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20090317138 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotary for changing an attitude of a developing device to a first attitude in which developer in a developer accommodating chamber is feedable to a developer feeding member and to a second attitude in which the developer having been located above a nip between the developer feeding member and a developing roller drops from the nip. In the image attitude of the developing device, an electrostatic latent image is developed. In the second attitude of the developing device, detection of a remaining amount of the developer is carried out. | 12-24-2009 |
20100054778 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a rotary-type image forming apparatus, rotation of a rotary is temporarily stopped at a position where a coupling member and a drive transmission member are engageable with each other, and a developing roller is set in a rotating state. Subsequently, the rotary is rotated so as to bring the developing roller into contact with a surface of a photosensitive drum. | 03-04-2010 |
20100054803 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member; a plurality of rotatable developer carrying members contactable to a surface of the image bearing member to supply developers to electrostatic latent images formed on the surface, respectively; a plurality of developing devices in each of which the developer carrying member is provided; a developing device supporting member rotatable codirectionally with a rotational direction of the image bearing member and integrally supporting the plurality of such developing devices, wherein the developer carrying members is capable of contacting to and spacing from the surface of the image bearing member sequentially by rotation of the developing device supporting member; a peripheral speed of the developing device supporting member divided by a peripheral speed of the image bearing member at the time when the developer carrying member departs from the surface of the developer carrying member after contact of the developer carrying member to the surface of the image bearing member and subsequent development of the electrostatic latent image is larger than 0 and smaller than 1. | 03-04-2010 |
20100239289 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus of a rotary type, when a pause is made during continuous image formation, the time taken to restart image formation after the pause is shortened so as to reduce stress on the user. In the image forming apparatus, it is determined beforehand whether the next image formation mode is a color mode or a mono mode, and a developing device to be first used in the next image formation mode is moved to a developing standby position. | 09-23-2010 |
20110217060 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When toner on an intermediate transfer member is picked up by a cleaning unit by transferring the toner to an image bearing member in a recovery operation, pickup conditions are controlled to be changed on the basis of the ambience detected in performing the recovery operation and such that the toner on the intermediate transfer member is picked up by the cleaning unit while being temporarily retained by a secondary transfer roller. | 09-08-2011 |
20110268468 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a transfer belt used to transfer a toner image from the image bearing member to a transfer material; a transfer unit adapted to form a transfer nip in conjunction with the image bearing member through the transfer belt; and a control part adapted to control a rotation direction of the transfer belt, wherein in a cleaning mode, the control part rotates the transfer belt in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the transfer belt during image formation at least by an amount equal to or larger than width of the transfer nip in the rotation direction of the transfer belt. This prevents foreign material from being trapped between the transfer belt such as an intermediate transfer belt or transfer material conveyance belt and a sheet member and thereby reduces density irregularities in a longitudinal direction of the belt. | 11-03-2011 |
20120045225 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a rotary-type image forming apparatus in which detection of electrostatic capacitance is performed when a developing apparatus is in a posture less affected by a toner density within the developing apparatus, a toner in the developing apparatus, which is located at a development position during the detection of the electrostatic capacitance, is avoided from being uselessly consumed. The image forming apparatus has a remaining amount detection mode of detecting a toner remaining amount on condition that a developing roller of one developing apparatus positioned opposite to another developing apparatus, for which the toner remaining amount is to be detected, stands by in a state spaced from a drum. | 02-23-2012 |
20120155903 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is operable in a mode in which a speed of an intermediary transfer belt is changed after all of the toner images are primary-transferred onto the intermediary transfer belt, and the toner image primary-transferred on the intermediary transfer belt is passed through a secondary transfer position and primary transfer position in this order to reach the secondary transfer position, where the toner image is secondary transferred onto the transfer material, and a controller for making, before the image forming apparatus is operated in the mode to change the speed of the intermediary transfer belt, a potential difference between the intermediary transfer belt and the photosensitive member at the primary transfer position smaller than a potential difference between the intermediary transfer belt and the photosensitive member when the toner image is primary transferred from the photosensitive member onto the intermediary transfer belt. | 06-21-2012 |
20120195611 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developing device, a detection mode execution unit, and a notice signal generating unit. The developing device supplies a toner bearing member with toner in a container by rotating a toner supply member in a contact manner with the toner bearing member. The detection mode execution unit executes a detection mode in which a predetermined period for changing a toner amount in the foam layer by rotating the toner supply member is provided, a capacitance C | 08-02-2012 |
20130045030 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes: a developer carrying member, rotatable while carrying a developer, for supplying the developer to an image bearing member; a developer supplying member, which is provided with a foam layer at its surface and is rotatable in contact to the developer carrying member, for supplying the developer to the developer carrying member; a first gear for transmitting a driving force to the developer supplying member; and a pressing member for pressing the first gear so that the first gear is, during initial drive of the developer carrying member, moved from a first position where the driving force is not transmitted to the developer supplying member to a second position where the driving force is transmitted to the developer supplying member. | 02-21-2013 |
20130084098 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND CLEANING DEVICE - A developing device developing a latent image includes a developer bearing member configured to bear a developer, a frame member configured to rotatably support the developer bearing member, and a sealing member, provided on the frame member, including a contact portion configured to contact an end in an axial direction of the developer bearing member and a non-contact portion configured not to contact the developer bearing member, the sealing member including a cut portion provided in the non-contact portion by cutting a surface of the sealing member in a direction intersecting a rotational direction of the developer bearing member, wherein the cut portion does not connect one end and another end of the sealing member in the axial direction. | 04-04-2013 |
20130163999 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a holding unit configured to change a developing device to first and second orientations. Whether a developer in the developing device is unevenly distributed in a longitudinal direction of the developing device is detected based on a capacitance C1 between first and second electrode members in the first orientation and a capacitance C2 between the first and second electrode members in the second orientation. | 06-27-2013 |
20130279927 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus is capable of executing a color mode for forming images of a plurality of colors using the plurality of developer bearing members, and a mono-mode for forming images of mono color using one developer bearing member of the plurality of developer bearing members. The control unit, when the color mode is executed, determines the charging bias and, the first laser power and the second laser power for respective image bearing members, based on information about the plurality of image bearing members. The control unit, when the mono-mode is executed, determines the charging bias and, the first laser power and the second laser power to image bearing member for mono-mode, based on information about image bearing member for mono-mode. | 10-24-2013 |
