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20090212399 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic component includes a substrate, a functional element formed on the substrate, a plurality of terminals including a first terminal electrode connected to the functional element and a second terminal electrode layered on the first terminal electrode, and a feed line, one end of which is electrically connected to the first terminal electrode and the other end of which reaches an edge of the substrate, wherein the feed line includes a first portion directly reaching the edge, and a second portion branching from the first portion and then reaching the edge. | 08-27-2009 |
20090261921 | BALANCE FILTER - A balance filter includes two acoustic wave filters connected between a single unbalanced terminal and two balanced terminals, and a ground terminal connected to the two acoustic wave filters via a first interconnection portion and a second interconnection portion. The first interconnection portion is connected to the two acoustic wave filters, and the second interconnection portion is connected to the first interconnection portion in a region that is located between the two acoustic wave filters and extends in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the two acoustic wave filters are aligned. | 10-22-2009 |
20100038992 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A surface acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate; comb electrodes provided on a first surface of the piezoelectric substrate; and an insulating film provided on at least one of the first surface of the piezoelectric substrate and a second surface thereof opposite to the first surface, the insulating film having a thickness greater than that of the piezoelectric substrate and having a linear expansion coefficient smaller than that of the piezoelectric substrate in a direction of propagation of a surface acoustic wave. | 02-18-2010 |
20100052819 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE AND SYSTEM - An acoustic wave device includes: a piezoelectric substrate; at least five IDTs (InterDigital Transducers) arranged on the substrate in directions of SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) propagation; and two balanced terminals connected to two first IDTs that are two out of the at least five IDTs and are 180 degrees out of phase. One of a pair of comb electrodes of one of the two first IDTs is connected to one of the two balanced terminals, and one of a pair of comb electrodes of the other one of the two first IDTs being connected to the other one of the two balanced terminals. The other comb electrodes of the two first IDTs are connected in series, and one of a pair of comb electrodes that form an IDT that is included in the at least five IDTs and is not connected to the two first IDTs is grounded. | 03-04-2010 |
20110156265 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic component includes a substrate, a functional element formed on the substrate, a plurality of terminals including a first terminal electrode connected to the functional element and a second terminal electrode layered on the first terminal electrode, and a feed line, one end of which is electrically connected to the first terminal electrode and the other end of which reaches an edge of the substrate, wherein the feed line includes a first portion directly reaching the edge, and a second portion branching from the first portion and then reaching the edge. | 06-30-2011 |
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20080251008 | Substrate Processing Apparatus and Semiconductor Device Producing Method - Disclosed is a hot wall type substrate processing apparatus, including a processing chamber which is to accommodate at least one product substrate therein; a heating member which is disposed outside of the processing chamber and which is to heat the product substrate; a processing gas supply system connected to the processing chamber; and an exhaust system, wherein with a member from which a Si film is exposed being disposed such as to be opposed to a surface on which selective growth is to be effected of the product substrate, an epitaxial film including Si is allowed to selectively grow on a Si surface of the product substrate. | 10-16-2008 |
20090117752 | Semiconductor device manufacturing method and substrate processing apparatus - A high quality interface is formed at a low oxygen-carbon density between a substrate and a thin film while preventing heat damage on the substrate and increase of thermal budget. This method includes a step of loading a wafer into a reaction furnace, a step of pretreating the wafer in the reaction furnace, a step of performing a main processing of the pretreated wafer in the reaction furnace, and a step of unloading the wafer from the reaction furnace after the main processing. Hydrogen gas is continuously supplied to the reaction furnace in the period from the end of the pretreating step to the start of the main processing and at least during vacuum-exhausting an interior of the reaction furnace. | 05-07-2009 |
20130305991 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes conveying a first substrate provided with an opposing surface having insulator regions and a semiconductor region exposed between the insulator regions and a second substrate provided with an insulator surface exposed toward the opposing surface of the first substrate, into a process chamber in a state that the second substrate is arranged in to face the opposing surface of the first substrate, and selectively forming a silicon-containing film with a flat surface at least on the semiconductor region of the opposing surface of the first substrate by heating an inside of the process chamber and supplying at least a silicon-containing gas and a chlorine-containing gas into the process chamber. | 11-21-2013 |
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20100127442 | VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE, OFFSET CORRECTION METHOD FOR VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE, AND BLADE SPRING - An automobile vibration damping device for an automobile in which a power plant in which an engine, a transmission and the like are combined is supported by a vehicle body, including a vibrating means that generates vibration separate from vibration of the engine. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the vibration amplitude of a seat portion by the reaction force of the vibrating means. Also, if the vibration mode of the vehicle body is adjusted so as to become a node in the vicinity of the seat portion, the vibration amplitude decreases in the vicinity of the seat portion, and improves riding comfort. | 05-27-2010 |
20110048118 | VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE AND VEHICLE - The present invention provides a vibration damping device which can enhance a vibration damping effect even in a case where a vibration damping target position and a vibration damping force generation position are different from each other. The vibration damping device includes a vibration detecting means for detecting a vibration which is caused by a vibration generating source and is transmitted to a position at which the vibration is to be damped; a vibration application means which generates a vibration damping force to cancel the vibration, and is provided at a position different from the position at which the vibration is to be damped; a vibration application command generating means for outputting a vibration application command to generate the vibration damping force in the vibration application means, based on the vibration detected by the vibration detecting means; and a vibration application command correcting means which imparts to the vibration application command, a reverse property of a vibration damping force transmission path including a vibration transmission property from a position at which the vibration application means is mounted to the position at which the vibration is to be damped, and then outputs the vibration application command to the vibration application means. | 03-03-2011 |
20110066292 | VIBRATION CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE - [Object] To predetermine a target vibration level and keep vibration generated at a position at which vibration is to be controlled equal to or smaller than a target vibration level. | 03-17-2011 |
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20100204881 | DAMPING APPARATUS FOR REDUCING VIBRATION OF AUTOMOBILE BODY - A damping apparatus for an automobile is provided, capable of ensuring a high level of reliability while obtaining excellent damping effect with simple configuration. The damping apparatus for an automobile that reduces vibrations of an automobile body may include an actuator that is attached to the automobile body and drives an auxiliary mass; a current detector that detects a current flowing through an armature of the actuator; a section that detects a terminal voltage applied to the actuator; a calculation circuit that calculates an induced voltage of the actuator, and further calculates at least one of the relative velocity, relative displacement, and relative acceleration of the actuator, based on a current detected by the current detector and the terminal voltage; and a control circuit that drive-controls the actuator based on at least one of the relative velocity, relative displacement, and relative acceleration of the actuator calculated by the calculation circuit. | 08-12-2010 |
