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20100175822 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING CARBON PARTICLE FILM, LAMINATED ELECTRODE, AND ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR - Provided is a method for producing a film comprising inorganic particles and carbon particles bound together with the inorganic particles, the method comprising a step of compressing a film composed of a mixture comprising carbon particles and inorganic particles at a temperature which is not higher than the melting point of the carbon particles and not higher than the melting point of the inorganic particles to increase the bulk density of the mixture. Moreover, a method for producing a laminated electrode and a method for producing an electric double layer capacitor, both using the foregoing method, are provided. | 07-15-2010 |
20100183802 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING SOLID PARTICULATE DISPERSION LIQUID, ELECTRODE, AND ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR - Disclosed is a method for producing a dispersion liquid of solid particulates, the method comprising subjecting a mixture liquid comprising charged particles, solid particles greater in average particle diameter than the charged particles, and a liquid medium to pulverization. Moreover, a method for producing an electrode and a method for producing an electric double layer capacitor using the aforementioned method. | 07-22-2010 |
20110292568 | ELECTRODE FILM, ELECTRODE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ELECTRODE, AND ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is an electrode film comprising an active material having an average particle diameter being equal to or more than 2 μm and equal to or less than 50 μm and inorganic particles containing a conductive ion and having an average diameter being equal to or more than 1 nm and less than 2 μm, wherein the active material is bound by the inorganic particles, and an electrode in which the electrode film is stacked on a current collector is also provided. In addition, an electric storage device, comprising the above-mentioned electrode, in which two electrodes are arranged so that their electrode films may be opposed to each other, the electrode films are wound or stacked with a separator interposed between the electrode films, and the electrodes and the separator are enclosed together with an electrolyte solution in a metal container is provided. | 12-01-2011 |
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20090213472 | IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An image pickup optical system includes a first-lens unit having negative refractive power; a second-lens unit having positive refractive power and being disposed closer to an image side than the first-lens unit; an aperture; and a diffraction optical part provided on the joint surface of a first-cemented lens closer to the image side than the aperture. The focal length of the whole system, the Abbe number of the negative lens of a second-cemented lens closer to the image side than the aperture, the focal length within the air, the Abbe number of a negative lens closer to an object side than the aperture, the average value between the curvature radius closest to the object side and the curvature radius closest to the image side of the first-cemented lens including the diffraction optical part, the curvature radius of the diffraction optical part, and so forth, are set appropriately. | 08-27-2009 |
20090295982 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a zoom lens system including a first lens unit having a positive optical power, a second lens unit having a negative optical power, and a rear unit including at least one lens unit, which are disposed in the stated order from an object side to an image side. At least two lens units move for zooming so that a distance between adjacent lens units is changed. In this zoom lens system, the first lens unit includes a composite optical element in which a first optical element having a positive optical power and a second optical element having a negative optical power are cemented to each other. Refractive indexes and Abbe numbers of materials of the first optical element and the second optical element are set appropriately so that high optical performance is realized. | 12-03-2009 |
20100053765 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An optical system includes, in order from an enlargement conjugate side to a reduction conjugate side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power and a second lens unit having a positive refractive power. In the optical system, an aperture stop is located closer to the reduction conjugate side than the first lens unit, one or more positive lenses are located closer to the reduction conjugate side than the aperture stop, and the one or more positive lenses include a P-th positive lens located closest to the reduction conjugate side. In the optical system, a relative partial dispersion of a material of the P-th positive lens (θ | 03-04-2010 |
20100165476 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING OPTICAL SYSTEM - Provided are an imaging optical system in which chromatic aberrations are excellently corrected across the entire screen to realize high optical performance, and an optical apparatus including the imaging optical system. In an imaging optical system of which a back focus is longer than a focal length, a lens unit located in a reduction-conjugate side of an aperture stop includes at least one positive lens. A partial dispersion ratio and an Abbe number of the positive lens are set such that a refractive index, a position, and a power satisfy a suitable relationship. | 07-01-2010 |
20110080647 | REAR ATTACHMENT LENS AND IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A rear attachment lens detachably attached to a main lens system at an image side thereof to lengthen a focal length includes a negative lens disposed such that, when L is a distance between a lens surface closest to an object side and a lens surface closest to an image side in the rear attachment lens, the negative lens is within an area in which a distance from the lens surface closest to the object side to the negative lens is in the range of 0.5L to 1.0L. When νdn1 is an Abbe number of a material of the negative lens with respect to the d-line and θgFn1 is a partial dispersion ratio of the material of the negative lens with respect to the g-line and the F-line, the following conditions are satisfied: | 04-07-2011 |
