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20090153615 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE - A liquid ejection device includes: a conveyance mechanism which conveys a recording medium in one direction; a plurality of liquid ejection heads each having an ejection face which has a plurality of ejection openings for ejecting liquid and faces the conveyance mechanism, the liquid ejection heads being arranged along the one direction; a plurality of wipers which respectively wipe the ejection faces; a holder which holds the wipers; a support which supports the holder; and a movement mechanism which moves the holder in a direction perpendicular to the one direction. The holder is displaceable in the one direction relative to the support. The holder has an intruder which intrudes into a gap between two liquid ejection heads adjacent to each other. | 06-18-2009 |
20090184998 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus, including: a medium conveying mechanism which conveys a medium in a first direction; a head pair composed of two liquid ejecting heads respectively having liquid ejection surfaces in which liquid ejection areas are respectively formed, the two heads having respective one end portions overlapping each other as viewed in the first direction, and disposed such that the respective one end portions are adjacent to each other in the first direction; two wipers for wiping the respective ejection surfaces; and a wiper moving mechanism configured to move the two wipers in mutually opposite directions, wherein the ejection areas partly overlap each other as viewed in the first direction, wherein, when each wiper is placed by the wiper moving mechanism at a wiping start position at which each wiper does not face the corresponding ejection surface, the two wipers partly overlap each other as viewed in the first direction, and wherein, when each wiper is placed at a wiping complete position at which each wiper does not face the corresponding ejection surface, the two wipers overlap each other as viewed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. | 07-23-2009 |
20090189944 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes: a plurality of recording heads each of which includes an ejection surface; a head frame; at least one annular protrusion; a support tray; and a moving device. One or more positioning pins are provided in an inner area of the support tray that is enclosed with the annular protrusion, the positioning pins extending in a direction perpendicular to a flat surface which includes a contact portion of the annular protrusion that is come into contact with the head frame, and the head frame has one or more positioning holes into which the positioning pins are insertable in the contact state of the annular protrusion. | 07-30-2009 |
20100053240 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus including: (a) a recording head; (b) an ink supply source; (c) an ink supply conduit interconnecting the recording head and the ink supply source, such that the ink is supplied from the ink supply source to the recording head in an ink supplying direction; (d) a movable body disposed in the ink supply conduit and movable in the ink supply conduit; (e) a moving device configured to move the movable body in the ink supply conduit; and (f) a control device configured to control the moving device. The ink supply conduit includes a small-clearance defining portion in which a small clearance is to be defined between the movable body and an inner surface of the ink supply conduit when the movable body is being positioned in the small-clearance defining portion. The control device is configured to control the moving device, such that the movable body is moved from a first position located in the small-clearance defining portion, to a second position located in the small-clearance defining portion, whereby the ink within the small-clearance defining portion is caused to flow toward the recording head. | 03-04-2010 |
20110074877 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD OF RECORDING HEAD - A recording apparatus may include a recording head including a discharge surface in which liquid discharge openings are arranged in a particular direction. The recording apparatus may include a supplying member which is positioned at a first end portion in the particular direction, and supplies the liquid to the recording head. The recording apparatus may include a liquid supplying device which is connected to the supplying member, and supplies the liquid to the recording head. The recording apparatus may include a position adjusting device including a contact member which contacts the recording head, and adjusts a position of the recording head by moving the contact member. The position adjusting device may be positioned at a second end portion opposite to the first end portion in the particular direction. | 03-31-2011 |
20110242204 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus, including: a head having an ejection surface; a head holder; a capping mechanism for capping the ejection surface, having: a facing member with a facing surface to face the ejection surface; and a protrusion provided on the head holder for isolating, from an external space, an ejection space formed between the ejection surface and the facing surface when a tip of the protrusion contacts the facing surface; and a humidifying mechanism having: a circulation passage whose first and second ends are open to the ejection space through openings thereof provided in one of the head and the head holder; and a humidifier for humidifying an air in the passage, the humidifying mechanism being configured to collect an air in the ejection space from the opening of the first end and to supply an air humidified by the humidifier into the ejection space from the opening of the second end. | 10-06-2011 |
20120026219 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTION METHOD - A liquid ejection apparatus including: a liquid ejection head including: an inside channel; and ejection openings; a tank; an air communication device; a supply channel; a return channel; a supply device; an adjusting device; and a controller, wherein the controller performs a liquid circulation control for circulating the liquid through the supply channel, the inside channel, and the return channel in order by controlling: the adjusting device such that a channel resistance value of the return channel is less than a predetermined maximum value; and the supply device to supply the liquid into the inside channel, wherein, when the liquid is circulated by the liquid circulation control, the controller starts a liquid discharge control for discharging the liquid by making the channel resistance value larger than that in the liquid circulation control, and wherein the controller controls the air communication device such that an inside of the tank is interrupted from the ambient air in at least a part of a period of the liquid circulation control. | 02-02-2012 |
20120194604 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPLACING HUMIDIFICATION-LIQUID TANK OF THE APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus including: a head having a face that has ejection openings through which liquid is ejected to record an image on a recording medium, an ejection space being defined so as to face the face; a humidification-liquid tank storing humidification liquid having a nonvolatile component; a sealing mechanism configured to selectively establish a sealing state in which the sealing mechanism seals the ejection space from an outside and an unsealing state in which the sealing mechanism does not seal the ejection space from the outside; and a humid-air supply mechanism configured to supply humid air into the ejection space when the sealing mechanism is in the sealing state, the humid air being an air humidified by the humidification liquid in the humidification-liquid tank, wherein the humidification-liquid tank is configured to be mountable on and removable from the humid-air supply mechanism. | 08-02-2012 |
20120194606 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge space which faces a discharge surface of a liquid discharge head which is sealed by a cap. A humidification pump is driven to rotate forward such that air in a discharge space is humidified while passing through a water reservoir via an opening and tubes. Humidified air flows into the discharge space via a tube and an opening. When an amount of non-volatile component in the water reservoir exceeds a prescribed amount, the humidification pump is driven to rotate backward such that water stored in the water reservoir is exhausted through the opening via the tubes. | 08-02-2012 |