20130279934 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including: image forming stations each including: a photosensitive drum; a charger configured to charge the drum; a transfer device configured to transfer a developer image on the drum onto an intermediate transfer member; and a cleaner configured to remove developer from the drum; an exposure device configured to expose the drum to form a latent image; the intermediate transfer member; a memory storing information on the drum; and a controller configured to control at least one of the charger, transfer device, and exposure device in the station based on the information in the memory to provide a predetermined potential difference between the drum and the transfer device to form an electric field therebetween in a reverse direction to that in an image formation in order to move the developer from the intermediate transfer member to the drum to collect the developer by the cleaner. | 10-24-2013 |
20130308964 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable photosensitive member; an exposure unit for exposing a surface of the photosensitive member to light; and a detecting portion for detecting a lifetime of the photosensitive member on the basis of first information on a thickness of a charge transporting layer of the photosensitive member and second information on an amount of the light received by the charge transporting layer of the photosensitive member. | 11-21-2013 |
20130308969 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes photosensitive drums, charging devices, an exposure unit configured to expose surfaces of photosensitive drums to generate a non-image portion potential and expose the surfaces to generate an image portion potential, developing members configured to make a developer adhere to an area where the image portion potential is generated to form a developer image on the photosensitive drums, a control unit configured to control an intensity of the charging voltage, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire thicknesses of photosensitive layers of the respective plurality of photosensitive drums, wherein the control unit is configured to set the intensity of a charging voltage applied to the common charging devices according to a maximum thickness among the thicknesses acquired by the acquisition unit, and individually control the output of the first laser power for the photosensitive drum according to surface potentials of the charged photosensitive drums. | 11-21-2013 |
20140003829 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
20140168339 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: an image bearing member; a charging device; an exposure device configured to expose intermittently for each unit area of the image bearing member charged by the charging device to form a latent image; a developing device configured to develop the latent image with developer; a signal output portion configured to output a first electric signal when the exposure device exposes a print area of the image bearing member, and output a second electric signal, which instructs the exposure device to shorten an exposure time per unit area more than an exposure time of the first electric signal, when the exposure device exposes a non-print area of the image bearing member; and a count portion, to which the first and the second electric signals are input from the signal output portion, configured to measure only the first electric signal without measuring the second electric signal. | 06-19-2014 |
20140178087 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an exposure device configured to expose image bearing members charged by charging devices to form latent images on the image bearing members, and a control unit configured to, in ether one or both of an image forming unit A and an image forming unit B, adjust an amount of exposure by which the image bearing member is exposed and a charging voltage based on information about the image bearing members of the image forming units A and B. The control unit is configured to make the charging voltage and the amount of exposure in the image forming unit A different from the charging voltage and the amount of exposure in the image forming unit B. | 06-26-2014 |
20140334853 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device usable with an image forming apparatus includes a developer carrying member for carrying a developer; a developer accommodating portion for accommodating a developer; a guiding member having an inclined surface contacting the developer carrying member, the inclined surface being effective to guide a developer to a contact portion where the inclined surface contacts the developer carrying member to cause the developer to be carried on the developer carrying member; and a regulating member for regulating an amount of the developer carried on the developer carrying member, wherein an inclination angle of the inclined surface is in a range not less than an angle of rest and less than 90 degrees. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334854 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing apparatus for developing operation on an image bearing member, includes a rotatable developer carrying member for carrying a developer; a rubbing member for rubbing the developer carrying member with the developer therebetween to cause the developer to be carried on the developer carrying member; wherein the rubbing member includes a free end portion extending toward a downstream with respect to a rotational moving direction of the developer carrying member, the free end portion rubs the developer carrying member, and wherein the rubbing member is provided with a reinforcing portion for reinforcing the free end portion. | 11-13-2014 |
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20120111718 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM - A method for producing a transparent conductive film including a transparent film substrate and a crystalline transparent conductive layer, including: a first depositing a first indium-based complex oxide having a first tetravalent metal element oxide on the transparent film substrate; and a second depositing indium oxide or a second indium-based complex oxide and lower than the tetravalent metal element oxide content of the indium-based complex oxide used in the first depositing by sputtering to form an amorphous transparent conductive layer, and crystallizing the amorphous transparent conductive layer. The method allows a reduction in crystallization time. | 05-10-2012 |
20120114923 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF AND TOUCH PANEL THEREWITH - A transparent conductive film includes a transparent film substrate; and a first and second crystalline transparent conductive laminate, wherein the second crystalline layer is located between the transparent film substrate and the first transparent conductive layer, and a second content of the tetravalent metal element oxide of the second transparent conductive layer is higher than a first content of the tetravalent metal element oxide of the second transparent conductive layer. The transparent conductive film allows a reduction in crystallization time. | 05-10-2012 |
20140035193 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM - A method for producing a transparent conductive film includes heat-treating a transparent conductive film comprising a transparent film substrate and a transparent conductive laminate including a first transparent conductive layer and a second transparent conductive layer, so that the first and the second transparent conductive layers in the transparent conductive film are crystallized, wherein the first transparent conductive layer is a first amorphous layer comprising indium oxide or an indium-based complex oxide having a tetravalent metal element oxide, the second transparent conductive layer is a second amorphous layer comprising an indium-based complex oxide having a tetravalent metal element oxide, wherein each of the first and the second contents of the tetravalent metal element oxide content is expressed by the formula: {the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide/(the amount of the tetravalent metal element oxide+the amount of indium oxide)}×100 (%). | 02-06-2014 |
20140036171 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM AND TOUCH PANEL THEREWITH - A transparent conductive film includes a transparent film substrate; and a first and second crystalline transparent conductive laminate, wherein the second crystalline layer is located between the transparent film substrate and the first transparent conductive layer, and a second content of the tetravalent metal element oxide of the second transparent conductive layer is higher than a first content of the tetravalent metal element oxide of the second transparent conductive layer. The transparent conductive film allows a reduction in crystallization time. | 02-06-2014 |
