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20090053599 | ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND BATTERY - An electrolytic solution capable of suppressing the battery swollenness and improving the battery characteristics such as the charge and discharge efficiency and a battery using it are provided. A cathode ( | 02-26-2009 |
20090123849 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present application provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes, a cathode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, an anode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, and an electrolyte placed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the electrolyte contains at least one of fluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (1) and difluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (2) as a solvent and the ratio of a discharge capacity B during discharging at a 5C rate to a discharge capacity A during discharging at a 0.2C rate ((B/A)×100) is 80% or more. | 05-14-2009 |
20090130555 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes positive and negative electrodes and an electrolyte, wherein the electrolyte includes succinic anhydride and at least one of lithium difluoro(oxalate)borate presented in Chemical Formula (1) and lithium bis(oxalate)borate presented in Chemical Formula (2). | 05-21-2009 |
20100081061 | ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION AND BATTERY - An electrolytic solution capable of suppressing the decomposition reaction of the solvent and a battery using it are provided. A cathode ( | 04-01-2010 |
20140023900 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer provided on a positive electrode current collector, a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer provided on a negative electrode current collector, and an electrolyte, in which the positive electrode and the negative electrode are stacked and rolled up while placing a separator in between. A sum (A+B) of a total thickness “A” of the positive electrode current collector and the positive electrode active material layer, and a total thickness “B” of the negative electrode current collector and the negative electrode active material layer ranges from 161 μm to 220 μm. A ratio (A/B) of the total thickness “A” to the total thickness “B” ranges from 0.65 to 1.9. | 01-23-2014 |
20140080007 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present application provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes, a cathode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, an anode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, and an electrolyte placed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the electrolyte contains at least one of fluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (1) and difluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (2) as a solvent and the ratio of a discharge capacity B during discharging at a 5C rate to a discharge capacity A during discharging at a 0.2C rate ((B/A)×100) is 80% or more. | 03-20-2014 |
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20090237915 | SURFACE LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS EMITTING LASER LIGHT - A surface light emitting apparatus capable of providing uniform illumination while efficiently using a laser light. The apparatus comprises a light source section that includes at least one light source which emits laser beam; an optical guiding section that guides from an incidence surface of the optical guiding section the laser beam emitted from the light source section and emits the laser beam from a radiation surface of the optical guiding section; and an optical element section that includes at least one beam shaping optical element with a powered surface which converts an intensity distribution of the laser beam emitted from the light source section at the incidence surface of the optical guiding section to a uniform intensity distribution. | 09-24-2009 |
20100182222 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIGHTING APPARATUS EACH INCLUDING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitter includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a light-emitting layer located between the first and second electrode layers. A gradient index lens is located proximate to the second electrode layer opposite the light-emitting layer and comprises a plurality of concentric parts. The concentric parts are grouped into a central zone and annular zones. Each annular zone includes at least two of the concentric parts. One of the concentric parts included in each annular zone has a refractive index different from a refractive index of another of the concentric parts. A wavelength of light emitted from the light-emitting layer is greater than a radius of the central zone and a width of each annular zone. An effective refractive index of each annular zone decreases in an outward direction from a center of the gradient index lens. | 07-22-2010 |
20120147292 | BACKLIGHT UNIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE USED THEREFOR - There are provided light-emitting layer provided on transparent substrate and emitting light of a specific wavelength, mirror layer formed on a light exit side of light-emitting layer and including a function of reflecting light emitted from light-emitting layer, reflecting layer provided on a side of substrate in a manner to interpose light-emitting layer between mirror layer and reflecting layer; and a diffusion layer that diffuses light emitted from light-emitting layer is disposed between mirror layer and reflecting layer. | 06-14-2012 |
20120147295 | BACKLIGHT UNIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE USED THEREFOR - There are provided light-emitting layer provided on transparent substrate and emitting light of a specific wavelength, first reflecting layer formed on a light exit side relative to light-emitting layer and including a function of reflecting light emitted from light-emitting layer, second reflecting layer provided on a side of substrate in a manner to interpose light-emitting layer between first reflecting layer and second reflecting layer; light diffusion layer that diffuses light emitted from light-emitting layer is disposed between first reflecting layer and second reflecting layer; | 06-14-2012 |
20120299985 | Luminous Intensity Distribution System and Stereoscopic Image Display Device - A luminous intensity distribution system includes a first optical element extending in a first direction, and distributes, given that a first direction is taken to be leftward-rightward when viewed frontward-rearward, light having entered a light-incident surface from a right-rear direction and emits the light through a light-emitting surface toward a right-forward direction when viewed from the frontward end, and distributes light having entered the light-incident surface from a left-rear direction and emits the light through the light-emitting surface toward a left-forward direction when viewed from the frontward end; and a second optical element extending in the first direction and that diffuses light having entered the light-incident surface and emits the light through the light-emitting side, with the first optical element and the second optical element being arranged in parallel with each other vertically when viewed frontward-rearward. | 11-29-2012 |
