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20090075028 | Method for producing multi layered coating film - A method for producing a multi layered coating film, by applying a base coating composition as defined in the specification on an article to form a base coating; applying a first clear coating composition as defined in the specification on the base coating to form a first clear coating thereon; subjecting both the base coating and the first clear coating thereon to baking and/or curing to form a cured base coating film and a cured first clear coating film thereon; sanding or polishing at least one part of the cured first clear coating film to form a partially sanded or polished first clear coating film; applying a second clear coating composition as defined in the specification all over the first clear coating film to form a second clear coating; and subjecting the second clear coating to baking and/or curing to form a cured second clear coating film. | 03-19-2009 |
20100283054 | FLEXIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - There is provided a method for manufacturing a flexible semiconductor device characterized by comprising (i) a step of forming an insulating film on the upper surface of metal foil, (ii) a step of forming an extraction electrode pattern on the upper surface of the metal foil, (iii) a step of forming a semiconductor layer on the insulating film in such a manner that the semiconductor layer is in contact with the extraction electrode pattern, (iv) a step of forming a sealing resin layer on the upper surface of the metal foil in such a manner that the sealing resin layer covers the semiconductor layer and the extraction electrode pattern, and (v) a step of forming electrodes by etching the metal foil, wherein the metal foil is used as a support for the insulating film, the extraction electrode pattern, the semiconductor layer, and the sealing resin layer formed in (i) to (iv) and used as a constituent material for the electrodes in (v). A TFT element can be fabricated by a simple process because the metal foil serving as the support need not be finally stripped off. Further, a high-temperature process can be introduced to the fabrication of the insulating film and the semiconductor layer because the metal foil is used as the support, whereby the TFT characteristic is improved. | 11-11-2010 |
20110042677 | FLEXIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a flexible semiconductor device. The flexible semiconductor device of the present invention comprises a metal layer comprising a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode; a metal oxide film made from a metal which constitutes the metal layer and formed over a surface region of the metal layer; and a semiconductor layer formed above the gate electrode via the metal oxide film. In the flexible semiconductor device, uncovered portions, each of which is not covered with the metal oxide film, are locally formed in the surface region of the metal layer; and also electrical connections are formed between the source electrode and the semiconductor layer and between the drain electrode and the semiconductor layer via the uncovered portions. | 02-24-2011 |
20120001173 | FLEXIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - There is provided a flexible semiconductor device. The flexible semiconductor device of the present invention comprising a support layer, a semiconductor structure portion formed on the support layer, and a resin film formed on the semiconductor structure portion. The resin film comprises an opening formed by a laser irradiation therein, and also an electroconductive member which is in contact with the surface of the semiconductor structure portion is disposed within the opening of the resin film. | 01-05-2012 |
20120280229 | FLEXIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a method for manufacturing a flexible semiconductor device. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of: (A) providing a metal foil; (B) forming an insulating layer on the metal foil, the insulating layer having a portion serving as a gate insulating film; (C) forming a supporting substrate on the insulating layer; (D) etching away a part of the metal foil to form a source electrode and a drain electrode therefrom; (E) forming a semiconductor layer in a clearance portion located between the source electrode and the drain electrode by making use of the source and drain electrodes as a bank member; and (F) forming a resin film layer over the insulating layer such that the resin film layer covers the semiconductor layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode. In the step (F), a part of the resin film layer interfits with the clearance portion located between the source and drain electrodes. | 11-08-2012 |
20120286264 | FLEXIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a method for manufacturing a flexible semiconductor device. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a metal foil having a concave portion; (b) forming a gate insulating film on a bottom face of the concave portion of the metal foil; (c) forming a semiconductor layer above the bottom face of the concave portion via the gate insulating film while making use of the concave portion as a bank member; and (d) forming a source electrode and a drain electrode such that they make contact with the semiconductor layer. | 11-15-2012 |
20130161628 | FLEXIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a method for manufacturing a flexible semiconductor device. The manufacturing method of the flexible semiconductor device of the present invention comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode; forming a gate insulating film so that the gate insulating film contacts with the gate electrode; forming a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating film such that the semiconductor layer is opposed to the gate electrode; forming source and drain electrodes so that the source and drain electrodes contact with the semiconductor layer; forming a flexible film layer so that the flexible film layer covers the semiconductor layer and the source and drain electrodes; forming vias in the flexible film layer; forming a first metal layer by disposing a metal foil onto the flexible film layer, and thereby a semiconductor device precursor is provided; and subjecting the first metal layer to a processing treatment to form a wiring from a part of the first metal layer, wherein, in the step of the processing treatment of the first metal layer, the wiring is formed in a predetermined position by using at least one of the vias as an alignment marker. | 06-27-2013 |
20130168677 | FLEXIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A method for manufacturing a flexible semiconductor device includes (i) forming an insulating film on the upper surface of metal foil, (ii) forming an extraction electrode pattern on the upper surface of the metal foil, (iii) forming a semiconductor layer on the insulating film such that the semiconductor layer is in contact with the extraction electrode pattern, (iv) forming a sealing resin layer on the upper surface of the metal foil such that the sealing resin layer covers the semiconductor layer and the extraction electrode pattern, and (v) forming electrodes by etching the metal foil, the metal foil being used as a support for the insulating film, the extraction electrode pattern, the semiconductor layer, and the sealing resin layer formed in (i) to (iv) and used as a constituent material for the electrodes in (v). The metal foil need not be stripped, and a high-temperature process can be used. | 07-04-2013 |
