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20090135625 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a display device including, a visual target, and a backlight adapted to illuminate the visual target from the rear, the backlight including, a plurality of first light sources, second light sources, and a light guide plate, wherein the light guide plate has a plurality of projecting portions on a side surface portion thereof upon which the light, produced by the plurality of first and second light sources is incident, the projecting portions being arranged, along the side surface portion and project toward the one side of the given direction, the plurality of first light sources are disposed to be opposed to the tip surfaces of the plurality of projecting portions, and the second light sources are disposed to be opposed to the bottom surfaces of recessed portions formed between the plurality of projecting portions. | 05-28-2009 |
20090256996 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH DISPLAY - Disclosed herein is a light guide plate including: a side end face on which light from a light source is incident; an incoming part which forms the side end face and by which the light coming in through the side end face is guided; a principal surface which is formed in a direction perpendicular to the side end face and through which the light guided by the incoming part is let go out; and a main body part which forms the principal surface and which is continuous with the incoming part on the opposite side from the side end face. | 10-15-2009 |
20100020007 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a display device, including a display panel; a first light emitting unit for inputting a first input light to the display panel based on a first light emitting signal; a second light emitting unit for inputting second input light to the display panel based on a second light emitting signal; and light emitting control unit for outputting the first light emitting signal, the second light emitting signal, the image signal corresponding to the first input light, and the image signal corresponding to the second input light; where the light emitting control unit performs output of the first light emitting signal and the image signal of the color corresponding to the first input light in synchronization in a first sub-frame, and performs output of the second light emitting signal and the image signal of the color corresponding to the second input light in synchronization in a second sub-frame. | 01-28-2010 |
20100302477 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical element for an illumination device, an illumination device, and a display device using the illumination device is capable of performing surface light emission by utilizing a plurality of light guide members, and suppressing generation of color unevenness. | 12-02-2010 |
20110038178 | PLANAR ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A planar illumination device includes: a light guide plate formed by arranging a plurality of unit light guide plates each having a light emission surface as a front surface and a reflection surface as a back surface so that facing end surfaces of adjacent unit light guide plates of the plurality of unit light guide plates are closely arranged; and one or two or more light sources arranged on a side surface, in a direction where the plurality of unit light guide plates are arranged, of each of the plurality of unit light guide plates, in which a projection section is arranged on one of facing surfaces of two adjacent unit light guide plates in the arrangement direction and a recession section in which the projection section is engaged is arranged on the other of the facing surfaces of the two adjacent unit light guide plates. | 02-17-2011 |
20110109533 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY - There is provided a surface light source device having a configuration where light sources are arranged on both of a pair of side surfaces of a light guide plate and allowed to independently form nonuniform light emission intensity distributions in which light emission intensity is lower and higher at places closer to and farther from each of the light sources. Light guide control sections controlling guiding of light from light sources are arranged on a reflection surface of a light guide plate. The light guide control section is configured of concave sections, and the concave sections include inclined surfaces facing the light source and inclined surfaces facing the light source, respectively, and the heights of the concave sections increase with increasing distance from the light source. A nonuniform light emission intensity distribution in which light emission intensity is lower and higher at places closer to and farther from the light source is formed by lighting of the light source. As the inclined angles of the inclined surfaces are larger than the inclined angles of the inclined surfaces, an influence of the light guide control section on light from the light source is reduced. | 05-12-2011 |
20110122652 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a display device including, a visual target, and a backlight adapted to illuminate the visual target from the rear, the backlight including, a plurality of first light sources, second light sources, and a light guide plate, wherein the light guide plate has a plurality of projecting portions on a side surface portion thereof upon which the light, produced by the plurality of first and second light sources is incident, the projecting portions being arranged, along the side surface portion and project toward the one side of the given direction, the plurality of first light sources are disposed to be opposed to the tip surfaces of the plurality of projecting portions, and the second light sources are disposed to be opposed to the bottom surfaces of recessed portions formed between the plurality of projecting portions. | 05-26-2011 |