20110141573 | REAR ATTACHMENT LENS AND IMAGE-FORMING OPTICAL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A rear attachment lens detachably attached to an image side of a main lens system to change a focal length of an entire system so as to become longer than a focal length of the main lens system includes one or more positive lenses GMp. One among the one or more positive lenses GMp is a positive lens P | 06-16-2011 |
20110310486 | PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL SYSTEM - A photographic optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit, a second lens unit for focusing, and a third lens unit. The first lens unit includes a first lens sub-unit having a positive refractive power and a second lens sub-unit. The first lens unit includes a diffractive optical element and an aspheric surface. A length on an optical axis from a lens surface furthest on the object side of the first lens sub-unit to an image plane, an air space between the first lens sub-unit and the second lens sub-unit, a focal length of the first lens sub-unit, a focal length of the second lens sub-unit, a focal length of the diffractive optical element by only a diffractive component, a focal length and an F-number of the entire photographic optical system are appropriately set to satisfy predetermined conditions for optimal focusing. | 12-22-2011 |
20120134031 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power, a third lens unit having positive or negative refractive power, and a rear lens group including one or more lens units, an aperture stop is provided on the image side of the second lens unit. A sum of relative anomalous partial dispersion ΔθgF of materials of negative lenses included in the second lens unit, a sum of power of a negative lens formed of a material having relative anomalous partial dispersion that is equal to or more than an average value of relative anomalous partial dispersion of the materials of the negative lenses included in the second lens unit, and a refractive power of the second lens unit are appropriately set. | 05-31-2012 |
20120229921 | PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A photographic optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive or negative refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive or negative refractive power, focusing being performed by moving the second lens unit, wherein at least one diffractive optical element and at least one optical element made of solid material are provided closer to the object side than a position where a paraxial chief ray intersects an optical axis, and wherein a focal length obtained by only a diffraction component of the diffractive optical element, a focal length of the optical element made of solid material, a focal length of the first lens unit, and a relative anomalous partial dispersion of a material forming the optical element made of solid material are appropriately set. | 09-13-2012 |
20120250168 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An optical system includes at least one lens unit having a negative refractive power disposed closer to an object side than an aperture portion. The lens unit having a negative refractive power includes at least one positive lens and one negative lens. The ratio between the numbers of positive lenses and negative lenses included in the lens unit having a negative refractive power is appropriately set. The lens unit having a negative refractive power includes a plurality of negative lenses each having an appropriate Abbe number and relative partial dispersion and a positive lens having an appropriate Abbe number. A negative lens having the highest dispersion among the negative lenses is located in an appropriate position. | 10-04-2012 |
20130021513 | PHOTOGRAPHIC OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A photographic optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having positive refractive power, a second lens unit having negative refractive power configured to move in an optical axis direction to perform focusing, and a third lens unit having positive or negative refractive power, wherein the position of an optical element (A) satisfies a predetermined condition. | 01-24-2013 |
20130100337 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An optical system includes a first lens unit fixed during a focusing operation and having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit moving in an optical axis direction during the focusing operation and having a negative refractive power, a third lens unit positioned at the image side relative to the second lens unit and having a positive or negative refractive power, the first lens unit is configured by first, second, and third partial lens units, the first partial lens unit is configured by two positive lens components, the second partial lens unit is configured by one cemented lens having a negative combined refractive power, the third partial lens unit is positioned between the second partial lens unit and the second lens unit and has a positive refractive power as a whole, and each lens unit is configured so as to meet an appropriate condition. | 04-25-2013 |
20130194487 | IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An image pickup optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit that does not move for focusing and has a positive optical power, a second lens unit that moves during focusing, an aperture diaphragm, and a third lens unit that does not move for focusing. The image pickup optical system includes a diffractive optical element, and an optical element NLF made of a solid material on the object side of an intersection between a paraxial chief ray and an optical axis. The predetermined conditional expressions are satisfied. | 08-01-2013 |
20140002714 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
20140071305 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus ( | 03-13-2014 |
20150055010 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus includes an imaging optical system, an image pickup element including a plurality of pixels, a lens array configured such that rays from the same position on an object plane are incident on pixels of the image pickup element different from each other depending on a pupil region of the imaging optical system through which the ray passes, an image processing unit configured to perform image processing for the input image acquired by the image pickup element to generate the output images, and a control unit configured to drive the imaging optical system to perform focus control, the image processing unit is configured to acquire information on a refocus control range, and the control unit is configured to perform the focus control based on the information on the refocus control range. | 02-26-2015 |