20130168681 | FLEXIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a method for manufacturing a flexible semiconductor device. The method of the flexible semiconductor device according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (i) forming an insulating layer on one of principal surfaces of a metal foil; (ii) forming a semiconductor layer on the insulating layer, and then forming source and drain electrodes so that the source and drain electrodes contact with the semiconductor layer; (iii) forming a flexible film layer so that the flexible film layer covers the semiconductor layer and the source and drain electrodes; (iv) forming vias in the flexible film layer, and thereby a semiconductor device precursor is provided; and (v) subjecting the metal foil to a processing treatment, and thereby forming a gate electrode from the metal foil, wherein, in the step (v) of the processing treatment of the metal foil, the gate electrode is formed in a predetermined position by using at least one of the vias of the semiconductor device precursor as an alignment marker. | 07-04-2013 |
20140038366 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLEXIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING GATE ELECTRODE DISPOSED WITHIN AN OPENING OF A RESIN FILM - There is provided a flexible semiconductor device. The flexible semiconductor device of the present invention comprising a support layer, a semiconductor structure portion formed on the support layer, and a resin film formed on the semiconductor structure portion. The resin film comprises an opening formed by a laser irradiation therein, and also an electroconductive member which is in contact with the surface of the semiconductor structure portion is disposed within the opening of the resin film. | 02-06-2014 |
20140192005 | METHOD FOR PRESENTING TACTILE SENSATION AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The tactile sense presentation device comprises: a plurality of first electrodes covered with an insulating film and arranged on a same plane; a plurality of second electrodes arranged on the plane with tops exposed to outside; and a control unit performing a first operation in parallel with a second operation, wherein the first operation is for applying temporally changing first voltages to a part of the plurality of first electrodes to generate electric fields which are changed by the part of the plurality of first electrodes, and the second operation is for applying temporally changing first electric currents to a part of the plurality of second electrodes to cause the electric currents to flow from the part of the plurality of second electrodes to second electrodes which are different from the part of the plurality of second electrodes via electric conductors. | 07-10-2014 |
20140240110 | TACTILE SENSE PRESENTATION DEVICE AND TACTILE SENSE PRESENTATION METHOD - A tactile sense presentation device including: a tactile-sense presentation unit having a first working electrode group of a plurality of first working electrodes arranged along a first direction; and a control unit operable to apply a first tactile sense signal having a first waveform to each of the first working electrodes. The control unit applies the first tactile sense signal, in which a phase difference corresponding to a distance between adjacent first working electrodes is applied to the first waveform, to each of the plurality of first working electrodes so as to cause the first waveform to travel along the first direction at a predetermined speed. | 08-28-2014 |
20140266649 | METHOD FOR PRESENTING TACTILE SENSATION AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The tactile sense presentation device comprises: first electrodes covered with an insulating film and arranged on a same plane; second electrodes arranged on a same plane with tops exposed to outside; and a control unit performing a first operation in parallel with a second operation, wherein the first operation is for applying temporally changing first voltages to a part of first electrodes to generate electric fields which are changed by the part of first electrodes, and the second operation is for applying temporally changing first electric currents to a part of second electrodes to cause the electric currents to flow from the part of second electrodes to second electrodes which are different from the part of second electrodes via electric conductors, characterized in that first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged not to overlap each other. | 09-18-2014 |
20140340210 | METHOD FOR PRESENTING TACTILE SENSATION AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The tactile sense presentation method comprises: arranging a plurality of first electrodes covered with an insulating film on a same plane; arranging a plurality of second electrodes on a same plane with tops exposed to outside; and performing a first operation in parallel with a second operation, wherein the first operation is for applying temporally changing first voltages to a part of the plurality of first electrodes to generate electric fields which are changed by the part of the plurality of first electrodes, and the second operation is for applying temporally changing first electric currents to a part of the plurality of second electrodes to cause the electric currents to flow from the part of the plurality of second electrodes to second electrodes which are different from the part of the plurality of second electrodes via electric conductors. | 11-20-2014 |
20150069403 | FLEXIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A flexible semiconductor device includes a wire embedded layer that has flexibility and has a first principal surface and a second principal surface, a thick wire embedded in the wire embedded layer so as to be substantially flush with the first principal surface of the wire embedded layer, and a thin film transistor element electrically connected to the thick wire. The thin film transistor element is disposed on the first principal surface of the wire embedded layer. The flexible semiconductor device is suitable for increasing the area and can be manufactured with a high productivity. A display device including the flexible semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the flexible semiconductor device are also disclosed. | 03-12-2015 |
20150069904 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A flexible display device includes a wire embedded layer that has flexibility and has a first principal surface, a thick wire embedded in the wire embedded layer so as to be substantially flush with the first principal surface of the wire embedded layer, an extraction lower electrode electrically connected to the thick wire and disposed on the first principal surface of the wire embedded layer, an emitting layer disposed on the extraction lower electrode, and an upper electrode disposed on the emitting layer. The flexible display device is suitable for large-screen devices and offers high productivity. | 03-12-2015 |
