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20080273989 | MULTI-STAGE GAS COMPRESSING APPARATUS - A multi-stage gas compressing apparatus comprises a primary gas compressor and a secondary gas compressor. A gas compressed in the primary gas compressor is transferred to the secondary gas compressor in which the gas is further compressed. A detector detects upper and lower limits of discharge pressure from the secondary gas compressor, and a signal is sent from the detector to a control device connected to the primary and secondary gas compressors. Then, the primary and secondary gas compressors are started or stopped by the control device. | 11-06-2008 |
20080314459 | CHECK VALVE FOR A COMPRESSOR - A compressed gas is introduced from a compressor into a inlet of a check valve. In a cylindrical casing of the check valve, a valve seat is provided and has a plurality of paths through which compressed gas flows from the inlet to an outlet of the check valve. The paths are opened and closed by a valve disc. A deformation limiting member is provided on the valve disc to limit a gap between the valve disc and the valve seat. | 12-25-2008 |
20090047159 | Multi-stage gas compressing apparatus - A compressed gas compressed by the first gas compressor is further compressed by the second gas compressor. The compressed gas from the first gas compressor is sent to a crank case of the second gas compressor in which the gas is further compressed. The gas is sent to a cylinder of the second gas compressor and compressed by a piston in the cylinder. | 02-19-2009 |
20090207172 | COMPRESSION SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND METHOD - An object is to calculate an accurate motion vector with a small computational effort. To this end, provided is a system for compressing a motion picture generated by projecting objects onto a screen, the objects moving relatively to the screen in a 3D space, the system including: a motion calculating component which calculates a motion vector of the object within the screen by projecting onto the screen a motion of the object in the 3D space between a time corresponding to a compression target frame and a time corresponding to another frame; and a compressing component which compresses the compression target frame by motion compensation based on the motion vector. | 08-20-2009 |
20090313451 | METHOD OF MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR SERVER-SIDE SCRIPTING LANGUAGE RUNTIME SYSTEM - A method of operating a memory system includes allocating a portion of a memory unit in a computing system as a memory heap. The heap includes a metadata section and a plurality of segments, each segment having a segment size. The method also includes creating a free list array and class-size array in the metadata section, the class-size array being created such that each element of the size-class array is related a particular one of the plurality of segments and the free list array being created such that each element of the free list array is related to a particular size class, receiving a first memory allocation request for a first object, determining that the first object is a small object, assigning a class to the first object, identifying a first segment to place the first object in by examining the size-class array, subdividing the first segment into multiple portions, determining a first head portion of the first segment, the first head portion representing the first open portion of the segment and being determined by examining the free list array, allocating the first head portion for the first object, receiving a command indicating that a transaction is complete, and clearing the free list array and the size-class array upon receipt of the command. | 12-17-2009 |
20110081262 | MOTOR-DIRECTLY CONNECTED COMPRESSOR UNIT - To provide a motor-directly connected compressor unit which is equipped with a cooling means for suppressing the heating of the compressor and is easy to transfer without upsizing the compressor unit in size or weight, the compressor unit is configured such that a sirocco fan | 04-07-2011 |
20120204164 | ADAPTIVE NEXT-EXECUTING-CYCLE TRACE SELECTION FOR TRACE-DRIVEN CODE OPTIMIZERS - An apparatus includes a processor for executing instructions at runtime and instructions for dynamically compiling the set of instructions executing at runtime. A memory device stores the instructions to be executed and the dynamic compiling instructions. A memory device serves as a trace buffer used to store traces during formation during the dynamic compiling. The dynamic compiling instructions includes a next-executing-cycle (N-E-C) trace selection process for forming traces for the instructions executing at runtime. The N-E-C trace selection process continues through an existing trace-head when forming traces without terminating a recording of a current trace if an existing trace-head is encountered. | 08-09-2012 |
20130042092 | MERGE OPERATIONS OF DATA ARRAYS BASED ON SIMD INSTRUCTIONS - A method and apparatus are provided to perform efficient merging operations of two or more streams of data by using SIMD instruction. Streams of data are merged together in parallel and with mitigated or removed conditional branching. The merge operations of the streams of data include Merge AND and Merge OR operations. | 02-14-2013 |