20130135452 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal prism element includes a pair of opposing substrates, a plurality of triangular prisms which have a ridge line extending in a Y axis direction and are arranged between the opposing substrates so as to be aligned along an X axis direction, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the opposing substrates. Each triangular prism has an inclined surface located on a center side of the opposing substrate in the X axis direction, an inclined surface located on a lateral side of the opposing substrate in the X axis direction, and a bottom surface. Both of the two inclined surfaces of a triangular prism provided at least in a portion of a region on the opposing substrate are formed so as to not be perpendicular to the opposing substrate. | 05-30-2013 |
20130155208 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus includes: an image display panel; a backlight device; first and second liquid crystal prism elements each configured to change a deflection direction of emitted light according to a voltage applied thereto; a position detection section configured to detect a position of a user; and a control section configured to control the voltages applied to the liquid crystal prism elements, on the basis of information of the position of the user detected by the position detection section. Each liquid crystal prism element includes a pair of opposing substrates, a plurality of triangular prisms which have ridge lines extending in a first direction parallel to one side of the image display panel and are arranged between the pair of opposing substrates so as to be aligned along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a liquid crystal sealed between the opposing substrates. | 06-20-2013 |
20130169704 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: an image display panel; a backlight device; a first optical element located between the image display panel and the backlight device and configured to deflect a light incident thereon; a second optical element located between the first optical element and the image display panel and configured to change a deflection angle of emitted light according to a voltage applied thereto; a plurality of first lenses located between the first optical element and the backlight device; a plurality of second lenses located between the second optical element and the image display panel; a position detection section configured to detect a viewing position of a viewer; and a control section configured to control the voltage applied to the second optical element, according to the detected viewing position. The first lenses and the second lenses constitute an afocal optical system. | 07-04-2013 |
20150022746 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A backlight device and an image display apparatus which are capable of controlling the degree of diffusion of emitted light are provided. The backlight device according to the present disclosure includes: a light source; a light guide plate that causes surface emission of light emitted from the light source; a directivity control film that is provided on a light-emitting side of the light guide plate, and causes the light emitted from the light guide plate to have directivity; and a liquid crystal diffusion element that is switchable between a first state in which the light emitted from the directivity control film is transmitted as it is, and a second state in which the light emitted from the directivity control film is diffused. | 01-22-2015 |
20150036209 | LIGHT DEFLECTION ELEMENT AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light deflection element is capable of deflecting incident light so as to follow a position of an observer and suppressing reduction in intensity of light that reaches eyes of the observer regardless of their position. The light deflection element includes: a first optical element configured to deflect incident light; a second optical element configured to change a deflection direction of emitted light by changing a refractive index thereof according to a voltage applied thereto; a third optical element; and a control section configured to control the voltage applied to the second optical element. At least one of interfaces between the first and second optical elements and the second and third optical elements is an aspheric surface. The aspheric surface has an optical power that compensates enlargement of the emitted light which is caused by refractive index distribution caused when a voltage is applied to the second optical element. | 02-05-2015 |
20150077850 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus is provided, which uses a light deflection element capable of deflecting incident light so as to follow the position of an observer, and suppressing reduction in the intensity of light reaching eyes of the observer, regardless of the position of the observer. The light deflection element according to the present disclosure is configured to deflect incident light, and includes: a first optical element that deflects incident light; a second optical element that changes a deflection direction of emitted light by changing a refractive index thereof according to a voltage applied thereto; a first electrode provided on the first optical element side; a plurality of second electrodes provided on the second optical element side; and a control section that controls the voltage applied to the second optical element. | 03-19-2015 |
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20110187973 | HEAT SHIELD AND LAMINATED GLASS - A heat shield comprising a first light-reflective layer, having a reflectance peak both in a wavelength range of from 400 nm to less than 850 nm and in a wavelength range of from more than 850 nm to 1300 nm and satisfying C>A>B, is disclosed. “A” means the maximum reflectance in the wavelength range of from 400 nm to less than 850 nm; “B” means the reflectance at a wavelength of 850 nm; “C” means the maximum reflectance in the wavelength range of from more than 850 nm to 1300 nm; and “B” is equal to or less than 50%. | 08-04-2011 |
20110229725 | PROCESS OF PREPARING LAMINATION FILM, LAMINATION FILM AND HEAT SHIELD - A process of preparing a lamination film comprising two or more layers of a fixed cholesteric liquid-crystal phase is disclosed. The process comprises (a) applying a coating liquid of a curable liquid crystal composition comprising a rod-like liquid crystal compound, an alignment-control agent capable of controlling an alignment of the rod-like liquid crystal compound and a solvent to a surface; (b) drying the applied curable liquid crystal composition to form a cholesteric liquid-crystal phase; (c) carrying out a curing reaction of the composition and fixing the cholesteric liquid-crystal phase, thereby to form a lower layer; and (d) repeating the steps (a) to (c) on the lower layer, thereby to form an upper layer; wherein at least a part of the alignment-control agent in the lower layer diffuses into the upper layer. | 09-22-2011 |
20110233464 | POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND, POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, POLYMER AND FILM - A polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by formula (I) is disclosed. R | 09-29-2011 |
20110233465 | COMPOUND, POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, POLYMER AND FILM - A compound represented by formula (I) is disclosed. P | 09-29-2011 |
20110237768 | POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND, POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, POLYMER AND FILM - A polymerizable liquid crystal compound represented by formula (I) is disclosed. R | 09-29-2011 |
20120038858 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL CELL - To provide a liquid crystal display device in which the transmitted light is inhibited not only in the front direction but also in oblique directions in the black state. | 02-16-2012 |