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20090247304 | COMMUNICATION GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, SERVER, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM, AND GAME CONTROL METHOD - A communication game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses which are able to wirelessly communicate with each other. Each of the game apparatus registers identifying information of an opponent obtained by a short-distance wireless communication or by user's input in a friend list. Thereafter, the game apparatus connects to the Internet, and inquires server, etc. whether or not it is possible to communicate with the opponent in the friend list over a network. If it is possible to communicate, the game apparatus obtains an address of the opponent to make a network communication. In a case that a still another opponent being connected to its own apparatus exists, when other game apparatus makes a connection, its own game apparatus transmits their identifying information to introduce the communicating opponents to each other. The game apparatuses introduced to each other make a communication over a network, and add the identifying information of the opponents to the friend list, if necessary. | 10-01-2009 |
20090253518 | COMMUNICATION GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, SERVER, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM, AND GAME CONTROL METHOD - A communication game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses which are able to wirelessly communicate with each other. Each of the game apparatus registers identifying information of an opponent obtained by a short-distance wireless communication or by user's input in a friend list. Thereafter, the game apparatus connects to the Internet, and inquires server, etc. whether or not it is possible to communicate with the opponent in the friend list over a network. If it is possible to communicate, the game apparatus obtains an address of the opponent to make a network communication. In a case that a still another opponent being connected to its own apparatus exists, when other game apparatus makes a connection, its own game apparatus transmits their identifying information to introduce the communicating opponents to each other. The game apparatuses introduced to each other make a communication over a network, and add the identifying information of the opponents to the friend list, if necessary. | 10-08-2009 |
20130072298 | HAND-HELD GAME APPARATUS AND GAME PROGRAM - A hand-held game apparatus and a game program are provided which allow a user to play a game while going back and forth between two kinds of maps, namely, a narrow-range map and a broad-range map game, and arbitrarily change the displayed state of at least one of the broad-range map and the narrow-range map by manipulating a touch panel which is mounted on a liquid crystal display section for displaying the broad-range map. If the player manipulates the touch panel to point to a coordinate position on the broad-range map, thus designating coordinates for a narrow-range map to display, an image of the narrow-range map, which is changed as desired, is displayed. If the player indicates a moving direction on the broad-range map, thus designating a scroll direction, the broad-range map is moved (scrolled). | 03-21-2013 |
20130252740 | COMMUNICATION GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, SERVER, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM, AND GAME CONTROL METHOD - A communication game system includes a plurality of game apparatuses which are able to wirelessly communicate with each other. Each of the game apparatus registers identifying information of an opponent obtained by a short-distance wireless communication or by user's manual input in a friend list. Thereafter, the game apparatus connects to the Internet, and inquires whether it is possible to communicate with an opponent in the friend list over the network. If it is possible to communicate, the game apparatus obtains an address of the opponent to make a network communication. Even if a user makes a short distance wireless communication with a friend to exchange and register the identifying information or registers the friend by hand and then is parted from the friend, the user can safely communicate with the opponent is to be added to the multiplayer game session, one of the participants transmits identifying information to introduce the communication opponents to each other. The game apparatuses introduced to each other make a communication over a network, and add the identifying information of the opponents to the friend list, if necessary. | 09-26-2013 |
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20080242115 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device - A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate, a gate dielectrics formed on the semiconductor substrate and including a silicon oxide film containing a metallic element, the silicon oxide film containing the metallic element including a first region near a lower surface thereof, a second region near an upper surface thereof, and a third region between the first and second regions, the metallic element contained in the silicon oxide film having a density distribution in a thickness direction of the silicon oxide film, a peak of the density distribution existing in the third region, and an electrode formed on the gate dielectrics. | 10-02-2008 |
20080265324 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film which is composed of a material whose main component is a tetravalent metal oxide, a mixture of a tetravalent metal oxide and SiO | 10-30-2008 |
20090000547 | Semiconductor device fabrication method and fabrication apparatus - According to the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor device fabrication method comprising: | 01-01-2009 |
20100159686 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same - A semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises a semiconductor substrate, a gate insulating film which is composed of a material whose main component is a tetravalent metal oxide, a mixture of a tetravalent metal oxide and SiO | 06-24-2010 |
20100173487 | Semiconductor apparatus and method of manufacturing the semiconductor apparatus - A semiconductor apparatus wherein a device formed on a semiconductor substrate comprises a gate insulating film including a high dielectric constant film formed on the substrate and an anti-reaction film formed on the high dielectric constant film, and a gate electrode formed on the anti-reaction film, the high dielectric constant film comprises a film containing at least one of Hf and Zr, and Si and O, or a film containing at least one of Hf and Zr, and Si, O and N, the anti-reaction film comprises an SiO | 07-08-2010 |