20130002751 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus, including: a liquid ejection head having an ejection face; a sealing mechanism configured to selectively establish a sealing state in which an ejection space is sealed and an unsealing state; first and second openings, interposing at least a part of the ejection face in one direction, for supplying air into the ejection space; a generating portion configured to generate humid air; a supply portion configured to supply the generated humid air into the ejection space via the first or the second opening; and a controller configured to control the supply portion such that a period in which the humid air is supplied via the first opening and a period in which the humid air is supplied via the second opening do not overlap each other when the humid air is supplied into the ejection space in a current humid-air supply processing. | 01-03-2013 |
20140009530 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A liquid ejecting apparatus, including: a head having an ejection surface; a head holder; a capping mechanism for capping the ejection surface, having: a facing member with a facing surface to face the ejection surface; and a protrusion provided on the head holder for isolating, from an external space, an ejection space formed between the ejection surface and the facing surface when a tip of the protrusion contacts the facing surface; and a humidifying mechanism having: a circulation passage whose first and second ends are open to the ejection space through openings thereof provided in one of the head and the head holder; and a humidifier for humidifying an air in the passage, the humidifying mechanism being configured to collect an air in the ejection space from the opening of the first end and to supply an air humidified by the humidifier into the ejection space from the opening of the second end. | 01-09-2014 |
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20090000684 | MULTI-LAYER HOSE - A multi-layer hose usable for a fuel hose of an automotive vehicle. The multi-layer hose includes an intermediate layer formed of a resin whose main component includes at least one of polyvinyl alcohol and ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. An outer layer is provided formed of rubber and disposed outside the intermediate layer. Additionally, an inner layer is provided formed of fluoroelastomer and disposed inside the intermediate layer to be laminated directly on the intermediate layer. | 01-01-2009 |
20090000685 | MULTI-LAYER HOSE - A multi-layer hose usable for a fuel hose of an automotive vehicle. The multi-layer hose includes an intermediate layer formed of a resin whose main component includes polyester. An outer layer is provided formed of rubber and disposed outside the intermediate layer. Additionally, an inner layer is provided formed of fluoroelastomer and disposed inside the intermediate layer to be laminated directly on the intermediate layer. | 01-01-2009 |
20090169787 | MULTILAYER ARTICLE - There is provided a multilayer article suitable for use as a fuel hose in an automotive fuel system and the like, which has an inner rubber layer, an outer rubber layer and an inter-mediate resin layer formed of polyamine-based resin between the inner and outer rubber layers. | 07-02-2009 |
20090169791 | MULTILAYER ARTICLE - There is provided a multilayer article suitable for use as a fuel hose in an automotive fuel system and the like, which has an inner rubber layer, an outer rubber layer and an intermediate resin layer formed of polyphenylene sulfide-based resin between the inner and outer rubber layers. | 07-02-2009 |
20090288729 | MULTI-LAYER HOSE - A multi-layer hose ( | 11-26-2009 |
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20080219315 | Semiconductor Optical Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A low reflective window structure in an existent electro-absorption optical modulator involves a trading off problem between the increase in the parasitic capacitance and the pile-up. This is because the capacitance density of the pn junction in the window structure is higher compared with the pin junction as the optical absorption region, and the application of electric field to the optical absorption region becomes insufficient in a case of receding the electrode structure from the junction between the optical absorption region and the window structure making it difficult to discharge photo-carriers generated in the optical absorption region. An undope waveguide structure comprising a structure having such compositional wavelength and a film thickness that the compositional wavelength for each of multi-layers constituting the waveguide structure is sufficiently shorter than that of the signal light and the average refractive index is about identical with that in the optical absorption region may be disposed. In a case of forming the electrode structure so as to overlap the junction boundary between the optical absorption region and the undope waveguide, and do not extend on the joined boundary between the undope waveguide and the window structure, increase in the parasitic capacitance due to the pn junction of the window structure and pile up can be suppressed simultaneously. | 09-11-2008 |
20080266638 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND OPTICAL MODULE - In a horizontal cavity surface emitted laser, there is provided a device structure that is capable of obtaining a circular narrow-divergence emitted beam that is high in the optical coupling efficiency with a fiber. As a first means, there is provided a horizontal cavity surface emitting laser having a structure in which the plane mirror that is inclined by 45° and the bottom lens of the oval configuration are integrally structured. As a second means, there is provided a horizontal cavity surface emitting laser in which the mirror having the columnar front surface configuration inclined by 45° and the bottom lens of the columnar front surface configuration are integrally structured. Since the horizontal component and the vertical component of the laser beam can be shaped, independently, through the above means. As a result, it is possible to obtain the circular narrow-divergence emitted beam. | 10-30-2008 |
20080317422 | OPTICAL INTEGRATED DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - In the optical integrated devices with ridge waveguide structure based on the conventional technology, there occur such troubles as generation of a recess in a BJ section to easily cause a crystal defect due to the mass transport phenomenon of InP when a butt joint (BJ) is grown, lowering of reliability of the devices, and lowering in a yield in fabrication of devices. In the present invention, a protection layer made of InGaAsP is provided on the BJ section. The layer has high etching selectivity for the InP cladding layer and remains on the BJ section even after mesa etching. | 12-25-2008 |
20090129421 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE - In an edge emitting laser having a window region with a ridge-waveguide structure, particularly, in a short cavity type of a laser operated with a low current, there has been a problem of its operating current being increased due to current leakage of the window portion. To solve this problem, in the window region, between an n-type substrate and a p-type cladding layer, a semi-insulating semiconductor layer into which Ru is doped is inserted. Alternatively, a stacked structure of a Ru-doped layer and a Fe-doped layer is introduced. | 05-21-2009 |
20100142885 | OPTICAL MODULE - The first and second optical waveguide device portions are optically coupled by 45-degree total reflection mirrors integrally formed in the respective device portions. The light generated by the first optical waveguide device portion is bent upward by the total reflection mirror of the first optical waveguide device portion. The light is totally reflected by the 45-degree total reflection mirror of the second optical waveguide device portion, and coupled to the second optical waveguide device portion. The first optical waveguide device portion has a lens device for focusing the emitted light onto a light emitting portion. The second optical waveguide device portion has a lens device for focusing the incident light onto a light receiving portion. | 06-10-2010 |