20130320260 | POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUND, POLYMERIZABLE LIQUID CRYSTALLINE COMPOSITION, MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUND AND FILM - A compound which has a benzoxazinone ring and an aromatic ring that directly bonds to the benzoxazinone ring, and has a mesogenic core substituted by a substituent having a polymerizable functional group is excellent in terms of durability, colorless, and exhibits a high Δn while having an azomethine bond. | 12-05-2013 |
20140041295 | CIRCULAR POLARIZATION ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATION METHOD - The present invention provides a circular polarization illumination device which can irradiate right-circularly polarized light at a large light amount from a light source of right-circularly polarized light with a high efficiency and can irradiate left-circularly polarized light at a large light amount from a light source of left-circularly polarized light with a high efficiency, and a plant growth regulation method that can efficiently regulate the promotion or inhibition of the growth of plants by using the circular polarization illumination device. Moreover, the illumination device includes a light-emitting light source, a reflective polarizing plate, reirradiation unit, and circular polarization conversion unit. | 02-13-2014 |
20140041296 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATION METHOD - The present invention provides an illuminating device that makes it possible to reduce the number of members for regulating a polarization state and can irradiate light having natural color shades without decreasing energy efficiency of light irradiation, and a plant growth regulation method using the illuminating device. The illuminating device of the present invention includes a light-emitting light source and a polarization state regulation member that regulates a polarization state of the light-emitting light source, in which the polarization state of a wavelength region of a portion of emission wavelengths is changed to circular polarization, and a degree of circular polarization of light in a wavelength band for regulation among the light rays to be irradiated is 0.3 or higher. In a preferable embodiment, a width of at least one wavelength band for regulation of the polarization state regulation member is from 60 nm to 250 nm. | 02-13-2014 |
20150075069 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE IRRADIATION WITH CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT - According to the present invention, provided is a system for irradiating a target object selectively with specific circularly polarized light, comprising a polarization-state control member that controls the polarization state of light to thereby generate circularly polarized light; and a circularly polarized light-reflecting member, wherein the circularly polarized light-reflecting member is disposed at a position on which the circularly polarized light emitted from the polarization-state control member can be incident; the circularly polarized light-reflecting member generates reflected light that selectively comprises circularly polarized light of the same sense as the incident circularly polarized light from the polarization-state control member; and the circularly polarized light-reflecting member is disposed such that the target object can be irradiated with at least a part of the reflected light. | 03-19-2015 |
20150101246 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS USED FOR PLANT CULTIVATION - The present invention provides an illumination apparatus for plant cultivation, including a unit configured to change light in any wavelength region of 300 nm or higher and 600 nm or lower (wavelengths of 452 nm to 474 nm, for example) to light in the wavelength region having dominantly a right-circularly polarized light component. The illumination apparatus of the present invention enables irradiation with light that is capable of giving a specific effect in plant cultivation. | 04-16-2015 |
20150152332 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, POLYMER, FILM, AND CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL - A liquid crystal composition containing an optically active compound represented by the following formula (1) and a liquid crystal compound shows a cholesteric liquid crystal phase having an excellent alignment state: | 06-04-2015 |
20160054496 | CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT SEPARATION FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT SEPARATION FILM, INFRARED SENSOR, AND SENSING SYSTEM AND SENSING METHOD UTILIZING LIGHT - The invention provides: a circularly polarized light separation film which selectively allows the transmission of any one of right circularly polarized light and left circularly polarized light in at least a part of a near infrared light wavelength range and includes a visible light shielding layer which reflects or absorbs light in at least a part of a visible light wavelength range and a circularly polarized light separation layer which selectively allows the transmission of any one of right circularly polarized light and left circularly polarized light in at least a part of a near infrared light wavelength range; a manufacturing method of the circularly polarized light separation film; an infrared sensor including the circularly polarized light separation film; and a sensing system and a sensing method utilizing the circularly polarized light separation film or a combination of the circularly polarized light separation film and a film including the visible light shielding layer. The sensing system and the sensing method provides high sensitivity regardless of the surrounding environment and causing fewer sensing errors. | 02-25-2016 |
20160103015 | CIRCULAR POLARIZATION FILTER AND APPLICATION THEREFOR - Provided are a circular polarization filter including a circularly-polarized light separating layer (preferably, a layer having a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase fixed therein or a laminate including a reflective linear polarizer and a λ/4 phase difference layer), in which the circularly-polarized light separating layer selectively transmits either right-handed circularly polarized light or left-handed circularly polarized light in a specific wavelength region, a transparent medium which is transparent with respect to light in the specific wavelength region is provided at least on one surface side of the circularly-polarized light separating layer, and the transparent medium has an inclined surface which forms an angle of 1° to 30° relative to the surface on the transparent medium side of the circularly-polarized light separating layer, and sensor system using the circular polarization filter. The circular polarization filter of the invention is capable of providing circularly polarized light with a high circular polarizance, or improving sensitivity in the sensor system using circularly polarized light. | 04-14-2016 |
20160109630 | POLARIZATION FILTER AND SENSOR SYSTEM - According to the present invention, there are provided a polarization filter and a sensor system. The polarization filter includes a circularly polarized light-separating layer having a cholesteric liquid crystalline phase fixed therein, in which the circularly polarized light-separating layer is a layer which selectively transmits one of the left-hand circularly polarized light and the right-hand circularly polarized light in the specific wavelength band, a λ/4 phase difference layer for light in the specific wavelength band is disposed on one of the surfaces of the circularly polarized light-separating layer, and the λ/4 phase difference layer includes a first phase difference region and a second phase difference region of which slow axis directions are orthogonal to each other. The sensor system includes the polarization filter, a light source which emits light having a wavelength in the specific wavelength band, and a light-receiving element which can detect light having a wavelength in the specific wavelength band. The polarization filter of the present invention can improve the sensitivity of a sensor system using polarized light, and the sensor system of the present invention has high sensitivity and is extremely cost effective. | 04-21-2016 |