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20080247642 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In conventional technology, it is likely that good image quality cannot be obtained because various image processing such as color processing or halftone processing (dithering processing and error diffusion processing, for example) which differs from desired processing is executed in the trapping processing or black overprint processing. The present invention has an object of obtaining desire good image quality in the trapping processing or black overprint processing, and is characterized by having a means for or a step of generating attribute information for each color plate before or during the image transforming processing. | 10-09-2008 |
20100171991 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus that can perform a process of transforming an edge of an image such as trapping with less memory than prior art by using a small reference area and modification information. | 07-08-2010 |
20100238468 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When edge smoothing is applied to a portion where trapping was applied, the two processes are applied to a small region, thus causing image deterioration. Hence, the invention is configured to exclusively set trapping and edge smoothing execution conditions. Then, even when application of both trapping and edge smoothing processes to an entire image is selected, one of these processes is applied to each individual pixel or region. Alternatively, an execution completion flag may be set for one of these processes, and the other process may be executed with reference to that flag. | 09-23-2010 |
20110128556 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When both of a trapping and a resolution converting process are executed, a deterioration in picture quality occurs. In order to solve this problem, an image forming apparatus is provided which performs a trapping process to expand outlines of objects whose boundaries are in contact with each other, performs a resolution conversion process to change density of edges of an image, and restricts processing so that the trapping process and the resolution conversion process are not executed to a same pixel. | 06-02-2011 |
20110135162 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises, a form registration component configured to register a plurality of document forms; a characteristic amount generation component configured to generate respective characteristic amounts of the plurality of the document forms registered in the form registration component; a representative characteristic amount extraction component configured to extract a difference between the plurality of the document forms as a representative characteristic amount which is used for identifying the forms, by using the generated characteristic amount; a reading component configured to read a document to be checked; and a form determination component configured to determine which document form among the plurality of document forms registered in the form registration component corresponds to the document to be checked that is read by the reading component, by using the representative characteristic amount extracted by the representative characteristic amount extraction component. | 06-09-2011 |
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20090049690 | HOLDING AND SEALING MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a holding and sealing material | 02-26-2009 |
20090269254 | HOLDING SEALING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOLDING SEALING MATERIAL, AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS - A holding sealing material includes a plurality of mats. The plurality of mats have a longitudinal direction and include a lower mat and an upper mat laminated on the lower mat. Each of the plurality of mats includes inorganic fibers and has a substantially rectangular shape. A length of the lower mat in the longitudinal direction is longer than a length of the upper mat in the longitudinal direction. Each of the plurality of mats is connected to each other at at least two fixed portions. The at least two fixed portions are positioned at different positions in the longitudinal direction. | 10-29-2009 |
20090269255 | HOLDING SEALING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOLDING SEALING MATERIAL, AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS - A holding sealing material includes mats which have a longitudinal direction and first and second longer side faces along the longitudinal direction and which include a lower mat and an upper mat laminated on the lower mat. A length of the lower mat in the longitudinal direction is longer than a length of the upper mat in the longitudinal direction. Each of the mats is connected to each other at a fixed portion which extends substantially along a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The fixed portion has first and second end portions in the width direction. The first end portion is on a side of the first longer side face. The second end portion is on a side of the second longer side face. The first and second end portions are spaced apart from the first and second longer side face, respectively. | 10-29-2009 |
20100236697 | METHOD OF WINDING HOLDING SEALING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS - A method of winding a holding sealing material includes providing a mat-shaped holding sealing material including inorganic fibers. An exhaust gas treating body is provided having cell walls extending along a longitudinal direction of the exhaust gas treating body to define cells. The mat-shaped holding sealing material is wound around an outer peripheral portion of the exhaust gas treating body to form multiple layers including a first layer and a second layer wound around the first layer. Each of the multiple layers is shifted along the longitudinal direction in a winding order such that the first layer is placed closer to one end face of the exhaust gas treating body than the second layer. A shift between the first layer and the second layer is from about 0.15% to about 15% of a length in a width direction of the holding sealing material. | 09-23-2010 |
