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20090169048 | Electro-acoustic transducer and electronic apparatus using it - An electro-acoustic transducer has a magnetic circuit, a frame, a diaphragm, a voice coil, a terminal, and a stopper. The frame is joined to a magnetic circuit. The diaphragm is joined to a circumferential edge of the frame. The voice coil is joined to the diaphragm and is partially provided at a magnetic gap of the magnetic circuit. The terminal is composed of a metal plate having spring property and conductivity, is partially fixed to the frame, and is electrically connected to the voice coil. The stopper is provided at an outer periphery of the metal plate of the terminal and extends from a main section of the terminal to the frame. The stopper restricts a bending range of the metal plate constituting the terminal to a level equal to or lower than a reversibility limit value of metal material constituting the terminal. | 07-02-2009 |
20090217509 | SPEAKER, MODULE USING THE SAME, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND DEVICE, AND SPEAKER PRODUCING METHOD | 09-03-2009 |
20090232345 | SPEAKER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A plate material is drawn into the shape of a rectangular dish and the peripheral border of each corner is press worked. A yoke is fabricated which has an outwardly projecting tongue-like flange provided at a position a predetermined distance below the top end surface. A frame made of resin is insert molded in a manner covering the flange. A magnet is secured inside the yoke and a magnetic circuit having magnetic gap is formed. A diaphragm joined with a voice coil is joined with the frame. By making a loudspeaker in this way, the bonding strength between the yoke and the frame is enhanced and a low-profile loudspeaker is achieved. Also, clearance at each corner of the yoke is eliminated, and a loudspeaker that is free from magnetic flux leakage and excellent both in quality and performance is obtained. | 09-17-2009 |
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20090259328 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a mixer system including an editing device that edits a configuration of signal processing by designating a combination of a plurality of components and a DSP that processes audio signals in accordance with the signal processing configuration edited by the editing device, when the mixer engine does not store a predetermined enabling key, audio signal processing including a protected component in the mixer engine is disabled, and when the mixer engine stores the predetermined enabling key, the audio signal processing is enabled. Further, the editing device is permitted to edit a signal processing configuration including the protected component irrespective of storage of the enabling key in the mixer engine. | 10-15-2009 |
20150263690 | LEVEL ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - A level of an input signal is detected according to a first following rate, and a first level signal indicating the detected level is generated. A level of the input signal is detected according to a second following rate lower than the first following rate, and a second level signal indicating the detected level is generated. One of the first and second level signals is selected based on a relation (e.g., ratio) between the first and second level signals so that a gain is determined based on the selected one of the first and second level signals. The level of the first input signal is adjusted according to the determined gain. For example, if the level variation is dominant, the gain adjustment suitable for the level variation can be performed, whereas, if the stable level is dominant, the gain adjustment suitable for the stable level can be performed. | 09-17-2015 |
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20090217784 | ORE REDUCTION PROCESS AND TITANIUM OXIDE AND IRON METALLIZATION PRODUCT - The disclosure is directed to a process for producing separable iron and titanium oxides from an ore containing titanium oxide and ferric oxide, comprising: (a) forming agglomerates comprising carbon-based materials and the ore, the quantity of carbon of the agglomerates being sufficient for, at an elevated temperature, reducing ferric oxide to ferrous oxide and forming a ferrous oxide-rich molten slag, (b) introducing the agglomerates onto a carbon bed of a moving hearth furnace; (c) heating the agglomerates in the moving hearth furnace to a temperature sufficient for reducing and melting the agglomerates to produce a ferrous oxide-rich molten slag; (d) metallizing the ferrous oxide of the molten slag by reaction of the ferrous oxide and the carbon of the carbon bed at a furnace temperature sufficient for maintaining the slag in a molten state; and (e) solidifying the slag after metallization of the ferrous oxide to form a matrix of titanium oxide-rich slag having a plurality of metallic iron granules distributed there through; and (f) separating the metallic iron granules from the slag, the slag comprising greater than 85% titanium dioxide based on the entire weight of the matrix after separation of the metallic iron. The disclosure is also directed to a metallization product of a ferrous oxide-rich molten slag. | 09-03-2009 |
20090282950 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING METALLIC IRON - A method for manufacturing metallic iron from a raw material mixture containing a carbonaceous reducing agent and an iron oxide-containing material, has a step of determining a target temperature of initial molten slag formation corresponding to a predetermined target carbon concentration in the metallic iron, the initial molten slag containing a gangue component, an unreduced iron oxide, and an ash component of the carbonaceous reducing agent, and being first produced in the raw material mixture by heating thereof; a step of preparing the raw material mixture producing a composition of the initial molten slag corresponding to the target temperature; and a step of heating the raw material mixture to reduce and melt the raw material mixture and to produce the initial molten slag. By this manufacturing method, metallic iron having a target carbon concentration can be efficiently manufactured. | 11-19-2009 |