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20090322993 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - An optical compensation film comprising a light absorbing layer capable of absorbing at least light of wavelength λ nm in the visible light region is disclosed. The light absorbing layer has absorption anisotropy, light absorption coefficient kz(λ) in the direction normal to the surface of layer (in the direction of z-axis), with respect to light of wavelength λ nm in the visible light region, being larger than in-plane (x-y plane) light absorption coefficients kx(λ) and ky(λ); and the light absorbing layer has the larger degree of absorption anisotropy at the light of longer wavelength. A liquid crystal display device employing the film is also disclosed. | 12-31-2009 |
20100014029 | POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - The invention relates to a polarizing plate comprising at least a polarizing layer having a K value as defined by the following expression of from 0.25 to 0.75; | 01-21-2010 |
20100053509 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to an optical compensation film comprising a light absorbing layer and a retardation layer, wherein the light absorbing layer shows absorption anisotropy in the plane (x-y plane) thereof with respect to light of wavelength λ nm in the visible light region and a degree of polarization P of 0.986 or smaller, and the in-plane absorption axis of the light absorbing layer and the in-plane slow axis of the retardation layer are orthogonal to each other. | 03-04-2010 |
20100078593 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION AND RETARDATION FILM - The invention relates to a liquid crystal composition comprising two or more species of liquid crystal compounds respectively having a polymerizable group, at least one species of which being a compound represented by formula (I) below, having a content of the compound of from 20% to 80% relative to the total mass of said two or more species of liquid crystal compounds. In formula (I), P | 04-01-2010 |
20150369979 | OPTICAL MEMBER AND DISPLAY INCLUDING THE OPTICAL MEMBER - The present invention provides an optical member including a reflection layer and an information presentation layer, the reflection layer comprising one or more circularly-polarized light reflection layers selected from the group consisting of a right circularly-polarized light reflection layer and a left circularly-polarized light reflection layer, the circularly-polarized light reflection layer consisting of a layer obtained by fixing a cholesteric liquid-crystalline phase, the reflection layer having a reflection wavelength at which a specular reflectance for non-polarized light is more than 20% in a wavelength region in which the circularly-polarized light reflection layer exhibits selective reflection, a diffuse reflectance for non-polarized light at the reflection wavelength less than 50%, the reflection wavelength being in an infrared wavelength region, and the information presentation layer having a pattern of a material that absorbs or reflects light of the reflection wavelength. The optical member can be used as a handwriting input sheet, which can be used by being stuck to the surface of a display. | 12-24-2015 |
20150369983 | REFLECTION FILM, OPTICAL MEMBER, AND DISPLAY - The present invention provides a reflection film, comprising a right circularly-polarized light reflection layer and a left circularly-polarized light reflection layer as circularly-polarized light reflection layers, each of the circularly-polarized light reflection layers consisting of a layer obtained by fixing a cholesteric liquid-crystalline phase, having a reflection wavelength at which a diffuse reflectance for non-polarized light becomes 50% or more in a wavelength region in which each of the circularly-polarized light reflection layers exhibits selective reflection, the reflection wavelength being in an infrared wavelength region, and the reflection film exhibiting a direct transmittance of non-polarized visible light of 50% or more and a haze value of 5% or less; and an optical member including the reflection film, which can be used as a handwriting input sheet. The optical member can be used by being stuck to the surface of a display. | 12-24-2015 |
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20120324320 | CODING APPARATUS, CODING METHOD, DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD - A 4B5B encoder converts an inputted 4-bit data into a pattern of a 5-bit data in which (i) the number of bits of consecutive “0” data values is permitted to be maximum two, and, simultaneously, (ii) maximum one bit of head end two bits is permitted to have a “0” data value and maximum one bit of tail end two bits is permitted to have a “0” data value. A 5N-bit command encoder converts a command into a command pattern in which the number of bits contained in consecutive “0” data values is permitted to be maximum two. The data after the conversion and the command after the conversion are converted into NRZI codes by an NRZI encoder. | 12-20-2012 |
20120327942 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM - A communication network system including a plurality of nodes disposed on a communication bus, and where each of the nodes is capable of transitioning between a normal operation mode and a low electricity consumption mode. The communication network system controls only a required node, in order to communicate with such required node, by transitioning the required node from the low power mode to the normal operation mode. To control the mode of the required nodes, a controlling node keeps a signal change state of the communication bus for a period that is longer than a normal communication frame length. The required node determines whether the period of the signal change state is longer than a threshold of the required node itself, to output a wakeup signal to a control circuit. | 12-27-2012 |
20150295678 | CODING APPARATUS, CODING METHOD, DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD - A 4B5B encoder converts an inputted 4-bit data into a pattern of a 5-bit data in which (i) the number of bits of consecutive “0” data values is permitted to be maximum two, and, simultaneously, (ii) maximum one bit of head end two bits is permitted to have a “0” data value and maximum one bit of tail end two bits is permitted to have a “0” data value. A 5N-bit command encoder converts a command into a command pattern in which the number of bits contained in consecutive “0” data values is permitted to be maximum two. The data after the conversion and the command after the conversion are converted into NRZI codes by an NRZI encoder. | 10-15-2015 |
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20090038859 | Measuring Method And Measuring Device Using Quartz Oscillator - An object of the present invention is that any of mass load, viscous load and viscoelasticity load is measured separately from other load whereby properties of the substance to be measured are able to be measured correctly. | 02-12-2009 |