20100239468 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS - An exhaust gas purifying apparatus includes an exhaust gas treating body, a metal casing, and a holding sealing material. The exhaust gas treating body has a longitudinal direction and includes cell walls extending along the longitudinal direction to define cells between the cells. The metal casing has an inner surface and houses the exhaust gas treating body to face the inner surface. The holding sealing material is provided between the exhaust gas treating body and the inner surface of the metal casing to hold the exhaust gas treating body in the metal casing. The holding sealing material includes an inorganic fiber aggregated body. The metal casing has a corrosion area at least on a part of the inner surface. The corrosion area includes a corroded base material of the metal casing. | 09-23-2010 |
20140290228 | HOLDING SEALING MATERIAL FOR EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOLDING SEALING MATERIAL, EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS - A holding sealing material for an exhaust gas purifying apparatus includes a mat and a heater. The mat includes inorganic fibers. The heater is disposed on either one of main surfaces of the mat. An exhaust gas purifying apparatus includes a casing, an exhaust gas treating body, and a holding sealing material. The exhausted gas treating body is canned in the casing. The holding sealing material is wound around the exhaust gas treating body and disposed between the exhaust gas treating body and the casing. The holding sealing material includes a mat including inorganic fibers, and a heater disposed between the mat and the exhaust gas treating body. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090245585 | BODY PART GUIDANCE CONTROL METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT BIOMETRICS AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND NON-CONTACT BIOMETRICS AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - A body part guidance control is performed in a non-contact biometrics authentication device which performs individual authentication utilizing characteristics of a body part which is a portion of a human body, for guiding the body part so as to capture images without contact. The future position at the time of message display is predicted by using body part positions of n times in the past and the guidance message can be selected according to this predicted position to output an appropriate message. Hence the time for guidance into an appropriate image capture region can be shortened, the output of messages for movement in the direction opposite the body part movement can be prevented, and inducement of confusion in the user can be prevented, so that the speed of authentication can be improved. | 10-01-2009 |
20090245593 | PATTERN ALIGNING METHOD, VERIFYING METHOD, AND VERIFYING DEVICE - A pattern alignment method performs alignment of the comparison source pattern or the comparison target pattern that has been subjected to the angle-scale conversion with the comparison source pattern. Angular deviations and scale factors between the comparison source pattern and the comparison target pattern are computed separately, after angle and scale conversion, the measured template matching is performed. Therefore, parallel-displacement alignment can be made faster and precise alignment is possible. Template matching processing can be minimized, and aligning can be performed precisely and rapidly. | 10-01-2009 |
20090245627 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION DEVICE - The present invention firstly roughly classifies an analysis range specified by the operator in the color image data of a form into background, a character frame and a character, precisely specifies a character frame on the basis of the classification result, eliminates the character from the color image data from which the background is eliminated and recognizes the remaining character. | 10-01-2009 |
20100008578 | FORM RECOGNITION APPARATUS, METHOD, DATABASE GENERATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - One system to which the present invention is applied obtains the digitized form image of a form, recognizes a character string existing in the obtained form image, extracts a headline wording being a predetermined character string from the recognized character strings, determines a table structure existing in the form image, on the basis of the extracted headline wording and the arrangement of headline wordings in the form image and specifies a correspondence relationship between a headline wording and a character string other than the headline wording that is recognized, using the determination result. | 01-14-2010 |
20110229037 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND CHARACTER RECOGNITION METHOD - An objective is to eliminate dotted lines in a character box in image data to increase the character recognition rate. There are some cases in which a dotted line candidate cannot be extracted due to many overlapping parts of dotted lines and characters or due to a blurry part in a dotted line. In such cases, the position of a dotted line candidate is estimated referring to features such as the interval, length, width, etc. of a dotted line candidate in the same character box (or in a character box for another relevant item), and image data of the estimated position and image data of a previously extracted dotted line (or a reference dotted line) are compared to determine whether or not they are an identical dotted line. | 09-22-2011 |
20110274318 | AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND AUTHENTICATION PROGRAM - In an authentication apparatus, an input section acquires a living body image which an image capture apparatus generates by capturing an image of a living body that is an object of authentication, and outputs the living body image to an operation section. When the operation section acquires the living body image from the input section, the operation section calculates, on the basis of the living body image acquired and a registered image stored in a registered image storage section, the difference between the relative position of the living body with respect to the image capture apparatus at the time of acquiring the living body image and the relative position of the living body with respect to the image capture apparatus at the time of acquiring the registered image. The output section outputs guidance information for prompting a reduction in the difference in the relative position calculated by the operation section. | 11-10-2011 |