20140102764 | CONDUCTIVE LAMINATE, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE LAMINATE WITH PATTERNED WIRING, AND OPTICAL DEVICE - In a conductive laminate, a transparent conductive thin film laminate | 04-17-2014 |
20150086789 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM - A transparent conductive film includes a film base and a polycrystalline layer of indium tin oxide formed on the film base. The polycrystalline layer has a thickness of 10 nm to 30 nm, an average value of gain size of 180 nm to 270 nm, and a carrier density of greater than 6×10 | 03-26-2015 |
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20090293015 | Application Platform - In devices of comparatively small system resources such as a multi function printer, when an application is uninstalled, a user cannot refer to or operate information having been managed by the application that has been uninstalled. With respect to an application, an alternative application to be started as an alternative in the case in which the application is uninstalled is associated. On the occasion when the application is uninstalled, the alternative application is automatically started. | 11-26-2009 |
20100007916 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An information processing system in which a source information processing apparatus is capable of performing a job cooperatively with a destination information processing apparatus, is provided. The system includes an instruction unit configured to cause the source information processing apparatus to submit a cooperative job to the destination information processing apparatus, and a control unit configured to restrict manipulation of the submitted cooperative job at the destination information processing apparatus and to enable the manipulation of the cooperative job according to an instruction from the source information processing apparatus. | 01-14-2010 |
20100122247 | APPLICATION PLATFORM AND APPLICATION - The problem of the present invention is to be capable of efficiently using a system resource of a device. For solving the above problem, an application platform according to the present invention comprises determining unit for determining whether an application for installation or activation is installed or activated, wherein when the determining unit determines whether the application for installation or activation is installed or activated, the determining unit refers to a first resource use amount and a second resource use amount larger than the first resource use amount of each of a plurality of applications already installed or activated, a first resource use amount and a second resource use amount larger than the first resource use amount of the application for installation or activation. | 05-13-2010 |
20100235904 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - When a plurality of information processing apparatuses that have an authentication function cooperate to execute a job, user authentication information is transmitted from a cooperative information source processing apparatus to a destination cooperative information processing apparatus that execute the cooperative job. A user account is created at the destination cooperative information processing apparatus based on the transmitted authentication information. When the cooperative information source processing apparatus notifies execution of a cooperative job to the destination cooperative information processing apparatus, authentication information that is authenticated at the cooperative information source processing apparatus is transmitted to the destination cooperative information processing apparatus. The destination cooperative information processing apparatus creates a user account based on the authentication information, and executes the cooperative job using the created user account. | 09-16-2010 |
20110134450 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS THAT DISPLAYS INFORMATION ACCORDING TO SIZE OF PREVIEW IMAGE, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image display apparatus that can appropriately display supplementary information according to a display magnification for a preview image. A size of a preview image indicative of a printing result of an image to be printed is determined according to an instruction from a user. A type of information on printing of the image, which is to be displayed on a display unit, is determined according to the determined size. Information of the determined type is displayed in a state in which the preview image is displayed on the display unit according to the determined size. | 06-09-2011 |
20120154833 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an apparatus and a method for displaying display patterns of respective regions on a preview image, changed according to an applied amount of transparent toner. A control method for controlling an image display apparatus includes displaying on a display unit a preview of an image to be printed using a printing unit, setting a region in which the printing unit performs printing using transparent toner with respect to an image previewed on the display unit, and a transparent toner amount applied on the region, and changing a preview display pattern of an image to be displayed on the display unit, using the set region to be printed therein with the transparent toner and the transparent toner amount. | 06-21-2012 |
20120182575 | SCANNING SYSTEM, PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A scanning system comprises a server, scanner, and terminal, the server including: a reception unit configured to receive a scan setting and a start instruction from one of the scanner and the terminal; a storage unit configured to store the scan setting and to issue the identification information; a determination unit configured to determine which of the scanner and the terminal has transferred the scan setting and the start instruction; and a processing unit configured, when the determination unit determines that the scanner has transferred the scan setting and the start instruction, to transfer the scan setting and the start instruction to the scanner, and when the determination unit determines that the terminal has transferred the scan setting and the start instruction, to cause the storage unit to store the scan setting and to transfer, to the scanner, identification information indicating the stored scan setting. | 07-19-2012 |
20130050732 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WHICH IS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING REAL SIZE PREVIEW, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that is capable of displaying a real size preview and reduces user's time and effort required for forming the image on the recording medium. The image forming apparatus includes a printing unit which forms an image on a recording medium, and a user interface for displaying information to a user. A real size preview image is displayed on the user interface. A display magnification slider is used for enabling a user to change a display magnification of the image displayed on the user interface. A controller unit selects a size of the recording medium on which the image is to be formed, based on the display size changed by the user. A printing unit forms the image on the recording medium having the selected size. | 02-28-2013 |
20130208291 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - This invention provides an image forming apparatus that introduces a touch input operation in preview for preventing an error output, and suitably controls the touch input operation to prevent an error output caused by the touch input operation, a method of controlling the same, and a program. To accomplish this, the image forming apparatus accepts a touch input operation for scrolling display contents, and when preview for preventing an error output is not being displayed, sets the scroll speed of display contents by the touch input operation to a first speed. When the preview for preventing an error output is being displayed, the image forming apparatus sets the scroll speed of the display contents by the touch input operation to a second speed lower than the first speed. | 08-15-2013 |
20130235087 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus for displaying an image containing a plurality of objects includes a setting unit configured to set a display magnification and a display position according to an attribute of a display target object when a first display mode for displaying each object included in the image is specified, and a display control unit configured to perform control to display on a screen the image containing the display target object based on the display magnification and the display position set by the setting unit. | 09-12-2013 |