20120193847 | DAMPING APPARATUS FOR REDUCING VIBRATION OF AUTOMOBILE BODY - A damping apparatus for an automobile is provided, capable of ensuring a high level of reliability while obtaining excellent damping effect with simple configuration. The damping apparatus for an automobile that reduces vibrations of an automobile body may include an actuator that is attached to the automobile body and drives an auxiliary mass; a current detector that detects a current flowing through an armature of the actuator; a section that detects a terminal voltage applied to the actuator; a calculation circuit that calculates an induced voltage of the actuator, and further calculates at least one of the relative velocity, relative displacement, and relative acceleration of the actuator, based on a current detected by the current detector and the terminal voltage; and a control circuit that drive-controls the actuator based on at least one of the relative velocity, relative displacement, and relative acceleration of the actuator calculated by the calculation circuit. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197490 | DAMPING APPARATUS FOR REDUCING VIBRATION OF AUTOMOBILE BODY - A damping apparatus for an automobile is provided, capable of ensuring a high level of reliability while obtaining excellent damping effect with simple configuration. The damping apparatus for an automobile that reduces vibrations of an automobile body may include an actuator that is attached to the automobile body and drives an auxiliary mass; a current detector that detects a current flowing through an armature of the actuator; a section that detects a terminal voltage applied to the actuator; a calculation circuit that calculates an induced voltage of the actuator, and further calculates at least one of the relative velocity, relative displacement, and relative acceleration of the actuator, based on a current detected by the current detector and the terminal voltage; and a control circuit that drive-controls the actuator based on at least one of the relative velocity, relative displacement, and relative acceleration of the actuator calculated by the calculation circuit. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197491 | DAMPING APPARATUS FOR REDUCING VIBRATION OF AUTOMOBILE BODY - A damping apparatus for an automobile is provided, capable of ensuring a high level of reliability while obtaining excellent damping effect with simple configuration. The damping apparatus for an automobile that reduces vibrations of an automobile body may include an actuator that is attached to the automobile body and drives an auxiliary mass; a current detector that detects a current flowing through an armature of the actuator; a section that detects a terminal voltage applied to the actuator; a calculation circuit that calculates an induced voltage of the actuator, and further calculates at least one of the relative velocity, relative displacement, and relative acceleration of the actuator, based on a current detected by the current detector and the terminal voltage; and a control circuit that drive-controls the actuator based on at least one of the relative velocity, relative displacement, and relative acceleration of the actuator calculated by the calculation circuit. | 08-02-2012 |
20120215405 | A/D CONVERSION DEVICE AND VIBRATION DAMPING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMOBILE USING THE A/D CONVERSION DEVICE - An A/D conversion device includes a first A/D converter that receives an analog vibration signal corresponding to a vibration detected by a vibration detecting sensor and converts the analog vibration signal to a first digital value, an analog amplifier that amplifies the analog vibration signal and outputs an amplified signal, a second A/D converter that converts the amplified signal to a second digital value, a determiner that determines whether an amplitude of the amplified signal input to the second A/D converter exceeds a range of amplitude that is convertible by the second A/D converter, and a selector that receives the first digital value and the second digital value and output one of the first and second digital values based on the determination of the determiner. | 08-23-2012 |
20120217108 | DAMPING APPARATUS FOR REDUCING VIBRATION OF AUTOMOBILE BODY - A damping apparatus for an automobile is provided, capable of ensuring a high level of reliability while obtaining excellent damping effect with simple configuration. The damping apparatus for an automobile that reduces vibrations of an automobile body may include an actuator that is attached to the automobile body and drives an auxiliary mass; a current detector that detects a current flowing through an armature of the actuator; a section that detects a terminal voltage applied to the actuator; a calculation circuit that calculates an induced voltage of the actuator, and further calculates at least one of the relative velocity, relative displacement, and relative acceleration of the actuator, based on a current detected by the current detector and the terminal voltage; and a control circuit that drive-controls the actuator based on at least one of the relative velocity, relative displacement, and relative acceleration of the actuator calculated by the calculation circuit. | 08-30-2012 |
20120222929 | VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE, OFFSET CORRECTION METHOD FOR VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE, AND BLADE SPRING - An automobile vibration damping device for an automobile in which a power plant in which an engine, a transmission and the like are combined is supported by a vehicle body, including a vibrating means that generates vibration separate from vibration of the engine. Thereby, it is possible to reduce the vibration amplitude of a seat portion by the reaction force of the vibrating means. Also, if the vibration mode of the vehicle body is adjusted so as to become a node in the vicinity of the seat portion, the vibration amplitude decreases in the vicinity of the seat portion, and improves riding comfort. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226414 | VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE AND VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH THE VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE - A damping device includes a calculator calculating a pseudo vibration to cancel a source vibration transmitted from a vibration source to a position to be damped, using an adaptive control algorithm. The canceling vibration is generated according to the pseudo vibration. A vibration detector detects an error vibration remaining at the position. The adaptive control algorithm is adapted by learning to reduce the error vibration. A frequency recognizer recognizes a frequency of the source vibration from a signal related to the vibration source. The frequency of the vibration is used to determine a frequency of the pseudo vibration. A phase difference identifier identifies a phase difference between the error vibration and the canceling vibration according to the pseudo vibration, and a frequency corrector corrects, according to the phase difference, the frequency of the vibration to eliminate the phase difference. | 09-06-2012 |
20120293094 | VIBRATION DAMPING APPARATUS, ELECTRIC ACTUATOR DRIVING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE - A vibration damping apparatus including reference wave production section that produces a reference wave; a fundamental order adaptive algorithm block that calculates fundamental order adaptive filter factors from a vibration detection signal and the reference wave and produces a fundamental order vibration damping current instruction; an amplitude detection section that calculates a peak current value of the fundamental order vibration damping current instruction; and a fundamental order current excess detection section that derives a fundamental order current upper limit value from the fundamental frequency to produce a fundamental order current upper limit excess signal that is output to the fundamental order adaptive algorithm block, which revises the fundamental order adaptive filter factors in a direction in which the vibration damping current instruction is limited within a range. | 11-22-2012 |
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20090147816 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - In a multi-beam semiconductor laser device, relative difference in shear strain applied to each of light-emitting portions of a laser chip mounted on a submount is suppressed, thereby reducing relative difference in polarization angle. A semiconductor laser element array mounted on a submount has a structure in which a semiconductor layer having two ridge portions is stacked on a substrate, and Au plating layers are formed on the surfaces of p type electrodes formed on the ridge portions. In each of the ridge portions, a central position of the Au plating layer in a width direction is intentionally displaced with respect to a central position of the underlying light-emitting portion in a width direction, so that shear strain is applied to each of the light-emitting portions at a stage before the semiconductor laser element array is mounted on the submount. | 06-11-2009 |
