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20090167837 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an optical scanning device that scans a scan area on an image carrier with light flux containing image information and writes the image information onto an image area in the scan area. In the optical scanning device, a first light receiving unit receives light flux emitted from a light source and reflected by a reflecting optical unit; a second light receiving unit receives light flux that passes through an aperture of the reflecting optical unit, is deflected by a deflecting unit, and heads for outside the image area within the scan area; and a control unit controls a drive signal of the light source based on signals output from the first and second light receiving units. | 07-02-2009 |
20090174915 | LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A write control circuit includes a first data switching circuit that sets a correspondence relationship between signals from line buffers and input signals to a delay circuitry, based on a signal from a CPU; and a second data switching circuit that sets a correspondence relationship between output signals of the delay circuitry and drive signals, based on a signal from the CPU. This enables a plurality of light emitting sections to be driven properly, regardless of a main scanning direction and an arrangement of a plurality of light spots being in any of CASE-1 to CASE-4 in an optical scanning device. | 07-09-2009 |
20090195635 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A deflector deflects a light beam emitted from a light source including a plurality of light-emitting units. A scanning optical system focuses the light beam deflected by the deflector on a scanning target surface. A monitoring photoreceiver receives a part of a light beam deflected by the deflector and directed toward an area within a scanning area outside an image area. A detecting unit individually detects emission powers of at least two light-emitting units based on an output signal of the monitoring photoreceiver in a single sweep of scanning. | 08-06-2009 |
20090212713 | PULSE-MODULATION-SIGNAL GENERATING DEVICE, LIGHT-SOURCE DEVICE, AND OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - A high-frequency clock generating circuit generates a plurality of high-frequency clock signals having different phases. A modulation-signal generating circuit generates a pulse modulation signal based on transition timing data including data pertaining to a turn-on timing at which a state of a light source is changed from a turn-off state to a turn-on state and a turn-off timing at which the state of the light source is changed from the turn-on state to the turn-off state by inputting any one of the high-frequency clock signals for a predetermined period including the turn-on timing and the turn-off timing. | 08-27-2009 |
20100045767 | LIGHT-SOURCE DRIVING DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND COUNTING METHOD - A light-source driving device includes a high-frequency clock generating circuit that generates high-frequency clock signals of which phases are different from each other; an image-data generating circuit that generates a plurality of pieces of image data corresponding to light emitting units in accordance with image information; a write control circuit that generates a plurality of pieces of modulation data corresponding to the light emitting units based on the image data and adjusts output timing of the modulation data individually in units of time corresponding to a phase difference of the high-frequency clock signals; and a light-source driving circuit that drives the light emitting units based on a plurality of pieces of PWM data output from the write control circuit. | 02-25-2010 |
20120212196 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AC POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A switching power supply device includes a switching power supply integrated circuit that includes a dead time generating unit that generates high-side and low-side drive signals having a dead time based on a PWM signal, a drive signal generating unit that generates first and second PWM signals based on the drive signals and a voltage of an output terminal, and a driver that includes high-side and low-side switch elements driven by the PWM signals; a filter that is connected to the output terminal; a first diode having a cathode connected to the source of the high-side switch element and an anode connected to the output terminal; and a second diode having a cathode connected to the source of the low-side switch element and an anode connected to the output terminal. The first and second diodes are arranged outside the switching power supply integrated circuit. | 08-23-2012 |
20120249717 | Pulse-Modulation-Signal Generating Device, Light-Source Device, and Optical Scanning Device - A high-frequency clock generating circuit generates a plurality of high-frequency clock signals having different phases. A modulation-signal generating circuit generates a pulse modulation signal based on transition timing data including data pertaining to a turn-on timing at which a state of a light source is changed from a turn-off state to a turn-on state and a turn-off timing at which the state of the light source is changed from the turn-on state to the turn-off state by inputting any one of the high-frequency clock signals for a predetermined period including the turn-on timing and the turn-off timing. | 10-04-2012 |
