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20110187490 | CONTROL NETWORK SYSTEM - A control network system may control a control target by using control data. The control network system may include a wireless field device that transmits the control data through a wireless communication, a relay apparatus that relays the control data from the wireless field device, the relay apparatus including a storage unit that stores identification data of the wireless field device, the storage unit storing a flag associated with the identification data, the flag showing a progress state of commissioning of the wireless field device, and a host system that receives the control data from the wireless field device through the relay apparatus, the host system including a control unit that discontinues operation of controlling the control target when the flag is in a nonsteady state. | 08-04-2011 |
20110213900 | FIELD COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - There is provided a field communication management apparatus capable of setting configuration information segments with certainty without causing a burden, and an inexpedience at the time of an operation for setting. A reception unit receives download information. A setting unit sets individual information segments contained in download information received by the reception unit in a corresponding field device and a gateway itself. A communication limiting unit prohibits communication between the field device and host devices for a period before the individual information segments are set in the field device and the gateway itself, respectively, by the setting unit. | 09-01-2011 |
20110228725 | FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND FIELD COMMUNICATION METHOD - A field communication system may perform wireless communication with field devices. The field communication system may include a connection allowing unit that determines whether or not to allow a connection to the field device by referring a field device list, the field device list listing tag names related to the field devices, an address issuance unit that automatically issues a communication address for the field device if the connection allowing unit allows the connection with the field device, an address management unit that establishes correspondences between the communication addresses and the tag names of the field devices by using the field device list, and a communication unit that transmits data to the field device designated by the tag name, the communication unit receiving the data transmitted from the field device, the data being used to control the field device designated by the tag name. | 09-22-2011 |
20110258567 | REGISTER CONFIGURATOR AND REGISTER CONFIGURATION METHOD - A register configurator may include a display screen, a data display unit that displays data related to field devices on the display screen, a register space display unit that graphically displays a register space of a register on the display screen, a manipulation reception unit that receives a manipulation for allocating each of the data, which has been displayed by the data display unit, to an area in the register space, which has been displayed by the register space display unit, the manipulation being performed on the display screen by a user, and a correspondence establishing unit that establishes a correspondence between the data and the area, based on the manipulation that has been received by the manipulation reception unit. | 10-20-2011 |
20110261757 | FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND FIELD COMMUNICATION METHOD - A field communication system may include a communication device that transmits and receives data to and from a field device through a wireless communication, the communication device communicating with the field device if field device data corresponds to communication device data, a field device setting unit that generates the field device data related to a device tag of the field device, the field device setting unit setting the field device data to the field device, a storage unit that stores the field device data, and a communication device setting unit that extracts the field device data stored in the storage unit by using the device tag as a key, the communication device setting unit setting the field device data to the communication device as the communication device data. | 10-27-2011 |
20110313549 | FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A field communication system receives data from a field device through a communication network and maps the data onto a register to update the data. The field communication system includes a detection module configured to detect a state of communication with the field device through the communication network, and a writing module configured to write the communication state detected by the detection module in the register as information added to the data. | 12-22-2011 |
20120063330 | WIRELESS NETWORK PATH SETTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A wireless network path setting apparatus includes a receiving module configured to receive input of wireless network paths, an investigating module configured to investigate a communication environment and status of each of routes constituting the wireless network paths that have been input through the receiving module, and a registering module configured to register the wireless network paths that have been input through the receiving module as network paths to be used in a field wireless system if the communication environment and status of each route investigated by the investigating module is appropriate. | 03-15-2012 |
20140307399 | ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER - Provided is an electronic controller which enables visual identification of a portion applied with a small amount of a sealing material, which has a high possibility of air leakage from an area in which a joint is to be established. The electronic controller includes: an electronic circuit board; and a casing including a cover ( | 10-16-2014 |
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20090247057 | Polishing platen and polishing apparatus - The present invention provides a polishing platen which does not require a large force for removing a polishing pad from an upper surface of the polishing platen and can thus make it relatively easy to remove the polishing pad therefrom. The present invention also provides a polishing apparatus having such polishing platen. The polishing platen ( | 10-01-2009 |