20090294228 | Disc rotor for disc brake - A disc rotor for a disc brake with a vent hole shape which has an inner peripheral corner with a larger radius to reduce stress generated by braking torque and suppresses an increase in stress generated by pad pressure. The disc rotor includes a first sliding part connected to a bell housing, a second sliding part located parallel to, and spaced in an axle direction from, the first sliding part, a plurality of ribs circumferentially spaced between the sliding parts, and vent holes formed by the ribs and the sliding parts. The inner peripheral shape of each of the vent holes has at least two arc shapes with different curvature radii at an end perpendicular to the disc rotor's rotation direction. The smallest curvature radius is 2 mm or more. An arc curvature radius on the first sliding part side is larger than that on the second sliding part side. | 12-03-2009 |
20100254421 | MULTI-BEAM SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - Within a semiconductor laser device, mounting a semiconductor laser element array of multi-beam structure on a sub-mount, the semiconductor laser element array of multi-beam structure comprises one piece of a semiconductor substrate | 10-07-2010 |
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20110052523 | ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE COMPOUND AND AMIDOAMINE COMPOUND, AND COSMETIC PREPARATION - An organopolysiloxane compound having a weight average molecular weight of 300 to 200,000 and having in one molecule at least one organic group represented by the following formula (1) and at least one selected from (SiO | 03-03-2011 |
20110144369 | AMINO ACID GROUP-MODIFIED ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE AND SILANE, AMINO ACID GROUP-CONTAINING COMPOUND, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - An amino acid-modified organopolysiloxane is provided. It has an amino acid derivative bonded to at least one silicon atom of the organopolysiloxane segment constituting the backbone of the organopolysiloxane via an amide bond represented by the following general formula (1): | 06-16-2011 |
20120093746 | AMINO ACID-MODIFIED ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE, MAKING METHOD, AND COSMETICS - An amino acid-modified organopolysiloxane can be prepared under mild reaction conditions by reacting an amino-modified organopolysiloxane with an amino acid or amino acid derivative ester in the presence of an organometallic catalyst. The amino acid-modified organopolysiloxane having a hydrophilic group is useful in cosmetics, powder surface treatment, fiber or fabric treatment, coating, and resin modification. | 04-19-2012 |
20120149930 | HAIR CARE COSMETIC - Disclosed herein is a hair care cosmetic which contains an organopolysiloxane defined in following (i) or (ii):
| 06-14-2012 |
20120309983 | AMINO ACID GROUP-MODIFIED ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE AND SILANE, AMINO ACID GROUP-CONTAINING COMPOUND, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - An amino acid-modified organopolysiloxane is provided. It has an amino acid derivative bonded to at least one silicon atom of the organopolysiloxane segment constituting the backbone of the organopolysiloxane via an amide bond represented by the following general formula (1): | 12-06-2012 |
20130096340 | AMINO ACID GROUP-MODIFIED ORGANOPOLYSILOXANE AND SILANE, AMINO ACID GROUP-CONTAINING COMPOUND, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - An amino acid-modified organopolysiloxane is provided. It has an amino acid derivative bonded to at least one silicon atom of the organopolysiloxane segment constituting the backbone of the organopolysiloxane via an amide bond represented by the following general formula (1): | 04-18-2013 |
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20100320945 | MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM USING POTENTIAL AT NEUTRAL POINT - According to input parameters, a controller carries out: generation of a voltage command value for each of d- and q-axes; conversion of the voltage command value for each of the d- and q-axes into a voltage command value for each of the multiphase windings; and control of a multiphase inverter based on the voltage command value for each of the multiphase windings. The controller adds, to the voltage command value for the q-axis, a first compensation voltage value for compensating torque ripples to thereby output a compensated voltage command value for the q-axis. The first compensation voltage value contains m-th harmonic components in the AC motor and varies depending on the rotational angle of the rotor, the m corresponding to the number of phase of the multiphase windings. The controller uses, as the voltage command value for the q-axis, the compensated voltage command value for the q-axis. | 12-23-2010 |
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20150015248 | CURRENT SENSOR AND ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER - An art of measuring a current with a suppressed influence of a switching noise is provided. The art disclosed by the present specification is a current sensor that measures an output current of a switching circuit. The current sensor is equipped with a magneto-optical element that is arranged at a current measurement point, a light source that radiates light onto the magneto-optical element, and a light receiver that receives transmitted light or reflected light of the magneto-optical element. The light source radiates light in synchronization with a carrier signal of the switching circuit. Light is radiated in synchronization with the carrier signal, and a current is measured with the aid of the light. Due to synchronization with the carrier signal, the current can be measured at timings other than a switching timing resulting from a PWM signal that is generated on the basis of the carrier signal. | 01-15-2015 |
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20090046020 | Portable Electronic Apparatus - A portable electronic apparatus has a main body case in which are disposed a display panel, a circuit board, and a dielectric antenna. The dielectric antenna is disposed at a vicinity of a peripheral edge portion of the circuit board. | 02-19-2009 |
20110164606 | FRAME GENERATING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, DATA TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SYSTEM, FRAME GENERATING METHOD, AND RECEIVING METHOD - A group-basis distribution data presence/absence information generation section generates distribution data presence/absence information indicating whether or not data to be transmitted to a reception device included in a group that includes one or a plurality of reception devices is included in a frame. Further, a synchronization signal generation section generates synchronization information including the distribution data presence/absence information. | 07-07-2011 |
20110182371 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECEIVER, AND TRANSMITTER - Provided are a radio communication system, a receiver, and a transmitter, which are capable of reducing an operation time period of a reception circuit of the receiver and achieving reduction in power consumption even if there is a clock error between the transmitter and the receiver. In a case of a conventional method illustrated in FIG. | 07-28-2011 |
20110207501 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention relates to a communication system capable of reducing processing loads imposed on a base station device and a server that sets a timing of a synchronization signal for the base station device. A management server ( | 08-25-2011 |
20110211512 | FRAME GENERATION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, DATA TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM, FRAME GENERATION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD - A distribution data presence/absence information generation section generates distribution data presence/absence information indicating whether or not data is included in a frame. A synchronization information generation section generates synchronization information including the distribution data presence/absence information. | 09-01-2011 |
20110305294 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, WIRELESS TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND WIRELESS TERMINAL PROGRAM - A management server ( | 12-15-2011 |
20110312266 | ELECTRONIC INVENTORY TAG TERMINAL, ELECTRONIC INVENTORY TAG SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD - Provided is an electronic shelf label terminal, an electronic shelf label system, and a display method which facilitate a check for an installation place with good signal quality. An electronic shelf label terminal ( | 12-22-2011 |
20140125497 | TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACTIVATING TERMINAL DEVICE - To realize high-performance sensing and lower power consumption as well as to improve the entire operation of measurement. A terminal device according to the present invention includes a plurality of sensors for measurement measuring physical quantities of measurement targets, a storage unit storing information for determining activation manners of the plural sensors for measurement, a control unit switching all or part of the plural sensors for measurement from a non-activated state to an activated state based on the information when activated and an activation unit including a sensor for activation to be driven based on a change of environment and activating the control unit when a physical quantity having correlation with the physical quantity of the measurement target is satisfied as a given activation condition based on a detection result by the sensor for activation. | 05-08-2014 |