20140247862 | SENDING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM, METHOD OF SENDING AND RECEIVING, AND RECEIVING APPARATUS - A sending and receiving system include a sending apparatus that performs a serial communication and includes a sending unit that sends a signal having a predetermined pattern; and a receiving apparatus that performs the serial communication and includes a receiving unit that provides the signal sent from the sending unit with an equalizing process depending on a setup value of an equalizer amount, a sampling unit that samples data obtained in the equalizing process by the receiving unit at a data rate higher than a data rate of the data, and a control unit that controls the setup value of the equalizer amount based on a change of the data corresponding to the predetermined pattern. | 09-04-2014 |
20150333901 | HIGH-SPEED SERIAL COMMUNICATION RECEIVER CIRCUIT - A high-speed serial communication receiver circuit includes a receiver circuit which receives a high-speed differential signal generated by adding a clock signal to communication data, to convert the differential signal to a binarized input data signal, a clock data recovery circuit which synchronizes an internal clock signal with the input data signal from the receiver circuit in phase to reproduce a restored clock signal and restored communication data for output, and a controller which controls an oscillation frequency of the internal clock signal to synchronize with the input data signal in phase, and controls the oscillation frequency of the internal clock signal to be constant when the high-speed operation signal contains noise. | 11-19-2015 |
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20090196048 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING A LIGHT SOURCE - A mobile terminal includes a first base having a first light transmission part, the first light transmission part is configured to transmit light from an inside to an outside of the first base. A light source is arranged inside the first base and in a location capable of emitting the light to the outside of the first base via the first light transmission part. A light reflector is arranged outside the first base and in a location corresponding to the first light transmission part, and the first light reflector has a greater strength than that of the first base. | 08-06-2009 |
20150036864 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided with a housing, a piezoelectric element, and a panel, which is attached to the housing and has a contact area contacting a part of human body, configured to vibrate by the piezoelectric element to generate a vibration sound to be transmitted by vibrating the part of human body, such that pressure from inside of the housing at the contact area of the panel is smaller than pressure from inside of the housing at different area from the contact area. Thereby the sound pressure property is improved, and thus the electronic device preferably transmits air conduction sound and vibration sound. | 02-05-2015 |
20150054779 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND PANEL UNIT - Frequency characteristics of an air conduction sound and a human body vibration sound are adjusted. An electronic apparatus | 02-26-2015 |
20150086047 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, PANEL UNIT, AND UNIT FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Excessive deformation of a piezoelectric element is reduced. An electronic apparatus | 03-26-2015 |
20150110318 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device including: a housing; a vibration body disposed in the housing; and a microphone disposed in the housing. By vibrating the vibration body, the electronic device transmits air conduction sound and vibration sound that is generated by the vibration. During the generation of the sounds, howling reduction processing is performed, so that usability of the electronic device is improved. | 04-23-2015 |
20150117683 | SOUND GENERATOR - A sound generator includes a housing ( | 04-30-2015 |
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20110102792 | ANALYZER AND PARTICLE IMAGING METHOD - An analyzer comprises: a sample stream forming section for forming a sample stream including particles; a light source; an optical fiber bundle formed by a plurality of optical fibers, into which light from the light source enters, and which emits light onto the sample stream; and an imaging device for imaging a particle in the irradiated sample stream. | 05-05-2011 |
20110104744 | CELL ANALYZING APPARATUS AND CELL ANALYZING METHOD - A cell analyzing apparatus, comprising: a parameter obtaining section for obtaining a characteristic parameter from a cell in a measurement sample; an imaging section for capturing an image of the cell in the measurement sample; an analyzing section for counting a cell in which the characteristic parameter meets a predetermined requirement among the cells in the measurement sample as a counting target and generating output data based on a counting result; a display section for displaying an image of the cell meeting the predetermined requirement and the output data; and an input section for receiving an instruction to specify the image displayed on the display section, wherein the analyzing section excludes a cell relevant to the specified image from the counting target and regenerates the output data is disclosed. A cell analyzing method is also disclosed. | 05-05-2011 |