20100285326 | ORE REDUCTION PROCESS AND TITANIUM OXIDE AND IRON METALLIZATION PRODUCT - The disclosure is directed to a process for producing separable iron and titanium oxides from an ore containing titanium oxide and ferric oxide, comprising: (a) forming agglomerates comprising carbon-based materials and the ore, the quantity of carbon of the agglomerates being sufficient for, at an elevated temperature, reducing ferric oxide to ferrous oxide and forming a ferrous oxide-rich molten slag, (b) introducing the agglomerates onto a carbon bed of a moving hearth furnace; (c) heating the agglomerates in the moving hearth furnace to a temperature sufficient for reducing and melting the agglomerates to produce a ferrous oxide-rich molten slag; (d) metallizing the ferrous oxide of the molten slag by reaction of the ferrous oxide and the carbon of the carbon bed at a furnace temperature sufficient for maintaining the slag in a molten state; and (e) solidifying the slag after metallization of the ferrous oxide to form a matrix of titanium oxide-rich slag having a plurality of metallic iron granules distributed there through; and (f) separating the metallic iron granules from the slag, the slag comprising greater than 85% titanium dioxide based on the entire weight of the matrix after separation of the metallic iron. The disclosure is also directed to a metallization product of a ferrous oxide-rich molten slag. | 11-11-2010 |
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20090158717 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The exhaust gas purification device of an internal combustion engine of the present invention comprises an exhaust passage for guiding an exhaust gas exhausted from an engine to outside, a catalyst provided in the exhaust passage, an injection path connected on an upstream side of the catalyst in the exhaust passage, an additive injection valve installed in the injection path for supplying an additive to the catalyst through the injection path, and an inflow portion provided in a merging portion where the exhaust passage and the injection path merge for having a part of the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust passage flow into the injection path. | 06-25-2009 |
20090158718 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention provides an exhaust gas purification device for an internal combustion engine, comprising an exhaust passage including a catalyst for conveying exhaust gas discharged from the engine to the outside, and a bend formed by bending a portion of the exhaust passage directly upstream of the catalyst, the bend causing exhaust gas discharged from the engine to collide against a corner portion between an inlet end face of the catalyst and such portion of a wall of the exhaust passage that follows the outside of the bend, thereby increasing pressure at the corner portion, compared with the other portion of the inlet end face, and an additive injection valve fitted to the outside of the bend of the exhaust passage to inject an additive in such manner that the injected additive passes just above the corner portion and falls on the inlet end face of the catalytic converter. | 06-25-2009 |
20090158722 | EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM - An emission control system, includes: an exhaust pipe portion, adapted to guide exhaust gas from an engine to outside; a catalyst, accommodated in the exhaust pipe portion; an additive injection valve, provided at the exhaust pipe portion located at upstream side of the catalyst, and configured to inject additives to be supplied to the catalyst toward a flow of the exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe portion. The exhaust pipe portion has a flow path section located at upstream side of the catalyst, which intersects an injection flow of the additives injected by the additive injection valve, and the flow path section is made to have substantially the same shape as an injection region of the injection flow which confronts the exhaust gas. | 06-25-2009 |
20160069295 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR CRANKSHAFT - A support structure for a crankshaft includes a crankshaft that is rotatably supported on a cylinder block of an internal combustion engine and has an end portion protruding from the cylinder block, a sprocket that is attached on the end portion protruding from the cylinder block and is connected to a cam shaft, a pulley that is attached on the end portion on an opposite side from the sprocket with respect to the cylinder block and is connected to an auxiliary apparatus, and an end bearing that rotatably supports the end portion relative to the cylinder block and is provided on the end portion between the sprocket and the pulley. | 03-10-2016 |
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20100034525 | DATA REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND DATA REPRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a data reproduction apparatus comprises a reproduction module configured to reproduce image data, a resolution selection module configured to select one of resolutions, an image quality mode selection module configured to select on or off state of an image quality mode, a selection disable module configured to disable the resolution selection module to select a prescribed resolution when the image quality mode selection module selects the on state of the image quality mode, and an image processor configured to improve a quality of the image data reproduced by the reproduction module in accordance with the resolution selected by the resolution selection module when the image quality mode selection module selects the on state of the image quality mode. | 02-11-2010 |