20130240000 | GAS-LIQUID SEPARATOR AND POLISHING APPARATUS - A gas-liquid separator separates gas-liquid two-phase flow into a gas and a liquid. The gas-liquid separator includes: a container having a bottom and a side portion, the bottom having a liquid discharge outlet and the side portion having a gas discharge outlet; a gas-liquid introduction pipe for introducing a gas-liquid two-phase flow into the container, the gas-liquid introduction pipe extending downward from above the container and having a lower end located in an interior of the container, the gas discharge outlet of the container being located above the lower end of the gas-liquid introduction pipe; and a guide device disposed in the gas-liquid introduction pipe and configured so as to impart a swirling motion to the gas-liquid two-phase flow in the gas-liquid introduction pipe. | 09-19-2013 |
20140080385 | POLISHING APPARATUS - A polishing apparatus is used for polishing and planarizing a surface of a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The polishing apparatus includes a polishing table having a polishing surface, and a top ring configured to hold a substrate and press the substrate against the polishing surface. The top ring has an extendable and contractable connection sheet configured to cover a gap between a retainer ring guide fixed to a top ring body and a retainer ring guided by the retainer ring guide to move vertically. The polishing apparatus has a nozzle configured to eject a cleaning liquid in a horizontal direction toward the connection sheet and apply a flow of the cleaning liquid directly onto the connection sheet for cleaning the connection sheet. | 03-20-2014 |
20140162536 | POLISHING APPARATUS AND POLISHING METHOD - A polishing apparatus includes: a rotatable polishing table for supporting a polishing pad having a polishing surface; a top ring head having a top ring; a top ring head cover surrounding the top ring head; a dresser head having a dresser configured to dress the polishing surface; a dresser head cover surrounding the dresser head; a spray nozzle configured to spray a cleaning liquid onto an upper surface of the top ring and an outer surface of the top ring head cover when the top ring is in the substrate transfer position; and a spray nozzle configured to spray a cleaning liquid onto an outer surface of the dresser head cover when the dresser is in the retreated position. | 06-12-2014 |
20140213158 | POLISHING APPARATUS - A polishing apparatus is used for polishing a substrate such as a semiconductor. The polishing apparatus includes a polishing table configured to hold a polishing tool having a polishing surface, a polishing head having a top ring configured to press a substrate against the polishing surface, and a polishing head cover configured to cover the polishing head. The polishing apparatus further includes a first cleaning liquid supply mechanism configured to supply a cleaning liquid to an outer surface of the polishing head cover, and a second cleaning liquid supply mechanism configured to supply a cleaning liquid to an inner surface of the polishing head cover. | 07-31-2014 |
20150017889 | POLISHING APPARATUS - A polishing apparatus which can remove slurry which has entered into a gap between an elastic membrane for pressing a substrate such as a wafer and a retaining ring is disclosed. The polishing apparatus includes a top ring which has an elastic membrane configured to form a pressure chamber for pressing the substrate against a polishing pad, and a retaining ring disposed around the elastic membrane and configured to press the polishing pad, a top ring rotating device configured to rotate the top ring about an axis of the top ring, and a cleaning brush configured to be brought into contact with a peripheral portion of a lower surface and an outer circumferential surface of the elastic membrane. | 01-15-2015 |
20150290769 | ROTARY JOINT AND POLISHING APPARATUS - The invention suppresses generation of noises attributable to rotation of a rotary joint. | 10-15-2015 |
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20090278627 | Dielectric ceramic composition, multilayer complex electronic device, multilayer common mode filter, multilayer ceramic coil and multilayer ceramic capacitor - A dielectric ceramic composition comprises as a main component, Cu oxide, Si oxide and one selected from the group consisting of Zn oxide alone and a combination of Mg oxide and Zn oxide, as a subcomponent, a glass component including B oxide and at least one selected from the group consisting of Si oxide, Ba oxide, Ca oxide, Sr oxide, Li oxide and Zn oxide, and having a glass softening point is 750° C. or less, wherein a content of said glass component is 1.5 to 15 wt % with respect to 100 wt % of said main component. | 11-12-2009 |
20140118100 | LAMINATED COIL COMPONENT - In the laminated coil component, the grain diameter of the coil conductors is 10 μm to 22 μm after baking is completed. When the grain diameter of the coil conductors is set to be 10 μm or larger after baking is completed, surface roughness of the coil conductors can be reduced to such an extent that a satisfactory Q value can be obtained at a high frequency. In addition, when the grain diameter of the coil conductors is set to be 22 μm or smaller after baking is completed, metal of the coil conductors can be refrained from being rapidly melted down during baking. Accordingly, a high Q value can be obtained while a high quality is ensured. | 05-01-2014 |
20140145816 | LAMINATED COIL COMPONENT - A laminated coil component includes an element assembly formed by laminating a plurality of insulation layers and a coil unit formed inside the element assembly by a plurality of coil conductors. The element assembly includes a coil unit arrangement layer which has the coil unit arranged therein, and at least a pair of shape retention layers which is provided to have the coil unit arrangement layer interposed therebetween to retain a shape of the coil unit arrangement layer. The shape retention layer is made from glass-ceramic containing SrO, and a softening point of the coil unit arrangement layer is lower than a softening point or a melting point of the shape retention layer. | 05-29-2014 |
20140220364 | DIELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITION, ELECTRONIC ELEMENT, AND COMPOSITE ELECTRIC ELEMENT - In order to provide a dielectric ceramic composition capable of sintering at a low temperature, implementing a low relative dielectric constant, providing other excellent properties (such as a relative density and an insulation resistance), performing co-firing of different materials, and suppressing dispersion of Ag in the sintered body when the internal electrode is formed, the dielectric ceramic composition includes a main ingredient containing SiO | 08-07-2014 |