20150114814 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE SWITCH, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME, TOUCH PANEL INCLUDING PRESSURE-SENSITIVE SWITCH, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL - The present disclosure relates to a pressure-sensitive switch including a support substrate, a conductive structure provided on the support substrate, and an electrode unit disposed to face the support substrate with the conductive structure interposed therebetween. The conductive structure includes an elastic component extending to protrude from the support substrate toward the electrode unit, and an electrode layer covering the elastic component. | 04-30-2015 |
20150116073 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE SWITCH, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME, TOUCH PANEL INCLUDING PRESSURE-SENSITIVE SWITCH, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL - The present disclosure relates to a pressure-sensitive switch including a support substrate, a conductive structure provided on the support substrate, and an electrode unit disposed to face the support substrate with the conductive structure interposed therebetween. The conductive structure includes an electrode layer on the support substrate, and an elastic component having conductivity and extending to protrude from the electrode layer toward the electrode unit. | 04-30-2015 |
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20080264521 | Chemical conversion film formation-evaluating liquid for steel - A chemical conversion film formation-evaluating liquid for steel comprising an iron-dissolving liquid and a pH indicator, wherein pH value of the evaluating liquid is confined within the range of 4.0-8.0 with a lower limit of pH transition interval of the pH indicator being larger than the pH value, as a whole, of the evaluating liquid by a value of 0.1-3.0. | 10-30-2008 |
20090002841 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING - Providing a zoom lens system having excellent optical performance, an optical apparatus, and a method for zooming the zoom lens system. The zoom lens system includes, in order from an object, a first lens group G | 01-01-2009 |
20090002844 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING - Providing a zoom lens system having excellent optical performance, an optical apparatus, and a method for zooming the zoom lens system. The zoom lens system includes, in order from an object, a first lens group G | 01-01-2009 |
20100220400 | ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens ZL installed in a single-lens reflex digital camera | 09-02-2010 |
20110032615 | LENS BARREL, METHOD OF ADJUSTING LENS BARREL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE - This object aims to provide a lens barrel that can realize suitable imaging. A lens barrel ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110122508 | ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM - A zoom optical system including, in order from an object side: a first group having positive power; a second group having negative power; a third group having positive power; and a fourth group having positive power, at least a portion of lenses within said third group composing a movable group which moves in a direction having a component perpendicular to an optical axis, a distance between said first group and said second group, a distance between said second group and said third group and a distance between said third group and said fourth group being variable upon zooming from a wide-angle end state to a telescopic end state, thereby providing a zoom optical system capable of correcting a camera shake by the movable group with realizing high optical performance, a high zoom ratio, and a small f-number, an optical apparatus equipped therewith, and a method for manufacturing thereof. | 05-26-2011 |
20110194191 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING THE ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - Providing a zoom lens system having excellent optical performance with a high zoom ratio, an imaging apparatus, and a method for zooming the zoom lens system. The system including, in order from an object, a first group G | 08-11-2011 |
20120024436 | HIGH-STRENGTH AND HIGH-DUCTILITY STEEL FOR SPRING, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND SPRING - A steel for spring includes C: 0.5 to 0.6%, Si: 1.0 to 1.8%, Mn: 0.1 to 1.0%, Cr: 0.1 to 1.0%, P: 0.035% or less, S: 0.035% or less, by mass %, and residue consisting of iron and inevitable impurities, as the overall composition, wherein an area ratio of an internal structure on an optional cross section comprises bainite: 65% or more, retained austenite: 6 to 13%, and martensite: residue (including 0%), and average C content in the retained austenite is 0.65 to 1.7%. The steel for spring can have high strength in which tensile strength is 1800 MPa or more and have high ductility. | 02-02-2012 |
20120275032 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING THE ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - Providing a zoom lens system having excellent optical performance with a high zoom ratio, an imaging apparatus, and a method for zooming the zoom lens system. The system including, in order from an object, a first group G | 11-01-2012 |
20120318407 | SPRING STEEL AND SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD FOR STEEL MATERIAL - A surface treatment method for a steel material includes carbonitriding, quenching, and tempering. The steel material consists of, by weight %, 0.27 to 0.48% of C, 0.01 to 2.2% of Si, 0.30 to 1.0% of Mn, not more than 0.035% of P, not more than 0.035% of 8, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The carbonitriding step is performed by heating the steel at a temperature of not less than the A | 12-20-2012 |
20130008566 | SPRING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A spring consists of, by weight %, 0.27 to 0.48% of C, 0.01 to 2.2% of Si, 0.30 to 1.0% of Mn, not more than 0.035% of P, not more than 0.035% of S, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The spring has a nitrogen compound layer and a carbon compound layer at the surface at a total thickness of not more than 2 μm. The spring has a center portion with hardness of 500 to 700 HV in a cross section and has a compressive residual stress layer at a surface layer. The compressive residual stress layer has a thickness of 0.30 mm to D/4, in which D (mm) is a circle-equivalent diameter of the cross section, and has maximum compressive residual stress of 1400 to 2000 MPa. | 01-10-2013 |