20120183009 | HORIZONTAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER DIODES, VERTICAL ILLUMINATED PHOTODIODES, AND METHODS OF THEIR FABRICATION - The horizontal cavity surface emitting laser includes a cavity structure portion including a stacked structure of a first conduction type clad layer, an active layer and a second conduction type clad layer stacked over a semiconductor substrate and causing light generated by the active layer to be reflected or resonated, an optical waveguide layer provided at part of the semiconductor substrate and guiding the light, a reflector provided in the optical waveguide layer, for reflecting the light and emitting the light from the back surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a condensing lens provided at the back surface thereof and focusing the reflected light. The back surface thereof has a groove provided with the condensing lens and a terrace-like portion disposed below the cavity structure portion and has a terrace shape with the cleavage direction along a longitudinal direction thereof provided along a cleavage direction of the semiconductor substrate. | 07-19-2012 |
20120230361 | SURFACE EMISSION LASER - Specifically, provided is a horizontal-cavity surface-emitting laser including, on a semiconductor substrate: a cavity structure; a waveguide layer; and a reflecting part, wherein a first electrode provided on the semiconductor substrate along side regions of the cavity structure and the reflecting part and a second electrode provided on the main surface of the cavity structure are provided, the first electrode includes an electrode (1) that is provided around one side region of the reflecting part located in the direction intersecting with the traveling direction of light guided through the waveguide layer and an electrode (2) provided around one side region of the cavity structure and the other side region of the reflecting part that are located in the direction parallel with the traveling direction of light guided through the waveguide layer, and the shape of the electrode (2) has different widths at at least two positions. | 09-13-2012 |
20120327965 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL MODULE - In order to provide a semiconductor laser element or an integrated optical device with high reliability, a horizontal-cavity semiconductor laser or an optical module includes a deeply dug DBR mirror serving as a cavity mirror, the deeply dug DBR mirror being composed of a material that is lattice-matched to a substrate and that has a band gap energy that does not absorb light emitted from an active layer. | 12-27-2012 |
20130207140 | Semiconductor Optical Element Semiconductor Optical Module and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A semiconductor optical element comprises a substrate, an active layer lying in one direction over the substrate from which light exits using a side in the shorter direction among the four sides as an outgoing end, a buried layer provided over the substrate and covering two sides in the longitudinal direction among the four sides, a clad layer provided over the active layer and over the substrate existing on the extension line of the outgoing end of the active layer, a mirror which reflects light from the active layer provided on the extension line of the active layer, wherein the mirror is formed in the clad layer. | 08-15-2013 |
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20090002673 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides an exposure apparatus comprising an illumination optical system configured to illuminate a reticle with a light beam from a light source, and a projection optical system configured to project a pattern of the reticle onto a substrate, the illumination optical system including a light amount adjusting unit configured to adjust an amount of the light beam, a polarization adjusting unit configured to adjust a polarization state of the light beam, and a beam splitter configured to split the incident light beam into two light beams, wherein the light amount adjusting unit, the polarization adjusting unit, and the beam splitter are set in an order from the light source side. | 01-01-2009 |
20090035671 | ADJUSTMENT METHOD, EXPOSURE METHOD, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An adjustment method for adjusting an illumination condition in illuminating an original plate using an illumination optical system and projecting an image of a pattern formed on the original plate onto a substrate through a projection optical system includes measuring a polarization state of light that has passed through the illumination optical system, the original plate, and the projection optical system in a state where the original plate is located on an object plane of the projection optical system, and adjusting the polarization state based on the measured polarization state. | 02-05-2009 |
20130181365 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An apparatus for bringing a mold having a pattern region and a first mark into contact with an imprint material on a substrate having a second mark, includes a deforming mechanism configured to deform the mold such that a portion of the mold where the first mark is formed protrudes toward the substrate, a driving mechanism configured to adjust a distance between the mold and the substrate, and a detecting unit configured to detect, after the driving mechanism starts an operation of reducing the distance, the first mark and the second mark in a state in which the portion of the mold and the imprint material on the substrate are in contact with each other but a whole of the pattern region is not in contact with the imprint material. | 07-18-2013 |
20130193602 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - An imprint apparatus cures an imprint material, while a pattern formed on a mold is kept in contact with the imprint material, thereby transferring the pattern onto the imprint material. The apparatus includes a measurement unit which performs, in parallel, alignment measurement in which a relative position between the mold and a shot region on the substrate, to which the pattern is to be transferred, is measured so as to align the mold and the shot region, and overlay measurement in which a relative position between a first pattern already formed in another shot region on the substrate using the mold, and a second pattern underlying the first patter is measured. | 08-01-2013 |
20150014892 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which forms a pattern on an imprint material on a substrate by using a mold, including a first optical member interposed between an illumination optical system and a detection optical system, and a mold, and configured to guide a first light from the illumination optical system and a second light from the detection optical system to the mold, and a second optical member interposed between the first optical member and the detection optical system, and configured to transmit the second light which is reflected by a mark formed on the mold or a mark formed on the substrate and travels toward the detection optical system through the first optical member, and block the first light which travels toward the detection optical system through the first optical member. | 01-15-2015 |
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20110140697 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an MRI apparatus includes an imaging unit and an application region calculating unit. The application region calculating unit automatically calculates an application region of a prepulse according to a region of interest of magnetic resonance imaging based on image data including the region of interest that are acquired before the application of the prepulse. The imaging unit performs magnetic resonance imaging of an object involving the application of the prepulse. | 06-16-2011 |
20110187365 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - In one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an input unit and a direction setting unit. The input unit receives a setting operation to set a plurality of image taking regions within a position determining image, from an operator of the apparatus. The direction setting unit sets phase encoding directions for the plurality of image taking regions to be in the same direction as one another, regardless of setting operations performed by the operator via the input unit. | 08-04-2011 |