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20080221775 | MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE - The present invention concerns a multi-cylinder engine comprising a throttle body ( | 09-11-2008 |
20080246528 | Level shift device - The level shift device of the present invention comprises: a level shift circuit which converts a voltage level of a single input signal; and a duty correcting circuit which offsets a difference in the duty of an output signal of the level shift circuit with respect to the duty of the input signal. | 10-09-2008 |
20080267811 | Ink Composition for Sensing Gas Exposure and Gas Exposure Indicator - An object of the present invention is to provide a material for more easily and accurately detecting treatment status using gas exposure. The present invention relates to an ink composition for detecting an oxidizing gas, or the like, comprising at least one type of azo dye, methine dye, triarylmethane dye and thiazine dye. | 10-30-2008 |
20100014906 | Liquid Applicator - A liquid applicator adapted to prevent an application liquid from leaking or drying with a small biasing force. A tip unit for a liquid applicator of the present invention includes a tubular member and a valve member. The valve member is biased toward a distal end thereof by a biasing member so as to seal a distal opening portion of the tubular member. The distal opening portion includes a first tapered surface and a second tapered surface located at a proximal side of the first tapered surface. The first and the second tapered surfaces are in contact with a tapered area and a ring of the valve member, respectively, so as to seal the distal opening portion. | 01-21-2010 |
20100199954 | VAPORIZED-FUEL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR AN ENGINE - The present invention has an object to provide a vaporized-fuel processing device for an engine, capable of stabilizing the idling operation. | 08-12-2010 |
20100275813 | DISCOLORABLE INK COMPOSITION AND WRITING UTENSILS - The invention provides a discolorable ink composition which is irreversibly erasable by heating to about 40° C. to 120° C. A discolorable ink composition, where an electron-donating color-forming organic compound and an electron-accepting compound are incorporated in wax particles, whereby the electron-donating color-forming compound in a state color-developed by the electron-accepting compound is separated from a decolorizer and kept in the color-developed state, while when the wax is liquefied by heating, the decolorizer reacts with the electron-accepting compound to convert the electron-donating color-forming organic compound into a decolorized state. | 11-04-2010 |
20110000786 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTRET FINE PARTICLES - The subject invention provides a method which enables easy and efficient production of fine electret fine particles without the conventional pulverization or screening process. | 01-06-2011 |
20110198224 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTRET COARSE POWDER - The subject invention provides a process for efficiently producing electret coarse powder useful as electrophoretic particles for a large-screen display. | 08-18-2011 |
20130061834 | SPARK IGNITION ENGINE - A spark ignition engine capable of fixing an ignition coil case even in a small engine includes an intake manifold | 03-14-2013 |
20150068500 | ENGINE - It is an object of the present invention to provide an engine which can easily be produced. In an engine including an electronic throttle device, a control unit for controlling the electronic throttle device, and a gas fuel supply unit, a gaseous-fuel mixer is used as the gas fuel supply unit, and when an extending direction of a crankshaft is defined as a longitudinal direction and an engine cooling fan is defined as existing on a front side and a side opposite from the front side is defined as a rear side, a collector of an intake manifold extends in the longitudinal direction, the electronic throttle device is mounted on the rear side of the collector, and the gaseous-fuel mixer is mounted on the rear side of the electronic throttle device. | 03-12-2015 |
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20080308482 | Electric Deionized Water Production Apparatus - An electric deionized water production apparatus in which a direct current field is applied to a deionizing chamber packed with an ion-exchange material such that ions to be discharged are allowed to migrate in the direction identical or opposite to the direction of the water flow in the ion-exchange material, whereby ionic impurities adsorbed in the ion-exchange material are discharged from the system, the ion-exchange material being a mixture of a monolith-shaped organic porous ion-exchange material and ion-exchange resin particles. The electric deionized water production apparatus has a simple structure that can reduce material cost, process cost, and assembly cost, capable of accelerating migration of the adsorbed ionic impurities to facilitate discharge of the adsorbed ions and free from a deflected flow due to swelling or shrinkage accompanying an ion-exchanging reaction, and from poor contact with an ion-exchange membrane. | 12-18-2008 |