20130118655 | SPRING AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF - A spring consists of, by mass %, 0.5 to 0.7% of C, 1.0 to 2.0% of Si, 0.1 to 1.0% of Mn, 0.1 to 1.0% of Cr, not more than 0.035% of P, not more than 0.035% of S, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. The spring has a structure including not less than 65% of bainite and 4 to 13% of residual austenite by area ratio in a cross section. The spring has a compressive residual stress layer in a cross section from a surface to a depth of 0.35 mm to D/4, in which D (mm) is a circle-equivalent diameter of the cross section. The spring has a high hardness layer with greater hardness than a center portion by 50 to 500 HV from a surface to a depth of 0.05 to 0.3 mm. | 05-16-2013 |
20130142961 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CYLINDRICAL MEMBER - The present invention has an object to provide a method for manufacturing a plurality of high quality cylindrical members. The method includes: vertically holding a mandrel so as to be coaxial with a central axis of an annular slit; and discharging a liquid coating through the slit to form a film of the coating on a surface of the mandrel while vertically moving up the mandrel. A circular cleaning blade is rotatably mounted around a lower holding shaft. The step includes the steps of: (1) forming a film of the coating up to a lower end of a coating region of the mandrel, and then stopping the discharge; and (2) moving up the lower holding shaft so that the cleaning blade passes through the annular slit to clean it, in this order. Then the cleaning blade is rotated to clean the cleaning blade. | 06-06-2013 |
20140008852 | SPRING AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF - A spring with superior fatigue resistance is provided by decreasing the material cost while simplifying the production process. Disclosed is a spring including: a composition consisting of, by mass %, 0.5 to 0.7% of C, 1.0 to 2.0% of Si, 0.1 to 1.0% of Mn, 0.1 to 1.0% of Cr, not more than 0.035% of P, not more than 0.035% of S, and the balance of Fe and impurities; a structure including not less than 95% of tempered martensitic structure; a compressive residual stress layer formed to a depth of 0.35 mm to D/4, in which D (mm) is a diameter; the compressive residual stress layer having maximum compressive residual stress of 800 to 2000 MPa; a center portion with Vickers hardness of 550 to 700 HV; and a high hardness layer with greater hardness than the center portion. | 01-09-2014 |
20140085732 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING THE ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - Providing a zoom lens system having excellent optical performance with a high zoom ratio, an imaging apparatus, and a method for zooming the zoom lens system. The system including, in order from an object, a first group G | 03-27-2014 |
20140116599 | FIXING MEMBER MANUFACTURING METHOD - A fixing member manufacturing method includes: a step of forming a laser-irradiated region by irradiating a surface of an elastic material with laser light of 120 nm or more and 10600 nm or less in oscillation wavelength; a step of applying an adhesive onto the elastic material on which the laser-irradiated region is formed; a step of coating the elastic material, after the applying step, with a resin tube and then elongating the resin tube on the elastic material in a longitudinal direction; a step of locally fixing the elastic material and the resin tube while maintaining the elongation of the resin tube in the longitudinal direction by heating the laser-irradiated region from above the resin tube; and a step of fixing a whole of the resin tube to the elastic material by curing the adhesive. | 05-01-2014 |
20140119789 | FIXING MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A fixing member includes an elastic layer and a toner parting layer. The elastic layer includes a laser-irradiated region formed by being irradiated at longitudinal end portions of the elastic layer with laser light except for at least one non-laser-irradiated region with respect to a circumferential direction of the elastic layer. The elastic layer is coated with the toner parting layer. | 05-01-2014 |
20140255067 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC FIXING MEMBER, FIXING APPARATUS AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An elastic layer of the fixing member contains a silicone rubber, an inorganic filler and vapor grown carbon fibers, relationships of 3X+30Y≦170, 25≦X≦50 and 0.5≦Y≦3.1 are satisfied when a volume percent of the inorganic filler compounded in the elastic layer is expressed by X (%) and a volume percent of the vapor grown carbon fibers compounded in the elastic layer is expressed by Y (%), and a ratio of a fiber length to a fiber diameter of the vapor grown carbon fibers, aspect ratio, is 50 or more. | 09-11-2014 |
20150071690 | PRESSURE APPLYING ROTATABLE MEMBER AND IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A pressing rotatable member for use with an image heating apparatus including a base layer; and a porous elastic layer provided on the base layer, wherein the elastic layer has a thermal conductivity in an axial direction thereof and a thermal conductivity in a circumferential direction thereof which are not less than 6-times and not more than 900-times a thermal conductivity in a thickness direction thereof. | 03-12-2015 |
20150147101 | ROLLER, HEATING MEMBER, AND IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH ROLLER AND HEATING MEMBER - An image heating apparatus includes an endless belt configured to heat an image on a sheet at a nip potion, a heat generation device configured to cause the belt to generate heat, a nip forming member configured to form the nip portion between the nip forming member and the belt, and a pressing roller configured to press an inner surface of the belt toward the nip forming member, the pressing roller including an elastic porous layer containing a plurality of filler particles, wherein a thermal conductivity of the elastic porous layer in an axial direction of the pressing roller is in a range of 6 times to 900 times a thermal conductivity of the elastic porous layer in a radial direction of the pressing roller. | 05-28-2015 |
20150185495 | VARIABLE-MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING SAME VARIABLE-MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VARIABLE-MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM - A variable magnification optical system includes, in order from the object side, a first lens group G | 07-02-2015 |
20150355581 | FIXING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE MEMBER, FIXING DEVICE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a fixing member having a silicone rubber elastic layer blended with a carbon nanotube, the fixing member suppressing peeling at an interface in association with insufficient adhesion between a base member and the silicone rubber elastic layer at the time of the use of the fixing member, and hence securing adhesion durability. The fixing member includes a base member, an elastic layer, and a surface layer, in which: the elastic layer contains a silicone rubber and a carbon nanotube; a ratio E200/E50 of an elastic modulus E200 of the elastic layer at 200° C. to an elastic modulus E50 of the elastic layer at 50° C. is 0.5 or more and less than 1.0; an adhesive strength between the elastic layer and the base member is 3.0 N/cm or more and 20.0 N/cm or less; and the elastic layer undergoes a cohesive failure at the time of a peel test. | 12-10-2015 |