20120308127 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION METHOD, CHARACTER RECOGNITION APPARATUS, AND CHARACTER RECOGNITION PROGRAM - A gradation distribution of an image character is analyzed, the character color of the image character is analyzed, a gradation ratio between a turning point of a character stroke and the character stroke other than the turning point is analyzed, contrast at an edge of the character stroke is analyzed, the vertical size and center position of the image character are analyzed, the character size of the image character and pitch are analyzed, the first to sixth scores that quantify the respective analysis results are aggregated to discriminate whether the image character is handwritten or printed, and the recognition target item is checked to determine whether it includes both handwritten and printed characters. This makes it possible to enhance accuracy of handwritten-printed character discrimination, which leads to reducing a processing time for character recognition and enhancing accuracy of the character recognition. | 12-06-2012 |
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20100079969 | FUNCTION EXPANSION DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SYSTEM - A function expansion device is electrically connected to an electronic apparatus by being inserted in a socket included in the electronic apparatus and expands a function of the electronic apparatus. The function expansion device includes a substrate on which a component is mounted, a first connecting terminal that is formed at an end portion of the substrate and is electrically connected to a first signal line that connects the electronic apparatus and the component in a one-to-one fashion, a second connecting terminal that is formed at the end portion of the substrate and is electrically connected to a second signal line that connects the electronic apparatus and the component redundantly, and a protection member that is formed to cover only the second connecting terminal. | 04-01-2010 |
20110198924 | POWER SOURCE SYSTEM AND CONTROL CIRCUIT - A power source system including power-factor modifying circuits to modify a power factor of supplied electric power, a time difference circuit to output start signals for instructing the power-factor modifying circuits to start an operation to the power-factor modifying circuits at specified time intervals, and a control circuit to supply the electric power to the power-factor modifying circuit to start the power-factor modifying circuit when the power-factor modifying circuit acquires the start signal output from the time difference circuit. | 08-18-2011 |
20110308839 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MODULE - As a base, a side wall, and a top board are integrated by integral molding in a printed circuit board module, the printed circuit board module is structured in a simple manner. Further, conductive terminals are used for fitting a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is securely held between the electrically conductive terminals and the top board via an elasticity of the conductive terminals. Here, due to the functioning of the notches, the printed circuit board is positioned in a simple manner. Due to the functioning of the base, a printed circuit board module can stand erect. The printed circuit board establishes a vertical posture. The packaging area is reduced. The packaging density improves. Further, the flat surface of the top board that is formed facing upward with a certain extension is used as, for example, an absorbent face. | 12-22-2011 |
20140169042 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A power supply device includes a primary circuit that includes two primary windings, a secondary circuit that includes two secondary windings and a switching element for synchronous rectification, a first transformer configured to couple one of the two primary windings with one of the two secondary windings, a second transformer configured to couple the other one of the two primary windings with the other one of the two secondary windings, and a first substrate on which both output ends of one of the two secondary windings and both output ends of the other one of the two secondary windings are disposed to face each other, wherein the switching element for synchronous rectification is disposed in a region between the first transformer and the second transformer on the first substrate. | 06-19-2014 |
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20090121424 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH OUTPUT TRAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an image forming apparatus, a sheet is discharged onto an output tray. The image forming apparatus includes a ranging sensor which measures a distance to an object from a position located away by a predetermined distance from a bottom surface of the output tray in a sheet loading direction on a line in parallel with the bottom surface of the output tray and orthogonal to a direction in which the sheet is discharged. In the image forming apparatus, discharge of the sheet onto the output tray is stopped when the distance to the object measured by the ranging sensor is lower than a specific distance. | 05-14-2009 |
20090213405 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDING SCAN DATA ALONG WITH ADVERTISEMENT DATA - When a user selects not to insert advertisement data into scan data when transferring the scan data from an MFP to a Web server, the MFP converts the advertisement data into an HTML format to transfer to the Web server in association with the scan data. Accordingly, a PC accessing the Web server displays a Web page showing contents of the advertisement and information including an icon functioning as means for requesting download of the scan data. The scan data inserted with no advertisement data is downloaded to the PC by operating the icon. | 08-27-2009 |
20090316186 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING HUMAN-BODY COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATION IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a key input unit or a touch panel is pressed, a control unit identifies the commanded function. Then, the control unit causes a human-body communication unit to start processing for establishing human-body communication with a portable device worn by a user. On receiving user information from the portable device, the control unit makes reference to an authentication table and determines whether or not there is an entry for the received user information therein. Further, the control unit determines whether or not use of the identified function, out of the functions corresponding to the received user information, is allowed. The control unit performs display on the touch panel, according to the result of the determination. | 12-24-2009 |