20140173532 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In display apparatuses each including a touch UI, some of them correct or suppress the direction of display position shift in swipe operation. It is, however, inconvenient that sometimes the correction or suppression is performed at an undesired timing. The display position shift is suppressed depending on an attribute of a displayed object. | 06-19-2014 |
20150067484 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus that displays a first page and a second page. The display apparatus includes a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the layout of the first page is similar to the layout of the second page by comparing an object included in the first page with an object included in the second page which is different from the first page; and a display unit configured to display the first page on a screen based on a display area having been set by a user, wherein, if the determining unit determines that the layout of the first page is similar to the layout of the second page, the display unit displays the second page on the screen based on the set display area. | 03-05-2015 |
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20090118008 | GAME DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - To enable images of game screens concerning a plurality of game programs to be systematically stored in a storage unit and a desired image to be swiftly displayed on a display unit in a later time, a game device of the present invention includes: a program executing unit for executing each of a plurality of game programs; an identification information acquiring unit for acquiring identification information on the game program during execution of the game program; an image acquiring unit for acquiring at least one image of a game screen generated during the execution of the game program; an image storing unit for storing the at least one image into the storage unit in association with the identification information; and a display control unit for reading the image stored in association with any one of the identification information from the storage unit based on a specification made by a user, and displaying the image on the display unit. | 05-07-2009 |
20100182481 | IMAGING APPARATUS, USER INTERFACE, AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY FOR A CO-EXISTENT SHOOTING AND REPRODUCTION MODE - A currently captured image R of an object is displayed nearly at a center portion of a display frame SC on a display screen ST | 07-22-2010 |
20110249027 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus configured to: display on a screen a display target range, which is a part of a first display region extending along a first direction, so as to be superimposed on a first background image; move, when an operation of specifying a direction along the first direction is received from a user in a state in which the display target range is displayed, the display target range in the first display region in accordance with the specified direction without changing a display position of the first background image; and display a predetermined partial range of a second display region extending along the first direction so as to be superimposed on a second background image when an operation of specifying a direction along a second direction intersecting the first direction is received from the user, irrespective of whether or not the display target range is moved. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250956 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus configured to: display on a screen a display target range, which is a part of a display region including display elements arranged therein; and move the display target range in the display region in accordance with a direction of a scroll instruction when the scroll instruction is received from a user in a state in which the display target range is displayed, in which a movement amount of the display target range in accordance with the scroll instruction is changed based on a position of the display target range in the display region. | 10-13-2011 |
20110252361 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus that stores a plurality of programs, sequentially activates the programs in response to a user's instruction, and restricts the number of programs exceeding a predetermined number from being activated, in which the information processing apparatus displays the predetermined number of symbol images and displays the same number of symbol images as the number of programs that are already activated in a manner that is different from the other symbol images. | 10-13-2011 |
20110252363 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus that displays on a screen at least a part of a display region, in which display elements are arranged; terminates the display of the display region when an operation of specifying a first direction with respect to a predetermined region in the screen is received from a user; and shifts into a state, in which the termination of the display of the display region, when an operation of specifying a second direction that is different from the first direction with respect to the predetermined region is received from the user. | 10-13-2011 |
20120011069 | LICENSE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND CONTENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - A content distribution system includes a content distribution server and a portable game terminal. The content distribution server 4-0-retains a first license for comprehensively permitting the use of multiple digital contents and issues to the portable game terminal a second license for individually permitting the use of a digital content selected by a user from among the multiple digital contents. The portable game terminal retains the second license and permits the use of the selected digital content if it is within the license period of the second license at the time. | 01-12-2012 |
20120190459 | GAME APPARATUS, GAME INTERRUPTION PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM STORED WITH GAME INTERRUPTION PROGRAM - A game execution unit | 07-26-2012 |
20120192170 | Information Processing Apparatus - An information processing apparatus displays, on a screen of a display device, a program-related image which relates to an application program in a state in which the application program is not executed, starts execution of the application program in a case where an operation of giving an instruction to execute the application program is received from a user in a state in which the program-related image is displayed on the screen, and applies update data to the application program to update the application program in a case where an operation of giving an instruction to apply the update data is received from the user in the state in which the program-related image is displayed on the screen. | 07-26-2012 |
20120236194 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND USER INTERFACE - A screen ST | 09-20-2012 |
20120274831 | IMAGING APPARATUS, USER INTERFACE, AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY FOR A CO-EXISTENT SHOOTING AND REPRODUCTION MODE - A currently captured image of an object is displayed at a center of a display frame on a display screen in a shooting mode. When a dial is rotated, the currently captured image is moved rightward. A reproduced image captured before the currently captured image is displayed on the left thereof. Another reproduced image captured before the reproduced image is displayed on the left thereof. The currently captured image and the reproduced images are displayed simultaneously on the display screen as a co-existent shooting and reproducing mode. When the dial is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, only the reproduced images are displayed in a reproducing mode. The reproduced images are displayed along a time axis. | 11-01-2012 |
20130042205 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a novel user interface capable of switching a number of images for display on a screen. The information processing apparatus displays a menu image representing one or more menu item images on a screen, displays, when any one of the one or more menu item images is selected, a selection target image associated with the selected menu item image on the screen, stores a selected order of already-selected ones of the one or more menu item images, displays, when one direction along one side of the screen is specified, another selection target image, which is selected in accordance with the stored selected order and the one direction, and redisplays the menu image when an opposite direction to the one direction is specified in a state in which the selection target image associated with the menu image selected most recently is displayed. | 02-14-2013 |
20130155310 | IMAGING APPARATUS, USER INTERFACE, AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY FOR A CO-EXISTENT SHOOTING AND REPRODUCTION MODE - A currently captured image of an object is displayed at a center of a display frame on a display screen in a shooting mode. When a dial is rotated, the currently captured image is moved rightward. A reproduced image captured before the currently captured image is displayed on the left thereof. Another reproduced image captured before the reproduced image is displayed on the left thereof. The currently captured image and the reproduced images are displayed simultaneously on the display screen as a co-existent shooting and reproducing mode. When the dial is rotated in the counterclockwise direction, only the reproduced images are displayed in a reproducing mode. The reproduced images are displayed along a time axis. | 06-20-2013 |