20120133360 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND DATA ACQUISITION METHOD OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY - In one embodiment, a magnetic resonance diagnosis apparatus includes an application region calculation unit and a data generation unit. The application region calculation unit automatically calculates an application region of a prepulse based on “image data including a region of interest of an object generated by magnetic resonance imaging before application of a prepulse”. The data generation unit applies the prepulse according to the application region automatically calculated by the application region calculation unit, then receives a magnetic resonance signal from a data acquisition region including the region of interest, and generates magnetic resonance spectrum data indicative of concentration distribution per metabolic substance in the region of interest based on the magnetic resonance signal. | 05-31-2012 |
20120226141 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a structural information acquisition unit, an abnormal part detection unit, an imaging region setting unit and an imaging unit. The structural information acquisition unit is configured to acquire anatomical structural information based on first image data of an object. The abnormal part detection unit is configured to detect an abnormal region based on the structural information. The imaging region setting unit is configured to indicate an imaging region according to a detection result of the abnormal region. The imaging unit is configured to acquire second image data of the object by imaging of an imaging region set based on the imaging region according to the detection result of the abnormal region. | 09-06-2012 |
20120310074 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, A MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, AND A MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A medical image processing apparatus includes a morphological identification part, a function calculator and a display processor. The morphological identification part identifies morphological information related to thickness of a heart muscle of a subject or thickness of surrounding sites thereof from medical image data obtained by capturing an image of the subject using a medical imaging apparatus. The function calculator determines cardiac function information related to movement of the heart muscle of the subject based on the medical image data. The display processor causes a display to display a combination of the identified morphological information and the calculated cardiac function information which is identified by color. The medical image processing apparatus can easily diagnose diseases. | 12-06-2012 |
20130093763 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional image processing apparatus includes at least a storage, an inputting unit, an image generating unit and a pointer controlling unit. The storage stores volume data of a target. The inputting unit receives an input operation for moving a pointer. The image generating unit generates a superimposed image in which a rendering image generated by performing a rendering process on the volume data and a pointer image are superimposed in consideration of information of depth. The pointer controlling unit obtains information of a three-dimensional position of the pointer. When the pointer is on the rendering image, the pointer controlling unit moves the pointer along a three-dimensional surface of a target contained in the volume data. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094731 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes at least a vascular region extracting unit, a vascular shape image generating unit, a perfusion analyzing unit, a perfusion image generating unit, an image composition unit. The vascular region extracting unit extracts a vascular region based on a three-dimensional medical image. The vascular shape image generating unit generates an image of a vascular shape of the vascular region. The perfusion analyzing unit performs perfusion analysis on the three-dimensional medical image and obtains a perfusion value indicating a blood circulation condition in tissue around the vascular region. The perfusion image generating unit generates an image indicating the perfusion value. The image composition unit generates a vascular shape perfusion composition image in which an image of the vascular shape in a contraction portion in a blood vessel corresponding to the vascular region is combined with the image indicating the perfusion value. | 04-18-2013 |
20130135307 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment for visualization of each of plural captured image volume data having time of day information includes a generator configured to generate interpolation volume data for interpolation in the plural captured image volume data, based on the plural captured image volume data, and a display unit configured to visualize and display the plural captured image volume data and the interpolation volume data. The generator extracts a feature region in the captured image volume data, and is configured such that processing for generating the interpolation volume data for the feature region is different from processing for generating the interpolation volume data for other regions, so as to suppress a change in shape of the feature region. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137967 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRIGGER TIMING OF CE-MRA SCAN - The present invention discloses an apparatus and a method for determining a trigger timing of a CE-MRA scan. The apparatus comprises: a blood flow velocity acquisition unit configured to acquire a blood flow velocity of a target vessel; and a trigger timing determination unit configured to determine the trigger timing for performing the CE-MAR scan on a CE-MRA scan region according to the blood flow velocity and a predetermined image acquisition condition during a monitoring scan. The apparatus and method take the blood flow velocity into consideration, and can determine the trigger timing of the CE-MRA scan automatically and accurately. | 05-30-2013 |
20130237827 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS ASSISTING METHOD - An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes an image generating unit, an acquiring unit, an extracting unit, a flap identifying unit, a first synthesizing unit, an alignment processing unit and a second synthesizing unit. The image generating unit generates an echocardiographic image including an aorta. The acquiring unit acquires a heart area image including the aorta. The extracting unit extracts an artery region based on the heart area image. The flap identifying unit identifies a flap region based on the artery region. The first synthesizing unit synthesizes information on the flap region onto the artery region to generate a first synthesized image. The alignment processing unit performs processing to align an imaging region in the echocardiography on the heart area image based on a positional data signal. The second synthesizing unit synthesizes information that indicates the imaging region processed for alignment onto the first synthesized image to generate a second synthesized image. | 09-12-2013 |
20140296691 | STAGE DETERMINATION SUPPORT SYSTEM - A stage determination support system according to an embodiment includes devices. The storage device stores a plurality of kinds of functional images of a subject. The first determination device determines a degree of each of a plurality of kinds of analysis indices relating to a disease, based on at least the functional images among functional images and the morphological images. The second determination device determines, based on each of determination results and a predetermined stage determination rule, a stage corresponding to the determination result with respect to each of the analysis indices. The calculation device calculates, with respect to each of the stages, a value indicative of a possibility that the disease corresponds to the stage, based on each of determination results. | 10-02-2014 |
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20090202137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE GENERATION - The present invention provides a technique to generate an accurate connected image even in a monotonous pattern using design data as constrained conditions. A reference position is roughly determined through matching between the design data and image data, matching between neighboring images is performed using the amount of mismatch from the design data as a searching range and a connected image is generated at high speed and accurately. The image generation method of the present invention is an image generation method for inspecting an electronic device pattern using a scanning electron microscope and is constructed of a design data file that stores design data describing layout information of an electronic device pattern by inputting the data, a plurality of divided pieces of image data obtained by imaging the electronic device pattern at different imaging positions, and image connecting means for connecting the plurality of divided pieces of image data into one image using the plurality of divided pieces of image data and the design data of a file of the design data (see FIG. | 08-13-2009 |