20150367544 | FIXING MEMBER MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a fixing member includes: a metal mold capable of holding a base material of the fixing member in an inside thereof; and an injecting member including a group of openings configured to inject a liquid rubber containing a needle-like filler into the metal mold in which the base material is held. The injecting member is configured so that a ratio of a total perimeter of the group of openings to a sum of a perimeter of an inner surface of the metal mold and an outer surface of the base material is 1.3 or more and 3.3 or less. | 12-24-2015 |
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20090138665 | MEMORY CONTROLLER - To provide a memory controller capable of flexibly dealing with the change in the form of use or operation state of a system, a memory controller ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090296117 | IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image-processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a determining unit determining a type of image data; a holding unit holding color value for the still images, and holding a ratio for the moving image for each moving image, an updating unit updating the color value and the ratio, and a display unit displaying composite image data. For each piece of image data to be drawn, the updating unit updates each ratio based on a transmittance of the image data, updates the color value and a transmittance of a still image when it is a still image, and updates the color value data based on a transmittance of a moving image, and causes the transmittance to be further held as a ratio of the moving image when it is a moving image. The display unit displays the composite image data using the color value and the ratio. | 12-03-2009 |
20100002014 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and its control method receives a drawing command including a moving image drawing command and a graphics drawing command and performs drawing processing. A drawing command is received, and the moving image drawing command is separated from the graphics drawing command. A graphics drawing unit obtains the result of graphics drawing in accordance with the graphics drawing command. A moving image drawing unit generates moving image data processed in accordance with the moving image drawing command. A composition unit composes the result of graphics drawing by the graphics drawing unit with the moving image data generated by the moving image drawing unit. | 01-07-2010 |
20100020086 | SHARING DISPLAY PROCESSING SYSTEM, DISPLAY PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD - In a sharing display processing system having a plurality of display processing systems each including one or a plurality of display apparatuses, each display processing system arranges display regions corresponding to the respective display apparatuses on a first memory region shared with another display processing system, arranges contents on a second memory region managed by the self system, extracts a part of the second memory region on which the contents are arranged as an extracted region, and arranges the extracted region on the first memory region. Each display apparatus displays the extracted region arranged within the range of the display region corresponding to itself on the first memory region. | 01-28-2010 |
20110025708 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to an image processing apparatus and a control method thereof of the present invention, a graphics drawing result is obtained in accordance with one or more graphics drawing commands included in drawing commands, a clipping command is generated from one or more moving image drawing commands included in the drawing commands, and clipped graphics is obtained by clipping the graphics drawing result using the clipping command. Further, moving image data processed in accordance with the one or more moving image drawing commands included in the drawing commands is generated, and the generated moving image data and the clipped graphics are composed and output. | 02-03-2011 |
20120060003 | MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT, MEMORY CONTROL METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Each of a plurality of memories includes a terminating resistor for preventing signal reflection, and a memory control circuit includes an ODT control circuit for driving the terminating resistor of each memory, and a selector for selecting, from memories except for a memory to be accessed, at least one memory for which driving of the terminating resistor is to be suppressed, in accordance with the memory to be accessed. | 03-08-2012 |
20140198115 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and its control method receives a drawing command including a moving image drawing command and a graphics drawing command and performs drawing processing. A drawing command is received, and the moving image drawing command is separated from the graphics drawing command. A graphics drawing unit obtains the result of graphics drawing in accordance with the graphics drawing command. A moving image drawing unit generates moving image data processed in accordance with the moving image drawing command. A composition unit composes the result of graphics drawing by the graphics drawing unit with the moving image data generated by the moving image drawing unit. | 07-17-2014 |
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20090296059 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD - The present invention provides a measurement apparatus which measures a wavefront aberration of a measurement target optical system, the apparatus including a fringe scanning unit configured to perform fringe scanning by changing a phase difference between test light and reference light, a determination unit configured to determine a nonlinear error representing a nonlinear change in feature amount, which is derived from an interference pattern between the test light and the reference light, with respect to predetermined control data by performing fringe scanning by the fringe scanning unit in accordance with the control data in a plurality of phase states, and a correction unit configured to correct, based on the nonlinear error determined by the determination unit, a wavefront aberration of the measurement target optical system calculated from the interference pattern between the test light and the reference light. | 12-03-2009 |
20100068634 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A measurement apparatus comprises a mirror configured to reflect test light which passes through an optical system, an interferometer unit which includes an image sensor and is configured to form an interference fringe on an image sensing plane of the image sensor by reference light and the test light reflected by the mirror, and a controller configured to control the interferometer unit, and to compute a numerical aperture of the optical system based on the interference fringe captured by the image sensor, wherein the controller is configured to compute a numerical aperture NA of the optical system by multiplying a quotient ΔNA/ΔR, describing a change ΔNA in numerical aperture NA of the optical system with respect to a change ΔR in pupil radius R of the optical system in the image sensing plane, by the pupil radius R of the optical system in the image sensing plane. | 03-18-2010 |