20110001279 | APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS - A method for recovering platinum group elements comprises charging into a closed electric furnace and melting, together with flux components and a reducing agent, a platinum group element-containing substance to be processed and a copper source material containing copper oxide, sinking molten metal of primarily metallic copper below a molten slag layer of primarily oxides, and enriching the platinum group elements in the molten metal sunk below, and is characterized in that molten slag whose copper content has decreased to 3.0 wt % or less is discharged from the electric furnace and that the copper source material charged into the electric furnace is a granular copper source material of a grain diameter of not less than 0.1 mm and not greater than 10 mm. | 01-06-2011 |
20110290714 | MONOLITHIC ORGANIC POROUS BODY, MONOLITHIC ORGANIC POROUS ION EXCHANGER, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE MONOLITHIC ORGANIC POROUS BODY AND THE MONOLITHIC ORGANIC POROUS ION EXCHANGER - A monolithic organic porous body includes a continuous macropore structure that includes cellular macropores that overlap to form openings having an average diameter of 20 to 200 μm, the monolithic organic porous body having a thickness of 1 mm or more and a total pore volume of 0.5 to 5 ml/g, an area of a skeleton observed within an SEM image of a section of the continuous macropore structure (in a dry state) being 25 to 50%. A monolithic ion exchanger is produced by introducing an ion-exchange group into the monolithic organic porous body. The monolithic organic porous body and the monolithic ion exchanger are chemically stable, have high mechanical strength, and ensure a low pressure loss when fluid passes through. The monolithic organic porous body and the monolithic ion exchanger may be used as an adsorbent having a large adsorption capacity or an ion exchanger having a large ion-exchange capacity. | 12-01-2011 |
20120065874 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING DRIVING OPERATION - An apparatus is provided for providing users diagnosis on driving operations in the same manner as diagnosing vehicle failures and for presenting evaluation with supporting data so that users may recognize their driving operations. The apparatus reads out driving data for a plurality of driving cycles from an electronic control unit on board the vehicle. The electronic control unit includes a memory for storing driving data representing fuel efficiency condition of the vehicle in accordance with driving operation by a user in each driving cycle of the vehicle. Charts are produced representing fuel efficiency condition for each driving operation by the user for each driving cycle, based on the read out driving data. The charts are output as comparison results for each one of the driving cycles. | 03-15-2012 |
20120162114 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - For providing a tactile sensation regardless of an input position of a user when receiving a pressure at which the tactile sensation is to be provided, The tactile sensation providing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a load detection unit | 06-28-2012 |
20130057613 | Head Cleaning Method and Head Cleaning Apparatus - A head cleaning method of wiping and cleaning a nozzle surface of a head with a band-shaped liquid absorbing body by, while pressing and abutting a pressing member on which the liquid absorbing body that travels is wrapped against the nozzle surface of the head, sliding the pressing member over the nozzle surface of the head, includes: a first cleaning step of wiping and cleaning the nozzle surface of the head with a non-wet region of the liquid absorbing body; a wet region forming step of forming a wet region on the liquid absorbing body; and a second cleaning step of wiping and cleaning the nozzle surface of the head with the wet region of the liquid absorbing body. | 03-07-2013 |
20130305230 | OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS, OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM - An optimization apparatus includes an insertion unit inserting a method test for each of the virtual methods included in a code sequence, an acquisition unit acquiring one or more profiled run-time classes of a receiver object used for calling each of the virtual methods at execution of the code sequence into which the method tests have been inserted, and an optimization unit inserting, in place of the inserted method test, a class test that sets a recording-time class and the run-time class of a corresponding receiver object as classes to be permitted on condition that the run-time class of the corresponding receiver object has successfully called all virtual methods requesting the method test for the receiver object. | 11-14-2013 |
20140047821 | UREA SOLUTION REFORMER AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFIER USING SAME - Disclosed is a urea solution reformer and an exhaust gas purifier using the same, configured to heat a carrier gas supplied from a carrier gas source by a carrier gas heating unit ( | 02-20-2014 |