20100054076 | METHOD FOR AGITATING LIQUEFIED MATERIAL USING QUARTZ CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR - It is an object of the invention to provide an agitation method for sufficiently agitating a mixture of a solution such as a buffer solution and a material to be detected, with no need of any dedicated unit for agitation, for measurements using a quartz crystal oscillator. The method for agitating a liquefied material using a quartz crystal oscillator in vibrating the quartz crystal oscillator at a given frequency and measuring the variation of the frequency due to a substance in contact with the quartz crystal oscillator, is that the quartz crystal oscillator is vibrated at other frequency different from the given frequency and equal to or higher than the fundamental vibration frequency to agitate a liquid containing the substance. | 03-04-2010 |
20110061462 | CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD USING SAME - [Problem] A crystal oscillator, and a measurement method using same are provided with which the density of a solution can be measured alone, or both the density and the viscosity of a solution can be measured at the same time using a single detector provided for the crystal oscillator. | 03-17-2011 |
20130046487 | VISCOELASTICITY MEASURING METHOD AND VISCOELASTICITY MEASURING APPARATUS - [Problem] A viscoelasticity measuring method and a viscoelasticity measuring apparatus are provided which can measure viscoelasticity of a sample substance even when the quantity of the sample substance is minute. | 02-21-2013 |
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20090194177 | AIR COMPRESSOR - According to the invention, an air compressor includes: one pair of air tanks arranged parallel to each other by being separated from each other in a constant interval, for storing thereinto compressed air; a compressing unit that compresses air sucked from an external space so as to supply the compressed air to the air tanks; and a motor coupled to the compressing unit so as to drive the compressing unit, while the motor and the compressing unit are arranged above the one pair of air tanks; wherein: a cooling fan that generates cooling wind is provided on one end of a rotation shaft of the motor; and a control circuit unit that drives the motor is arranged above the one pair of air tanks and at a position which is overlapped with an axial direction projection area of the cooling fan. | 08-06-2009 |
20130160740 | ENGINE AND ENGINE OPERATING MACHINE INCLUDING THE SAME - An engine including: a cylinder block formed with a cylinder bore; a carburetor including, a fuel storage portion that stores fuel supplied from a fuel tank and supplies the fuel to a suction path, and a fuel discharge path that discharges fuel overflowed from the fuel storage portion; a starting fuel supply device including, a starting fuel storage chamber that is provided on a fuel route defined by the fuel tank and the carburetor and stores a predetermined amount of fuel, a fuel delivery portion that delivers the fuel to a starting fuel supply path connected to the suction path or the cylinder bore, and a fuel return path that discharges the fuel overflowed from the starting fuel storage chamber; and a notifying portion that visually notifies that the starting fuel storage chamber is filled with fuel. | 06-27-2013 |
20130180476 | ENGINE AND ENGINE WORKING MACHINE - A portable engine configured to operate a working machine includes: an engine body mainly configured by a crankcase and a cylinder; a carburetor connected to an inlet port of the cylinder; an air cleaner connected to the carburetor to filter suction air; a cleaner box configured to accommodate the air cleaner; and a fuel tank configured to store fuel which is supplied to the cylinder, wherein at least a part of the fuel tank is located between the cleaner box and the engine body. | 07-18-2013 |
20140216370 | ENGINE AND ENGINE-OPERATED WORKING MACHINE - In an engine including a cooling fan provided at one end of a drive shaft to cool the engine, a muffler is attached such that a longitudinal direction thereof coincide with a direction of gravity, and a muffler accommodating chamber is formed by a muffler cover. A portion of cooling air generated by the cooling fan is introduced into the muffler accommodating chamber so as to cool the muffler. At the muffler accommodating chamber, a cooling air outlet is provided at an upper end of a cooling passage, such that the waste heat of the muffler is discharged from the cooling air outlet to the outside during the stop of the engine. A cooling air inlet is disposed below the cooling air outlet such that the cooling air flows from the lower side to the upper side of the muffler. | 08-07-2014 |
20150078935 | AIR COMPRESSOR - In an air compressor, inner blades of a cooling fan are formed into a centrifugal type, and outer blades are formed into an axial flow type. Exterior air is sucked through a ventilating window by the outer blades, and an air stream (CA1) is generated. A part of the generated air stream flows towards a stator coil, like an air stream (CA2). By a negative pressure generated by the inner blades, the air in the vicinity of the stator coil is sucked to the inner blades, like an air stream (CA3). The sucked air flows out from a motor-side opening towards a non-motor-side opening by a negative pressure generated by the outer blades, is sucked to the outer blades like an air stream (CA4) and flows out together with the air stream (CA1). | 03-19-2015 |
20150078938 | AIR COMPRESSOR - An air compressor includes a cooling fan having a back plate serving as a plate shape part formed on a flat plate, a normal line thereof being set to a direction along a rotational shaft of a motor, blades extending parallel with the rotational shaft from an inner side of the back plate towards an outer periphery thereof and being centrifugally formed on the back plate, and a ring part having a cylindrical shape substantially parallel with the rotational shaft and extending from the back plate towards a heat generation surface. When the motor is operated, exterior air sucked by the cooling fan is guided to a central part thereof, flows towards an outer periphery thereof along the back plate, deflected by the ring part, flows towards and collides with the heat generation surface and further flows radially. | 03-19-2015 |
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20100142985 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH TRANSFER NIP ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION - A secondary transfer facing roller includes a roller part that has a through-hole penetrating in a rotary shaft line direction at a rotation center position, and a penetrating shaft member penetrating the through-hole of the roller part and spinning the roller part on a surface of the penetrating shaft member. Eccentric cams are fixed to both end regions that are not located in the roller part, so as to rotate integrally with the penetrating shaft member. A position regulating cam and an abutting roller form a gap between the intermediate transfer belt and the secondary transfer roller immediately before a transfer sheet enters a transfer nip part. While the gap is formed, current flows between the intermediate transfer belt and the secondary transfer roller via the position regulating cam and the abutting roller. | 06-10-2010 |