20100277762 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus comprises: an operation part having a display area and operable to receive an input from a user; a first display part operable to display, in a part of the display area, (i) a first image to be visible only from a range of a first viewing angle and (ii) a second image to be visible only from a range of a second viewing angle that does not overlap with the range of the first viewing angle; an audio output part operable to output an audio explaining the first image; and a second display part operable, while the audio explaining the first image is being output, to display, in a remaining part of the display area, a notification indicating that the audio explaining the first image does not correspond to the second image, such that the notification is visible from the range of the second viewing angle. | 11-04-2010 |
20120063801 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS DISPLAYING GUIDANCE IMAGE - In an image forming apparatus, an image is formed on a sheet, a guidance image for guiding an operation procedure is displayed, and a state of the image forming apparatus related to the operation procedure is detected. In the image forming apparatus, a supplemental image for indicating a difference between the operation procedure displayed by the guidance image and an operation procedure required in the detected state is displayed together with the guidance image. | 03-15-2012 |
20120319971 | INFORMATION VIEWING APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM AND CONTROLLING METHOD - Disclosed is an information viewing apparatus, which makes it possible for the user to conduct operations for inputting information and establishing various kinds of functions only by conducting consecutive simplified operations from a multi-touchable touch panel. The apparatus includes a display section provided with a multi-touchable touch panel having first and second touch panels, and a control section that controls the display section. In a state that the display section is displaying a document, when detecting a predetermined dragging action, the control section makes the display section displays an inputting screen, which allows the user to conduct an inputting operation from the second touch panel, during a time when a touching status is maintained in such a manner that the inputting screen overlaps the document. When the touching status is released, the control section controls the display section so as to make the inputting screen evacuate from the document. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324571 | INFORMATION INPUT DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - An information input display device, having an input section for inputting information and a display section for displaying the information, which enables an access to protected information after being authenticated by an authentication processing executed after starting up of the information input display device, the information input display device including: an authentication processor which executes the authentication processing based on authentication information inputted by the input section; and an input display controller which, after the starting up of the information input display device and before being authenticated by the authentication processing, accepts inputting of prescribed information different from the authentication information through a screen displayed on the display section, and allows the display section to display the prescribed information on the screen. | 12-20-2012 |
20140125751 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for performing laser exposure is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a driving circuit for supplying drive current to a laser light source in accordance with an image pulse signal; a pulse width expansion portion for expanding a pulse width of the image pulse signal supplied to the driving circuit; and an adjustment control portion for setting, based on state data indicating a state related to light emission start characteristics of the laser light source, a value of the bias current supplied as a part of the drive current to the laser light source and an amount of expansion of the pulse width in such a manner that laser light emission occurs in a period of time having a length equal to a length of a pulse width of each pulse in the image pulse signal. | 05-08-2014 |
20150077496 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus that forms a color image by layering toner images of different colors includes: a photoreceptor on which an electrostatic latent image is formed through charging and exposure; an exposure unit performing exposure-scanning on the photoreceptor in accordance with image signal; an intensity determination unit determining exposure intensity according to image forming condition; and a timing determination unit determining a timing of inputting image signal for each scanning line, wherein the exposure unit has a delay duration differing depending on the exposure intensity and being from input of image signal of each pixel to be exposed to exposure of the pixel at the exposure intensity, and the timing determination unit obtains the delay duration corresponding to the exposure intensity, and determines the timing such that image signal of an initial pixel to be initially exposed is input the delay duration before the initial pixel is exposed. | 03-19-2015 |
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20080306890 | Plant Control Apparatus - A plant control system includes: a numerical calculation execution part which calculates the operation characteristic of the plant; a model for simulating the plant control characteristic according to information on the numerical calculation result; a learning part which learns the plant operation method by using the model; a learning information database which stores learning information data on the learning part; a pattern generation part which generates pattern data expressing a state input based on the learning information data in the learning part with a smaller input number than the model input dimension; a pattern database which stores the pattern data generated in the pattern generation part; and a learning result determination part which selects a learning result having a preferable control effect from the learning result obtained by using a plurality of patterns. | 12-11-2008 |