20130290986 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is an information processing device capable of issuing a notification of an occurrence of an event depending on a current operation mode in a case where the information processing device operates in a plurality of operation modes. An information processing device operates in a plurality of operation modes including at least a first mode and a second mode, receives event information output by an event output program, and notifies a user that the event information has been received, and the information processing device changes a pattern of notification between a case where the event information is received during the operation in the first mode and a case where the event information is received during the operation in the second mode. | 10-31-2013 |
20140063318 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD, AND USER INTERFACE - A desired image is quickly retrieved from stored images. Reproduced images are horizontally arranged on time axis. Horizontal lines are displayed above the plurality of images and delimited every image group such that images belonging to the same image group are visually identified. Dots are displayed on individual lines corresponding to representative images P | 03-06-2014 |
20140289676 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND USER INTERFACE - A screen ST | 09-25-2014 |
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20100179965 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention is directed to an image processing apparatus which can change the access authority for a folder based on the restricted functions for each user, even if the user operates a folder which a restricted function is associated with. When an operation on a hot folder is received from a user, the present invention determines whether that user has an access authority for the hot folder. If it is determined that the user does have an access authority, it is further determined whether there are any functions which the operating user cannot use among the functions associated with the hot folder. If it is determined that there is/are function (s) which the user cannot use, the access authority for that hot folder is changed, and an error message to that effect is sent to the user. | 07-15-2010 |
20100225951 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which, when an error occurs during communication with a host computer, gives a higher priority to reconnection to the host computer connected at the time of occurrence of the error than to connection to another host computer. A CPU of the apparatus accepts processing requests from the host computers. When accepting a processing request from a host computer, the CPU causes the apparatus to connect to the host computer. If occurrence of an error is detected during communication with the host computer, the CPU controls the connection such that reconnection to the host computer connected at the time of occurrence of the error is given priority over connection to another host computer. | 09-09-2010 |
20130242336 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, ERROR NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF - An email requesting an attached file to be printed is received from an email server. In the case where printing of the attached file of the received email has not been completed, an error notification indicating that the printing has not been completed is sent to the email server as a reply to the received email. | 09-19-2013 |
20130321860 | PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print server receives an email, which has been transmitted from a mobile terminal device and in which a printer is designated as the print output destination for an attached file to the email, from a mail server, stores the received email in a storage unit, and executes print processing of print data for the attached file to the email. The print server manages the email and identification information about a reply mail in association with each other and transmits the reply mail to the mobile terminal device. The mobile terminal device provides a reprint instruction for the attached file by replying the email. The print server performs print processing of the attached file to an email managed in association with the identification information about the reply mail included in the replied email. | 12-05-2013 |
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20090137434 | BINDER RESIN FOR FRICTION MATERIAL, BINDER RESIN COMPOSITION FOR FRICTION MATERIAL, COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR FRICTION MATERIAL CONTAINING THE SAME, FRICTION MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a binder resin for a friction material, which enables high-temperature short-time thermoforming and can omit a post-curing step and suppress the generation of a pyrolysis component at molding; a friction material using the binder resin; and a binder resin composition for a friction material, which is enhanced in the heat resistance and can suppress a rapid increase of the wear amount, and in addition to these properties, which has good dynamic property and enables high-temperature short-time thermoforming. The present invention relates to a binder resin for a friction material which comprises (A) one kind or two or more kinds of polybenzoxazine resins selected from a condensation reaction product of an aminophenol compound with formaldehydes and a condensation reaction product of a bifunctional phenol compound and a bifunctional amine compound with formaldehydes; a binder resin composition for a friction material which comprises: the component (A); and further (B) one kind or two or more kinds of particles selected from an inorganic particle and an inorganic-organic composite particle, and a friction material obtained by the binder resin or binder resin composition. | 05-28-2009 |
20090270284 | FRICTION MODIFIER, METHOD OF PRODUCING FRICTION MODIFIER, AND FRICTION MATERIAL - A friction modifier is provided with a titania particle-layered clay mineral complex in which titania particles are contained in a layered clay mineral. An average particle diameter of the titania particles is 3 to 100 nm. A ratio of the titania particles to the titania particle-layered clay mineral complex is 0.1 to 0.8 on the mass basis. | 10-29-2009 |
20090286067 | FRICTION MATERIAL - A friction material contains substantially no material whose Mohs hardness is higher than 6. In addition, the friction material contains a layered clay mineral, in which titania particles are inserted into layers, at a rate of 0.5%-by-mass to 20%-by-mass. | 11-19-2009 |
20130225719 | FRICTION MATERIAL - A resin composition for a friction material which is produced by a process including performing polymer blending of a phenol resin and a lignin; and a friction material including the resin composition. The resin composition for a friction material is useful as a binder in the friction material. | 08-29-2013 |
20130253177 | FRICTION MATERIAL - A friction material containing, as a binder, a lignin-phenol resin having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 or less or a cardanol-modified lignin-phenol resin having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 or less. The friction material is produced by a method including: reacting a lignin having a weight average molecular weight of 5,000 or less, a phenol, an aldehyde, and optionally a cardanol, in the presence of an acid catalyst. | 09-26-2013 |
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20090230503 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Methods for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor device by which a high-performance semiconductor element can be formed are provided. A single crystal semiconductor substrate including an embrittlement layer and a base substrate are bonded to each other with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, and the single crystal semiconductor substrate is separated along the embrittlement layer by heat treatment to fix a single crystal semiconductor layer over the base substrate. Next, a plurality of regions of a monitor substrate are irradiated with laser light under conditions of different energy densities, and carbon concentration distribution and hydrogen concentration distribution in a depth direction of each region of the single crystal semiconductor layer which has been irradiated with the laser light is measured. Optimal irradiation intensity of laser light is irradiation intensity with which a local maximum of the carbon concentration and a shoulder peak of the hydrogen concentration are observed. A single crystal semiconductor layer is irradiated with optimal laser light at energy density detected by using the monitor substrate, whereby a semiconductor substrate is manufactured. | 09-17-2009 |