20110127444 | PARTICLE ANALYZING APPARATUS AND PARTICLE IMAGING METHOD - A particle analyzing apparatus, comprising: a flow cell which forms a specimen flow including particles; first and second light sources; an irradiation optical system which applies lights emitted from the first and second light sources so that the lights are applied to the specimen flow; a detector which detects forward scattered light, the forward scattered light being emitted from the first light and scattered by the particle in the specimen flow, and generates a signal according to the detected scattered light; a light blocking member disposed between the flow cell and the detector; a controller which obtains characteristic parameters of the particle based on the signal from the detector; and an imaging device which captures an image of the particle in the specimen flow using the light from the second light source is disclosed. Particle imaging method is also disclosed. | 06-02-2011 |
20130316444 | APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING PARTICLES IN URINE AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus, intended for use in analyzing particles in urine is disclosed, that comprising: a sample distribution section for distributing urine samples to a first aliquot and a second aliquot; a first specimen preparing section for preparing a first specimen for measuring urinary particles, containing at least erythrocytes, by mixing a first stain reagent and the first aliquot; a second specimen preparing section for preparing a second specimen for measuring bacteria by mixing a second stain reagent and the second aliquot; and an optical detecting section comprising a light source for irradiating a light to a specimen being supplied, a scattered light receiving element for detecting scattered light emitted from the specimen, and a fluorescence receiving element for detecting fluorescence emitted from the specimen. A method intended for use in analyzing particles in urine is also disclosed. | 11-28-2013 |
20150060647 | URINE SAMPLE ANALYZING METHOD AND SAMPLE ANALYZER - Disclosed is a urine sample analyzing method comprising: flowing a measurement specimen prepared by mixing a urine sample and reagent through a flow cell; irradiating epithelial cells in the measurement specimen flowing through the flow cell with linearly polarized light and thereby producing scattered light; detecting a change of polarization condition of the scattered light produced by each of the epithelial cells; and classifying the epithelial cells into at least two types based on the change of polarization condition. | 03-05-2015 |
20150064742 | SAMPLE ANALYZING METHOD AND SAMPLE ANALYZER - Disclosed is a sample analyzing method comprising: flowing a measurement specimen prepared by mixing a sample and reagent through a flow cell; irradiating particles in the measurement specimen flowing through the flow cell with linearly polarized light and thereby producing scattered light; detecting a change of polarization condition of the scattered light produced by the particles; and discriminating erythrocytes from crystals in the measurement specimen based on the change of polarization condition. | 03-05-2015 |
20150118706 | URINE SAMPLE ANALYZER AND URINE SAMPLE ANALYZING METHOD - Disclosed is a urine sample analyzer for analyzing particles contained in a urine sample and outputting analytical results. The analyzer includes a flow cell that accepts a measurement specimen, the measurement specimen comprising a urine sample mixed with a reagent, a light irradiation unit positioned to irradiate the flowing measurement specimen with light, a light detector that detects light from individual particles in the flowing measurement specimen, and a data processor that receives signal from the light detector, processes the signal to obtain parameter information corresponding to a length of a cell cluster, and classifies fungi in the measurement specimen into groups by using the parameter information. | 04-30-2015 |
20150247802 | SAMPLE ANALYZER AND SAMPLE ANALYZING METHOD - Disclosed is a sample analyzer which comprises: a sample preparing section configured to prepare a measurement sample by mixing a sample and a nucleic acid staining reagent; an optical detector configured to irradiate light on cells contained in the measurement sample, receive fluorescent light given off by the irradiated cells, and output fluorescent light signals; a signal processing section which obtains fluorescent light intensity and fluorescence pulse area of the cells from the fluorescent light signals output by the optical detector; and an information processing section configured to detect white blood cells contained in the measurement sample based on the fluorescence pulse area, and detect bacteria contained in the measurement sample based on the fluorescent light intensity. | 09-03-2015 |
20150276592 | URINE SPECIMEN ANALYZING METHOD, URINE ANALYZER AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed is a urine specimen analyzing method which improves the detection of casts in a urine specimen by flowing a measurement sample containing a urine specimen through a flow cell, irradiating light on the measurement sample flowing through the flow cell, generating a signal waveform indicating a temporal change of intensity of light given off by the measurement sample, and detecting casts distinguishably from mucus threads contained in the urine specimen, based on information related to respective slope at both end sides of the signal waveform corresponding to each formed element contained in the urine specimen. | 10-01-2015 |
