, the treating vessel disposed inside the furnace body, a cooling medium supply blower and cooling medium release blower each connected to the furnace body, and a temperature sensor provided inside the treating vessel. A signal from the temperature sensor is sent to a heater output computing unit and blower output computing unit included in a controller. The heater output computing unit determines a heater output level based on a heater output numerical model and the signal from the temperature sensor. The blower output computing unit determines a blower output level based on a blower output numerical model and the signal from the temperature sensor. | 03-15-2012 |
20120223066 | THERMAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A control unit can select a large-number control zone model in which the number of control zones, which are independently controlled, is large, and a small-number control zone model in which the number of control zones, which are independently controlled, is small. When a temperature is increased or decreased, the control unit can select the small-number control zone model so as to control, based on signals from temperature sensors of the respective control zones C | 09-06-2012 |
20120251966 | HEAT TREATMENT CONTROL SYSTEM AND HEAT TREATMENT CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a heat treatment control system and method which can accurately estimate the temperatures of wafers upon loading of the wafers, enabling quick heat treatment of the wafers. The heat treatment control system includes: a processing container for processing wafers held in a boat; a lid for hermetically closing the processing container; heaters for heating the processing container; and a controller for controlling the heaters. A profile temperature sensor holding tool is installed on the lid. To the sensor holding tool are mounted profile temperature sensors which are connected to a temperature estimation section. The temperature estimation section estimates the temperature of a wafer by applying a first-order lag filter to a detection signal from a profile temperature sensor. The controller controls the heaters based on the temperatures of wafers thus determined by the temperature estimation section. | 10-04-2012 |
20120258415 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND HEAT TREATMENT METHOD - A heat treatment apparatus including: a processing container for processing wafers held in a boat; heaters for heating the processing container; and a control section for controlling the heaters. Heater temperature sensors are provided between the heaters and the processing container, in-container temperature sensors are provided in the processing container, and movable temperature sensors are provided in the boat. The temperature sensors are connected to a temperature estimation section. The temperature estimation section selects two of the three types of temperature sensors, e.g. the movable temperature sensors and the in-container temperature sensors, and determines the temperature of a wafer according to the following formula: T=T | 10-11-2012 |
20130037534 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM THEREFOR, TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS - Provided is a method of controlling temperatures of objects to be heated in a heating unit by adjusting a heating rate of each of a plurality of heating elements, based on temperature detection values detected at a plurality of temperature detection elements, wherein the plurality of temperature detection elements are positioned at different positions and the plurality of heating elements are positioned at different positions. The method includes estimating a temperature of each of the plurality of temperature detection elements by using a first estimation algorithm when one of the plurality of temperature detection elements is broken, based on the temperature detection values of the temperature detection elements excluding the broken temperature detection element, and controlling the temperatures of the objects to be heated based on the estimated temperatures. | 02-14-2013 |
20130065189 | THERMAL TREATMENT APPARATUS, TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM, THERMAL TREATMENT METHOD, TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM EMBODIED WITH PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE THERMAL TREATMENT METHOD OR THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD - A thermal treatment apparatus includes a processing container, a substrate holding unit for holding a plurality of substrates at predetermined intervals in a direction inside the processing container, a heating unit for heating the processing container, a supply unit for supplying gas, a plurality of supply ports provided respectively at different locations in the direction, and a cooling unit for cooling the processing container by supplying the gas into the processing container by the supply unit via each of the supply ports, wherein the supply unit is provided in such a way that the supply unit independently controls flow rates of the gases supplied via each of the supply ports. | 03-14-2013 |
20130186878 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The heat treatment apparatus includes: a processing chamber which accommodates a processing object; a heating unit which heats the processing object accommodated in the processing chamber; a temperature detecting unit which detects an internal temperature of the processing chamber; and a controller which sets a second setting temperature identical to as a temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit when the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit falls below a predetermined first setting temperature due to an external disturbance; controls the heating unit so that a third setting temperature between the second setting temperature and the first setting temperature becomes identical to the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit; and controls the heating unit so that the first setting temperature becomes identical to the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit after the third setting temperature becomes identical to the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit. | 07-25-2013 |