20110115046 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Methods for manufacturing a semiconductor substrate and a semiconductor device by which a high-performance semiconductor element can be formed are provided. A single crystal semiconductor substrate including an embrittlement layer and a base substrate are bonded to each other with an insulating layer interposed therebetween, and the single crystal semiconductor substrate is separated along the embrittlement layer by heat treatment to fix a single crystal semiconductor layer over the base substrate. Next, a plurality of regions of a monitor substrate are irradiated with laser light under conditions of different energy densities, and carbon concentration distribution and hydrogen concentration distribution in a depth direction of each region of the single crystal semiconductor layer which has been irradiated with the laser light is measured. Optimal irradiation intensity of laser light is irradiation intensity with which a local maximum of the carbon concentration and a shoulder peak of the hydrogen concentration are observed. A single crystal semiconductor layer is irradiated with optimal laser light at energy density detected by using the monitor substrate, whereby a semiconductor substrate is manufactured. | 05-19-2011 |
20120153364 | OXIDE MATERIAL AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An object is to provide a material suitably used for a semiconductor included in a transistor, a diode, or the like. Another object is to provide a semiconductor device including a transistor in which the condition of an electron state at an interface between an oxide semiconductor film and a gate insulating film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film is favorable. Further, another object is to manufacture a highly reliable semiconductor device by giving stable electric characteristics to a transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film is used for a channel. A semiconductor device is formed using an oxide material which includes crystal with c-axis alignment, which has a triangular or hexagonal atomic arrangement when seen from the direction of a surface or an interface and rotates around the c-axis. | 06-21-2012 |
20120267622 | OXIDE MATERIAL AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Stable electrical characteristics are given to a transistor and a highly reliable semiconductor device is provided. In addition, an oxide material which enables manufacture of such a semiconductor device is provided. An oxide film is used in which two or more kinds of crystalline portions which are different from each other in a direction of an a-axis or a direction of a b-axis in an a-b plane (or the top surface, or the formation surface) are included, and each of the crystalline portions is c-axis aligned, has at least one of triangular atomic arrangement and hexagonal atomic arrangement when seen from a direction perpendicular to the a-b plane, a top surface, or a formation surface, includes metal atoms arranged in a layered manner, or metal atoms and oxygen atoms arranged in a layered manner along the c-axis, and is expressed as In | 10-25-2012 |
20120298998 | METHOD FOR FORMING OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FILM, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The impurity concentration in the oxide semiconductor film is reduced, and a highly reliability can be obtained. | 11-29-2012 |
20120312681 | SPUTTERING TARGET, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPUTTERING TARGET, AND METHOD FOR FORMING THIN FILM - There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure. | 12-13-2012 |
20120325650 | SPUTTERING TARGET, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPUTTERING TARGET, AND METHOD FOR FORMING THIN FILM - There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure. | 12-27-2012 |
20130011962 | SPUTTERING TARGET, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPUTTERING TARGET, AND METHOD FOR FORMING THIN FILM - There have been cases where transistors formed using oxide semiconductors are inferior in reliability to transistors formed using amorphous silicon. Thus, in the present invention, a semiconductor device including a highly reliable transistor formed using an oxide semiconductor is manufactured. An oxide semiconductor film is deposited by a sputtering method, using a sputtering target including an oxide semiconductor having crystallinity, and in which the direction of the c-axis of a crystal is parallel to a normal vector of the top surface of the oxide semiconductor. The target is formed by mixing raw materials so that its composition ratio can obtain a crystal structure. | 01-10-2013 |
20130087782 | OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FILM AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An object is to suppress occurrence of oxygen deficiency. An oxide semiconductor film is formed using germanium (Ge) instead of part of or all of gallium (Ga) or tin (Sn). At least one of bonds between a germanium (Ge) atom and oxygen (O) atoms has a bond energy higher than at least one of bonds between a tin (Sn) atom and oxygen (O) atoms or a gallium (Ga) atom and oxygen (O) atoms. Thus, a crystal of an oxide semiconductor formed using germanium (Ge) has a low possibility of occurrence of oxygen deficiency. Accordingly, an oxide semiconductor film is formed using germanium (Ge) in order to suppress occurrence of oxygen deficiency. | 04-11-2013 |
20130105792 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
20130140553 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A highly reliable semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device is manufactured with a high yield, so that high productivity is achieved. In a semiconductor device including a transistor in which a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer are provided over and in contact with an oxide semiconductor film, entry of impurities and formation of oxygen vacancies in an end face portion of the oxide semiconductor film are suppressed. This can prevent fluctuation in the electric characteristics of the transistor which is caused by formation of a parasitic channel in the end face portion of the oxide semiconductor film. | 06-06-2013 |
20140306221 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The stability of a step of processing a wiring formed using copper, aluminum, gold, silver, molybdenum, or the like is increased. Moreover, the concentration of impurities in a semiconductor film is reduced. Moreover, the electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device are improved. In a transistor including an oxide semiconductor film, an oxide film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, and a pair of conductive films being in contact with the oxide film and including copper, aluminum, gold, silver, molybdenum, or the like, the oxide film has a plurality of crystal parts and has c-axis alignment in the crystal parts, and the c-axes are aligned in a direction parallel to a normal vector of a top surface of the oxide semiconductor film or the oxide film. | 10-16-2014 |
20150041801 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode overlapping with the semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating layer between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, and a second gate insulating layer between the first gate insulating layer and the gate electrode. The first gate insulating layer includes an oxide in which the nitrogen content is lower than or equal to 5 at. %, and the second gate insulating layer includes charge trap states. | 02-12-2015 |
20150053971 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In a semiconductor device using a transistor including an oxide semiconductor, a change in electrical characteristics is suppressed and reliability is improved. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode over an insulating surface; an oxide semiconductor film overlapping with the gate electrode; a gate insulating film that is between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor film and in contact with the oxide semiconductor film; a protective film in contact with a surface of the oxide semiconductor film that is an opposite side of a surface in contact with the gate insulating film; and a pair of electrodes in contact with the oxide semiconductor film. The spin density of the gate insulating film or the protective film measured by electron spin resonance spectroscopy is lower than 1×10 | 02-26-2015 |
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20100084056 | SOFT MAGNETIC THIN STRIP, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THE SAME, MAGNETIC PARTS, AND AMORPHOUS THIN STRIP - The invention provides a soft magnetic thin strip which contains nanoscale fine grains and exhibits a high saturation magnetic flux density and excellent soft magnetic characteristics; a process for production of the same; magnetic parts; and an amorphous thin strip to be used in the production. In the invention, an amorphous thin strip is used, which is represented by the composition formula: Fe | 04-08-2010 |