20120038647 | DATA REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND DATA REPRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a data reproduction apparatus comprises a reproduction module configured to reproduce image data, a resolution selection module configured to select one of resolutions, an image quality mode selection module configured to select on or off state of an image quality mode, a selection disable module configured to disable the resolution selection module to select a prescribed resolution when the image quality mode selection module selects the on state of the image quality mode, and an image processor configured to improve a quality of the image data reproduced by the reproduction module in accordance with the resolution selected by the resolution selection module when the image quality mode selection module selects the on state of the image quality mode. | 02-16-2012 |
20130321714 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a first detector configured to detect an orientation of the electronic apparatus; a video display unit configured to display video; a second detector configured to detect whether an audio signal of the video is corresponding to multichannel reproduction; and a sound controller configured to cause a first speaker that is located on a top-left of the displayed video to output a surround L sound, cause a second speaker located on a bottom-left of the displayed video to output an ordinary L sound, cause a third speaker located on a top-right of the displayed video to output a surround R sound, and cause a fourth speaker located on a bottom-right of the displayed video to output an ordinary R sound, in a case that the audio signal is corresponding to the multi-channel reproduction. | 12-05-2013 |
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20140118782 | DISPLAY APPARATUS ACCEPTING SCROLL OPERATION - An image forming apparatus displays part of function keys for menu items of basic functions so as to be stopped at a predetermined stop position. The image forming apparatus switches the function keys for menu items of basic functions to be displayed, by displaying another part of function keys for menu items of basic functions so as to be stopped at a predetermined stop position. When part of function keys for menu items of advanced functions are displayed so as to be arranged in a predetermined direction, the image forming apparatus accepts scroll operation and then moves the menu items of advanced functions by a distance decided based on the speed of the scroll operation. | 05-01-2014 |
20140145987 | IMAGE PROCESSOR DISPLAYING PLURAL FUNCTION KEYS IN SCROLLABLE STATE - An image processor displays a mapscroller screen including a function key display region and an icon display region. The function key display region displays a plurality of function keys arrayed in first direction while being scrollable in the first direction, the plurality of function keys receiving a setting of a function related to image processing, and the icon display region displays a plurality of icons arrayed in the first direction in an order identical to that of the plurality of function keys displayed in the function key display region, the plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of function keys displayed in the function key display region. The image processor groups and displays, on the mapscroller screen, the function key and icon corresponding to the function, in which the setting is received when a grouping instruction is received with the settings of the plurality of functions received. | 05-29-2014 |
20140146358 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS REMOTELY OPERATED BY EXTERNAL TERMINAL, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus remotely operated by an external terminal includes a generation unit generating a first composite image by combining an operation screen image corresponding to an operation screen of the image forming apparatus that includes software keys, and the hardware key area image of an area including hardware key images corresponding to hardware keys of the image forming apparatus, a setting unit not setting a dead area within the hardware key images but setting the dead area in a portion of an area of at least one software key among the software keys, the portion being on a side close to the hardware key area image, and the at least one software key being adjacent to the hardware key area image, and a transmission unit transmitting the first composite image as a remote operation image used in remotely operating the image forming apparatus, to the external terminal. | 05-29-2014 |
20140368454 | DISPLAY DEVICE DETECTING TOUCH ON DISPLAY UNIT - An MFP (Multi Function Peripheral) serving as a display device detects a touch on the touch panel and then sets a wait time in accordance with the position of the touch on the touch panel. If another touch is detected before the wait time has passed since the touch on the touch panel is detected, the MFP determines that the detected two touches are multi-touch. If the wait time has passed without detecting another touch since the touch on the touch panel is detected, the MFP determines that the detected touch is single touch. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368871 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A remote control apparatus for remotely controlling an image forming apparatus includes a display unit configured to display an operation screen for remotely controlling the image forming apparatus, an activation unit configured to activate a handwriting input application that is installed in the remote control apparatus in a state where image data for displaying a keyboard screen as the operation screen is received from the image forming apparatus, and a display control unit configured to display a handwriting input screen on the display unit, the handwriting input screen being an input screen for the handwriting input application activated by the activation unit. | 12-18-2014 |