20130204416 | HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The heat treatment apparatus that increases a temperature of a processing object and performs a heat treatment in a constant temperature, the heat treatment apparatus includes: a processing chamber which accommodates the processing object; a heating unit which heats the processing object accommodated in the processing chamber; a memory unit which stores two or more temperature control models that are previously created, a temperature controller which controls a temperature of the heating unit; and an apparatus controller which controls the temperature controller and the memory unit, wherein the apparatus controller selects a temperature control model among the two or more temperature control models according to desired heat treatment conditions, and wherein the temperature controller reads out the selected temperature control model from the memory unit to control the heating unit. | 08-08-2013 |
20130256293 | HEAT TREATMENT SYSTEM, HEAT TREATMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - In accordance with some embodiments of the present disclosure, a heat treatment system, a heat treatment method, and a program are provided. The heat treatment system includes a heating unit configured to heat an inside of a processing chamber receiving a plurality of objects to be processed, a heat treatment condition storing unit configured to store a heat treatment condition, a power change model storing unit configured to store a model showing a relationship between a temperature change inside the processing chamber and a power change of the heating unit, a changed temperature receiving unit configured to receive information on a change of the temperature inside the processing chamber, a power calculation unit configured to calculate power of the heating unit required at a changed temperature, and a determining unit configured to determine whether the power of the heating unit calculated by the power calculation unit is saturated. | 10-03-2013 |
20130260039 | HEAT TREATMENT SYSTEM, HEAT TREATMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a heat treatment system is provided. The heat treatment system includes a heating unit, a heat treatment condition memory unit, a power change model memory unit, a heat treatment change model memory unit, a heat treatment result reception unit, and an optimal temperature calculation unit. In the heat treatment system, the optimal temperature calculation unit calculates the power of the heating unit at a corresponding temperature based on the model stored in the power change model memory unit and the calculated temperature, and an optimal temperature is a temperature at which a heat treatment result is closest to the targeted heat treatment result within a range in which the calculated power of the heating unit is not saturated. | 10-03-2013 |
20140238972 | THERMAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A control unit can select a large-number control zone model in which the number of control zones, which are independently controlled, is large, and a small-number control zone model in which the number of control zones, which are independently controlled, is small. When a temperature is increased or decreased, the control unit can select the small-number control zone model so as to control, based on signals from temperature sensors of the respective control zones C1 . . . C5 whose number is small, heaters located on the respective control zones C1 . . . C5. When a temperature is stabilized, the control unit can select the large-number control zone model so as to control, based on signals signals from the temperature sensors of the respective control zones C1 . . . C10 whose number is large, the heaters located on the respective control zones C1 . . . C10. | 08-28-2014 |
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20080213716 | Heat system, heat method, and program - The present invention provides a heating system, a heating method and a program, which can readily control processing temperature. A temperature calculating computer | 09-04-2008 |
20080255683 | Heat processing apparatus, method of automatically tuning control constants, and storage medium - A heat processing apparatus comprises: a reaction vessel; a heating unit disposed in the reaction vessel and configured to heat the processing region; a temperature detection part configured to detect a temperature of the processing region; and a control part configured to control the heating unit by a PID control. The control part includes: a rule table that is prepared such that predicted change amounts of a temperature property item when a temperature of the processing region is increased up to a target value, and change ratios of PID constants are correspondingly related to each other; a performance unit configured to repeatedly perform: a step of obtaining a temperature profile based on a temperature detected value of the temperature detection part and calculating a difference between an actually measured value and a target value of the temperature property item based on the temperature profile; and a step of, when the difference is over an allowable range and larger than a prescribed value, referring to the rule table and changing the PID constants to reset new PID constants by a change ratio corresponding to an predicted change amount of the temperature property item relative to the difference; until the difference can fall within the allowable range. The control part also includes an updating unit configured to update, when there is a difference between an actually measured change amount of the temperature property item with reference to the rule table and an predicted change amount of the temperature property item that has been predicted in the preceding cycle, the corresponding relationship between the PID constants and the predicted change amounts of the temperature property item described in the rule table, based on the actually measured change amount. | 10-16-2008 |