20140128118 | TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACTIVATING TERMINAL DEVICE - To provide a terminal device realizing high-performance sensing and lower power consumption. A terminal device according to the present invention includes a sensor for measurement measuring a physical quantity of a measurement target, a control unit switching the sensor for measurement from a non-activated state to an activated state when activated and an activation unit driven in lower power consumption than the sensor for measurement and activating the control unit when a physical quantity having correlation with the physical quantity of the measurement target is satisfied as a given activation condition, thereby realizing high-performance sensing and lower power consumption. | 05-08-2014 |
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20090087125 | Image processing device, method and program - An image processing device may include detection means for detecting a motion vector of an input image signal which is an input time-series image signal; interpolation means for interpolating, based on the motion vector, a signal between input image signals which is an image signal at an arbitrary time between the input image signal and a previous input image signal immediately preceding the input image signal, the interpolation means for further outputting an interpolated signal; acquisition means for acquiring superimposition information which indicates the position, in the input image signal, of a predetermined image signal to be superimposed on the input image signal; and specification means for specifying, based on the superimposition information, at least one non-interpolation region of the signal between input image signals in which the interpolation is not performed. | 04-02-2009 |
20100053428 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, a program, and an image display apparatus that are configured, when a predetermined image signal is superposed on an image signal before interpolation, to enhance the quality of an image signal after interpolation. A MPU | 03-04-2010 |
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20100245720 | Backlight Device and Display Device - It is an object to manufacture a highly reliable backlight device with less color unevenness and less luminance unevenness, and a high-performance and highly reliable display device including the backlight device, which can display a high quality image. A light emitting diode (LED) is used as a light source of a backlight device and thermoelectric elements are provided in a chassis for holding the light emitting diode so as to surround the light emitting diode (the thermoelectric elements are provided under the light emitting diode and on the four sides thereof). A temperature in the backlight device is adjusted by cooling and heating by the thermoelectric elements. | 09-30-2010 |
20110159619 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - One object is to provide a method for manufacturing a display device in which shift of the threshold voltage of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer can be suppressed even when ultraviolet light irradiation is performed in the process for manufacturing the display device. In the method for manufacturing a display device, ultraviolet light irradiation is performed at least once, a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer is used for a switching element, and heat treatment for repairing damage to the oxide semiconductor layer caused by the ultraviolet light irradiation is performed after all the steps of ultraviolet light irradiation are completed. | 06-30-2011 |
20110228194 | Backlight Device and Display Device - It is an object to manufacture a highly reliable backlight device with less color unevenness and less luminance unevenness, and a high-performance and highly reliable display device including the backlight device, which can display a high quality image. A light emitting diode (LED) is used as a light source of a backlight device and thermoelectric elements are provided in a chassis for holding the light emitting diode so as to surround the light emitting diode (the thermoelectric elements are provided under the light emitting diode and on the four sides thereof). A temperature in the backlight device is adjusted by cooling and heating by the thermoelectric elements. | 09-22-2011 |
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20120168788 | Backlight Device and Display Device - It is an object to manufacture a highly reliable backlight device with less color unevenness and less luminance unevenness, and a high-performance and highly reliable display device including the backlight device, which can display a high quality image. A light emitting diode (LED) is used as a light source of a backlight device and thermoelectric elements are provided in a chassis for holding the light emitting diode so as to surround the light emitting diode (the thermoelectric elements are provided under the light emitting diode and on the four sides thereof). A temperature in the backlight device is adjusted by cooling and heating by the thermoelectric elements. | 07-05-2012 |
20130003355 | Backlight Device and Display Device - It is an object to manufacture a highly reliable backlight device with less color unevenness and less luminance unevenness, and a high-performance and highly reliable display device including the backlight device, which can display a high quality image. A light emitting diode (LED) is used as a light source of a backlight device and thermoelectric elements are provided in a chassis for holding the light emitting diode so as to surround the light emitting diode (the thermoelectric elements are provided under the light emitting diode and on the four sides thereof). A temperature in the backlight device is adjusted by cooling and heating by the thermoelectric elements. | 01-03-2013 |
20130149798 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - One object is to provide a method for manufacturing a display device in which shift of the threshold voltage of a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer can be suppressed even when ultraviolet light irradiation is performed in the process for manufacturing the display device. In the method for manufacturing a display device, ultraviolet light irradiation is performed at least once, a thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer is used for a switching element, and heat treatment for repairing damage to the oxide semiconductor layer caused by the ultraviolet light irradiation is performed after all the steps of ultraviolet light irradiation are completed. | 06-13-2013 |
20140285732 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device that is not influenced by a noise in obtaining positional information can be provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate provided with a pixel electrode and a common electrode with a first insulating film interposed therebetween. The pixel electrode and the common electrode partly overlap with each other. The liquid crystal display device further includes a second substrate provided with a pair of electrodes, a resin film covering the pair of electrodes, and a conductive film on the resin film. The pair of electrodes partly overlap with each other with a second insulating film interposed therebetween. The liquid crystal display device further includes a liquid crystal layer between the conductive film on the second substrate side and the pixel electrode and the common electrode on the first substrate side. A predetermined potential is supplied to the conductive film. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090033029 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device for conveying a sheet includes a displacement-amount detector configured to detect an amount of displacement of a conveyed sheet from a conveyance reference in a width direction being substantially perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction and a plurality of sheet conveying roller portions configured to be shiftable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction while pinching the sheet having the amount of displacement detected by the displacement-amount detector. Before the sheet reaches the sheet conveying roller portions, the sheet conveying roller portions are shifted based on the amount of displacement detected by the displacement-amount detector from a conveyance-reference position in a direction in which the sheet is displaced. After the sheet reaches the sheet conveying roller portions, the sheet conveying roller portions are shifted while pinching the sheet so as to reduce the amount of displacement. | 02-05-2009 |
20090034992 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt type transfer member configured to carry an image formed with developer of a plurality of colors, a drive roller configured to drive the transfer member by rotating while contacting the transfer member, a first detection unit configured to detect a mark provided on the transfer member, a second detection unit configured to detect the mark at a position different from the position of the first detection unit in a conveyance direction of the transfer member, and a correction unit configured to correct a conveyance speed of the transfer member using a difference between respective times at which the first and second detection units detect the mark. The first and second detection units are located such that an interval between respective positions at which the first and second detection units detect the mark is an integral multiple of a perimeter of the drive roller. | 02-05-2009 |