20090214109 | DROPOUT COLOR PROCESSING METHOD AND PROCESSING APPARATUS USING SAME - It is possible to compatibly set multiple “dropout” color ranges and “non-dropout” color ranges and uniquely determine a dropout boundary. An object of the present invention is to greatly conserve maintenance cost of adding a new dropout form after apparatus operations. A conventional technology aims at assuring relation to a predetermined color region, determining the presence or absence of contention, or uniquely settling a dropout boundary. The present invention provides a means for supplying levels to a “dropout” color range and a “non-dropout” color range. A registered color range histogram can be quasi-three-dimensionally visualized so that an operator can make adjustment by viewing a contention determination result and an image. | 08-27-2009 |
20110074817 | COMPOSITE PICTURE FORMING METHOD AND PICTURE FORMING APPARATUS - A composite picture forming method and picture forming apparatus forms pattern attribute information contained in an overlapping domain for the overlapping domain between a plurality of pictures to select the pictures to be targeted for a composition in accordance with the pattern attribute information and combine the selected pictures, and the composition of the pictures is also performed in plural stages by using the pattern attribute information in the overlapping domain. | 03-31-2011 |
20110142326 | PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD, PATTERN INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PATTERN PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a defect judgment operation using tolerance to allow a high-speed operation, the amount of deformation is obtained from an image pickup pattern image, and tolerance including the deformation is generated by deforming a reference pattern image as the basis of the tolerance according to the deformation, and only a disconnection or a contact is judged as an abnormality even if deformation exists in an image pickup pattern. | 06-16-2011 |
20120092482 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATING COMPOSITE IMAGE - A composite image creating method and device are provided which, when images separately captured a plurality of times are panoramically synthesized, can prevent deformation of a pattern due to multiple irradiation of the electron beam. One image is generated by overlapping joining areas of rims of two adjacent images when a plurality of images are joined to generate one image. Of two adjacent images, the joining area of an image of an earlier image capturing order is left, and the joining area of an image of a later image capturing order is removed. The joining area of the image of an earlier image capturing order is obtained with irradiation of electron beam a less number of times than the joining area of the image of a later image capturing order, and therefore deformation of a pattern due to irradiation of the electron beam is little. | 04-19-2012 |
20130011080 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Image Processing Program - It is an object of the present invention is to provide an image processing technique that can detect the rotation of an observation image of a specimen with high accuracy. An image processing apparatus according to the present invention indirectly corrects a rotation gap between measurement image data and reference image data through wide-angle image data including a measurement part of a specimen (FIG. | 01-10-2013 |
20130170757 | METHOD FOR CREATING TEMPLATE FOR PATTERNMATCHING, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a method for creating a template for the purpose of performing pattern matching on the basis of a template image having high contrast. Also disclosed is an image processing apparatus. In the method for creating the template, design data is partially extracted, and on the basis of the extracted partial region, the template for template matching is created. In the image processing apparatus, such method is performed. In the method and the apparatus, a density of edges that belong to a predetermined region in the design data equivalent to the region to be searched for in the template matching is obtained. | 07-04-2013 |
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20100151080 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF FERMENTED MILK AND FERMENTED MILK BEVERAGE/FOOD - The invention provides a method for producing a fermented milk that conveniently gives excellent taste and flavor or functionalities, such as antihypertensive effect, to fermented food and beverages. The method enables effective production of particular peptides having useful functions, such as antihypertensive effect, in the resulting fermented milk. The invention also provides fermented milk food and beverages utilizing the fermented milk, which have excellent taste and flavor and even functionality. The present method includes the steps of (A) enzymatically digesting animal milk casein with protease (1) containing particular proteases such as papain, and (B) fermenting animal milk casein or the like with lactic acid bacteria, to thereby produce VPP, IPP, and YP in the resulting fermented milk. The fermented milk food and beverages of the present invention contain the fermented milk obtained by the present method or a concentrate thereof, and VPP, IPP, and YP at or over particular contents. | 06-17-2010 |
20110082281 | CASEIN HYDROLYZATE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a casein hydrolysate containing free amino acids and in vivo indigestible peptides having minimally suppressed in vivo enzymatic digestibility, and expected to express functions, such as hypotensive effect, in living organism, and to a method for preparing such a hydrolysate, and use thereof. The casein hydrolysate of the present invention contains free amino acids and peptides, such as in vivo indigestible peptides including Xaa-Pro and Xaa-Pro-Pro, obtained by hydrolyzing animal milk casein to have an average chain length of not longer than 2.1 in terms of the number of amino acid residues, and has ACE inhibitory activity or hypotensive effect. | 04-07-2011 |
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20100120250 | METAL POLISHING SLURRY AND POLISHING METHOD - The present invention relates to a metal polishing slurry containing abrasive grains, a metal-oxide-dissolving agent, and water, wherein the abrasive grains contain two or more abrasive grain species different from each other in average secondary particle diameter. Using the metal polishing slurry of the present invention, a metal polishing slurry can be obtained which gives a large polishing rate of an interlayer dielectric layer, and is high in the flatness of the polished surface. This metal polishing slurry can provide suitable method for a semiconductor device which is excellent in being made finer and thinner and in dimension precision and in electric characteristics, is high in reliability, and can attain a decrease in costs. | 05-13-2010 |
20110009033 | POLISHING SLURRY FOR METAL FILMS AND POLISHING METHOD - Provided are a polishing slurry for metal films and a polishing method which restrain the generation of erosion and seams, and makes the flatness of a surface polished therewith or thereby high. The slurry and the method are a polishing slurry, for metal films, comprising abrasive grains, a methacrylic acid based polymer and water, and a polishing method using the slurry, respectively. | 01-13-2011 |
20120160804 | POLISHING AGENT FOR COPPER POLISHING AND POLISHING METHOD USING SAME - A polishing agent for copper polishing, comprising (A) an inorganic acid with divalent or greater valence, (B) an amino acid, (C) a protective film-forming agent, (D) an abrasive, (E) an oxidizing agent and (F) water, wherein the content of the component (A) is at least 0.08 mol/kg, the content of the component (B) is at least 0.20 mol/kg, the content of the component (C) is at least 0.02 mol/kg, and either or both of the following conditions (i) and (ii) are satisfied.