20150369741 | URINE SPECIMEN ANALYSIS DEVICE AND URINE SPECIMEN ANALYSIS METHOD - A urine specimen analysis device includes a specimen drawing portion, a sample preparing portion, a measurement portion, and an information processing portion. The specimen drawing portion draws a first aliquot and a second aliquot from a urine specimen. The sample preparing portion prepares a first measurement sample by mixing the first aliquot and a first staining dye that stains red blood cells, and a second measurement sample by mixing the second aliquot and a second staining dye that stains nucleic acids. The measurement portion measures fluorescence emitted from the first measurement sample prepared by the sample preparing portion, and fluorescence emitted from the second measurement sample prepared by the sample preparing portion. The information processing portion detects at least red blood cells contained in the first measurement sample based on the fluorescence of the first measurement sample measured by the measurement portion, and at least white blood cells contained in the second measurement sample based on the fluorescence of the second measurement sample measured by the measurement portion. | 12-24-2015 |
20160054222 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING ATYPICAL CELLS IN URINE, URINE ANALYZER, AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING ATYPICAL CELLS IN BODY FLUID - Disclosed is a method for analyzing atypical cells in urine including: mixing urine, a diluent containing a surfactant, and a nucleic acid staining reagent to prepare a measurement specimen; irradiating the measurement specimen with light to detect scattered light and fluorescence light emitted from cells whose nucleic acids are stained; and detecting atypical cells contained in the measurement specimen distinguishably from white blood cells depending on a first characteristic parameter based on the scattered light and a second characteristic parameter based on the fluorescence light. | 02-25-2016 |
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20090220375 | Bronze-based alloy of low lead content - The object of the present invention is to provide a bronze-based alloy of low lead content, first improved in tensile strength at high temperatures, secondly contributing to the promotion of the environmental conservation including recycling, while avoiding the adverse effect of lead on human bodies by means of reduction of a lead content, and excellent from the standpoints of mass-productivity and manufacturing cost. The alloy includes 2.0 to 6.0 mass % of Sn, 3.0 to 10.0 mass % of Zn, 0.1 to 3.0 mass % of Bi, 0.1 mass % | 09-03-2009 |
20090297390 | LEADLESS BRASS ALLOY EXCELLENT IN STRESS CORROSION CRACKING RESISTANCE - By enhancing a stress corrosion cracking resistance in a leadless brass alloy, specifically by suppressing a velocity of propagation of corrosion cracks in the brass alloy, a straight line crack peculiar to the leadless brass alloy is suppressed, a probability of cracks coming into contact with γ phases is heightened and local corrosion on the brass surface is prevented to suppress induction of cracks by the local corrosion, thereby providing a leadless brass alloy contributable to enhancement of the stress corrosion cracking resistance. The present invention is directed to an Sn-containing Bi-based, Sn-containing Bi+Sb-based or Sn-containing Bi+Se+Sb-based leadless brass alloy excellent in stress corrosion cracking resistance, having an α+γ structure or α+β+γ structure and having γ phases distributed uniformly therein at a predetermined proportion to suppress local corrosion and induction of stress corrosion cracks. | 12-03-2009 |
20130129561 | LEADLESS BRASS ALLOY EXCELLENT IN STRESS CORROSION CRACKING RESISTANCE - By enhancing a stress corrosion cracking resistance in a leadless brass alloy, specifically by suppressing a velocity of propagation of corrosion cracks in the brass alloy, a straight line crack peculiar to the leadless brass alloy is suppressed, a probability of cracks coming into contact with γ phases is heightened and local corrosion on the brass surface is prevented to suppress induction of cracks by the local corrosion, thereby providing a leadless brass alloy contributable to enhancement of the stress corrosion cracking resistance. The present invention is directed to an Sn-containing Bi-based, Sn-containing Bi+Sb-based or Sn-containing Bi+Se+Sb-based leadless brass alloy excellent in stress corrosion cracking resistance, having an α+γ structure or α+β+γ structure and having γ phases distributed uniformly therein at a predetermined proportion to suppress local corrosion and induction of stress corrosion cracks. | 05-23-2013 |
20130142691 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING ELUTION OF Bi FROM COPPER ALLOY - Provided is a method for preventing the elution of Bi from copper alloy, in which the elution of Bi is prevented in leadless copper-alloy plumbing equipment and the like containing a trace of lead and a predetermined amount of Bi. The present invention relates to a method for preventing the elution of Bi from copper alloy in which at least Bi present on the surface of copper alloy containing Bi is selectively removed by preferentially dissolving Bi in a 4 to 20 mass % concentration of nitric acid while suppressing Cu dissolution. Furthermore, elution of Pb is suppressed using a 10-20 mass % concentration of nitric acid. In this case, by removing at least Bi present on the surface of copper alloy containing Bi using nitric acid and then treating the surface of the copper alloy by shot-blasting corrosive products, such as oxides, produced from the nitric acid are removed, and gloss is imparted to the surface. | 06-06-2013 |