20110187636 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a surface light source device capable of making appearance of a boundary between partial lighting areas more natural than related art. In each of unit light-source sections | 08-04-2011 |
20140169651 | Shape-Extraction Method and Shape-Extraction System - An unknown surface shape of a physical object can be extracted with good precision. Image data of a projective image that has been acquired by radiation projection to an object is acquired. Next, a predetermined mesh structure is used to acquire cross-sectional images of the subject from image data of the projective images by reconstruction using tomography. Lattice points constituting the mesh structure are then moved in conformity with the surface shape of the object, based on the cross-sectional image that has been acquired by reconstruction. Reconstruction is carried out again using the mesh whose lattice point positions have been corrected. Movement on the reconstruction of the lattice points is then repeated as many times as required. | 06-19-2014 |
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20100006072 | FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR THE FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE - A fuel supply device has a main line, a fuel pump, a first return line, a second return line, a valve mechanism, a first pressure regulator, and a second pressure regulator. The fuel pump is arranged in a fuel tank or in the vicinity of the fuel tank, and pressurizes the fuel in the fuel tank and supplies the furl to a fuel distribution pipe via the main line. The first return line returns the fuel from the fuel distribution pipe to the fuel tank. The second return line is branched from the main line in the vicinity of the fuel pump and returns the fuel from the main line to the fuel tank. The valve mechanism selectively connects and disconnects the second return line with respect to the main line. The first pressure regulator is arranged in the first return line. The second pressure regulator is provided in the second return line and adjusts fuel pressure to a lower level than the first pressure regulator does. | 01-14-2010 |
20110297126 | FLUID PRESSURE REGULATING DEVICE AND FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM USING SAME - A fluid pressure regulating device is i) provided with a pressure regulating member that forms a pressure regulating chamber inside a housing having introduction side and discharge side fuel passages, and communicates these passages according to introduced fuel pressure, and ii) is able to regulate the fuel pressure introduced into a fuel passage to a set pressure. The housing is provided with outer and inner annular valve seat portions that separate the fuel passages inside the pressure regulating chamber, and form another fuel passage inside the pressure regulating chamber. Different clearances are set between the pressure regulating member, and the outer annular valve seat portion and the inner annular valve seat portion, such that when the pressure regulating member abuts against one of the valve seat portions, a small gap is formed between the other valve seat portion and the pressure regulating member. | 12-08-2011 |
20120312395 | FLUID PRESSURE REGULATION APPARATUS AND FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS - To provide a fluid pressure regulation apparatus and a fuel supply apparatus which are compact in arrangement and simple in construction, a pressure regulator includes a housing, a pressure adjustment member constituted by a partition wall forming together with the housing a pressure adjustment member held in communication with a fluid introduction opening and having the pressure adjustment chamber brought into communication with a fluid discharge opening in response to the pressure of fluid in the pressure adjustment chamber. The pressure regulator is capable of adjusting the fluid pressure in the pressure adjustment chamber to a preliminarily set pressure, and has one surface side thereof forming an area of a pressure receiving range receiving the fluid pressure, the area being variably set and the set pressure being varied in response to the area of the pressure receiving range. | 12-13-2012 |
20130315788 | CATALYTIC CONVERTER - A catalytic converter has a carrier with a cell structure, and a precious metal catalyst carried on the carrier. The carrier includes a first carrier and a second carrier. The second carrier is provided downstream of the first carrier in a gas flow direction of gas that flows into the catalytic converter. The first carrier has a first peripheral region and a first center region that has a lower cell density than the first peripheral region. The second carrier has a second center region and a second peripheral region that has a lower cell density than the second center region. | 11-28-2013 |
20150047307 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURAL BODY - A honeycomb structural body Is made of cordierite ceramic, and composed of partition walls and cells. A cell density is changed continuously or step by step from a central section to an outer peripheral section in a radial direction. The honeycomb structural body has a relationship of M1>M2>M3, and a relationship of K102-19-2015 | |
20150125354 | CATALYTIC CONVERTER - A catalytic converter including: a cell structured first substrate; and a cell structured second substrate provided at a downstream side of the first substrate. The first substrate has a uniform cell density. The second substrate includes a center area with a first cell density and a surrounding area with a second cell density that is lower than the first cell density. The first substrate and the second substrate are mounted in tandem. | 05-07-2015 |