| 06-28-2012 |
20130020283 | POLISHING SOLUTION FOR COPPER POLISHING, AND POLISHING METHOD USING SAME - The polishing solution for copper polishing of the invention comprises a first organic acid component which is at least one type selected from among an organic acid containing a hydroxyl group, an organic acid salt and an organic acid anhydride, an inorganic acid component which is at least one type selected from among a dibasic or greater inorganic acid and an inorganic acid salt, an amino acid, a protective film-forming agent, an abrasive grain, an oxidizing agent and water, wherein the inorganic acid component content in terms of inorganic acid is 0.15 mass % or greater, the amino acid content is 0.30 mass % or greater, the protective film-forming agent content is 0.10 mass % or greater, based on the entire polishing solution for copper polishing, and the ratio of the first organic acid component content in terms of organic acid with respect to the protective film-forming agent content is at least 1.5. | 01-24-2013 |
20140065825 | POLISHING SLURRY FOR CMP AND POLISHING METHOD - A method including preparing a polishing slurry for CMP for polishing at least a conductor layer and a conductive substance layer in contact with the conductor layer, wherein the absolute value of the potential difference between the conductive substance and the conductor at 50±5° C. is 0.25 V or less in the polishing slurry when a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a potentiometer are connected to the conductive substance and the conductor, respectively. The polishing slurry for CMP preferably comprises at least one compound selected from heterocyclic compounds containing any one of hydroxyl group, carbonyl group, carboxyl group, amino group, amide group and sulfinyl group, and containing at least one of nitrogen and sulfur atoms. | 03-06-2014 |
20140065826 | POLISHING SLURRY FOR METAL FILMS AND POLISHING METHOD - Provided are a polishing slurry for metal films and a polishing method which restrain the generation of erosion and seams, and makes the flatness of a surface polished therewith or thereby high. The slurry and the method are a polishing slurry, for metal films, comprising abrasive grains, a methacrylic acid based polymer and water, and a polishing method using the slurry, respectively. | 03-06-2014 |
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20090094901 | CMP Polishing Liquid and Polishing Method - A CMP polishing liquid being capable of using in a chemical mechanical polishing comprising of: a first chemical mechanical polishing step of polishing a conductive substance layer of a substrate having an interlayer insulation film containing convex and concave regions on a surface thereof, a barrier layer coating along the surface of the interlayer insulation film, and the conductive substance layer coating the barrier layer while filling the concave regions, and thus exposing the barrier layer in the convex regions; and a second chemical mechanical polishing step of exposing the interlayer insulation film in the convex regions by polishing the barrier layer exposed in the first chemical mechanical polishing step; characterized in that a difference (B)−(A) is 650 {acute over (Å)} or less,
| 04-16-2009 |
20090283715 | POLISHING SLURRY FOR CMP - The invention relates to a polishing slurry for CMP containing abrasive and a fang and seam restrainer, wherein the fang and seam restrainer is at least one selected from polycarboxylic acids, polycarboxylic acid derivatives, or carboxylic-acid-containing copolymers. According to this, provided is a polishing slurry for CMP which restrains a fang phenomenon or a seam phenomenon that an insulated film near wiring regions is excessively polished, thereby giving a high flatness to a polished face. | 11-19-2009 |
20110027997 | POLISHING LIQUID FOR CMP AND POLISHING METHOD - The present invention can provide a polishing liquid for CMP having good dispersion stability and a high polishing rate in polishing of interlayer insulating films and a polishing method. Disclosed a polishing liquid for CMP comprising: a medium; and colloidal silica particles dispersed in the medium, a blending amount of the colloidal silica particles being 2.0 to 8.0% by mass relative to 100% by mass of the polishing liquid,
| 02-03-2011 |
20110300778 | ABRADING AGENT AND ABRADING METHOD - A polishing agent which comprises a composition containing an inorganic acid, an amino acid, a protective film-forming agent, an abrasive, an oxidizing agent, an organic acid and water, adjusted to a pH of 1.5-4, wherein the amount of potassium hydroxide required to raise the pH of the composition without the organic acid to 4 is at least 0.10 mol with respect to 1 kg of the composition without the organic acid, and the organic acid contains at least two carboxyl groups, wherein the logarithm of the inverse of the first acid dissociation constant (pKa1) is no greater than 3. | 12-08-2011 |
20120024818 | POLISHING AGENT FOR COPPER POLISHING AND POLISHING METHOD USING SAME - A polishing agent for copper polishing, comprising (A) an inorganic acid with divalent or greater valence, (B) an amino acid, (C) a protective film-forming agent, (D) an abrasive, (E) an oxidizing agent and (F) water, wherein the content of the component (A) is at least 0.08 mol/kg, the content of the component (B) is at least 0.20 mol/kg, the content of the component (C) is at least 0.02 mol/kg, and either or both of the following conditions (i) and (ii) are satisfied.
| 02-02-2012 |
20120094491 | CMP POLISHING LIQUID AND POLISHING METHOD - The invention relates to a CMP polishing liquid comprising a medium and silica particles as an abrasive grain dispersed into the medium, characterized in that:
| 04-19-2012 |
20120299158 | CMP POLISHING LIQUID, METHOD FOR POLISHING SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - The CMP polishing liquid of the invention is used by mixing a first solution and a second solution, the first solution comprises cerium-based abrasive grains, a dispersant and water, the second solution comprises a polyacrylic acid compound, a surfactant, a pH regulator, a phosphoric acid compound and water, the pH of the second solution is 6.5 or higher, and the first solution and second solution are mixed so that the phosphoric acid compound content is within a prescribed range. The CMP polishing liquid of the invention comprises cerium-based abrasive grains, a dispersant, a polyacrylic acid compound, a surfactant, a pH regulator, a phosphoric acid compound and water, with the phosphoric acid compound content being within a prescribed range. | 11-29-2012 |
20130059439 | CMP POLISHING LIQUID, METHOD FOR POLISHING SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - The CMP polishing liquid of the invention is used by mixing a first solution and a second solution, the first solution comprises cerium-based abrasive grains, a dispersant and water, the second solution comprises a polyacrylic acid compound, a surfactant, a pH regulator, a phosphoric acid compound and water, the pH of the second solution is 6.5 or higher, and the first solution and second solution are mixed so that the phosphoric acid compound content is within a prescribed range. The CMP polishing liquid of the invention comprises cerium-based abrasive grains, a dispersant, a polyacrylic acid compound, a surfactant, a pH regulator, a phosphoric acid compound and water, with the phosphoric acid compound content being within a prescribed range. | 03-07-2013 |
20130260558 | POLISHING LIQUID AND METHOD FOR POLISHING SUBSTRATE USING THE POLISHING LIQUID - Provided is a polishing liquid including cerium oxide particles, an organic acid A, a polymer compound B having a carboxyl acid group or a carboxylate group, and water, wherein the organic acid A has at least one group selected from the group consisting of —COOM group, -Ph-OM group, —SO | 10-03-2013 |
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20110052976 | BATTERY - According to one embodiment, a battery includes an electrode group, a tab, a conductive nipping member, a case, a lid and a lead. The conductive nipping member includes first and second nipping sections. The first and second nipping sections divide the tab into two bundles in which portions of the tab are laminated onto each other in a thickness direction of the electrode group. The lead includes a connecting section connected electrically to a terminal, and current collecting sections which are two sections branched from the connecting section and sandwiching the nipping member. | 03-03-2011 |