20100221029 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide an image forming apparatus capable of increasing the life of a rotating cam while preventing the occurrence of a shock jitter and transfer failure. The image forming apparatus is configured to execute a forced movement process for rotating the rotating cam to forcibly move a secondary transfer roller against a biasing force of a bias coil spring at a pre-entry timing prior to the entry of the front edge of a recording sheet into a secondary transfer position, and a pressure intensifying process for rotating the rotating cam to increase transfer pressure at a timing immediately after the entry of the front edge of the recording sheet into the secondary transfer position. As the forced movement process, the image forming apparatus executes, alternately, a first forced movement process for normally driving and rotating the rotating cam, and a second forced movement process for inversely driving and rotating the rotating cam, at a predetermined timing. | 09-02-2010 |
20100272478 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of N image carriers including first through Nth image carriers, a transfer unit including an endless transfer belt, a plurality of M belt supporting members including a plurality of first through Nth nip opposing members contacting the inner surface of the endless transfer belt at positions corresponding to where the plurality of N image carriers contacts the outer surface of the endless transfer belt to form N transfer nips thereat, the first opposing member defining a first supported area of the endless transfer belt, a contact and separation mechanism including a retaining unit to move the first supported area of the endless transfer belt into and out of contact with the first image carrier, and a mark detector to detect a plurality of adjacent marks formed at a predetermined pitch in a circumferential direction of the endless transfer belt. | 10-28-2010 |
20110064487 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A transfer device includes a plurality of rollers, a rotatable intermediate transfer belt wound around and stretched between the rollers, a transfer member disposed in the inner loop of the belt and facing an image bearing member of an image forming apparatus disposed at an outer circumference of the belt, to transfer an image formed onto the surface of the image bearing member when contacting the intermediate transfer belt, and a position adjuster to adjust the position of the intermediate transfer belt at different positions relative to the image bearing member. The positions include a contact state in which the intermediate transfer belt applied with a predetermined tension contacts the image bearing member, a first separation state in which the tensioned intermediate transfer belt separates from the image bearing member, and a second separation state in which the intermediate transfer belt separates further away from the image bearing member. | 03-17-2011 |
20130189002 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A transfer device includes a plurality of rollers, a rotatable intermediate transfer belt wound around and stretched between the rollers, a transfer member disposed in the inner loop of the belt and facing an image bearing member of an image forming apparatus disposed at an outer circumference of the belt, to transfer an image formed onto the surface of the image bearing member when contacting the intermediate transfer belt, and a position adjuster to adjust the position of the intermediate transfer belt at different positions relative to the image bearing member. The positions include a contact state in which the intermediate transfer belt applied with a predetermined tension contacts the image bearing member, a first separation state in which the tensioned intermediate transfer belt separates from the image bearing member, and a second separation state in which the intermediate transfer belt separates further away from the image bearing member. | 07-25-2013 |
20130223901 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH TRANSFER NIP ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION - A secondary transfer facing roller includes a roller part that has a through-hole penetrating in a rotary shaft line direction at a rotation center position, and a penetrating shaft member penetrating the through-hole of the roller part and spinning the roller part on a surface of the penetrating shaft member. Eccentric cams are fixed to both end regions that are not located in the roller part, so as to rotate integrally with the penetrating shaft member. A position regulating cam and an abutting roller form a gap between the intermediate transfer belt and the secondary transfer roller immediately before a transfer sheet enters a transfer nip part. While the gap is formed, current flows between the intermediate transfer belt and the secondary transfer roller via the position regulating cam and the abutting roller. | 08-29-2013 |
20140016970 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of N image carriers including first through Nth image carriers, a transfer unit including an endless transfer belt, a plurality of M belt supporting members including a plurality of first through Nth nip opposing members contacting the inner surface of the endless transfer belt at positions corresponding to where the plurality of N image carriers contacts the outer surface of the endless transfer belt to form N transfer nips thereat, the first opposing member defining a first supported area of the endless transfer belt, a contact and separation mechanism including a retaining unit to move the first supported area of the endless transfer belt into and out of contact with the first image carrier, and a mark detector to detect a plurality of adjacent marks formed at a predetermined pitch in a circumferential direction of the endless transfer belt. | 01-16-2014 |
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20110158690 | TRANSFER ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A transfer assembly includes a counter member having a contact face, an engagement/disengagement unit to engage and disengage the image carrying face of image carrying member and the contact face of counter member using a cam, a pressure device to apply force to a transfer nip between the image carrying face and contact face, and a recording medium feed device to feed the recording medium to the transfer nip. When the cam is at a first rotation position, the image carrying face and contact face are separated, and when the cam is at a second rotation position, the image carrying face and contact face contact. Before the recording medium enters the transfer nip, the cam rotates from the first rotation position toward the second rotation position. After the recording medium enters the transfer nip, the cam is at the second rotation position to press the image carrying face with the contact face. | 06-30-2011 |
20110286759 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a contact member supplied with voltage by a voltage application device, to contact an object; a rotary member rotatable about a rotation fulcrum shaft fixed to an image forming apparatus, to support the contact member; an biasing member to urge the rotary member to press the contact member against the object; a rotary conductive member fixed to the rotary member and connected electrically to the contact member; a main body side conductive member fixed to the rotation fulcrum shaft at the main body side and connected electrically to the voltage application device; and a conductive connector provided along the rotation fulcrum shaft to contact the rotary conductive member in an axial direction to connect electrically the main body side conductive member and the rotary conductive member. A contact of the conductive connector and a contact of the rotary conductive member are unfixed. | 11-24-2011 |