20150238951 | EXHAUST GAS CATALYST - An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas catalyst that can achieve high purification performance. The exhaust gas catalyst includes: a base material ( | 08-27-2015 |
20150266004 | CATALYST SUPPORT FOR PURIFICATION OF EXHAUST GAS, CATALYST FOR PURIFICATION OF EXHAUST GAS USING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE CATALYST SUPPORT FOR PURIFICATION OF EXHAUST GAS - A catalyst support for purification of exhaust gas includes a porous composite metal oxide, the porous composite metal oxide containing alumina, ceria, and zirconia and having an alumina content ratio of from 5 to 80% by mass, wherein after calcination in the air at 1100° C. for 5 hours, the porous composite metal oxide satisfies a condition such that standard deviations of content ratios (as at % unit) of aluminum, cerium and zirconium elements are each 19 or less with respect to 100 minute areas (with one minute area being 300 nm in length×330 nm in width) of the porous composite metal oxide, the standard deviation being determined by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy using a scanning transmission electron microscope equipped with a spherical aberration corrector. | 09-24-2015 |
20150321176 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST FOR EXHAUST GAS REMOVAL AND CATALYST OBTAINED BY THE PRODUCTION METHOD - An objective of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a catalyst for exhaust gas removal having excellent heat tolerance and purification performance within a wide range of atmospheres and a catalyst obtained by the production method. | 11-12-2015 |
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20090023580 | Catalyst Composition - An object of the present invention is to provide a catalyst composition containing a perovskite-type composite oxide which exhibits a satisfactory catalytic performance over a long time even in a high temperature atmosphere and has a stable quality in which Rh and/or Pt dissolves to form a solid solution at a high rate. | 01-22-2009 |
20090131252 | Catalyst Composition - To provide a catalyst composition containing a novel perovskite-type composite oxide which permits reversible entrance and exit of noble metals, a catalyst composition is prepared so as to contain a perovskite-type composite oxide represented by the general formula (1): | 05-21-2009 |
20090287576 | COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR TRANSACTION INFORMATION - A POS apparatus includes a code scanner and a radio communication unit. A store clerk inputs a commodity code from the code scanner. The POS apparatus generates transaction information based on the input commodity code. The radio communication unit transmits and outputs the transaction information. A customer carries a cellular phone. The cellular phone includes a terminal display unit and a radio communication unit. When the radio communication unit receives the transaction information, the terminal display unit displays the received transaction information. | 11-19-2009 |
20110218939 | TRANSLATION SUPPORT APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A translation support apparatus manages a series of processes related to a translation work of an original text and a proofreading work of a translation. A payable translation fee may be calculated by subtracting a reduction fee calculated based on a proofread record and a reduction fee table from a prescribed translation fee calculated based on the translation and a prescribed translation fee table. | 09-08-2011 |
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20080214390 | Catalyst For Purifying Exhaust Gas - The formation of H | 09-04-2008 |
20090082199 | Catalyst for Purifying Exhaust Gases - A catalyst for purifying exhaust gases includes a carrier substrate and a catalyst layer which is carried on the carrier substrate and contains a noble metal, a porous oxide and an addition oxide containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Ni, Bi, Sn, Fe, Co, Cu and Zn. Only a downstream section of the carrier substrate, which is located on a downstream side of an exhaust gas stream contains the addition oxide, whereas an upstream section of the carrier substrate does not contain the addition oxide. With this arrangement, in the upstream section of the carrier substrate, the noble metal and the addition oxide do not exist together so that the noble metal is not deteriorated with the addition oxide. As a result, in the upstream section, the purification performance as a three-way catalyst is favorably achieved, thereby restraining the emission of H | 03-26-2009 |
20090124494 | Catalyst For Purifying Exhaust Gases and Exhaust-Gas Purification Controller Using the Same - A catalyst for purifying exhaust gases includes a support substrate, and a catalytic loading layer. The support substrate has an exhaust-gas flow passage. The catalytic loading layer is formed on a surface of the exhaust-gas flow passage, and is composed of a porous oxide support and a catalytic ingredient. The catalytic loading layer includes an Rh area, and an oxidizing area. On the Rh area, rhodium is loaded as the catalytic ingredient. The oxidizing area is formed on an exhaust-gas flow downstream side with respect to the Rh area. On the oxidizing area, a catalytic ingredient exhibiting an oxidizing activity at least is loaded. Also disclosed is an exhaust-gas purification controller using the same. | 05-14-2009 |