20100098576 | IRON-BASED SOFT MAGNETIC ALLOY, THIN RIBBON OF AMORPHOUS ALLOY, AND MAGNETIC PART - An iron-based soft magnetic alloy which is for use in various transformers, various choke coils, noise suppression measures, power supply parts, laser power supplies, pulsed-power magnetic parts for accelerators, various motors, various generators, magnetic shields, antennas, sensors, etc.; a thin ribbon of an amorphous alloy for producing the magnetic alloy; and a magnetic part comprising the magnetic alloy. The magnetic alloy comprises, in terms of at. %, copper in an amount (x) satisfying 0.1≦x≦3, boron in an amount (y) satisfying 10≦y≦20, and iron and impurities as the remainder. It contains, in terms of mass %, the following impurities: up to 0.01% aluminum, 0.001-0.05% sulfur, 0.01-0.5% manganese, 0.001-0.1% nitrogen, and up to 0.1% oxygen. The magnetic alloy has a structure at least part of which comprises a crystal phase having a crystal grain diameter of 60 nm or smaller (excluding 0). | 04-22-2010 |
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20090266448 | NANO-CRYSTALLINE, MAGNETIC ALLOY, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, ALLOY RIBBON AND MAGNETIC PART - A magnetic alloy having a composition represented by the general formula of Fe | 10-29-2009 |
20100040503 | MAGNETIC ALLOY, AMORPHOUS ALLOY RIBBON, AND MAGNETIC PART - A soft magnetic alloy that in an FeCo nanocrystal soft magnetic material, exhibits a high saturation magnetic flux density of 1.85 T or more, and that ensures prolonged nozzle life and easy ribbon production; an amorphous alloy ribbon for use in production thereof; and magnetic parts utilizing the soft magnetic alloy. The soft magnetic alloy has the composition of the formula Fe | 02-18-2010 |
20100108196 | SOFT MAGNETIC RIBBON, MAGNETIC CORE, MAGNETIC PART AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SOFT MAGNETIC RIBBON - A soft magnetic ribbon that especially in a relatively low magnetic field region of 500 A/m or less, is high in the squareness of magnetic flux density-magnetization curve. There is disclosed a soft magnetic ribbon of 100 μm or less thickness comprising a parent phase structure in which by volume ratio, 30% or more of crystal grains of 60 nm or less (not including 0) crystal grain diameter are dispersed in an amorphous phase and comprising an amorphous layer disposed on the surface side of the parent phase structure. Preferably, the soft magnetic ribbon is represented by the composition formula Fe | 05-06-2010 |
20100230010 | THIN STRIP OF AMORPHOUS ALLOY, NANOCRYSTAL SOFT MAGNETIC ALLOY, AND MAGNETIC CORE - Disclosed are a thin strip of an amorphous alloy having excellent workability, a nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy which can stably provide good magnetic properties, and a magnetic core using the nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy. The thin strip of an amorphous alloy is characterized in that the thin strip is formed of an alloy having a composition represented by Fe | 09-16-2010 |
20110085931 | NANO-CRYSTALLINE, MAGNETIC ALLOY, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, ALLOY RIBBON AND MAGNETIC PART - A magnetic alloy having a composition represented by the general formula of Fe | 04-14-2011 |
20110108167 | NANO-CRYSTALLINE, MAGNETIC ALLOY, ITS PRODUCTION METHOD, ALLOY RIBBON AND MAGNETIC PART - A magnetic alloy having a composition represented by the general formula of Fe | 05-12-2011 |
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20080199688 | Thermal Diffusion Sheet and Manufacturing Method of the Same - A thermal diffusion sheet is provided with a heat conducting layer, a thermal diffusion layer provided on the surface of the heat conducting layer and a heat insulating layer provided on the surface of the thermal diffusion layer. The heat conducting layer is formed of a composition containing an organic polymer and a heat conductive filler. The thermal diffusion layer is formed of a metal material. The heat insulating layer is formed of a material having electrical insulation properties. The thermal diffusion sheet is manufactured through providing a heat insulating layer on the surface of a thermal diffusion layer, preparing a composition, and forming a heat conducting layer. When preparing a composition, an organic polymer in liquid form having thermosetting properties and a heat conductive filler are mixed. When forming a heat conducting layer, the above described composition is applied to the surface of the thermal diffusion layer facing the surface on which the heat insulating layer has been provided, and after that, the composition is heated so that the organic polymer is cured. | 08-21-2008 |
20080236806 | Laminated Body - A laminated body comprises a thermally conductive sheet, a protective sheet, an auxiliary sheet, a carrier sheet and a coating sheet. The thermally conductive sheet comprises a main sheet body and an adhesive layer. The coefficient of static friction of the main sheet body is 1.0 or lower. The adhesive layer has high adhesiveness in comparison with the main sheet body, and has an outer shape smaller than that of the main sheet body. The protective sheet is formed having an outer shape larger than that of the adhesive layer, and provided with a cutting line extending toward the adhesive layer from the peripheral portion of the protective sheet so that the protective sheet can be cut along the cutting line. | 10-02-2008 |
20080241488 | Thermally conductive sheet and method of manufacturing the same - A thermally conductive sheet comprises a thermally conductive polymer layer, an adhesive layer provided on an outer surface of the thermally conductive polymer layer, and a thermal diffusion layer, which is a functional layer provided on the adhesive layer. The thermally conductive polymer layer is formed of a thermally conductive polymer composition containing a polymer matrix and a thermally conductive filler. The coefficient of static friction of the thermally conductive polymer layer is 1.0 or lower. The adhesive layer has an outer shape smaller than that of the thermally conductive polymer layer. | 10-02-2008 |
20100009109 | Thermally conductive sheet composite and method for manufacturing the same - A thermally conductive sheet composite comprises a gelatinous thermally conductive sheet molded of a thermally conductive polymer composition containing a polymeric material and a thermally conductive filler, and a release sheet molded separately from the thermally conductive sheet and peelably laminated on at least one surface of a pair of surfaces of the thermally conductive sheet. The release sheet has a hardness of 30 or more as measured by a type A durometer in conformity with ISO 7619. | 01-14-2010 |
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20120104125 | APPARATUS FOR FRACTURING POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FRACTURED FRAGMENTS OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON - An apparatus for fracturing polycrystalline silicon having: a pair of rolls rotated in a counter direction each other around parallel axes; and a plurality of fracturing teeth units provided on outer peripheral surfaces of the rolls, arranged along a circumferential direction of the rolls, and have a plurality of fracturing teeth and fixing covers fixing the fracturing teeth on the outer peripheral surfaces of the rolls, in which: the fracturing teeth has flanges; and the fixing covers are formed as strips along a longitudinal direction of the rolls, and in which the fixing covers are fixed on the rolls in a state in which top ends of the fracturing teeth are protruded outward radially of the rolls from the fixing hole outward so as to hold the flanges between the fixing covers and the rolls. | 05-03-2012 |
20120104127 | APPARATUS FOR FRACTURING POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FRACTURED FRAGMENTS OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON - An apparatus for fracturing polycrystalline silicon having a pair of rolls which are rotated in a counter direction each other around parallel axes; and a plurality of fracturing teeth which are provided on outer peripheral surfaces of the rolls and are protruded radially-outwardly, in which top surfaces thereof are formed spherically and side surfaces thereof are formed conically or cylindrically, and fracturing fragments of polycrystalline silicon between the rolls. | 05-03-2012 |
20120104131 | APPARATUS FOR FRACTURING POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FRACTURED FRAGMENTS OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON - An apparatus for fracturing polycrystalline silicon having a pair of rolls which are rotated in a counter direction each other around parallel axes, the rolls is provided with: a plurality of disks layered along the axes of the rolls; and a plurality of fracturing teeth protruding radially-outwardly from the disks with a certain intervals along a peripheral direction of the disks, wherein the disks are rotated at different rotation speed from an adjacent disks, and the apparatus fracturing fragments of polycrystalline silicon between the rolls. | 05-03-2012 |