20110049794 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a sheet conveying apparatus and an image forming apparatus capable of preventing occurrence of skew feeding when correcting sheet lateral deviation. A pair of lateral-shift correcting rollers | 03-03-2011 |
20110200341 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SKEW CORRECTION MECHANISM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that can detect a leading edge of a tabbed sheet after skew correction with high accuracy and without increasing a size of the apparatus. A transfer unit transfers a toner image to the sheet, the skew of which having been corrected based on a detection result of a first skew detection unit, while the toner image is controlled to be synchronized with the sheet based on the detection result of the first skew detection unit and a detection result of a second skew detection unit. | 08-18-2011 |
20130134662 | SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE - A sheet conveyance device that is capable of appropriately correcting a position of a sheet in the sheet width direction with respect to an image transferred thereon. A shift mechanism shifts a sheet conveyed in a sheet width direction perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction. A first sensor detects one side edge of the sheet in the sheet width direction. A second sensor detects the other side edge of the sheet in the sheet width direction. A control unit drives the shift mechanism so that the center of the sheet in the sheet width direction is coincident with a predetermined target position based on the gap of the first and second sensors, detection timing of the one side edge by the first sensor, detection timing of the other side edged by the second sensor, and a predetermined standard value of sheet width. | 05-30-2013 |
20130193638 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SKEW CORRECTION MECHANISM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that can detect a leading edge of a tabbed sheet after skew correction with high accuracy and without increasing a size of the apparatus. A transfer unit transfers a toner image to the sheet, the skew of which having been corrected based on a detection result of a first skew detection unit, while the toner image is controlled to be synchronized with the sheet based on the detection result of the first skew detection unit and a detection result of a second skew detection unit. | 08-01-2013 |
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20090162907 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-GLUTAMIC ACID BY FERMENTATION ACCOMPANIED BY PRECIPITATION - A microorganism which can metabolize a carbon source at a specific pH in a liquid medium containing L-glutamic acid at a saturation concentration and the carbon source, and has ability to accumulate L-glutamic acid in an amount exceeding the amount corresponding to the saturation concentration in the liquid medium at the pH; and a method for producing L-glutamic acid by fermentation, which comprises culturing the microorganism in a liquid medium of which pH is adjusted to a pH at which L-glutamic acid is precipitated, to produce and accumulate L-glutamic acid and precipitate L-glutamic acid in the medium. | 06-25-2009 |
20090263874 | L-GLUTAMIC ACID-PRODUCING BACTERIUM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING L-GLUTAMIC ACID - L-Glutamic acid is produced by culturing in a liquid culture medium a microorganism belonging to the genus Enterobacter or Serratia and having an ability to produce L-glutamic acid, which increases in an activity of enzyme catalyzing a reaction for L-glutamic acid biosynthesis or which decreases in or is deficient in an activity of an enzyme catalyzing a reaction branching from a pathway for L-glutamic acid biosynthesis and producing a compound other than L-glutamic acid, and collecting produced L-glutamic acid from the culture medium. | 10-22-2009 |
20130164792 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CRYSTALS OF MUTIVALENT METAL SALT OF (2R, 4R) MONATIN - The present invention provides a method of efficiently producing a crystal of a (2R,4R)Monatin multivalent metal salt that has a good sweetness property and is excellent in storage stability. Specifically, the present invention provides the method of producing the crystal of the (2R,4R)Monatin multivalent metal salt comprising allowing an aldehyde or one or two or more enzymes capable of forming (2R,4R)Monatin from (2S,4R)Monatin to be acted on an aqueous solution containing the (2S,4R)Monatin in the presence of a multivalent metal ion to obtain the crystal of the (2R,4R)Monatin multivalent metal salt. The aldehyde may preferably be an aromatic aldehyde. The one or two or more enzyme may preferably be a racemase or one or more aminotransferases. The multivalent metal may preferably be a bivalent alkaline earth metal. | 06-27-2013 |
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20090268590 | OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An optical storage medium can be provided by which illegal usage of the optical storage medium involving an infringement on the copyright can be prevented effectively without impairment of the functions for reproducing physical format information and optical storage medium manufacturing information. The optical storage medium includes a main information region in which encrypted data information is recorded as a pit row that is capable of being read out by means of light and a control data region. In the control data region, key information for decoding the encryption of the data information, the physical format information and the optical storage medium manufacturing information are recorded by wobbling a groove. | 10-29-2009 |
20090268598 | OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An optical storage medium can be provided by which illegal usage of the optical storage medium involving an infringement on the copyright can be prevented effectively without impairment of the functions for reproducing physical format information and optical storage medium manufacturing information. The optical storage medium includes a main information region in which encrypted data information is recorded as a pit row that is capable of being read out by means of light and a control data region. In the control data region, key information for decoding the encryption of the data information, the physical format information and the optical storage medium manufacturing information are recorded by wobbling a groove. | 10-29-2009 |
20090274026 | OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An optical storage medium can be provided by which illegal usage of the optical storage medium involving an infringement on the copyright can be prevented effectively without impairment of the functions for reproducing physical format information and optical storage medium manufacturing information. The optical storage medium includes a main information region in which encrypted data information is recorded as a pit row that is capable of being read out by means of light and a control data region. In the control data region, key information for decoding the encryption of the data information, the physical format information and the optical storage medium manufacturing information are recorded by wobbling a groove. | 11-05-2009 |
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20080287258 | Shift control device and ratio control method for automatic transmission - In a shift control device and a shift control method for an automatic transmission, when the shift range is switched from a non-travel range to a travel range, a squat control of temporarily forming a high-speed step that is smaller in speed change ratio than the first speed change step by engaging a first engagement element and a second engagement element, and then forming the first speed change step by releasing the second engagement element. In the case of standing-start of the vehicle in the high-speed step, the squat control is ended before the first speed change step is formed by releasing the second engagement element. | 11-20-2008 |
20090312924 | Control device and control method for vehicle - When an automatic transmission is shifted from neutral to a a forward gear, an ECU calculates the appropriate target gear. If the target gear speed is the second forward gear or higher, a target command pressure of a first engagement element is immediately increased to a maximum pressure regardless of an input torque, and a target command pressure of a second engagement element is gradually increased in accordance with the input torque. | 12-17-2009 |