20090078197 | Substrate processing system, control method for substrate processing apparatus and program - The present invention provides a substrate processing system, a control method for a substrate processing apparatus, and a program for the system and/or method, each of which is intended to achieve effective control for a film-forming amount on processed substrates. The substrate processing system includes a substrate processing unit adapted for forming a film on each of the plurality of substrates; a pattern obtaining unit adapted for obtaining information about an arrangement pattern concerning arrangement of unprocessed substrates and processed substrates among the plurality of substrates; and a memory unit adapted for storing therein an arrangement/film-forming-amount model indicative of influence exerted on the film-forming amount on the substrates by the arrangement of the unprocessed substrates and processed substrates among the plurality of substrates. A calculation unit calculates an estimated film-forming amount on the substrates, in the case of the arrangement pattern, based on the arrangement/film-forming-amount model. Then, a determination unit determines whether or not the estimated film-forming amount calculated by the calculation unit is within a predetermined range. If the estimated film-forming amount calculated by the calculation unit is determined to be within the predetermined range, a control unit will control and drive the substrate processing unit to process the substrates. | 03-26-2009 |
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20110101432 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a capacitor, the capacitor includes a lower electrode, which includes platinum, provided above a semiconductor substrate; a first ferroelectric film, which includes lead zirconate titanate added with La, provided on the lower electrode; a second ferroelectric film, which includes lead zirconate titanate added with La, Ca, and Sr, provided directly on the first ferroelectric film, the second ferroelectric film having a thickness smaller than that of the first ferroelectric film and includes amounts of Ca and Sr greater than amounts of Ca and Sr that may be present in the first ferroelectric film; and an upper electrode, which includes a conductive oxide, provided on the second ferroelectric film. | 05-05-2011 |
20120032299 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an insulating film over a semiconductor substrate, forming a capacitor including a lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric film including a ferroelectric material, and an upper electrode over the insulating film, forming a first protective insulating film over a side surface and upper surface of the capacitor by a sputtering method, and forming a second protective insulating film over the first protective insulating film by an atomic layer deposition method. | 02-09-2012 |
20120032300 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR AND A FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR - A lower electrode film is formed above a substrate. A ferroelectric film is formed above the lower electrode film. An amorphous intermediate film of a perovskite-type conductive oxide is formed above the ferroelectric film. A first upper electrode film comprising oxide of at least one metal selected from a group of Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Ru, and Os is formed on the intermediate film. The intermediate film is crystallized by carrying out a first heat treatment in an atmosphere containing an oxidizing gas after the formation of the first upper electrode film. After the first heat treatment, a second upper electrode film comprising oxide of at least one metal selected from a group of Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Ru, and Os is formed on the first upper electrode film, at a temperature lower than the growth temperature for the first upper electrode film. | 02-09-2012 |
20120181659 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A ferroelectric capacitor formed above a semiconductor substrate includes a lower electrode, a dielectric film (ferroelectric film) having ferroelectric characteristics, and an upper electrode. The upper electrode includes a conductive oxide film made of a ferroelectric material to which conductivity is provided by adding a conductive material such as Ir, and the conductive oxide film is in contact with the dielectric film. | 07-19-2012 |
20130003256 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR AND A FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR - A lower electrode film is formed above a substrate. A ferroelectric film is formed above the lower electrode film. An amorphous intermediate film of a perovskite-type conductive oxide is formed above the ferroelectric film. A first upper electrode film comprising oxide of at least one metal selected from a group of Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Ru, and Os is formed on the intermediate film. The intermediate film is crystallized by carrying out a first heat treatment in an atmosphere containing an oxidizing gas after the formation of the first upper electrode film. After the first heat treatment, a second upper electrode film comprising oxide of at least one metal selected from a group of Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Ru, and Os is formed on the first upper electrode film, at a temperature lower than the growth temperature for the first upper electrode film. | 01-03-2013 |