20090132095 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR PLANT, CONTROL DEVICE FOR THERMAL POWER PLANT, AND GAS CONCENTRATION ESTIMATION DEVICE OF COAL-BURNING BOILER - A control device for a plant includes a manipulation signal generation section for generating the manipulation signal to the plant, a model adapted to simulate a characteristic of the plant, a learning section for generating an input signal of the model so that an output signal obtained by the model simulating the characteristic of the plant satisfies a predetermined target, a learning signal generation section for calculating a learning signal in accordance with a learning result in the learning section, a manipulation result evaluation section for calculating a first deviation as a deviation between a first measurement signal of the plant obtained as a result of application of a certain manipulation signal to the plant and a target value of the measurement signal, and a second deviation as a deviation between a second measurement signal of the plant obtained as a result of application of an updated manipulation signal to the plant and the target value, and a correction signal generation section for generating, when the second deviation calculated by the manipulation result evaluation section is greater than the first deviation, a correction signal of the manipulation signal to be generated by the manipulation signal generation section. | 05-21-2009 |
20090248175 | PLANT CONTROL SYSTEM AND THERMAL POWER GENERATION PLANT CONTROL SYSTEM - The plant control system has a measurement signal data database, a model to estimate the value of measurement signal data used at a time when an operation signal is given to the plant, an operation signal learning unit to learn a method of generating a model input, which is equivalent to an operation signal, so that a model output, which is equivalent to the measurement signal data, attains a target value. The plant control system also has an evaluation function calculating unit to calculate an evaluation function value from the model output obtained as a result of an operation carried out by the operation signal learning unit for the model, and an evaluation function adjusting unit to adjust evaluation function parameters used in calculation of an evaluation function. | 10-01-2009 |
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20080279681 | Centrifugal Blower - An object is to provide a centrifugal blower with reduced noise. The centrifugal blower is provided with: an impeller; a casing that houses the impeller and forms a spiral flow passage that surrounds a radial direction outside of the impeller; and a driving device that rotates the impeller about an axis. The impeller has: a bottom plate; a plurality of blades provided on a same circumference of the bottom plate; and a substantially annular plate shape shroud that has the blades interposed between it and the bottom plate, and that is disposed concentric with the bottom plate, and that connects end sections of the respective blades. The shroud has: an inclined section that comes closer to the bottom plate moving from a radial direction inside to a radial direction outside; and a shroud side barrier that rises from a position on the radial direction outside of the inclined section towards a side opposite to the bottom plate. The casing is provided with a bell-mouth that opens from a radial direction inside of the shroud to a radial direction outside, and a casing side barrier that projects to an area between the inner periphery of the shroud and the shroud side barrier. | 11-13-2008 |
20100139308 | Damper, Air Conditioning Unit and Vehicular Air Conditioning System - Provided are a damper in which strange sound (whistling sound) generated when the damper has a small opening degree is suppressed, an air conditioning unit, and an air conditioner for vehicle. The damper has a wall surface ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100163209 | Air Conditioning Unit and Vehicle Air Conditioning Apparatus - An air conditioning unit capable of suppressing a low frequency noise and a vehicle air conditioning apparatus are provided. The air conditioning unit includes a fan ( | 07-01-2010 |
20100226766 | Centrifugal Blower - It is intended to provide a centrifugal blower capable of suppressing the generation of noise including periodic noise that is caused by interference between a tongue and an impeller. The centrifugal blower is provided with an impeller ( | 09-09-2010 |
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20090054614 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THERMOSETTING RESIN, THERMOSETTING RESIN, THERMOSETTING COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME, MOLDED BODY, CURED BODY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTAINING THOSE - The present invention provides a method for producing a thermosetting resin having a dihydrobenzoxazine ring structure, characterized by heating and reacting a) a multi-functional phenolic compound represented by the following general formula (I), b) a diamine compound represented by the following general formula (II) and c) an aldehyde compound: | 02-26-2009 |
20090187003 | THERMOSETTING RESIN, THERMOSETTING COMPOSITION CONTAINING SAME, AND MOLDED PRODUCT OBTAINED FROM SAME - An object of the invention is to provide a thermosetting resin excellent in dielectric characteristics and heat resistance, and to provide a thermosetting composition comprising the thermosetting resin, as well as a molded product, substrate material for electronic devices and so forth obtained from the thermosetting resin. The present invention provides a thermosetting resin having a dihydrobenzoxazine ring structure represented by formula (I) in a main chain thereof, a thermosetting composition comprising the thermosetting resin, as well as a molded product, substrate material for electronic devices and so forth obtained from the thermosetting resin. | 07-23-2009 |
20090318658 | BAKED RESIN PRODUCT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - The present invention provides a baked resin product that exhibits an excellent heat resistance and an electronic device that incorporates this baked resin product. The present invention provides a baked resin product obtained by baking a resin composition that contains a main chain-type aromatic benzoxazine structure, wherein the baked resin product has a peak measured by | 12-24-2009 |
20100210810 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THERMOSETTING RESIN HAVING BENZOXAZINE RING - The present invention provides a method for producing a thermosetting resin having a benzoxazine ring, comprising the step of:
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