20140101643 | TRACE GENERATION METHOD, TRACE GENERATION DEVICE, TRACE GENERATION PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND MULTI-LEVEL COMPILATION USING TRACE GENERATION METHOD - A trace generation device including a directed graph generator configured to generate a directed graph in accordance with execution of compiled traces whose maximum length is limited to a certain length or shorter and that have been generated at a low optimization level, the directed graph representing transitions of execution between the compiled traces; a directed graph updater configured to traverse edges in the directed graph backward from a start point in timer-based sampling, the start point being a node corresponding to a trace in which a timer tick has occurred, and configured to increment a recompilation counter of a trace that the backward traversal has reached when stopping in front of a cyclic trace or at a trace not having any further edge; and a generator configured to determine the head of a corresponding trace as a head of a new trace. | 04-10-2014 |
20140122417 | TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM - A method, system, and computer program product to solve the problem of consistency in processing when one server performs a transmission transaction and a reception transaction in an in-line processing manner. In a system according to this invention, a local buffer is generated at the time of starting a transmission transaction, and a message is inserted in the local buffer at the time of transmission processing. At the time of commitment of the transmission transaction, after reception transaction processing on all messages in the local buffer, processing for commitment to the data base is performed. Processing for the reception transaction is performed as a nested transaction in the transmission transaction. | 05-01-2014 |
20140245274 | DETERMINING A METHOD TO INLINE USING AN ACTUAL FOOTPRINT CALCULATION - Techniques for calculating the actual footprint of a computer-implemented method are disclosed. An example computer-implemented method includes a computer creating a map indicating to which code method each instruction included in compiled code belongs. This computer-implemented method also includes the computer sampling instructions executed using a hardware performance counter. This computer-implemented method also includes the computer mapping the sampled instructions to the code methods to which the instructions belong using the map. This computer-implemented method also includes the computer calculating the actual footprint of each code method as the total number of instructions sampled at least once among the instructions belonging to the code methods. | 08-28-2014 |
20140256834 | NON-PARTICULATE ORGANIC POROUS MATERIAL HAVING OPTICAL RESOLUTION CAPABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A non-particulate organic porous material with optical resolution capability, the non-particulate organic porous material having a continuous pore structure, which comprises macropores and mesopores, the macropores being interconnected forming mesopores with a radius of 0.01-100 μm in the interconnected parts, and optically active groups uniformly introduced therein possesses high physical stability, can be used under wide separating conditions, and has a large capacity for separating optically active substances (enantiometers). | 09-11-2014 |
20140369890 | FUEL REFORMER AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFIER USING THE SAME - A carrier gas supplied from a carrier gas source is injected from a carrier gas injection nozzle. Also, a fuel including a hydrocarbon-based liquid and supplied from a fuel source is supplied to a tip end of the carrier gas injection nozzle, whereby this fuel is atomized with the carrier gas injected from the carrier gas injection nozzle. Furthermore, an inlet of a reforming part that decomposes the atomized fuel and reforms the atomized fuel into a reducing gas including either or both of hydrogen and an oxygen-containing hydrocarbon is provided so as to face the carrier gas injection nozzle and the fuel supply nozzle, and a reducing gas supply nozzle that supplies the reducing gas discharged from an outlet of the reforming part is provided in an exhaust pipe. | 12-18-2014 |
20150067300 | REDUCING OVERHEAD IN LOADING CONSTANTS - An overhead reduction system creates a plurality of candidates of constants to be stored in one or more constant registers based on constants used in the program code of the current compilation scope, estimates, for each of the candidates of constants, an effect of overhead reduction by generation of the constant used in the program code by using the candidate of constant, determines a base constant to be loaded on the constant registers based on the estimation result, loads the base constant on the constant registers at an entry point of the program code, and generates a code for generating the constants used in the program code by using values of the constant registers. | 03-05-2015 |
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20080280193 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A battery that can secure the sufficient capacity, reduces deviation of the pressure distribution inside a spirally wound electrode body, and shows the superior charge and discharge characteristics is provided. The battery includes: a spirally wound electrode body in which a cathode having a cathode active material layer on a strip-shaped cathode current collector and an anode having an anode active material layer on a strip-shaped anode current collector are layered with a separator in between, and spirally wound in a planular state; and a lead jointed to the cathode current collector or the anode current collector in a center portion of the spirally wound electrode body. An inner circumferential end of the cathode active material layer is provided in a region where the inner circumferential end does not overlap with the lead in a short axis direction of the spirally wound electrode body. | 11-13-2008 |