20140376042 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A remote control apparatus includes a display unit that displays an operation screen for remote control of an image forming apparatus, a communication unit that, when operation input is a display instruction to display a character input screen, receives character type information indicating a type of characters to be input in the character input screen from the image forming apparatus, and a display control unit that, when the character type information is received, activates a handwriting input application installed in the remote control apparatus and displays a handwriting input screen for the handwriting input application on the display unit, on condition that the character type information indicates a first character type. When the character type information indicates a second character type different from the first character type, the display control unit displays a character input screen for input of the second character type without activating the handwriting input application. | 12-25-2014 |
20150077787 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus includes: a path establishing portion to establish a communication path with a remote operation device; an active device setting portion to set the remote operation device with which the communication path is established to be an active device; a process execution portion to execute a process in accordance with a remote operation received from the active device; and a standby device setting portion to, in response to a communication path being established with another remote operation device, set another remote operation device to be a standby device. The active device setting portion includes a sequential setting portion to, in response to detection of an end state in which no remote operation is received from the active device, set the standby device to be an active device. | 03-19-2015 |
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20110016164 | Image Processing Apparatus - An image processing apparatus having: an image data inputting section; a storage section that stores image data that has been input from the inputting section; a processing section that carries out output processing of the image data; a history management section that establishes correspondence between history information of the output processing and the image data and manages the history information; a warning section; and a control section that, in response to a deleting request for the image data stored in the storage section, based on the history information of the output processing, changes a mode of the warning given out by the warning section of confirming the deleting of the image data. | 01-20-2011 |
20120300240 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE RECEIVING REQUEST TO STOP ACTIVE JOB - An image processing device includes a conveying unit for performing a sheet conveying operation. The image processing device receives a stop request from a user to stop an active job. When a first kind of job, which is a job in which the sheet conveying operation is performed by the conveying unit in the active jobs, exists in the case the stop request is received, the image processing device stops the first kind of job. When receiving the stop request, the image processing device determines a second kind of job that is different from the first kind of job in the active jobs. The image processing device displays information on the second kind of job to the user based on a determination result. | 11-29-2012 |
20140022592 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, EMAIL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, PRINT CONTROLLING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A print control device, comprises: a receiving part for receiving an email; an address extracting part for extracting an address designated as a recipient of the email received by the receiving part; and an output controlling part for controlling production of a printed output based on the email when the receiving part receives the email. The output controlling part does not produce the printed output based on the email received by the receiving part if the multiple addresses are extracted by the address extracting part. | 01-23-2014 |
20140063535 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an input-operation accepting unit configured to accept an input operation by a first user currently logged in the image forming apparatus; a receiving unit configured to receive an authenticated printing job from a second user different from the first user; a storing unit configured to store the authenticated printing job in association with the second user; an authenticating unit provided separately from the input-operation accepting unit, and configured to authenticate the second user in parallel with acceptance processing of the input operation by the first user using the input-operation accepting unit; an extracting unit configured to extract the authenticated printing job associated with the second user from the storing unit upon authentication of the second user by the authenticating unit; and a print control unit configured to execute and print the authenticated printing job extracted by the extracting unit. | 03-06-2014 |