20110027723 | MEASURING APPARATUS, OPTICAL SYSTEM MANUFACTURING METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a processing apparatus which executes sampling of data and represents the sampled data by linear combination of orthogonal functions, the apparatus including a device configured to execute the sampling, and a processor configured to process the data sampled by the device, wherein the processor is configured, if the data sampled by the device includes an invalid sampling point, to obtain a degree of break of orthogonality of an orthogonal function system caused by the invalid sampling point, and to evaluate reliability of the sampling based on the obtained degree. | 02-03-2011 |
20140071460 | POSITIONING APPARATUS AND MEASURING APPARATUS - A positioning apparatus includes a structure including a movable portion, and a driving unit configured to drive the movable portion, and a control unit configured to control the driving unit. The control unit obtains data of a natural frequency of the structure, that changes in accordance with a state of at least one of a position and an attitude of the movable portion, using data of plural states of at least one of the position and the attitude of the movable portion, and controls the driving unit to reduce natural vibration with the changing natural frequency of the structure using the obtained data of the changing natural frequency of the structure. | 03-13-2014 |
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20080229305 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A disclosed workflow management system is capable of dynamically constructing a model while executing a workflow. The workflow management system includes a task page management unit that manages a task page corresponding to a task or a task model of a workflow independently from a workflow engine; an attachment folder management unit that manages an attachment folder of the task page independently from the workflow engine; a registering unit that generates index information of an attached document of the task of the workflow and the task page and registers the index information into a search database; and a presenting unit that, when displaying the task page, presents related information through a search in the attachment folder and in the search database. | 09-18-2008 |
20080229307 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A workflow management system wherein a workflow model is dynamically constituted when a workflow is executed, its method, and its computer-executable program are disclosed. The workflow management system includes
| 09-18-2008 |
20080235045 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A disclosed workflow management system dynamically formulates a workflow model at the time of executing a workflow. The workflow management system includes a unit configured to access the contents of an e-mail transmitted or received by a user of the workflow management system, and a unit configured to operate a task in the workflow management system based on the accessed contents of the e-mail. | 09-25-2008 |
20090027718 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A workflow management system capable of directly capturing image information transmitted by a facsimile machine is disclosed. The workflow management system includes an object identifying unit identifying an object to be associated with image information received by a facsimile machine, the object being defined in the workflow management system; and a related document registering unit associating the image information with the identified object, and registering the image information associated with the identified object. | 01-29-2009 |
20100046029 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A document management system includes an image input unit for reading a paper document, an image output unit for printing document image information, and a task management system for managing a task. The task managed by the task management system is identified for a document image input operation, and an input condition that is set in advance for the identified task is acquired. The image input unit reads the paper document in accordance with the acquired input condition. Document image information that is inputted by the image input unit is registered in association with the task managed by the task management system. For a document image output operation, an output condition that is set in advance for the identified task is acquired. The image output unit prints the document image information in accordance with the acquired output condition. | 02-25-2010 |
20100121859 | WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT CONTROL PROGRAM - A workflow management system for managing a constructive workflow includes a storing unit, to which a user inputs a search condition to search for documents relevant to a target task and tasks neighboring to the target task, and which stores the input search condition in a query database by causing the condition to relate to the target task, a search condition obtaining unit which obtains a search condition to search for the documents relevant to the target task from the query database when the documents relevant to the target task are requested to be searched for, a restructuring unit which restructures the obtained search condition to a search condition having a predetermined format by considering a type and a weighting factor of the type included in the obtained search condition, and a searching unit which obtains a list of documents from a document database based on the restructured search condition. | 05-13-2010 |
20120236334 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus that generates a pattern of a colorless recording material to form an image using the colorless recording material includes: a region dividing unit that divides an input image into a plurality of regions as divided regions using a designated algorithm and pixel values of pixels that form the image; a spatial-frequency calculating unit that calculates spatial frequencies in each of the divided regions into which the image has been divided using pixel values in the divided region; and a pattern generating unit that generates a pattern of the colorless recording material, which is set to each of the divided regions, using the calculated spatial frequencies and a line pattern having a preset line width. | 09-20-2012 |
20130070304 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus for generating a pattern of a recording material to be overlapped on an original image for forming an image of a target region extracted from the original image, includes an arithmetic unit calculating a feature amount of an image data included in a boundary region of the target region; a determination unit determining a degree of change of color in the boundary region based on the feature amount; and a pattern generation unit determining a gradation of the pattern of the recording material for the boundary region in accordance with the degree of change of color in the boundary region. | 03-21-2013 |