20090317716 | ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte. The anode includes an anode active material containing silicon, boron, carbon, and one or more of metal elements selected from the group consisting of cobalt, titanium and iron. In the anode active material, a boron content is from 4.9 mass % to 19.8 mass % both inclusive, a carbon content is from 4.9 mass % to 19.8 mass % both inclusive, a total of the boron content and the carbon content is from 9.8 mass % to 29.8 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of a silicon content to the total of the silicon content and a content of the metal element is from 70 mass % to 95 mass % both inclusive. A reaction phase whose half-width of a diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction is 1 degree or more is included and the anode active material is capable of reacting with an electrode reactant. | 12-24-2009 |
20100291425 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A battery that can secure the sufficient capacity, reduces deviation of the pressure distribution inside a spirally wound electrode body, and shows the superior charge and discharge characteristics is provided. The battery includes: a spirally wound electrode body in which a cathode having a cathode active material layer on a strip-shaped cathode current collector and an anode having an anode active material layer on a strip-shaped anode current collector are layered with a separator in between, and spirally wound in a planular state; and a lead jointed to the cathode current collector or the anode current collector in a center portion of the spirally wound electrode body. An inner circumferential end of the cathode active material layer is provided in a region where the inner circumferential end does not overlap with the lead in a short axis direction of the spirally wound electrode body. | 11-18-2010 |
20110177399 | BATTERY - A battery capable of improving battery characteristics such as cycle characteristics and high temperature storage characteristics is provided. An anode includes an anode active material which includes Sn or Si as an element. A separator is impregnated with an electrolyte solution, and the electrolyte solution includes an acid anhydride such as succinic anhydride or a derivative thereof. Thereby, a coating is formed on the anode, and the decomposition of the electrolyte solution in the anode can be prevented. An electrolyte solution to which 4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolane-2-one is mixed is more preferably used. | 07-21-2011 |
20120082894 | ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRIC POWER TOOL, ELECTRICAL VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC POWER STORAGE SYSTEM - A secondary battery includes a cathode, an anode containing an anode active material, and an electrolytic solution. The anode active material contains tin, iron, cobalt, carbon, and titanium as an element. In the anode active material, a carbon content is from 9 mass % to 30 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of cobalt to total of iron and cobalt is from 10 mass % to 80 mass % both inclusive, a ratio of the total of iron and cobalt to total of tin, iron, and cobalt is from 11.3 mass % to 26.3 mass % both inclusive, a titanium content is from 0.5 mass % to 8 mass % both inclusive, and half-width of diffraction peak obtained by X-ray diffraction (peak obtained where diffraction angle of 2θ is from 34 deg to 37 deg both inclusive) is 1 deg or more. | 04-05-2012 |
20120208056 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A battery including: a spirally wound electrode body in which a cathode having a cathode active material layer on a strip-shaped cathode current collector and an anode having an anode active material layer on a strip-shaped anode current collector are layered with a separator in between, and spirally wound in a planular state; and a lead joined to the cathode current collector or the anode current collector in a center portion of the spirally wound electrode body. An inner circumferential end of the cathode active material layer is provided in a region where the inner circumferential end does not overlap with the lead in a short axis direction of the spirally wound electrode body. | 08-16-2012 |
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20090237435 | DROPLET EJECTION HEAD CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A droplet ejection head control device includes a pressure alteration section, a detector and a controller. The droplet ejection head is provided with plural nozzles and is supplied with a liquid. The pressure alteration section alters a pressure inside the droplet ejection head. The detector detects a position of a boundary of liquid which is exuded onto a nozzle face from at least one nozzle of the droplet ejection head in accordance with the pressurization at the inside of the droplet ejection head. After the pressurization of the interior of the droplet ejection head commences, the controller controls the pressure alteration section on the basis of detection results from the detector such that the pressurization is stopped just (immediately) before respective boundaries of the liquid exuded onto the nozzle face from neighboring nozzles come into contact. | 09-24-2009 |