20120121293 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A transfer device includes a moving device to move a contact surface of an opposing member toward and away from an image bearing surface of an image bearing member. The moving device includes a cam and a cam driving device to rotate the cam. When the cam is at a first position, the image bearing surface and the contact surface are separated. When the cam is at a second position, the image bearing surface and the contact surface contact each other. After a recording medium enters a transfer nip between the image bearing surface and the contact surface, the cam is at the second position, and when the recording medium exits the transfer nip a timing at which the cam starts to rotate from the second position to the first position changes depending on a thickness of the recording medium, to reduce pressure in the transfer nip. | 05-17-2012 |
20120224879 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image bearing members to bear a toner image on a surface thereof, a transfer device including a plurality of transfer members and an endless belt formed into a loop and entrained around the transfer members, to transfer the toner images from the image bearing members onto the surface of the belt so that the toner images are superimposed one atop the other on the belt to form a composite toner image, a plurality of cleaning devices including a cleaning blade to remove residual toner remaining on the image bearing members after transfer of the toner images onto the belt, and a plurality of heaters disposed inside the loop formed by the belt. Each of the heaters is disposed between adjacent image bearing members. The belt is interposed between the plurality of heaters and the plurality of image bearing members. | 09-06-2012 |
20120237260 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND BELT TENSIONING UNIT - An image forming apparatus includes: a belt unit that includes a belt-shaped image carrier stretched around and driven to rotate by a plurality of rollers; a belt tensioning unit that includes a tensioning member that is brought into contact with an image carrying surface of the belt-shaped image carrier and applies tension to the belt-shaped image carrier; and a cleaning unit that includes a cleaning member that is brought into contact with the image carrying surface of the belt-shaped image carrier and cleans the image carrying surface. The cleaning unit is supported by the belt tensioning unit in an attachable and detachable manner. | 09-20-2012 |
20130114982 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes multiple image bearing members, toner image forming devices, and a transfer unit. The transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer belt entrained about a plurality of rollers and onto which toner images are transferred from the image bearing members, a reference member to position the transfer unit in place, a frame to hold the plurality of rollers a certain distance from the reference member, and a moving device including a holding member to hold movably one of the rollers relative to the frame to change the position of the roller between a multiple color mode for forming a multiple color image and a single color mode for forming a single color image so that the intermediate transfer belt contacts and separates from the image bearing member. As the holding member contacts the reference member, the intermediate transfer belt contacts the image bearing members. | 05-09-2013 |
20130243482 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer unit that is detachably attachable to a housing of the image forming apparatus and includes: a transfer member configured to contact the image carrier; a movable frame that supports the transfer member and configured to rotate around a fulcrum shaft; a driving input member coaxially arranged with the fulcrum shaft and configured to connect to a first driving transmitting member, and a second driving transmitting member supported by the movable frame and configured to transmit a driving force inputted by the driving input member to the transfer member. The image forming apparatus further includes a contact/separation unit configured to press the transfer member against the image carrier and to separate the transfer member from the image carrier by moving the movable frame around the fulcrum shaft while the transfer unit is attached to the image forming apparatus. | 09-19-2013 |
20130322935 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a contact member supplied with voltage by a voltage application device, to contact an object; a rotary member rotatable about a rotation fulcrum shaft fixed to an image forming apparatus, to support the contact member; an biasing member to urge the rotary member to press the contact member against the object; a rotary conductive member fixed to the rotary member and connected electrically to the contact member; a main body side conductive member fixed to the rotation fulcrum shaft at the main body side and connected electrically to the voltage application device; and a conductive connector provided along the rotation fulcrum shaft to contact the rotary conductive member in an axial direction to connect electrically the main body side conductive member and the rotary conductive member. A contact of the conductive connector and a contact of the rotary conductive member are unfixed. | 12-05-2013 |
20140072340 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit; an intermediate transfer member; a secondary transfer member to form a secondary transfer nip with the intermediate transfer member and the secondary transfer member; a biasing mechanism to bias the secondary transfer member toward the intermediate transfer member; a cam member rotatable between a first position, at which a predetermined space is formed in the secondary transfer nip, and a second position, at which the secondary transfer member and the intermediate transfer member contact each other; and a contact-separation controller configured to put the cam member in the first position before entry of the recording medium into the secondary transfer nip, rotate the cam member toward the second position when the recording medium enters the secondary transfer nip, and change a start timing of rotation of the cam member in accordance with a thickness of the recording medium. | 03-13-2014 |
20140314435 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A transfer device includes a transfer member and a bias applicator. The transfer member contacts a surface, on which a toner image is borne, of an image bearing body, to form a transfer nip. The bias applicator applies a DC voltage and an AC voltage as transfer bias to transfer the toner image on the image bearing body to a recording sheet in the transfer nip. The bias applicator applies a DC voltage having a same polarity as the DC voltage of the transfer bias and an AC voltage having an amplitude smaller than the AC voltage of the transfer bias or applies the DC voltage having the same polarity as the DC voltage of the transfer bias without applying an AC voltage, when an inter-sheet area that exists on the image bearing body passes through the transfer nip during a continuous image formation period. | 10-23-2014 |
20140328603 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a transfer member, a power supply, and a control device that controls the power supply to output a DC-AC superimposed bias or a DC bias to transfer a toner image on the image carrier onto a recording medium. The control device controls the power supply to alternately output a first bias being a DC component the same in polarity as the DC bias and a second bias being a DC component opposite in polarity to the DC bias to clean the transfer member when image formation is not taking place. The first bias is output with two target output values including a first value and a second value lower than the first value. The second bias is output with one target output value. An output time of the second bias is longer than an output time of the first bias. | 11-06-2014 |