20130026603 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming an insulating film over a semiconductor substrate, forming a capacitor including a lower electrode, a capacitor dielectric film including a ferroelectric material, and an upper electrode over the insulating film, forming a first protective insulating film over a side surface and upper surface of the capacitor by a sputtering method, and forming a second protective insulating film over the first protective insulating film by an atomic layer deposition method. | 01-31-2013 |
20150084160 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A ferroelectric capacitor formed above a semiconductor substrate includes a lower electrode, a dielectric film (ferroelectric film) having ferroelectric characteristics, and an upper electrode. The upper electrode includes a conductive oxide film made of a ferroelectric material to which conductivity is provided by adding a conductive material such as Ir, and the conductive oxide film is in contact with the dielectric film. | 03-26-2015 |
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20100215008 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD - A base station apparatus in a wireless communication network system includes an information obtaining unit that obtains a delay request value for application data which is transmitted and received between a terminal and a communication partner thereof through an application layer, where the terminal performs data transmission and reception by wirelessly accessing the base station apparatus; and a resource allocator that computes, based on the delay request value for the application data, a residual time up to a time by which an application data transmitting side, which is one of the base station apparatus and the terminal, should complete wireless transmission of TCP packets which store the application data, and performs allocation of a wireless resource used in wireless communication between the base station apparatus and the terminal, based on a degree of margin of the residual time for a prearranged transmission time of the wireless transmission from the application data transmitting side. | 08-26-2010 |
20110305140 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION RESOURCE ASSIGNING APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS RESOURCE ASSIGNING METHOD - A wireless resource assignment method includes: a step of, from terminals that issue requests for assigning wireless resources, selecting a predetermined number of said terminals that are candidates to which the wireless resources are assigned in accordance with evaluation indices of at lease one of an application layer and a TCP layer of said terminals arranged in descending order; and a step of assigning the wireless resources to the predetermined number of said selected terminals that are wireless resource assignment candidate terminals while maximizing the evaluation indices of a physical layer. | 12-15-2011 |
20120106489 | Reference Signal Transmission Scheduling Device and Reference Signal Transmission Scheduling Method - A reference signal transmission scheduling device, which performs scheduling on uplink transmission of a reference signal (SRS) from a mobile terminal to a base station in a wireless communication system, is designed to appropriately allocate an SRS transmission resource to the mobile terminal in consideration of the current circumstances of the mobile terminal. Herein, the maximum value of an SRS bandwidth is calculated based on the maximum transmission-enabled power of the mobile terminal, while the minimum value of the SRS bandwidth is calculated based on the mobility of the mobile terminal. Additionally, the SRS bandwidth, which is actually used by the mobile terminal subjected to SRS transmission resource allocation, is determined within the range between the maximum value and the minimum value of the SRS bandwidth. | 05-03-2012 |
20120250638 | Base Station Apparatus and Communication Terminal - Provided is a base station apparatus that employs a dynamic scheduler mode which performs wireless resource allocation for each subframe and applies a result of the allocation to the corresponding subframe, or a continuous transmission scheduler mode which performs wireless resource allocation for each subframe appearing periodically based on a period P and applies a result of the allocation for the relevant subframe to P continuous subframes from a subframe n to a subframe n+P−1. The base station apparatus includes a terminal communication device that communicates continuous transmission application ON/OFF information, which indicates whether or not the continuous transmission scheduler mode is employed, and continuous transmission period information, which indicates a period of continuous transmission scheduling according to the continuous transmission scheduler mode, to a terminal. The terminal communication device may store the continuous transmission application ON/OFF information and the continuous transmission period information in a PDCCH region. | 10-04-2012 |
20150029976 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL, TRANSMISSION STATION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - A wireless communication system includes an upper transmission station and a lower transmission station, each serving as a transmission station, a terminal serving as a reception station. The upper transmission station allocates a downlink control channel for each terminal to part of a predetermined data-channel region ascribed to the lower transmission station based on a demodulation reference signal for each transmission station. Based on the allocation result, the lower transmission station allocates the downlink control channel for each terminal, which is disposed at art of the data-channel region thereof. The terminal decodes the downlink control channel based on the demodulation reference signal. | 01-29-2015 |