20100040782 | INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The invention provides an ink set having at least an ink composition and a maintenance liquid. The ink composition comprises a pigment (i). The maintenance liquid comprises one or more solvents (ii) having a solubility parameter value of 27.5 or less. The content of the one or more solvents (ii) is 50 weight % or more with respect to a total solvent content of the maintenance liquid. The invention further provides a method of forming an image using the ink set including at least applying, with a liquid applying device, the ink composition to a recording medium, and applying a maintenance liquid to the liquid applying device. | 02-18-2010 |
20100079539 | DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE - A droplet ejecting device includes: a droplet ejecting head having a nozzle surface at which plural nozzles that eject droplets are formed; an applying member applying a cleaning liquid to the nozzle surface; a wiping member disposed so as to be spaced apart from the applying member, and moving relative to the nozzle surface while contacting the nozzle surface, and wiping-off the cleaning liquid applied to the nozzle surface; and a unit for moving that moves both the the droplet ejecting head, and the applying member and the wiping member, relative to one another. | 04-01-2010 |
20100103853 | Wireless Communication Apparatus - A wireless communication apparatus ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100142440 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication method and a wireless communication apparatus capable of efficiently improving communication throughput of a second wireless communication system while securing a capturing capability of informative information in a first wireless communication system are provided. A transmitting/receiving unit ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100245494 | LIQUID DROPLET JETTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes a jetting unit equipped with plural head modules, a supply channel equipped with plural branching channels, first circulation limiting units, liquid storage units and external force applying units. The first circulating limiting units allow circulation of a liquid in a direction from a storage chamber to each of the head modules and limit circulation of the liquid in an opposite direction of the circulating direction. The liquid storage units are disposed between the circulation limiting units and the head modules. The liquid storage units store the liquid, and the volumes of the liquid storage units change due to external force. The external force applying units apply the external force to the liquid storage units such that the volumes of the liquid storage units become smaller and cause liquid droplets to be jetted from the nozzles. | 09-30-2010 |
20100252528 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION HEAD, APPARATUS FOR EJECTING LIQUID DROPLET, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING LIQUID DROPLET EJECTION HEAD - A liquid droplet ejection head includes: a nozzle plate that has a plurality of nozzles ejecting a liquid droplet; a flow path member that includes: pressure generating chambers that communicate with the nozzles; and liquid supply paths through which liquid is supplied to the pressure generating chambers; and a damper portion that is disposed in at least one part of a region, the region being on the nozzle plate, corresponding to the liquid supply paths, the damper portion reducing a fluctuation of an ejection amount of the liquid droplets to enable stable ejection. | 10-07-2010 |
20120005460 | INSTRUCTION EXECUTION APPARATUS, INSTRUCTION EXECUTION METHOD, AND INSTRUCTION EXECUTION PROGRAM - An apparatus, method, and program product for monitoring execution of a program, reducing overhead and not changing the behavior of the program. The apparatus performs additional processing which requires a memory area upon execution of a specific instruction to be executed by a predetermined execution system on a computer. The system includes a memory reservation unit reserving the memory area for the additional processing, an instruction replacement unit copying the specific instruction to the reserved memory area and replacing the specific instruction with a special-purpose instruction, an additional processing execution unit acquiring the memory area, and a replaced instruction execution unit performing the same processing as that performed by the specific instruction. | 01-05-2012 |
20120015609 | RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Provided is a radio communication terminal capable of ending communication processing in a normal manner even if removed from an information processing terminal in the course of the communication processing. According to the present invention, the radio communication terminal operates by receiving power from an external apparatus connected thereto and includes a radio communication unit for performing radio communication with a radio base station, a battery capable of operating the radio communication terminal without receiving power from the external apparatus, and a control unit, in case of disconnection from the external apparatus in the course of the communication processing using the radio communication unit by receiving power from the external apparatus, for controlling the radio communication terminal to switch over to operation powered by the battery and carry out continuing processing to end the communication processing in the normal manner and then to stop the operation powered by the battery. | 01-19-2012 |