20130222817 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming device includes a processing unit to control an image formation unit to form an image on a print medium. The processing unit includes a feature extraction processing unit to extract a predetermined feature from an area in a predetermined image, the image area to be filled with a printing material of a special color; a pattern selecting unit to search a registering unit in which filling patterns are registered, and select, from among the filling patterns, a filling pattern having a feature most closely approximating the extracted predetermined feature; and a special-color data generating unit to generate a special-color data of the selected filling pattern. The image formation unit is controlled to form an image in which the special-color data from the special-color data generating unit overlaps image data of the area of the predetermined image. | 08-29-2013 |
20140241625 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an aspect of the present invention, an image processing method for extracting a pixel having a specific feature includes: extracting pixels representing an object, to which the pixel having the specific feature belongs, from a given input image based on an image feature other than color; extracting principal colors from the pixels; selecting, from a plurality of pre-trained color distribution models deposited in a repository, a color distribution model closest in distance metric, which indicates distance relative to the extracted principal colors, to the extracted principal colors by performing a search through the repository using the extracted principal colors; and segmenting the input image by categorizing pixels in the input image using the selected color distribution model. | 08-28-2014 |
20150334255 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store image processing cases each including a first input image, first attribute information indicating an attribute of the first input image, and processing procedure information; a retrieval processor configured to retrieve, from the storage unit, the image processing cases each including the first input image and the first attribute information which are respectively similar to a second input image and second attribute information indicating an attribute of the second input image; and an image processor configured to perform, on the second input image, image processing in accordance with the processing procedure information included in the image processing case selected by an operator among the retrieved image processing cases, and generate an output image. | 11-19-2015 |
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20090141304 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR MANAGING IMAGE FILES AND IMAGE FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - An original image file and a shortcut image file corresponding to original image data representing the original image file are provided for file management. An address tag representing a location in which the original image file is stored and an additional information tag such as information on printing of the original image file or information on layout are stored in a particular data region in the shortcut image file. In a case where the additional information represents information on image processing to be performed before printing, when an instruction of printing of the shortcut image file is issued, the image processing is performed on image data of the original image file and a resultant image data is printed. Basic data of a thumbnail image included in the shortcut image file is obtained by performing processing represented by the additional information tag on the thumbnail image data. | 06-04-2009 |
20130046860 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A timeout time used when acquiring data is decided based on data to be acquired from a server. | 02-21-2013 |
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20130148153 | PRINT CONTROL DEVICE, PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - When a print stop instruction is input in accordance with a user's operation, a stage to stop print is decided among a plurality of stages in accordance with the print condition for print and the print by the print apparatus is stopped at the decided stage. Thereby, print by the print apparatus can be canceled appropriately. | 06-13-2013 |
20140009776 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM - On the basis of information indicating a recommended print setting that corresponds to a content, a display device is controlled to display, in a distinguishable manner, the recommended print setting that corresponds to a content to be printed and a print setting different from the recommended print setting. Also, according to the print setting designated by the user, an image based on the content is printed by a printing device. | 01-09-2014 |
20140368863 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus is capable of wirelessly communicating with a communication partner apparatus in a peer-to-peer mode. A state of supplying electric power to the communication apparatus is determined, and a group owner intent value indicating the degree of intent to operate as an access point in wireless communication is changed from a default value to a value depending on the state of the supplying electric power. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368874 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to an aspect of the present invention, a communication resource may be saved for wireless communication in peer-to-peer mode. A communication apparatus acquires information regarding a protocol from another communication apparatus and invalidates protocols not to be used based on the information. | 12-18-2014 |
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20080215427 | PRODUCT INFORMATION PROVIDER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A shelf reader reads a product unique ID of an IC tag attached to a product on a shelf. In accordance with the reading result, a shelf terminal detects whether the product is taken out from the shelf or not, and forwards the detection result to a product information management server together with the product unique ID. In the product information management server, a related product information extraction section refers to a related product information database, and extracts any related product information including the type of the product taken out from the shelf. This related product information indicates a combination of a plurality of products that are considered preferable to purchase together. An advertisement information creation section creates advertisement information based on thus extracted related product information. The resulting advertisement information is forwarded to the shelf terminal, and then is displayed by an output section of the shelf terminal. | 09-04-2008 |