20100235062 | LOCK-UP CLUTCH CONTROLLER - A controller has a command section, a control section, a time measurement section, and a command fixing section. The command section generates a command regarding the actuation state of a lock-up clutch in accordance with a condition value that is determined by the accelerator operating amount and the vehicle speed. The time measurement section starts to measure time when the accelerator operating amount drops to 0 with the current condition value maintained in a hysteresis range and the command section generates the acceleration slip executing command. When the accelerator operating amount is increased from 0, the time measurement section stops the measurement of time and resets the measured time to 0. The command fixing section fixes the command of the command section as an acceleration slip executing command in the period from when the time measurement by the time measurement section has started to when the measured time reaches a determination value. When the accelerator operating amount is increased from 0 or the time measured by the time measurement section reaches the determination value, the command fixing section cancels the fixation of the acceleration slip executing command. | 09-16-2010 |
20140214288 | VEHICULAR CONTROL APPARATUS - A control apparatus for controlling a vehicle having an automatic transmission arranged to transmit a vehicle drive force from a drive power source of the vehicle to drive wheels of the vehicle, such that a shift-down operation of the automatic transmission is performed as a result of a kick-down operation, the control apparatus includes a shift-down operation permitting/inhibiting portion configured to restrict the shift-down operation of the automatic transmission as a result of the kick-down operation, if a running speed of the vehicle upon detection of the kick-down operation is lower than a lower limit predetermined for a presently established gear positions or speed ratio of the automatic transmission. | 07-31-2014 |
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20090039281 | ABERRATION CORRECTOR AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The present invention provides an aberration corrector giving excellent assembly accuracy but having fewer parts and fewer adjustment locations in number. In order to achieve it, a multistage multipole is formed by arranging plural combinations of electrodes around an optical axis using alignment blocks, each combination of electrodes being made by brazing-integrating plural electrodes with a ceramic material interposed therebetween. | 02-12-2009 |
20110073759 | ELECTROMAGENTIC FIELD APPLICATION SYSTEM - The present invention is based on the property that the electric and magnetic fields are independent of each other and normal to each other and the property that the deflection of a charged particle beam by the electromagnetic field follows the rule of linear combination. The present invention employs a system that creates a region in which there exist both electromagnetic field and controls the deflection of a charged particle beam in each of the electric and magnetic fields. | 03-31-2011 |
20120241612 | Electron Beam Biprism Device and Electron Beam Device - Disclosed are an electron beam biprism device and an electron beam device, in which, in order to implement a fringe scan method in an electron beam interferometer, a deflection function in one direction is added to the function of an electron beam biprism, and electron beams passing the left and right sides of a filament electrode can be respectively deflected at different angles. | 09-27-2012 |
20130115690 | Cell Culture Vessel and Cell Culture Device - Disclosed is a cell culture vessel that can prevent liquid leakage from the cell culture space and entry of particles containing microorganisms from outside the cell culture space, and that can prepare regenerated tissue in a manner that is safe and results in peace of mind. The cell culture vessel is mounted to a cell culture device, holds/cultures cells, and is characterized by being provided with: a culture solution holding section that holds a culture solution, a protruding structure section that is for supplying and discharging the aforementioned culture solution; and a culture solution duct that passes from the aforementioned protruding structure section to the aforementioned culture solution holding section. | 05-09-2013 |
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20080258058 | Interferometer - A double-biprism electron interferometer is an optical system which dramatically increases the degree of freedom of a conventional one-stage electron interferometer. The double-biprism electron interferometer, however, is the same as the optical system of the single electron biprism interferometer in terms of the one-dimensional shape of an electron hologram formed by filament electrodes, the direction of an interference area and the azimuth of the interference fringes. In other words, the longitudinal direction of the interference area is determined corresponding to the direction of the filament electrodes, and the azimuth of the interference fringes only coincides with and is in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the interference area. | 10-23-2008 |
20090045339 | Charged particle beam equipment - Charged particle beam equipment having a rotary mechanism in which shift of the observing/machining position incident to the rotary operation of the equipment having the rotary mechanism can be corrected conveniently with high precision in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical system of charged particle beam or in a slightly inclining plane. An X-Y shift incident to rotation in a plane is determined from the angular information of a rotary mechanism such as a sample holder, diaphragms or biprisms in the charged particle beam equipment, and then driving or controlling is performed to cancel the X-Y shift. | 02-19-2009 |
20090273789 | Interferometer - A double-biprism electron interferometer is an optical system which dramatically increases the degree of freedom of a conventional one-stage electron interferometer. The double biprism interferometer, however, is the same as the optical system of the single electron biprism in terms of the one-dimensional shape of an electron hologram formed by filament electrodes, the direction of an interference area, and the azimuth of the interference fringes. In other words, the longitudinal direction of the interference area is determined corresponding to the direction of the filament electrodes, and the azimuth of the interference fringes only coincides with and is in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the interference area. An interferometer according to the present invention has upper-stage and lower-stage electron biprisms, and operates with an azimuth angle Φ between filament electrodes of the upper-stage and lower-stage electron biprisms to arbitrarily control an interference area and an azimuth θ of the interference fringes formed therein. | 11-05-2009 |
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20080249271 | Adhesive containing ladder-type polysilsesquioxane and adhesive sheet - An adhesive containing a ladder-type polysilsesquioxane which firmly bonds metals and synthetic resins and an adhesive sheet having an adhesive layer formed by using the adhesive on at least one side of a substrate are provided. An adhesive comprises a ladder-type polysilsesquioxane having a recurring unit of the following formula (I) in the molecule, | 10-09-2008 |
20080249278 | Sealing material for optical element and sealed optical element - A sealing material for optical elements with excellent transparency, crack resistance, and heat resistance which can produce a cured product of the sealing material and a sealed optical element are provided. The sealing material for optical elements comprising a compound with a ladder structure, which contains a repeating unit of the following formula (A) in the molecule as a major component, the compound being obtained by condensing a compound (1) shown by the formula, R | 10-09-2008 |
20110288257 | SEALING MATERIAL FOR OPTICAL ELEMENT AND SEALED OPTICAL ELEMENT - A sealing material for optical elements with excellent transparency, crack resistance, and heat resistance which can produce a cured product of the sealing material and a sealed optical element are provided. The sealing material for optical elements comprising a compound with a ladder structure, which contains a repeating unit of the following formula (A) in the molecule as a major component, the compound being obtained by condensing a compound (1) shown by the formula, R | 11-24-2011 |
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20090230493 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes: a solid-state imaging element having a light-receiving area; a transparent member disposed so as to oppose the light-receiving area; a supporting member configured to support the transparent member; a first mark disposed at either an upper surface of the transparent member or an upper surface of the supporting member; and a second mark disposed at an outer side of the light-receiving area, at an upper surface of the solid-state imaging element. | 09-17-2009 |
20090236700 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a wiring board, a semiconductor element mounted on the wiring board, a sealing resin configured to cover the semiconductor element, a ground electrode having an end connected to a wiring layer of the wiring board and an exposing part exposed at a surface of the sealing resin, and a shielding member configured to cover the sealing resin and be connected to the ground electrode. | 09-24-2009 |
20100052212 | METHOD OF RESIN SEALING ELECTRONIC PART - A method of resin sealing an electronic part, includes the steps of: providing a board where one or more of the electronic parts are mounted in an upper mold; melting a resin material received in a cavity forming part of a lower mold; and dipping the electronic part held by the upper mold into the molten resin so that the resin sealing is achieved. The resin material is received in the cavity forming part of the lower mold after the resin material is pressurized and dispersed in a sealing resin supply apparatus. | 03-04-2010 |