20140078550 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PRINTING SYSTEM - A print control apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive a first e-mail that includes a print preview instruction from an external terminal, an analysis unit configured to analyze the first e-mail and detect the print preview instruction from the first e-mail, a generation unit configured to generate a preview image on the basis of the print preview instruction, and a sending unit configured to attach the preview image to a second e-mail and send the second e-mail toward the external terminal. | 03-20-2014 |
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20120298477 | PAPER BILL DEPOSITING/DISPENSING APPARATUS - In a paper bill depositing/dispensing apparatus, when a roof plate and a stage plate move from a depositing/dispensing unit to a temporarily accumulating unit along with a deposited bill, rotations of a pick roller, a separator, a feed roller and a conveyance roller are driven to carry a bill to a conveyance path that connects to a bill storing unit, and a partial paddle wheel stops by orientating its round surface, not provided with paddles, toward a path of the carried bill. When a bill is dispensed, the separator, the feed roller and the conveyance roller rotate in a bill carry-in direction to carry the bill conveyed from the conveyance path in the temporarily accumulating unit, and the partial paddle wheel beats a rear end of the carried bill with paddles to align the rear end of the bill at a bottom position d. | 11-29-2012 |
20120312664 | SWIRLING VANE WHEEL ACCUMULATING APPARATUS - Large-diameter entry rollers, and small-diameter entry rollers pressing against the large-diameter entry rollers via a conveyance belt enter a paper sheet in an accumulation part via an entrance slot. A central upper guide member makes contact with an upper surface of a central portion of the banknote. Both sides lower guide members guide the banknote while causing the banknote to curve in the shape of large U in a direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the banknote by lifting up both ends of the banknote entered in the accumulation part with the use of an upwardly curved tip. The front end of the banknote does not hang down despite being beaten by vanes, and the banknote goes between the vanes. The banknote is rotationally conveyed, hits the stoppers to stop, is disengaged from a swirling vane wheel, and is accumulated. | 12-13-2012 |
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20140127502 | LAMINATED FILM AND TRANSFER FOIL FOR MOLDING USING THE SAME - A laminated film includes a layer A and a layer B, wherein the layer A contains a cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) as a main component, and the layer B contains a cyclic olefin polymer (COP) as a main component. | 05-08-2014 |
20140147666 | MOLDING FILM AND MOLDING TRANSFER FOIL - The present invention relates to a film for molding which comprises a cyclic olefin polymer in an amount of 50% by mass to 100% by mass with respect to the total amount of the film and has a storage elastic modulus at 75° C. of 1,000 MPa to 3,000 MPa and a storage elastic modulus at 120° C. of not greater than 100 MPa. By the present invention, a film for molding which exhibits excellent dimensional stability during processing such as coating, lamination, printing and vapor deposition and is thus suitably used in molding transfer foil applications is provided. | 05-29-2014 |
20140170379 | FILM FOR FORMING AND FORMING TRANSFER FOIL USING SAME - The present invention provides a film for forming which exhibits both excellent dimensional stability in processing and excellent formability as well as excellent appearance of surfaces and can thus be suitably applied to a variety of forming members through forming and used in forming decoration applications. Provided is a film for forming comprising a cyclic olefin-based resin as a main component, wherein the storage modulus at 120° C. is 101 MPa to 3,000 MPa and the storage modulus at 170° C. is 100 MPa or less. | 06-19-2014 |
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20150301769 | FUNCTION SETTING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is a non-transitory recording medium storing a function setting program for utilizing an image forming apparatus. The function setting program, when processed by a processor, executes a process including receiving a page range to which page process functions settable by page unit are applied, by each of the page process functions, receiving a page range to which post process functions executable after forming an image are applied, by each of the post process functions, and displaying a list of the functions applied to each of the page ranges on a display part by associating the page range to which the post process functions are applied, among the page ranges to which the post process functions are applied, the page range to which image process functions are applied so as to identify types of the functions applied to a corresponding one of the page ranges. | 10-22-2015 |
20160004484 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM - Disclosed is a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a print control program, which when executed by a processor, causes an information processing apparatus connected to a printer via a network to perform a process. The process includes causing a screen generator to generate a plurality of screens via which respective instructions for a plurality of print settings are received from a user, causing a display controller to display setting items corresponding to the screens in a predetermined order, and control switching between the screens based on the respective instructions corresponding to the setting items received from the user, and causing a print setting limiter to limit the respective print settings, for which the respective instructions are received from the user via the respective screens, based on the predetermined order of the setting items. | 01-07-2016 |