20120105541 | LAYER FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A layer forming device forms a layer of liquid absorbing particles on a surface of a layer of a hardenable solution capable of being hardened in response to a given stimulus so that the liquid absorbing particles absorb liquid drops supplied to the surface of the layer of the hardenable solution. | 05-03-2012 |
20120113193 | INKJET RECORDING METHOD, INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INK FOR INKJET RECORDING - An inkjet recording method includes recording by ejecting liquid droplets of an ink onto a recording medium from an ejection head that ejects, by heat, the liquid droplets of the ink at an ejection amount with respect to one droplet of from 1 ng to 2 ng to thereby attach the liquid droplets of the ink to the recording medium, wherein the ink comprises a pigment having a volume average particle diameter of from 100 nm to 400 nm and has a dynamic contact angle of from 30° to 60°, 50 seconds after dropwise addition of 3 μl of the ink to plain paper. | 05-10-2012 |
20120218346 | NOZZLE SURFACE CLEANING DEVICE AND INK-JET RECORDING DEVICE - The dripping of washing liquid and the infiltration of washing liquid from a nozzle surface of a head when the nozzle surface is wiped is suppressed and discharge stability is improved. A wiping unit includes a conveying portion that conveys a wiping web, a washing liquid supplying portion that supplies washing liquid to the wiping web, and a washing liquid collecting portion that collects washing liquid from the wiping web to which washing liquid has been supplied. After washing liquid is supplied to the wiping web, which is conveyed by the conveying portion, at washing liquid supplying portion, surplus washing liquid is collected from the wiping web at the washing liquid collecting portion. The wiping web from which washing liquid has been collected is wound on a pressure roller and comes into press contact with the nozzle surface of the head, thereby wiping web wipes and cleans the nozzle surface. | 08-30-2012 |
20130176362 | NOZZLE SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - According to the present invention, firstly, since the cleaning liquid is deposited onto the nozzle surface by the nozzle surface cleaning liquid deposition device, then it is possible to raise the dissolving effect, which is a chemical effect of dissolving adhering material which is adhering to the nozzle surface. Consequently, it is possible to remove the adhering material readily by subsequently wiping the nozzle surface with the wiping member, and hence the physical effects can also be improved. Furthermore, since the cleaning liquid is deposited so as to wet the wiping member, then it is possible to suppress the drawing out of liquid from the nozzles due to the absorbing characteristics of the wiping member, and therefore ejection defects due to solidification of drawn out liquid can be prevented. Consequently, it is possible to improve ejection stability of the droplet ejection head. | 07-11-2013 |
20130222475 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, CLEANING APPARATUS FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head; a long wiping member configured to come in contact with and wipe a liquid ejection face of the head; a wiping member conveyance device configured to drive the wiping member to be conveyed in a lengthwise direction of the wiping member; a pressing member configured to cause the wiping member to come in contact and pressed against the liquid ejection face when the pressing member is placed at a first position; and a slack elimination mechanism configured to push down the pressing member to a second position lower than the first position before the wiping member is brought into contact with the liquid ejection face, and to stop pushing the pressing member so as to move the pressing member along with the wiping member to the first position to bring the wiping member into contact with the liquid ejection face. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222476 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, CLEANING APPARATUS FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head; a long wiping member configured to come in contact with and wipe a liquid ejection face of the head; a wiping member conveyance device configured to convey the wiping member in a lengthwise direction of the wiping member; an elastic member configured to elastically deform and apply a force to cause the wiping member to be pressed against the liquid ejection face through a pressing member when the wiping member comes in contact and pressed against the liquid ejection face; and a slack eliminating member arranged in a front side of the head in a direction of travel of the head with respect to the wiping member, the slack eliminating member being configured to eliminate slack in the wiping member caused by elastic deformation of the elastic member when the wiping member comes in contact with the slack eliminating member. | 08-29-2013 |