20110294261 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a wiring board, a semiconductor element mounted on the wiring board, a sealing resin configured to cover the semiconductor element, a ground electrode having an end connected to a wiring layer of the wiring board and an exposing part exposed at a surface of the sealing resin, and a shielding member configured to cover the sealing resin and be connected to the ground electrode. | 12-01-2011 |
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20100287269 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR - The network system includes: a command transmitting unit that transmits a command for requesting information required by the representative device for network management from the non-representative device, when the non-representative device has joined a network or when there is a change in a state of the non-representative device; a command receiving unit that receives a command including the information sent from the non-representative device that has received the command; a management unit that manages the information received by the command receiving unit as device management information; a representative device selecting unit that selects a next representative device using the device management information when functions of the representative device are to be disabled. The network system does not need a special management apparatus when there is a changeover between a representative device and a non-representative device and management authority as the representative device as well as accumulated information are inherited. | 11-11-2010 |
20120314258 | NETWORK SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR - The network system includes a command transmitting unit that transmits a command for requesting information required by the representative device for network management from the non-representative device, when the non-representative device has joined a network or when there is a change in a state of the non-representative device, and a command receiving unit that receives a command including the information sent from the non-representative device that has received the command. | 12-13-2012 |
20140286330 | Node System and Supervisory Node - A node system includes a first node, a second node, and a supervisory node which transmit frames while increasing or decreasing the cycle microtick count, and determines reduced cycle microtick counts by subtracting or adding a rate correction limit value from or to the cycle microtick count of the supervisory node when reception of the first frame transmitted by the first node stop and the cycle microtick count of the supervisory node when reception of the first and second frames stop. | 09-25-2014 |
20140320900 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Different destination information are assigned to a plurality of services which use a common communication protocol in an application layer, as services provided to a communication partner apparatus with which to communicate via a network. The communication partner apparatus is notified of the assigned destination information and their corresponding services. | 10-30-2014 |
20140320908 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The following processing is executed by a communication apparatus capable of performing wireless communication in a first communication mode in which communication is performed via an access point and a second communication mode in which communication is performed with a communication partner apparatus in a peer-to-peer mode. If communicating with the communication partner apparatus in the second communication mode, it is determined whether to concurrently execute operations in the first communication mode and the second communication mode. If it is determined to concurrently execute the operations in the first communication mode and the second communication mode, it is controlled to operate as a service providing source which provides a service in the second communication mode. | 10-30-2014 |
20140320910 | COMMUNICATING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A communicating apparatus receives a request command which requires a response, and determines whether the communication mode of a partner apparatus corresponding to the request command matches a communication mode executed by the self communicating apparatus. If it is determined that the communication mode of the partner apparatus matches the communication mode executed by the self communicating apparatus, the communicating apparatus transmits a response command to the request command. If it is determined that the communication mode of the partner apparatus does not match the communication mode executed by the self communicating apparatus, the communicating apparatus transmits no response command to the request command. | 10-30-2014 |
20140368863 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus is capable of wirelessly communicating with a communication partner apparatus in a peer-to-peer mode. A state of supplying electric power to the communication apparatus is determined, and a group owner intent value indicating the degree of intent to operate as an access point in wireless communication is changed from a default value to a value depending on the state of the supplying electric power. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368874 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to an aspect of the present invention, a communication resource may be saved for wireless communication in peer-to-peer mode. A communication apparatus acquires information regarding a protocol from another communication apparatus and invalidates protocols not to be used based on the information. | 12-18-2014 |
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20090088589 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE PRODUCTION - A process for producing lactic acid according to the invention is characterized in that glycerin is subjected to a hydrothermal reaction under an alkaline condition at a temperature in the range of 150 to 400° C. and under pressure equal to or more than the saturated vapor pressure at the temperature. The glycerin produced from plant fats, animal fats or the like or pure product synthesized chemically or a discharge containing glycerin generated at the production of diesel fuel oil from fats, in which the fats are subjected to a transesterification with alcohol in the presence of an alkali catalyst in order to obtain fatty acid ester is preferably used as a starting material. | 04-02-2009 |
20090274606 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SILICON TETRAFLUORIDE, AND APPARATUS FOR THE PROCESS - Disclosed is a process for production of silicon tetrafluoride which can reduce the cost for the silicon tetrafluoride production and can also reduce the quantities of waste products produced in the process. Also disclosed is an apparatus for use for the process. The method comprises the steps of: (a) a high-silica fluorosilicic acid production step in which a raw material ( | 11-05-2009 |
20100047140 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING LACTIC ACID - An apparatus for producing lactic acid according to the invention comprises a reactor carrying out: subjecting glycerin to a hydrothermal reaction under an alkaline condition, supplying an alkaline solution comprising glycerin; and continuously producing lactic acid, wherein glycerin is subjected to a hydrothermal reaction under an alkaline condition at a temperature in the range of 150 to 400° C. and under pressure equal to or more than the saturated vapor pressure at the temperature. The glycerin produced from plant fats, animal fats or the like or pure product synthesized chemically or a discharge containing glycerin generated at the production of diesel fuel oil from fats, in which the fats are subjected to a transesterification with alcohol in the presence of an alkali catalyst in order to obtain fatty acid ester is preferably used as a starting material. | 02-25-2010 |
20130178598 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYLACTIC ACID - To provide a method capable of producing stereocomplex polylactic acid, the method being capable of using carbon neutral materials that are not competitive from foods, such as saccharides, without the use of a method for designing optical resolution, which requires complicated operations and high cost and is difficult to perform mass production. The production method of the present invention comprises: a step of reacting glycerin with sodium hydroxide in high-temperature and high-pressure water to produce a racemic sodium lactate aqueous solution; a step of separating sodium from the racemic sodium lactate aqueous solution to recover racemic lactic acid; a step of dimerizing the racemic lactic acid to produce a lactide mixture containing meso lactide and racemic lactide; a step of separating meso lactide from the mixture to recover racemic lactide; and a step of polymerizing the racemic lactide with a salen-metal complex as a catalyst to produce stereocomplex polylactic acid. | 07-11-2013 |