20110311851 | BATTERY - According to one embodiment, there is provided a battery. The battery includes a metallic outer can, a wound electrode group, a positive electrode-lead, a negative electrode-lead, a positive electrode insulating cover, and a negative electrode insulating cover. | 12-22-2011 |
20130130100 | BATTERY AND BATTERY ASSEMBLY - According to one embodiment, a battery includes a package can, an electrode group, a lid and a plurality of homopolar external terminals. The electrode group is provided in the package can and comprises a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The lid is provided to an opening part of the package can. The plurality of homopolar external terminals are provided on the lid and electrically connected to the positive electrode or negative electrode. | 05-23-2013 |
20140030562 | BATTERY - According to one embodiment, a battery includes an electrode group, a tab, a conductive nipping member, a case, a lid and a lead. The conductive nipping member includes first and second nipping sections. The first and second nipping sections divide the tab into two bundles in which portions of the tab are laminated onto each other in a thickness direction of the electrode group. The lead includes a connecting section connected electrically to a terminal, and current collecting sections which are two sections branched from the connecting section and sandwiching the nipping member. | 01-30-2014 |
20140322578 | BATTERY WITH WOUND ELECTRODE GROUP AND POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE INSULATING COVERS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a battery. The battery includes a metallic outer can, a wound electrode group, a positive electrode-lead, a negative electrode-lead, a positive electrode insulating cover, and a negative electrode insulating cover. | 10-30-2014 |
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20090108594 | Door Lock Apparatus for Vehicle - A door lock apparatus for a vehicle includes a latch mechanism engaged with and released from a striker, a first lever rotatably driven by a driving unit from a predetermined first initial position, a second lever operatively connected to the first lever and rotated from a predetermined second initial position and switching a state of the latch mechanism relative to the striker, a biasing member biasing the second lever to be returned to the second initial position, and an engagement portion provided at the first lever and releasing the second lever by thrusting the second lever in accordance with the rotational movement of the first lever returning to the first initial position from a constrained state where the second lever is constrained not to be returned to the second initial position after the second lever has changed the states of the latch mechanism. | 04-30-2009 |
20100270815 | OPENING AND CLOSING MEMBER CONTROL DEVICE - An opening and closing member control device includes: a latch that pulls in or releases a striker; a displacement member that operates the latch through a latch operation mechanism and is displaced within a movement area including a close area, a release area, and a neutral area positioned between the close and release areas; a motor that displaces the displacement member; a rotation counter that counts a rotation amount of the motor; and a control unit that controls, based on the rotation amount of the motor, rotation of the motor to perform a first returning operation for returning the displacement member to a neutral position set in the neutral area from the close area after a close operation of the displacement member, and a second returning operation for returning the displacement member to the neutral position from the release area after a release operation of the displacement member. | 10-28-2010 |
20120056437 | VEHICLE DOOR OPERATING MECHANISM - A vehicle door operating mechanism includes a ratchet interlocking lever, a handle interlocking lever, a motor power transmitting lever, and a force relaying member movable between a normal unlocking position, at which a force is transmittable from the handle interlocking lever and the motor power transmitting lever to the ratchet interlocking lever, and a locking position, at which the force is not transmittable from the handle interlocking lever and the motor power transmitting lever to the ratchet interlocking lever, wherein an emergency unlocking position, at which the force is transmittable from the handle interlocking lever to the ratchet interlocking lever and the force is not transmittable from the motor power transmitting lever to the ratchet interlocking lever, is set within a moving range of the force relaying member, and the motor power transmitting lever includes a guide portion for retaining the force relaying member at the emergency unlocking position. | 03-08-2012 |
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20110282547 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AMOUNT OF HEAT RECEIVED BY REFRIGERANT AND CONTROLLER - A method for estimating the amount of heat received by refrigerant by an ECU comprises a step for detecting an estimation factor including the intake air amount of an internal combustion engine, and a step for estimating the amount of heat received from exhaust gas by cooling water of the internal combustion engine in a water-cooled exhaust manifold based on a detected estimation factor. Preferably, the estimation factor further includes at least any one of the cooling water temperature, the intake air temperature of the internal combustion engine the number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine. | 11-17-2011 |
20120029788 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention provides a control apparatus used in an internal combustion engine that can switchably use a compressed natural gas and gasoline. The control apparatus carries out a miss fire check on the internal combustion engine over two or more combustion cycles, and, based on the results of the check, detects failures. The control apparatus prohibits switching of fuels (S | 02-02-2012 |
20120072095 | MALFUNCTION DETECTING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A malfunction detecting device for an internal combustion engine is mounted on a vehicle and includes an engine and a control unit. The engine is a multi-cylinder engine and is a bifuel-enabled engine which is capable of switching plural kinds of fuels including a gas fuel and which can use bifuel. The control unit detects, in case of detecting a malfunction with respect to an imbalance of an air fuel ratio among the cylinders at a time of an operation based on the gas fuel, the malfunction based on a rotational speed variation of the engine and/or a variation of pressure pulsations of the gas fuel due to a fuel injection. | 03-22-2012 |
20120199321 | EXHAUST GAS COOLING ADAPTER - The invention relates to an exhaust gas cooling adapter that is arranged between an exhaust port that is open to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and an exhaust manifold, and that includes an exhaust gas flow path through which exhaust gas flows from the exhaust port to the exhaust manifold; and a coolant flow path that is formed inside of an adapter wall surrounding this exhaust gas flow path, and that cools the exhaust gas that flows through the exhaust gas flow path. There is a curved portion in the exhaust gas flow path. Also, a peel inhibiting portion is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the exhaust gas flow path in a region farther toward an inside of the curve than an exhaust gas flow path center line of this curved portion. | 08-09-2012 |
20120245825 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device is applied to an internal combustion engine capable of using CNG and gasoline by switching therebetween, and the CNG and the gasoline are associated, as fuel for use, with one and the other of two driving areas respectively, the driving areas being different from each other. The control device exceptionally switches the fuel for use from gasoline to CNG and implements an air-fuel ratio imbalance inspection (S | 09-27-2012 |
20120324870 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control device for an internal combustion engine is mounted on a vehicle, and includes an engine, a catalyst and a control unit. The engine is a bifuel engine using gas fuel and liquid fuel as its fuel source. The control unit makes an air fuel ratio rich and increases a proportion of the gas fuel if a temperature of the catalyst is higher than a predetermined upper limit value at a time when the liquid fuel is used. | 12-27-2012 |