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20110281477 | OUTBOARD MOTOR AND MARINE VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME - An outboard motor includes an outboard motor main body, an attachment mechanism, a pivoting mechanism, an angle detecting device, a rotation speed detecting device, and a controller. The pivoting mechanism includes a first cylinder arranged to support and pivot the outboard motor main body about a horizontal shaft from a first angle to a second angle greater than the first angle. An angle detection value and a speed detection value are input into the controller. The controller is arranged to execute a speed reduction control to control the engine so as to reduce the engine speed. The controller is arranged not to execute the speed reduction control when the angle detection value is a value corresponding to the inclination angle less than the first angle or a value corresponding to the inclination angle greater than the second angle. | 11-17-2011 |
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20140012440 | VESSEL PROPULSION SYSTEM - A vessel propulsion system includes an engine that provides a propulsive force to a vessel, a throttle valve to adjust an air amount supplied to the engine, an accelerator operation unit operated by an operator to adjust a throttle opening degree, the throttle opening degree corresponding to an operation amount of the accelerator operation unit, and a control unit programmed to vary an engine output even when the throttle opening degree is maintained at a fixed value other than an idling opening degree, the engine output corresponding to the operation amount of the accelerator operation unit as a reference output. | 01-09-2014 |
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20130026650 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE STRUCTURE CONFIGURED BY VERTICALLY STACKING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device is made up of an organic substrate; through vias which penetrate the organic substrate in its thickness direction; external electrodes and internal electrodes provided to the front and back faces of the organic substrate and electrically connected to the through vias; a semiconductor element mounted on one main surface of the organic substrate via a bonding layer, with an element circuit surface thereof facing upward; an insulating material layer for sealing the semiconductor element and a periphery thereof; a metal thin film wiring layer provided in the insulating material layer, with a part of this metal thin film wiring layer being exposed on an external surface; metal vias provided in the insulating material layer and electrically connected to the metal thin film wiring layer; and external electrodes formed on the metal thin film wiring layer. | 01-31-2013 |
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20130170015 | ELECTRET COARSE POWDER - The subject invention provides electret coarse powder useful as electrophoretic particles for a large-screen display. The electret coarse powder is obtained by irradiating a fluorine-containing resin sheet with an electron beam or a radial ray to convert the fluorine-containing resin sheet into an electret sheet, and pulverizing the electret sheet. | 07-04-2013 |
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20140043378 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an electrophoretic display device that can be more easily produced. The electrophoretic display device with pixels comprises a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrode units formed for each pixel on the substrate, a voltage applying means for applying a voltage to each pixel electrode unit, and a charged particle-containing chamber containing colored charged particles and disposed so as to extend across the plurality of pixel electrode units; each of the pixel electrode units having a first electrode disposed in the center of a pixel, and a second electrode disposed on the peripheral edge of the pixel. | 02-13-2014 |
20140147777 | FINE ELECTRET PARTICLES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention provides uniformly electrified electret fine particles having excellent electrophoretic properties. Specifically, the present invention provides a core-shell electret fine particle comprising a core part and a shell part, the core part containing a material that has an ability to disperse a pigment therein, the shell part containing an electret resin, and the electret resin being a fluorine-containing resin and being electretized by electron ray irradiation, radial ray irradiation, or corona discharge treatment. | 05-29-2014 |
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20150219976 | FINE ELECTRETIC PARTICLES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - The present invention provides fine electret particles comprising, at least in the surface portion of the particles, an electret resin and a polymeric dispersant, the electret resin being a fluorine-containing resin and being electretized by electron ray irradiation, radial ray irradiation, or corona discharge treatment. The fine electret particles are uniformly electrified, and well dispersed in an electrophoretic medium, while exhibiting excellent electrophoretic properties. | 08-06-2015 |