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20100264679 | SUCTION HOLD HAND, SUCTION HOLD METHOD, AND CARRYING DEVICE - A suction hold hand which sucks and holds a hold target without contact by using negative pressure produced at a central portion of turning flow of gas generated in a turning flow generating chamber and gas flowing from the end to the side of the turning flow generating chamber, includes: a suction pad having a suction hold surface to which a suction blowoff hole of the turning flow generating chamber opens; and a gas blowoff device which has a plurality of blowoff holes disposed to oppose to a sucked surface substantially continuous to a surface of the hold target sucked by the suction pad to face the suction hold surface, the blowoff holes being located in such positions as to apply compressed gas to the sucked surface. | 10-21-2010 |
20100270452 | SUCKING AND HOLDING APPARATUS, SUCKING AND HOLDING METHOD, TRANSPORTING APPARATUS, AND TRANSPORTING METHOD - A sucking and holding apparatus configured to suck and hold an object to be held by a negative pressure generating at a center portion of a swirling flow of gas generated in a swirling flow generating chamber and the gas flowing out from an end of the swirling flow generating chamber sideward, includes: a sucking and holding terminal having the swirling flow generating chamber and a sucking and holding surface having an opened suction blow-out port of the swirling flow generating chamber; an urging unit configured to apply an urging force in the direction substantially parallel to the sucking and holding surface to the object to be held located at a position which allows the same to be sucked and held by the sucking and holding terminal; and a locking unit configured to lock the object to be held against the urging force applied by the urging unit. | 10-28-2010 |
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20080253954 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWDER FORSTERITE POWDER, FORSTERITE POWDER, SINTERED FORSTERITE, INSULATING CERAMIC COMPOSITION, AND MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A forsterite powder with superior characteristics which can be sintered at a relatively low temperature can be economically produced, when a magnesium source, a silicon source, and copper particles are mixed to prepare a mixed powder containing 300 to 2,000 ppm by weight of the copper particles, and the mixed powder is fired. The magnesium source used is preferably Mg(OH) | 10-16-2008 |
20100170705 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POWDER FORSTERITE POWDER, FORSTERITE POWDER, SINTERED FORSTERITE, INSULATING CERAMIC COMPOSITION, AND MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A forsterite powder with superior characteristics which can be sintered at a relatively low temperature can be economically produced, when a magnesium source, a silicon source, and copper particles are mixed to prepare a mixed powder containing 300 to 2,000 ppm by weight of the copper particles, and the mixed powder is fired. The magnesium source used is preferably Mg(OH) | 07-08-2010 |
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20100044710 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE - In an active-matrix substrate ( | 02-25-2010 |
20100096639 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE - The active-matrix substrate ( | 04-22-2010 |
20100207914 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In an active-matrix display device using a three-terminal element ( | 08-19-2010 |
20110141096 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes: an active matrix substrate; a counter substrate; and a liquid crystal layer ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110141425 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes: an active matrix substrate ( | 06-16-2011 |
20120147306 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed in the present invention is a transflective liquid crystal display device that has high light transmittance and reflectance, an excellent visibility, and suitable display characteristics achieved by the sufficiently controlled liquid crystal orientation. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes a thin-film transistor array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween. The liquid crystal display device includes a pixel having a reflective display region that performs a reflective display, and a transmissive display region that performs a transmissive display. When the substrate surface is viewed from the normal direction, the transmissive display region is disposed in a center section of the pixel. In the thin-film transistor array substrate, an insulating film is formed on a primary surface of a supporting substrate on a side facing the liquid crystal layer, and columnar spacers protruding toward the liquid crystal layer side are disposed at corners of the respective pixels. The insulating film has a recess formed in the transmissive display region. The opposite substrate has a common electrode on the primary surface thereof on a side facing the liquid crystal layer. | 06-14-2012 |
20120154366 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 06-21-2012 |
20130027650 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device | 01-31-2013 |
20150022771 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - Each of the pixel electrodes that are disposed in a liquid crystal display panel of one embodiment of the present invention is constituted of minutely patterned electrode regions (a first minutely patterned electrode region and a second minutely patterned electrode region), and one solid electrode region, and the length Lpix of each of the pixel electrodes in a direction along a data line, and the total length LB of the minutely patterned electrode regions satisfies the relationship of LB/Lpix=0.3 to 0.6. | 01-22-2015 |
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20090046120 | RESISTANCE GENERATING DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - There is provided a resistance generating device including a resistance generating unit disposed inside the rotation axis, the resistance generating unit having an inner ring and an outer ring, one of the inner ring and the outer ring being combined with the rotation axis and the other one of the inner ring and the outer ring being combined with the fixed part, the one being rotated with respect to the other while generating a rotational resistance, and a switch part disposed inside a surface of the rotation axis. | 02-19-2009 |
20110058002 | PRINTING METHOD - A printing method includes: performing a printing process while transporting a recording medium in a transport direction; and pinching the recording medium between a first roller and a second roller while transporting the recording medium by the second roller, by making the first roller that moves in the transport direction and the second roller that transports the recording medium in the transport direction come close to each other. | 03-10-2011 |
20130057632 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink jet printing apparatus includes a placement table on which recesses in which swelling portions of a printing target material fall are formed and the printing target material is placed, and an ink jet head that discharges ink onto a surface of the printing target material of a printing side placed on the placement table so as to execute desired printing. The swelling portions such as seams fall in the recesses on the printing target material so that the swelling portions and the ink jet head can be avoided from rubbing with each other. | 03-07-2013 |
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20130314483 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus includes a recording unit that performs recording, a tray on which a target recording medium is set, a movement mechanism that moves the tray relative to the recording unit between a setting operation position at which the target recording medium is set on the tray and a recording start position at which recording starts, an adjustment section that is configured to adjust a distance between the recording unit and the tray, and a mark that corresponds to a position of the recording unit in a direction in which the distance is adjusted. | 11-28-2013 |
20140049589 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a recording unit which performs recording on a recording medium; and a movable body which includes a support portion that supports the recording medium and which moves along a guide shaft, in which the movable body includes a bearing which is supported by the guide shaft and is movable in an opposite direction from gravity in relation to the guide shaft, and a load center which receives the moving force for the movement and is positioned on a straight line along a movement direction, where the straight line intersects a straight line in a gravity direction which passes through a center of gravity of the movable body. | 02-20-2014 |
20140375740 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS - An ink jet printing apparatus includes a placement table on which recesses in which swelling portions of a printing target material fall are formed and the printing target material is placed, and an ink jet head that discharges ink onto a surface of the printing target material of a printing side placed on the placement table so as to execute desired printing. The swelling portions such as seams fall in the recesses on the printing target material so that the swelling portions and the ink jet head can be avoided from rubbing with each other. | 12-25-2014 |