20140328604 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that carries a toner image; a transfer member that forms a transfer nip between the transfer member and the image carrier; and a power supply capable of outputting a superimposed transfer bias in which an alternating current component is superimposed onto a direct current component. The toner image on the image carrier is transferred onto a recording medium in the transfer nip by the superimposed transfer bias or a direct current bias consisting of the direct current component output by the power supply. The apparatus also includes a controller that controls the power supply so that an output target value of the direct current component when the direct current component rises up is larger than an output target value of the direct current component when the toner image is transferred onto the recording medium. | 11-06-2014 |
20140334847 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A transfer device includes an image carrier, a transfer roller, and a moving unit. The moving unit moves the transfer roller between a nip formation state in which the transfer roller forms a transfer nipping portion in contact with the image carrier and a separated state in which the transfer roller is separated from the image carrier. In a contact operation of bringing the transfer roller into contact with the image carrier via the recording medium, the moving unit moves the transfer roller toward the image carrier at a moving velocity slower than that in a pressing operation of generating a predetermined nipping pressure by further moving the transfer roller toward the image carrier after the contact operation. The moving unit causes the recording medium to enter the transfer nipping portion in the contact operation. | 11-13-2014 |
20160139543 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, an image forming device, a transfer member, and a contact-and-separation device. The contact-and-separation device starts a contact operation to move the transfer member to contact the image bearer according to an entry of a recording medium into a transfer nip. The thinner the recording medium, the faster a contacting speed at which the transfer member moves to contact the image bearer. The thicker the recording medium, the slower the contacting speed. | 05-19-2016 |
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20090034011 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color printed image with compressed colors produced by printing an electronic color image is reconstructed into an electronic color image similar to an original color image by using digital watermark image data with a reduced data size. The digital watermark image data is produced using color difference data of the color image data including luminance data and the color difference data. The digital watermark image data either does not include luminance data or includes luminance data with a data size reduced at a very large ratio. | 02-05-2009 |
20090284805 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - This invention has as its object to generate image data having a desired resolution by a small footprint upon execution of resolution conversion processing in an image processing apparatus having an area image sensor. This invention is an image processing method for processing a plurality of image data which have phase shifts in the main scanning direction and sub scanning direction, including a step of inputting a target resolution, a step of executing super-resolution processing for respective positions using image data, corresponding to each position of the document in the sub scanning direction, of the plurality of image data, and a step of further executing variable-magnification processing of the image data which has undergone the super-resolution processing at that position when the resolution of the image data executed super-resolution processing is lower than the target resolution. | 11-19-2009 |
20110176154 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a recording apparatus in which resolution of a main scan and resolution of a subscan differ, a print character is preferably reproduced. An image processing apparatus for controlling the recording apparatus in which the subscan resolution is lower than the main scan resolution has: a character direction discriminating unit for discriminating a direction of a character included in image data; an image rotating unit for rotating the image data so that a horizontal line in the character decided by the character direction discriminating unit is scanned by the main scan of the recording apparatus; and a control unit for allowing the recording apparatus to record the image data rotated by the image rotating unit. | 07-21-2011 |
20120140250 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus configured to execute variable magnification processing on an image includes a position determination unit configured to serially determine pixel insertion or removal positions in the image in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the variable magnification processing, and an insertion or removal processing unit configured to execute insertion or removal processing on pixels existing at the insertion or removal positions determined by the position determination unit. The position determination unit is configured to determine, within a range defined by a position distant from an immediately previously determined insertion or removal position by a first distance in the variable magnification processing direction and a position distant therefrom by a second distance in the variable magnification processing direction, a next insertion or removal position while referring to the immediately previously determined insertion or removal position. | 06-07-2012 |
20130155427 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a gamma correction table used for image formation on non-reference paper using a correlation between a characteristic of reference paper and a characteristic of the non-reference paper and a gamma correction table obtained through calibration using the reference paper, a first reading unit configured to form a pattern on plain paper and read the formed pattern, a second reading unit configured to form a pattern on an image bearing member and read the formed pattern, a comparison unit configured to compare a value read by the first reading unit with a value ready by the second reading unit, and a correction unit configured to correct the characteristic indicating the correlation used for obtaining the gamma correction table for the non-reference paper by the obtaining unit when a difference of values compared by the comparison unit exceeds a first threshold. | 06-20-2013 |
20140168721 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus comprises a scanning unit that obtains an image by scanning a document, an analyzing unit that analyzes plural portions included in the obtained image, and a displaying unit that displays plural pieces of readability information corresponding respectively to the plural portions, each piece of readability information indicating a readability of one of the plural portions, together with the obtained image on the basis of the analysis by the analyzing unit, wherein the readability is a readability of characters. | 06-19-2014 |