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20100148611 | ARMATURE CORE, MOTOR USING SAME, AND AXIAL GAP ELECTRICAL ROTATING MACHINE USING SAME - An armature core includes a core portion formed of a lamination of plural noncrystalline metallic foil bands and resin for bond-fixing the non-crystalline metallic foil bands, wherein the armature core is provided with at least two cut surfaces with respect to the lamination layers. Amorphous metal is used as the iron base of the non-crystalline metallic foil bands. The cut surfaces are perpendicular to the lamination-layers of the non-crystalline foil bands. For the amorphous core, a resin mold is formed. The contact portions between winding wires and amorphous are provided with edge roundness. Further, an axial gap motor using cut cores of amorphous lamination as stator cores is provided. Still further, the stator includes: a plurality of stator cores in a bar shape, the stator cores being disposed along circumferential direction, wherein the axial line of the rotor shaft is the central axis of the circumferential direction, and wherein an axial direction of the stator cores is along the axial line direction AX of the rotor shaft; a stator core holding member in a disc form, the stator having a plurality of holes or recessions that are substantially in the same shape as a cross-sectional shape of the stator cores and are arranged along the circumferential direction, wherein the axial line of the rotor shaft is the central axis of the circumferential direction; and coils wound around the stator cores, and wherein the stator cores are inserted in the holes or recessions of the stator core holding member and held by fixing in vicinities of respective central portions thereof, the central portions being with respect to the axial direction thereof. | 06-17-2010 |
20110095628 | AXIAL GAP MOTOR, COMPRESSOR, MOTOR SYSTEM, AND POWER GENERATOR - The present invention provides a low-iron-loss (high-efficiency) and low-cost axial gap motor that includes a high-quality soft magnetic material placed at an appropriate position, reduces torque pulsation, keeps induced voltage in the shape of a sine wave, and increases the degree of freedom in design. The axial gap motor includes a stator having stator teeth; and a rotor being opposed to the stator with a gap in an axial direction of the stator. Each of the stator teeth includes a stator tooth body, a stator tooth end joined to at least one axial-direction end of the stator tooth body, and a stator coil disposed around the stator tooth body. The stator tooth body includes a wound core comprised of a multi-layered amorphous foil strip winding. The stator tooth end is formed by a compact made of a powder magnetic core, and includes an opposed surface to the rotor. A cross-sectional area of the stator tooth end perpendicular to an axis of the amorphous foil strip winding is larger than a cross-sectional area of the stator tooth body perpendicular to the axis of the amorphous foil strip winding. | 04-28-2011 |
20110095642 | MAGNETIC IRON CORE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AXIAL-GAP ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE, AND STATIC ELECTRICAL MACHINE - The invention provides a high-quality magnetic iron core by concurrently satisfying requirements for enhancement in strength of a wound iron core, particularly, strength of a wound iron core made up of amorphous foil strips, reduction in manufacturing time, and manufacturing cost. The invention also provides an electromagnetic application product highly efficient and small in size as an application of the magnetic iron core. The magnetic iron core includes an amorphous foil strip being wound to form the magnetic iron core. The magnetic iron core is filled with resin, the resin being disposed in every plural turns of windings of the amorphous foil strip. Preferably, the magnetic iron core is filled with the resin, the resin being disposed by using a spacer in every plural turns of windings of the amorphous foil strip. Preferably, the magnetic iron core is covered with resin which is integrated with and continuous to the resin disposed in every plural turns of windings of the amorphous foil strip. | 04-28-2011 |
20110156519 | AXIAL GAP ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND ROTOR USED THEREFOR - In the axial gap rotating electrical machine, the rotor includes a rotor yoke that is formed by wrapping amorphous ribbon wound toroidal core, which is obtained by winding an amorphous magnetic metal ribbon into a toroidal core. Magnets having plural poles are circumferentially disposed on a stator-facing surface of the amorphous ribbon wound toroidal core. | 06-30-2011 |
20120248930 | WOUND CORE, ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT - A wound core formed of a magnetic thin band, an electromagnetic component and a manufacturing method therefor and electromagnetic equipment in which iron loss and cost reduction can be achieved are provided. The wound core is a wound core formed by winding a magnetic thin band in the axial direction. A cutout portion is formed from place to place on an end face of the thin band in the axial direction and the cutout portions are arranged in random directions in the direction of the radius of the wound core. | 10-04-2012 |
20130328429 | Motor Unit, and Dynamo-Electric Machine and Dynamo-Electric Machine Device that Use Same - Provided are: a low cost, high-performance motor unit which has a large capacity obtained without increasing the radial size of the axial gap motor and which can be assembled with improved efficiency; and a dynamo-electric machine and a dynamo-electric machine device which use the motor unit. A motor unit comprises: an in-unit shaft; a stator provided along the circumferential direction of the in-unit shaft; two rotors rotating together with the in-unit shaft and provided so as to face both surfaces of the stator in the circumferential direction; and engagement sections provided to the surface of each of the rotors which is on the side opposite the stator. Such motor units are engaged with each other at the engagement sections and rotate integrally. | 12-12-2013 |