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20090112316 | MANIPULATOR APPARATUS AND MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM - A medical device system includes a manipulator including a plurality of joints, a parameter storing portion for storing joint parameters, including a largest available force, of each joint of the plurality of joints, a trajectory inputting portion for inputting, as a trajectory plan, trajectories for moving a distal end of the manipulator from a current position and attitude to a target position and attitude, a trajectory setting portion for setting a joint angle trajectory for each joint providing a largest available force from among joint angle trajectories which allow movement to the target position and attitude with a minimum number of driven joints based on a largest available force parameter for the each joint stored in the parameter storing portion and the trajectory plan. | 04-30-2009 |
20090259340 | MANIPULATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MANIPULATOR - A manipulator includes: a drive section which electrically drives a joint; an instruction input section which executes instruction input; a control section which generates a driving signal in response to the instruction input; a sensor which detects an operation status of the joint or the drive section in time series; a setting section which sets an allowable operation range of the drive section; a determination section which determines whether an operation status signal including a detection signal is within the allowable operation range; and a replacement section which, in a case when the operation status signal is determined as deviating from the allowable operation range, replaces the detection signal with a previous detection signal acquired just before the determination of deviance in order to generate a driving signal. | 10-15-2009 |
20100106157 | MEDICAL MANIPULATION APPARATUS - An active mechanism control apparatus includes a state detecting section which detects an output state of energy supplied to an energy treatment instrument by a status signal from an energy output apparatus. The state detecting section controls an energy output device, an active endoscope control section and an active treatment instrument control section based on the output state of the energy to the energy treatment instrument. | 04-29-2010 |
20110282154 | MEDICAL APPARATUS - A medical apparatus includes a bending portion that is bent via a pulled wire, a drive section that pulls the wire, a detection section and a drive force amount detection section that detect an amount of drive of the drive section and an amount of drive force, a storage section that stores information on a correlation of the amount of drive force and the amount of drive of the drive section beforehand, a bending amount detection section that detects the amount of bending of the bending portion based on the amount of drive and the amount of drive force, and the information of the storage section, a judgment section that judges the presence or absence of looseness of the wire from a detection result of the drive force amount detection section and a correction section that corrects the amount of drive by the drive section based on a judgment result of the judgment section. | 11-17-2011 |
20110295063 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A medical system includes a movable portion configured to allow an angle to be changed within a predetermined angular range, an actuator configured to drive the movable portion so as to change the angle of the movable portion when a wire is pulled, a control unit configured to perform drive control of the actuator, a slack detection unit configured to detect a driving condition as to whether or not the wire is slack, a slack adjustment unit configured to adjust slack of the wire based on a detection result produced by the slack detection unit; and a slack adjustment command input unit used to input a command to adjust the slack of the wire, wherein the slack adjustment unit adjusts the slack of the wire to a predetermined state of adjustment in response to the command to adjust the slack of the wire. | 12-01-2011 |
20120182409 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND LOW VISIBILITY DETERMINING METHOD - An endoscope system includes an image pickup section, provided in an endoscope, which performs image pickup, a determining section that determines whether a specific observation object exists inside an image pickup region of the image pickup section, a recognizing section that determines whether the specific observation object can be recognized as an image from the picked-up image in the image pickup region picked up by the image pickup section, a low visibility determination output section that determines, when the determining section determines that the specific observation object exists inside the image pickup region and the recognizing section cannot recognize the specific observation object as an image, that the image pickup section is in a low visibility condition and outputs a low visibility determination result, and an obstacle estimation section that estimates an obstacle or a type of obstacle which causes the low visibility according to the low visibility determination result. | 07-19-2012 |
20130144275 | MEDICAL CONTROL APPARATUS - A medical control apparatus includes: an insertion portion in which a bending portion is provided; a drive portion that generates a driving force; a wire that is connected to the bending portion; a pulling portion that pulls the wire; a connecting portion that connects the drive portion and the pulling portion; a driving amount detection portion that detects a drive portion driving amount; a pulling portion driving amount detection portion that detects a pulling portion driving amount; a comparison portion that compares change amounts of the drive portion driving amount and the pulling portion driving amount; and an identification portion that, based on a comparison result, identifies a boundary between a bending range in which it is possible for a restoring force of an elastic member to contribute to bending of the bending portion and a bending range in which it is impossible to contribute to bending. | 06-06-2013 |