20120119004 | APPARATUS FOR FRACTURING POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FRACTURED FRAGMENTS OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON - An apparatus for fracturing polycrystalline silicon having: a pair of rolls which are rotated in a counter direction each other around parallel axes; a plurality of fracturing teeth which are provided on and protruded radially-outwardly from outer peripheral surfaces of the rolls, and are made from cemented carbide or silicon material; and resin covers being wound around the roll in a state in which the fracturing teeth penetrate thereof so as to cover the outer peripheral surfaces of the rolls, and fractures fragments of polycrystalline silicon between the rolls. | 05-17-2012 |
20120256023 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FRACTURED FRAGMENTS OF POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON - A method for producing fractured fragments of polycrystalline silicon having a fracturing process fracturing fragments of polycrystalline silicon between a pair of rolls which are rotated in a counter direction each other around parallel axes, in which: the rolls have a plurality of fracturing teeth protruding radially-outwardly from outer peripheral surfaces thereof; the fracturing teeth have spherical top surfaces and conical or cylindrical side surfaces; the fracturing process is performed in fracturing ratio of equal to or more than 1.0 to less than 1.5, and the fracturing ratio is specified by a maximum length of polycrystalline silicon before fracturing with respect to a facing distance between the top surfaces of the fracturing teeth at a facing part of the rolls. | 10-11-2012 |
20130099031 | APPARATUS FOR FRACTURING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FRACTURED FRAGMENTS - An apparatus for fracturing in which: a fracturing tooth is formed so that a base-end portion has a larger diameter than that of a top-end portion, and a tapered part is formed at the base-end portion so as to expand from the top toward the base; a fixing cover is formed along a longitudinal direction of rolls; in the fixing cover, fixing holes for fracturing teeth are formed along the longitudinal direction so that the fracturing tooth is inserted therein; each of the fixing holes has a slope in which the tapered part is in contact at a surface; a fracturing teeth unit is fixed to the roll in a state in which the top-end portion of the fracturing tooth is protruded from the fixing hole radially-outwardly of the roll and the tapered part is wedged between the slope of the fixing hole and the roll. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099032 | APPARATUS FOR FRACTURING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FRACTURED FRAGMENTS - An apparatus for fracturing in which: a fracturing tooth is formed so as to have a larger base part than a top end; a fixing cover is formed along a longitudinal direction of rolls and is provided with fixing holes for fracturing teeth arranged along the longitudinal direction, expanded parts which are formed by expanding both sides of the fixing holes, and an indented part which is formed by narrowing a part between the fixing holes with respect to the expanded parts; the base part of the fracturing tooth is held between the roll and the fixing cover fixed on the roll and the indented part and the expanded part of the adjacent fixing cover are engaged with each other in fracturing teeth unit, so that the fracturing teeth are arranged in a staggered manner. | 04-25-2013 |
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20100168209 | APOPTOSIS INDUCER FOR CANCER CELL - The present invention revealed that by suppressing the expression of the WRN gene, the BLM gene, or the RecQ1 gene, which belong to the RecQ helicase family, apoptosis is induced in various cancer cells and their proliferation is suppressed. Compounds that suppress the expression of RecQ helicase family genes or the functions of RecQ helicase proteins are thought to have the activity of inducing apoptosis. | 07-01-2010 |
20130090370 | APOPTOSIS INDUCER FOR CANCER CELL - The present invention revealed that by suppressing the expression of the WRN gene, the BLM gene, or the RecQ1 gene, which belong to the RecQ helicase family, apoptosis is induced in various cancer cells and their proliferation is suppressed. Compounds that suppress the expression of RecQ helicase family genes or the functions of RecQ helicase proteins are thought to have the activity of inducing apoptosis. | 04-11-2013 |
20130131331 | CANCER-CELL-SPECIFIC CYTOSTATIC AGENT - The present inventors discovered that although suppressing expression of the RecQ1 gene, a RecQ helicase family gene, shows suppressive effects on cell proliferation in cancer cells, such effects are not observed in human TIG3 cells (a normal diploid fibroblast cell line), which are normal cells. Hence, the present inventors discovered that siRNAs against RecQ1 gene have cancer cell-specific cell proliferation-suppressing effects that are mediated by suppression of the expression of said gene. | 05-23-2013 |
20140179769 | CANCER-CELL-SPECIFIC CYTOSTATIC AGENT - The present inventors discovered that although suppressing expression of the RecQ1 gene, a RecQ helicase family gene, shows suppressive effects on cell proliferation in cancer cells, such effects are not observed in human TIG3 cells (a normal diploid fibroblast cell line), which are normal cells. Hence, the present inventors discovered that siRNAs against RecQ1 gene have cancer cell-specific cell proliferation-suppressing effects that are mediated by suppression of the expression of said gene. | 06-26-2014 |
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20100182737 | Electronic Device - An electronic apparatus includes: a housing; a heating member in the housing; and a display device in the housing, the display device having a display screen. The housing has: a mask portion including an opening, the opening configured to expose the display screen therethrough; a cover portion provided opposing to the mask portion with respect to the display device; and at least two connecting portions configured to connect the mask portion and the cover portion, and to sandwich the heating member. Each of the at least two connecting portions includes a gap portion that allows expansion and contraction of the housing due to thermal expansion between the connecting portion and at least one of the mask portion and the cover portion. | 07-22-2010 |
20100320884 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COMPRISING ANTI-THEFT ANCHOR PLATE - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing including a peripheral wall on which an opening is provided, and an anchor plate supported by the housing. The anchor plate is slidable between a first position, in which the anchor plate is accommodated within the housing, and a second position, in which the anchor plate projects from the housing through the opening. The anchor plate includes an aperture to which an anti-theft device may be attached, in a portion that is exposed outside the housing when the anchor plate is slid to the second position. The anchor plate is held in the second position by a stop mechanism when the anchor plate is slid at least to the second position. | 12-23-2010 |
20110310540 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing, a third housing between the first housing and the second housing, a holder, and a harness. The third housing is rotatable with respect to the first housing and the second housing. The holder is attached to the third housing and includes a first cylinder inserted into the first housing and a second cylinder inserted into the second housing. The harness extends from the first housing to the second housing through the first cylinder and the second cylinder of the holder. | 12-22-2011 |
20130057783 | TELEVISION RECEIVER, BROADCAST WAVE RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a television receiver comprises a cover covering the backside of a display module, and a frame-shaped mask provided on the periphery of the front surface of the display module. An antenna is provided along the periphery of the display module, and a cable electrically connected to the antenna is provided between the periphery of the display module and the inner surface of at least the cover or the mask. The cover or the mask includes a first claw and a second claw. If the cover (mask) includes the first claw and the second claw, the first claw is inserted into a recess defined in the mask (cover), while the second claw is engaged with the mask (cover). | 03-07-2013 |
20150062794 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first housing and a second housing. The second housing is rotatably attached to the first housing. The second housing includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is attached to the first portion and has greater elasticity than the first portion. The second portion comprises a fingerhold. | 03-05-2015 |