20090163358 | Exhaust Gas Purifying Catalyst - In a three-way catalyst for purifying exhaust gases from internal combustion engines, scattering of bismuth components can be suppressed by employing a Bi—Ti composite oxide at a predetermined ratio. Accordingly, the effect of suppressing hydrogen sulfide emissions can be retained for a long time. This catalyst comprises a support substrate, and a catalyst layer formed on the support substrate and including a noble metal, a porous oxide, and a Bi—Ti composite oxide, and satisfies 0.3≦R≦1.5, where R is the molar ratio of the Bi content to the Ti content per unit volume of the support substrate. | 06-25-2009 |
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20080225555 | LIGHT GUIDE PLATE, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A light guide plate for uniformly emitting light from an entire face using light taken in through an end face, includes: a parent prism formed on a face opposing to a light emitting face of the light guide plate; and a child prism formed on an inclined face of the parent prism on the end face side of the light guide plate; wherein the parent prism and the child prism convert the advancing direction of the light taken in through the end face so that the light is emitted from the light emitting face. | 09-18-2008 |
20090046455 | OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides an optical display device, including a light emitting portion, a light guiding plate, and a light detecting sensor. The light detecting sensor is mounted on a wiring board having the at least two or more illuminants mounted thereon so as to be disposed to face the light incidence portion of the light guiding plate, so that the light detecting sensor is disposed on the same side as that of the at least two or more illuminants with respect to the light guiding plate. | 02-19-2009 |
20130120474 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed is a display device including a display section configured to display an image and a light source device for emitting light for displaying the image to the display section. The light source device includes a first light source for applying first illumination light, and a light guide plate having a plurality of scattering areas, the light guide plate emitting the first illumination light applied from a direction of a side of the light guide plate to an outside by scattering the first illumination light in the plurality of scattering areas, and a light scattering characteristic is added to the scattering areas by forming a plurality of depression and projection shapes in surfaces of the scattering areas or dispersing a light scattering material in the scattering areas, and density of the depression and projection shapes or concentration of the light scattering material in the scattering areas changes according to position. | 05-16-2013 |
20130162694 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, DISPLAY UNIT, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display unit includes: a display section displaying an image; and a light source device emitting light for image display toward the display section, the light source device including a first light source emitting first illumination light and a light guide plate, the light guide plate including a plurality of scattering regions that allow the first illumination light entering through a side surface of the light guide plate to be scattered and then to exit from the light guide plate, in which the scattering regions each are configured of a plurality of scattering patterns including a first scattering pattern with a width varying according to a distance from the first light source. | 06-27-2013 |
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20140307270 | RECEIPT DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING RECEIPT DATA - According to one embodiment, a receipt data processing device includes a data generating section, a command issuing section, and an output section. The data generating section is configured to generate receipt data including information about an item purchased by a customer. The command issuing section is configured to issue a cut command that causes a sheet on which a receipt image corresponding to the receipt data is printed by a printing device to be cut off. The output section is configured to output the receipt data to an external device that is different from the printing device, in response to the issuance of the cut command by the cut command issuing section. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307271 | RECEIPT DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING RECEIPT DATA - According to one embodiment, a receipt data processing device includes a data generating section, an output section, and a converting section. The data generating section is configured to generate receipt data of a first data format including information about an item purchased by a customer. The output section is configured to output the receipt data to at least one of a printing device and an external device that is different from the printing device. The converting section is configured to convert a data format of the receipt data from the first data format to a second data format that is different from the first data format when the receipt data is output to the external device. | 10-16-2014 |
20140307272 | RECEIPT DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING RECEIPT DATA - According to one embodiment, a receipt data processing device includes an obtaining section, a data generating section, and an output section. The obtaining section is configured to obtain customer code of a customer who purchased an item. The data generating section configured to generate receipt data including information about the purchased item, and include the customer code in the receipt data when the customer code is obtained. The output section is configured to output the receipt data to a certain destination based on whether or not the receipt data includes the customer code. | 10-16-2014 |