20110191648 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND INFORMATION RECEIVING METHOD - A transmitting-side device and a receiving-side device are connected to each other with a parallel bus that carries transmit data and an error-correcting code based on this transmit data in parallel. The transmitting-side device includes a signal inversion unit for inverting a signal to be sent to the parallel bus. The receiving-side device includes a signal inversion unit for inverting a received signal from the parallel bus, and an error detection unit for performing error detection and error correction based on a signal output from the signal inversion unit. The signal inversion unit of the transmitting-side device inverts a signal to be sent to all bus lines of the parallel bus and the signal inversion unit of the receiving-side device inverts the signal received from the all bus lines, which enables the error detection unit to perform error check on the parallel bus. | 08-04-2011 |
20130219513 | BLADE, COMPUTER PRODUCT, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD - A determining unit determines whether housing specific information decrypted from a license key is identical to housing specific information acquired from the housing to confirm legitimacy of license, thereby ensuring security. The determining unit determines that the license can be activated if a usage number in the housing does not exceed a usable number. Only when the determining unit determines that the license can be activated, the setting unit activates the license to make software usable so that any blade can freely use the software within a limit of the usable number. | 08-22-2013 |
20140343748 | COOLING METHOD FOR COOLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A cooling method for cooling an electronic device that is performed by a processor included in an information processing apparatus, the cooling method includes acquiring a temperature history of the electronic device during a guaranteed period of the electronic device; determining a remaining lifetime of the electronic device by using a prediction model based on the temperature history; determining a reference temperature corresponding to the remaining lifetime and a remainder of the guaranteed period, the remainder indicating a difference of the guaranteed period and a total operation time of the electric device; setting a target temperature to cool the electronic device based on a comparison between the reference temperature and a predetermined temperature indicating an upper limit of the target temperature. | 11-20-2014 |
20150220476 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, FUNCTION EXTENSION UNIT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes a memory unit, a receiver unit, and a control unit. The memory unit stores unit identification information indicating a function extension unit that is permitted to transmit and receive data. When adjacent to the function extension unit, the receiver unit receives unit identification information indicating the function extension unit from the adjacent function extension unit by wireless communication. When the received unit identification information is identical with the unit identification information stored in the memory unit, the control unit permits data transmission and reception with the adjacent function extension unit via the wired transmission channel. | 08-06-2015 |
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20110168563 | TIN-PLATED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A tin-plated steel sheet includes a steel sheet; an Sn-containing plating layer in which the mass per unit area of Sn is 0.05 to 20 g/m | 07-14-2011 |
20130130055 | COATED STEEL SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND RESIN-COATED STEEL SHEET OBTAINED USING THE SAME - A coated steel sheet includes a corrosion-resistant coating composed of at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a Ni layer, a Sn layer, an Fe—Ni alloy layer, an Fe—Sn alloy layer, and an Fe—Ni—Sn alloy layer disposed on at least one surface of a steel sheet, and an adhesive coating disposed on the corrosion-resistant coating, the adhesive coating containing Zr and further containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Ni, V, Cu, Mn, and Zn, in total, at a ratio by mass of 0.01 to 10 with respect to Zr. The coated steel sheet has excellent humid resin adhesion and corrosion resistance, in which streaky surface defects do not occur. | 05-23-2013 |
20130206285 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR STEEL SHEETS FOR CONTAINERS - A manufacturing method for steel sheets for containers produces steel sheets with excellent film adhesion qualities. In a method for manufacturing steel sheets upon which is formed a chemical conversion coating having a metal Zr content of 1-100 mg/m | 08-15-2013 |
20130209827 | STEEL SHEET FOR CONTAINERS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - A steel sheet for containers that has excellent film adhesion qualities, and has; a chemical conversion coating formed by immersing or subjecting to electrolytic treatment a steel sheet in a solution containing Zr ions, F ions, with adhesion amount of 0.1 to 100 mg/m | 08-15-2013 |
20130209829 | STEEL SHEET FOR CONTAINERS - Disclosed is a steel sheet for containers that maintains excellent corrosion resistance even when a surface treatment that replaces a chromate treatment has been conducted, and that has excellent film adhesion qualities and appearance. This steel plate for containers has, on at least one surface thereof, a chemical conversion coating including at least two coatings selected from a zirconium coating that contains zirconium and has a metal zirconium content of 0.1-9 mg/m | 08-15-2013 |
20130209830 | STEEL SHEET FOR CONTAINERS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - A manufacturing method for steel sheets for containers produces steel sheets with excellent film adhesion qualities. This steel sheet for containers has, on a steel sheet, a chemical conversion coating with a metal Zr content of 1-100 mg/m | 08-15-2013 |
20130216714 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR STEEL SHEETS FOR CONTAINERS - Disclosed is a manufacturing method for steel sheets for containers that enables reliable, continuous manufacture of steel sheets, with excellent film adhesion qualities, for containers. The manufacturing method for steel sheets for containers is a method in which a film containing Zr is formed on the surface of the steel sheets by immersing, and/or subjecting to electrolytic treatment, the steel sheets in a solution containing Zr ions, F ions, and at least one reaction accelerating component selected from a group including Al ions, boric acid ions, Cu ions, Ca ions, metal Al, or metal Cu. | 08-22-2013 |
20130216858 | STEEL SHEET FOR CONTAINERS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - A steel sheet for containers that has excellent film adhesion qualities, and has a Zr compound film formed thereupon by immersion in or electrolytic treatment with a solution containing Zr ions, F ions, and hydroxylic acid, the Zr compound film being applied in an amount such that the metal Zr content is 0.1-100 mg/m and the F content is no more than 0.1 mg/m | 08-22-2013 |