20130042599 | EXHAUST DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust device for an internal combustion engine is mounted on a vehicle and equipped with an exhaust passage, a reforming catalyst and a NOx purification catalyst. The exhaust passage communicates with the engine. The reforming catalyst is provided on the exhaust passage at the upstream side of the NOx purification catalyst, and it generates the reducing agent by reforming CH | 02-21-2013 |
20130086893 | EXHAUST GAS CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas control apparatus ( | 04-11-2013 |
20130186066 | CATALYST DETERIORATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A technique which accurately detects the deterioration of an exhaust gas purification catalyst which is applied to an internal combustion engine capable of using gas fuel and liquid fuel. Where only the gas fuel is used which is difficult to cause the oxygen occluded in the exhaust gas purification catalyst to be released therefrom even if the air fuel ratio of exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine is changed to a rich side, a catalyst deterioration determination part determines whether the exhaust gas purification catalyst has deteriorated, based on either one of a change in an output of an oxygen concentration detection part only at a lean side, and changes in the output of the oxygen concentration detection part at the rich side and at the lean side. | 07-25-2013 |
20130256045 | AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - The present invention has an object to put into practical use an air purification system for a vehicle, which incorporates an ozone purifier formed to contain an activated carbon. The air purification system for a vehicle provided by the present invention includes an ozone purifier that is formed to contain an activated carbon therein and disposed on a surface of a vehicle component disposed at a position at which an air flow path is formed while the vehicle is running. The air purification system for a vehicle also includes a purification inhibitor remover that is disposed upstream of the ozone purifier in the above-described flow path, for removing a component inhibiting purification of ozone by the ozone purifier, from the air flowing into the ozone purifier. The ozone purifier may, for example, be disposed on a radiator and the purification inhibitor remover on a condenser or a sub-radiator. | 10-03-2013 |
20140004010 | AIR-PURIFYING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
20140013953 | AIR PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - The present invention relates to an air purification device for vehicles and the purpose of the present invention is to provide a DOR (Direct Ozone Reduction) system which suppresses deterioration in purifying function of the ozone purifier. Ozone purification rate of activated carbon correlates with probability that gas is contacted with the radiator. Also, wind velocity of the gas passing through a radiator correlates with car speed. Therefore, the ozone purification rate of the activated carbon correlates with the car speed, The grill shutter | 01-16-2014 |
20140030153 | AIR PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - An ozone purification body supported on a vehicle component has manganese dioxide and activated carbon as ozone purification components. The mixing ratio (weight basis) of activated carbon and manganese dioxide is 4:1 to 1:4. | 01-30-2014 |
20140035751 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS FOR COOLING SYSTEM - An abnormality diagnosis apparatus for a cooling system includes a cooling portion that is formed in the component of the cooling system and has an internal flow path for flowing a coolant, a non-cooling portion that is formed in the component and has a closed flow path obtained by closing at least a part of the internal flow path, and an abnormality diagnosis portion that performs abnormality diagnosis of the cooling system based on temperature characteristics of the cooling portion and temperature characteristics of the non-cooling portion during flowing of the coolant. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037508 | VEHICULAR AIR CLEANER - The present invention relates to a vehicular air cleaner. It is an object to provide a DOR system which can utilize a purifying function of an ozone purifying element containing an activated carbon for a long period of time. | 02-06-2014 |
20140105791 | ATMOSPHERE-CLEANING DEVICE EQUIPPED ON VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An atmosphere-cleaning device equipped on vehicle and provides a DOR (Direct Ozone Reduction) system including an on-vehicle component on which a new ozone purifier is supported and a method for manufacturing same. A radiator has a core part including an ozone purifier with a particle of an activated carbon as its core and an ozone purification catalyst layer as its shell formed by powder plating process. Ozone can diffuse into the layer and the carbon in this order. Ozonolysis reaction with the sub-catalyst can be initiated in advance to ozonolysis reaction with the carbon thereby gas contact probability with the carbon can be relatively reduced and oxidation reaction of the carbon caused by active oxygen can be suppressed. | 04-17-2014 |
20140134056 | VEHICLE ATMOSPHERE PURIFYING APPARATUS - A vehicle atmosphere purifying apparatus including an ozone purifying body, in which activated charcoal is coated on a core portion of radiators and a capacitor, respectively. If water adheres to pores of activated charcoal or areas surrounding the pores, ozone becomes hard to enter mesopores and micropores. Even if ozone enters, an electron becomes hard to donate from the activated charcoal to the ozone. Consequently, the performance of the activated charcoal decreases while water is adhered thereto. When an amount of moisture adhered to activated charcoal is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount, moisture desorption control is executed that forcibly heats the activated charcoal to a high temperature to desorb the moisture therefrom. | 05-15-2014 |
20140186222 | VEHICULAR AIR CLEANER - The present invention relates to a vehicular air cleaner. A DOR (Direct Ozone Reduction) system for suppressing deterioration of a purifying function of an ozone purifying material is provided. Active oxygen is produced by an ozone purifying function of activated carbon. The probability that the active oxygen contacts with a fin of a radiator on a rear surface side is higher than that on a front surface side of the radiator. Accordingly, the activated carbon on the rear surface side of the radiator is easily oxidized as compared with the activated carbon on the front surface side. Therefore, in the fin, a coating amount of the activated carbon on the front surface side of the radiator is adjusted to be larger than a coating amount of the activated carbon on the rear surface side. Thus, the probability that the active oxygen contacts with the activated carbon can be reduced. | 07-03-2014 |
20150007731 | VEHICULAR ATMOSPHERE PURIFYING APPARATUS - A vehicular atmosphere purifying apparatus diagnoses deterioration in the performance of an ozone purifier. In a routine, when it is determined that there is a deterioration diagnosis request, the amount of moisture that has already accumulated at ozone purification sites of activated charcoal at the time of the request is calculated. If the accumulated moisture amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount, it is determined whether the state is such that calculation of a desorbed moisture amount is possible. If it is determined that calculation of the desorbed moisture amount is possible, the desorbed moisture amount is calculated, and the calculated desorbed moisture amount and a deterioration determination value are compared. If the desorbed moisture amount is less than the deterioration determination value, it is determined that the activated charcoal has deteriorated, and an MIL is lit. | 01-08-2015 |
20150050189 | AIR PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to an air purification device for a vehicle and has an object to provide a DOR (Direct Ozone Reduction) system that can improve durability of activated carbon as an ozone purifier. FIG. | 02-19-2015 |